Almost Half of SV Force Lost in Laos
AP report details the Laos campaign cost South Vietnam about 10,000 casualties, nearly 50 percent of forces committed, with 3,800 killed, 775 missing, and 5,200 wounded. Official counts lag behind higher estimates, while 3,600 enemy troops were reported killed by air operations. American helicopter losses total 79 wounded, 28 missing, and 66 killed.
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Laos
U.S
U.S. Comand
de Viet
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Co Roc
Ham Nghi
Vietnam South Vietnamese pullout from Laos disappoints U S defense
U S defense officials say South Vietnamese forces withdrew from Laos before heavy rains, despite plans to press on toward Sepone and along an A Shau corridor. Publicly approved air support limits frustrated commanders who wanted a longer operation. The North Vietnamese counterattack prompted Saigon to pull back into South Vietnam.
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Pentagon
Laos
Defense
U.S
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
South Vietnam
A Shau
Nguyen van Thieu
Courter, Griffith Face Questions On Regents Backing Open Door Policy
Senate committee questioned Kansas Regent nominees Courter and Griffith about conflicts of interest and allegiance to Governor Docking. Courter criticized open door college access while predicting growth in classrooms if policy endures. Griffith maintained no conflicts and pledged transparency.
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State of Kansas
Board of Regents
Courter
Robert Docking
Wichita
Kansas
Holiday talk and poll worker shortage in Lawrence Kansas
Rumors of a KU championship holiday fade as Raymond Nichols says no such plan. Douglas County Clerk Delbert Mathia reports a need for 45 poll workers in Lawrence for the April 6 election with about 190 volunteers already
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Raymond Nichols
University
Nichols
Jayhawks
Douglas County
Delbert Mathia
Lawrence
Mathia
Millionaire Meyer Lansky Indicted for Contempt of Court
A federal grand jury in Miami indicted Meyer Lansky on contempt of court for refusing a subpoena to testify about alleged skimming at the Flamingo Las Vegas. Bond set at 200000 if he returns. Lansky and wife have lived in Tel Aviv since last summer.
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Meyer Lansky
Underworld
Flamingo Hotel
Las Vegas
John N. Mitchell
Washington
Lansky
U.S
Dan Hotel
Tel Aviv
Douglas McMillan
Justice Department
Israel
I. David Rosen
Senate vote sinks SST subsidy spurring layoffs
The Senate rejected the SST subsidy 51 to 46, ending federal support. Boeing Seattle will lay off about 7,000 workers and disband the SST project while GE plants could lose up to 1,600 jobs. Democrats vow relief efforts for affected workers.
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Senate
Nixon
Boeing Co
Seattle
New York
General Electric Co
Evendale
Ohio
Afl-Cio
Polish Dancer Granted Temporary Asylum After Defection
In Detroit a Mazowsze troupe member, Ryszard Gabryel, defected in New York and sought asylum in the United States. State Department weighs permanent asylum while INS grants a work permit in Detroit for the 21 year old singer dancer and violinist.
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Detroit
Poland
United States
New York
Michigan
State Department
Ryszard Gabryel
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Anthony
Mary
Holstein Heifer Attacked by Three Dogs
Harold Shephard of Douglas County reports a Holstein heifer weighing 400 pounds was attacked by two border collies and a large brown dog at about 6 a.m. Wednesday. He valued the animal at $175 and feared it might have to be killed.
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Vinland
Harold Shephard
Rt. 3
Baldwin
Douglas County
Shephard
Chief Assistant AG Returns to Wichita
Leonard D. Munker will leave as chief assistant Attorney General of Kansas to return to Wichita as a municipal judge. The 37 year old joined Atty. Gen. Vern Miller's staff in January and said he did not intend to stay long, preferring to resume his private law practice in Wichita.
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Wichita
Leonard D. Munker
Kansas
Munker
Atty. Gen
Vern Miller
Miller
Dr Robert Reis to Lead KUMC Cardiothoracic Section
Dr Robert L Reis deputy chief of the surgery branch at the National Heart and Lung Institute Bethesda will join Kansas University Medical Center May 1 as chief of the cardiothoracic section Acting Vice Chancellor Charles Brackett announced He is noted for open heart surgery and improving intensive care methods Reis 37 graduated from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1958 and trained at University of Pennsylvania Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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KUMC
Robert L. Reis
National Heart and Lung Institute
Bethesda
Kansas University Medical Center Surgery Department
Charles Brackett
Reis
George Washington University School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia
Nixon backed beach project near Biscayne Bay faces opposition
Neighbors complain the federally funded landfill for Nixon’s Key Biscayne vacation site could damage Biscayne Bay ecology and violate state law. Efforts to advance the plan have stalled with officials offering few progress updates. In Washington, the Senate confirmed William J. Casey, a New York tax attorney, to head the SEC, with one dissent by Sen. Proxmire.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne, Fla
Biscayne Bay
Senate
William J. Casey
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Calley Faces Slow Trial March Toward Verdict
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. appears tired thinner and bored as the military jury continues its slow march toward a verdict in the My Lai mass murder case. He was brought to court to hear more testimony and identify a photograph.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Concorde future in doubt as US SST faces rejection
British aerospace experts say US congressional rejection of the supersonic transport will barely affect the Concorde future but warn of possible reprisals if the US blocks the Concorde. They note Britain lacks the pollution lobby influence and caution against US bans causing European retaliation.
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London
U.S
Britain
United States
Europe
Hart Announces 1972 Run for Kansas Governor Nomination
George Hart former Kansas state treasurer announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1972. He predicted Gov. Robert Docking will seek the U.S. Senate next year and Atty. Gen. Vern Miller will be named to head the FBI, with Hoover possibly retiring soon. Hart said he will enter the gubernatorial race in Kanege Twillfila for that office at an early date.
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Wichita
Kan
George Hart
Hart
Robert Docking
U.S
Vern Miller
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kanege Twillfila
Senate vote lashes Nixon policy over supersonic transport funds
Moscow dispatch from Tass says the U S Senate refused funding for the supersonic transport program. Tass calls the vote a vote of no confidence in the President's economic policy and says it dealt a blow to Nixon's prestige.
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Moscow
U.S. Senate
Tass
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Zoning Dispute Over Sixth and Kasold Shopping Center
Lawrence Douglas County planners split 4-2-2 in a recommendation to rezone land at Sixth and Kasold to C-5 for a proposed shopping center. Carl Hird seeks rezoning plus plat and site plan. neighbor James Moeser objects to C-5 over unsightly current uses. Hird aims to attract a supermarket with a drug and liquor store likely follows. no construction planned this spring, target within a year.
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Sixth and Kasold
Carl Hird
Moeser
Sixth and
Kasold
City Commission
Hird
The
Journal-World
Agnew Uses Texan Tone at $1,000 Plate Event
Vice President Spiro Agnew entertained a high priced dinner crowd in Washington. He joked about Connally replacing him on the 1972 ticket and teased Sen. Muskie and Kissinger while defending his own record and influence in the administration.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Robert J. Dole
Agnew
Time
Newsweek
New York Times
Washington Post
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Sen
Muskie
State Department
State Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Demos Talk and GOP Gains in Vietnam Policy Gala
Washington AP reports Democrats push for policy while Republicans raise funds topping 1.6 million at a Vietnam themed event. Nixon said the end of involvement in South Vietnam may come by next year and a full generation of peace could follow. Agnew calls credibility gap the issue in Southeast Asia policy.
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Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
Spiro T. Agnew
Indochina
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