House Approves School Finance Bill in Kansas
The Kansas House approved a bill revising the State School Foundation Finance Law by a vote of 83 to 32. It moves back to the Senate for consideration of House changes amid expected conference committees to reconcile provisions. The measure would allow school districts more options beyond current four percent per pupil annual increases, with appeals in some cases.
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Topeka
State School Foundation
Kansas House
Senate
Robert Docking
Bill Woodard
Wichita
Sen. Saar
Woodard
House
School Foundation
Joseph Harder
R-Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Senate revives House bill liberalizing private clubs
The Senate revived a House killed private club bill, cutting wait time to join from 30 to three days and loosening liquor pool rules. It also allows class B clubs in motels to establish pools and lowers minimum membership fees, with 21-17 approval.
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Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Senate
Vance Warns Soviet Orbiting Weapons Possible
Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus R. Vance told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the USSR could place one or two nuclear armed vehicles in orbit without detection though large numbers would be detectable. General Wheeler endorsed the outer space treaty but warned orbiting weapons could pose grave consequences.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vance
United States
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Reported in 24 Hours
A brief AP dispatch notes Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending April 13, 1967, in Topeka. The report lists totals and references a 1966 comparison, highlighting the day’s fatality count and related figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rest Home Damaged by Storm Near Gerry Oklahoma
A midnight storm struck a 40 patient rest home in Gerry Oklahoma flooding the building and ripping part of its roof. Evacuation sent residents to an abandoned Hinton hospital sixteen miles away. The storm was not a tornado and no other damage reported in west central Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Hinton
Highway Patrol
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Inquiries
Instructions urge readers to contact their Tribune phone if the carrier is unavailable. If unreachable after 6 PM, dial HE 1-3400 for assistance.
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Rail Strike Blocked for 20 Days by Signatures
President Johnson signed a bill to bar a nationwide railroad strike for 20 days while Congress moved swiftly to approve the measure. The National Mediation Board said unions were asked to cancel strike authority, setting a no-walkout deadline to May 3.
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Johnson
National Mediation Board
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Congress
Mediation Board
Showers Boost Area Temperatures and Rain Totals
An area forecast notes showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with little temperature change today. Cooler by Thursday afternoon, with a high near 70 and a low around 60. Widespread rainfall across Kansas boosted crop prospects, with totals ranging from half an inch to over two inches in many areas, Salina and Heston recording notable totals.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Salina
Great Bend
Heston
Ellinwood
St. John
Stafford
Topeka
Canker City
Wheat
Sumner
Sedgwick
Conway Springs
Missouri
Pittsburgh
Garden City
Concordia
Pittsburg
Viet Nam forces launch delta assault against guerrillas
About 2000 South Vietnamese troops plus air and river assets swept into a guerrilla stronghold in the Mekong Delta near Can Tho, suffering minimal casualties while two Viet Cong were killed and two captured. In Chu Lai a Communist mortar attack killed two Americans and wounded 45. In Nha Trang harbor the tanker Amastra suffered a 4 by 6 foot hole from a blast, with extensive salvage efforts underway.
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Mekong
Can Tho
Chu Lai
Nha Trang Harbor
U.S
Amastra
Leaders Discuss Economic Future of Latin America
In Punta del Este Uruguay President Johnson hosts 18 Latin American chiefs of state for the summit on the region’s economic future. Negotiations promise two days of hard bargaining over U.S. involvement and future policy for 230 million people. Johnson meets Brazil’s Costa e Silva and Peru’s Belaunde Terry to discuss common problems and leadership for the hemisphere.
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Uruguay
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Arthur da Costa E Silva
Brazil
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Peru
Belaunde
Texas
Costa E Silva
Hemisphere
Mitchell Dies In Gas Chamber
Aaron C. Mitchell, who killed a Sacramento policeman, died in the gas chamber in California’s first execution in over four years at San Quentin.
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San Quentin
Calif
Aaron C. Mitchell
Sacramento
California
Trucks Roll Again as Nation Reopens After Teamsters Pact
Washington AP reports a three year contract ending a three day industry lockout. 450000 workers in about 12000 firms must ratify a 50 cent hourly wage rise. TEI leaders urge immediate return to work while Chicago remains on strike.
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Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Frank Fitzsimmons
Trucking Employers Inc
Gordon
Chicago
TEI
Explosion Hits U S Firm in Uruguay Amid Summit Protests
An early blast in Montevideo destroyed steel shutters and windows at a U S business machines firm and damaged nearby homes. Police suspect leftist groups angered by the Punta del Este summit and President Johnson. Calls by the Federation of University Students and the National Labor Convention failed to ignite further action.
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Uruguay
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National Labor Convention
Intercepted Letter Describes Escape of Teen Composer
An intercepted letter from a musician fleeing Red China details his escape to the United States. The text notes a lack of large cheering crowds among teenage mobs and ends with a personal sign off.
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U.S
Red China
Parole Decision Clarified By Juvenile Court
Mrs. Alberta Gough of Neosho county juvenile court stated that a Chanute boy aged 17 was not sentenced to Boys Industrial School before parole. She noted that Boys Industrial School is the only state facility for juvenile sentencing and that its capacity is limited, making parole a common alternative due to offenders exceeding capacity. The case involved house breaking and theft in the local area.
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Neosho County
the Tribune
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Topeka
Boys Industrial School
Five-Year-Old Reunited With Mother After Abduction Walkout
In Nashville a juvenile court judge reunited 27 year old Wanda Lee Thompson with her 5 year old daughter Teresa Lynn Thompson after the mother sent the child to Century Finance Co. with a note saying since you took my check you can take care of her. The judge admonished the mother for taking a child to a loan company under financial stress. The mother said she was happy to get her baby back and had arranged to pay off debts.
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Nashville, Tenn
Jenkins
Plane Crash Kills 35 Near Algiers Oasis
An Algerian DC4 flying from Algiers to Tamanrasset crashed near an oasis in the Ahaggar Mountains killing 35 aboard and injuring four. Among the 33 passengers were 18 Swiss tourists and at least one French national. three crew members were French. An investigation commission was named to determine the crash cause.
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Algeria
Transport Ministry
Tamanrasset
Ahaggar Mountains
Home Savings Assn Holds Annual Meeting
Officers and directors of the Home Savings Assn were re elected at the annual meeting. W E Oakes was re elected for a three year term as a director and other officers including Robert N Allen as president and managing officer Jean Mitchell as vice president and internal control officer. Gloria Goff became association secretary and Erma Joe King retired but remains accounting supervisor. Marian Shike and Marie Galt were re elected assistant secretary and assistant loan officer. Total assets exceed 9.5 million with loans near 7.9 million and savings over 8.5 million in about 3 400 accounts. Account holders span 27 states plus Kansas.
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W. E. Oakes
Yates Center
Robert N. Allen
Jean Mitchell
Duke Myers
Gloria Goff
Erma Joe King
Marian Shike
Marie Galt
Oakes
Wilbur Thompson
Carl Haight
Kenneth Horton
Allen
Kansas
City Planners Meet to Discuss Post Office Traffic
Mrs. Florence Kelley, post master, will address the city planning commission at 7 PM in the Memorial building city commission room. The discussion covers traffic and parking conditions at the post office and potential improvements as part of the board’s regular monthly meeting.
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Florence Kelley
City Planning Commission
City Commission
Memorial Building
Chinese Musician Mao Szu-tsung Defects to United States
Mao Szu-tsung, director of the Central Conservatory of Music in Peking, has escaped Communist China and been granted asylum in the United States. He now resides in New York City with his brother, and his wife and two children are included in the asylum grant. His brother Ma Szu-hung is a renowned concert violinist.
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State Department
Karl Bartch
China
U.S
Bartch
Barth
New York
Barthh
National Music Institute
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