Highway projects to inject over sixty million in three years
R L Peyton detailed Kansas Interstate 35 progress and related road work during a Ottawa Chamber of Commerce briefing. He cited $11 million in contracts for I-35, with $37.8 million more planned, bringing total I-35 costs to about $48.7 million and driving over $60 million in regional economic activity over three years.
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Robert B. Wellington
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Peyton
North American Hotel
Peyton
Kansas
Interstate 35
Here
Emporia
J. H R. Cheney
Highway Trust Fund
Congress
Franklin County
Ottawa
Pomona
Melvern
Princeton
Coats Corner
Chamber
William Bowers
Phone Talks Continue As Bell Strike Lasts
Negotiations stretch through weekend as CWA walkout against Bell Telephone marks fourth day with no breakthrough. Cable cuts disrupt service for thousands while most calls stay near normal due to automated dialing. arrests made in picket clashes. Morton Bahr says intense talks with 33 bargaining units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
Bell
Philadelphia
Morton Bahr
CWA
Bell Telephone
Peter J. Peterson
South Central Bell Telephone Co
New Orleans
Edwin J. Harris
Harris
Wakeman Seeks Action in Wakeman County Thistle Issue
Warren Wakeman county noxious weed supervisor met with the County Commission to discuss musk thistle. He estimated 18 000 acres affected. They debated spraying timing, budget limits, office facilities, and the need for better reporting while affirming Wakeman’s ongoing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Warren Wakeman
Franklin County
County Commission
Don Yockey
Wakeman
Lee Nichols
Yockey
Nichols
George Atchison
Typhoon Jean Hits Vietnam While War Slows
Typhoon Jean nears Hanoi after drenching Vietnam's north with rain and wind, forcing a lull in fighting. U S. Command says no B52s over the north. attention shifts to Hanoi's Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. One helicopter crewman wounded as U S. aircraft losses rise to 7,862.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
A Shau
Lake Pomona sees surge in visitors prompts expansion
The Lake Pomona recreation area faces rapid growth with 474,157 visitors by June 30 and 62,400 more over the July 4 weekend. Project manager Ralph R. Dennis cites population and equipment sales as drivers, plans 112 camper pads, 100 picnic tables, 50 grills, and road improvements, along with safety and environmental programs. The master plan over five years includes a beach, expanded parks, and potential reservation-only camper areas to curb crowding.
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Ralph R. Dennis
Dennis
Pomona
Congress
Vassar
Carbolyn
Corps of Engineers
Cedar Park
Michigan Valley
Wolf Creek
Kansas
Fish and Game Commission
Nixon China trip triggers global reactions in press
Hungarian and Polish papers label the move baseball diplomacy while the Soviet Union and Cairo papers react with silence and alarm. Western outlets, including Le Figaro, describe the shift as logical, potentially reshaping regional balances and possibly easing Vietnam tensions if Formosa is settled.
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Associated Press
Nixon
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Cairo
al Ahram
Lize
Red China
Asia
Hong Kong
Shih Pao
Munich
Kremlin
Moscow
United States
Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Maurice Couve de Murville
le Figaro
Vietnam
Washington
Formosa
Nixon aims for China trip with Rogers coordinating talks
President Nixon plans a Peking visit to seek normalizing talks with Communist China and moves to build congressional support. Secretary Rogers will stay at his Washington desk Monday to liaise with foreign governments as Nixon schedules meetings with Senate and House leaders and a Cabinet gathering. Nationalist China protests, Western nations applaud, Soviet allies protest. Rogers contacted 19 ambassadors ahead of the announcement.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
William P. Rogers
China
Rogers
Washington
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Peking
White House
Soviet Union
Tha m
People’s Republic of China
C. K. Yen
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