Wabash Cannon Ball Ends Its Historic Run
In Detroit at 7:15 a.m. EST the last Wabash Cannon Ball left for St. Louis under Amtrak, ending a storied era. Engineers, attendants, and passengers recalled former days and the train’s long legacy as it moved through Ohio Indiana and Illinois to final destination.
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Detroit
Union Depot
J.L. Miller
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis
Amtrak
Detroit River
Wardell Price
Price
Ohio
Indiana
Wabash Railway
Norfolk & Western
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Lake Erie
Wabash River
Fort Wayne
Mississippi River
Huntington
Wabash
Peru
Danville
Ill
C.H. Adams
Deca
Tur
Illinois
Decatur
P.W. Kellogg
Tll
Granite City
Young Woman Key Suspect In Capitol Blast
Washington AP reports 19 year old Leslie Bacon, daughter of an Atherton California lumberman, arrested in Seattle on bond 100000 as a material witness in the Capitol bombing probe. FBI says informant tainted by Bacon knew details. lawyers seek bond reduction amid appeals court review.
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Washington
U.S
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Leslie Bacon
Atherton
Calif
Miss Bacon
U.S. District Court
Daniel C. Mahan
Capitol
District Court
John J. Sirica
San Francisco
Mahan
Jury Acquits Capt Kotoue of My Lai Charge
FT. McPHERSON Ga AP A seven officer jury acquitted Capt Eugene M Kotoue of maiming a prisoner after the 1968 My Lai raid. The verdict followed a brief deliberation as Kotoue, an intelligence officer at the time, stood at attention. He told reporters he would remain in the Army and praised the service.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Eugene M. Kotoue
My Lai
Vietnam
Kotouc
Area County Forecast Keeps It Mild and Sunny
Partly cloudy conditions through tonight with a fair, warmer Friday. Winds shift southerly around 10 mph by noon tonight. Tonight’s low near 40 to 45, Friday’s high near 75. Historical data note low 41 today, high 71 year ago, 96 record high in 1910, 30 record low in 1903. Barometer 30.00.
Rogers lands in Ankara amid martial law security
Secretary of State William P. Rogers arrived in Ankara under tight security as Turkey enforces martial law. He flies on from Paris with plans to tour the Middle East, seeking a partial Suez Canal accord while urging ideas exchange with Egypt and Israel.
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Ankara
Turkey
William P. Rogers
Paris
Maurice Schumann
Mideast
Rogers
Saudi Arabia
Senboga
Inter
Middle East
Suez Canal
Washington
East Bank
Egypt
Israel
Kansas Highway Funds Limit on Construction
The Kansas Highway Department expects $132.13 million from state sources this fiscal year but only $37.22 million will be for construction on highways, about 28 cents on the dollar. Assistant highway director R. L. Peyton notes the public misperception about spending for state system construction. The state also has $68 million from the federal government available for construction.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
R. L. Peyton
Peyton
Veto Restores Higher Ed Funds In Kansas
Governor Docking uses line item veto to restore 425000 in higher education funds cut by the 1971 legislature. He reverses reductions of 229736 for Pittsburg State, 130148 for KU, and 64931 for Emporia State Teachers College, keeping funding to the level of Senate bill 61. He notes the action prevents financial hardship for colleges and suggests potential future funding constraints.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Goveror
Pittsburg State College
University of Kansas
Emporia State Teachers College
Senate
Morris Kay
R-Lawrence
House
Kay
Air War Over North Vietnam Again In Tet Battles
U S Navy planes clashed with North Vietnamese defenses for the second time in a week as they photographed air defenses and supply routes 85 to 115 miles northwest of the DMZ. North Vietnam fired four SAM2 missiles and 37mm shells at the reconnaissance aircraft and escorts. one air-to-ground missile and eight bombs were launched in retaliation. All three Navy planes returned safely to the carrier Hancock.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Navy Afi
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Ha. Tinh
Hancock
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
Ottawa Commission weighs Vietnam peace treaty endorsement
Ottawa City Commission considered endorsing a peoples peace treaty for Vietnam at a sparse Wednesday session. Mayor Ralph and City Attorney Richeson absent due to family deaths. J Leland Hysom acted as mayor pro tempore. A mini-ball field near Daybrook was proposed, zoning review pending. May Day proclaimed. pool operation contract with Odawa Recreation Commission approved for May to early August.
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Ottawa City Commission
Vietnam
Ottawa University
City Hall
Stephen V. Ralph
John L. Richeson
J. Leland Hysom
Ralph
James EF. White
Daybrook
Ottawa Division
Hickory
Odawa Recreation Conmission
Magust
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Mich
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Siena Heights College
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Walter C
Jack” Kindlesparker
Perrysville
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Maumee River
Eisenhower
Lillian Thayer
Roberta Hughes
Betty Kloster
Pat Garvin
Philip Hirschkop
Sirica
Hirschkop
Kotoue
Starleen Cook
Don Cook
Princeton
Cook
United States
Soviet Union
London
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Red China
Peking
China
Edgar Snow
Mao Tse-tung
Nixon
Kansas
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