Judge Coffman Demands Expanded County Jail Plan
Franklin County Commissioners and Judge Floyd H. Coffman staged a five hour clash over jail needs and courthouse facilities. Coffman urged a comprehensive plan costing about 460000, leveraging the building fund and possibly federal funds, with new jail, juvenile and female prisoner facilities, a courtroom, law library, and offices. He warned the commission of court authority, while Commissioners debated financing and resisted bonds, amid tense executive session remarks and a Wichita architect’s involvement.
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Edward McGrath
Franklin County
Floyd H. Coffman
District Court
Commission
Court House
Board of Commissioners
Don Yockey
Herald
Coffman
George Atchison
Yockey
Lee C. Nichols
Atchison
Wilbur F. Kruse
Wichita
Kruse
Kansas Supreme Court
R. Michael Latimer
Wilbur Kruse
US Bomber Attacks North Vietnam Missile Site
A U.S. fighter-bomber raided an antiaircraft missile site 56 miles northwest of the DMZ in the Mu Gia Pass area after the battery menaced B 52 bombers. No missiles were fired, and results of the raid were not known. The attack occurred during Melvin Laird’s four day visit to Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Demilitarized
Mu Gia Pass
Laos
Laird
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
Faotian Border
Major Withdrawal Plans Announced
SAIGON AP reports the United States will withdraw 20000 combat troops from the Saigon region over four months and turn a major tactical headquarters into an advisory role. By May only about 5000 troops remain for security of U S installations as combat units depart from the old Military Region.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Associated Press
U.S
Ord
2Rd
1St Air Cavalry Division
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
25Th Infantry Division
2Th Division
Local Weather Report with Temperatures and Barometer
High Friday 35 degrees and today's low 23 align with figures from a year ago 32 and 4. Record highs and lows on this date are 68 in 1902 and 8 in 1913. Hourly data ends at 8 a.m with inconsistent entries, barometer reads 29.75 inches.
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Lpm
Lam
Wisee
Rene
Bam
Israel sheds peace proposals to U.N. envoy at lunch
Israel handed to U.N. envoy Gunnar V. Jarring its Middle East peace proposals during a working lunch with Prime Minister Golda Meir and Foreign Minister Abba Eban in Jerusalem. Jarring will relay the ideas to Arab governments. details were not released. Opposition party Gahal condemned Israel’s return to U.N. talks while President Sadat accused the U.S. of backing expansionist moves and warned of American support for Israel. The envoy’s visit continues with no immediate public disclosure of the proposals.
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Associated Press
U.N
Middle East
Gunnar V. Jarring
Golda Meir
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Jarring
Eban
Israel
Gahal
United States
America
Sadat
U.S
Egypt
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Darling
Two Arrests in Uruguay Kidnapping Case
AP reports police in Montevideo arrested an economics student and a tire company worker in a scheme tied to the car theft used in the kidnapping of Ambassador Geoffrey M. S. Jackson of Britain. The government refuses ransom talks as President Areco meets Cabinet officials to handle the crisis.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Geoffrey M.S. Jackson
Britain
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Santa Teresa
Kansas Legislators Back Training Funds For Mental Health
Kansas lawmakers voiced confidence that Gov. Docking's budget will preserve funds for a mental health training program. They warned cuts could seriously hurt the state's program, noting trained personnel are essential to hospital care and future staffing in state facilities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
James Bibb
Clyde E. Hill
House
Ways and Means
Hill
Bibb
Glee Smith
Senate
Yates Center
Strowig
van Sickle
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N. Viet Missile Base
Kenneth Andrews
E. Wilson
Ottawa
Andrews
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Here
Smith
Tom van Sickle
Ways and Means Committee
Calvin Strowig
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