Penny Ante Aroused Vern Raps State Drug Assault
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller told the State Finance Council the drug crackdown is a penny ante effort and asked to exceed the budget by 24 967 dollars in federal funds to add four undercover agents. The council approved the extra money for fiscal 1972 boosting the narcotics unit to 12 agents. Miller noted Arizona's larger program and said he expected sharper scrutiny from lawmakers. Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz was absent.
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Topeka
Kan
Vern Miller
State Finance Council
Kansas
Arizona
Finance Council
Miller
Kanas Bureau of Investigation
Committee On Criminal Administration
Tom van Sickle
Fort Scott
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Docking urges 1972 Kansas legislature extend tax lid
Gov. Robert Docking calls for extending the 1970 property tax lid past its Dec. 31, 1972 expiration and strengthening the law. He cites the lid's success in curbing annual operating budget increases and easing the burden on taxpayers while noting critics’ concerns about funding for schools and infrastructure.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas
Atty
Vern Miller
Miller
Lawrence
Manhattan
Hodge
Research Department
The
Kansas Leg
Kansas Cities
Ky Disqualified as Presidential Candidate in Saigon Vote
The Supreme Court ruled Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky did not qualify for the October 3 presidential election. Only President Nguyen Van Thieu and retired Gen. Duong Van “Big” Minh were deemed valid candidates after 39 of Ky’s 102 endorsements were found duplicative of Thieu’s endorsements.
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Saigon
Supreme Court
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Duong van “Big
Thieu
Draft Lottery Dec 4 19 Year Olds by Birthdate
Washington AP reports the draft lottery assigns No 1 to men born December 4 and No 2 to January 25 for next year call ups. The 310th capsule draw yielded No 1 while No 2 tied to July 4 births, with the earliest draws slow and Nov 1 as the highest number. Two youth advisers supervised the process, J Brewster Bede of Morton Washington and Valerie Van Bureau of Washington DC. The matching of numbers and birthdates began after the procedures started.
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Washington
Selective Service System
J. Brewster Bede
Morton, Wash
Valerie van Bureau
Washington, D.C
Draft Lottery Shows Fewer Prospects For 1953
The 209th draft lottery drew numbers from 1 to 366 in plexiglass drums. Most officials expect calls to be well below the No 190 limit this year as manpower needs fall and a new draft law may not pass until after a summer break. Curtis W Tarr drafted director attended from a sick bed to announce slimmer draft odds for 1953.
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Congress
Curtis W. Tarr
Mills Welcome: Ottawa Names Robert Mills City Manager
Ottawa welcomed Robert W. Mills as city manager at a Wednesday City Commission meeting at City Hall. About 25 residents attended as Mills, starting work Monday, expressed enthusiasm for progress and community ties. Attendees included Chamber president Allen Loyd Jr. and former mayors Lamar Phillips and Richard Skoog. The meeting outlined bids for paving blocks on Grant and North Sycamore, traffic studies for Ninth and Tenth on Main, stop signs at Eleventh and Hickory, a proclamation for American Legion Baseball Week, and a rededication plan for Forest Park gates with a Labor Day time-box ceremony.
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Edward McGrath
Robert W. Mills
Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Mills
Stephen V. Ralph
Ottawa
Allen L. Loyd Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Lamar Phillips
S. Hickory
Richard 0. Skoog
S. Elm
Phillips
Skoog
North Sycamore
George A. Ledom
Ledom
State Highway Commission
Ninth
Tenth
Main
Eleventh
Hickory
American Legion
Forest Park
Orlin Smith
Worden's First Deep Space Walk on Apollo Fifteen
Worden performed the first deep space spacewalk nearly 200000 miles from Earth aboard Apollo 15. He floated 11 40 a.m. EDT outside the craft for 18 minutes to retrieve film canisters with Irwin guiding and Scott inside.
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al Worden
Worden
James Irwin
Earth
NASA
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Pacific Ocean
Joe Allen
da Gama
India
Moon
Endeavour
Hawaii
Scott
Lunar
Rainfall varies widely across city areas
Rainfall in the city was erratic with readings from .32 to 2.30 inches on Wednesday night. At Lake Pomona a Corps of Engineers official reported 2.60 inches between 5:15 and 7 p.m. upstream rainfall kept the conservation pool from rising much, while Melvern Reservoir measured .15 inches. Pomona pool rose only .4 inches from the prior noon to morning as 200 cubic feet per second were released. pool level stands at 974.53 feet.
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John P. Kelsey
Kelsey
Lake Pomona
Corps of Engineer
Melvern Reservoir
Pomona
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Bruce Welton
Virgil Finch
Lester Wells
Wells
Orlis
Cox
Vern
Reynolds Shultz
Frank Hodge
R Hutchinson
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Islative Council
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