Cambodian Leader Lon Nol Struggles With Crisis and Illness
Cambodian leader Marshal Lon Nol faces a two week government crisis with illness and political upheaval. He dissolved the constituent assembly, fired Sirik Matak and his Cabinet, and declared himself president while promising elections. Opposition and student discontent deepen his weak grip on power.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Lon Nol
National Assembly
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Constituent Assembly
Cheng Heng
Sirik Matak
Khmer Republic
Col
Lon Non
Terrorists Hit Phnom Penh Bridge Blows Kill Wound
Phnom Penh suffered a major blast as militants blew the central span of the Mekong bridge, killing three security guards and wounding five. Six men and two girls were arrested. a truck packed with plastic charges caused the explosion.
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Saigon
Phnom Penh
Mekong River
Highway 6
Bassac
Highway 15
Prey Veng
Miller At CH Monday Miller To Address CH PTA
Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller will speak to the Central Heights Parent Teachers Association and students March 27 at 8 p.m. in the Central Heights Little Theater after the 7:30 business meeting. A Q&A will follow for adults and then for students. Two retiring CH teachers will be honored, along with Marvin Stephan and Robert Ledom for PTA leadership. A nursery will be available and refreshments provided. Public invited.
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Kansas
Vern Miller
Central Heights Parent-Teachers Association
Central Heights
Miller
PTA
Marvin Stephan
Robert Ledom
KU Alums Fete Area Students
Franklin County KU Alumni honor 45 top students from Central Heights Ottawa High Pomona Wellsville and Williamsburg schools at a March 27 dinner in Ottawa University Student Union. Chancellor E Laurence Chalmers Jr. will speak. Reservations with Mrs Edward Burrichter.
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Franklin County
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Ottawa University
Jayhawk
Kansas University
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr
Pomona High School
Patty Hamilton
Rhonda Heilmann
Kathy Parks
Sue Peimann
Carol Reed
Wellsville High School
Alan Adriance
Mary Beckemeyer
Joyce Huhn
Tom Kelly
Phyllis Mills
Barbara Rushing
Lynda Shields
Debbie van Kleeck
Williamsburg High School
Jeremiah E. Crabb
Jean Dagenette
Alan Davison
Cynthia Higdon
County Forecast: Cloudy and Cooler Tonight
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with a low in the upper 20s to low 30s and northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Saturday will be cool with a high near 40. Precipitation chances are 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Saturday. High Thursday 54, today’s low 38, record highs and lows noted. 24 hour precipitation total 0.36 inch. Hourly temps end at 8 a.m. today.
Britain suspends home rule in Northern Ireland crisis
The British government imposes direct rule on Northern Ireland after 31 months of sectarian warfare, with Heath announcing a one year suspension of its parliament, eased internment, and a plan to include Catholics in provincial affairs. Protestants protest, IRA vows continued action, and a plebiscite on uniting with the Irish Republic is proposed. Six thousand Belfast workers march in protest as tensions threaten civil war.
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London
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Edward Heath
Heath
House of Commons
Ulster
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Faulkner
Stormont
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
IRA
William Craig
Craig
Frazier Agnew
Belfast
Sional
Edward MacAteer
Westminster
Northern
Irish Republic
Britain
Edward VIII
Wallace Cites His Influence In Wisconsin Primary
Governor Wallace credits his Florida win with shaping tax reform talk as Democrats court the average voter. He urged action if he wins Wisconsin, while McGovern in La Crosse and Lindsay in Milwaukee proposed tax measures. California filing closes for June primary with many contenders seeking ballot spots.
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Gregg Herrington
Associated Press
George C. Wallace
Wisconsin
Alabama
Milwaukee
Wallace
Florida
United States
George Wallace
la Crosse
Wis
South Dakota
George McGovern
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Nixon
America
California
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Shirley Chisholm
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Special Session Set for Ottawa USD 290 Board
A special meeting of the Ottawa Unified School District 290 board is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m to discuss salary problems. The board administration and teacher representatives have been negotiating in recent weeks with final phases delayed pending Kansas Legislature actions.
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Ottawa Unified School District 290
Kansas
Nixon weighs pay board reshuffle in wake of resignations
Washington AP reports President Nixon eyeing four firings to balance four union defections as United Auto Workers chief Leonard Woodcock resigns. Meany criticizes wage controls while Nixon reshapes the Pay Board into a public-majority body, boosting potential hardline stance on wage settlements.
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Washington
Public’ Pay Board
Nixon
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Labor
House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Teamsters Union
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Organized Labor
Fitzsimmons
White House
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Cost of Living Council
Aflcio
George Meany
AFL Cio
Meany
Docking Criticizes Kansas Legislature for Spending Spree
Gov. Robert Docking denounces the Kansas Legislature as floundering and running a spending spree that could push state government into the red. He urges lawmakers to curb appropriations and extend the 1970 property tax lid, noting the omnibus bill’s about 12 million dollar balloon and a fiscal 1973 budget over 1 billion.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Hays
Goodland
Great Bend
Wichita
Osage Joins Area RC&D in Six County Meeting
Osage County officially joined the six county RC&D group formed by Franklin Linn Miami Anderson and Coffey counties at a meeting in Burlington Franklin County will draft a constitution and bylaws while Linn delegates choose a name. The group plans seven standing committees and a rotating monthly meeting schedule with an April 27 Garnett session set.
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Joan Istas
Burlington
Franklin, Linn
Miami
Anderson
Coffey
Osage County
Rc&d
National Guard
Kansas
Miami, Anderson
Coffey Counties
Franklin County
Linn County
Dresling
Coffey County
Carl Gump
Albert Dunbar
Franklin
Randall Dawson
Linn
Frank Cox
Max Jennings
Osage
Garnett
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Michael A. Carey
Marjorie Lyon
Michael Milchelt
William Renner
Jean A. Secrest
Ottawa High
Jane Alexander
Cheryl Baird
Davis Bennett
Cindy Bivins
Tom Brooksher
Brenda Chaney
Caroline Crawford
Carole Dietz
Kathryn Flora
Kevin Frazell
Dan Henderson
OHS
Richard Holland
Roy Kaub
Peg Kille
Rhoda Lee
Phyllis Lilly
Jeff McAdoo
Eldon Roehl
Susan Lee Selby
Patty Wasmund
Rita White
Anne Wolf
Marilyn Wright
Henry M. Jackson
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Eugene McCarthy
John Ashbrook
Ohio
UAW Executive Council
Detroit
Area
See-Kan Rc&d
See-Kan
Soil Conservation Service
County Commissioners
Miami County
SCS
Webb Dreiling
Dreiling
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