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'I don't care if it does taste good, it's mine' The fall season is here and with it comes fallen colored leaves, winter coats and hats, and Halloween. Linda Mangelsdorf, 10, grapples with her pet Collie, Loch, for a pumpkin.
Return of Pueblo sought by Navy
By DARRELL GARWOOD UPI Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States still seeks the return of its spy ship Pueblo. But U.S. intelligence is not sure where the ship is and there is a possibility it has been sunk by the North Koreans.
When North Korea seized the vessel 21 months ago, in a hail of gunfire that killed one of the Pueblo's 83-man crew, it was escorted at gunpoint into Wonsan, a North Korean port on the Sea of Japan.
And there it remained until at least three months ago. But the Navy has no positive information it is still there and it cannot confirm reports that the vessel has been moved to a harbor somewhere north of Wonsan.
Pueblo is conspicuous
With the United States regarding the seizure as piracy, the ship's operation at any distance offshore would subject it to capture by the U.S. Navy, they said.
Normally, the Pueblo is very conspicuous. Its two antenna masts rise about 100 feet above its deck. Lack of information concerning its whereabouts would be almost unbelievable unless the ship had been dismantled or sunk
Still seeks return Thus, sources say, the Navy
The Navy believes there are several reasons why the Pueblo, converted into an intelligence ship in 1966 at a cost of $3.5 million, may no longer be of value to North Korea.
The 9,000-man North Korean navy may not have sufficient knowledge to operate the Pueblo, the sources said. Displacing 906 tons, it was considerably larger than any surface ship in the North Korean fleet.
Sources said the greatest value of the ship was in electronic gear that could be removed, studied, and used elsewhere.
cannot rule out the possibility that the North Koreans sank the Pueblo as a matter of convenience.
Nevertheless, the United States still—technically at least—seeks return of the ship following return of the 82 surviving members of its crew last Dec. 22.
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KBI in opposition
TOPEKA (UPI)—The director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) opposes the Nixon administration proposal to reduce the penalty for possession of marijuana on the first offense.
This week the administration proposed reducing the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor on the first offense.
KBI director Harold Nye said such a reduction in the penalty would encourage the harvesting of marijuana growing wild in Kansas. He said it might also endanger narcotics cases already in court.
"We've found some relief in the fact that it's currently a felony in Kansas. The word gets around among those people, and we hope it has acted as a deterrent," he said.
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If you like to read, paradise is only far as the Kansas Union. The students of Kansas University can soon boast the finest trade bookstore, collegiate or otherwise, in the Midwest—the OREAD BOOK SHOP. Located in the beautiful new addition of the Kansas Union, the modern OREAD BOOK SHOP will be open for business by the month's end. You can browse through shelves and shelves of budget-priced paperbacks, from classics to bestsellers-over 20,000 in stock already! The OREAD BOOK SHOP also offers a tremendous selection of hardbacks. not to mention thousands of contemporary greeting cards.
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