Trains Collide Near Paola South of Paola
A Missouri Pacific freight rear collided with a stationary Katy freight just south of Paola near Bull Creek. One man injured. 93 MOP cars and 103 Katy cars derailed. Frisco tracks also blocked. Cars of new Chevrolets not damaged. Estimated damage over $40,000. repair crews headed from Kansas City and Coffeyville.
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Rick Arner
Osawatomie
Paola
Bull Creek
Katy
Frisco
Kansas City
Coffeyville
South Viet troops reoccupy Firebase No 6 near Laos border
Saigon announced South Vietnamese troops reclaimed Firebase No 6 after two days of heavy fighting that left many casualties on both sides. About 280 North Vietnamese bodies were found around the base six miles east of the border, with U.S. advisers reported missing or captured in Communist broadcasts.
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Saigon
Lee Trung Hien
Hien
U.S
No. 6
Laos
Khe Sanh
Cambodia
Rolous
Phnom Penh
Unemployment Rate Rises to Six Percent in March
Washington reports unemployment up to 6 percent for March, with 5.2 million jobless. The drop from February was 270,000, but the seasonal adjustment shows a 190,000 annual rise. Congress questions BLS economists amid the administration’s new reporting policy.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Calley Freed Under Revised Directive At Fort Benning
Lt. William Calley remains under tight guard after his release from the stockade by President Nixon. A revised Army directive limits him to quarters with an armed guard, permits limited visits and correspondence, and prohibits public statements or media contact while his conviction is reviewed.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley
Nixon
Peatman
Calley
Army
My Lai
White House
May Lai
San Clemente
Calif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
City Awarded $600,000 Grant
Ottawa receives a grant of $637,440 for waste treatment plant improvements including a new interceptor sewer. Total project cost is $2,234,000 with work begun in 1967. City officials expect Topeka engineers to finalize plans soon as part of the upgrade.
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Ottawa
Larry Winn
Orlin Smith
Smith
Topeka
Kansans to vote on wide range of state and local measures
Voters across Kansas face a broad ballot including a proposed state constitutional amendment granting 18 year olds the vote, liquor licenses for Copeland Maple Hill and Moran, school district dissolutions and closures, sales tax proposals in Lawrence Manhattan and Topeka, and budget and levy questions in several cities. Special issues include bond issues and building projects for schools hospitals libraries airports and municipal services, with many mill levy and budget increases under consideration.
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Associated Press
Kansans
Copeland
Maple Hill
Moran
Unified School District 46
Linn County
Pratt Usd 382
Glendale
Preston
Pratt
Lawrence
Manhattan
Topeka
Board of Education of
Unified School District 383
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas City, Kan
Hold Welfare Line Sparks Kansas Budget Clash
Kansas legislators debated a hold the line plan to force the Social Welfare Department to redesign programs as House Speaker Calvin Strowig rejects Gov Docking's spending lid. He warned added welfare needs could push 1972 revenue by 12 to 15 million, noting the House already boosted welfare funding by 12 million over 1970 appropriations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Strowig
Robert Docking
Docking
House
Robert) Docking
Paul Dugan
D-Wichita
Kenith Howard
Roverland Park
Roger Turner
Wichita
Health, Education and Welfare Department
State Research Department
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Kansas House set to vote on welfare cash limit bill
The Kansas House planned a final vote on a bill capping welfare cash assistance to the federal minimum wage for a 40 hour week. The measure, amended for a $50 welfare birth control implant one time payment and $10 yearly exam, faced opposition who warned it could jeopardize federal funds.
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Topeka
Kansas House
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Calley Freedom Limited
League of Kansas Municipalities
Edwards County
Ingalls
Maize
Olathe
Ing
LeRoy
Moscow
Nickerson
Norton
Oakley
Attica
Altoona
Beloit
Easton
Emporia
Hays
Hesston
Horton
Lecompton
Neodesha
Fairgrounds
Oberlin
Russell
Waverly
Cottonwood Falls
Enterprise
Haysville
Hoiaington
Kingman
North Newton
Jetmore
Harper
Bourbon County
Fort Scott Community Junior College
Ottawa High School
Sunflower Girls’ State
University of Kansas
Anne Wolf
Henry Wolf
S. Oak
American Legion Auxiliary
Jane Alexander
James Alexander
E. 11Th
Business and Professional Women
American Legion, Auxiliary
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