Snowfall Strikes East. Schools Closed as Blizzard Lingers
A new snowstorm hit the Eastern Seaboard with up to 14 inches, snarling transport and forcing school closures while earlier blizzard damage continued. By dawn, conditions eased with rising temperatures, but accumulations and travel disruptions persisted across Maryland New York Boston Philadelphia and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Virginia
Carolinas
New Jersey
New York
New England
Boston
Maryland
Salisbury
Baltimore
New York City
Weather Bureau
West Germany backs ban on nuclear explosions
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt stated the government would sign a nonproliferation treaty to ban nuclear explosions on German soil even for peaceful use. He also said US troop levels in Europe could be reduced without compromising security under certain conditions.
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New York
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Brandt
Federal
Europe
Gariglietti Named Crawford Sheriff
Gov Robert Docking announced Albert Gariglietti of Pittsburg as Crawford County sheriff to fill the remainder of William Strukel’s term Strukel had been appointed chief of the Alcoholic Beverage Control department on January 26 Gariglietti a lifelong Crawford County resident is an assistant manager at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co He attended Princeton University for two years and previously led the Crawford County Young Democrats Club He also served four years on the Pittsburg school board
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Albert Gariglietti
Pittsburg
Crawford County
William Strukel
Docking
Strukel
Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
Gariglietti
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Princeton University
Young Democrats Club
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Weather Charm
The reader notes a groundhog legend at work amid a spell of winter weather after a sighting of a shadow. The correspondent remarks the event did not occur locally and offers a light, amused tone.
Bills stacking up in the Legislature
Kansas lawmakers consider a daylight saving time bill exempting Kansas from federal time rules. The House will debate primary date changes and a junkyard setback measure while other proposals address schools shelters and tax changes. A joint hearing on fair housing is slated for Feb 17.
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Kansas
Kansas House
State Affairs Committee
House
Calvin Strowig
Rabilene
Elections Committee of the House
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Galena
Baxter Springs
Wichita
Hays
Arden Dierdorff
Rsmith Center
Jess Taylor
R-Tribune
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Truck Driver Reports Body Found In Wilson County
A truck driver arriving in Chanute reported seeing a man's body hanging in a rural Wilson county garage from Neodesha. Police alerted Wilson authorities who investigated and found the hanging figure to be a dummy dressed in overalls.
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Chanute
Wilson County
Neodesha
Weather forecast for Kansas heats to cooler weekend
Area forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and little temperature change tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight in the upper 20s, highs Saturday in the 40s. Northeast Kansas may see cooler temperatures Saturday as a mild dry air mass moves in yesterday’s brisk westerly winds subsiding.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Russell
Goodland
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Docking Reports Progress of Legislative Program
Governor Docking praised progress on his legislative program as the session nears its one third mark. He set a February 21 deadline for introducing individual bills and promised to deliver a report on the session’s findings later. He highlighted a conflict of interest bill and election reform as major upcoming measures.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
William H. Avery
Newton man’s car recovered after salvage yard mix up
Melvin Lehrman of Newton reported a car theft. Police found the small foreign car in a salvage yard after a neighbor traded a similar car to a dealer and the yard hauled it away, returning Lehrman’s vehicle.
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Newton, Kan
Melvin Lehrman
Newton
Lehrman
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
Reader instructions advise dialing a Tribune phone number through the carrier and, if unreachable, contact HE 1-3400 after 4 p.m. The note implies alternate reachability steps for late hours.
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Tribune
Highways To Prosperity in Kansas Growth Plan
Walter Johnson, Kansas high way chief, urged the Governors Economic Development Conference that 8350 miles of city streets costing over 777 million should be built from 1975 to 1985. He said Kansas has the lowest road user tax per vehicle and that vehicle miles traveled will rise 50 percent in 20 years.
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Topeka
Kansas
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Union
January Police Court Fines and Activity Report
Fines and bond forfeitures totaled 794 dollars for January. Parking meter penalties amounted to 358.25 dollars from 1347 tickets. The department handled 1,347 parking tickets and 187 service calls. One felony arrest and 47 misdemeanor arrests occurred, with five intoxication and two drunken driving arrests. Traffic cases included 26 crashes with three injuries, two hospitalizations, and most crashes in daylight. Youth 17 to 19 showed the highest crash incidence. Eight speeding arrests involved radar. Humane Society reports 32 dogs picked up. nine remain. Police cars logged 9,984 miles and 1,105 gallons of gas. 44 meals provided to prisoners.
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Humane Society Animal Control Officer
Supplies Piled During Lunar Truce
U S officials report a large buildup of North Vietnamese supplies during the first days of the lunar new year truce and a suspension of bombing. The four day cease-fire remains in effect though air strikes could resume if the buildup becomes intolerable. North Vietnam moved about 900 coast boats and thousands of trucks, potentially delivering around 35 000 tons toward the demilitarized zone, while repairing bomb damaged roads and bridges.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
North Vietnamese
North
Texas Bank Robbery Prompted Bold Ad Appeal
The Texas Bank in Dallas, robbed for 5250 on Thursday, ran a bold ads in the Dallas Times Herald claiming no gun needed for a loan. The robber used a note to order the teller to hand over the cash and the ad urged nonviolence and signing the note.
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Dallas
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Texas Bank
Dallas Times Herald
Blackwood Files For School Board Post
Dwight Blackwood an optometrist and current school board member filed today for Unified School District 413 board of education. Only one other filing had been made for the three open seats. Also filed was Richard V Barnard of 810 S Highland Street.
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Dwight Blackwood
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Board of Education
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Richard V. Barnard
S. Highland
Traffic Fatalities Log Improves Kansas Toll
Topeka AP reports a 24 hour traffic death log ending 9 a.m. Friday listing February with eight fatalities, 1967 total at forty nine, versus fifty one in the comparable 1966 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Forged $18 Check Passed at Made O'Day Store
Police report a forged $18 check passed at the Made O Day store 7 E Main Chanute. It was drawn on the Bank of Commerce and signed with a name matching Henry E Powell but not written by him. The check payable to Bill Ogle carried a notation for hauling.
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Bank of Commerce
Chanute
Henry E. Powell
Bill Ogle
Disgruntled Grad Builds K State First Football Grandstand
Emil C. Pruetze, a 94 year old Manhattan resident and 1890 K State graduate, financed and helped build the university’s first football grandstand. He donated lumber and labored with three carpenters to assemble a 16 by 80 foot structure seating about 300, later moved to the practice field and used until 1924.
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Kansas State University
Emil C. Pruetze
Kstate
Pruette
K-State
Pfuetze
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College
Bluemont
Memorial Stadium
Memorial
Atomic Spy Case Is First in China
The report from Tokyo says two armed men in the chemical industry ministry have been arrested on a charge of stealing atomic secrets in Red China. Security Minister Hsieh Fu chih investigates to see if any information reached a foreign country. The note follows amid anti Soviet and anti Chinese demonstrations and signals shifts in Mao era power struggles.
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Tokyo
China
Five Nation
Ting Tiehsheng
Hsieh Fuchih
Mao
Peking
Moscow
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Liu Shao Chi
Teng Hsiao-ping
Peking People’s Daily
Liberation Army Daily
Kwangming Daily
Manchuria
Heisingkiang
Red Guards
Nevada Senate Ratifies 25th Amendment on Presidential Succession
The Nevada Senate unanimously adopted a resolution to ratify the 25th Amendment, reaching the 38th state needed after Minnesota earlier. the measure, approved at 10 44 a m, follows the 1965 67 Congress and sets procedures for filling a vice presidency and naming an acting president if the president is disabled.
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Carson City
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Nevada
Senate
U.S
Assembly
Minnesota
Congress
Senator Pearson Visits U.S. Army Europe HQ in Germany
Sen James B Pearson of Kansas on a tour of Atlantic alliance sites visited the U S Army Europe headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. He met Gen Andrew P Omeara commander for a command briefing during a Senate recess.
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Heidelberg
Germany
James B. Pearson
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S. Army
Europe
Andrew P. O'Meara
Senate
Defense Starts For Kidwell
The defense opened in the murder trial of Thomas M. Kidwell a former Wichita state legislator. It argues the defendant could not have shot himself. Betty Goetsch Kidwell was found shot in a wrecked car on August 24 1966.
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Topeka
Thomas M. Kidwell
Wichita
Kidwell
Betty Goetsch Kidwell
Robert Hecht
Marion Beatty
Hecht
Fred T. Thompson
Jean Moffitt
Red Guards Ignore Edict of Kremlin
In Peking the Red Guards defied a Kremlin demand to end protests around the Soviet Embassy and kept the siege engaging in anti Soviet rhetoric. Tass reported that Soviet officials feared possible measures while diplomats pondered China’s response and possible diplomatic repercussions.
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Red
Peking
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Tass
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