Gift Tree Debut For Governor In Topeka
An 11 foot Scotch pine gift from the Kansas Christmas Tree Growers Association arrives at Gov. Robert Docking's office with an annual pledge to present a Kansas grown tree each year. The 9 year old specimen came from Bill Wilson farm near Mound City as growers project 25 000 to 30 000 trees sold that season.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Association
Jess Hamilton
Harper
Bill Wilson
Mound City
Border shift ends century border feud at El Paso
A dynamite blast by Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz diverts the Rio Grande into a new concrete channel on the Santa Fe International Bridge. The 437 acres of land return to Mexico and the El Paso Juarez boundary is redrawn. The ceremony honors Adolfo Lopez Mateos, who agreed the placement with Kennedy in 1962.
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EL Paso
Tex
Johnson
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Rio Grande
U.s.-Mexico
Santa Fe International Bridge
Juarez
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
John F. Kennedy
el Chamizal
Talks Hung Up in Paris as Two-Table Plan Faces Viet Cong
In Paris AP report US and South Vietnamese diplomats offered a two-table conference plan aimed at breaking the stalemate at the Vietnam peace talks. Hanois spokesman rejected, insisting four-sided talks with full Viet Cong Front status. In New York Carnegie Commission urged a civilian GI Bill to expand college access by one million students.
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Paris
U.S
Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
New York
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Nixon
Congress
Commission
Regents Plea for Restoring Kansas Higher Ed Budgets
The Kansas Board of Regents and state university leaders urged restoration of cuts for the next fiscal year. Henry A. Bubb and Dr. W. Clarke Wescoe cited faculty salaries as crucial to quality education, pushing for a 5 to 7.5 percent increase and a revenue bond plan to fund new buildings at state schools. They noted salaries lag national averages despite rises, and highlighted priority projects at Kansas State, KU Medical Center, and Wichita State University. Policymakers and legislators were urged to act.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Regents
Henry A. Bubb
Board of Regents
W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Bubb
Ned Cushing
James Bibb
Wescoe
Regents
Kansas
K.U
Eldon Sloan
Sloan
Kansas State University
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Wichita State University
Pledge by Urbans For Cooperation
New York reports Nixon receives pledge of cooperation from Urban Coalition leaders including John W. Gardner to work with the incoming administration on city problems. Gardner called the 90 minute session a loose exploration of common objectives.
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New York
Nixon
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Weather Summary and Washington Inaugural Prep
Frigid Kansas conditions prevail with clear to partly cloudy skies and snow squalls in the northeast. Goodland Oakley and Atwood report four to five inches of snow while southeastern Kansas sees rain. In New York Nixon’s urban affairs team meets Moynihan and officials including Lindsay Rockefeller Abel Young Rogers Kissinger Lippmann after cabinet announcements.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
North Central
Goodland
Oakley
Atwood
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Nixon
White House
Coalition
New Urban Affairs Council
John V. Lindsay
New York
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
I.W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security
Ffairs
William P. Rogers
Walter Lippmann
Washington
Johnson
Intercepted Letter Shows Salary Setting Sentiment
A brief intercepted note expresses satisfaction at the ability to set one’s own salary. The implication is a personal reflection on financial autonomy and control.
Liner Explodes Over Sea Near Caracas Killing Many Aboard Pan Am 707
Pan American Flight 707 from New York to Caracas exploded and plunged into the Caribbean off Venezuela. Fifty-one aboard include 21 Americans, several international travelers, and notable passengers such as Miss Venezuela 1962 Olga Antonetti de Duets. Rescue teams recovered seven bodies. search for survivors continued as the wreckage spread over a wide area. The pilot was Captain Sidney E. Stillwaugh, 50, of West Islip New York.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Pan American
New York
United States
Kennedy Airport
Olga Antonetti de Duets
Luis Beltran Gonzalez
Kansas municipal power agency forms to study pooled plants
R J Hayes city manager attended a meeting in Iowa where the Kansas municipal electric power agency organized by forming by laws and electing officers. The group will study pooling plant resources to cut costs and improve rates, with options for joint ownership generation and connections to federal or private power sources. Attendees included representatives from Kansas City Kansas Garnett Ottawa Burlington Iola Cedarvale Pomona Erie Neodesha Coffeyville Osawatomie and Girard.
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R. J. Hayes
Iowa
Kansas Municipal Electric Power Agency
Hayes
Kansas City
Kan
Garnett
Ottawa
Burlington
Iola
Cedarvale
Pomona
Erie
Neodesha
Coffeyville
Osawatomie
Girard
Mansfield Seeks Equal Federal Pay Hikes for All Leaders
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged that federal pay increases apply equally to senators and congressmen as to Cabinet members and judges. A nine member commission proposed raises to 50 000 for legislators 67 500 for the chief justice and 65 000 for other justices with Cabinet hikes to 60 000 and a 67 500 top for the chief justice. The White House has copies of the report but has not released it. Johnson may accept in whole or part with budget action due by January 18.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mission
Johnson
House
Supreme Court
Mansfield
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
White House
Congress
Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Troops Near Saigon
American B52s conducted their heaviest strikes in two months from noon Wednesday to noon today, dropping about 3000 tons and targeting base camps bunkers depots and corridors north of Saigon. Intelligence notes suggest North Vietnamese forces are preparing a winter offensive along a 190 mile arc near the Cambodian border while terror threats loom in Saigon and Mekong Delta towns.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Laos
Hue
South Vietnam
Hanoi
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Ellis
Decatur
Ford
Finney
Donald Wilcox
Wilcox
Jay Tabor
S. Tennessee
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Gary Bauer
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Kustom Electronics, Inc
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Roy Romig
Chanute
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Ireland
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West Islip, N.Y
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Radio Aeropuerto
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Reiter
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