Postal Hike Sets Penny Stamp Surge Ahead of Six-Cent Rate
The Post Office anticipates heavy demand for one-cent stamps as the six-cent rate takes effect Sunday. It has 1.4 billion one-cent stamps, plus four billion six-cent stamps, but warns of limited six-cent stock. New rates apply to first-class and other classes, with penny stamps needed to use up five-cent stamps.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Parcel Post
International Mail
Florence Kelly
Chanute
New York
Bureau of Facilities
Thomas Jefferson
Contracts Extended For School Heads
Uni fied School District 413 board extended contracts at the January meeting. Supt Buford Fisher received a three year extension effective Aug 1. One year extensions went to seven administrators and four teachers for 1968 69 at current salaries. Several relocations and staffing changes noted along with gymnasium rental fees and the Royster Junior High complex inspection date set for Jan 11.
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Unified School District 413
Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Jerry A. Steele
Garry Church
Harold Anderson
Hutton
Roosevelt
Raymond Bell
Lincoln
Florence Carrier
Fairfield
Melvin Owen
Alcott
del Tolbert
Murray Hill
Chanute Recreation Commission
Royster-Junior High
Alta Breiner
Mary Lou Cooper
Phyllis Hasty
Alice Pankratz
Royster Junior High
Bone chilling cold grips northern Plains regions today
The Associated Press reports bone chilling temperatures plummet to 46 degrees below zero in the northern Plains as polar outbreaks sweep the U S Alaska enjoys milder winter weather with Anchorage at 17 above after a 32 high. Fairbanks 29 and Juneau 34.
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Associated Press
United States
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Blaiberg in Good Condition After Heart Transplant
Cape Town doctor Philip Blaiberg is in entirely satisfactory condition 48 hours after receiving a heart transplant. His attorneys say the NBC contract money will not be for personal use and will be donated to Groote Schuur Hospital, the Chris Barnard Fund, or the donor's estate.
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Cook
Newcomb
California
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Dr. Blaiberg
Blaibergs
NBC
Groote Schuur Hospital
Chris Barbard
Truck Driver Dies After Train Collision Near Hanover
Doyle Gass, 71, of Marysville, was fatally injured in a collision between his panel truck and a freight train two miles northeast of Hanover, Kansas, late Wednesday night.
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Hanover
Kan
Doyle Gass
Marysville
Very Cold Day For Hairless Mexican Chihuahua
A four year old male Mexican hairless chihuahua nicknamed Peppy was brought to the Chanute animal shelter by a nearby town resident. The owner cited housing constraints and existing pets as reasons for surrendering the dog amid frigid winter weather.
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Chanute Animal Shelter
Peppy
Weather Summary For Topeka And Kansas Today
Fair skies with warmer temperatures forecast across Kansas. highs in the 20s to 30s, lows around 10, and overnight readings five to 10 above zero. Partly cloudy Friday, not as cold. Precipitation yesterday trace with a trace of snow. Relative humidity around 62 percent and barometer 29.41 inches and falling. Sunrise 7 38, sunset 5 17. Area forecast notes generally fair tonight and Friday.
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Finncawade
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Police Helicopter Crashes Over Sunset Boulevard
A police helicopter observing traffic over a busy Los Angeles freeway interchange crashed onto Sunset Boulevard. Pilot Ed Coulter, 43, escaped with a scratched left hand while passenger Sgt Ken Carlsted, 40, sustained a minor back injury.
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Los Angeles
Sunset Boulevard
Ed Coulter
Ken Carlsted
Water leak found in handy place in Bloomfield
About 100 residents in Bloomfield Nelson County Kentucky were left without water as the local water company searched for a break in the main. The leak was located in front of the water superintendent's home.
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Bloomfield, Ky
Nelson County
Docking Seeks Budget Around 675 Million For Kansas
Gov. Rob Docking said he will propose a budget near 675 million dollars next week. He spoke by phone to Coffeyville Junior College students while outlining the plan and noted tentative timing for a combined budget and legislative message to the legislature on January 11.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Coffeyville Junior College
Docking
James Kibb
Reds Retreat: Vietcong death toll climbs in Da Nang region
U S infantry pursued North Vietnamese forces near Da Nang after a failed overrun of three American bases in the Que Son Valley. The Communist toll in five northern provinces rose to at least 400 since the truce ended.
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Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
Yma
Tuesay
Que Son
Bowles to Confer With Cambodia on Sanctuary
President Johnson will send Ambassador Chester Bowles to Phnom Penh to discuss Cambodia as a potential sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. Bowles, 66, is U S ambassador to India and would meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk amid rising U S Cambodian tensions over Vietnam.
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Bowles
Cambodia
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Texas White House
United States
Noxwdom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
U.S
India
South India
New Delhi
Indira Ghandi
Prince Sihanouk
North Vietnam asks Laos Cambodia Burma capitals for talks
A Laotian source says Hanoi asked Laos Cambodia and Burma if their capitals could host preliminary peace talks. U S Embassy sources acknowledge the report but are noncommittal. Laotian officials adopt a wait and see attitude as Nguyen Chan, North Vietnam’s Chargé d Affaires, allegedly raised the issue at Prince Souvanna Phouma’s New Year reception.
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Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Burma
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen Chan
Souvanna Phouma
Prince Souvanna
Traffic Fatalities Log Reflects January 1968 Toll
Topeka dispatch notes 24 hour traffic death count up to 9 a.m. Thursday listing January 12 for 1968 with compare 1967 period six deaths. Includes one previously unreported fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bomb scare ends as ceiling collapses in jury room
In Bowling Green a grand jury session was interrupted when a weak attic floor gave way. A workman fell through no one was injured, and investigators noted no bombing link to the incident.
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Bowling Green
Grand Jury
Back Road Plan Endorsed by Southeast Kansas Highway Group
The Southeast Kansas Highway Association backed Gov. Docking's 33 million plan or a similar program at a Parsons meeting attended by 60 members from 14 communities. The group praised the governor's proposals announced December 20 for the 1968 Legislature, including a Kansas City to Galena turnpike and Wichita to Baxter Springs route with expressway and limited access projects.
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Southeast Kansas Highway Assn
Robert Docking
Parsons
Docking
Kansas City-Galena
Wichita
Baxter Springs
Chanute
Garnett
Kansas City, Kan-Tulsa
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Ore
Thorsell
Fredonia Unified
LaFontaine
Ralph Tomlinson
Alice Robinson
Sharon Rush
Chihuahua
Charles Ryder
Americal Division
Ross
Leslie
Ryder
Que Son Valley
1St Corps
Quang Tin Province
Sihanouk
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington Post
Texas
Marcia Heaton
Santa Fe Park
Tribune
Marcia
Charles W. Heaton
S. Kansas
Bob Hartley
Jack Goodrich
Ray Shepard
Fort Scott
Clyde Reed
Leonard Rude
Hugh Chapman
Chanute Area
Bernard Wade
Coffeyville
Fred Harris
Carroll Gainsville
Paola
Chapman
Freeway Association
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