Siege drive near Sepone widens Vietnam Laos clash
South Viet Nam massed over 1,000 troops near Sepone to assault the town and airstrip two miles west in the Ho Chi Minh trail area. U.S. helicopters ferried reinforcements as Saigon coordinates plan to strike an enemy transshipment point inside Laos with about 20,000 Vietnamese troops in the region. Reports say North Vietnamese forces pressed earlier near Sepone, while U.S. air and helicopter actions continue with mounting losses.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Sepone
U.S
Laos
le Thung Hein
Quang Tri
Associated Press
J.T. Volkerstorfer
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia
Tran van An
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Lao Bao
Docking pushes 18 year old vote in OU address
Gov Robert Docking urged Ottawa University students to back extending 18 year old voting to state and local elections. He warned of high costs and separate registration lists, estimating up to 1.20 million dollars for measures. He pressed students to persuade the public to support the constitutional amendment while addressing a drug raid question.
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Docking
Robert Docking
Ottawa University
Kansas
United States
U. S. Congress
Lawrence
Vern Miller
University of Kansas
Lawrence Chalmers
Decking
Nixon
Ottawa
Emporia
Weather County Forecast for Travelers and Stockmen
Travelers warned of tonight snow ending Saturday forenoon with one to two inches. Mostly cloudy otherwise with tonight colder and Saturday colder as cloudiness decreases. Low tonight in the 20s, high Saturday upper 30s to low 40s. Precipitation chance 70 percent tonight. Temperatures: high Thurs 50, today’s low 30, high a year ago 62, low a year ago 23. Record high 71 in 1925, record low 7 in 1943. Hourly readings end at 8 am today show 40 at 10 pm, 39 at 2 am. Barometer 29.65.
Sunflower Layoff Hits 40 Ottawans at Plant
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant plans layoffs affecting 40 of 90 Ottawans as part of a Defense Department cutback. The plant, near Kansas City, employs about 1,700 workers. Layoffs ahead include 94 workers on March 12 and additional rounds through May 28 due to reduced rocket propellant orders tied to U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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Bill Moorhead
Defense Department
Johnson County
Kansas City
Big Four near accord to revive Mideast talks
United Nations New York AP reports the four powers United States Britain France and the Soviet Union nearing a communiqué to revive Arab Israeli peace talks and extend the Middle East cease fire as deadline nears. Egyptian and Syrian forces on alert amid tensions. Israel reports a ceasefire violation. Palestinian council backs unified PLO leadership amid internal splits. Al Hayat says Israel shells Lebanon border towns as tensions rise.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Middle East
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Colin Crowe
U.S
U Thant
Egypt
Israel
Nixon
Cairo
Suez Canal
Damascus
Syria
Jordan
Palestinian National Council
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ultramilitant
Popular Front For the Liberation of Pa
Lestine
Popular Democratic Front
Kansas House to revive bill on rock festival controls
The Kansas House plans a revival vote on a bill to impose strict controls on gatherings such as rock festivals. Sponsor Rep. Richard Loux urged an override of a committee’s earlier kill, with critics calling the measure unconstitutional restraints on freedom of assembly.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Richard Loux
Wichita
Student Dies In Search For Kidnaped US Airmen
In Ankara a gunfight at Middle East Technical University left one student dead and others wounded as troops and students clashed during a raid for four kidnapped American airmen. Authorities pursued the captors amid protests at multiple campuses. terrorists demanded a $400,000 ransom.
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Ankara
Turkey
Middle East Technical University
Technical University
Air Force
U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
J.C. Larry J. Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Mete Ertekin
Ertekin
Anatolian
Palestine
Syria
U.S. Information Agency
People’s Liberation Army
America
United States
Clockmaker Deluxe Creates Walnut Grandfather Clock for Ames Friend
Edwin Early of Baldwin RFD 3 spent about a year building a 1783 Vulliamy style grandfather clock from select black walnut grown on Harvey Booth’s land. The works came from West Germany, assembly relied on a Country Life Book guide, and the piece features 12 chimes with accessible construction for maintenance.
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Dan Mullen
Edwin Early
Baldwin Rfd 3
Jim Booth
Ames
Iowa
Baker University
Booth
Harvey Booth
Early
St. Joseph
West Germany
Country Life Book of
Edward T. Doy
Jim
Gladys
Baker
Kansas City
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Ottawans
Mallin
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Mideast
Area Man
Clockmaker Deluxe
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