Lawrence Plant Expansion: KPL Unveils 430000 kW Unit
Kansas Power & Light showcased its Lawrence energy center new 430000 kilowatt unit north of Lawrence. The facility, largest in Kansas, will take about six months to fully phase in and boost KPL capacity by 40 percent.
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Kansas Power & Light Co
Lawrence
State Electric System
Kansas
Balfour S. Jeffrey
KPL
Lawrence Energy Center
Jeffrey
Journal-World
Jerry Schwartz
Viet Forces Repel Major Counterattack in A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese troops repelled two major counterattacks in the A Shau Valley campaign with U S air support. About 200 North Vietnamese were killed, and a regimental base camp and arms factory were destroyed. Marine casualties neared 90 in total across both assaults.
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Saigon
A Shau
U.S
U S Proposes Neutral Country for POW Exchange in Viet Nam
At Paris peace talks Ambassador Bruce offered to fly out or sea ship North Vietnamese POWs to a neutral country. South Vietnam holds about 1,700 North Vietnamese prisoners. roughly 1,600 Americans are listed as prisoners or missing. Sweden signaled willingness to assist if an agreement is reached.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
David K. E. Bruce
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Sweden
Life Sentence Given Mother in Double Fatalities
Alice Crimmins was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her 5 year old son Edmund. Judge George Balbach also gave a concurrent 5 to 20 year term for first degree manslaughter in the death of her 4 year old daughter Alice Marie. The jury had convicted her of first degree murder and manslaughter on April 23.
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New York
Alice Crimmins
George Balbach
Crimmons
Edmund
Alice Marie
Hill Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Texarkana Case
A Douglas County jury found Andrew Leroy Hill of Chicago guilty at 12:01 p.m. of second degree murder and aggravated battery for the Nov. 4 shooting at 2430 Ousdahl apartment complex that killed Bruce Douglas and wounded Paula George. Sentencing is delayed pending a possible new trial. Hill faces 5 to 15 years plus up to life on murder and 1 to 5 years plus up to 20 years on battery.
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Andrew Leroy Hill
Chicago
Douglas County
Hill
Bruce A. Douglas
Texarkana
Tex
Paula Sue George
Lawrence and
Hiawatha
Ousdahl
George Earnshaw
Shawnee Mission
Frank Gray
Elwell
Bruce Douglas
Paula George
Douglas
Bryan Saunders
Miss George
Saunders
Army Promotes Three Black Colonels to Brigadier General
The Army named Roscoe C. Cartwright Oliver W. Dillard and James F. Hamlet as brigadier generals, the first time three African Americans reach one star simultaneously. They join four Black generals on active duty, as 80 colonels were approved for promotion and sent to the Senate for confirmation. Hamlet and Dillard are in Vietnam, Cartwright at the Pentagon.
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Washington
Army
Nixon
Senate
Roscoe C. Cartwright
Kansas City
Oliver W. Dillard
Margaret, Ala
James F
Hamlet
Dillard
Vietnam
Cartwright
Pentagon
Daniel James
Air Force
James
Defense Department
Continued warming trend through Friday details
The index notes a steady rise in temperatures continuing through Friday with full details available on page five.
Britain and Common Market reach major budget breakthrough
Britain and six Common Market nations agree on a formula for Britain’s first year budget payments and other terms. Talks target June completion with separate fisheries, New Zealand dairy, and pound sterling issues still unresolved. The deal includes favored treatment for Caribbean sugar producers and faster tariff liberalization, with continental import barriers to fall by July 1, 1977.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
European Economic Community
Western Europe
New Zealand
Luxembourg
Maurice Schumann
Hans de Koster
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Sigismund von Graun
British Commonwealth
Jamaica
Guyana
Mauritius
Driver Charged in Cheney Fatal Crash
In Wichita AP report, Richard R. Laverentz, 19, Cheney, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter after the car he drove struck and killed Ted McCarty, 23, and his wife Sue, 21, as they rode a motorcycle near Mrs. McCarty’s parents' home. The couple wed days earlier. Sue died at the scene. Ted, on Navy leave, died on the way to a Wichita hospital. Arraignment pending.
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Wichita
Cheney
Sheriff’s Patrol
Sam Davidson
Richard R. Laverentz
Ted McCarty
Sue
State County Move To Contain Welfare Costs
State and county welfare officials proposed measures to limit costs within the Kansas Legislature’s current year budget. The plan targets keeping spending under 46.75 million while needs reach 57.83 million, including preserving basic recipient allowances, cutting medical costs with experts, expanding work programs, and mandating 65 as the retirement age for county welfare staff. Payments to medical providers for May and June will be deferred to the new fiscal year starting July 1 to stay within the current year’s funds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Board of Social Welfare
Robert Harder
Harder
Nixon Bill to Back Lockheed Loan Guarantee
The administration proposes a 250 million loan guarantee to aid Lockheed Aircraft Corp and its Tristar program. The measure limits the guarantee to five years with possible renewal, requiring repayment and a reasonable rate, and faces Senate and House Banking committees for approval.
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Washington
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate Banking Committee
Kansas Sees Rapid Warmup With Temperature Jump
A swift warming trend moves through Kansas as temperatures rise about 30 degrees from 40 at 7 a.m. to 70 by noon. Forecasters expect highs of 80 to 85 in northeast Kansas on Friday with a low near 50 tonight and southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Rain is unlikely for the next 24 hours.
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Kansas
Journal- World
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