House Acts to Validate Unified School Districts
The Kansas House approved a bill 99 to 13 validating unified school districts under a 1963 statute. It preserves districts if a Supreme Court ruling undermines the act under which they were organized. The measure aims to finish unification and smooth transitions, with 138 districts already approved and 42 more via petitions.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Kansas
House
Senate
Rep
John Bower
House Education Committee
Supreme Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Phil L. Woodworth
Woodworth
U S Aid Official Missing in Saigon Area
A top U S aid mission official Gustav C Hertz 46 of Leesburg Virginia is missing in Saigon area amid Viet Cong activity. Hertz left his Gia Dinh home Tuesday afternoon and vanished two hours later prompting a search. no trace yet. Previous kidnapping incidents include Joseph Grainger who was abducted in August with companions and remains unreleased.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
Gia Dinh
Hertz
American University
Washington
Joseph Grainger
Darien
Conn
Here
Grainger
Intercepted Letter We Hope the President Feels Okay
An intercepted letter expresses hope the President feels well after his coming out party last night. The salutation is Dear Cha and the writer signs off with Yours.
Johnson hosts state dinner with Churchill funeral guests
President Johnson returns to social duties at the White House dancing and toasting at a state dinner for 176 guests including Vice President Humphrey House Speaker McCormack and Chief Justice Warren. He praised unity among the three offices while conversing with guests and enjoying champagne.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Winston Churchill
Humphrey
House
John McCormack
Earl Warren
Richard L. Wilson
The
Minneapolis Star & Tribune
Weather outlook and temperatures across Kansas
Area forecast says mainly fair and warmer tonight and Thursday with lows 20 to 25 and highs around 50. Temperatures across Kansas today run near normal with 10 to 15 degree lows in the northeast and 15 to 20 in the southwest. A cold front is expected this weekend, likely keeping readings cooler but veering northeast of the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka For February 1965
Topeka Kansas traffic death log reports 47 fatalities in February 1965, 5 in the comparable 1964 period. The AP log tracks 24 hour totals to 9 am Wednesday, noting a statewide pattern. Losses include multiple cities with fatalities reported in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cattle Feeding Plan Prompts Local Meeting Deliberations
About 35 people attended an informational session at the Chamber of Commerce where Hartland Inc. officers Harold Woodward and Bob Casper explained a contract cattle feeding management model. They described it as a mutual fund style pool for cattle only, registered with the SEC and six state commissions, with five current contract-investment lots across Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin Iowa. The plan aims to stabilize prices via continuous feeding and futures, contrast seasonal small cattleman practices, and boost local grain use and regional business growth. officials called the gathering a temperature taking to gauge community sentiment toward a local contract lot near Chanute.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cattle Feeding Corporation
Harold Woodward
Bethany
Bob Casper
Winterset
Iowa
Hartland, Inc
Woodward
Casper
Hartland
Chanute
Hartland Corporation
Woodward and
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Commissions of
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Seat Belt Bill Clears First Hurdle in Kansas House
The Kansas House tentatively approved a bill requiring all new cars sold after October 1 1966 to have seat belts. The measure passed on a voice vote and will face a final House vote on Thursday before moving to the Senate.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas House
House
Senate
Area Panel Talks On Eggs Poultry Jamboree Highlights Markets
The Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree at the National Guard armory drew about 250 people. Speakers urged good management and finding special outlets to profit from eggs, opposing government regulation and subsidies in poultry and egg production.
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Southeast Kansas
Kansas City Indian Relics Date to Christ's Era Found
An 80 acre tract owned by Kansas City in Platte County holds remains of an ancient Indian village dating to the time of Christ. City manager Carleton F. Sharpe says archaeologists knew of the site for about 30 years and authorities kept it quiet to prevent destruction or theft. Experts from the National Park Service and University of Missouri have investigated, with Smithsonian urging preservation for professional study. The city may turn the land into a historical park and relocate plans for a sewage lagoon.
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Platte County
Carleton F. Sharpe
Sharpe
60Th Street
Deister
Northmoor
National Park Service
University of Missouri
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Park Department
Oklahoma supper club owner testifies in racketeering case
Mrs Cherica Goodson testified in Wichita in the Sperry Collins and Poulos racketeering case. She described borrowing 2500 dollars and signing a 3000 dollar note to settle her ex husbands 5000 dollar gambling debt after a Langley Oklahoma cabin party in November 1961.
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Wichita
Oklahoma
Cherica Odene Goodson
U. S
Donald R. Goodson
Goodson
William R. Sperry
Enid
Okla
George Poulos
Joe E. Collins
Winfield
Kan
Green
Kansas City
Sperry
Collins
Fayetteville
Ark
Langley
Snowball Fight Fatal to Two at Tennessee Campus
Knoxville reports shock after a snowball fight among University of Tennessee students left two dead and a possible third. Freshman Marnell Goodman 18 Swampscott Mass was fatally shot by an irate truck driver after snowballs hit his vehicle. Walter Lee Yow 55 Albemarle N C died from ear injuries. Roland F Lawson 58 Knoxville died of a heart attack after his car was hit. University to discipline students. Police Chief Harris warned of mass arrests for future incidents.
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Knoxville
Kansas Foundation Plan aims to boost education funding
Kansas lawmakers debate a Foundation Plan that would raise state aid to about 35 to 36 million dollars annually. The plan ties state support to a per pupil figure, with greater aid for unified districts and adjustments for local effort and district financial ability.
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Kansas Foundation
Avery
Bower
II Er
Kansas
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