Grand jury finds no indictments in Franklin County election probe
After 14 meetings the Franklin County grand jury reported no criminal action by public officials in last November's general election. The panel cited human error and inexperience among election staff as factors in ballot discrepancies, upheld the hospital bond recount, and urged bond sale plans to proceed. Judge Stadler lauded the jury for diligent work and cautioned on jail needs.
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Lawrence H. Kramer
Robert F. Stadler
Iola
Division One
Fourth Judicial District
Franklin County Taxpayers’ Association
Roy E. Swank
Election Board
Sixth Ward
Ransom Memorial
Bruce Spears
State Secretary of State
Grand Jury
Stadler
Franklin County
Robert Clogston
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Cornelius F. Boston
Walton
Alice May Ellis
Poplar
Lucy L. Crites
Franklin County Commissioners
Kansas
Ten Die In Kentucky Twisters Kill Dozens In Destruction
Three tornadoes carved an 80 mile path through south central Kentucky killing 10 people and injuring more than 100. Adair, Russell, and Butler-Warren counties suffered the heaviest damage as floods left four feet of water in some areas. Emergency crews and state officials deployed, with National Guard helicopters and Corps of Engineers teams assisting in the effort.
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Columbia
Kentucky
Adair County
Russell County
Butler- Warren Counties
Cary Eaton
Civil Defense
Green
Eaton
South Hill
Bowling Green
Richardsville
Reedyville
Morgantown
Casey
Adair
Salem
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Frankfort
Louie B. Nunn
National Guard
William L. Walter
Nancy Powell
Butler County
Jamestown
Bulan Swanson
Somerset Hospital
KU Students Reject 130000 Activity Fund Transfer
University of Kansas students voted 2 151 to 1 878 against using 130000 of activity funds to offset a state budget cut. President David Miller called it a protest against state funding shortfalls and not opposition to the university. Some opposed by saying it sets a bad precedent and the plan lacked clear use details amid prior campus turmoil.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
University
Kansas
David Miller
Miller
Daily Kansan
Senate backs two year draft extension as Nixon powers loom
Senate Armed Services Committee approves a two year extension of the draft and authority for Nixon to end undergraduate college deferments. The plan would keep about 2.4 million in uniform by June 30, 1972 with pay rises and bonuses to attract troops while constraining annual draft to 150,000 with an urgent security escape. Fights loom over a one year limit with opponents and Democratic Leader Mansfield predicting a tight House Senate battle.
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Washington
Armed Services Committee
Senate
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Nixon
House
Stennis
U.S
Indochina
Mike Mansfield
Senate Committee
KCC Moves Against Gas Rate Hikes
The Kansas Corporation Commission intervened against Cities Service Gas Co new rate request before the Federal Power Commission. Saffels said Kansas impact would include Gas Service Co Kansas Power Light Union Gas Peoples Natural Gas Kansas Public Service with about 391000 homes and 40000 businesses affected. The company seeks an $18 million rise, $7.8 million in Kansas, a 14 percent residential and 25 percent industrial increase. The request calls for a 9.5 percent return on rate base to be effective Oct. 23, higher than any prior KCC grant.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Cities Service Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Dale E. Saffels
KCC
Kansas
The
Gas Service Co
Kansas Power & Light Co
Union Gas System, Inc
Peoples Natural Gas Division
Northern Natural Gas Co
Kansas Public Service Co
Saffels
Cities Service
Cities Service Gas
Area Weather COUNTY FORECAST Indicates Clear to Partly Cloudy
Area forecast calls for a warming trend through Thursday with light variable winds. Tonight low 42 to 47 degrees and a high around 7. Tuesday high near 68 and today’s low around 40. Year ago highs 89 and lows 68. Record highs 91 in 1910 and record lows 30 in 1928. Hourly readings list temps up to 9pm with barometer at 29.05 at 9pm.
SEATO Backs US Viet Peace Efforts
London AP reports SEATO allies backed U S efforts to negotiate peace in Vietnam and urged North Vietnam to capitulate. the communique praised Indochina gains, noted Vietnam's self defense progress, and referenced troop withdrawals. Pakistan and France dissented or stayed away from the conference.
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London
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
SEATO
Indochina
Republic of Vietnam
Pakistan
Eight-Nation Alliance
France
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Ceylon
William P. Rogers
Tran van Lam
South
Bomb Missions In North Guard American Allies
Waves of U S warplanes attacked enemy positions on three fronts to support Cambodian and South Vietnamese troops. B52 raids and 300 helicopter missions targeted bases, supply routes, and battlefield concentrations across eastern Cambodia and southern Laos and Vietnam. Seven U S aircraft were reported lost with eight personnel wounded. four American soldiers and four Vietnamese wounded by a grenade blast in Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Indochina
Demilitarized Zone
A Shau
Sepone
Laos
da Nang
Fee Increase May Hurt Ottawa Drivers Ed
The Ottawa school district raised drivers education costs from 1 to 3 dollars due to reduced state aid. Instructors warn fewer students may enroll this summer, though around 200 juniors attended last year and expect similar turnout. State aid about 20 dollars per student, total roughly 4,095 last year.
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Ottawa
H. K. Stevens
Marvin P. Forker
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Dunbar
U.S. Weather Service
Cane Valley
Russell Springs
Thompsonville
Ill
ASC
Bob Packwood
Ottawa University Chapel
U.S. Senate
Sen
Packwood
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
President's Commission On Population
Rogers
Ankara
Turkey
Israel
North Guard
Stevens
Marie Girard
Jerome Adell
Pomona
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