Douglas County selects seed money for bicentennial projects
Five communities in Douglas County receive $500 each from a $10,000 county bicentennial fund. The money will be available after tax collections post January 1, 1976. The six appointed bicentennial members plus five community coordinators will decide project funding and match with state funds, meeting in June. Uncertainty remains over how the remaining funds will be allocated and how rural representation will be ensured.
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Douglas County
Clenece Hills
Lawrence
Eudora
Lecompton
Baldwin
Clinton
Hills
Clinton Area
County Commission
Arthur Heck
Joint Apollo Soyuz Flight Cleared For July Launch
NASA announced the joint manned space flight by the United States and Soviet Union is cleared for a July 15 launch from Baikonur and Kennedy Space Center. Apollo commander Thomas Stafford and Vance Brand will pair with Donald Slayton, while Aleksei Leonov and Valeriy Kubasov head the Soviet crew. The two spacecraft will dock two days after launch, conduct experiments, then undock with Soyuz landing July 21 and the American craft returning July 24.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Siberia
Glynn Lunney
Moscow
Lunney
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russia
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Soyuz
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
U.S
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Aleksei Leonov
Valeriy Kubasov
Fighting continues in Lebanese city clashes widen toll rises
In Beirut Palestinians and Phalangists clash for the fourth day using mortars machine guns and bazookas with the death toll surpassing 25 and 150 wounded. Security forces failed to create a buffer zone as crossfire hit areas around the eastern city outskirts.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Palestine Liberation Movement
Oil drilling slowdown reported in Kansas
In Wichita AP reports a slowdown in Kansas drilling tied to congressional action to curtail the depletion allowance. Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association executive VP Don Schnacke says contracts are cancelled or postponed and urges congressional hearings to restore the industry.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Don Schnacke
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
Schnacke
Congress
Numbers game legal in New Jersey opens with glitches and bets
In Journal Square Jersey City the first day of New Jersey Lottery's Pick-It numbers game drew heavy betting despite mechanical problems and delayed machines. Bayonne gamblers bet 50 cents on 1000 numbers, some praising the new lawful game while others miss the illegal bookies.
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Jersey City
N.J
Journal Square
Joseph
Moriarty
New Jersey Lottery
Bayonne
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Joint Space Flight
Free State Opera House
Carrolton
Tex
Big Lake Perry
Joe Flynn
Kansas City
Fairway Acres
Amana
Mi. N.W
George Tynes
Vonielle
George
Lawrence Rentals Exchange
Frigidaire
K Mart
General Motors
Roy Banana
COREE
FPCI
Iowa ‘St
31St ST
Ana Perea
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