Dutch Business Visitor Tours Aero-Duct Plant in Chanute
Marten van Arnholt, a Geveke Amsterdam executive, visited the H. K. Porter Co. Aero-Duct plant in Chanute to review products and assess market opportunities. He noted Aero-Duct’s quality, discussed travel, and outlined future plans after a tour that included calls across Holland and Europe.
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Chanute
Marten van Arnholt
Geveke Amsterdam
H. K. Porter Co
Aero- Duct
Geveke
van Arnholt
Netherlands
Europe
France
Indonesia
New York
Holland
Amsterdam
Kansas City
London
Chicago
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mentioned in Brief
Flowers in downtown Lincoln pots looked sad early but later the sun melted snow from their petals, bringing a cheer that followed.
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Lincoln
Bloody Clashes Reported in Tibet
Tokyo AP says blood clashes in Tibet pitting Mao supporters against opponents killed over 100. Red Guard posters in Peking cited. Darjeeling reports claim three CCP divisions, including one from Peking, moved to Tibet to crush anti Mao forces. Tibetan refugees and Taipei sources note widespread opposition to Mao purge. reports also claim CCP advances in Kansu and Fukien while anti-Mao forces seize Manchuria’s southern peninsula.
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Tibet
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Red Guard
Nachu
Heimokungchia
Chamdo
Lhasa
Darjeeling
India
Radio Lhasa
Taipei
Mao
Kansu
Fukien
Formosa
Manchuria
Ft. Riley Near Capacity by July Says Senate Office
Topeka senator James B. Pearson reports the Army plans to return Ft. Riley to near full strength by July. The army message confirms plans to restore full capacity and stabilize post population after fluctuations in the past year and a half.
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Topeka
Ft. Riley
James B. Pearson
Department of the Army
Weather summary for Topeka Kansas and state report
Partly cloudy and not so cold tonight and Saturday. Topeka area forecast calls for low in the 20s and high in the 40s. Kansas saw a light snowfall Thursday with 2 inches at Pittsburg and 1 inch at Chanute. Topeka had a half inch and Manhattan a half inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Norton
Russell
Hutchinson
Wichita
Pittsburg
Chanute
Manhattan
Goodland
Kansan Fair Housing Bill Backed by 150 Advocates
About 150 supporters packed a joint House Senate State Affairs hearing to back a Senate bill on fair housing. Testifiers from the Kansas Advisory Council on Civil Rights, the Civil Rights Commission, NAACP, Wichita Urban League, and Colorado Civil Rights Commission urged strengthening the measure and expanding it to prohibit private home sales or rentals discrimination. They also sought Civil Rights Commission powers to initiate complaints and subpoena authority. Gerald Quint of Colorado cited improved human relations after Colorado’s fair housing law.
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State Civil Rights Commission
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wichita Urban League
Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Legislative Council
Emmett Blaes
Wichita
Advisory Council
Blaes
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Bales
Gerald Quint
Colorado Commission On Civil Rights
Colorado
Traffic Fatalities Log For February 17 1967
Topeka Kansas AP reports a 24 hour traffic death log ending 9 am Friday for February 17 1967. The record compares 1967 totals with the prior year 1966 figures, noting the number of fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Reds Flee from Koreans in Vietnam War Update
South Vietnamese troops say they killed 100 guerrillas today as Communists flee after a disastrous battle with Korean marines. The report notes high Korean Marine casualties and ongoing U S air strikes including B52 raids near the Cambodian border and along the central coast.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
U.S
4Th Division
America
Thua Thien Province
Hue
Iron Triangle
Sai
Kansas House Debates Gov Docking Conflict Bills
Gov. Robert Docking backed conflict of interest measures introduced by Rep. Thomas Van Cleave and 43 Democrats. Proposals create ethics committees to monitor state officials and political officers with penalties up to 1000 dollars or 1–5 years. Other Senate bills push road funding and stadium financing initiatives.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
House
Thomas van Cleave
Kansas City
Senate
Autry to Build Extended Care Unit at Westview Nursing Home
Otis B Autry owner of Westview Nursing Home announces a 50 bed extended care unit will be added at 1600 W Second. The one story block structure will cover 16 000 square feet and include a kitchen dining room therapy room offices and shops with completion targeted within six months. The project will not be contracted for electrical and plumbing work and is to be supervised by the Autrys with about 20 new employees expected. The existing 54 bed skilled care home will remain unchanged aside from preparatory grading and a new 24 by 36 foot prefabricated warehouse underway.
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Westview Nursing Home
W. Second
Autry
Autrys
Father's Comrades Provide Scholarship
The 11-year-old son of Sgt. Clifton Winningham, killed in Vietnam, received a $1,500 college scholarship from his father's comrades. Brig. Gen. John A. Seitz presented the award at Fort Riley, joining Robert Tharp, 6, as the first recipient last year. The 1st Division in Vietnam has raised over $50,000 for eldest sons of deceased members.
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Junction City
Kan
Clifton Winningham
Vietnam
Terry Lee Winningham
John A. Seitz
Ft. Riley
Robert Tharp
Production Dips In January Amid Income Surge
Federal Reserve sees a drop in industrial production for January while Commerce reports personal incomes rose to a record seasonally adjusted annual rate of 600.2 billion dollars. The gain, helped by wage and dividend income, occurs as Secretary Fowler testifies that the economy has moderated but shows no signs of trouble ahead.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate
Fowler
Three Pups Are Rescued From Well in Tennessee
In Knoxville Tennessee the last of three pups pulled from a muddy well Thursday was rescued. Ayer L Clark Jr helped the wet pups to surface and a vet check followed. The pups were raised with a sling and noose on a long pipe and fed morsels to lure them out.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Avery L. Clark Jr
Telegram backs Pike turnpike plan in Kansas
A 121 page telegram support for three proposed Kansas turnpikes was delivered to Sen. Ted Saar Jr. by KOAM Pittsburg raised by 1700 southeast Kansas residents. The telegram urged rapid start on the turnpikes linking Kansas City to Galena Baxter Springs to Wichita and Wichita to Hays.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Ted Saar Jr
Pittsburg
Saar
KOAM
House Roads and Highways Committee
Kansas City
Galena
Baxter Springs
Wichita
Hays
Coffeyville Youth Music Knights at Church of God
Special Youth Service features Music al Knights from Coffeyville presenting a musical program Friday evening at 7 30 P M at the Church of God located at 4th and Kansas Adv notice details event time and place for local readers
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Musical Knights From
Coffeyville
Church of God
4Th & Kansas
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