Are Movie Stars Qualified to Hold Public Office
Inquiries ask locals if film figures can be elected. Iola residents Mrs. Don Mohler and Mrs. Wilma Mardick offer mixed views, noting some stars may be qualified while others are not. Linda Venhaus and Mrs. Wilda Summers also weigh in with varying opinions, citing Ronald Reagan as a good example.
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Don Mohler
Wilma Mardick
Iola
Linda Venhaus
Wilda Summers
W. 3Rd
S. Rutter
Ronald Reagan
Strange death ends eight month vigil at Dominguez home
Deputies breaking into the Holt family home in Los Angeles found Ella Holt dead in an upstairs room after an eight month religious vigil. The 66 year old died two to four weeks prior, with cause listed as natural. Robert Holt and Joyce Holt faced school neglect charges for their children Robbie and Sally. The family group included four adults and four children who had been isolated since a stroke hit Mrs. Holt and led to resignations.
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Los Angeles
Robert Holt
Sheriff's Deputies
Ella Holt
Robert
Holt
Joyce Holt
Robbie
Sally
Joyce Wright
Ralph
Johnson
Dominguez
Winter Storm Strikes Chanute with Power Break and Icy Roads
Chanute's first winter storm of the season brought sleet and snow with gusty winds. A major line feeder to the city power plant broke, causing temporary outages as linemen repaired the South Santa Fe line. One traffic accident occurred near K39 with a car rollover. no injuries.
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Chanute
City Power Department
John Lofthouse
South Santa Fe
Lofthouse
Ottawa Man Given Probation For Fourth Degree Manslaughter
Kenneth Wilhite of Ottawa was placed on probation after pleading guilty to fourth degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of Wes Gillaspie, 18, of Council Grove. The case stemmed from an argument after a girls softball game on July 20.
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Ottawa, Kan
Kenneth Wilhite
Ottawa
Wilhite
Wes Gillaspie
Council Grove
Eisenhower Tours Chisholm Trail Museum in Amarillo
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower makes a brief stop in Amarillo Texas to visit the Chisholm Trail Centennial Museum aboard the San Francisco Chief en route to Palm Desert California. He browses a bank photo from Abilene Kansas as the historic trail legacy is noted. The Chisholm trail stretched about 200 miles from near San Antonio to Abilene.
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Amarillo
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas Panhandle
Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Calif
San Francisco
Abilene
Kan
Chisholm Trail
San Antonio Tex
South Mound Thief Tied to Post Office Burglary
An Erie county report says a thief who broke into the South Mound post office in a grocery store safe theft netted $140.68. Police say a small amount of merchandise was taken. The incident also involved a break in at South Mound Grain Co. with some tools stolen.
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ERIE
South Mound
George Neely
South Mound Grain Co
Big Jets Bomb DMZ to Counter Fresh North Vietnamese Thrusts
U S B52 Stratofortresses dumped about 150000 pounds of bombs on suspected Communist positions four miles northeast of Con Thien after two days of clashes along the DMZ. Marines reported 15 dead and 51 wounded, 40 enemy dead, plus captures of 17 individual and nine crew served weapons and 1000 rounds of small arms ammo. The Leary destroyer joined in the bombardment, while another clash left one Marine dead and 13 wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Con Thien
Gio Linh
South China Sea
Britain’s don’t drink and drive law cuts road accidents
London figures show a 42 percent drop in night time road accidents in the first month after the October 9 breathalyzer law went into effect. Bailiwick data report fewer road fatalities and injuries across Britain with reduced motorist traffic at night and pub trade declines noted.
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London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Stephen Swingler
Transport Ministry
Barbara Castle
Rod Returned From Albany Moses Statue
A woman phoned a reporter to meet after dark in Washington Park and said she would retrieve Moses rod from the King Fountain. She feared going to the police but arranged to meet the reporter to recover the rod stolen last summer from the Moses statue.
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Albany, N.Y
Washington Park
Moses
King Fountain
Traffic Fatalities Log for December 1967
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday, 1 for December 1967, 596 for the year, compared with 678 in the same period in 1966. The report lists Topeka as the bureau source and notes yearly comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Holiday fight over foreign aid nears end in Congress
The House backs a $2.196 billion foreign aid bill for 1967 68 while the Senate panel favors $2.7 billion. Conferees will iron out differences as leaders plan to adjourn between December 15 and 22. The dispute centers on funding levels and purchases by developing nations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Otto E. Passman
D-La
George H. Mahon
D-Ter
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Rep
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
GOP
Three Shots Hit How ard Bowker Home in Midnight Incident
Police were called to 120 S. Central at midnight after three shots were fired into the south wall of the Howard Bowker residence. A .22 caliber bullet knocked a lamp from a table. no motive found. Separately, garbage can lids were removed and strung along South Central from 100 to 600 blocks, with no link established.
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Howard Bowker
S. Central
South Central
Intercepted Letter from Winter Joke to Cha
An intercepted note reads Dear Cha with a playful line about Ole Man Winter fooling the weatherman. The fragment suggests a lighthearted exchange or joke between correspondents.
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Ole
Winter
Weatherman
Cold With Gas Off In Cleveland Slum After Water Main Break
In Cleveland's Hough area thousands faced freezing without heat after a 76 year old water main burst at East 70th Street and Hough Avenue. About 200 East Ohio Gas Co employees worked to restore service but gas was suspended due to water and sand in lines. Police said around 5,000 homes lacked heat as Red Cross shelters opened at Edison and Addison junior highs. Mayor Stokes returned from Washington as extra police and a command bus aided emergency aid distribution.
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Cleveland
Hough
East Ohio Gas Co
East 70Th Street
Hough Avenue
Red Cross
Thomas Edison Junior High
Addison Junior High
Edison
Addison
Carl B. Stokes
Washington
Army frees draftee after 18 month home hitch
Pfc. Joe A. Smith of Brownsville California was released from active duty next week after spending his entire 18 month draft period at home with his wife. He earned $130 weekly at a logging job in Yuba City while the Army paid allotments and bonds totaling several dollars monthly. A U S District Judge issued a showcause order for discharge. The ACLU took up his case and Smith was briefly kept as a runner in San Francisco before the release was announced. He still has a six year service obligation including active reserve and drill periods.
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San Francisco
Army
Joe A. Smith
Brownsville
Calif
6Th Army
U.S
Robert C. Peckham
Smith
Sillen Bros. Inc
Yuba City
Glenda
6Th Army Presidio
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Dean Moore
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Holt Family’s
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Evergreen
Main
Highway Patrol
K39
Here
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Jesse van Nice
Roland Vogel
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
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Wesern
Pomona Reservoir
Ottawan
Tke
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I Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Tribune
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Kristy Ann
S. Grant
Fred
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