Brakes Put On Highway Planning In Kansas
Gov. William Avery's highway advisory committee weighs an interim report on an accelerated long range program while a citizens group calls for a fuller study. The panel proposes a $7 million annual boost and tax shifts including higher vehicle registration and special license tags to fund the plan.
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Topeka
William Avery
Citizens’ Group
William H. Avery
Highway Advisory Committee
Clare Miller
McPherson
Miller
Sam Ranson
Wichita Investment Firm
Avery
Kansas
Ike Looks Wonderful Ike Looks Wonderful
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower travels toward Palm Desert for his annual winter vacation after recovering from a heart attack. He arrives in Harrisburg grateful for praise from well wishers and confirms he feels fine. He travels with Mamie Eisenhower and Mamie’s uncle Joel Carlson.
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Harrisburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Calif
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Mamie
Joel Carlson
Boone
Iowa
Half a Dozen Women Would Be Astronauts
At Houston space center AP reports that six women were among 351 applicants as NASA narrows to 15 recruits to be named in spring. A spokesman said none of the women met minimum requirements, leaving 159 viable candidates and 28 pilot plus five scientist astronauts already in NASA.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Car Key Clue in Palma Murder Case at Kansas City
Police focus on a white 1958 four door Chevrolet tied to Salva Eugene Palma who was slain after a midtown drop near a former pancake house. Palma, 41, was shot twice and left in a Baytown cemetery as federal charges loom over possible gun and cash theft. A co defendant pleaded guilty to mail fraud tied to the revolver.
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Palma
Kansas City
Metro
Salvatore
Sam
Eugene Palma
Baytown
Vincent
Beans) Inzerillo
McGee Street
Zoning Board Grants Temporary Trailerhouse Exception
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ruggles win a temporary zoning exception after a public hearing to allow a trailerhouse behind their 401 North Lafayette home with lot size under code. The motion limits occupancy to Mrs. Ruggles's mother for life, with neighbor support noted and unanimous board approval.
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Ralph Ruggles
Zoning Board of Appeals
Lafayette
R. D. Hamar
Fred Harris
Emmet Bolze
W. J
Bill) Young
R. W. Fisher
Perry Swan
Charles Rubow
Ellis County balks at junior college tuition payment
Ellis County commissioners announced they will not pay 860 tuition for three county students attending junior colleges in other counties. At least eight other counties have balked at paying the fees required by a 1965 law.
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Hays
Kan
Ellis County
Weather report and arctic blast brief for Kansas
Area forecast calls for fair and continued cold tonight then warmer Sunday. Low tonight around 20 with highs near 50 on Sunday. In Topeka, warmer air will move across Kansas tonight and Sunday following an Arctic blast that dropped temperatures across the state except extreme western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Assault, Battery Charged of Three in Allen County
Police arrested Roy Howell Gerald Morrison and Allen Shepard on misdemeanor assault and battery charges after an alleged Thursday night attack on three occupants of an Allen County car at East Main dead end. Each posted $100 bond and faces city court at 1 30 p.m. Monday. Complaints by Jerry Rawlings and Buddie David Moran.
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Allen County
East Main
Roy Howell
N. Steuben
Gerald Morrison
S. Ashby
Allen Shepard
Chanute
Jerry Rawlings
Buddie David
Moran
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hour period ending 6 am Saturday January 8 1966 with 8 fatalities. Comparable figure for 1965 shows 12 deaths in the same period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Busy Time Ahead For 89th Congress
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the 89th Congress will reconvene with limited new requests from President Johnson. Johnson plans the State of the Union address and early action on a national wild rivers system, a $9.5 million cultural center contribution, Viet Nam war funding, and a repeal of Taft-Hartley section 14B.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
House
President Johnson
Mansfield
Viet Nam
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Climbers Survive Nine-Day Blizzard on Mt Shasta
Leslie Wilson 34 and John Crawley 22 of Berkeley and Frank Daenzer 20 of San Francisco, all Sierra Club members, endured a nine day blizzard on Mt Shasta. They built a snow hut and hiked to safety as 70 mph winds raged at 14 161 feet.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
Siskiyou County
al Cottar
Cottar
Leslie Wilson
John Crawley
Berkeley
Frank Daenzer
San Francisco
The
Sierra Club
Intercepted Letter to Cha Delivers Candid Outlook
A brief intercepted letter to Cha critiques congressional reconvening after global junkets. It notes few minds likely to shift and signs off with a personal closing.
Vietnam War Peace Effort Highlighted by Senate Group
US jets target Laos supply routes to curb North Viet Nam’s buildup while Saigon faces a new bombing scare. Mansfield and four Senators warn the conflict could widen into a regional war as Hanoi leans on Red China for any settlement, after a 35 day tour through 12 countries and Hong Kong.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Laos
Mansfield
Senate
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Hong Kong
Soviet Aide Leads Talks With Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi
A Soviet delegation headed by Alexander N. Shelepin arrived in Hanoi to meet North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh. Tass reported the talks’ nature was undisclosed but Shelepin urged support for the Vietnamese cause against U.S. aggression and spoke of closer ties between the Soviet and North Vietnamese parties and governments.
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Moscow
Alexander N. Shelepin
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Tass
Shelepin
Soviet Union
U. S.S
Japan seeks US bombing halt to January 22
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato asked the United States to extend its bombing moratorium in North Vietnam to January 22 to bolster Japan's peace initiative. U.S. Ambassador Harriman said the halt length depends on Communist offensives and goodwill. Tet timing was chosen for possible cease-fire prospects during the lunar New Year.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
United States
North
Viet Nam
Japan
Sato
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
South
Hubert H. Humphrey
Etsusaburo Shiina
Moscow
Pope Paul VI vows beyond protocol steps for just peace
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI told diplomats from 55 nations he is ready to use any means beyond protocol to press for a just peace in Vietnam. He renewed his appeal after telegraphing New Year pleas to Moscow Peking Hanoi and Saigon. He said the Church will offer moral authority to world leaders to promote peace.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Vatican
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Saigon
Dogs Go to War with 2000 Sentry Dogs Deployed
U S airlines begin delivering 2000 German shepherd sentry dogs to support armed forces in Viet Nam and elsewhere. The Defense Department doubled the recruiting quota to 1000. Dogs train at Lackland and Ft Benning with emphasis on size, weight, and high intelligence.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Air Transport Association
The
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Ft. Benning
Armed Services
Southeast Asia
Teacher Preparation Improvement Urged in Kansas
The Kansas State Teachers Association assembly urged a stronger program featuring a paid internship and a master’s degree. It also plans to ask the Legislature to ease budget increase restrictions for school districts.
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Topeka
Representative Assembly
Kansas State Teachers Association
Kansas
Slight Gain For Peace On Transits
In New York the eight day old subway and bus strike showed only slim progress as a mediator reported some small gain toward settlement. Informal talks ran through the night after a 16 hour session recessed at midnight with no joint meetings, yet mediator Sylvester Garrett warned that reaching agreement may be possible without all parties at one table.
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New York
Sylvester Garrett
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Houston
Juco
Carl Ladd
Humboldt
Jimmy Frederick
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Russ Corbitt
Bill Frederick
Jimmy
Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center
Dade County
Fla
Cha
Yours
My Canh
North Viet Nam
China
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