Southeast Kansas voters back three freeways plan from Jorgensen study
In Parsons a coalition of 82 representatives from 14 towns urged adoption of Roy E Jorgensen and Associates long range highway study. They support three proposed Southeast Kansas freeways linking Wichita to the Missouri border and Oklahoma line. A permanent highway committee was formed to push for funding and construction.
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Wichita
Jorgensen
Kansas
State Highway Department
Parsons
Gov.1
William H. Avery
State Highway Commission
Roy, E. Jorgensen
U.S. 160
Missouri
Kansas City
Oklahoma Line
U.S. 16
U.S. 169
Oklahoma
Conlee Smith
Wichita Union Stockyards Company
Southeast Kansas Highway Committee
Milestone for Moon Trip Tests Escape System at White Sands
A Little Joe 2 rocket test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico launched a dummy moonship skyward and then escaped with a pair of motors after an off course signal. Officials called it a milestone toward sending astronauts to the moon by 1970, with four tests in the launch escape series showing largely successful results.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
National Aeronautics — and Space Administration
White Sands
Family of 4 Die in Collision at Wilson Crossing
A man Leonard Galliart 26 his wife Carolyn and their children Patricia 2 and Timothy died when their car collided with a Union Pacific passenger train at a Wilson Kansas crossing. The Galliarts recently moved from Pasadena Texas and her parents are local farmers William Foran. Galliart was from Dorrance Kansas.
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Wilson, Kan
Union Pacific
Wilson
Leonard Galliart
Carolyn
Patricia
Timothy
Pasadena
Tex
G Gallieart
William Foran
Galliart
Dorrance
Kan
Little Girl Transplant Pioneer Makes Medical History
Toni Bengen, 17, of St Louis Park Minnesota, received two kidneys from a deceased donor in a pioneering transplant at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. She has recovered to a normal life, maintains a B-plus average, plans drama studies, and says doctors are crossing their fingers with her as they view her case as a major medical milestone.
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Minneapolis
Toni Bengen
St. Louis Park High
Toni
Sity of Minnesota
Jack Beugen
University of Minnesota
Weather Area Forecase: Fair Tonight Through Wednesday
Sunny weather dominates Kansas with snow melting by nightfall. Highs range from the 40s in the south and east to 50s or higher in the northwest. Lows tonight about 25 to 30 degrees, with Monday highs 38 to 48 and morning lows 16 to 28. A Pacific front will reach Kansas by Wednesday night as temps rise.
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Topeka
Olathe
Emporia
Hutchinson
Dodge City
Hill City
Concordia
Liberal
Pittsburg
Wichita
Kansas
Cuban Official Shoots Himself
Cuban Labor Minister Augusto Martinez Sanchez announced he shot himself in an apparent self-inflicted wound in Havana. The incident prompted official inquiries and medical treatment as authorities investigated the motive and circumstances surrounding the act.
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Miami, Fla
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Radio report claims Topeka official shot self after firing
Havana Radio said a Kansas train official being dismissed from his post shot himself in the head. The Miami broadcast reported the condition as serious at 9 a m Tuesday. The shooting occurred at 1 a m on December 11 with limited details from 1964 records.
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Havana
Topeka
Kansas
Miami
Fic
Chanute Post Office Extends Service Saturdays for Christmas
The Chanute post office will be open all day on the coming two Saturdays December 12 and 19 with extended window service for Christmas mailers. Parcel post deliveries on a six days a week schedule began yesterday and will continue until Christmas. The peak mail load is expected December 15 to 18.
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Chanute
Florence Kelley
Kelley
Ferguson to Attend Habeas Corpus Conference in New York
Kansas Attorney General William Ferguson will travel to New York later this week for a conference on federal habeas corpus legislation. Attendees include attorneys general, a state supreme court chief justices representative, and federal district attorneys system representatives.
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Topeka
William Ferguson
New York
Supreme Courts
Ferguson
Unified district grows as Hillcrest Earlton approve plan
The board of education approved unification of districts including Chanute Neosho Valley But Rush and Union Valley with 1 00 square miles. New terms assigned for appointments and a one year term for the state education panel. Building and contents insurance renewed with total coverage about 3.5 million dollars.
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Board of Education
Hillcrest
Earlt
Practical Nursing School
Cha
Renate
W. H. McMurray
City Recreation
Sion
Fisher
Serait Tnd
State Department of Education
Heartion
Virginia Hagenbuch
Buford Fisher
Newals
Earlton
Ucation
Sharpr
Royster Junior
Addi
Judy Pucket
Chanute Dist
Neosho Valley
Wichitaral
Union Valley
Joan Felts
Ruth Grated
Visitors See More in U.S. Than Beautiful Scenery
Australian travel writer Merv Tobin praised the United States for efficiency in telephone service and hamburgers “all the way” on a bus tour. Joe Fisher outlined long range plans for a new Junior High and a Junior College, while the U.S. Travel Service backs a $685,000 foreign advertising push to boost American travel.
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U.S
Miami
Fla
United States
Merv Tobin
America
Fisher
West 14Th
Thinh Evhaal Elacenc
Floer
Colyon
Joe’s Pizza
Mth
Mother's
Tobin
John Wason
U.S. Travel Service
Tourist & Convention Council
Miami-Dade County
New Kansans Pride Film Promotes State Heritage
Gov John Anderson unveils a 26 minute documentary Any Number Can Play produced by Centron Corp Lawrence to be shown on seven state TV stations and distributed by civic groups starting Dec 17. Narrated by Swayze the film contrasts early Kansas life with present recreation industry and culture.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas Bankers Associa
Kantian
Kane State
Guv Anderson
John Cameron
Swayze
Kansan
Kan
Kansas Desas
Tor
Anderson
State Now
Wichita
Kansas
Atchison
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Centron Corp
Committee Plans To Decide Time Of Baker Probe
Senate investigators heard Californians gained a national bank charter soon after hiring a Washington lobbyist tied to Bobby Baker. Witness Hughett said he delivered a $5,000 check to Baker for Bromley, who planned to contact Baker about the charter as Baker faced ongoing scrutiny.
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Baker
Washington
Senate
Bobby Baker
Hughett
Bromley
Rules Committee
Prn
Sion
Maurice Hughett
Falls Church
Wayne Bromley
Sherman Leland
Orsganizers
Redwood National Bank
San Rafael
Calif
Comptroller
Leland
Temple City
Brother Bromley
Nicholson
Todd F
Nick Lennox P. McLendon
Cholson
Los Angeles
Urb
al Sholand
Ing
Pullman
John Sherman
Jer
Todd
Phoe
Nix
Timothy
McLendon
Busin
Challenge to apportionment of Kansas House seats
A federal lawsuit argues for population based apportionment of the Kansas House of Representatives in line with a U S Supreme Court ruling. The suit, led by J P Harris and associates, seeks to remove the present one seat per county rule and redraw seats by population.
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Topeka
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
J. P. Harris
Hutchinson
U. S. Supreme Court
Newington
Bers
Portsmouth
Hampshire
Atlantic
State Senate
Ition
Intercepted Letter Warns of Road Delays on Super Road
An intercepted note from Dear Cha prompts concern as planners discuss road construction causing delays on a proposed super road. The message, signed Nute, hints at municipal planning conflict and timing impacts.
Boy 10 drives solo to aunt’s home during rush hour
Westminster California police report a 10 year old boy named Stephen Dugmanies drove 62 miles to his aunt Bernice Watts in Pacoima during peak traffic on the San Diego Freeway. He left at 8 15 a m and arrived two hours later prompting his mother to contact authorities. He faced a likely lecture and may be handed to his mother for supervision.
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Vignauioe Yap
Stephen
Pacoima
Calif
San Diego
Westminster
Joseph Dugmanies
Bernice Watts
California
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