Tito Visits Iowa Farm During Des Moines Stop
Yugoslavian president Josip Tito planned a brief Des Moines stop with tight security. He would arrive from Los Angeles at 1 30 p m and depart about an hour and a half later after six days in the United States. Des Moines officials cited security and the chance to visit a local farm near Warren County as key factors.
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Canada
Tito
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Warren County
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Ray
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Omaha
Kansas City
McKee
Iowa
Toll for Tidal Wave Devastates 1,000 Square Miles in Orissa
AP reports the Bengal coast disaster left 1,000 square miles scarred and millions affected in Orissa. Death toll 3,391 with 2 million missing, 10,000 feared dead, as floods ruin crops and Paradip port. Prime Minister Gandhi sent condolences while ChaVan plans a relief tour amid fiscal strain.
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Bengal
United News of India
Orissa
Jambu
Calcutta
Bhubaneswar
Pratap Chandra Mohanty
Cuttack
Balasore
Chalmers Defends University Faculty Innovation at KU
Chalmers urged faculty to develop scholarship from scratch and emphasize currency over popularity. He highlighted KU’s role with two thirds of Kansas doctorates and urged careful funding for The University Daily Kansan, noting student support for continued funding and possible fixed annual fee.
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Chalmers
Kansas
University Daily
Kansan Board
Senate
Gandhi seeks U S reassessment of Indo American ties
Indira Gandhi flies to the United States to press President Nixon for a deep review of Indian American relations. Indian officials say she argues U S backing for Pakistan delays settlement of East Bengal crisis and risks a new India Pakistan war. She tours Vienna Brussels London and aims to influence policy toward revising the basis of ties.
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London
Indira Gandhi
India
United States
Nixon
Gandhi
Pakistan
East Bengal
Vienna
Brussels
Washington
Paris
Bonn
China
Moscow
U.S
Lawrence May Prosecute KU Parking Fine Violations
KU officials and Lawrence city leaders at a dinner session discussed prosecuting unpaid university traffic fines in municipal court. City Manager Burford Watson said the meeting also covered bus service funding, housing inspections, and cooperative efforts on criminal justice education and campus dog control.
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Lawrence May
Kansas University
Burford Watson
Watson
Lawrence
Lawrence Bus Co
Criminal Justice Administration
Laird Heads For Vietnam Sees Decline In Troop Levels
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird traveled to Vietnam predicting troop levels will fall below Nixon's 184,000 target by December 1. Sources suggest about 175,000 by then as he assesses progress for an anticipated November 15 withdrawal.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
Laird
Pentagon
Formalized Beer Proposal At Kansas Union Consideration
Kansas University Chancellor Laurence Chalmers asks the Kansas Union Operating Board to formalize their beer consumption proposal as a motion detailing specifics. He reviewed the board meeting minutes and will accept the plan once formalized guiding canned beer at approved parties and banning keg events.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Kansas Union Operating Board
Chalmers
Mansfield says no rush to revive foreign aid program
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield rejects hasty action to restore foreign aid. He says AID can use current funds for salaries while Congress rewrites the program. Church supports a brief extension. Laird warns rejection could impact Vietnam withdrawal and negotiations.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Agency For International Development
Congress
Mansfield
South Vietnam
U.S
White House
Sen
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D-Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Miller Delays Probe Into Great Bend Gambling
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller postponed the Great Bend gambling inquisition again. He had aimed to open it earlier after court orders and delays tied to other court proceedings and scheduling conflicts. Miller seeks to determine what occurred in the clubs raided on October 2 to uncover factual details.
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Great Bend Gambling
Great Bend
Barton County District Court
Lawrence
Lawrence OBrien to Speak at Kansas Univ Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence OBrien national Democratic Party chairman will speak at 7 30 pm in Hoch Auditorium Kansas University sponsored by the Vickers Memorial Lecture Series and open to all residents.
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Lawrence O’brien
Democratic Party
Hoch Auditorium
Kansas University
Vickers
Burned Baby Released After Seven Months
A newborn girl rescued from a smoldering trash can fire seven months ago in Kansas City Kansas was turned over to Wyandotte County Social Welfare. She had burns over 70 percent of her body and was treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. Hospital administrator Dr Ned W Small said she is now a bright child likely to grow normally though she will face ongoing hospitalizations for surgery and procedures. Over $1,000 has been donated for her care and a foster home is sought.
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Kan
Wyandotte County Department of Social Welfare
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Ned. W. Small
Small
Ramada Inn room robbed of items worth 535 dollars
The Ra mada Inn on Sixth and Iowa reported a burglary to Lawrence police. Between 5 p.m. Sunday and 9 15 a.m. Monday items valued at 535 dollars were taken: a 325 dollar television set two chairs 50 dollars each a 50 dollar table a 35 dollar light and a 25 dollar picture.
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Ramada Inn
Sixth
Iowa
Bob Hansmann
Lawrence
Oklahoma City Man Sues Over Birth Control Pill Link
Andrew N. Jorgensen files a $6 million federal suit against Meade Johnson Laboratories claiming Ora con pills used by his wife altered chromosome structure and caused birth deformities in twin daughters born in 1967, one deceased. He seeks $3 million for each daughter.
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Oklahoma City
Andrew N
Jorgensen
Meade Johnson Laboratories
Oracon
Pamela
Navy Bomber Strikes North Vietnam Amid Missiles Fire
A U S Navy A6 Intruder made its 70th North Vietnam strike this year after two surface to air missiles were fired at it. The aircraft returned fire at a SAM site though damage was not confirmed. The operation occurred 105 miles north of the DMZ as aircraft concentrated on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos and depots in Cambodia.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
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Laos
Mu Gia
Central Highlands
OHC
Pleiku
Kontum
Mekong
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Vote at Society Meeting on City Hall Museum Plan
The Douglas County Historical Society will vote at 6 30 p m on November 11 in the Crystal Room Eldridge House on using the Watkins Building 11th and Massachusetts as a community museum. President J W Paddock said the board has approved the plan and needs member approval.
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Douglas County Historical Society
Eldridge House
J. W. Paddock
Old City Hall
Watkins Building
11Th and
Massachusetts
Society
Paddock
McCormack Returns $23,495 Stationery Fund Upon Retirement
Former Speaker John W. McCormack did not keep his stationery allowance. He returned $23,495 to the Treasury after retiring from Congress. The Massachusetts Democrat had access to an annual $3,000 to $3,500 fund for offices and supplies, which members could cash out without accounting.
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House
John W. McCormack
Congress
Massachusetts Democrat
Treasury
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