Living Costs Rise Again as Index Reaches New High
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent November rise in the consumer price index lifting the index to 110.6 and reducing the value of a 1957 59 dollar to 90.4 cents. Prices climbed across housing clothing transportation and medical care while food held steady. Over 200000 workers with cost of living clauses will gain 1 to 3 cents per hour due to the rise.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
Viet Nam
Schickhardt Ends 30-Year Postal Career
Carl Schickhardt retires after 30 years at the Post Office under a new rule that ends service at 30 years. He plans fishing and traveling to visit relatives from Virginia to Phoenix, with intent to seek new work. Chanute remains home for him and his wife with no immediate relocation plans.
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Virginia
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl Schickhardt
Schickhardt
Chanute
Avery outlines broad reforms for Kansas penal system
Gov. William Avery announced plans for far reaching reforms in managing the Kansas Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson and for the state's entire penal system. He noted rising problems at the reformatory and announced a new superintendent, Nora Stucker, replacing John D. Munns who retires. He criticized recent stabbings while praising the reception center and parole board for rehabilitation efforts.
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Topeka
William Avery
Kansas Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Reformatory
Nora Stucker
John D. Munns
Munns
Avery
New State Reception and Diagnostic Center
Pardon and Parole Board
Forty thousand dollars in fake bills found in California shoebox
A construction crew in Fairfield California found a shoebox containing forty thousand dollars in counterfeit $50 and $20 bills after a money windfall blew across a site. The Solano County sheriff and FBI are investigating the incident.
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Fairfield
Calif
Solano County
Kansas Spies in Missouri Upheld by Federal Judge
A federal judge sustained a motion to dismiss a suit by Berbiglia Inc against Kansas ABC officers. The ruling permits Kansas to spy on Missouri stores to see if Kansans buy cheaper liquor out of state. The judge found no constitutional rights violations by the Kansas agents.
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Kansas
Missouri
Richard M. Duncan
Alcohol Beverage Control Unit of
Berbiglia, Inc
Kansas City
Kansas Abc
Sunflower
Duncan
ABC Spy Network
Prizes For Winner Of 1966 Stork Derby
The Tribune kicks off its 1966 Stork Derby with first baby prizes at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Thirteen Chanute sponsors offer cash clothing photos and more to the first arrival, who must be born in Chanute trade area hospitals. The baby editor will verify arrival times. past winners arrived Jan 1 through Jan 6 with one on Jan 2.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Tribune
Chanute Business
Chanute
Susan Frances Smith
Tony Smith
Gary Michael Barney
Gerald Barney
Humboldt
U S Peace Envoys Pushing for Hanoi Peace Talks
President Johnson sent peace emissaries to multiple nations to press for a Viet Nam settlement. W. Averell Harriman and Arthur Goldberg met leaders in Poland, Rome, Belgrade, and Ottawa while McGeorge Bundy consulted Ottawa. The effort seeks international backing and possible ceasefire amid Hanoi’s hard line.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Asia
Texas White House
Moyers
McGeorge Bunday
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Poland
India
International Control Commission
Pearson
Harriman
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Belgrade
Moscow
Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Rome
Paul
Aldo Moro
Air Force
Adam Rapacki
Communist Party
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Hanoi
Budapest
Lujubo S. Babic
Arthur J. Goldberg
Viet Nam peace talks push draws mixed signals worldwide
Washington reports the John son administration presses a Viet Nam peace offensive while Ho Chi Minh rebuffs a final peace response. Saigon notes seven days of air attack suspensions with sustained Viet Cong strikes around Da Nang and near the Cambodian border.
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Washington
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Vatican City
Vatican
North Viet Nam
Paul VI
U.S
Car Crash on West Main Causes $400 In Damage
Police estimated damage at $200 to each vehicle after a 1965 Plymouth driven by Niles E. Plummer 20 hit a parked 1958 Ford owned by Arlon Russell in front of 721 West Main. Plummer’s car sustained damage to its right front while Russell’s car had left rear damage. The incident occurred about 6 30 p m yesterday.
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West Main
Niles E. Plummer
S. Allen
Arlon Russell
Russell
W. Main
Plummer
Viet Cong Strike Quietly Around Saigon and Da Nang
Viet Cong attacked areas around Saigon near the Da Nang Marine base and near the Cambodian border during the seventh day of the U.S. air war moratorium. In Quang Ngai Province three captured U.S. Marines and eight South Vietnamese soldiers were murdered, bodies found with close range head wounds. Saigon journalist Tu Chong was killed by a bicycle ambush. Early dawn saw 500 Viet Cong drive a South Vietnamese infantry company from a government strongpoint near Da Nang, marking the third overrun of Hill 60 in 10 weeks.
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Saigon
North
Viet Nam
South
da Nang
U.S
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai Province
Tu Chong
Chinh Luan
Hill 60
California Rains Slow Across State Pickup
The Associated Press reports rain over Southern California dwindled to showers as the storm moves east. Western states see ongoing precipitation with heavy snow in Idaho and Arizona. Flagstaff records 1.14 inches of rain atop eight inches of snow. Los Angeles and Ventura County faced flooding and multiple inches of rain across three days.
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Associated Press
California
Flagstaff
Ariz
Pocatello
Idaho
Los Angeles
Ventura County
Changing a Tire Motorist Is Killed Near Hutchinson
Frank Williamson 59 of Nickerson Kansas was killed Wednesday after being struck by a car while changing a tire on the shoulder of Highway K-6 about four miles west of Hutchinson.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Frank Williamson
Nickerson
K-6
Government weighs higher tax withholding to curb inflation
Washington reports the idea of a three rate income tax withholding overhaul to replace the flat rate. Treasury officials withhold details as President Johnson may decide, with Congress bearing final approval. The plan aims to lift higher bracket deductions and curb inflation by pulling more funds from consumers.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Administration
Treasury
Spacecrafts One Foot Apart In Historic Gemini Rendezvous
Spacecrafts Schirra and Stafford says they maneuvered within one foot of Gemini 7 during the December 15 rendezvous. Earlier estimates ranged from three to 10 feet. The feat strengthens the nation's moon-landing goals with Gemini 7 crew Borman and Lovell noting the maneuvers and station keeping.
Intercepted Letter Proposes Midwest Common Market
An intercepted note to Cha suggests Midwest states would prosper by forming a common market and removing trade barriers. The message hints at economic unity without detailing concrete plans or names.
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Midwest
Partly cloudy and mild with showers forecast Friday
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday with a chance of showers on Friday. Highs in the 60s today and Friday, lows around 50. eastern Kansas records show Topeka 50 as the warmest Dec 30 minimum in 78 years. A Pacific-type cold front brings cooler air and light rain tonight and Friday with more cold air Friday night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Willcott Named To Board Of Allen Neosho County Clinic
Neosho County commissioners announced Ralph Willcott of 1220 W 2nd Humboldt is appointed to the Allen Neosho County Mental Health Clinic board for a one year term filling the unexpired post of W J Young. They reappointed R C Buchanan of St Paul to a three year term. The board includes directors from each county and meets monthly at the clinic.
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Neosho County
Ralph Willcott
W. 2Nd
Allen- Neosho County
Humboldt
W. J
Bill) Young
Rutter
R. C. Buchanan
St. Paul
Clinic
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