Eisenhower Checks into Walter Reed for Gallbladder Surgery
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower smiled as he arrived at Walter Reed Army Hospital for gallbladder removal. He arrived from his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm and planned preliminary tests and a lunch with Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton before surgery. He expressed optimism about recovering and hoped to be home for Christmas with plans to resume golf by February.
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Washington (Ap
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
B52s Hit Viet Cong Base Near Saigon Warfront
U S forces launch a new clearance campaign around Saigon after a bold attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base. B52s pound a jungle Viet Cong base 25 miles northwest of the capital amid a reported lull in ground fighting and shifting casualty totals. Pope Paul VI called for a lasting armistice to allow peace talks, while Saigon favors a brief truce and Washington opposes a long pause to prevent Communist resupply.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tan Son Nhut
Parts and Wiring Stolen From Used Car Lot
Wiring and parts were stolen from three used cars on the Fisher Motor Co lot at 102 S. Evergreen during the night. Stolen were wiring from a 1962 Ford, wiring and the distributor from a 1956 Chevrolet, and the manifold radiator and carburetor from a 1957 Chevrolet. A similar theft from Merle Kelly agency on North Ashby was reported earlier in the week.
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Fisher Motor Co
S. Evergreen
Ford
Chevrolet
Merle Kelly
North Ashby
Traffic Fatalities Log Reports December 13 1966
Kansas traffic death log lists 24 hours to 9 am Thursday with 1966 figures 680 and a comparable 617 for 1965. Includes one previously unreported fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Post Office Adds Weekend Window Service For Christmas
Additional window service will be offered at the post office this Saturday and next Saturday from 8 30 a m to 5 p m to handle Christmas mail. Parcel post deliveries will run six days a week for two weeks beginning this Saturday with call for pickups to ease space during heavy mailings.
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Florence Kelley
Kelley
Free Immunizations In Wilson County
Free immunizations will be given in Wilson county for preschool and school children. Oral polio measles diphtheria tetanus pertussis and smallpox vaccines will be administered at the Wilson county courthouse in Fredonia and the high school gymnasium in Neodesha from 10 a.m. to noon. The program will run again in January and February with four week intervals.
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Wilson County
Fredonia
Neodesha
Hay and Old House Burned Near Chanute
Firemen answered a 2:50 p.m. call to a loaded alfalfa hay trailer three-fourths mile east of the K39 US59 junction. Stark truck ran dry. hay burned, trailer owned by W. E. McCoy saved. Later 8th and Steuben old house owned by Schultz Real Estate Agency burned as Jaycee volunteers trained. 19 firemen controlled the blaze with onlookers watching.
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Chanute
K39
US 59
Stark
W. E. McCoy
8Th and Steuben
Schultz Real Estate Agency
Jaycee
United Fund Gauge Reaches Varying Pledges
A United Fund gauge shows pledges of 23000, 20000, 17500, 15000, and 10000 aligned to campaign targets. Community groups report progress and compare to prior totals as volunteers seek to boost final contributions.
Contributions to United Fund Totaled 18 569 Today
The United Fund received multiple contributions of 7500 5000 and 2500 bringing the day’s total to 18569. The donors are not named in the report. The funds are allocated to community welfare drives as specified by the campaign.
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United Fund
Tax Withholding Change Questioned By Kansas Officials
Kansas officials questioned a Revenue Department plan to cut state income tax withholding from 15 to 10 percent. Sam Brookover warned it could be a GOP trap pre Inauguration while Gov elect Docking plans a separate proposal and lawmakers weigh timing and impact on 1968 re election.
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Topeka
Kansas Revenue Department
Sam Brookover
State Board of
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Brookover
Robert Docking
Docking
Revenue Department
Kansans oppose fair housing at 1967 legislature conference
At 20 Kansas cities 1,775 attendees reviewed 14 1967 legislative issues with 1,294 voting. Majorities favored daylight saving time liquor by the drink and travel promotion while opposing fair housing, labor unions for government workers, and broader school budget liberalization.
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Topeka
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Foundation
Outer Space Pact Would Bar Nuclear Weapons in Space
President Johnson announced a draft treaty by the United Nations Outer Space Committee to ban nuclear weapons from space. It would guarantee free access to the moon and celestial bodies and access to installations there, with ratification planned by the Senate next year.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Outer Space Committee
United Nations
Senate
France
Red China
Moon
Southeast Kansas Highway Assn Meet At Parsons
The Southeast Kansas Highway Association holds its annual meeting Wednesday at Parson’s Parsonian. Legislators and highway officials are invited to the dinner at 6 30 with activity reports and officer elections. Current officers are Leonard Rude president Hugh Chapman vice president and Wayne Moran secretary.
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Southeast Kansas Highway Assn
Parsons
Parsonian
Leonard Rude
Hugh Chapman
Chanute
Wayne Moran
Two Erie Youths Held After Oswego Car Theft Alert
A stolen car alert from Oswego at 12 20 a m led to two Erie youths under 18 being taken into custody in Iola about an hour and 35 minutes later. Iola officers fired at the fleeing car stopping it. The youths are suspected of passing bad checks in Oswego and Parsons.
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Oswego
Erie
Iola
Parsons
Intersection collision totals two old cars
Police listed a 1951 Chevrolet pickup and a 1959 Plymouth station wagon as total losses in a Walnut and Highland intersection crash around 9:30 a.m. today. No injuries were reported. The pickup was owned by Ray Dennis and driven by Melvin Stierwalt, 25, of 33 West 4th, while the station wagon was driven by Dixie Jones, 29, of 1315 South Evergreen.
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Walnut and
Highland
Ray Dennis
R. 1
Melvin Stierwalt
W. 4Th
Dixie Jones
S. Evergreen
Neosho County Tax Receipts Surpass Last Year
Erie Neosho County Treasurer Marion Showalter announced current receipts through Tuesday reach 703 207 36 compared with 595 842 05 last year. Tax roll totals stand at 2 644 521 65 with about half due by December 20 without penalty.
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Neosho County
Erie
Marion Showalter
Showalter
Topeka
Advisory Group Urges State Aid Boost for Jucos
The Kansas Junior College Advisory Council urged increased state funding for community junior colleges. Proposals include raising credit hour payments to 10 and maintaining 2.50 matching funds, totaling about 12.50 per hour, with an estimated state cost of 2.9 million. Other ideas include 50 per full-time equivalent student, up to 8 mills for districts with multiple colleges, a 2-mill building fund levy, and district consolidation.
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Topeka
Kansas Junior College Advisory Council
Kansas Public Community Junior College Assocition
Advisory Council
Council
Ferry Sinks in Aegean. Hundreds Feared Dead
A Greek passenger ship, the 8,900 ton Heraklion, sank in a fierce Aegean storm between Crete and the mainland on a Crete to Piraeus voyage. Of 281 aboard, 47 were rescued as authorities feared more than 200 lives were lost with hours passing since the ship went down after midnight.
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Aegean Sea
Heraklion
Crete
Piraeus
Merchant Marine Ministry
Weather Summary And Area Forecast For Topeka
The Area Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions tonight and Friday Highs in the mid 40s and lows in the lower 30s Rainfall yesterday was trace Beneficial rain fell in eastern Kansas from a cool air surge with Altamont recording .56 and Pittsburg .74 inches Parsons faced hail and strong winds near a tornado watch area Weather Bureau notes a chance of rain Friday or Saturday Sunrise 7 24 sunset 5 03 Barometer 29 75 falling
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Altamont
Pittsburg
Parsons
Pittsburgh
Meadville
Mississippi
Amish Move from Ozarks to Central America for Faithful Life
A small Mennonite group of eight families led by Harold Stoll is leaving Harrison Arkansas to settle in Central America. Three families have already departed for British Honduras with five more to follow, moving farm tools by truck to New Orleans for sea transport. The group rejects electricity and public schools, citing religious reasons and opposition to evolution and modern entertainment. They own 1,200 acres, most of which has been sold, and will travel by train to Mexico City then by bus to their jungle settlement.
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Ozarks
Central America
Harold Stoll
North
Arkansas
Mennonite Church
Harrison
Stoll
Coloy
British Honduras
New Orleans
Mexico City
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Floods Drain Central Valley as Salinas River Crest Threatens Coast
Swollen rivers receded from flood damaged homes in California's Central Valley as authorities monitor the Salinas River. Johnsdale isolated by washed roads. Kern County reports 600 stranded in a logging camp north of Kernville. Officials tally one dead, one missing. 700 displaced statewide amid millions in property damage. National alerts issued for northwestern Pennsylvania as thawing snow and rain trigger minor floods.
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Associated Press
California
Salinas
Kern County
Kernville
National Guardsmen
Porterville
Central Valley
Tulare
Kern Counties
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Intercepted Letter Describes Tax Withholding Impact
An intercepted letter notes that people truly trapped by taxes are those whose paychecks have income tax withheld, highlighting the burden on earners as tax deductions reduce take home pay.
Free Hams and Coffee Ad Teases Tribune Classifieds
An advertisement prompts readers to check Kress's Classified ad on page 6 of today's Tribune for details on free offers of 3 lb hams and 1 lb coffee.
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Kress
Today’s Tribune
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