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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1972
Page
5
A stolen hearse loaded with 100 to 200 pounds of gelignite exploded in Belfast city center, damaging about a dozen shops and not causing serious injuries. troops prepared for Easter clashes as unrest flared after the blast. An anonymous call warned the bomb, described as the largest yet, had been placed outside a tavern. Three people were treated for shock.
The federal court's redraw of Kansas Senate districts omits Board of Education boundaries. State law requires each of 10 education districts combine four continuous senatorial districts, forcing Secretary of State Elwill Shanahan and the attorney general's office into a knotty legal problem as only the legislature can adjust these districts.
Seven teenage girls were named semifinalists in the statewide Kansas Safety Queen contest. Winners include Carol Trude and Kandyce Larson of Jamestown, Mary Richards of Olpe, Karen Bond of Wichita, Carol Carter of Eudora, Kristi Scott of White City, and Ronda Buchanan of Osawatomie. The finalists will be honored at the state safety conference April 28-29 in Lawrence, where one will be named state Safety Queen.
Thousands of North Vietnamese troops crossed the DMZ and attacked retreating South Vietnamese in the bloodiest fighting since the Tet Offensive. Northern forces aimed to seize Quang Tri province, driving toward the provincial capital while Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam reported about 30,000 NVA crossed into the area and claimed heavy casualties for the enemy.
Easter pilgrims jam Jerusalem for dawn services at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre led by Patriarch James Joseph Bertritti. In Vietnam, heavy fighting around Quang Tri and Kontum with U S air support and rising casualties. In Ireland, IRA and Sinn Fein parade commemorations mark the 1916 rebellion as West Berliners visit East Germany. Pope Paul VI plans Easter vigil and mass in Rome. Nguyen Thi Binh urges renewed Paris peace talks amid U S suspension.
Washington AP Nixon uses Railway Labor Act to avert rail strikes for 60 days. Emergency boards appointed to reconcile disputes between AFL CIO UTU and Penn Central over 6000 layoffs and wage/work rule changes for sheet metal workers on multiple railroads. Boards have 60 days to report and mediate.
Wayne Lee reports that Kansas imposes a temporary one third surcharge on state employment security taxes to avert a fund insolvency. The measure, retroactive to January 1, 1972, aims to raise about $18 million yearly from about 40,000 employers, with fund projections showing a drop from $100 million in 1969 to an estimated $55 million this year without action.
A chlorine laden barge stranded at McAlpine Dam near Louisville prompted a mandatory evacuation of about 4800 residents in the Portland district. Hospitals and a communications hub were moved to safety as police and troops secured the area.
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