Shultz Pledges U S Help in World Dollar Crisis Talks
Paris AP report says U S Treasury Secretary Shultz promised major monetary powers to aid in solving the international dollar crisis. European ministers discuss plans for their currencies while France's Giscard dEstaing blasts speculators and calls for a coordinated defense to maintain post devaluation exchange rates.
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Shultz
U.S
Paris
George P. Shultz
Brussels
Valery Gascard d’Estaing
France
Willy de Clercq
Belgium
U.S. Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
International Monetary Fund
Giscard
Weather slows, roads muddy as rain continues
Creek and Mud Creek run steady and flood channels near U S 24 40 east of Lawrence while power outages affect a few homes. Douglas County maps warn of 70 miles of county road resealing this spring and summer as thaw and rain keep fields muddy and delay planting and harvests. Temperatures hover in the 40s at night and upper 50s to low 60s by day with showers through Monday.
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Arnold Js le Bombard
Tally Creek
Baldwin Junction
Twas
U.S. 24-40
Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light Co
Leroy Lucas
Lucas
Sanderson
New East Lawrence Development Plans Under Federal Review
East Lawrence needs a revised development plan for 1973 74 to spend a $394 000 NDP grant. New federal rules bar land purchase and new area starts, prompting redesign by June 1 and possible shift to site improvements and limited rehabilitations. City officials, federal staff, and consultants weigh alternate projects as East Lawrence pursues concentrated, durable progress.
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Ast Lawrence
Schaake
East Lawrence
City Commission
Frence
Congress
Lawrence
Kansas City
Housing and Urban Development Department
North Lawrence
Legislators Attend KU Dinner Host by AURH at Lin Hall
A spokesman for Kansas University's AURH said 36 legislators attended a Thursday dinner for Kansas lawmakers. John Beisner, treasurer of AURH, noted the turnout exceeded expectations among about 250 guests at Templein Hall.
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Kansas University
Association of University Residence Halls
AURH
Kansas
John Beisner
Templin Hall
U.S. Pressure to Free 140 Prisoners of War
Brig. Gen. Wickham reports the United States seeks to secure release of about 140 American POWs by next Tuesday under the cease fire. He notes 74 percent of forces have already withdrawn and provides updated troop withdrawal totals for the cease-fire period.
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Saigon
United States
John A. Wickham Jr
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Vietnam
Wickham
South
Quang Tri
Farrar loses bid to amend Kansas school finance law
Rep. Keith Farrar fails to add revenue bonds and intangible property to district wealth in finance bill debate. He cites $281.38 million in bonds over ten years and argues inclusion would create about 19,137 jobs and 186 new industries. The amendments were defeated 57-56 and 71-43.
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Topeka
Kan
Keith Farrar
Hugoton
MacArthur
Farrar
House
Employment totals rise as February gains lift economy
The Labor Department reported February added about 800,000 jobs to bring total employment to 81.8 million while unemployment rose slightly to 5.1 percent. Average weekly earnings rose 6.5 percent year over year amid higher hours and costs. women accounted for much of the job gain and teen unemployment rose to 15.8 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lottery numbers show low chance of immediate draft
In Lawrence report, the draft lottery ends July 1 though the number draw tagged as a standby lot. those numbered 95 or lower will be classified but not processed unless an emergency requires Congress to extend the draft.
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Congress
Global brief notes clash over FBI nominee and UK terror roundups
Syndicated columnist Jack Anderson opposes L. Patrick Gray III as FBI director saying he favors the president over the agency. In London Heath orders security chiefs amid plans for a large roundup of Irish terrorists and sympathizers as car bomb alerts rise after recent blasts. In Los Angeles CIA analyst Samuel A Adams claims government sought to bar his testimony delaying Bundy’s scheduled appearance.
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Washington
Jack Anderson
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Gray
Richard Nixon
London
Edward Heath
Britain
Los Angeles
Central Intelligence Agency
Samuel A. Adams
Pentagon Papers
Adams
McGeorge Bundy
Dublin condemns London bombing as toll rises
In Dublin widespread condemnation followed the terrorist blasts in London that killed one man and wounded over 200. Officials warned the attacks could strain British Irish relations and heighten tensions across the region.
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Dublin
London
Kresge Reports 1973 Earnings and Plans Expansion
S. S. Kresge Co reports fiscal 1973 earnings of $1 a share with net income rising 19 percent to $114.7 million and sales up 24 percent to $3.8 billion. Fourth quarter net income reaches $50.6 million, or 43 cents a share, on sales of $1.3 billion. Chairman Robert Dewar says fiscal 1974 looks optimistic and the firm plans to open at least 100 Kmart stores this year.
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S. S. Kresge Co
Lawrence
Kmart
Robert Dewar
Dewar
Kmart Discount
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Olen West
Maple Ln
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County
Dean Sanderson
Earl van Meter
Don Schaake
NDP
Oblinger
Smith
Wichita
Project Action Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Kansas City, Mo
Cynthia Turner
Gazell Newman
Ed Down
Cochairman Don Barnett
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Ad
Visers
Anderson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Old Bailey
Whitehall
Heathrow Airport
Ireland
Kresge
Kresger
Rumsey Funeral Home
Nineteenth and
Haskell
Lawrence's
Lessee
Dick Benton
Circle Realty
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