Kansas Attorney General Cites Conflict Rules In Insurance Probe
Atty Gen Robert C Londerholm urges clear conflict of interest definitions and study of Kansas insurance laws after a report on National Finance Life Underwriters Farm and Ranch Life Insurance and Midwestern Financial exposes legislators and prominent Kansans linked to these firms. Docking calls the findings a factual view of promoters exploiting legal gaps and orders continued state inquiries. several legislators served on the National board and earned commissions from county sales.
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Topeka
Robert C. Londerholm
Kansas
Londerholm
National Finance Life Underwriters Inc
Farm and Ranch Life Insurance Co
Wichita
Sonderholm
National Finance Life
Midwestern
Robert Docking
Docking
Erate
Securities Commissioner
National Board
Election In Area Tomorrow
The Tribune notes polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Local races include Chanute two city commissioners and several unified school district seats. Other contests cover consolidation votes in Erie Stark-St. Paul-Galesburg-Thayer and Neosho County Community Junior College trustees. Walnut may vote on package liquor sales.
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Chanute
Unified School District 413
Recreation
Erie
Stark-St. Paul-Galesburg-Thayer
Neosho County Community
Walnut
Safe blown open at Perry post office
A safe in the Perry Kansas post office was blown open early today but the amount of loss, if any, is not yet known. Police and federal investigators are handling the case and no suspects have been named.
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Perry, Kan
Perry
Intercepted Letter Urges Votes in Tomorrow’s Ballot
An intercepted correspondence from Nute urges Cha to let the majority decide in the upcoming vote. The letter emphasizes collective decision making and ends with a prompt to vote.
Latin envoys fete Johnson in Texas weekend visit
President Johnson hosted 29 Latin American envoys and their companions in Texas. Ambassadors praised the well organized weekend and US goodwill, with Ecuador's Rodrigo Jacome noting the trip was a thrill and Peru’s Celso Pastor praising the hospitality.
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Washington
Johnson
Texas
United States
Rodrigo Jacome
Ecuador
Organization of American States
Celso Pastor
Peru
Labor Strife At a Glance
Washington report outlines key labor disputes with United American Federation of Television and Radio Artists strikes continuing after alleged insulting offers. Teamsters locals authorize strike as talks with truckers proceed on day three after contract expiry. New York newspaper talks resume after Sunday break with unions voting strike authorization but no walkouts yet. Railroads report no agreement and no current walkouts.
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American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Washington Talks
Teamsters
Washington
New York
Speck Jury Is Seated For Speck Murder Trial
In Peoria Illinois a jury of seven men and five women was sworn for the Richard Speck trial on charges of murdering eight student nurses. Jury seating clears the way for opening statements and testimony in week seven of the proceedings.
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Peoria
Ill
Richard Speck
Multiple Traffic Accidents Injure Several in Local Outbreak
An outbreak of traffic accidents Saturday and Sunday left several people injured, none seriously, in Chanute and nearby areas. Cars at the Oasis road crossing and other city locations collided, with victims including Kathy McAuley 15 and Bill Gaudern 18 treated and released. Police noted multiple vehicle damages and issued a speeding citation to Larry Beck 20 for a crash near 1120 S Evergreen.
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William Bircher
Bill L. Gaudern
Oasis Road
Birener
Kathy McAuley
W. Main
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Gaudern
Humboldt
Rita Olson
Jane Olson
Highway Patrol
Bircher
Chanute
Larry Beck
S. Evergreen
Beck
Pearl E. Crawford
Phillip G. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Richard N. Johnson
S. Highland
Crown of Railroad
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log shows 33 deaths in March and 1 in April by 9 am Monday. The 1967 total reaches 108 compared with 146 in the comparable 1966 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Australian Portsea sweep broadens Vietnam operations
Australian and U.S. forces launch Portsea, a large ground sweep in Phuoc Tuy Province, with about 4,000 troops including Americans under Australian command. The operation aims to clear Viet Cong control, open roads, and help peasants reach markets while Junction City actions continue nearby.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Mekong
Hobart
Quang Tri City
Phuoc Tuy
Portsea
South Vietnam village elections labeled a success
South Vietnam opened village council elections despite Viet Cong terror. Officials cited four candidates murdered, 10 kidnapped, several wounded, and three Viet Cong captured while 219 villages voted in 33 of 43 provinces. About 495k of 614k eligible voters cast ballots.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Heavy damage in collision near Erie injures none
At about 4 25 p m yesterday two cars collided at the K57 and US 59 intersection south of Erie. James Scott 17 of Parsons and Doran L Decker 42 of Wichita drove damaged vehicles a 1964 Buick and a 1967 Cadillac valued at 800 and 3000. No injuries of apparent consequence reported.
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Erie
James Scott
Parsons
Doran L. Decker
Wichita
Here
Highway Patrol
Senate Proposes Gas Tax Boost Kill Pike Bill
The Kansas Senate Highways Committee killed a House bill to build three turnpikes and backed a bill raising the gasoline tax from five to seven cents. The plan would fund one eastern border north south turnpike while distributing revenues of about $10 million to the Highway Commission and $5 million to counties and cities annually. Governor Docking threatened a veto.
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Senate
Topeka
Senate Highways Committee
Kansas
State Highway Commission
Baxter Springs
Wichita
Hays
Robert Docking
House
John Conard
Docking
Board of Education Meets Tonight on Policy and Evaluation
The Board holds its regular meeting at 7 30 tonight. Items include NCCJC policies adoption and a pending bill on the North Central evaluating team made up of 13 educators that will assess the high school on April 12 13 and 14. Disposition of Hill Crest School also on the agenda.
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Board of Education
North Central
Hill Crest
Board of Trustees
NCCJC
Missing Girl Carrie Stephens Found After Abduction
Carrie Stephens age 8 was found unharmed after a five day search. Police located her in a North Side apartment with Michael Zito 51 who is charged with aggravated kidnapping and held on 100000 bond. Zito remained silent at his court appearance. The girl was returned home after a medical exam showed no molestation.
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Chicago
Carrie Stephens
Carrie
North Side
Michael Zito
Zito
Weather notes and forecast for Topeka area
Weather data shows today at 1 p.m. high 57 low 18 with 33 inch precipitation and total March rainfall 1.97 inches. Forecast calls for much cloudiness with cooler tonight and scattered showers or thunderstorms into Tuesday, then partly cloudy and warmer with highs 65 to 70. Thunderstorms with hail reported Sunday from Russell eastward, with hail near Wamego and Abilene.
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FAA
Topeka
The
Weather Bureau
Russell
Wamego
Abilene
Central Park building hosts 37 groups since opening
Cha nute Recreation Commission reports 18 927 visits through March 30 with an average daily attendance of 117. Two surveys show 161 usable days of 344 possible, totaling 67 642 hours of use and about four hours 12 minutes per use day. Groups include Chamber of Commerce Brownie troop Episcopal church Lions Club Girl Scouts Boy Scouts PTA Democrats and others.
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Commission
Chamber of Commerce
the Recreation Commission
Episcopal Church
State Health Department
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Parsons Recreation Department
Lions Club
PTA
March of Dimes
Royster Junior High
County Agricultural
Shipwrecked French Couple Rescued Near Bathurst Island
Henri Bourdens and wife were rescued by the ketch Betty Jane after three months adrift in a submerged raft off Bathurst Island in the South Seas. They survived on sea snails and a kangaroo, built a raft, and faced mangrove swamps and dangers including crocodiles and snakes before rescue. The couple planned to resume sailing to France aboard their uninsured 45 foot yacht once recovered.
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Darwin
Australia
Henri Bourdens
Bathurst Island
Betty Jane
Bourdens
Henri
France
Singapore
Timor
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Yours
Railroads
Speck Jury
Grant
Main
William Trammell
Fern Bath
Stark
Bath
Larry Woods
Franklin
Allen G. Ayer
S. Ashby
Barbara A. Allen
South Evergreen
Susan L. Hollis
Pittsburg
Hagman Candy Co
11Th
Highland
Tribune
Junction City
Tay Ninh Province
Cambodia
S. Vietnam
Central Park
South Seas
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