Dr J C Sanders Named New President of Neosho County Junior College
Dr James Carroll Sanders 40 of Colby will become president of Neosho County Junior College effective July 1 after NCCJC trustees unanimously selected him to replace Burford E Fisher. He currently serves as dean at Colby Community Junior College and has teaching and administrative experience in multiple Texas and Kansas institutions.
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James Carroll
J.C.) Sanders
Colby
Neosho County Junior College
NCCJC
Sanders
Burford E. Fisher
Colby Community Junior College
CCJC
Fowler, Oakley, Meade
Sharon
Kansas University
West Texas State University
Northwestern State College
Colorado State College
CSC
Floyd Naff
Chanute
Spearman
Tex
First Baptist Church
Neosho County Juco Board OKs drafting gear and furniture
Neosho County Community Junior College trustees approved bids to furnish the engineering department. The Bruning Co. Inc. Kansas City bid 1497.36 covered 12 drafting machines and 30 transparent scales while Eugene Deitzgen Co. Kansas City bid 4421.31 included 12 auto shift drafting tables 13 drafting chairs and layout items. The panel also hired Gene Corned as aviation instructor and Howard Jester as commerce instructor and approved a facility-use agreement with USD 413.
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Neosho County
Eugene Deitzgen Co
Kansas City
Gene Corned
Howard Jester
Darrell Erikson
Wichita
Jester
Board of Education
Unified School District 413
USD 413
Chanute School Board Backs Nonpartisan State Board Election
The Chanute Unified School District 413 board unanimously adopts a resolution urging the Kansas Legislature to set a nonpartisan state board of education election. It cites H R 1205 and the 1966 constitutional amendment, arguing voters preferred insulating the board from politics. The resolution is signed by all six trustees led by President Robert D. Ward.
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Board of Education
Chanute Unified School District 413
Kansas
State Board of Education
Kansas Senate
Chanute Board
State Department of Education
Robert D. Ward
Don R. Abbuehl
Beverly Rideau
D. E. Blackwood
William G. Neely
Dale Steinman
Sunday Sales Bill Killed in Senate Committee
TOPEKA Kansas AP a Senate Committee killed legislation to restrict Sunday and holiday merchandise sales The federal and state affairs committee voted 6 5 to table the bills ending the effort for now
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Intercepted Letter Mentions Pueblo Affair Handling
A fragmentary note refers to a Nixon charge that the Pueblo incident was mishandled and includes a heckler reply asking about U 2. The exchange appears in a intercepted letter with minimal context and no clear dates or locations.
Lang Vei Camp Battles New Russian Tanks In Vietnam
Vietnamese and U S Green Beret advisers fought to hold Lang Vei Special Forces camp as North Vietnamese forces using Russian T34 tanks attacked from Laos. Camp defenders claimed to destroy several tanks while radio reports and official tallies indicated heavy casualties among both sides and a potential northern offensive kickoff.
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Saigon
Lang Vei
South Vietnam
Laos
Khe Sanh
Radio
Hanoi
da Nang
Lang Wei
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Hue
Kansas House Debuts Constitutional Revision Proposal
Speaker John Conard of Greensburg introduces a bill creating a 12 member citizens committee on constitutional revision. Three members would be named by the governor, three by the Senate president pro tem, three by the speaker, and three by the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Topeka
Citizens Committee On
Kansas House
John Conard
Greensburg
Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
Secret talks at Panmunjom over Pueblo seizure intensify clashes
U S and North Korea held a fourth secret Panmunjom meeting on the Pueblo seizure. U S troops blocked about 400South Korean students trying to march to the bridge site. Police reported 24 students injured in a two hour melee while a division spokesman said none were hurt.
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Seoul
United States
North Korea
Panmunjom
U.S
2Nd
U.S. Infantry Division
2Nd Division
Pueblo
Imvin River
Military Armistice Commission
Redistricting Near Passage in Kansas Legislature
The Kansas House approved a final reapportionment bill 67 to 54, keeping Senate boundaries intact. It now heads to the Senate for final vote before potential submission to Gov. Robert Docking, who has not stated his action. The legislature faces a federal court deadline to reapportion by April 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Robert Docking
Docking
Jobless Rate Drops to 3.5 Percent in January
The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, the lowest in about 15 years, with total employment rising to 73.3 million. January jobless decline largely reflected fewer women seeking work, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Four Navy men Killed or Wounded as Pueblo Seizure Reported
The Pentagon announced four Pueblo crewmen were dead or wounded after North Korea seized the intelligence ship off Wonsan. One was killed, one seriously injured, two lightly hurt, with families notified in Creswell and Oregon. Congress debates possible US apology and handling of the seizure.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Korea
Defense Department
Eugene
Ore
Marion Hodges
Duane Hodges
Pueblo
Creswell
Wonsan
Congress
Karl E. Mundt
Johnson urges creation of a powerful narcotics bureau
President Johnson urged Congress to establish a new and powerful Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by transferring narcotics powers from the Treasury and HEW to the Justice Department. He called for a federal riot incitement law and a tax authority preservation measure for gambling.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Treasury Department
Bureau of Narcotics
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Justice Department
Justice
Department
Cattle Truck Crash Near Earlton Causes Cattle Losses
A cattle truck overturned about a mile north of Earlton causing $500 in damage. Two cattle were killed two badly injured and 25 others sustained lesser injuries. The truck owned by Harold Wallingford of Parsons and driven by Bill Havlin of Independence. a car forced it onto the soft shoulder.
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Earlton
George Neely
Neosho County
Bill Kepley
Earlston
Neely
Harold Wallingford
Parsons R. 2
Bill Havlin
Independence R. 2
Havlin
Rail Strike Halts Multiple Railroads Across Region
Negotiations stall and most trains stop on Missouri Pacific, Texas and Pacific, and Seaboard Coast lines. The International Brotherhood of Trainmen strike began Monday night against MO PAC and Texas & Pacific and spread to Seaboard on Tuesday. About 50,000 employees could be affected as cross lines decline.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Texas & Pacific
Seaboard Coast
International Brotherhood of
MOPAC
Seaboard
Boston & Maine
Chesapeake & Ohio
Union Pacific
Southern & Gulf
Mobile & Ohio
Weather Outlook for Kansas Turns Warmer in West
Today and tonight expect generally fair skies across Kansas with warmer readings in the northwest and cooler conditions in the southeast. Thursday will bring considerable cloudiness and a mix of colder in the northwest and warmer in the eastern portion of the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log Shows February Count
Kansas traffic accident death log records 52 fatalities for February 1968 and 52 for the comparable period in 1967. Two deaths were newly reported from January accidents, with 24 hours ending at 9 am.
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Topeka
Kansas
Turnpike Plan Leads Kansas Legislature Action in Topeka
Kansas lawmakers push a Ted Saar bill to fund a Kansas City Kansas to near border turnpike with up to 115 million dollars in revenue bonds at up to five percent. Other measures include loyalty oaths for state workers, school district consolidation, and teacher housing bills as education debates surge.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas, Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ted Saar
Pittsburg
Highway Commission
Senate
U.S
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Ers Lyle Rutter
Galena
Sen. Saar
Judiciary Committee
Senate Education Committee
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D - Maple City
Legislative Council
Motor Carriers Committee
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Jack Baar
R-Scon
Thomas van Cleave
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