Ham Radio Jargon Echoes in Traffic Tale
A quirky note explains Sarawak roadways and London speech linking amateur radio operators to the term ham. It notes vegetation and rivers complicating travel as locals joke about hamateurs and the origin of ham radio slang.
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Sarawak
Matteo
Ithem
All-Service Belt Buckle Idea Never Becomes Reality
Three years after Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara announced a single defense belt buckle to unify purchases, the plan for a universal belt buckle remains unrealized. The Defense Supply Agency aimed to cut waste by centralizing buying across clothing, food, auto parts, and more, eliminating duplication and interservice competition.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Supply Agency
Armed Services
Andrew T. McNamara
DSA
McNamara
Defense
Ture
Secretary of Defense
Robert
Army
Lars
Navy
Air Force
Tax guide turmoil and changes nudge the press
Washington AP reports internal conflicts over the year 1965 tax guide printing. press mishaps halted other booklets while a 300 000 copy run of Your Federal Income Tax lacked oil depletion illustration. Mortimer Caplin notes no favored reading under new index.
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Revenue Service Revenue Service
IRS
Mortimer M. Caplin
Stoner
Opening Ceremony For Troop 25 Held At Zion Lutheran
Scout Troop 25 led by Eddie Rideau conducted the opening ceremony at the Zion Lutheran education building. The event included semaphore practice, games, and was closed by assistant scoutmaster Elmer Pilgrim with a ceremony led the closing.
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Eddie Rideau
Zion Lutheran Educational Building
Elmer Pilgrim
KBI Report On Gladys Johnson Case Delayed
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will not release its report on the Gladys Johnson kidnapping and murder until late this week. The inquiry examined administrative procedures of law enforcement handling the case after petitions by local residents. Johnson disappeared November 14 and her body was found a week later near St. Marys Kansas. William Zimmer of Kansas City Kansas is charged with murder and kidnapping.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Gladys Johnson
Atty
William Ferguson
KBI
Johnson
St. Marys
Kan
Kansas City
Kansas City Power plans 15 million EHV line in Midwest
KC Power & Light plans a 183 mile 345 kV transmission line linking KCPL Topeka Kansas Gas & Electric Wichita and Kansas Power & Light Topeka. The project serves over 1 million, aims for 1967 completion if approved by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The line will join a regional power pool formed in 1962 by five utilities.
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Kansas City Power & Light Co
Missouri
Kansas
KCPL
Kansas Power and Light Co
Topeka
Kansas Gas and Eelectric Co
Wichita
Midwest
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas & Electric
Kansas Power & Light
Missouri Public Service Co
Empire District Electric Co
Wilson County Livestock Association Meeting Set in Fredonia
The Wilson County Livestock Association holds its annual meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Catholic hall Fredonia with Kansas State University official Duane Acker as speaker on education and income opportunities. Acker will also visit Altoona Neodesha and Midway schools before returning for a covered dish dinner and program featuring Barbara Scott 4 H.
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Wilson County Livestock Association
Catholic Hall
Duane Acker
Kansas State University of Manhattan
Wilson County
Altoona
Neodesha
Midway
Boymer
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