Doomed Draft Extension Stakes War End Mandate Split
Washington lawmakers clash over a two year extension to the draft with Senate leaders demanding a nine month Indochina war pullout. Senators vow filibuster without a war end mandate as conferees report no progress on the key amendment. Drafts halt at midnight unless renewal or presidential callups are authorized.
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Prominent State Businessman Dies in Chicago Stroke
Richard W. Robbins, 79, Kansas stockman and former airline executive, died in Chicago on a business trip from a stroke. He organized Transcontinental & Western Air, led as its first president 1931 to 1935, and built the Robbins Ranch with 150000 acres across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Montana. Robbins, born in Runeymede Kaw, later Yale 1913, served in Republican politics and held directorships at Santa Fe Railway, Kansas Power & Light, and First National Bank of Kansas City.
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Ins
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Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Midwest Defense Conference
Middle West
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas Power & Light Co
First National Bank of Kansas City
McKee Sells Shop Upholding Quality and Service
The former owner of McKee praises customers served through three generations and hopes new owners keep the philosophy of quality and service at a reasonable price. She will stay involved with her organizations and focus on home and lawn duties now that she has more free time.
City sewer plan would expand disposal plant capacity
The city outlines year end plans to expand the sewage disposal plant funded by a sewer service charge started last August, with over 25,000 dollars in the fund and about 10,000 dollars monthly. The expansion would serve 13,000 residents, adding a clarifier, filter tower, pump station, four pumps, a digester mixer, and meter pump changes. Delays up to five years would strain capacity. health officials recently gave the current facilities a clean bill of health. The plan also covers sewer extensions in newly annexed southern areas. Government lawyers warn Kansas could lose about 9.9 million dollars from Washington allocations for the year ending today.
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Kansas
Washington
County Forecast for scattered showers and mild Thursday
Scattered thundershowers with northwest winds 10 to 20 mph today. Tonight showers ending with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday fair and mild with low 60s tonight and high in the 70s. Precipitation probability 30 percent through tonight.
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Oklahoma Man Could Face 25000 Felony Counts
Nevada Attorney General Robert List said an Oklahoma man Merle S Zweifel faces potential nearly 25000 felony counts over alleged false mining claim certificates on about 3.9 million acres in Nevada. Zweifel advertised national sales of half interests while claims lacked required work and markers, with some sites near Hughes and Hunt land and within a Navy bombing range. The state investigates to curb false mining filings and protect property before a July 1 registration price hike.
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Oklahoma
Robert List
Merle S. Zweifel
Shawnee
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Zweifel
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Howard Hughes
H. L. Hunt
Viet Cong hit Qui Nhon ammo depot in heavy loss
Viet Cong mortars destroyed the central region’s largest South Vietnamese ammunition depot at Qui Nhon, with initial reports listing over 10 000 tons of shells and bombs damaged. The attack wounded and killed soldiers, while fighting continued near the demilitarized zone and at Fire Base Fuller.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Demilitarized Zone
Fuller
National rise in serious crimes in early 1971
Washington FBI crime statistics show a 6 percent national rise in serious crimes in the first quarter of 1971 from the year before, while 61 large cities reported declines. Property crimes rose 5 percent, violent crimes 13 percent, with the biggest gains in cities with populations over a million.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
FBI
U.S
Kansas Rock Formations Highlight Power of Nature
Strange rock formations in Kansas serve as striking reminders of nature's power, illustrating geologic processes at work and drawing interest from visitors and scientists alike.
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