Target Set For I 35 Dirt Work
Franklin County dirt work on the I 35 extension is planned to finish within a year after paving starts in the second phase. Fred Fuller says the contract should be let shortly after July 1972. Utility moves and easements will shape the schedule as contractors and utility companies meet to align the route 14.3 miles southwest to the Osage County line.
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Franklin County
Fred Fuller
State Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Fuller
Cities Service
Phillips Pipe Line Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Kansas City Power and Light and Rural Electric Cooperative
Highway Commission
Ottawa
Osage
Big Week For Seniors at Ottawa High School
Ottawa High School seniors work through tests on Thursday and Friday to determine graduation. They depart Friday night for a Six Flags Over Texas trip in Dallas and return Sunday night. No baccalaureate will be held this year due to the trip.
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Ottawa High School
Texas
Dallas
Woman to Head Church United Presbyterian elects Lois Stair moderator
In Rochester, Lois H. Stair of Wisconsin becomes the first woman to be moderator of the United Presbyterian Church at its 183rd General Assembly. She defeats three male candidates on the third ballot with 392 votes, in a 3.1 million member denomination.
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Rochester
N.Y
United Presbyterians
Lois H. Stair
Waukesha
Wis
U.S
Stair
General Assembly
American Baptist Convention
Ruth Rohlfs
Seattle
Wash
United Presbyterian
William R. Laws
Columbus
Ind
Assembly
Enemy Rocket Barrage Obliterates Laotian Village
Saigon reports a heavy North Vietnamese rocket assault that destroyed Ban Dong Hene in Laos on the Ho Chi Minh trail edge. About 75 percent of the town burned. 50 government troops were killed at Pak Song. A separate strike damaged Paksane airstrip. three civilians and three troops wounded. In South Vietnam, an A Shau valley position repelled sappers with five enemy killed. 12 enemy dead and six wounded in a separate clash near Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
Ban Dong Hene
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Laouan
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Pak Song
Ban Houei Sai
Bolovens
Panhandle
Dong Hene
Savannakhet
Muong Phalane
Vientiane
Paksane
Mekong River
A Shau
Credit In Agriculture Gains In Importance
Washington AP Senate Agriculture subcommittee heard warnings that demand for constructive credit in agriculture will be enormous soon. E A Jaenke, Farm Credit Administration governor, cited farm debt rising from 24.8 billion in 1960 to 58.1 billion in 1970 and projected 100 to 140 billion by 1980. He noted broad support for a bill to rewrite farm credit laws, expanding land banks and production credit groups to include rural housing and other loans, with Nixon administration backing.
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Washington
America
E. A. Jaenke
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Jaenke
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Farm Credit Board
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Nixon
Senate Takes First Step To Halt Strike
The Senate Labor Committee approved 13 to 1 a resolution to pause the nationwide rail strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen until October 1, with an interim wage raise for 13 000 members and a clause for a report on strike effects. President Nixon pressed for a halt to July 1, while a later House plan would extend to October 1 and include a raise to $4.46 top pay.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Signalmen's Union
Senate
House
Nixon
Signalmen’s Union
Congress
Labor Committee
Gerald Ford
Michigan
White House
United States
Europe
Ford
Senate Committee
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Robert Packwood
New York
Striking Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Union
Nixon Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
George M. Stafford
Volpe
C. J. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Rail Strike Hits Nation With West Virginia Closures
The two day old rail walkout delays shut down a dozen coal mines in West Virginia and forces auto plants to cut shifts. More than 300000 commuters face slow travel as freight and perishable goods pile up on rail sidings. Congress weighs emergency action while agencies warn of escalating economic disruption.
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U.S. Steel
Jones and
Laughlin Steel
Congress
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cleveland
John A. Volpe
Associated Press
West Virginia
National Rail
Consolidation Coal Co
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post Office
Texas
Florida
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
American Motors Corp
Signalmen force railroads into stop and go
Chicago AP reports on the nationwide rail strike, defining the signalman as the railway worker who constructs tests repairs and maintains signals and signal systems. Union leader Melvin Frye notes the job's critical role in safe train movement amid modern, complex equipment and training. The signalmen's union has about 13,000 members and average pay of $3.78 per hour.
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Chicago
Melvin Frye
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Frye
Signalmen’s Union
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Pomona
Fred Green
Baldwin Rfd
Roy T. Webb
Baldwin
Webb
Lawrence
Phnom Penh
Credit In Agriculture
Harold McFeely
Eugene Field School
McFeely
Lincoln School
National Child Safety Council of
Jackson, Mich
Deron Kramer
Lawrence Kramer
Willow
South Carolina
New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
New York City
National Transportation
Amtrak
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