2 500 Troops Leave Vietnam After Long War Ends
In Saigon the last American forces depart South Vietnam ending more than a decade of intervention. Gen Weyand officiated as MACV was inactivated and 2 500 troops flew home while ongoing U S forces remained to deter renewed fighting in Indochina.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Southeast Asia
Dochina
Cambodia
Laos
7Th Fleet
Vietnam
Pentagon
Guam
Thailand
Joint Military Commission
Joint
North
Frederick C. Weyand
Republic of Vietnam
Military Assistance Command Vietnam
MACV
Weyand
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
The
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Exhibition Highlights Sino U.S. Friendship at KU
A KU University Union Kansas Room exhibition titled A Quarter of a Century A Quarter of Humanity opens Sunday to showcase progress in China over 25 years in medicine industry arts agriculture and Sino U.S. relations. The KU TYT Committee led by Cheng King will host 2 to 9 pm Sunday and 10:30 am to 5 pm Monday with Chinese delicacies served after the opening.
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Kansas Room
Kansas University Union
Ku-Tyt
China
United States
Japan
Cheng King
Republic of China
Snuff Use in U S Declined in 1972 Report Says
The Agriculture Department reports a drop in per capita snuff use among adults to 0.18 pounds in 1972 from 0.19 in 1971. Ten years earlier, in 1962, use stood at 0.27 pounds. The report was released Wednesday in a tobacco situation update.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
KU Students Win Reynolds Aluminum Prize in 1973
Kansas University third year architecture students Michael B. Elliott of Owensboro Kentucky and Thomas R. Schwetge of St. Louis Missouri won the 1973 Reynolds Aluminum Prize for Architectural Students at KU. Each received 300 dollars for a mobile inflatable space concept advancing to national competition with a 5000 dollar prize to be shared between winner and school.
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Larry Morlan
Lawrence High School
Robert Shelley
Rt. 5
Kansas University
Reynolds Aluminum
Michael B. Elliott
Owensboro, Ky
Thomas R. Schwetge
St. Louis
The
American Institute of Architects
Reynolds
Elliot and
Schwetge
Stolen White 1965 Volkswagen Reported to Police
Anthony Wolf of Jayhawk Volkswagen reported a white 1965 Volkswagen stolen to Lawrence police around 4 45 p m Tuesday. The car valued at 600 dollars. no license plate number provided.
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Volkswagen
Lawrence
Anthony Wolf
Jayhawk
Iowa
Wolf
Missouri Flood Kills One in River Breaks and Levees
Floodwaters swamped Missouri highways and overflowed levees as residents faced evacuations. A Foley woman, Charlotte Hadler, 53, died when a flooded porch refrigerator toppled and pinned her. In Old Monroe, volunteers with the Army Corps of Engineers rushed sandbagging to shield 2,700 acres and the town of 600. Coast Guard ferried bags as crews battled the record flood, surpassing 1947 levels. Nearby, about 150 families in eastern Mississippi County fled homes between Birds Point and New Madrid where 70,000 acres were underwater after a levee breach.
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Foley, Mo
Charlotte Hadler
Lincoln County
Hadler
Coast Guard
Nieman
Monroe
Missouri
Mississippi
Birds Point
New Madrid
Cairo
Ill
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Orange
Furniture & Home Appliance
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Associated Press
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Richard Nieman
Corps of Engineers
Helen Gilles
M.D. Board OF Education
Board of Education
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Jim Owens
Gib Vaughn
ED Marling
Dinette Sale
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