County Tax Levy Cut 2.35 Mills After Budget Correction
Neosho county commissioners reduced the next year’s budget tax levy from 35.90 to 33.55 mills after correcting an error in assessed valuation ratios. The change eliminates an expected deficiency payment burden while welfare and school funding remain intact funded by state aid. Only one spectator attended the hearing, John Lapham of Chanute, who questioned social welfare spending amid medical care costs.
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Neosho County
Erie
State Department of Social Welfare
State Department of Education
Welfare Department
State Department of Property Valuation
John Lapham
Chanute
Dollar Drain Surges in Second Quarter. Deficit Seen
The Commerce Department reports the U S dollar drain at 512 million dollars in spring quarter, totaling 1 049 billion for six months, signaling potential peak deficits in the international balance of payments and pressuring policy makers toward new measures.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
Tribune Phone Contact Carriers Guidance
Instruction list for reaching Tribune by phone via carrier contact and after hours dialing HE 1-3400 post 6 p.m. The note emphasizes using the provided line when the primary contact is unavailable.
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Tribune
Heavy enemy losses in two Vietcong clashes reported
South Vietnamese forces with U S air and ground support said they killed 98 Communist soldiers in two clashes, one in the Mekong Delta and another north of Saigon. One U S soldier was killed, Vietnamese losses were light, while booby traps killed eight Marines and wounded ten near Da Nang.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
da Nang
Topeka Adopts 1968 Budget With Tax Increase
The Topeka City Commission approved a $16.9 million budget for 1968, $1.4 million above the current year, requiring a $3.71 per $1,000 assessed value property tax hike and a levy of $44.29 per $1,000. The sewage service charge for single-family residences rises from 80 cents to $2 per month.
Hottest Spot Palm Springs Reaches 111 Degrees
Extremes across the nation Tuesday show Palm Springs California registering 111 degrees the highest in the country while Laramie Wyoming recorded an overnight low of 40 degrees.
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New York
Palm Springs
Calif
Laramie
Wyo
Weather forecast and readings for Topeka area
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Thursday. Tonight low mid 60s, Thursday high 90 to 95, 20 percent precipitation tonight. Kansas forecast calls for clearing after showers with highs near 90, lows 55 to 70, light precipitation. Highs Tuesday ranged 85 to 94 across the state and lows 53 to 67 at measured stations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Atwood
Bird City
Clyde
Olathe
Russell
Goodland
Ft. Riley
Christian Crusade at Place-Royster Stadium Tonight
Evangelist Lane Adams leads a Christian Crusade at Place-Royster Stadium at 8 p m. Attendance is about 1770 with 9 inquiries expected. Tonight's sermon questions if Jesus Christ truly rose from the grave and features a Ladies Night event.
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Royster Stadium
Lane Adams
Jesus Christ
Wall of Concrete Replaces Royster Junior High Brick Wall
The old red brick wall in front of Royster Junior High School on West Main, in use since 1914, has been torn down and will be replaced by a concrete wall with a 12 foot sidewalk along its base. The project, by N F English Construction Co, aims for a September 5 completion of the wall phase and October for the gymnasium, with the cafeteria and classroom building slated for year end.
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Royster Junior High School
West Main
Bob Cousins
N. F. English Construction Co
Hutchinson
Royster
Cousins
Kansas Governor Docking visits Vietnam to assess pacification program
Democratic Gov. Robert Docking of Kansas arrived in Saigon for a six day tour to inspect pacification efforts and visit U S divisions. He said Kansas supports the war and will meet with Marine Commander Cushman and Ambassador Bunker while visiting Da Nang Pleiku Nha Trang Can Tho and Montagnard resettlement areas before returning to Topeka.
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Saigon
Robert Docking
Kansas
South Vietnam
Johnson
Docking
U.S
Riley
Dovish
Three Die in Fairbanks Flood With $200 Million in Damage
FAIRBANKS Alaska AP three dead and damage upwards of 200 million as evacuations continue. About half of the citys 30 000 residents evacuated by helicopter and river boats to refugee centers since Tuesday. The Chena River nine feet deep. six buildings destroyed by fire. relief efforts mobilized amid freezing weather and looming winter. Mayor H A Boucher urged urgent help as Gov Hickel warned of greater state impact than the 1964 quake.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Chena
Weather Bureau
Walter J. Hickel
Good Friday
Owner of Truck In Crash Appears At Police Station
The registered owner Gail Shultz, 47, of 1616 S Kansas, appears at the police station after a 1948 Willys panel truck demolished Monday night when it hit a Katy freight train on East 14th street. She is charged with failing to report an injury accident. she says she was in the truck but not the driver. Shultz suffered a head cut and bruises.
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Willys
Katy
East 14Th Street
Highway Patrol
Roland Vogel
Gail Shultz
S. Kansas
Shultz
Vogel
Don
New Students Enroll at Royster Junior High
Paul Parsons principal urges new junior high students who recently moved to Chanute to enroll at Royster Junior High on West Main. Office hours are weekdays 8 to 4, with enrollment open today.
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Chanute
Royster Junior High
West Main
Paul Parsons
Parsons
Teenagers deputized in Arkansas City program
Police Chief Frank Robertson deputized 40 local teenagers to curb vandalism and petty theft in Arkansas City. He urged them to talk peers out of criminal acts and plans further meetings to expand the program.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Frank Robertson
Robertson
Intercepted Letter Describes Gov Kansas Visit South Vietnam
Intercepted note from a courier describes heavy enemy losses on the day the governor of Kansas landed in South Vietnam. The message is addressed to Cha and signed Yours.
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Kansas
South Vietnam
Kansas traffic fatalities log expands with new 24 hour totals
The Topeka AP report updates the Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Wednesday, noting two more fatalities and adding earlier fatalities not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Takes Soars General Fund Receipts Rise
State Budget Division and Legislative Council Research report general fund receipts for the year ending June 30 totaled 254.1 million, up from an earlier estimate of 243.3 million. Income tax receipts beat estimates by 13 percent, and total tax collections rose 4.2 percent from 1966, with about 790 thousand individual returns validated in 1967 by August 11. Separate study notes interest on inactive state funds will total 2.228 million for the first half of the fiscal year under the new law.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Budget Division
The
Legislative Council Research Department
Independence FM Permit Sought on 101.7 Megacycles
The Federal Communications Commission announced receipt of an application from Central Broadcasting Inc. Nelson Rupard in Independence Kansas for a permit to operate an FM station on 101.7 megacycles.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Central Broadcasting Inc
Nelson Rupard
Independence
Kan
Kansas Jobless In Slight Climb
The Kansas unemployment rate in the week ending August 5 rose to 1.9 percent for those covered by unemployment compensation. This compares with 1.8 percent the prior week and 1.4 percent for the same week a year ago per the State Employment Security Division.
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Kansas
Topeka
Senate Blocks Key Aid Plan in Johnson Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate narrowly rejected allowing the Defense Department to guarantee loans to underdeveloped countries for U S arms purchases by a 46 to 45 vote. The Fulbright committee cut over 700 million from a 3.4 billion request and paused authorizations while opposing Johnsons broader policy declarations amid Vietnam criticisms.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Defense Department
U.S
Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Foriign Relations Committee
Vietnam
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Panhandle
Hanoi
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Namese
Christian Crusade
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Sam Barnhart
H. A. Boucher
Cha
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