Bar Reflection Delays Wichita Beer License Over Name
Wichita city commissioners delayed a decision on issuing a beer license for a new tavern named The Jail. Commissioners Greene and Woodard opposed granting the license fearing a negative reflection on the Police Department. Owner L E Kaher defended the name and suggested other bars have provocative names.
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Wichita, Kan
Jack Greene
Price Woodard
Police Department
John Stevens
L.E. Kaher
Kaher
The
Draft Board
Half‑Million Visit Eisenhower Center in Abilene
Abilene Kansas reports about half a million visitors to the Eisenhower Center in four months since Eisenhower burial. Publisher Henry B. Jameson told the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Tourist Council the center boosts Abilene finances, with tourism this year exceeding local wheat payrolls and industrial payrolls.
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Topeka
Eisenhower Center
Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry B. Jameson
The
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Donnelly Named Deputy Director of State Criminal Administration
John J. Donnelly, a lieutenant in the Kansas City Kansas Police Department, was named deputy director of the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration. The appointment by Gov Docking is effective August 15. He will head the committee’s program to improve law enforcement practices in the state.
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Robert Docking
Ernest J. Rice
Topeka
Citizen's Committee On Criminal Administration
Donnelly
Peace Sailor sails coast to protest Vietnam war
Floyd B. Nelson set sail from Long Beach in an 18 foot sloop named Teak Lady to protest the Vietnam war. Floral wreaths floated behind as Peace Action Council members gathered on the shore on Hiroshima anniversary. He plans to sail along the Southern California coast until the war ends with supporters delivering food by rowboat.
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Long Beach
Calif
Floyd B. Nelson
Vietnam
Peace Action Council
Hiroshima
Nelson
California
Case Dropped in Spock Draft Conspiracy Case
The government abandoned its case against Dr Benjamin Spock and yielded to a circuit court reversal of his conviction for conspiring to persuade young men to avoid the draft. Michael Ferber was acquitted by directed verdict and the government sought time to consider review for Coffin and Goodman.
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Washington
Benjamin Spock
Michael Ferber
Spock
Supreme Court
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Mitchell Goodman
Beer truck drivers reject contract in Kansas City strike
The Wholesale Beer Dealers Association faced a unanimous rejection from five-week strike participants led by union president Robert L. Schleininger. The offer would pay drivers by cases with no overtime, plus a guaranteed $115 weekly wage, replacing the prior base of $77.60 with overtime after 40 hours and a 5 percent per case commission.
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Kansas City
Wholesale Beer Dealers Association
Robert L. Schleininger
Beech Sues Union Over Wichita Strike Damages
Beech Aircraft Corp filed two lawsuits seeking more than 7.5 million dollars in damages against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and its Wichita district lodge 70 and agents. The suits follow a strike by about 6,300 Beech employees in Wichita Liberal Salina Kan and Boulder Colo that began after a rejected three year contract offering 44.4 million dollars in wage and fringe benefits.
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Wichita, Kan
Beech Aircraft Corp
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Wichita
Beech
Liberal
Salina
Kan
Boulder
Colo
Neosho County Fair Opens With Dairy Cattle Show
The 15th annual Neosho County Fair kicked off with dairy cattle judging in open class and 4-H divisions at 6 p.m. Several dairy entries from Ivan Strickler Holstein herd in Iola, Dwayne Ashcraft in Erie, Bernard Hagen in Stark, Roger Fickel near Chanute, Frank Titmus in Girard, Danny Richardson in Oswego, Judy Tipping in Erie, and Sterling Hudson in Erie are listed among the top entrants. A free horse pulling contest and various livestock events follow through Friday and Saturday.
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Erie
Neosho County
Vernon Lohmann
Neosho
Ivan Strickler
Iola
Dwayne Ashcraft
Bernard Hagen
Stark
Roger Fickel
Rural Chanute
Frank Titmus
Ayrshires
Girard
Danny Richardson
Jerseys
Oswego
Judy Tipping
Guernseys
Ayshires
Sterling Hudson
Nixon outlines program to help transportation
President Nixon proposed a 10 billion dollar, 12 year plan to improve and expand local bus rail and subway systems. The program would fund research and capital investments while enabling both public and private transit providers to upgrade urban transport and reduce congestion.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Fire Loss Aid Sought for Bockover Family
The Charles Bockover family lost their home in a Saturday fire and need clothing and home items. Mrs. Walter Poor of Neosho County Red Cross said help has been slow. FISH and the Red Cross are organizing donations. The couple seeks size 14 shirts, 29 30 trousers, size 15 16 dresses, 8 1 2 shoes, and various linens and kitchen items. They are staying with relatives at 1824 S Highland while seeking shelter. Contact the family, Red Cross, or FISH to contribute.
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Charles Bockover
Walter Poor
Neosho County
Red Cross
Poor
Fish
Bockover
Yates Center hosts 1969 Woodson County Fair parade and events
The 1969 Woodson County Fair opens with a parade at 1 30 p m around the courthouse square drawing hundreds. Activities include a rodeo shodeo by Yates Center Saddle Club, judging of fair divisions, pony pulling, beef sheep and swine shows, Kids Day events, a Friday talent show, a Saturday livestock sale, a dance at the armory and free merry go round rides for children from 6 to 9 p m.
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Yates Center
Rodeo
Yates Center Saddle Club
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Message Travels Incoherently
An intercepted note features a playful jumble of words about coordination. The fragment references a coordinated effort and ends with a personal sign-off from an unnamed writer to Cha. The piece hints at bureaucratic jargon but provides no clear actions or dates.
Minnesota Twisters Kill at Least 12
Outing Minnesota reports tornadoes across a 100 mile stretch from Brainerd to Duluth leaving at least 12 dead and dozens injured. Four victims were at a church group retreat near Roosevelt Lake. searchers comb debris for missing fishermen and others. Governor LeVander ordered National Guard mobilization as crews assess wrecked lakeside resorts and cottages.
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Minn
Minnesoa
Minneapolis
Brainerd
Duluth
Roosevelt Lake
Civil Air Patrol
al Simonsen
Simonsen
Sioux City
Iowa
Arthur S. Olson
Richfield
Pastor Olson
China
Lutheran World Federation
Harold Carlson
Bloomington
George Zier
Outing
Weather warms as cooler air follows storms across Kansas
The Weather Bureau reports a frontal system moving southeast across Kansas bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures rise to the 90s in western and central Kansas with highs near 100 in places earlier, and a cooldown expected Friday with partly cloudy skies and a 40 percent chance of precipitation tonight and Friday.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Leavenworth
Hill City
North Central
Housing Agency In Paper Shuffle
The city housing authority faces HUD document deficiencies after submitting organizational papers. Architects from Dambold and Associates advise careful routing and single-package submissions, warning that misaddressed forms may be lost. They urge urgent public housing project action amid rumored short funds, noting a duplex elderly and general occupancy design.
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Martha Allen
City Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jim Dambold
Lewis Wallace
Dambold and Associates
Lawton
Okla
Wallace
Authority
A. F. VanAl- Styne
Floyd Thuston
Lindquist
Dale McCoy
Fort Worth
Jim Stark
Dambold
Tax levy changes in Neosho County and Chanute area
Neosho County proposes a 27.24 mill levy for 1969 down 0.40 from 27.64 in 1968. Chanute city levy rises to 12.91 from 12.72. District 413 school levy up to 40.07 from 37.41. Neosho County Junior College levy up to 9.40 from 7.99. State ad valorem levy remains at 1.75.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Chanute City
Unified School District
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Jameson
Peace Sailor
Case
Beech Sites Union
Paul Ailford
Tribune
Fairgrounds
Paul
Earl Alford
Jolly Go-Getters
Woodson
G. E. Pendarvis
S. Highland
Wrestler Boat and Motor Co
W. Cherry
Cha
Yours
Minnesota
Harold le Vander
St. Paul
National Guard
Goodland
Coffeyville
Walace
Dambold and
Thuston
van Alstyne
McCoy
J. C. Sanders
Pete Disney
George McCune
Chanute Area
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