Nixon asks Congress for extra 100 million for elderly nutrition
President Nixon urged Congress to add 100 million dollars next year to bolster nutrition and related services for Americans over 65 as part of a broader push for welfare reform and Social Security liberalization. He linked the aging agenda to military retirement pay changes and cost of living adjustments, noting ongoing White House aging conference recommendations.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
One Man Picket Halts Concrete Work At Jail
A single picket halted concrete pouring at the Franklin County jail site, blocking Berger Cartage Service Inc. workers from crossing the line. Other tasks continued as Ryan Richardson of Building Systems Inc. expected concrete to start Friday and finish within a day or two if unimpeded.
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Franklin County
Berger Cartage Service Inc
Kansas City
Ryan Richardson
Building Systems Inc
Topeka
Communist forces attack Delta village in Mekong Delta
Saigon reports 19 militiamen and police killed and nine of their wives and children killed in the Truc Giang raid 50 miles southwest of Saigon. One prisoner captured and nine enemy dead found. Army says 29 defenders wounded and key targets destroyed.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Truc Giang
Tay Ninh West
Garnett City approves golf fence plan and grass greens
Garnett city actions center on the Garnett Golf Club fence replacement with landowner Jim McDonald sharing half the cost and grass greens for the nine hole course at about 20000 dollars with the club paying half. Acting city manager named for 10 days as Dennis Mitchell departs.
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Dan Mullen
Garnett
Garnett City Commission
Rick Doran
Don Stone
Marietta, Ga
Dennis Mitchell
Arthur Hughes
Jim McDonald
McDonald
Mitchell
Hughes
Garnett Veterinary Hospital
Myrle Horner
Horner
Lake Garnett
Garnett City
Weather COUNTY FORECAST Cloudy skies and showers extend into Friday
Increasing cloudiness and mud tonight with a low in the mids to low 40s. East to southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thundershowers and a high in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 50 percent Friday. High Wednesday about 66, today’s low 27, compared with 40/26 a year ago. Record high 90 in 1910, record low 13 in 1960. Hourly temperatures ending at 8 p.m. today.
Nixon to fill Pay Board gap after resignations
President Nixon will announce plans for the Pay Board's future composition after meeting with the Cost of Living Council at 3 p.m. EST. AFL-CIO leaders Meany Abel and Smith quit the board, triggering discussions on inflation controls and potential UAW chief Leonard Woodcock joining the board.
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Washington
Nixon
Afl-Cio
White House
Gerald R. Warren
Cost of Living Council
Warren
George Meany
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Donald Rumsfeld
George H. Boldt
Boldt
Ronald L. Ziegler
Meany
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
Floyd Smith
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Executive Council
Labor Federation
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Federal Pay Board
Patrol Warns Would-Be Interstate Hitchhikers
Kansas Highway Patrol warns that walking or hitchhiking on Interstate rights of way is illegal. The law covers entrance and exit ramps and any non motorized or slow vehicles, and prohibits soliciting rides on the Interstate. Walking on non Interstate highways is allowed but must be on the left toward traffic.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
KHP
Kansas
Price Surge in Groceries Drives COL Rise
Washington reports the sharpest living-cost increase since prewar wage controls as the Consumer Price Index jumps five tenths of a percent in February led by a 1.9 percent spike in grocery prices. Average weekly earnings rise 35 cents to 130.27, but purchasing power falls 24 cents. The Bureau notes Phase 2 costs climbing at a 4.9 percent annual rate so far this year, compared with 4.1 percent before Nixon froze wages.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
School District 288 clears confusion after admin talks
The board combined the jobs of Marvin Stephan and Bob Ledom, with Stephan asked to resign. Neither was named superintendent and director of elementary education. Ledom was offered a teaching post but declined to finish the year. Stephan may become elementary principal in Junction City as the district hires Duane Linduff to replace them. Bud Laird signs a new contract to continue as junior and senior high principal.
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Marvin Stephan
Bob Ledom
Stephan
Ledom
Junction City
Duane
Linduff
Mandanola
Colo
Bud Laird
Ottawa Marks 24 Inch Snowfall of 1912 Anniversary
Ottawa recalls the March 22 23 1912 blizzard that dumped 24 inches of wet snow tying the city record. The storm halted rail service damaged buildings paused funerals and disrupted daily life as meteorologist John P. Kelsey notes the event yielded about 2.20 inches of moisture.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa
Emporia
Kansas City
Franklin County
Ottawa Daily Republic
the Republic
O.K
Forest Park
The
Republic
Burlington
John P. Kelsey
Weather Bureau
Kelsey
Kenneth Cordle
Tremont
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United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Garnett CC
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Bowling Green
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