Britain Demands Irish Compensation For Burned Dublin Embassy
Britain filed a formal protest to Prime Minister Lynch and demanded full compensation for the firebombing of its Dublin embassy after clashes in Londonderry. A 30,000-strong mob celebrated the blaze as Irish troops faced sniper and nailbomb attacks in Belfast amid ongoing Northern Ireland violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Britain
Irish Today
John Peck
Peck
Jack Lynch
Lynch
Dail
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
CC Denies Zoning Change for Hospital Offices
City commissioners denied a zoning change that would have allowed Medical Offices Inc. to build doctor offices on hospital grounds after an earlier approval failed for lack of a second. Mayor Ralph noted 627 letters against the plan and emphasized parking and traffic impacts on hospital expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGrath
Medical Offices Inc
Doctors’ Corporation
Board of Trustees of
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Stephen V. Ralph
Fredric B. Zook
City Planning Commission
T Am
Ralph
Planning Commission
Zook
J. Leland Hysom
City Debates Bus Depot Move and Zoning Change
The City Commission tabled a request to relocate the bus depot from 109 E. 3rd to 1308 Hickory, noting six parking spaces would be eliminated. The session drew a capacity crowd with hospital officials and doctors present and included a petition to amend zoning to permit medical offices south of the Medical Arts Building on South Main. The panel also approved front-foot street assessments, discussed annexation of 10 acres for Durbin's Commercial Park, and first reading of $700,000 in industrial revenue bonds for H. D. Lee Co. expansion plus a tax substitute payment agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Orlin Smith
Smith
Zook
Thomas E. Gleason
Medical Arts
South Main
D. G. Laury
R. A. Gollier
Planning Commission
Robert W. Mills
Mills
East Central Kansas Community Action Group
Durbin
East Logan
Gas Service Company
H. D. Lee Co
Bruce Division
Navy
H. D. Lee Company
Louis Nunez
Gordon Forbes
House Looks at Debt Ceiling Increase Awaiting Action
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a debt ceiling rise of 20 billion to 30 billion dollars less than Nixon asked. The panel also moved to require the administration to return before Congress for borrowing authority by June 30. Leaders aim for House action next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Congress
Muskie Draws Rebuke Over Hanoi Peace Remarks
Five Republicans led by the White House denounce Senator Muskie for rejecting Nixon's Indochina peace terms as a political move. GOP leaders including Gerald Ford accuse him of trying to gain left wing votes while the White House calls the remarks gutter politics and regrettable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
White House
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Nixon
Indochina
Committee For
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hanoi
Billboards Pay Bill Looms Over Kansas Plan
Kansas faces a potential 13 million bill for removing outlawed billboards under a federal highway beautification push. The Senate committee reviews a conforming bill after federal warnings that highway funds could be denied or limited. Negotiations with the federal government will determine cost sharing as lawmakers push to satisfy US standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Towns
Kansas
Harris Enterprises
Topeka
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Department of Transportation
R. L. Peyton
Iowa
Peyton
Robert Storey
R-Topeka
Senate
Storey
Robert Docking
VC Proposal Urges Thieu's Resignation
In Paris, the Viet Cong demanded President Nguyen Van Thieu resign immediately as a first step toward a coalition government for South Vietnam including the Communists. The VC also urged the United States to set a specific terminal date for withdrawing all troops advisers and military matériel from South Vietnam.
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Paris
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
United Sates
Saigon
Vietnam
Liberation Radio
Thieu
United States
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Peking
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Laos
Kissinger
Nguyen van Tien
Emotions Vary For Winners In Draft Lottery
The draft lottery assigns numbers to men born March 6 1953 and 7 1953 in Washington. First picks face college disruption and duty fears as some vow jail to avoid service. Others express surprise and resolve to fulfill obligations amid a larger Vietnam peace context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Cohen
Associated Press
Ted O'Neil
Boston
O'Neil
Washington
Robert J. King Jr
Minneapolis
Terry Holbrook
Tulsa
Okla
Holbrook
William Shepard
Senate Debates Juvenile Age Change in Kansas
Kansas Senate moves toward final roll call on a bill to treat 16 and 17 year olds as adults in criminal courts while under 18. critics warn of reduced rehabilitation. Senate also backs motorcycle helmet laws and a tax cut proposal for cigarettes. reapportionment panel endorses shrinking the Kansas House to 80 and keeps Senate at 40 or 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Senate
Leslie Droge
Seneca
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Robert Storey
William Dearth
D-Parsons
Kansas House of Representatives
House
Jack W. Robinson
Rwichita
County Forecast Mostly Clear and Cold Tonight
Mostly clear and continued cold tonight with a low around 4 above. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a high 30 to 35. Precipitation chance near zero percent tonight and Friday.
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N. Ireland
Civil Rights Association
Newry
Newsmen
Stewartstown
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Republic
Ulster
A. W. Keefer
Eleventh Street
Walnut
Demos
William E. Brock III of
Tennssee
Centropolis
Centropolis Road
Janet Howard
Ottawa
Howard
Virginia M. Powers
Powers
Nais
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