No Hope for Higher Education Budget Increase Says Senate Pro Tem
Kansas Sen. Glee Smith told a KU audience that the legislature will not raise Gov. Docking’s higher education appropriation. Panelists including Rep. Duane McGill and Chancellor Laurence Chalmers discussed governance roles, budget scrutiny, and the university’s responsibility to taxpayers.
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Mattingly Seeks Moonflight On Apollo 11 Mission
Thomas K. Mattingly III, 34, Navy lieutenant commander, is named to Apollo 11 as crew member slated for March 1972. John W. Young will command with Charles Duke as third crewman. Duke’s measles prevented Mattingly from Apollo 13.
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Solons Weigh Miller Raid Tactics in Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers in the House and Senate Judiciary Committees express concern over Attorney General Vern Miller's drug raid methods. Rep. Jack Euler says they are reviewing the situation to decide if action is needed, while stressing narcotics efforts must not trample constitutional rights.
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Kansas Traffic Deaths Count Rises in 24 Hour Span
A brief update reports traffic fatalities in Kansas over a 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday. Details are partial with figures incomplete for March 197195, reflecting a continuing tally from the month.
PX reform eyed after multi billion dollar scandal
Senator Ribicoff says the Army Air Force PX system resembles a large unguarded cookie jar and needs major reform under direct congressional oversight. Testimony shows contractors and officers allegedly accepted villas in Saigon and funded illicit club activities at Long Binh, with warnings of harm against whistleblowers.
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Reagan opens grass roots welfare reform push in California
Gov Ronald Reagan unveiled a 70 point plan to cut California welfare costs by 740 million and 300000 cases for 1971 72. He planned Fresno and San Francisco trips to rally support of the plan with stricter eligibility rules and work requirements.
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Near 3000 Students Vote in KU Balloting on Fee Referendum
About 3000 Kansas University students voted Wednesday in the first of two days of elections to choose representatives and decide a student fee referendum. John Friedman noted turnout was heavier than normal and blamed the Summerfield Hall polling location.
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Apollo 16 crew member visits Lawrence during private trip
Apollo 16 lunar module pilot Charles Duke Jr. made a brief private visit to Lawrence after flying a T 38 to Forbes Air Base in Topeka. Duke declined interviews due to a tight schedule. Crew members John Young and Thomas Mattingly are slated to fly the mission next March with Duke joining them. State Sen. Arden Booth voted against a pay raise measure passed by the Senate 21 16 and now awaits Gov Docking. Absentee ballots for the upcoming primary election may be cast until noon Monday with about 50 ballots already filed in Douglas County Clerk Delbert Mathias office for Lawrence school board and city commission races.
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Laos Laotian Campaign Expands With Copter Push
Hundreds of U S helicopters ferried South Vietnamese troops deeper into Laos amid heavy North Vietnamese counterattacks. The advance reached 24.4 miles west of the border near Sepone with no contact reported. Casualties rose as both sides tallied weekly totals. Vice President Ky urged broader American air support and more raids.
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Quorum Lacked By KU Senate
The Kansas University Student Senate failed to muster a quorum for its Wednesday night meeting. Conflicting meetings and no controversial agenda items appeared to reduce attendance, marking only the second time in its brief history it could not conduct business.
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