U S Destroyers Hit In Tonkin Sea Air Battle
North Vietnamese MIGs and torpedo boats attacked U S destroyers off the coast near the Gulf of Tonkin. One enemy plane was shot down and two torpedo boats may have been sunk. one U S destroyer was hit with four sailors wounded. The Sterett reportedly sank the two surface craft with gunfire. A ground battle in Binh Dinh overran a South Vietnamese battalion HQ at Hoai An as North Vietnamese forces push on the central coast.
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Demilitarized Zone
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
North Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Central Highlands
Hoai An
GOP Blames Soviets for Vietnam War Aggression
Republican senators blame the Soviet Union for the ongoing Vietnam conflict and the North Vietnamese offensive. Sen. Barry Goldwater calls the USSR the principal culprit and seeks Senate support for Nixon’s retaliatory air raids, urging continued Haiphong bombing. Sen. Gordon Allott labels Kremlin leaders as reckless, with Sen. Alan Cranston organizing the debate.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Nixon
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
North Vietnam
Kremlin
Goldwater
Haiphong
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Moscow Trip In Jeopardy
Secretary Rogers said no evidence exists that U S bombing raids on North Vietnam will affect Nixon’s Moscow summit. He also denied that the admin emphasized Soviet arms supplying to North Vietnam in relation to the raids.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Moscow
Rogers
House
Inflation Clouds GNP Gain In Early 1972 Economy
The Commerce Department reports GNP rose $30.3 billion in Q1 1972 at an 11.8 percent annual rate, but inflation surged 6.2 percent, leaving much of the gain inflationary. Personal income rose to $905 billion annual rate in March, with retroactive pay revisions. President Nixon foresees a strong year with unemployment near 5 percent by year end.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon
Department
Apollo 16 Enters Moon Orbit for Six Day Exploration
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II maneuvered Orion into lunar orbit for a planned six day scientific campaign. They faced minor vehicle problems but prepared for a Thursday landing in a volcanic plateau to gather atmospheric and radiation data.
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Space Center
Houston
Lunar
Moon
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Orion
Young
Duke
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Earth
Mattingly
RMH Trustees OK Plans for New 55-Bed Hospital
RMH trustees approved submitting final hospital plans to state and federal agencies for a 55-bed, two story facility to be built west of the present hospital. Bids may be let by mid June after two to four weeks of review and about 30 days for bidding. The project has $2.7 million in funds and will connect by corridors to the existing building.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Don Depew
Ralph Persson
Ekdahl, Davis
Depew & Persson
Depew
Kansas State Board of Health
Kansas City
Hill-Burton
Zoning Of County Townships A Reality
Franklin County adopts township zoning in Harrison Lincoln Ottawa and Hayes townships under a Kansas statute protecting Ottawa with a three mile peripheral zone. County commissions form zoning boards, set permits, fees, and appeal processes while addressing mobile homes signs and building site rules. The ordinance emphasizes agricultural zoning, building permits by the county engineer, and a five year signboard permit limit.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County
Harrison
Lincoln
Ottawa
Hayes
City of
Dennis Woolman
Harrison Township
County Commission
Woolman
Board of Appeals
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Reds
Gop Cites
Soviets
Susan Lynn Wheeler
William Charles Wheeler Jr
Ottawa High School
Susan
Kansas City Chiefs
University of Kansas
Apollo
RMH
Steve Lott
Lott
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Ottawa University
Ft. Riley
City Park
67Th Air Defense
Artillery
National Guard
127Th Artillery
Bam
Dam
Sam
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