Opposition Mounts to Thieu One Man Presidency Plan
In Saigon, multiple political and religious groups urge President Thieu to halt the one man election, while Vice President Ky calls his approach dangerous and dictatorial. Thieu names the CIA chief to lead a 110000-strong police force amid tense protests and a looming referendum.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Central Intelligence Office
FBI
Vietnamese Nationalist Party
Vietnamese Confederation of Labor
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Disabled Veterans Association
An Quang Buddhista
Kansas could face 1973 fiscal year balance between loss and gain
Topeka AP reports Kansas faces a possible 1973 general fund balance ranging from minus 13.5 million to plus 12.7 million, depending on economic factors and the 1972 legislature actions. Projections by the Budget Division and Legislative Research Department assume 4.3, 5.5, or 6 percent revenue growth and four expenditure levels with no new programs.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Richard Ryan
Wallace Threat Highlights Busing Showdown in Alabama
Alabama legislators told the Montgomery County School Board Gov George Wallace threatened use of state troopers to transfer seven white children from a black school. The board seeks a U S District Court Johnson hearing to modify a court order on Hope Hall placement. Other states debate busing while courts push rulings and states hedge on legal actions.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Montgomery County School Board
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama House of Representatives
South
Montgomery School Board
U.S. District Court
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Hope Hall
Ala
Alabama House
Gev
George Wallace
State Senate
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Florida
Reubin Askew
Aso
Askew
Duval County
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Norfolk
Pils
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Nashville
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Austin
Tex
Pembroke
N.C
Refinement of Teacher Pay Guidelines Planned
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council plans to refine its ruling on teacher pay while preserving wage price freeze restrictions. The intent is a uniform policy across workers with limited scope for exemptions, tying raises to pre freeze pay or back pay eligibility. NEA warned boards risking arbitration or contracts over negotiated raises.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
U.S. Education
Sidney Marland
National Education Association
Treasury
Charis E. Walker
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
David Seldon
Nixon
NEA
Berlin Diesels New East West Pact Signals Thaw
In Berlin four powers the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union signed a Berlin accord aimed at ending decades of confrontation and shaping a new East West relationship in the heart of Europe. The ceremony took place in the Allied Control Council Building after years marked by the Soviet 1948 blockade and division of the city. Soviet envoy Pyotr Abrasimov remarked Alls well that ends well after the signings.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Europe
Allied Control Council
West Berlin
Pyotr Abrasimov
East Germany
Weather County Forecast With Cloudy, Warm Weekend
Tonight a southerly wind 10 to 20 mph with partly cloudy skies and a low near 70. Saturday mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and a high in the 90s, 20 percent tonight and 40 percent Saturday. High Thursday 92, low today 69, records noted from 1947 and 1952. Hourly readings end at 8 a.m. with barometer near 29.89.
County faces tax levy strain from revised corporate valuations
County Clerk Bruce Spears must recalculate levies after state figures show a 489 144 drop in county corporate valuations to 48 million, risking a tax levy beyond the five per cent cap. Most corporate valuations fell except telephone and express firms. personal and real estate values rise but likely not enough to offset the corporate loss.
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State Valuation Department
Bruce Spears
Spears
Telephone and Express
All Boy Second Grade Class At Lincoln Elementary
Principal Marlin Kimball oversees 27 boys in an all male second grade class at Lincoln Elementary. Seven girls joined to balance to 13 boys and 13 girls, with total school enrollment 203 boys and 155 girls. Teacher Garry Matthias supports the mixed balance though acknowledges disciplinary changes. Students express mixed views with several boys liking the all boy setup while five favor adding girls.
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Linda Wheeler
Marlin Kimball
Lincoln Elementary School
Lincoln
Kimball
Garry Matthias
Rehabilitation Chief Concern In Shooting
Anderson County attorney said it would serve no useful purpose to try Richard Jones 14 on a delinquency charge in the killing of Pamela L. Yulich 19 near Garnett. The boy, free and attending Iola High School, faces a delinquency proceeding with a closed juvenile hearing set for Sept. 13.
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Edward McGrath Garnett
Anderson County
Richard Jones
Kansas City, Kan
Iola High School
Pamela L. Yulich
Howard Jones
Iola
Charles W. Lybarger
Young Jones
Gwinn G. Shell
Miss Yulich
Shell
David Leitch
Jones
Orville Cole
Schmidt
Lybarger
Topeka
British Troops Suffer More Woe In N. Ireland
Belfast AP report says gunfire from a speeding car struck down a National Guard member at a police border station in Northern Ireland. The attack underscores ongoing violence affecting security forces amid the Troubles.
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N. Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
National
Kinawley
Irish Republic
Robin Alers-Hankey
August jobs rise tests US labor market
U S employment reached a record high in August with 260000 more people at work to nearly 80 million while the labor force expanded by about 420000 to 843 million Yet unemployment rose from 58 to 61 percent as more job seekers entered the market The report cites seasonal adjustments by the Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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State Budget Division
Legislative Research Department
Matthias
Melvin L. Schmidt
Vern Miller
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Miller
Londonderry
Alers-Hankey
Protestant Unionist Party
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Government Electricity Board
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