Fort Scott Dam project moves from planning to potential construction
Col. W. G. Kratz, district engineer, told civic clubs the Fort Scott Dam and Reservoir on the Marmaton River near Fort Scott Kansas is in preconstruction planning with construction possibly starting in 1968 if Congress funds it. The nine unit Osage Marais basin project aims for a nine foot Arkansas River channel from the Mississippi to Verdigris and completion in 1970.
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Fort Scott, Kan
Fort Scott
W. G. Kratz
Kansas City
Marmaton
Congress
Osage-Marais Des Cygnes River
Kansas
Missouri
Kratz
Arkansas River
Mississippi
Verdigris
Oklahoma
Catoosa
Oklo
Tulsa
Wichita
Pressure To Reject Air Terms Pressure To Reject Air Terms
Joseph W. Bowman president of IAM Local 1650 says reports from other locals are less optimistic about accepting the new TWA contract. He urges his 4,600 members to vote for acceptance though some peers push for rejection. Voting by 35,400 IAM members across five airlines is set for Friday at 2 pm CST.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
Joseph W. Bowman
International Association of Machinists
TWA
Midcontinent International
Bowman
New York
Organized Labor
IAM
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
George Meany
Afl-Cio
United States
Meany
Katy Derailment Tears Up Track Near Deerfield
A Katy Railroad freight derailed near Deerfield Missouri tearing up nearly 300 feet of track. No injuries were reported and crews began clearing the wreckage with traffic expected to return to normal later today. Engineer A A Twillman of Boonville and conductor H O Thompson were on board. Deerfield lies about 12 miles west of Nevada in Vernon County.
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Deerfield
Katy
A. A. Twillman
Boonville
H. O. Thompson
Nevada
Vernon County
Adequate Housing At State College
Kansas State University President James A. McCain reports adequate on campus housing for the 1966 67 school year marking the first time since enrollment growth began a decade ago.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
James A. McCain
Intercepted Letter Discusses Cost of Living Wage Contract
A neighbor references a cost of living wage contract intended to cover leisure events such as poker games and horse races, described in an intercepted letter. The note frames the wage plan as a safeguard for personal expenditures.
Brinkerhoff Remembered by Kansas Press Leaders
Funeral services for Frederick W. Brinkerhoff 81 longtime Pittsburg Headlight Sun editor drew over 700 publishers editors and state leaders including Gov. William H. Avery and former Gov. Alf Landon. He died Saturday after a heart attack with burial in Pittsburg Cemetery.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
William H. Avery
Alf M. Landon
Frederick W. Brinkerhoff
Jet Flight Aids Cancer Patients At KU Medical Center
A Sabreliner jet carrying Capt. Raymond Roberts delivered a motor and clutch to Dr. George Cowan at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City to repair a cobalt therapy machine aiding 30 cancer patients. The flight followed an air line strike delaying freight.
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Kansas City
10Th Air Force
Cleveland
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kan
Raymond Roberts
Thomas J. McGee
George Cowan
Air Force
Hot Kansas Day With Scattered Showers Forecast
The area forecast calls for widely scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with a cooling trend Thursday. Low tonight 75 to 80, high Thursday 90 to 95. In Topeka the Weather Bureau reported a hot day with highs near 100, record 101 at McConnell AFB and 99 at Hutchinson, and rainfall totals of 2 inches at Olathe, 1 inch at Kansas City, and 1 to 2 inches at Overland Park.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Olathe
Kansas City
Overland Park
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Hutchinson
Goodland
Members Accepted By Cycle Club
Jerry Neely and John Walker were welcomed as new members of the Chanute Cycle Club at the Monday night meeting at the Ed Wolfe farm track near Earlton. Plans were made for a play day at the track Sunday afternoon and a watermelon feed will conclude activities. John Walker Rod Endsley John Coulter Frances Eddie and Herb Wolfe were appointed to a game committee.
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Jerry Neely
John Walker
Chanute Cycle Club
Ed Wolfe
Earlton
Rod Endsley
John Coulter
Frances
Eddie
Herb Wolfe
Pioneer 7 Races Into Solar Orbit
NASA reports Pioneer 7 entered solar orbit soon after Lunar Orbiter 1 launch. The 140 pound probe, launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta three stage rocket, will study solar wind radiation and interplanetary magnetic fields to forecast dangerous solar flares.
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Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pioneer 7
Earth
Mars
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for multiple Midwest states
The Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm watch for portions of southeast Nebraska, extreme southwest Iowa, northeast and east Kansas, western Missouri, and northeast Oklahoma. Threats include large hail and damaging winds from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. CST, mainly along a line 15 miles north of Lincoln Nebraska to 10 miles southwest of Joplin Missouri.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Neb
Joplin
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log shows figures through 9 a.m. Wednesday for August 27 1966. Comparable period for 1965 lists 400 fatalities, with 417 noted for 1966.
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Topeka
Kansas
Crude Production Down Last Week
Crude oil and lease condensate production in the United States fell by 2 400 barrels daily last week to 8 193 500 barrels, per the Oil and Gas Journal. Texas declined 7 700 barrels to 2 082 500, Louisiana 1 100 to 1 845 900, and Kansas 2 200 to 283 600.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Louisiana
Kansas
Banks Urged to Put Curb on Credit
The Johnson administration urged banks to curb credit expansion amid a rise in prime lending rates. Banks in several cities boosted rates to 6 percent, with more expected, as Treasury Secretary Fowler called for restraint and bankers argued the increase is justified by high demand. He urged bankers to deny loans on nonprice criteria to slow expansion.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
First National City Bank of New York
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
William H. Moore
UAW Demands 50 Cent Move in Auto Contract Talks
The United Auto Workers push to reopen three year contracts with a base wage increase of at least 50 cents hourly for skilled tradesmen. GM Chrysler Ford and the Detroit Tooling Association agreed to meet the union next week to discuss the demand as Ford faces opposition from Henry Ford II.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
UAW
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Detroit Tooling Association
Ford
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Housing Marches Slowup Sought
A moratorium on open housing marches was urged at a Chicago summit of civil rights and civic leaders. Ely M. Aaron called for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and allies to halt marches that inflame all white neighborhoods and invite extremist reaction. Attendees included Mayor Daley, Archbishop Cody, real estate and business reps.
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Chicago
Ely M. Aaron
Chicago Commission On Human Relations
Martin Luther King Jr
Aaron
Richard Daley
King
John P. Cody
Episcopal Cathedral of St. James
Ben W. Heineman
Chicago and North Western Railway
Planning Regions Announced for Kansas Economic Development
Gov. William H. Avery unveils 11 regional planning areas covering the state with about 500 interviews to map resources and problems. The regions form an extension of a prior nine county effort funded by a $500,000 federal grant and executed by the Kansas Department of Economic Development with Bucher and Willis consulting.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Avery
Southwast
Kansas
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Salina
Bucher and Willis
Shelling at Saigon Area Kills One, Wounds Six
Viet Cong shells hit a U S military motor pool near Tan Son Nhut airport killing one Vietnamese and wounding six. A U S spokesman reported no American casualties. The attack followed a separate ambush that killed 14 Vietnamese militiamen and wounded 12 five miles south of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Film censorship on last lap in Kansas
The Kansas State Board of Motion Picture Review, deemed unconstitutional by the Kansas Supreme Court, is being shut down by governor order. Chair Pauline Kirk was informed its property, including two projectors a viewing screen and a field inspector’s car, is to be disposed of as soon as possible.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State Board of Motion Picture Review
Kansas Supreme Court
William H. Avery
Pauline Kirk
Harrison Nominated In Wyoming Republican Primary
Washington AP reports former Rep. William Henry Harrison, 70, clinched the Wyoming GOP nomination to attempt a House return, leading Roy Peck, 44, a Riverton publisher, as late returns favor his comeback bid. Mayne Miller, 42, Casper attorney, led Democratic nominating race with State Rep. Al Christian, 26. Stan Hathaway, Torrington attorney and ex party chair, won the GOP nomination for governor while Ernest Wilkerson, Casper attorney, captured the Democratic nod. Montana results note follows.
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Washington
William Henry Harrison
Wyoming
Congress
Roy Peck
Harrison
Peck
Riverton
Mayne Miller
Casper
al Christian
Stan Hathaway
Torrington
Ernest Wilkerson
Montana
Graf
F-100 jet crashes near Leonardville. pilot ejects safely
An F-100 jet crashed near Leonardville Kansas about 20 miles northwest of Manhattan. The pilot ejects and is reported safe. The jet was en route from Sioux City Municipal Airport to Ft. Riley gunnery range, Forbes Air Force Base spokesman said.
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Leonardville
Kan
Manhattan
Highway Patrol
Sioux City
Iowa
Ft. Riley
Forbes
Topeka
Wheel from racing car injures six at Five State Fair
At Liberal Kansas six spectators were injured when a wheel from Don Spicer’s car flew into the grandstand during the home stretch. A 25 year old man from Hooker Oklahoma suffered a compound leg fracture. a 13 year old from Plains Kansas was treated for chest and shoulder injuries. Four others were treated and released.
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Liberal, Kan
Don Spicer
Larned
Fred Lee Perry
Hooker
Okla
John Drietz
Plains
Kan
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