District 413 elects Ward to lead education boards
Robert Ward was reelected president of Unified District 413 and chairman of the Neosho Junior College board of trustees at last night’s reorganizations. He will sign contracts and negotiate under way with construction programs. Also retained were vice president Don Abbuehl, vice chairman Joe Balch, attorney, and treasurer Mahion Morley. Eve lyn Woodruff was reelected district clerk and Berva Stroud joined the trustees. Budget hearings were set for 8 p.m. with no contestants. The board approved several staffing actions and discontinued high school baccalaureate services amid court rulings and local sentiment. Major purchases included four drum corps uniforms, wrestling program gear, and two metal lathes as part of a five-year replacement plan. A bill for pipe and venetian blinds for moved junior high houses was presented.
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Robert Ward
Unified District 413 Board of Education
Neosho Junior College Board of Trustees
Sinc
Ward
Don Abbuehl
Joe Balch
Mahion Morley
Evelyn Woodruff
Berva Stroud
Board of
District 413
Nancy Jones
Letty Gaier
Miss Jones
Chanute
Gaier
Kansas State Board For Vocational Education
Board For
Linda Rubow
Lincoln
Eunice Brewer
Alcott
Gail Pritchard
Virginia Hagenbuch
PN School
Thelma Maninger
Myrna Rickart
Betty Barnhart
Janie Dennis
Lucile Dillman
Board of Education
Drum Corps
Royster Stadium
A Restful Night For Harry Truman
A hospital spokesman said former President Harry S. Truman had a restful night and slept well. He was up in a chair this morning to read the paper and ate a breakfast of orange juice scrambled eggs cereal toast and tea. Truman was hospitalized Saturday after an attack of colitis.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Mansfield warns against giving Johnson dictatorial strike power
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says approving legislation to let President Johnson end the airline strike would grant dictatorial power. He supports a congressional six month halt and opposes a direct presidential order, noting the president may not want such authority. He foresees no immediate final vote today.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Johnson
Mansfield
Senate Labor Committee
House
Labor Committee
Joinson
Wayne Morse
Mild Kansas Weather Continues With Thunderstorms
In Topeka area forecasts mild temperatures for several days as a large high pressure system moves in from the west. Ft. Riley reports hail golf ball sized while Arkansas City notes wind damage to trees and power lines. Highs 85 to 90 today, lows 60 to 65.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ft. Riley
Arkansas City
Morning Beautiful But Evening Camp Opened in Kansas City
AP reports at Starlight Theater in Kansas City the opening night of Oklahoma was interrupted by a downpour. Jack Jones resumed singing after the rain, keeping the crowd of 6,075 intact and the musical back on track.
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Kansas City
Jack Jones
Curly
Oklahoma
Primaries At a Glance In Michigan Kansas Idaho Missouri
Former Gov G Mennen Williams favored in Michigan Democratic primary over Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh. Kansas Republican renomination challenge to Sen James Pearson by Rep Robert Ellsworth. Idaho Governor Robert Smylie faces stronger GOP push for a fourth term. Missouri selects 10 House nominees with three incumbents. Poll hours vary across states.
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Associated Press
G. Mennen Williams
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Michigan
Senate
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Robert Ellsworth
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Texas Tower sniper Whitman killed 15 and wounded 31
Autopsy shows a brain tumor found on Charles Whitman may have caused headaches linked to his Texas campus shooting. He killed 15 and wounded 31 before police killed him atop the University of Texas Tower. his wife and mother were stabbed to death.
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Austin, Tex
Charles Joseph Whitman
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Dellana
University of Texas
Whitman
University Tower
Texas
Library
Marine Corps
C.A. Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Merle K. Wells
Running Fire Fights Near Cambodia
U S infantry and North Vietnamese troops clashed near the Cambodian border in a series of running fire fights in the central plateau 10 miles east of the border and 235 miles north of Saigon. Four actions involved company size units of the 3rd Brigade task force of the 25th Division with several regiments reported nearby. 26 enemy dead were tallied Monday raising three months total to 648. Premier Ky pledged an elected government by November 1967 and focused on becoming air force commander after the campaign for a constitutional assembly on Sept 11.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
3Rd Brigade
Pleiku City
Paul Re
Nguyen Cao Ky
Traffic Fatalities Log from Topeka 1966 July and August
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities over 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday including July cases not previously reported. The record notes August 6 and 1966 figures, with 393 comparable fatalities and 37 marked as new.
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Topeka
Kansas
Light turnout marks today’s Republican primary in Neosho county
Voters turned out slowly with 620 votes cast by 1 p.m. in a three contest primary. County races include prosecutor sheriff and first district county commissioner, the latter not in Chanute. Noon precinct totals and 5,132 registered voters noted as Tribune and Erie Record plan to post unofficial results after polls close at 6.
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Chanute
The
Tribune
Erie Rec
Neosho Memorial Hospital Sees Stable Medicare Admissions
Neosho Memorial Hospital administrator Glen Dormois reported no increase in patients aged 65 and over in Medicare’s first month. Admissions for July totaled 257 with 75 Medicare cases, while total services billed reached $61,217 of which $23,375 were Medicare.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Glen Dormois
Dormois
Medicare
Slow returns mark Kansas primary voting across state
In Kansas, early results show U S Senate hopefuls and a seven man GOP House race with slow precinct reporting. James B Pearson leads with 416 votes, Ellsworth 270, Anderson 41, and Tarrant 23. Breeding tops Democratic Senate with 146, Smith 56, Herd 50, Warner 32. Governors race shows Docking 78 to Hart 24. early voting lighter in Kansas City core, heavier in Wyandotte. About 317000 Kansans expected to vote.
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James B. Pearson
Robert Ellsworth
Ava V. Anderson
Concordia
Wichita
William Tarrant
Senate
J. Floyd Breeding
Rolla
K. L
Ken) Smith
Harold S. Herd
Coldwater
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
Saline County
Labette
Leavenworth
Riley
William H. Avery
del Crozier
Robert Docking
Arkansas City
George Docking
George Hart
Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Democratic County Commission
Wyandotte
Oklahoma Road Needs Desperate Action on Finances
Oklahoma Highway Director Frank Lyons told the highway commission that road funding is insufficient as costs rise and income remains flat. He warned that the public resists higher taxes and warned of skyrocketing construction costs, predicting a 42 percent annual rise.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Frank Lyons
Lyons
Highway Commission
Wichitan Killed in Viet Nam War Identified
Washington AP reports two more servicemen killed in Vietnam. Marine Cpl. Robert G. Malone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Malone of Wichita, and Marine Pfc. Ray S. Long, son of Mrs. Ruby Long of Marshall, Missouri, are named by the Defense Department.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Cpl
Robert G. Malone
Ralph J. Malone
Wichita
Ray S. Long
Ruby Long
Marshall
One Car Crash Fatal in Wichita Neighborhood
A one car crash in northwest Wichita left driver John W. Crusinberry Jr. 23 dead and passenger Royce M. Mobley 19 hospitalized in fair condition. Both are Wichita residents.
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Wichita
Kan
John W. Crusinberry Jr
Royce M. Mobley
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Raises Temperature Debate
On election day a cool, pleasant temperature favored by many voters is noted as a change in mood for those who did and did not vote. The report frames the weather as a factor in voter turnout and public sentiment.
North Viet Nam accuses U S planes of bombing Haiphong port
North Viet Nam charged that U S planes bombed Haiphong port today, hitting factories and residences. The protest to the International Control Commission said the raids attacked Haiphong city indiscriminately, marking a third raid by U S aggressors.
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U.S
Haiphong
Tokyo
Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Army High Command
Haiphong City
Hanoi
United States
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