Casualties Decline Since Bombing Halt
Casualties in the Vietnam War fell by about one third after the U.S. halted bombing North Vietnam on November 1, 1968, with 10,968 American battlefield deaths in 62 weeks versus 16,463 in the prior 62 weeks. While American losses declined, Saigon government forces rose from 17,885 to 19,771 dead in the same periods.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Lyndon
Johnson
Allied
da Nang
Ottawa U Sits Second in Kansas ACT Projection
Ottawa University ranks second in Kansas in a 1968 ACT projection from Hoyt’s Forecasting Academic Success. OU's predicted incoming freshman scores range 20.8 to 23.9, behind the University of Kansas. OU President Dr. Peter Armacost notes faculty PhDs have risen to about 45 percent and hopes to exceed 50. He adds the study’s outdated data but calls OU’s two year progress substantial.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa University
State of
Kansas
Donald P. Hoyt
University of Kansas
Peter Armacost
Armacost
Administration Confident It Can Balance Budget
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration grows more confident it can write a balanced budget without new taxes. A Treasury official notes no final decision yet on taxes for the new fiscal year, with a Feb 2 budget message planned. Nixon seeks a balanced budget possibly with a surplus to combat inflation and avoid tax hikes.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Budget Bureau
Senators Seek Safer Pill Warnings in Debate
In the first of two hearings, eight birth control experts reviewed studies linking the pill to several disorders, including cancer in animals but found no conclusive proof of cancer in humans. Senator Gaylord Nelson urged clearer information for 8.5 million pill users, while FDA notices to doctors omit cancer risk details.
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Nelson
Committee
Congress
Robert H. Finch
Federal Food and Drug Admin
Istration
FDA
Ottawa recreation and school 290 offer spring classes
The Ottawa Recreation Commission and School District 290 announced spring semester adult education and recreation classes. Details appear on page 6 of today’s Herald.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
School District 290
Herald
Charge Politics In Biafran Affair By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Special Correspondent
The piece analyzes the Nigeria Biafra conflict through Cold War power politics. It traces the 1960s independence, coups, Gowon’s rise, and the secession crisis, noting Soviet, British, Egyptian, and Swiss arms involvement and the shifting diplomatic landscape. It concludes with Gowon poised to shape postwar aid and reconstruction.
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William L. Ryan
Nigeria
Africa
Switzerland
Gowon
County Forecast: Cloudy and cold with a chilly weekend
The county forecast calls for cloudy and much colder conditions tonight and Saturday. Low temperatures range from 5 to 10 degrees in the extreme north and 10 to 15 degrees in the south, with Saturday highs in the 20s. Previous records show Thursday at 54 and today’s low at 29, while the record high and low for the date stand at 70 in 1952 and 8 in 1930. Hourly readings wrap up at 8 a.m. with a barometer at 30.10.
Laird Signals Bigger U.S. Military Trimming
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said total U.S. armed forces will fall by about 300,000 by June, signaling a likely new sizable troop withdrawal from Vietnam by midsummer and possible further draft reductions. He spoke in Los Angeles, tying the cut to Nixon’s order for additional pullouts from Vietnam.
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Washington
Melvin
R. Laird
U.S
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Laird
Nixon
United States
Defense Department
Pentagon
Israeli Air Strikes Inside Egypt Mark Third This Month
Israeli air force planes struck military camps and motor pools across the Suez region in a one hour raid. One plane was shot down with the pilot bailing out over Egyptian territory. Egypt’s Al Ahram cites a State Department instruction memo to warn Arab states on U.S. aid. Army mentions repatriation of a suspected terrorist from Lebanon. The report also notes Belgium’s inquiry into American and French arms aboard the Tamar and Belgium port Zeebrugge. In U.S. Vietnam news, Laird discusses anticipated force cuts and Vietnamization.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Nasser
State Department
U.S
England
Spain
Turkey
Afghanistan
France
Italy
Heikal
Rabat
Israel
al Abram
Zeebrugge
Tamar
Naples
Lebanon
Beirut
Ottawa Doctor Receives State Council Appointment
Dr Lewis Spencer professor of physics at Ottawa University on leave of absence was named to the Kansas Nuclear Energy Advisory Council by Gov Robert Docking. He is one of ten appointees for a one year term and will be based near Washington DC working on a Bureau of Standards study. He is expected to be away about two years.
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Lewis Spencer
Ottawa University
Kansas Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Robert Docking
Spencer
Washington, D.C
Bureau of Standards
Bill proposes student limit to close small Kansas high schools
TOPEKA AP A bill to phase out most Kansas high schools with fewer than 75 pupils by 1975 will be introduced in the state House next week. The measure would count grades 9 through 13 and would close schools if the limit were in effect now.
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Topeka
Kansas
State
House of Representatives
House Education Committee
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Committee For Study
Raymond King
R-Hesston
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