Docking Names J Montgomery To Highway Post
Gov elect Robert Docking selects John Montgomery publisher and former state party chair to be state highway director. Montgomery to assume duties Jan. 9, replacing Addison Meschke as head of a department with a $136.8 million budget and 4,585 workers.
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J. Montgomery
Highway Post
Topeka
Robert Docking
John Montgomery
Junction City
Montgomery
George Docking
Addison Meschke
Hutchinson
John Anderson
William H. Avery
Kansas Highway Department
Avery In ICC Post
Gov. William H. Avery of Kansas, a former House member and Republican, says he is asked about a possible appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Congressional aides confirm efforts to place him, with terms of current ICC members Freas and Goff expiring year end. Montgomery, publisher of Junction City Daily Union, backs the move and meets with Kansas officials as he weighs offers.
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William H. Avery
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
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House
ICC
Howard G. Freas
Abe Goff
Civil Defense Advisory Committee
Topeka
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
White House
Montgomery
Junction City
Government asks Taft-Hartley injunction over Kokomo plant strike
The Justice Department sought a Taft-Hartley injunction in U S District Court to end a strike at Union Carbide Corp satellite plant in Kokomo Indiana. About 1800 workers of United Steelworkers of America AFL CIO have been off the job since September 30 affecting materials for Navy and Air Force jet planes.
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Taft-Hartley
Indiana
Navy
Air Force
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
United Steelworkers
Amerca
Aflcio
Union Carbide Corp
Kokomo
Ind
Soviet Luna 13 Moon Probe Aims for Scientific Study
Moscow reports Luna 13 launched toward the moon for further scientific studies of the moon and its near environment. Tass, the Soviet news agency, provided the item.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Christmas greetings from families brighten season
An intercepted letter sent to Cha thanks many families for outdoor Christmas decorations that help everyone enjoy the season's goodwill and spirit.
Weather turns cooler with scattered showers in Kansas
Area forecast calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with a gradual cool-down. Northwesterly to northeasterly winds shift tonight as a chance of light rain spreads along the extreme east late tonight or early Thursday. Highs Thursday expected 45 to 50. Topeka notes unseasonably warm weather may end as the Weather Bureau predicts a colder, cloudier pattern.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Docking Resigns Ark City Post
Robert Docking has resigned from the City Commission of Arkansas City. He was elected to the commission in 1963 and served as mayor until 1964. His term was scheduled to expire next April.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
City Commission of
Arkansas City
Docking
Christmas Decor Tour Lights Chanute Homes and Churches
Chanute showcases a festive Christmas decor tour with illuminated homes along 200 S Larson to W 6th and Main Street businesses. Highlights include nativity scenes at Neosho Memorial Hospital and church displays, plus a live nativity by the Lutheran youth and Rudolph on a church pump.
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W. 6Th
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Tennessee
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Main Street
Plummer
Third Street
Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Churchill
Cherry St
Rudolph
Lutheran Church
Eub Church
Presbyterian Church
Chanute
Nurse Course Gets 110000 In Start Up Funds
Funds of 110 022 for starting a practical nursing class at the junior college have been approved. The next class begins January 16. The program, run with Rep. Joe Skubitz aware, comes from the Manpower Development and Training Division of the Labor Department and provides 52 weeks of training for 20 unemployed persons. The college may seek mid year funds to run a second class. 30 000 is allocated to training and the rest is unemployment office supported.
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Buford Fisher
The
Tribune
Joe Skubitz
Sion
Department of Labor
Two Enemy Planes Vanish From Radar in Gulf Action
In the Gulf of Tonkin near Thanh Hoa two U S F4B Phantom jets fired missiles at approaching enemy planes that vanished from radar. The spokesman could not confirm if the planes were shot down and described them as slow moving possibly propeller driven. Navy ships including the Long Beach and Kitty Hawk were active in Yankee Station as B 52 bombers hit targets north of the DMZ.
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South Vietnam
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Long Beach
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Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
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Navy
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Demilitarized Zone
Use Caution Urged for Luminary Decorations by Fire Chief
Fire Chief John Erickson warns residents to decorate with luminaries cautiously. He notes inquiries about permission, calls for dry conditions to be watched, and advises keeping a garden hose or broom nearby. He says occasional inspection keeps them from becoming dangerous.
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John Erickson
Erickson
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area in 1966
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday December 1 1966 and notes 35 deaths for the period and 704 for the year compared with 641 in 1965. The list provides daily toll figures for Topeka region and statewide trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Powell Travel Probe Focuses On Airline Charges
Washington AP House investigators say more than 75 airline trips charged to staffers of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell were made by others. Witness Russell Derrickson denied 26 trips, asserting they were not his. The probe questions about 150 flights and aims for a Jan. 3 report to the Admin Committee.
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House
Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Powell
Hays
Puerto Rico
Russell Derrickson
Committee
New York
Bahamas
Mittee
Lionel War. Derrlin
Dcalif
Investigating Moving Of State Road Maintainer Near St Paul
Sheriff George Neely and state personnel investigated last night’s incident near St Paul where a road maintainer was moved from the roadside. The machine was found driven into a field and later returned to the road before being abandoned. A few leads are being pursued. Glen Goff of Erie assisted at the scene.
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George Neely
St. Paul
Neely
Glen Goff
State Highway Department
Erie
Johnson May Visit Latin America With Hemisphere Summit
President Johnson could tour Latin America next spring to coincide with a hemisphere summit planned for April. Two U.S. diplomats reported broad support for the summit, though they avoided promising a presidential meeting and left open the possibility of a wider trip.
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Tex
Johnson
Latin America
Hemisphere
U.S
Lincoln Gordon
inter-American Affairs
Sol Linowitz
Organization of American States
Gordon
Walter R. Scott Dies Former KC Board of Trade Exec
Walter R. Scott, 81, longtime executive vice president of the Kansas City Board of Trade, died Tuesday night. He served nearly 43 years with the board before retiring in 1964.
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Kansas City
Walter R. Scott
Kansas City Board of Trade
Scott
Cross Is Removed and Workers Walk Off in Cincinnati
Several hundred construction workers stopped work at Cincinnati General Hospital after a large lighted Christmas cross they made was taken down from an unfinished section. Protestors argued against religious symbols on public buildings and some vowed not to return until after Christmas unless the cross was replaced. The removal came late Tuesday by an official of Frank Messer & Sons, Inc., the general contractor.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati General Hospital
Frank Messer & Sons, Inc
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