Influential Man Poll: Johnson Tops Readers Choice
In a local survey, residents name the president Lyndon Johnson as the most influential man. Respondents from Louise Highbaugh to Larry Bell cite Johnson as shaping opinion, policy, and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Highbaugh
W. 9Th
President Johnson
Bud Smulling
N. Forest
Pope Paul
Bruce Ward
S. Highland
Larry Bell
S. Plummer
Johnson
Weather Forecast For Kansas Region And Topeka
Area forecast calls for fair tonight turning partly cloudy Sunday with a warmer day. Lows tonight near 40s, highs Sunday around 70. Topeka expects clear to partly cloudy skies with 50s to low 60s and light rain possible in the southwest later tonight into Sunday. Thunderstorms in extreme eastern Kansas brought trace precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Kansas Time Change Heads To Daylight Saving All Statewide
AP reports Kansas will shift to Daylight Time at 2 a.m. on April 30, with most counties following Central Time and a few northwest counties observing Mountain Time. The last weekend in October will have 49 hours. A 1967 bill to keep Kansas on Standard Time failed. Gov Docking signed a resolution urging a boundary change to place all Kansas on Central Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Congress
Robert Docking
Surveyor 3 Digs Three Foot Trench On Moon
Surveyor 3 extended a trench about three feet long and six inches deep on the moon. The operation, filmed by a camera on the craft and relayed to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, showed lunar soil to be cohesive like wet sand and offered no threat to future manned landings.
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Surveyor 3
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Moon
Kansas Governor Signs Turnpike Bill For Major Routes
Gov. Robert Docking signed a bill authorizing a 120 million dollar bond issue to build turnpikes between Kansas City and Galena and between Kansas City and Leavenworth. The measure, issued by the Kansas Turnpike Authority, stems from long legislative battles and ties to future highway funding decisions.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Galena
Leavenworth
Robert Docking
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Docking
House
Wichita-Hays
Wichita-Baxter Springs
Washington House approves 9 cent gas tax bill
The Washington House passed and sent to the governor a bill to raise the gasoline tax by 1 cent, boosting the state rate to nine cents per gallon and making it the highest in the nation. Alaska previously held the highest at eight cents.
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House
Senate Roads Committee
Kansas City-Garena
Olympia
Wash
Washington House
Alaska
Fire damages four story warehouse in Armourdale district
A heavy fire ripped through a four story Harian Corp warehouse at 110 Osage in Kansas City Kansas early Friday night. The blaze began about 11 p.m. and was out of control by midnight.
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Kansas City, Kan
Harian Corp
Osage
Armourdale
Three Tornadoes Kill 47 and Wound 1500 Across Illinois
The Associated Press reports three violent tornadoes struck northern Illinois and western Michigan, killing 47 and injuring about 1,500. Oak Lawn and Belvidere bore the heaviest losses with dozens of homes, a supermarket, and schools demolished, and authorities feared more fatalities as debris cleanup continued.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Michigan
Oak Lawn
Chicago
Belvidere
Ill
Stone Park
Hillsdale County
Mich
Chicago Weather Bureau
Oak
Belvidere High School
Joseph I. Woods
Cook County
Bill Coleman
Chrysler
Highland Hospital
Dumke
Lake Zurich
Waukegan Libertyville
Barrington
Orior
Moline
Rock Island
Harvard
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
California
Madera
Calif
Fresno
Grand Rapids
Grandville
Wyoming
Marines Tangle With Tough Force In Vietnam Coast
In northern South Vietnam near Tam Ky U S Marines clash with a persistent Communist force for a second day. Marines report 46 enemy killed with air strikes and artillery as air missions continue against railways trucks and barges.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
U.S
North Vietnam
Chau Doc
Oregon
Kansas GOP Names William R Low as New Executive Secretary
William R. Low, 28, of Kansas will become executive secretary of the Kansas Republican State Committee around June 1. Approved by the state executive committee, Low has served as director of finance for Indiana's Republican State Committee. Garner Stroud will depart as executive secretary about May 15 after two years in the post.
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Topeka
William R. Low
Kansan
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Kansas
Republican State Executive Committee
Low
Shawnee Mission
Johnson County
William Jewell College
Wichita State University
Garner Stroud
State Committee
Tribune Phone Contact Details
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Tribune
Svetlana Stalin seeks asylum in United States
Svetlana Stalin, daughter of Joseph Stalin, arrives in New York after a global odyssey from New Delhi through India Italy Switzerland to seek asylum. She cites disillusion with communism and a budding religious faith as reasons for defecting and pursuing self expression denied in Russia. She remains separated from her two Moscow children as she searches for freedom.
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New York
Svetlana Stalin
United States
Russia
Moscow
New Delhi
India
Italy
Switzerland
Reuther Seeks UAW Withdrawal From AFL-CIO
Detroit AP Walter P. Reuther, speaking at a UAW convention, asks for authority to withdraw the union from the AFL-CIO arguing the federation’s leadership has blurred. About 3,000 delegates cheer as a vote on pulling out remains contingent on the executive board.
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Detroit
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
George Meany
Rev Elmer Carriker Named Baker University Executive
The Rev. Elmer I. Carriker, chaplain at DePauw University, will become executive at Baker University Baldwin Kansas. He will coordinate the Methodist related university in the president’s absence. His duties begin August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Elmer I. Carriker
DePauw University
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Youths Charged With Destruction of City Property
Police cited Chanute youths Michael L. Mitchell and Philip Brazil on charges of destroying city property after a traffic sign was found in their car during a routine 1 a.m. license check. The No Left Turn marker came from 3rd and Malcolm. Hearings are set for Wednesday.
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Chanute
Michael L. Mitchell
W. 4Th
Philip Brazil
S. Highland
3Rd
Malcolm
Traffic Fatalities Log Echoes April 1967 Toll
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log covering 24 hours to 9 am Saturday for April 28, detailing fatalities for 1967 and comparing with 1966 figures. The log shows 137 deaths in the 1967 period versus 183 the prior year, highlighting rising or declining trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Donnie L Malcolm Hurt in Car Crash
Erie resident Donnie L Malcolm age 24 sustained cuts and bruises when his 1962 Chevrolet left the road and overturned about 1:30 a.m. north of South Mound. The car traveled roughly 600 feet before stopping and was totaled. Sheriff George Neely provided the details.
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Erie
Donnie L. Malcolm
South Mound
George Neely
Westmoreland Presents Viet Cong Weapons to West Point Museum
Gen William C Westmoreland returned from Vietnam to address the Associated Press luncheon at New York's Waldorf Astoria He presented captured Viet Cong arms to the U S Military Academy museum A Soviet 7 62 mm light machine gun captured during Cedar Falls was given to four cadets at a ceremony Other weapons were on display with a 1986 West Point graduate serving as superintendent earlier Westmoreland's AP talk will be carried live by several networks.
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West Point
N.Y
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Associated Press
U.S. Military Academy
Cedar Falls
Westmoreland
United States
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Postulates Space Trip Boost
The note imagines Surveyor 3 uncovering diamonds that would boost advance sales for the first lunar voyage. It frames a hypothetical boon tied to space exploration and ticket demand.
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Cha
Surveyor 3
Moon
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