Rockets Hit Phnom Penh and Laos Battle Deepens
In Cambodia rockets devastated three sections of Phnom Penh killing at least 70 and wounding 120. In Laos heavy fighting raged for a fourth day around Long Cheng as North Vietnamese sappers attacked Tay Ninh and Khmer forces fought to hold ridge positions.
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Saigon
Long Cheng
Laos
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Vientiane
U.S
Ing
Neuk Leong
Tuck Lank
Highlands
Pay Board Faces Volatile Walkout Threats From Labor
Washington AP A majority of the five labor members on President Nixon s Pay Board edge toward resigning over White House wage price rules. AFL CIO leaders Meany and Abel back labor staying, while Auto Workers and Machinists weigh quitting amid prior contract rejections and wage orders affecting aerospace workers and West Coast longshoremen. Meany calls a labor summit for Wednesday.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Afl-Cio
Floyd Smith
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Teamsters Union
Teamsters and
Auto Workers
Labor
Smith
George Meany
LW. Abel
United Steelworkers
Leonard
Meany
Legislature Reconvenes For One More Day In Topeka
The 1972 Kansas Legislature will return March 28 for an additional session to finish business not completed by the midnight deadline. Major items pending include a $12 million plus omnibus appropriations bill, taxes lid extensions, local option taxes, and pay hikes for county and state officials. The session will focus on vetoes, conference committee reports, constitutional amendments, and potential Ways and Means measures as federal court apportionment looms.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Senate
House
Robert Docking
House- Senate
Ways
Federal District Court
Illinois Decision Tonight in Dual Democratic Primes
In Chicago Senator Ed Muskie of Maine faces two rivals in Illinois polls as two million voters weigh a Democratic primary and delegate contest. Muskie seeks momentum with a likely easy win in the preferential vote and hopes for a strong delegate margin while McGovern and McCarthy target best possible results. Chicago Mayor Daley’s influence looms in uncommitted delegates.
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Chicago
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Illinois
White House
Muskie
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Richard J. Daley
McGovern
New Hampshire
Florida
McCarthy
McCarthy-McGovern
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Ottawa
South Vietnam
State Street
DeKalb
Nixon
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Springfield
Two Ottawa Streets Go 2 Way Thursday
Two Ottawa streets will become two way starting Thursday, with Second and Third Streets from Hickory to Walnut opening to two way traffic. Parallel parking will replace angle parking, signs and meters relocated, and new spaces painted. City Manager Robert Mills urged caution as drivers adjust.
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Ottawa
Main
Hickory
Walnut
Robert Mills
County Forecast Weather Quiet and Mild Through Wednesday
Weather outlook calls for clear to partly cloudy skies, mild tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight in the mid to upper 80s, winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph, near zero precipitation through Wednesday. High Monday around 70, today’s low 47, records show 91 high in 1907 and 13 low in 1960. Precipitation for the last 24 hours ends at 8 a.m. trace. Hourly temps ending at 6 a.m. today.
Nixon Signs Broad Drug War Plan At White House
President Nixon signed legislation launching a coordinated federal attack on drug addiction and warned bureaucrats to cooperate or face dismissal. He cited 13 agencies in anti drug efforts and announced the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention will coordinate prevention education treatment and rehabilitation. The plan aims to cut off foreign supplies boost education expand treatment and pursue rehabilitation as part of a four sided total war on drugs.
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Washington
Nixon
Special Action Office For
Nihat Erim
Jerome Jaffe
Special Office
Special Action Office
Senate Remap Goes To Court
A federal district court hearing is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday to decide on Kansas Senate apportionment after the 1968 plan was ruled unconstitutional. The legislature failed to override vetoes on multi member districts, leaving no valid law this year. Jack Quinlan will represent the Senate, with Atty. Gen. backing. The Coordinating Council may join Minnesota’s appeal to the Supreme Court on Senate size.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
Federal District Court
Senate
Robert Docking
Kansas Legislature Coordinating Council Today
Jack Quinlan
Topeks
Legislature
John Martin
Attorney General’s Office
Coordinating Council
Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court
Minnesota Senate
Long Night at USD 288 prompts dress code debate
At Central Heights, about 75 patrons and students attended a two hour board meeting. They quizzed the school board on dismissals and policies while votes approved a nine week dress code removal trial and other measures.
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Dan Mullen
Unified School District 288
Central Heights
Mike Carey
Carey
Abilene
NHS
Parent-Teachers Association
CHHS
Dick Cooper
Kansas National Education Association
Marvin Stephan
Bud Laird
Don Lickteig
Lickteig
Citizens’ Group
School Board
Melvin Stockard
Stockard
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Baramet
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Dr. Jaffe
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
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