Ottawa Airport Grounds Parachute Club Shuts Down
Bob Dodson, manager at the Ottawa airport, announced he would stop all parachute jumping after a jumper landed in a 34,000 volt power line. KU student Larry Sweiger, 21, was unharmed. prior incident left a jumper fracturing bones in another jump. Farmers complained of crop damage and fear, while club officials John and George Jaworski were named, and an hangar space agreement was rescinded.
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Robert Wellington
Bob Dodson
Ottawa
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Club
University of Kansas
Joe Liwaru
Larry
Liwaru
Larry Sweiger
Kansas City
Lawrence Hospital
Dodson
Kaw Valley Parachute Club
John
George Jaworski
Baldwin
Lawrence
Bomb raids devastate North Vietnam and Bien Hoa losses
US jets carried out sweeping raids on Hanoi and suburbs destroying the bridge and multiple installations. North Vietnamese bomb storage at Bien Hoa Base reportedly damaged or destroyed 70 South Vietnamese helicopters, marking the worst air loss for the South in the war. The Viet Cong signaled willingness to a coalition government under conditions. USD 290 board to meet, discussing enrollment, staffing cuts, juvenile court reporting, and track resurfacing at the Senior High.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Bien Hoa Air Base
Viet Cong
Kissinger Misses Tho In Moscow
Henry Kissinger began talks with Soviet officials in Moscow and planned meetings en route to Paris, where Le Duc Tho had just arrived. Tho said he would not meet Kissinger in Moscow but left open a Paris meeting, while Kissinger stayed three days to confer with Brezhnev Kosygin and Gromyko.
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Moscow
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
North Vietnam
Tho
Paris
Kissinger
Nixon
John Negroponte
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
US veto blocks UN resolution on Israeli raids and Munich killings
The United States vetoed a Security Council measure demanding a halt to Israeli reprisals without mentioning Munich's Palestinian massacre and Arab terrorism. China and the Soviet Union vetoed amendments. George Bush defended the veto saying the draft ignored realities and risked provoking more aggression. He urged a world where athletes and air travelers are not targets. Israeli and Arab ambassadors reacted to the veto amid ongoing regional tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Munich
Syria
Lebanon
China
Soviet Union
U.S
George Bush
Record $74.6 Billion Military Bill Advances in House
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $74.6 billion defense bill, trimming the president's Indochina funding by $450 million and cutting aircraft and missile programs. The panel also rejected some civilianization of duties for volunteer recruiting and urged caution on the F15 and 747 programs. A vote by the full House was slated for Thursday.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
House
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Anatomy Of A Narcotics Agent In A Small Town Ottawa
An Ottawa interview with a Kansas Bureau of Investigation narcotics unit undercover agent describes his work in small towns. He explains city familiarization, local introductions, and the dangers of undercover life while noting a high conviction rate, extensive training, and the unit backlog of requests for help.
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Rom Womble
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ottawa
FBI
Mervyn Purdy
Air Force
Purdy
Lawrence
Kansas City
Pye
KBI
Turkey
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Ottawa Rfd 3
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Kat
Queen's Kitchen
Board of Education
Usd 290
Marvin P. Forker
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Israel
Bush
Yosef Tekoah
Jacob A. Malik
Huang Hua
Peking
World Organization
Haissam Kelani
Edouard Ghorra
Ghorra
Kelani
Somalia
Guinea
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Huang
Security Council
Ben Park
Franklin County Historical Society
Wint Winter
David Haverty
Malebox Clothing
E. E. Haley
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