Kansan officials flag tough funding for water program
Gov. Docking told flood control group the Nixon curbs on public spending present a challenge to push forward the water resources development program within available funds. The address occurred at the Missouri Arkansas Basins Flood Control and Conservation Association where officers and senior members were elected. A separate Topeka report noted the creation of a 17 member Water Quality Control Advisory Council with Dr. John Blank announcing appointments representing petroleum, livestock feeds, agriculture and public interests.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Robert Docking
Docking
Topeka
$500000 Damage Suit In U S District Court
Mark Hemphill of Enid Oklahoma sues Mrs Mil dred Cushman of Belle Plaine Kansas for 500000 in damages over a traffic crash on U S 81 in Sumner County on April 26 1969. Hemphill 19 alleges permanent injuries with $10000 in medical bills already incurred and future medical costs expected. Cushman declined comment.
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Wichita
Mildred Cushman
Belle Plaine
Kan
U.S. District Court
Mark Hemphill
Enid
Okla
Cushman
U.S. 81
Sumner County
Hemphill
Black leader Williams plans to fight extradition in Detroit
Robert Williams, 44, head of the Republic of New Africa, was arrested and released in Detroit as he vows to fight extradition to North Carolina on a 1961 kidnapping charge. Williams arrived on a special Trans World Airlines flight arranged with U.S. government help after long exile.
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Detroit
Robert Williams
North Carolina
Michigan
Williams
Republic of
New Africa
London
United States
Trans World Airlines
TWA
U.S
Monroe
N.C
Republic of New Africa
RNA
Red China
Dismissal decisions pending in KU seminar disruption suit
A federal judge in Topeka said a ruling on dismissing most defendants in a $160,000 civil rights suit stemming from last spring's disruption of a University of Kansas law enforcement seminar will come later. The case lists sixteen officers, Sheriff Rex Johnson, the Kansas Board of Regents, Students for a Democratic Society, and four students.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
George Templar
Templar
W. Clarke Wescoe
John Eberhart
Wichita
Wescoe
Rex Johnson
Douglas County
The
Kansas Board of Rents
Students For A Democratic Society
Donald Jenkins
Richard Atkinson
Larry Green
William Berkowitz
Shawnee
Robert Hecht
Wescoe, Johnson
Board of Regents
Two youths sentenced in Kansas murder case
James R. Ferguson, 22, was sentenced to 15 years in the Kansas reformatory after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of 11 year old Lloyd Wayne De Lapp during a grocery store robbery last May. Co-defendant Jerry Hammond, 20, received life imprisonment for firing the fatal shot. a third youth, Terry James Brodie, awaits trial.
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Kansas City
Kan
James R. Ferguson
Kansas Reformatory
Ferguson
Lloyd Wayne de Lapp
Jerry Hammond
Terry James Brodie
Ramsays Deed $250000 Property to Atchison Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ronald H Ramsay of Atchison deed $250000 in property to the Atchison Hospital Association while retaining lifetime ownership rights. The gift includes the Ramsey Inc department store a supermarket site and the family home. Ramsay is board chairman and former president, Raymond Jones notes it as the largest individual gift to the association.
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Atchison, Kan
Ronald H. Ramsay
Atchison
The
Atchison Hospital Association
Ramsey Inc. Department
Ramsey
Hospital Association
Association
Raymond Jones
Unifying force praised at Wichita State stadium dedication
Governor Robert Docking said the new Cessna Stadium and track at Wichita State University unify Wichita and the university. He spoke at the dedication of the remodeled Veterans Field, commending Wichita citizens and the student body for financing the project during the centennial year of collegiate football.
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Wichita, Kan
Robert Docking
Wichita State University
Wichita
Docking
Cessna
Veterans Field
Belfast Wall aims to cool sectarian clash
British troops finish a steel and barbed wire Belfast Wall to separate Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods after riots. Officials hope it prompts dismantling barricades as a face-saving agreement with the army allows enclave leaders to remove them. A Free Belfast delegation met with Home Secretary Callaghan in London to finalize details.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Committee of “Free Belfast
Free Belfast
James Callaghan
London
Caution urged after Ho Chi Minh death by US psywar guides
American psychological warfare experts tell subordinates not to capitalize on Ho Chi Minh’s death. A Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office directive promotes themes of reconciliation and defector repatriation while cautioning that exulting over the North Vietnamese leader’s death could provoke shock and uncertainty among Communist troops and sympathizers.
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Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Public Affairs Office
Port Nears Closure at San Francisco Docks Over Picketing
San Francisco Port closes to nonpriority cargo amid a dispute between Teamsters and longshoremen over container handling. Only military, perishables, and mail shipments pass as 66 piers face picketing by Teamsters Union members. Pacifi c Maritime Association calls the action completely effective and hundreds of trucks turn away tied to container shipments that streamline freight by train and truck but spark decades-old turf battles at West Coast docks.
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San Francisco
Teamster
Teamsers
Pacific Maritime Association
West Coast
Teamsters
Hruska Faces Three Way Race for Senate Leader
Washington AP report shows Senator Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska preparing a three way bid for Republican Senate leadership. Challenger Senators Hugh Scott and Howard Baker have declared or signaled campaigns, with Scott emphasizing cohesive action and denying ideological lines. Scott previously defeated Hruska 23 to 20 for Senate whip.
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Washington
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Senate
Hruska
Everett M. Dirksen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Scott
GOP
Rin Tin Tin Grandson Tico Rescues Keeper in Home Invasion
In Santa Ana California Adelaid Jesus reports two pistol wielding intruders broke into Dr Horace Caden’s home and tied her up. The 110 pound German Shepherd named Tico, Rin Tin Tin’s grandson, charged the attackers forcing them to flee through a window after she cried his name. Mrs Jesus praises the dog and plans to pamper him with rewards and bones.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Tico
Rin Tin Tin
Adelaid Jesus
Horace Caden
Sheperd
Textiles Talk Up Okinawa Reversion Amid Talks
Washington AP Kiichi Aichi met U S Secretary Maurice Stans to discuss voluntary restraints on Japanese textiles to the United States. Speculation rose that Washington will price Okinawa reversion. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to meet Nixon Nov 19 21 to set Okinawa return details and base status. Aichi said differences remain on postreversion use.
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Japan
Kiichi Aichi
Okinawa
Aichi
U.S
Maurice Stans
United States
Eisaku Sato
Nixon
William P. Rogers
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