US strikes inside North Vietnam renewed as casualties rise
US fighter bombers renewed attacks on ground to air missiles inside North Vietnam amid reports of nine Americans killed and 89 injured in South Vietnam. Ground action followed booby traps and helicopter losses near the demilitarized zone east of Saigon. US pilots attacked radar controlled missile sites with Shrike missiles while B 52s hit supply routes along the Laos border. Meanwhile South Vietnamese Cambodian forces push to reopen Route 4 near Phnom Penh and Jakarta's Malik says Indonesia will use all diplomatic channels to help Cambodia.
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Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
U.S
Alles
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Jakarta
Adam Malik
Indonesia
Koun Wick
Newsmen
County approves jail court plan sketches in closed meeting
County commissioners and Wichita architect Wilbur I. Kruse forge preliminary jail and court facility sketches in a secret session held in the courthouse jury room. Judge Floyd Coffman and Sheriff Joe Ferns backed a combined building as the project moves toward a signed contract and a 15 percent fee for Kruse after the six percent project cost. Local taxpayers pressed officials on jail, zoning, and hospital issues during a busy day.
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Wichita
Herald
George Atchison
Wilbur I. Kruse
Floyd H. Coffman
Joe Ferns
R. Michael Latimer
Court House
Don Yockey
Coffman
Commission
Condemnation Began On I 35 Route Extension Across Kansas
The Kansas Highway Commission filed a late Friday eminent domain action in District Court to acquire land for a 14.3 mile I 35 extension from south of Ottawa to the Franklin-Osage line west of Williamsburg. Thirty parcel owners are named defendants. The case sets appraisal and potential appeals, with initial construction expected this year as $8.3 million is earmarked in the 1972 budget for bridges and grading. Named defendants include Ralph Basel and others, as well as numerous heirs and mortgage holders.
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Kansas Highway Commission
Ottawa
Franklin County
Williamsburg
District Court
Highway Department
Franklin-Osage County
Dole pledges unyielding support for Nixon as GOP head
Sen. Robert J. Dole of Kansas, newly named Republican National Chairman, vows to defend President Nixon and unite the party. He says he will challenge slurs and misrepresentations and focus on reelecting Nixon in 1972 under a three-way leadership plan ratified Friday. Thomas B. Evans Jr. of Wilmington, Del., named co chair.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Nixon
Dole
Republican National Committee
GOP
Kansan
Thomas B. Evans Jr
Wilmington
Del
Local Man Heads Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Jack E. Beauchamp of Ottawa RFD 3 was elected president of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture at the board's annual Topeka meeting. A 77th president, he runs a 650 acre farm growing crome grass alfalfa hay and corn with a steer program and has earned multiple awards. He and his wife Lyndel have three children. Other officers named include Robert L. Rawlins as vice president Otis Douglass as treasurer and Roy Freeland as secretary. Board members re-elected for three years were Everett E. Erhart John Keas Andrew Olson and Howard C. Wilson. The policy committee includes E R Patton R L Rawlins Robert Teagarden Beauchamp and Freeland.
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Jack E. Beauchamp
Ottawa
Beauchamp
Franklin County Community Development
Kansas State Fair Board of Managers
Franklin County Extension Executive Council
Lyndel
Jacqueline
Jack E, Jr
Keenan
Robert L. Rawlins
Holton
Otis Douglass
Burlington
Roy Freeland
Topeka
Everett E. Erhart
Stafford
John Keas
Effingham
Andrew Olson
Dwight
Howard C. Wilson
Sharon Springs
E. R. Patton
Scott City
R. L. Rawlins
Robert Teagarden
la Cygne
Freeland
Thai Withdrawal Of 5800 US Troops Announced
The U S Embassy in Bangkok announced the pullout of 5800 American troops from Thailand. The withdrawals occurred over the last four months of 1970 as part of a military redeployment.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Bucher Released After 40-Day Abduction Ordeal
Swiss ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher was freed in Rio de Janeiro after 40 days in captivity as Brazilian authorities met kidnappers demands to free 70 prisoners for political asylum in Chile. He thanked the government and referenced guard Helio de Araujo who died during the kidnapping.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Rio
Chile
Santiago
Bucher
William Roch
Roch
Anne Marie Maillot
Helio
Helio de Araujo
Popular Revolutionary Vanguard
Sao Paulo
Kansas lawmakers push exec reorg debate in Topeka week
In Topeka Kansas lawmakers discuss early moves including a 13 member joint committee on executive reorganization awaiting a court ruling by Judge Carpenter on the challenged amendment. They consider extending voting rights to 18 19 and 20 year olds and review a state tax lid proposal. A special school finance panel asks extra 1.5 percent income tax for local districts and a rule change to add a No 1 minority member on committees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
House
Senate
William Randolph Carpenter
Shawnee County
Wichita
Earl C. Moore
Dudge Carpenter
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Docking
Board of Regents
Thomas Griffith
Manhattan
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Strowig
House Senate
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Kompong Som
Pich Nil
Animal Kingdom
England
Memphis
Tenn
Overton Park Zoo
Edward McGrath
Latimer
Ralph and
Joy Ann Basel
Lillie B. Hulse
Calvin Duvall
John E
Gladys Netherland
John W. Netherland
Clifford
Virginia Couch
Alfried
Ethel Starosta
Rollin Starosta
William
Mary Lou Haag
Lloyd
Thelma Neal
Charles
Vera Neal
Willard G. Jr
Ann Ransom
John Park
Hannah Ransom
Marian Ransom Ward
Donald Ward
James
Annette Ransom
Irene Herron
Charles Hamilton
Juanita
Fred Perry
Donald Lee Smith
Leon S
Shirley Fischer
Eldon
Anna Good
Ivan
Patricia Good
James D
Delores Good
James G
Margie Alexander
Allen West
Olive Graffham
Olin G
Margaret Wollen
Thomas E
Carolyn Gleason
Mary Fitzgerald
Jerry Farris
Milton Farris
Mildred M. Farris
Wesley Sylvester
Russell Sylvester
R. E
Eileen Roseberry
Levina J. Bromert
Eugene Bromert
Roland Bromert
Victor J
Sylva Lofgreen
DeWayne Lofgpreen
Lydia Lundstedt
Lawrence Frank Lundstedt
Dorothy W. Hyer
Lenora Louise Carlson
George W
Anna Antone
W. T
Elsie Casida
Paul H
Onita Gaynor
M. J
Lillian Gentner
Robert QO. Granger
Glenn J
Hazel Underwood
Sen, Dole
Ag Board
Jack Beauchamp
Lester Arvin
Rose Hill
Senate Commercial and Financial Institutions Committee
Kansas Bankers Association
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
Charg
Dam
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