Varied Action At School Board Meeting
The August Board of Education meeting approved two teaching hires two for 1967 68 Dorothy Reading and C D La Forge Reading will teach sixth grade at Lincoln Halftime LaForge will serve as high school guidance counselor Thomas Dewey resigned as high school guidance counselor to take a similar post at Missouri Weslyn College Murray Hill kindergarten to reading instructor at the Special Services Center Mary Tunnel will move to Spe cial Services Center for reading instruction Foremost Dairies won a milk supply bid six cents per half pint equal to Page Milk Co Board approved textbook rental fee increase to 750 for all grades kindergarten books up 75 cents to 375 There may be a future land swap near Roys ter Stadium to aid H K Porter Co expansion and a construction report on West Main junior high buildings with hot lunches to begin about one week after school starts Sept 1 first day Sept 5 full classes Sept 5 Budget unchanged next meeting moved to Sept 6 due to Labor Day.
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Board of Education
Dorothy Reading
Co. D. la Forge
Reading
Lincoln
LaForge
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Missouri Weslyn College
St. Joseph
Mary Tunnel
Murray Hill
Special Services Center
Foremost Dairies Inc
Erie
Page Milk Co
Foremost
Juior High
Royster Stadium
District 413
Traffic Fatalities Log Reveals August 1967 Toll
The Topeka Kansas traffic death log shows 363 fatalities for 1967, 412 for the comparable 1966 period, and include two previously unreported deaths from last month.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jordan Urges Refugee Return Amid Economic Strain
The Jordanian government pressures Arab refugees to return from Israeli-occupied territory to ease economic burden. King Hussein frames repatriation as a sacred duty to prevent Israeli settlement and immigration. Officials set an August deadline for crossing the Jordan River, with 260000 refugees noted in eastern Jordan and risks to the economy.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Hussein
Jordan River
Weather Summary and Regional Forecast Update
The area sees warm humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms tonight and a cooler, partly cloudy day Wednesday. Highs reach the 90s, lows in the mid 70s, with a 20 percent precipitation chance tonight and 10 percent Wednesday. Kansas Weather notes a pattern of consistency in warmth and showers. Nationwide highs include 106 in Wichita Falls and a low of 38 in Butte.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Weather Bureau
New York
Wichita Falls
Tex
Butte
Mont
Explosions at Soviet Testing Site Questioned
U S officials report two of three underground explosions at Novaya Zemlya could not be positively identified as tests. Chief delegate Foster told a disarmament conference that only one blast was confirmed as an underground nuclear test, the others resembled earth tremors. He noted no scientific proof yet and used the case to contest Swedish calls for less on-site inspection.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
William C. Foster
Novaya Zemlya
Foster
Soviet Union
Restful Night For Eisenhower
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a restful night at Walter Reed Hospital with condition essentially unchanged. Doctors said his gastrointestinal upset remained under control and his hospital stay would not be prolonged. He was admitted after a bout with illness last Saturday.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed
Eisenhower
Explosions at Cities Service Refinery Injure 14 in Lake Charles
A series of blasts at the Cities Service Co refinery in Lake Charles La injures 14 with six missing early today. The sprawling plant on the Calcasieu River faced a massive blaze as butane and propane tanks were set alight, with power loss hindering firefighting efforts and area evacuations in effect.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Co
Calcasieu River
Louisiana
Need More Troops To Shorten War
In Saigon President Thieu and Ky argued for more allied soldiers in South Vietnam. Thieu said 45,000 to 50,000 extra U.S. troops may not be enough and that more troops could shorten the war. He warned unless troop strength grows, gains against the Viet Cong could be reversed.
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Thien
Tong le Chou
Kansas Governor Docking Eyes Pacification Plans in Vietnam
Gov. Robert B. Docking of Kansas tours Vietnam August 13 to 22 to study pacification efforts and may offer positive suggestions to President Johnson. He discussed Kansas university proposals including training Vietnamese teams to rebuild hamlets and economies and plans to stay in touch with Kansas for emergencies. He expected to meet Gen. Westmoreland and Ambassador Bunker while spending most time in hamlets.
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Docking
White House
Johnson
Vietnam
Kansas
Defense and
State Departments
Kansas State University
U.S
John Crutcher
William C. Westmoreland
Ellsworth Bunker
W. Averell Harriman
Defense
Paul H. Nitze
Topeka
Miss Kansas Guest Of Allen Co. Fair
Miss Kansas Debbie Barnes of Moran will be guest of honor at opening night of the 74th Allen County Fair in Iola Kansas. The Pittsburg State College student will attend a 4-H livestock parade and 4-H style show reflecting her hometown Moran in Allen County.
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Iola
Kan
Kansas
Debbie Barnes
Moran
Allen County
Miss Barnes
Pittsburg State College
Senators Propose $1 Billion Fund to Ease City Tensions
Sens Ribicoff and Percy push a $1 billion neighborhood emergency fund enabling Johnson to grant rapid aid to states communities and local groups aimed at reducing unrest. The plan requires no new spending by transferring up to two percent of nondefense budgets and would target violence plagued cities and distressed neighborhoods.
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Associated Press
Sens
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Charles H. Percy
Johnson
Milwaukee
Wichita
Kan
Percy
R-Ill
Ribicoff
D-Conn
July 1967 Jobs Reach New U.S. Highs
Employment rose to 76.2 million in July 1967, a record high. The unemployment rate stood at 3.9 percent, essentially unchanged from June and July 1966. Teenagers and adult women accounted for the year’s rising joblessness. Nonfarm payrolls gained 200,000 in July, with 12.5 million youths ages 16 to 21 either working or seeking work this summer.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Goldstein
Kansas considers foreign minister office idea amid aid tour
An intercepted letter references Gov. Docking touring South Vietnam to study proposed foreign aid by state colleges. The writer suggests Kansas create a new office of foreign minister to handle such issues.
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Gov. Docking
South Vietnam
Kansas
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