U S launches big drive on Viet Cong jungle bastion
U S troops press a major operation in War Zone Vietnam while defoliation planes spray the southern half of the DMZ to expose routes into the South. American forces report over 100 enemy killed as B 52s raid War Zone C and near the DMZ. North Vietnam air battles see MiGs and F4 Phantoms over Hanoi area.
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U.S
Vietnams
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Severe Arctic Cold Sweeps Nation Amid Storms
A brutal cold front from Canada surged south and east with three major snowstorms in 11 days. Minnesota saw the thermometer drop past 40 below zero as Chicago and the Great Lakes region faced new drifts and road closures.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Minnesota
Canadian
Chicago
Great Lakes
Indiana
Gary
Vandals Damage Car Belonging to Erie Teacher
Vandals damaged a 1964 Chevrolet station wagon owned by Robert Overstreet an Erie teacher. The radio antenna was broken hub caps were dented and the paint scratched authorities report.
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Erie
Robert Overstreet
Sheriff's Office
Intercepted Letter on Kansas Turnpikes Policy
An intercepted letter suggests Gov. Docking believes turnpikes should serve the greatest number of Kansans in Kansas. The writer signs Dear Cha and closes with Yours.
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Docking
Kansas
Turnpike plans and allowances eyed by Kansas lawmakers
Proposals for three new turnpikes from Kansas City to Galena Wichita to Baxter Springs and Wichita to Hays plus higher lawmakers allowances are set for hearings this week. Gov. Docking backs a KC to Galena turnpike. other routes face cooler reception. Senate may raise daily allowances from 15 to 25 dollars. ambulance services for fire districts advance. Joint session to hear Eric Sevareid, Ways and Means to tour KU facilities and budget.
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Senate
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Hays
Robert Docking
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Eric Severeid
Ways and Means
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Docking Plans Replacement For Theis After Senate OK
Gov. Robert Docking said a recommendation will be made for a successor to Frank Theis the Democratic national committeeman nominated for a federal judgeship Theis will not resign until Senate confirmation likely within 30 days The Democratic state committee will meet to pick a replacement who will serve until June 1968 Norbert Dreiling declined interest and a conflict of interest bill is due this week in the legislature.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Frank Theis
Democratic National
Art Nicholson Loses Leg In Tractor Accident
Art Nicholson of R. 1 suffered a serious injury when a pant leg caught in a post hole digger attached to a tractor. His leg was amputated below the knee at a local hospital after the accident near his home southwest of here. Chanute Ambulance Service transported him with police assistance.
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Art Nicholson
Here
Nicholson
Chanute Ambulance Service
Thieves Hit Two Local Firms And a Filling Station
Thieves broke into the Big Burger Bar at 511 W Cherry by the Summers and the Top Hat Cleaners at 812 W Main run by Bill Roberts. Meat worth 75 dollars and about 10 dollars in change were taken. A pop machine at 1701 S Santa Fe was pried open around 12:35 a.m. Sunday with the coin box missing.
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Big Burger Bar
W. Cherry
M. E. Summers
Top Hat Cleaners
W. Main
Bill Roberts
Big Burger
Cleaners
Herman Oil Co
S. Santa Fe
Juco Bond Vote Set for Labette County April 4
Trustees of Labette Community Junior College choose April 4 for a bond issue election tied to local and school elections in Parsons. The size is undetermined but may reach a maximum of 2.25 million dollars under Kansas law based on the county’s assessed valuation. The college operates from one building in Parsons with 483 students enrolled.
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Parsons, Kan
Labette Community
Weather summary for Topeka area with cold blast and dust
The Topeka forecast shows a cold air surge across Kansas with strong northerly winds stirring dust in the west. Snow flurries were noted in extreme eastern Kansas, while western areas cleared overnight and eastern zones began clearing today. Temperatures: today highs around 23, yesterday 57, with lows near 5 to 10 tonight and 35 to 40 Tuesday.
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Illinois
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
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Topeka
Kansas
Congress To Aecess Thursday Congress To Aecess Thursday
Congress plans a Thursday start to a Lincoln Birthday holiday amid debt talks and Powell case. The House aims to raise the debt limit to 336 billion while Powell’s seat is investigated. Senate debate on reorganization continues as the break nears.
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Lincoln
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Adam Clayton Powell
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Senate
Governor Is Cool In Pike Stampede
Governor Robert Docking told a 40 member delegation he will study proposed Kansas turnpikes with care before committing. He considered routes from Kansas City to Galena, Baxter Springs to Wichita, and Wichita to Hays, noting potential links to growth centers and possible ties to Tulsa. He cautioned about $16 million in state gas tax funds to back bonds and called for study by the Kansas Economic Development Commission.
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Missouri Line
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Hays
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Posal
Tulsa
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Missouri
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Mid-Continent
Kansas Line
Dale Whitaker
Great Bend
Joe Poizner
Bill Hubbard
Pittsburg
Joe Mermis
George McCarthy
Vivian Meckel
Hubbard
Topeka
Meckel
McCarthy
Honor Soil Savers Honor Soil Savers
Four farmers received banker and Goodyear conservation awards at the Neosho County Soil Conservation District annual meeting. Kenneth VanCleave S C Hudson and Robert Collins honored for land stewardship. Carl Olson received Goodyear award.
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ST. Paul
Neosho County
Soil Conservation District
Banker Conservation
Kenneth C. VanCleave
Galesburg
S. C. Hudson
Erie
Robert C. Collins
Stark
Carl E. Olson
Goodyear
Harry Rash
Thayer
Banker
Bill Roblin
Goodyear Company
Olson
Johnson Urges Battle on Crime
President Johnson asked Congress for a bold, at least 50 million dollar effort to fight crime using a Safe Streets and Crime Control Act. The plan would fund planning grants and action programs with up to 90 percent federal support for planning and 60 percent for programs like alarm systems and rehabilitation efforts.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Little Boy Drowns in Sump Pump Drain in Wichita
A 2-year-old, Russell H. Lowe Jr., drowned in a sump pump drain at his grandmother's Wichita home while visiting relatives from Arkansas City. Police were summoned after the child went missing. officers recovered him head down in 18 inches of water.
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Wichita
Russell H. Lowe Jr
Russell H. Lowe
Arkansas City
Leota Harring
Golf Course Progresses at Santa Fe Park in September Opening Hopes
Pat Conn reports a new 9 hole public golf course at Santa Fe Park is advancing faster than planned with greens planting due April using creeping bent grass. The par 36 layout features two par five holes two par three and five par four, plus a 186 yard men’s and 75 yard women’s water hazard over number three tee. Construction uses two bulldozers Randall Diver and C K Kyle. The city will own the course after a 20 year lease. greens fees may be annual or by day.
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Santa Fe Park
Pat Conn
Conn
Five Tons of Drugs Burned in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong the government burned over five tons of opium heroin and morphine seized over the past three years. Police valued the drugs at more than 10 million dollars on the illegal market. The act was carried out today.
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Hong Kong
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka February 1967
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour period ending 9 am Monday with 2 fatalities for February 7 1967. Comparison with 1966 period records 45 deaths versus 48. Official tally indicates ongoing transportation safety monitoring by AP.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Traffic Kills Two
Two men died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend. Kenneth Rumsey 18 of Wichita was killed in a one car wreck near Dexter after his vehicle left the road and struck an embankment and caught fire. Virgil Knoxsah 19 from Oklahoma died from injuries in a Lawrence collision and had been living with his grandmother in Lawrence.
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Kenneth Rumsey
Wichita
Dexter
Rumsey
Cessna Aircraft Co
Pawhuska
Okla
Bobbi
Brian
Highway Patrol
Lawrence
Virgil Knoxsah
Knoxsah
Oklahoma
Scientists Steer Orbiter Right on the Money
Lunar Orbiter 3 midcourse maneuver altered its path by 11.4 mph for a higher orbit 295 miles above the moon’s northeast edge. Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists in Pasadena said the correction, made for 4.4 seconds, should improve site selection for future lunar photography and Apollo landings.
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Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Moon
Lunar
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