ECKAN Delays Move on Agency Location Decision
ECKAN's multi county board delays action on relocating the agency from Ottawa until a thorough study of alternative sites is completed. The May 19 Franklin County withdrawal, later rescinded, prompted renewed consideration of staying in Ottawa. The committee also weighs lease costs, staff mobility, and public relations while planning a 30 day report.
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Jewel Scott
ECKAN
Ottawa
Franklin County
Osage County
Lyndon
Terri King
Miss King
Joe Wakefield
Wakefield
Executive Committee
Vaunita Platt
Raymond Lindsey
F111A Bombers Return to Strike North Vietnam
Moments after arriving at Takhli Air Base in Thailand, F111A fighters led more than 300 U S air strikes on North Vietnam targeting rail lines and military sites near Hanoi. The missions marked a return of the controversial aircraft after decades, with two squadrons deployed to bolster summer campaign capability.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Filns
U.S
Takhli Air Base
Thailand
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Takhli
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Holloman Afb
New Mexico
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
North
Kissinger Reports Amid Peace Denials
Washington AP Henry Kissinger delivered a personal report to President Nixon on talks with North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris. Both sides deny an imminent settlement. Defense Secretary Laird told Texans negotiations are serious. Laird expressed sympathy for POW/MIA families in Fort Worth and cautioned hopes. Washington and Hanoi maintain silence on Kissinger’s private talks.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Paris
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
The
Fort Worth
Laird
White House
Kissinger
Nguyen Thanh le
Washington Star- News
Nguyen van Thieu
Japan Recoginzes Red China to End China War Hostility
Japan and China signed an accord recognizing the People's Republic as sole legal government of China, ending hostilities since the 1890s. Talks will start on a peace treaty to replace the 1952 Chiang Kai-shek agreement. Taiwan government had no official reaction and Tokyo hopes trade relations endure.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Taiwan
People’s Republic
Chiang Kaishek
Republic of China
Peking
Tanaka
Wellsville considers mobile home park water plan
Lenexa men urged the Wellsville City Council to approve water and sewer service for a proposed southeast mobile home park. They plan 25 to 30 units initially, up to 410 eventually, with underground utilities and off street parking. The council will study the request.
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Joan Istas Wellsville
Lenexa
Wellsville
Caldwell Manor
Duane Bogle
Austin Martin
Weather County Forecast Mostly cool with light winds
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the low to mid 40s. Saturday will be partly sunny and cool with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Precipitation probability 10 percent tonight and near zero percent Saturday. High temperature Thursday around 80, today’s low 46, record highs 1953 and 1908, precipitation for the prior 24 hours near 0.24 inch. Hourly readings wrap from early morning to evening with barometer around 75.
Kansas county and city shares from federal compromise plan
Treasury releases Kansas city amounts Wichita 2139061 Topeka 1239629 and Kansas City 1646379 along with county figures for Allen through Neosho including Johnson 690239 and Montgomery 719971 and dozens of other counties. Pearson says final approval seems likely and bill moves to White House.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
U.S. House
Senate
Department of the Treasury
James B. Pearson
White House
Pearson
Wichita
Kansas City
Allen
Anderson
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Brown
Butler
Chase
Chautauqua
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Edwards
Elk
Ellis
Ellworth
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman
Jackson
Jefferson
Jewell
Johnson
Kearny
Kingman
Kiowa
Labette
Police Force Reorganized By Ottawa City Manager
Ottawa under City Manager Robert Mills restructured the police department after multiple resignations. The new setup has one chief one assistant chief two captains and three sergeants with patrolmen ranked I II III. a 40 hour base week replaces 48 hours with overtime either paid at rate or paid as compensatory time. Chief Clyde Johnson says it’s early to judge but officers appear supportive of the change.
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Ron Womble
Ottawa Police Department
Robert Mills
Mills
Theolice
Glen Simmons
Allen Campbell
National Guard
Police Department
Franz Aubrey
Patromen
Clyde Johnson
Johnson
Crime rate dispute over FBI report swirls in campaign
The FBI Uniform Crime Report shows a 1 percent rise in serious crime for the first half of 1972. McGovern counters that true crime is higher, claiming a 33 percent rise and doubled drug addiction over three years, while Ehrlichman cites differing statistics and a 19 percent rise according to later figures.
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Associated Press
FBI
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
John D. Ehrlichman
St. Michaels
Richard G. Kleindienst
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Kleindienst
Washington
Los Angeles
Ehrlichman
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ECEAN
Carol Laux
Waunita Platt
South Vietnam
Laos
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Thach Han
Vietnam
Kakuei Tanaka
Chou En-lai
MH Park
Ben Nitcher
Nitcher
Benton Drive
Richard Moherman
Lowell Collins
Sandra Hausler
Lois Bloss
Zoning Board of Appeals
Lane
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Linn
Logan
Lyon
McPherson
Marion
Marshall
Meade
Miami
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morris
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
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