Soil Saving Awards For 5 Farm Couples
Five farm pairs received awards at the Neosho County Soil Conservation District annual meeting. Recipients include Lewis Taylor Jr and family, Wayne L Taylor, Warren L McMillan, Glen E Ewing, and Lyle Meyer. Awards cover Goodyear and banker conservation honors for their farming operations and soil improvement practices across multiple acres.
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Keith Wright
ERIE
Neosho County Soil Conservation District
Lewis Taylor Jr
Wayne L. Taylor
Chanute R
Meyer
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Bankers
Taylors
McMillans
Ewings
Neosho
Virgil Moody
Banker Conservation Awards
Neosho County
Glen Ewing
Lewis Taylor
Wayne Taylor
War
Stay in School program urged by Johnson
President Johnson told Congress federal education spending must be cut in some areas while boosting others. He proposed $30 million to launch a Stay in School program to convert potential dropouts into graduates and called for major vocational education reforms as part of an $11.6 billion 1969 education package. He warned of a stringent budget and noted construction grants to colleges would drop from $450 million to $75 million.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows February 1968 Increase
The Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 50 deaths in February 1968, up from 51 in February 1967. The log spans 48 hours to 9 a.m. Monday and notes one previously unreported fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter About Campaigns for New Hampshire
The missive notes Landon won Maine and Vermont but lost Maine? FDR landslide. It questions whether Nixon or Romney should invest heavily to carry New Hampshire given prior results and current momentum.
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Landon
Maine
Vermont
Nixon
Romney
New Hampshire
Great Bend Girl Dies in Flames in Vacant House
Two year old Marjorie Sue Akin died in a house fire while playing with her three brothers in a vacant dwelling in Great Bend Kansas. The children ran to their home and reported the blaze to their mother Mrs. T J Akin who said the flames kept her from reaching the girl.
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Great Bend
Kan
Marjorie Sue Akin
T. J. Akin
William H. Klein
Tribune
Kellee
Pratt
Debbie Barnes
Miss Kansas
Kansas University
Lawrence
Two Chanute Boys Admit Smuggling Hacksaw Blades
Two 15 year old Chanute boys admitted taking a hacksaw and blades to two older juveniles who escaped from the Chanute city jail. The escape was discovered at 8:15 a.m. Saturday after bars were sawn in a second floor window. The two runaways, aged 16 and 17, were captured in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and returned to Chanute for juvenile proceedings. The incident prompted tighter jail security.
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Ponca City
Okla
Oklahoma
George Neely
Neosho County
Kenneth Stroup
Chanute
Erie
Miss Kansas Kandee Klein Honors Kansas House
Kandee Kae Klein, Miss Kansas 1968, was honored by the Kansas House of Representatives as a goodwill ambassador after her appearance before the body. The Tribune native, 19, attends Kansas University and plans to continue her education after her reign ends.
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Fredonia
Yates Center
Neodesha
Humboldt
Iola
Kansas
Tokeka
Topeka
Kandee Kae Klein
Tribune
Kansas House of Representatives
Mark Newman
U S Marines Repel VC Assaults Around Khe Sanh and Saigon
Vietnamese forces launch renewed attacks in Saigon Hue and other targets as Marines fend off a Hill 861A assault near Khe Sanh. U S Command moves troops, reports heavy Viet Cong losses and counts allied casualties amid mounting northern frontier pressure.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
Hue
Nnists
U.S
Wheeler
Quang Tri
Cam Lo
South Vietnam
U S Says No Confirmation On Pueblo Crew Return
Seoul reports claim a Panmunjom bargain included apologizing for Pueblo trespass and North Korea returning all 83 crewmen. Washington officials denied any confirmation while meetings continued with Adm. John W. Smith and Gen. Pak Chung Kook in the DMZ talks.
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Seoul
Chosun Ilbo
United States
North Korea
Washington
William P. Bundy
Bundy
U.S
Panmunjom
Military Armistice Commission
North
South Korea
John W. Smith
Pak Chung Kook
Cooler Kansas Tonight With Seasonal Temperatures Ahead
Area forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a cooler trend. In Topeka the forecast predicts highs 45 to 50 east and 50 to 55 west, with light sprinkles possible today and overnight lows 15 to 25 depending on location. The week's outlook projects temperatures about nine to 13 degrees above seasonal normals. Overnight lows vary from 4 to 17 across western areas and Garden City to Chanute.
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Weather Bureau
Garden City
Chanute
Linda Schultz Miss Wool Finalist Leads Hutchinson Pageant
Deanna Lyn Lofgreen of Wichita was chosen Miss Wool of Kansas at the Hutchinson pageant Saturday. The runner up was Onallee Zimm erman of Ford. Twelve Kansas girls competed for the title with Linda Ann Schultz among five finalists. Schultz, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ebur Schultz, is a Wichita State University freshman involved in drama and cheerleading. Lofgreen will compete in San Angelo Texas in June for the National Miss Wool contest. The national winner receives a $2000 scholarship $15000 wool wardrobe and a new automobile.
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Deanna Lyn Lofgreen
Wichita
Miss Wool
Kansas
Hutchinson
Onallee Zimmerman
Ford
Linda Ann Schultz
Ebur Schultz
Wichita State University
Miss Schultz
Miss Lofgreen
San Angelo
Tex
Stolen Trucks Recovered In Recent Thefts
Police report two late model pickups stolen in town were recovered. Charles Larson’s R2 vehicle from West Main was found in Atchison county in good condition. Earl Beeler Jr’s 1955 Chevrolet pickup, taken on Evergreen between Main and Elm, was found 10 miles east in a ditch with unknown condition. Both left with ignition keys in the switch.
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Charles Larson
West Main
Atchison County
Earl Beeler Jr
Chanute
Evergreen
Main
Elm
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Bill Roblin
Independence
Goodyear
Robert Hurst
Thayer
Linda Callarman
Diana Engelman
Eric R
Cathy Sears
Randy Ermey
Erie R
Sterling Hudson
Bruce van Leeuwen
St. Paul R
Fred DeLano
Fred Beachner
St. Paul
Joe O’brien
Beachner
Charles L. McCullers
North Carolina Recreation Commission
Tribu
Jen McMillan
Lyle Meyer
Goodyear Conservation Award
Cation
Cha
Debbie
Pittsburg
Dwight O. Barnes
Moran
101St Airborne Division
Khe Sanh Marine Base
John T. Wheeler
U.S. Army
Lee Newman
N. Forest
Linda Schultz
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