Kansas Senate considers runoff for governor primary
A bill by Sen. Ernest Strahan would require a runoff within 20 days if no gubernatorial candidate wins at least 45 percent in the Kansas primary. The measure notes 1964's seven‑candidate race left Gov. Avery with 35 percent and argues a runoff ensures a true party majority.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Ernest W. Strahan
Salina
Strahan
Wil
Sen
Steadman Ball
R-Atchison
Kansas
Bitter cold and East storms pummel bounds of nation
Subzero readings roared across northern border areas with 35 below at Wanakena New York and 23 below at Houston Maine as a Pacific storm spread eastward. A separate western system dumped near 12 inches of rain at Quillayute Washington while Idaho saw up to 4 inches of snow. Hazardous driving warnings covered the region as New Yorks Wanakena Ranger School noted wood cracking from freezing moisture.
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Associated Press
New England
Pacific
Appalachians
New York
Adirondacks
Lebanon
N.H
Montpelier
Houston
Maine
Wanakena
N.Y
New York Ranger School
Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
London
Tennessee Mountains
Wytheville
Crossville
Tenn
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Maryland
Tennessee
Delaware
West Virginia
Carolinas
Quillayute
Wash
Idaho
Spokane
Wichita Assignment For Winfield Judge
Judge Doyle White of Winfield was named to serve as judge pro tem in Sedgwick County district court after seven judges recused themselves in the perjury case involving former county employee George Dewey Strong. Strong, ex-superintendent of the county engineering department yard, is charged with perjury and aiding and abetting two men in obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Topeka (Ap
Doyle White
Winfield
Sedgwick County District Court
George Dewey Strong
County Engineering Department
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmented note expresses wonder at how mercury in a thermometer can rise as quickly as it falls. The brief text ends with a casual sign off.
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Cha
Highway Studying Emergency Call Plan
Topeka AP report says emergency call boxes may be tested on a 30 to 50 mile interstate section. Highway Director John Montgomery notes Gov. Docking asked the Highway Commission to study a motorists distress communications system with push buttons summoning police ambulance fuel or fire services via radio transmitters every half to one mile.
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Topeka
John Montgomery
Montgomery
Robert Docking
The
Highway Commission
Mystery Fire in Baled Cotton On Train Near Longton
Fire on a Santa Fe boxcar carrying baled cotton near Longton sparked questions about internal ignition. Two 500 pound bales valued at 150 dollars each burned. total load valued above 15 thousand dollars. Firefighters blamed internal smoldering and limited water penetration. ten day delay to reloading under Interstate Commerce Commission rule.
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Santa Fe
Fredonia
Chanute
21St Street
Interstate Commerce Commission
Weather warms across Kansas with rising temps
The Weather Bureau reports clear skies and a warming trend across Kansas. Daytime highs range from 20 degrees in the northeast to around 40 in the southwest, with tonight's lows from 10 to 20 degrees and highs Friday in the lower 50s.
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Topeka
The
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Thirteen Santa Fe cars derail near Edgerton causing heavy damage
Thirteen freight cars derailed at Edgerton, Kansas, damaging property estimated at over $100,000. No injuries reported. Officials expect partial line clearance for use today.
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Edgerton
Kan
U.S. Casualties Hit Week High in Vietnam War
Gen Westmoreland announced nearly 1,200 American casualties in the week ending Saturday, including 144 killed and 1,044 wounded. Most losses occurred during Operation Cedar Falls in the iron triangle north of Saigon, with ongoing air raids and ground skirmishes. U.S. forces say enemy deaths reach 524 since January 8, and rice seized climbs to 3,170 tons with 421 weapons captured.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S
Iron Triangle
Neosho Heights Chosen as Unified District 472 Name
Erie and Neosho Heights districts 414 and 472 hold a joint exploratory session at the high school at 7:30 to discuss unification. About 500 patrons attended a Tuesday meeting in Galesburg to review four attendance centers and consider a centralized campus. Roberta Hutchens of Thayer R.2 won a $25 prize from First State Bank of Thayer for the district name selection.
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Erie
Galesburg
Neosho Heights
Roberta Hutchens
Thayer R. 2
First State Bank of
Thayer
Traffic Fatalities Log Reports January 1967 Toll
Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Thursday for January 1967, comparing with January 1966 figures. The brief notes fatalities and rates, highlighting the year over year change.
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Topeka
Kansas
Evidently Talked To Right Suspect
Authorities questioned a suspect in a roadside trash dumping case. This morning investigators returned to the southwest town dump site and found the trash had been removed.
Lost in Flight Over Caribbean Stirs Wide Search
Audrey Bruce Currier and her husband Stephen Currier vanished after a one hour flight from San Juan to St Thomas. FAA and Coast Guard led a large air sea search with over 20 planes and ships probing the eastern Caribbean. The missing couple, heirs to Mellon wealth, left three children in New York and were vacationing with a charter yacht and sloop. Authorities suspected they were aboard the missing Piper Apache with pilot John D. Watson.
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San Juan
P.R
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Audrey Bruce Currier
Andrew W. Mellon
Stephen R. Currier
Piper Apache
St. Thomas
Caribbean
Mellon Financial
Currier
David K.E. Bruce
U.S
Britain
Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Pittsburgh Tycom
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Aviation Agency
Curriers
FAA
Albert McGregor
Watson
Coast Guard
New York
Plains
Miami
West Indies
Andria
Lavinia
Michael
Case Society
Three Boys Held Here After Thefts
Three Chanute youths, all juveniles, are held at the city jail in a string of thefts from George Brieger’s home at 706 S Evergreen during the last thirty days. About $200, a pocket knife, four packs of cigarettes and two cigars were stolen. Two suspects were taken from the house yesterday. the third is implicated in questioning. Ages are 17 and two at 15. The unlocked residence was entered during daylight while Brieger was away. Juvenile authorities authorized the detention pending disposition.
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Chanute
George Brieger
S. Evergreen
Brieger
Prosecution Rests in Bobby Baker Tax Case
The prosecution rested in the Bobby Baker trial in Washington. He faces income tax evasion and charges of diverting senatorial campaign contributions to his own use and related offenses. Defense lawyers prepared to begin their case with Edward Bennett Williams leading the cross-examination of an IRS tax expert.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Baker
Senate
Edward Bennett Williams
Internal Revenue Service
Judge Denies Acquittal in Baker Tax Evasion Trial
Federal Judge Oliver Gasch refused defense motions for acquittal for Bobby Baker on all charges including income tax evasion and conspiracy. The decision followed the government resting its case in the trial of the former secretary to the Senate's Democratic majority. The defense prepared to call witnesses for Baker.
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Washington
Oliver Gasch
Bobby Baker
Senate
Beker
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
Instruction to call the Tribune via phone if unavailable. If the intended recipient cannot be reached, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. This note provides a fallback contact method for after hours communication.
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Tribune
Racial Clash Prevented at San Quentin Prison Yard
In a tense confrontation at San Quentin Prison yard, guards used rifles, shotguns, and tear gas to separate about 2,800 inmates split roughly between over 1,000 whites and Mexican Americans and about 1,800 Black prisoners. Eight convicts were shot, five beaten, and two suffered heart attacks during the near clash.
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San Quentin
Calif
Connor Leaves Commerce in Cabinet Reshuffle
John T. Connor resigns as Commerce secretary as the department loses top hierarchy and many duties to the new Department of Transportation. Acting secretary becomes Alexander B. Trowbridge, with a plan to merge Commerce and Labor and move bureau responsibilities, including the Bureau of Public Roads, to Transportation.
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Washington
John T. Connor
Commerce Department
Department of Transportation
Labor Department
Alexander B. Trowbridge
New Jersey
Johnson
Connor
Trowbridge
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
Commerce For Transportation
Department
LeRoy Collins
Florida
White House
Con
Commerce and Labor Departments
Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
Transportation Department
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Turner
Richard D. Rogers
Manhattan
Bill Fribley
Crestline
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R. Bruce Johnson
R-Salina
Topeka Area
Wichita
Yours
Ton
Longton
Atlantic Seaboard
Keith Wright
Stark
St. Paul
Vincent Laudick
Don Elder
N. Highland
Jim Overbey
Doy Hampton
Overbey Pond
John D. Watson
Airplane Charters Inc
Pri
Vate
Merck & Co
Council of Economic Advisers
Budget Bureau
Treasury Department
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