Late Delivery From Dunkerque Reaches British Homes
AP reports mail from Dunkerque, 1940, arrived yesterday in Britain though 29 years late. A Munich- based ex-officer Josef Keller found the letters and sent them to Col. William Heal of the Suffolk Regimental Association. One note to a widow recalls a son’s wartime fate and a man now working as a railwayman.
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London
Dunkerque
Britain
Josef Keller
Munich
William Heal
Suffolk Regimental Association
Oil workers strike enters sixth day amid deadlock
The 60 000 member oil chemical and atomic workers union remains at odds with major oil firms over pay raises. The union seeks 72 cents hourly raises over 23 months. the companies offer half. Gasoline supply remains adequate nationwide, with shortages blamed on delivery workers crossing picket lines.
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Denver
Colo
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Not for sale. city desk draws constant offers
City Clerk Bonnie Moffatt refuses any price for a 50 year old roll top desk in the city clerk’s office. She receives three or four daily inquiries though no cash offers have been made. The desk, veiled in veneer yet metal, sits near her office entry and may move again after recent rearrangements.
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Bonnie Moffatt
Mrs. Moffatt
St Paul leaders report progress on urban renewal plan
A St Paul delegation told the city council in St Paul that their Fort Worth visit with HUD officials was satisfactory. They presented slides and data on a 575000 urban renewal project for the business district and nearby residential areas and expect a new application within 30 days.
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ST. Paul
Fort Worth
Tex
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
William E. O'Bryan
O’bryan
St. Paul Group
O'Bryan
Stabbing Victim Glenn Powers in Iola Car Incident
Police investigated a nighttime stabbing in a car north of Iola. Glenn Powers, 21, was stabbed during an apparent fight and underwent abdominal surgery at Neosho Memorial Hospital, remaining in fair condition. Two juveniles were taken into custody, one later released. the four in the car had been drinking in Iola and traveled to Chanute.
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Glenn Powers
Lola
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Powers
John Cassingham
Chet Hale
Neosho County
George Neely
Iola
Chanute
Apollo 8 Crew Honored in Washington Ceremonies
Frank Borman James Lovell Jr and William A Anders received the Distinguished Space Medal at the White House and addressed a joint Congress session. They became the first humans to orbit the Moon completing ten orbits during a six day spaceflight. A private Smithsonian Institution reception with top officials followed.
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Washington
America
White House
Johnson
Frank Borman
James Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Congress
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
Col. Anders
Moon
Smithsonian Institution
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Anders
Space Agency
NASA
U.S
New York City
Broadway
John V. Lindsay
Nelson Rockefeller
New Jersey
Newark
Miami
Chicago
State Department
Borman, Lovell
Educational Groups Agree On Aid Hike
Kansas education groups agreed on a plan to raise state aid for elementary and secondary schools by 65.8 million dollars. The funding would lift state aid from about 32 percent to at least 30 percent, with total aid rising from 84.2 million to 150 million. The plan was endorsed by the Kansas Association of School Boards the Kansas Association of School Administrators the Kansas State Teachers Association and the State Department of Public Instruction.
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Topeka
Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas Association of School Administrators
Kansas State Teachers Association
State Department of Public Instruction
Public Instruction Department
Governor’s Committee On Education
State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Farm Bureau
Santa Fe Railway
Kansas Livestock Association
League of Kansas Municipalities
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Aide Notes Busy Sessions
Intercepted letter discusses legislative sessions as busy events with lawmakers convening and adjourning, noting little accomplished beyond formal proceedings.
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Cha
Tax dollars top Kansas Legislature concerns in 1969
Kansas lawmakers rate taxes as the key issue for 1969 alongside highways and education. Senate leader Glee Smith and Rep elect Calvin Strowig stress revenue sources and equitable distribution, with reports from tax study committees guiding plans for broader school aid and accelerated highway construction while Gov. Docking pursues tax reform.
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Elon Torrence
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Glee Smith
R.larned
Calvin Strowig
Abilene
New House
Smith
Senate
House
Robert Docking
Strowig
Joint Legislative
Joint Committee
Econd
Docking
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Clifford Pizzy
Kate Pizzy
Stowmarket
Suffolk
Col. Hea
Parrish
Great Bend
Kan
C. C. Parrish
Barton County
Fredrick Woleslager
Army Reserve
Kansas Supreme Court
Robert Londerholm
Londerholm
American Petrofina Co
Texas
Union Asphalts and Roadoils, Inc
Phillips Petroleum Co
Sonderholm
Guild On Strike
New York
Wire Service Guild
Rockefeller Plaza
Hutchinson
RRP
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Joseph B. Noble
Noble
Reformatory
Erie
Don Harding
Harding
Quires
East Lansing
Mich
Selig B. Neubardt
Michigan State University
Cassingham
Apollo
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