Good Will Event Brings Iola Chanute Business Leaders Together
A Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce good will breakfast at the Kelley Hotel in Iola gathered 33 Chanute and 19 Iola businessmen. Leslie Norton urged area planning and a four lane Ottawa to Tulsa highway, plus new industry and better housing. Mayors Harris and Hastings spoke on regional cooperation as leaders emphasized shared interests and paths forward.
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Harris
Hastings
Chanute Chamber
Ottawa
Tulsa
Iola
Chanute
Fred Harris
Jack Hastings
Chamber
Hugh Chapman
Welcome Stanton
Bob Briley
R. C. Greene
Zion Lutheran Church
Farmer unrest grows as parity ratio signals weaker buying power
Senator Frank Carlson told the Kansas Cooperative Council meeting that farmer unrest over declining income and rising costs has sometimes reached threatened revolt. He noted the parity ratio at 77, with June 1932 low of 53 and October 1964 high of 123, and said adjusted parity for 1966 would be 86 instead of 80.
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Manhattan
Kan
Frank Carlson
Kansas Republican
Kansas Cooperative Council
Carlson
Agriculture Department
Driver Fined $30 In City Court
Charles Sherwood of Erie was fined 30 dollars and costs in city court for leaving the scene of an accident and lacking a valid driver's license. Neosho County Sheriff George Neely said the charge followed a 145 PM yesterday crash near Erie where a 1954 Ford pickup overturned a half mile south and 1.5 miles east. the truck was a total loss.
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Charles Sherwood
Erie
George Neely
Neosho County
Sherwood
Neely
Rev OHar a heads drive for Neosho County Red Cross
Archie Williams Wichita regional Red Cross blood program administrator spoke to the Neosho County Red Cross Board about ongoing blood research projects and answered questions. Rev Donal OHara of Erie accepted the county drive fund chairmanship for the March event, with Jerry Steele as chairman presiding.
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Archie Williams
Wichita
Red Cross Blood
American Red Cross Board of Directors
Neosho County
Red Cross
Donal O’hara
Erie
Jerry Steele
End Run Maneuver By U S Marines
U S Marines conducted an end run on Vietnam central coast pulling out of one area and landing 16 miles farther north with 1500 Marines. The operation near Quang Ngai City faced no resistance as amtracks and helicopters moved ashore on beaches 21 miles south.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Ngai City
Cambodia
Tures
Tay Ninh
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Air Force
Ben Hai
North
Johnson seeks funds for Rover nuclear rocket and science programs
President Johnson asked Congress for 149.8 million dollars for the next fiscal year to start the Rover nuclear powered rocket engine project along with a physics laboratory and a thermo nuclear fission facility. He said the programs would advance peaceful atomic energy use in space and nuclear science, with the first test model planned around 1971.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Rover
America
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Seeks Tribune Contact
A playful fragment asks how March will enter tomorrow, like a lion or a lamb. It then directs to call the Tribune via the carrier, or dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for contact.
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March
Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 3 fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday February 1967. Comparable period in 1966 recorded 86 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weiner Sustains Knee Injury in Rafter Collapse
Stephen F. Weiner of 12 N. Allen was injured when expansion project rafters toppled by wind at NU Wa Campers Inc. He suffered a broken kneecap and is hospitalized at Neosho Memorial. Weiner recently graduated from Kansas State College Pittsburg and awaits April Air Force pilot training.
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Stephen F. Weiner
N. Allen
Nuwa Campers Inc
Wind
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Weiner
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Nu-Wa
Air Force
Carl Weiner II
S. Tennessee
City Workers Granted 5 Percent Pay Increase
The city commission approved a blanket five percent raise for all city employees effective March 1, with added adjustments for specialized labor. The total monthly cost is about 3275 dollars, roughly 40 thousand per year, per City Manager R. J. Hayes.
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R. J. Hayes
Johnson urges health cost cuts and noncommercial TV push
President Johnson asked Congress to lower medical costs and expand noncommercial TV and radio, including education programs. He proposed a Public Television Corporation funded by public and private money, plus a study on using satellites for educational broadcasting. He warned hospital costs have tripled since 1950.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Edu
Cation and Health
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ford Foundation
Weather drift brings mild 60s and sunny skies
The area forecast calls for fair and a little warmer tonight and Wednesday with low tonight in the mid 30s to 40 and high Wednesday in the upper 60s. Topeka reports westerly winds and mild air from the Pacific across the Great Plains. Monday temperatures ranged from 51 at Olathe to 59 at Liberal Hill City Garden City and Wichita.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Olathe
Liberal
Hill City
Garden City
Wichita
Windfall Bill Aims State Claim On Unclaimed Accounts
A Kansas House bill from the Interstate Cooperation Committee would turn over bank and corporate accounts unclaimed for seven years to the state. Estimated one time windfall is 1.5 to 3 million dollars with smaller annual sums thereafter. Former Gov John Anderson Jr. backed similar measures noting many states had abandoned property laws. The proposal allows rightful owners or heirs to file claims with no time limit.
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Robert Pennington
Topeka
Kansas House of Representatives
Inter
State Cooperation Committee
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Youth Beating Leaves Chanute Teen Hospitalized
Police received a 1:40 a.m. report that four Iola youths pulled a Chanute youth from his car and beat him severely at a local cafe. He was hospitalized with a broken jaw. Chanute parents were referred to the county attorney for possible charges.
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Iola
Chanute
Sutcliffe Files for City Commissioner Post
Dean Sutcliffe 11025 Tennessee filed today as a candidate for city commissioner. He runs with Sutcliffe Pipe and Supply Co. and is active in the Chanute Jaycees. He is the second candidate to file for two commission seats in the April 4 election. Herman Fehr was the first. Filing deadline is March 10.
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Dean Sutcliffe
Tennessee
Sutcliffe Pipe and Supply Co
Chanute Jaycees
Sutcliffe
Herman Fehr
S. Malcolm
Solons to dissect 300 million toll road plan
Kansas lawmakers study the proposed 300 million toll road package in detail this week. The House Roads and Highways Committee seeks bond figures and interest for three routes Kansas City to Galena, Wichita to Hays, and Baxter Springs to Wichita while hearings are held for proponents.
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Solons
Topeka
Kansas Legislative Committee
House Roads and Highways Committee
Arden Dierdorff
R-Smith Center
Kansas City
Kan
Galena
Oklahoma
Wichita
Hays
Kansas
Baxter Springs
Dierdorff
State Highway Commission
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Steuben
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