Senior mother returns to complete high school at Central Heights
Mrs. James Burkdoll of Lane, a grandmother and former dropout, resumes high school for the 1971-72 year. She attends four morning classes, studies history government and biology, and finds government hard yet biology fascinating. Her return affects family life but inspires her children. She hopes to pursue college studies after earning her diploma.
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Joan Istas
Central Heights
James Burkdoll
Lane
Hher
Larry
James Barkdoll
Kelly Johnson
Kansas House approves four year term amendment
Kansas lawmakers push a constitutional amendment to cut state officers to four year terms starting 1975 and place governor and lieutenant governor on a team ticket. The measure passed the House 88 to 34 after Senate approval, heading to the general election next November.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Kansas Supreme Court
House
Senate
Illinois Primary Pressure On Muskie
Illinois voters face a pivotal Democratic primary with Muskie seeking big wins against McCarthy and McGovern. The state will select 160 of 170 delegates while Daley‑controlled districts shape the outcome. McGovern and McCarthy run separate delegate strategies as Nixon’s GOP remains largely committed.
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Chicago
Edmund S. Muskie
Ilinois
Eugene J. McCarthy
George McGovern
Maine
Muskie
McCarthy
McGovern
Illinois
Democratic Organization of Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
GOP
Nixon
Shultz Announces Bid For Kansas Governor Run
Lt. Gov. Reynolds Shultz formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor in the August 1 primary. He called former Gov. John Anderson Jr. a formidable opponent but expressed strong appeal with Kansas voters and thanked colleagues at the Senate president's chair. He spoke from the presiding seat amid applause from senators.
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Topeka
Kan
Reynolds Shultz
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Shultz
Senate
Nixon Denies Life Charges In San Diego Probe
Life magazine accuses the Nixon administration of tampering with justice in San Diego to shield allies from prosecutions. Life details alleged interference in cases involving C Arnholt Smith Frank Curran and John Alessio, noting actions to delay prosecutions and frustrate investigators. The White House denies the charges and cites disputed facts about site preference for a convention.
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New York
Life Magazine
Nixon
San Diego
Life
Denny Walsh
Tom Flaherty
White House
Herbert Klein
C. Arnholt Smith
Frank Curran
John Alessio
Curran
Alessio
Smith
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Steward
Justice Department
County Forecast: cloudy with showers and possible storms
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and warm temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Locally strong storms possible as winds shift northwest 10 to 20 mph tonight, then cooler and partly cloudy tomorrow. Tonight's low near 50, Tuesday high 65 to 70, precipitation probability 70% tonight and 10% Tuesday. Highs 41 Saturday and 76 Sunday with lows near 38 and 55 respectively. High and low figures from today, plus record highs and lows from 1907 and 1906.
Air Missions Mark 100th Attack On North Vietnam
U S warplanes reached the 100 attack mark in North Vietnam this year with a Sunday night strike against a radar site about 35 miles north of the DMZ. The raid targeted an anti aircraft defense site while other Sunday missions hit a artillery battery and another radar site. In the south, Vietnamese forces uncovered large stockpiles of food and weapons in eastern Cambodia as fighting continues. A helicopter rescue near the Ho Chi Minh trail involved a downed airmen pair, with ground fire and a southbound clash leaving casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Navy Aé
Dmz
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Navy
Stephen L. Boretsky
David Breskman
Villanova
Housing Delegates Condemn FHA Overressegregation
About 1,000 inner city residents at the National Housing Conference condemn the Federal Housing Administration as chiefly responsible for resegregation. Delegates urge firing George Romney HUD secretary, George Vavoulis Midwest director, and John Warner Chicago HUD director for incompetence. Conference to reconvene April 20 in Baltimore.
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Chicago
National Housing Conference
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
George Vavoulis
Midwest
HUD
John Warner
Baltimore
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Lindsay
Wisconsin
Decatur
Ill
Wood Dale
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Kansas Senate
Mexico
Harry Steward
California
Ransom Memorial Hospital
South Main
Breskman
Breskman and Boretsky
Bristol
Tenn
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