Leap Day Births Highlight Feb 29 Events
A leap year baby girl was born at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Humboldt at 11 58 a m weighing 7 pounds 6 2 ounces. The piece notes Feb 29 births include 12th leap year birthdays for Burl Schaberg born 1920 who is 48 officially, and mentions other local birthday observances. The Pittsburg Headlight Sun reports Leap Year Chapter No 1 of 29 ers with 217 new members including Fort Hays State College president M C Cunningham and oldest member Oscar Lee Tate.
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Tribune
Burl Schaberg
S. Larson
Schaberg
Sam Lower Jr
Humboldt
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute Area
Chanute
Steve Brazil
S. Highland
Harry Berthot
S. Malcolm
Birdie Johnson
Cresent Owens
Charles Rubew
Stork
Pittsburg
Kan
Order of 29
Ers
Kenneth L. Simons
Headlight Sun
M.C. Cunningham
Fort Hays State College
Oscar Lee Tate
Mexico
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Leap Year Message
Intercepted note notes a leap year bonus day and jokes about mortgage payments, contrasting a rare calendar occurrence with financial demands. The tone mixes whimsy and financial urgency, implying familiar correspondence and a shared practical joke about annual dues.
One Risk Firm Handles Majority of State Insurance
A Senate committee report shows G. Bartling and Co. of Kansas City Kansas handles 426 047 of 472 417 in annual Kansas state insurance premiums with 14 other agencies sharing the remainder. The panel considers a bill to create an insurance committee to buy state bonds and insurance, with bid rules clarified by an attorney general opinion.
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Topeka
Senate Committee On Federal and State Affairs Today
G. Bartling and Co
Kansas City
Kan
State of Kan
Senate Committee
Tor
State Department of Administration
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
Department of Administration
Wichita State University
Bartling
Senate
Weather recap and area forecast for Kansas
The Topeka weather report notes a cold front with snow showers across Kansas and up to three inches in the northeast. Highs range from around 20 degrees in the northeast to 20s elsewhere with overnight lows from 5 to 18. Temperatures to moderate by Friday with fair skies and warmer conditions.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Beloit
Liberal
Pittsburg
Hill City
Garden City
Careless Driving Charge After Crash Near 3rd and Tennessee
Police cited Rick Hively 18 of 114 E 3rd for careless driving after his 1959 Dodge struck a utility pole near 3rd and Tennessee around 10 35 last night. Passenger Chris Kirkwood 18 of 407 W Main escaped with no serious injuries. The car left Plummer east on third and zigzagged through yards and an alley causing shrubbery damage and a street sign to fall.
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Rick Hively
3Rd
Tennessee
Hively
Chris Kirkwood
W. Main
Plummer East
Car stereo stolen from parked Thayer vehicle
Stanley Umbarger reports a car stereo and ten tapes taken from a locked car on West Main in the 400 block. Police say a wire or similar tool unlocked the window latch. the stereo player was installed just yesterday.
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West Main
Stanley Umbarger
Thayer
Umbarger
Bombs Hit Hanoi Targets in Second Day of Strikes
U S Air Force fighters using radar attacked three vital targets around Hanoi and Haiphong as weather limited damage surveys. North Vietnamese reports claim strikes on Hanoi area quarters and a key Haiphong railroad yard. one U S CH 4 Sea Knight was shot down with all 19 aboard killed.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
U.S
Haiphong
Navy
Haiphong-Hanoi
Red China
North Vietnam
Johnson urges governors to join law enforcement crusade
President Johnson at the White House asked 43 of 50 state governors to join a federal state campaign for public order. He stressed crime and law enforcement as core topics and urged reforms in government careers and Medicaid cost estimates while aiming to broaden the meaning of public order beyond force.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Ing
Seven Year McNamara Ends Defense Secretary Term
President Johnson lauds Robert S McNamara as he wraps a seven year tenure as defense secretary. Brass plan a pomp-filled sendoff with a 19 gun salute and flyover. McNamara to take a vacation before becoming World Bank president on April 1 in Washington.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
McNamara
Air Force
Defense Chief
White House
Pentagon
Aspen
Colo
World Bank
Traffic Fatalities Log from Topeka 1968 Snapshot
Kansas traffic fatality log lists 39 deaths for February 24 hours to 9 am 2 For 1968 and 93 deaths for comparable period in 1967 as a county and state record.
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Topeka
Kansas
Living costs rise for fourth straight month in January
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent overall rise in January, led by grocery prices up 0.8 percent and doctor and dentist fees up 0.7 percent. The CPI hits 118.6, meaning $11.86 buys what $10 did in 1957-59 terms, with officials noting possible understatements.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Casualties Hit Second Highest Toll in Vietnam Week
The Command reports last week 470 U.S. service members were killed and 2,675 wounded, with Hue the main battle zone as Communist forces pressed the lunar new year offensive. South Vietnamese losses were 434 killed, 1,532 wounded, 135 missing or captured. Combined allied deaths totaled 923. Communist deaths reached 5,769.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Body found in burned car near Ottawa Kansas
Unidentified man discovered in back seat of a 1962 Ford with Nebraska plate 28c292 on a county road northeast of Ottawa. Car not damaged in wreck. sheriff said vehicle seen in Ottawa in past two weeks. Body taken to hospital for X rays then to funeral home. examination results not yet available.
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Ottawa
Kan
Nebraska
Joe Ferns
Kansas House Advances GOP Highway Plan Despite Docking Veto Threat
The Kansas House, in a party line vote, approved a Republican highway plan backed by 63 Republicans. It would raise the gasoline tax by one cent per gallon for two years, with one cent for cities and counties and the other to finance up to $10 million in bonds annually for a decade. Governor Docking has pledged to veto any tax increase.
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Topeka
House
Robert Docking
Docking
Senate
House Assessment and Taxation Committee
Romney quits race as Nixon remains GOP front-runner
George Romney withdraws from the Republican presidential contest with no ballot votes cast as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller weighs a White House draft. Rockefeller, pressured by Republican governors, signals influence on future strategy while saying he is not a candidate but would accept a draft if presented.
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Washington
George Romney
White House
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Romney
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Coxes Buy Bell Auto in Chanute from Bells
The Bell Auto Body Shop at 17 N Grant will transfer ownership from Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bell to Don and Dale Cox, longtime employees. The sale takes effect tomorrow with no changes in operations or personnel. the Bells will stay in Chanute.
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Bell Auto Body Shop
N. Grant
Oscar Bell
Don and Dale Cox
The
Bells
Bell
Chanute
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