House Passes Kansas Legislator Pay Increase by One Vote
The Kansas House narrowly approved a retroactive pay hike for legislators by 63 to 62, sending the bill to the Senate. It would raise annual pay to 6000 dollars with a 30 dollar per day session expense and alter non session allowances, at an annual cost over 700 thousand dollars. Proponents say it broadens representation and corrects underpayment, opponents note term pay was known and other state needs deserve priority.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Area Scouts Celebrate 61st Scouting Anniversary Saturday
Scouts from Ottawa Wellsville Pomona Williamsburg Richmond Garnett Colony and Kincaid join in a Scoutaction program at the armory from 1 to 7 p m. Cub and Boy Scout booths highlight 12 months displays and first and second class skills. An Explorer Post runs the concession with a 16 foot tower of ranks and badges on display. Monkey bridge Pinecar and rocket races are planned with half hour demonstrations as packs rotate to center stage. Proceeds fund the Scoutaction program and year projects.
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Armory
Ottawa
Wellsville
Pomona
Williamsburg
Richmond
Garnett
Colony
Kincaid
Nixon Ready To Use Air Power
President Nixon warned North Vietnam of possible massive airstrikes in Indochina to protect American troops and said no limits would be placed on airpower except for nuclear weapons. He also discussed wage and price controls, zoning limits on housing segregation, revenue sharing, and a Laos push where three supply trails toward South Vietnam were cut.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Indochina
William P. Rogers
Oval Office
Hanoi
U.S
Congress
Laos
Sepone
South Vietnam
Weather forecast for county with storms and cooler Friday
Considerable cloudiness through tonight with chance of locally heavy thunderstorms this afternoon. Tonight 40 percent precipitation. Lows near the 40s. Friday partly cloudy and cooler with highs near 50. Wednesday high 62, today’s low 47. Records: high 72 in 1930, low 7 in 1936. Hourly temps listed through 8 am with barometer 29.94 inches.
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Tom Tam
Reds See Red at Peace Talks in Paris
Communist delegates at the Paris peace talks charged that President Nixon plans to attack North Vietnam and warned such action would threaten Red China. The assertion framed the session as a charged prelude to possible escalation in the Southeast Asia conflict.
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Paris
Nixon
North Vietnam
Wall To Wall Antiques in Rural Rantoul Home
Mrs. Odena Detwiler, rural Rantoul, recalls starting antique collecting about 40 years ago after a friend gave her a dish. She refinishes and rescues items, including a trunk, a rocking chair, and five Lincoln walkers. Her collection spans German pieces, Wedgewood and slag glass dishes, and a 100-year-old doll with missing arms. She plans to continue collecting and will not sell pieces she and her late husband gathered.
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Mrs. Detwiler
Germany
City Nears Bond Ceiling In Ottawa Meeting
Ottawa nears a bond ceiling of about 2.45 million dollars or 15 percent of a 16 million assessed valuation as the City Commission weighs future issues. A March 1 sale will bring outstanding bonds to 2.277 million, with a 788 thousand dollar bond issue set for that date.
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Ottawa
Steve Ralph
City Commission
Ralph
Forest Park
Orlis Cox Field
Boys’ Club
City Hall
Allies Gang Up On The Enemy In Southeast Asia
South Vietnamese forces cut three major North Vietnamese supply routes through southern Laos and repelled two attacks in eastern Cambodia, claiming 116 enemy dead. Heavy air strikes near the border reported 56 more enemy killed as Saigon massed about 2,500 troops near the border and 16,000 troops in Laos. The U.S. weekly casualty summary noted 61 American KIAs and 217 wounded.
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Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnnam
U.S
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Patty McFarland
Franklin County Taxpayers Association
Area Scouts
Boy Scout Troop
Scoutaction
Grace Episcopal Church
Ardis Foust
Odena Detwiler
Rantoul
Wishbone High Board
Halltree
Fifth and
Wilson
Walnut
Seventh
Hickory
Main
John L. Richeson
Alfonso A. Mayes
Cherry
Ralph Loyd
Hawthorne School
Marais Des Cygnes
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