Early Present for a Disabled Driver in Mount Gilead
Carol Burton, a 16 year old Mount Gilead student born without arms, received North Carolina a driver's license and a special adapted 1966 car after passing examinations. She became the state's first female congenital amputee licensed to drive.
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Mount Gilead
N.C
North Carolina
Carol Burton
George Burton
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Carol
West Montgomery High School
Auto production falls as plants close for holidays
Detroit AP reports a sharp drop in auto production this week as holiday plant closings reduce inventories. Weekly output fell to 177,170 from 183,693 and 188,577 year before, with December total 542,236 and 1969 year output down over half a million from 1968 at 8,160,227 versus 8,744,073.
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Detroit
Embargo Placed on Kansas City Stockyards Receipts
An embargo on receipts of livestock at the Kansas City stockyards goes into effect at noon until further notice. J. B. Dillingham, president of the Stockyards Co., says operations halt due to no labor contract with Local 576 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. The old contract expired Nov 30 and work has continued under an extension that expires at midnight Saturday. Negotiations continue.
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Kansas City
J. B. Dillingham
The
Stockyards Co
Livestock Handlers Union
Inflation Drives Up Costs As Pay Checks Drop
Inflation rose five tenths of a percent in the last month with food clothing housing and services higher. About 45 million workers saw pay checks fall another 62 cents to 116.63 per week as production hours shrank amid anti inflation policies. Food prices mainly vegetables and eggs edged up while meat eased slightly.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon to announce three steps easing trade with China
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott says President Nixon will unveil three moves to ease U S trade restrictions with Communist China. Scott was told by the White House the announcement aims to signal U S willingness for substantive talks with Red China at Warsaw.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
China
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
United States
Kansas Taxpayers Form Local Groups in Tax Protest
Nearly 40 of Kansas 105 counties have or are forming local taxpayers associations to protest what they view as inequitable property assessments. Govan Mills said 18 groups formed in three weeks, with protests spreading to industry. Northern Natural Gas and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline joined protests. Hays group sought injunctive relief on 1970 tax bills.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Govan Mills
Kansas Federation of Taxpayers
Reno County
Partridge
Mills
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Hays
Ellis County Group
Ellis Group
Roy C. Houston Appraisal Co
Dodge City
Congress clears bills as Christmas adjournment looms
AP dispatches report Congress in session late into the night moving toward year end adjournment on appropriation and tax bills. Meanwhile a US South Vietnam alert flags intensified enemy activity during two Communist anniversaries.
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Washington
Congress
Saigon
France
Indochina
National Liberation Front
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter debates identity with the Silent Majority versus the vociferous minority, reflecting divisions and tensions in public sentiment. The text hints at political polarization and the challenge of aligning with a predominant or vocal faction.
Kansas Telphone Co Protests 1969 Tax Assessment
The Kansas Telephone Co protest claims an assessment error on its 1969 tax, totaling 6298.94 dollars. Neosho County Treasurer Don Harding notes the company sent a protest letter without payment and no individual protests have been filed while tax payments continue ahead of Monday’s deadline. The company owns the Thayer exchange and lines in nearby townships. The county’s assessment came from the State Property Valuation Department. The county courthouse will close noon Wednesday for Christmas then reopen Friday morning.
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Erie
Kansas Telphone Co
Neosho
Don Harding
Harding
Thayer
State Property Valuation Department
Conferees Near Agreement on Tax Relief Measure
Washington AP conferees on the tax reform bill reached a tentative agreement including a personal exemption rise to 650 for 1971 and 710 in 1972 with a higher standard deduction and larger low income allowance. The package also backs a 15 percent Social Security rise but drops the $100 minimum pension.
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Washington
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Nixon
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Land Option For Housing Near Olson's Supermarket
The Safari Jaycees took options for 1200 on a 9 acre site for a middle income housing project. Five acres will be kept west of Olson's Supermarket Main and Plummer. four acres will be sold. FHA planning feasibility approval is sought with Dan Rambo presenting in Topeka January 5. FHA decision expected by month end, leaving about 15 days behind the August 1 groundbreaking target.
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Safari Jaycees
Clifford Broeder
Jaycee Housing Committee
Jaycees
Olson
Main
Plummer
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Broeder
Dan Rambo
Urban America
Pittsburg Plane Crash Kills Three Near Airport
Three men are dead after a private single engine plane disappeared near Pittsburg Municipal Airport in Kansas. The Rev Bob Utter 40 of Wyandotte Tabernacle Kansas City Dan Carlton 20 and Rick Curtis 20 were aboard. The wreckage was found southeast of the airport and authorities awaited FAA clearance to move it. The flight carried Utter a Kansas City minister and two others bound for Pittsburg to deliver recordings to Pilgrim's Gospel quartet members. Curtis engaged to Utters daughter and from St Louis was a Kansas City area student.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas City
Bob Utter
Wyandotte Tabernacle
Dan Carlton
Rick Curtis
Utter
Carlton
Pilgrim's Gospel Quartet
Curtis
St. Louis
Record in Highway Deaths With Holiday Season Left
TOPEKA AP Kansas highway fatalities this year exceed the 1966 record of 733 with 734 so far and an estimated 775 possible by year end. Traffic Safety Director Claude McCamment cites speed and drinking as main causes. wrong side of road, midnight to 1 a.m. peak, and rising deaths among ages 24 to 44. Coffeyville man James E. McNamara, 35, killed when his car hit a bridge abutment on US 166. Teenagers 12 percent of drivers cause 35 percent of fatal accidents. drivers over 75 six percent of all drivers caused 35 fatalities. Pedestrian deaths rose to 43, motorcycles 31.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Traffic Safety Department
Claude McCament
McCamment
Coffeyville
Kan
James E. McNamara
U.S. Highway 166
McNamara
Highway Patrol
Weather forecast for Kansas through Saturday
Partly cloudy with little change in temperatures through Saturday. Lows in the 20s, highs in the 40s to 50s across northeast to southwest Kansas. Forecast expects continued fair weather Saturday with highs in the 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Inmates At Lansing Prison Talk To Newsmen About Mutilations
Kansas inmates describe self cutting as a method to draw attention to prison conditions. Officials, including state penal director Woodson, face criticism over management and yard restrictions after last June’s riot and ongoing fires.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas
Steve Milum
Kansas City
Milum
Robert N. Woodson
Inter
Woodson
Robert Docking
Fred G. Reynolds
Shawnee County
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American Medical Association
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
AMA
Pyle
Richard S. Wilbur
Panther Investigation
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Sharon Bidding
Pinky Mullins
Neosho Junior College
Glen Bacus
Harold Tarpley
Barton County
Great Bend
Otto Barbee
Northern
Federal Power Commission
Winfield
Cowley County
Cowley County Taxpayers Association
News Digest
Rabat
Morocco
Israel
New York
Agnew
Cha
Ray Coder
Board of Commissioners
Ronnie Williams
Thomas M. Kidwell
Kidwell
Wichita
Donald E. Cipolla
Clared
Cipolla
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