Vietnam Lost Hall Of Force
SAIGON AP The 45 day Laos campaign cost South Vietnam nearly 10 000 casualties nearly 50 percent of forces committed Officials said 3 800 killed 775 missing 6 200 wounded versus official 1 146 killed 245 missing 4 235 wounded The report also noted North Vietnamese losses near 14 000 with many credited to U S air strikes and gunships The front saw Marines recalled from Co Roc ridge and U S fighter bombers clashing with a column of 24 North Vietnamese tanks amid renewed border operations and two helicopter losses with eight Americans killed and 12 wounded in other actions
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
de Viet
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Co Roc
Ham Nghi
Senators Move to Repeal Power of Reorganization
Jefferson City AP report says Missouri Senate, 26 to 2, allows Sen. William Waters to introduce a bill repealing the 1967 law granting the governor power to reorganize state agencies. The move follows the governor Warren Hearnes vetoing four reorganization plans and opposition arguing the law gave the chief executive excessive power.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Warren &. Hearnes
Senate
William B. Waters
Liberty
Thomas G. Woolsey
Versailles
North Vietnams Move Into DMZ Amid Tense U.S. Warning
Washington reports North Vietnam moved men and artillery into the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Vietnams. Pentagon officials would not confirm a violation of the 1968 bombing halt understanding. Spokesman Jerry Friedheim cited potential protective reactions to safeguard U.S. forces in South Vietnam. Observations came from aerial reconnaissance over recent weeks.
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Washington
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Defense Department
Hanoi
United States
Dmz
Jerry W. Friedheim
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Laos
Friedheim
SST Defeat Shocks SST Backers in Congress Vote
In WALINGTON AP reports the Senate voted 51-46 to end federal support for the supersonic transport. The House followed with a similar move, ending subsidies and threatening over $1 billion in funds, up to 15,000 jobs, and raising concerns about U.S. aviation leadership amid environmental opposition led by Sen. William Proxmire. Proxmire hailed the tally as major for ecology, while SST backers warned of waste and economic loss.
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Walington
Senate
Nixon
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Tokyo
Boeing Aircraft Co
Democratig
Spiro T. Agnew
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
David Gambrell
D-Ga
Hubert H. Humph
SST
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
White House
Warren Magnuson
General Electric Co
Proxmire
Nixon Proposes Eight Cabinet Departments to Replace Eleven
President Nixon called on Congress to consolidate eleven federal departments into eight with four new ones Natural Resources Community Development Human Resources and Economic Affairs. The plan would absorb Agriculture Commerce Labor Transportation Housing and Urban Development Interior and Health Education and Welfare The message argues fragmentation causes overlap and accountability issues while outlining cohesive goals and broader command structures.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Natural Resources
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Transportation
Housing and Urban Development
Interior
Health
Wedding To Put 23 Kids In 1 Family
Onaga Kansas AP report notes Patricia Ebert and David Hund plan a May 3 wedding to unite 23 children from two widowed households. Ebert has 12 children, Hund 11, ages two to 22, with Tim Hund a 6 foot 11 high school star.
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Onaga
Kan
Patricia Ebert
David Hund
Paxico
Ebert
Hund
Tim
Wamego
Jaycees Plan Spring Clean-Up With Scouts In Mexico
The Mexico Jaycees set Sunday May 2 for their annual spring cleanup a joint project with local Boy Scouts Rex Johnson as president announced at a Monterey Restaurant dinner meeting Ben McAllister of Falstaff Distributing Co will supply trucks for trash pickup Last year four pickup loads were hauled The group will also clean minor roads around Mexico and will elect officers on April 14 The meeting drew guests from several nearby towns and France
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Mexico
Jaycees
Johnson
Howard Dillard
Laddonia
Laddonia American Legion Hall
Laddonia Charter
Dillard
Richard Wohlers
Neil Nielsen
John R. Cline
Connie Pickering
Bill Johnson
Ervin Hoffman
Mexico United
Club
Bill Nowell
Joe Baldwin
Gary Ziegler
Charles Sprouls
Ron Darnell
Don Fox
van Botkins
Barry Hacker
Bill Proctor
Kansas City
Don St. Clair
Vandalia
Bernard Thearcelin
France
Family Sues To Open Up Culvert In Vandalia District
A Vandalia family, John Rolle Sr. Doris Rolle and Vernon Rolle, sue the Vandalia Special Road District to compel culvert repair on a gravel road between sections 13 and 24, Township 52 6 west, about two miles east northeast of Farber. They seek a writ of mandamus. the district has until April 5 to answer. The petition notes drainage from the Rolles’ land is blocked by a disrepair culvert causing periodic flooding and alleges ongoing refusal to repair by road district commissioners.
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Vandalia
Vandalia Special Road District
Audrain Circuit
John Rolle Sr
Doris Rolle
Vernon Rolle
G. Andy Runge
Township 52
Farber
Rolles
Rolle
Mrs. Benton Named Regional Delegate to White House Aging Conference
Mrs. Quinnie Benton of Mexico was chosen as regional delegate for the nine county Columbia area to attend the White House Conference on Aging in Washington D C November 28 to December 3 Delegates from states territories and national groups will meet at the Washington Hilton Hotel to draft a national aging policy The regional meeting in Columbia included Max Berrey Leona Pearl Fecht Thelma Leonard M L Stephenson and Jack Scott as attendees
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Quinnie Benton
Mexico
Washington, D.C
Columbia
Washington
Washington Hilton Hotel
Benton
Max Berrey
Leona Pearl Fecht
Thelma Leonard
M. L. Stephenson
Jack Scott
Snow Puts Travelers Warning On Kansas
Light snow spread across western and west central Missouri with a partial lifting of travel warnings. In Kansas City four inches fell, three in St. Joseph, while north and northeast Kansas saw two to eight inches with pockets of seven inches from Concordia to Frankfort. Roads were slick and some accidents occurred, but few road closures.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Service
St. Joseph
Kansas
Cuba
Concordia
Frankfort
Maryville
Columbia
Springfield
Cape Girardeau
The
Weather Service
Hill City
Liberal
Garden City
Coffeyville
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Vietnam
Lang Vei
Presbyterian Church
Mexico Presbyterian Church
Roy E. Jackson
la Plata
United Presbyterian Women In the
Mrs. Benton
Plymouth
Wis
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