Avery Mum on Reactions to Toll Roads
Gov. William H. Avery said he would issue a policy statement soon on legislative reaction to proposed toll roads in Kansas. Leaders have not reported results from Roads and Highways Committee. Several legislators oppose pledging gasoline tax to bond payments for toll road construction and favor separating segments. Kansas Turnpike Authority will decide after its Feb. 14 meeting on three proposed routes including Kansas City to Galena and Baxter Springs to Wichita and Wichita to Hays with possible state aid.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Roads and Highway Committee
Avery
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City-Galena
Baxter Springs
Wichita
Wichita-Hays
Japan’s Shiina Gains No Viet Nam Mediation Pact
Japanese Foreign Minister Etsusaburo Shiina said he could not secure Soviet mediation on Vietnam. He asked Moscow to pressure North Vietnam to negotiate with the United States, but Kosygin and Gromyko said the Soviet Union is not directly involved. Territorial talks also stalled as Russia refuses to cede Etorofu and Kunashiri.
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Moscow
Etsusaburo Shiina
Japan
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Shiina
Kosygin
Eisaku Sato
Gromyko
Etorofu
Kunashiri
Weather Area Forecast and Arctic Temperatures Hit Kansas
Cloudy and colder tonight with light snow ending Saturday. Lows near 10 tonight, highs in the teens Saturday. Temperatures fell below zero in northwestern Kansas with Hill City at minus 10 at 8 AM and other towns at minus three to one degree. Highs today ranged from five below to the twenties, with tonight's lows about fifteen below in the northwest and around ten above in the southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Russell
Garden City
Dodge City
Concordia
Two House Pets And a Stranger
Richard Ott, an appliance firm serviceman near Hutchinson, spotted three cats on a porch. One cat had a distinctive white stripe. He assumed they were pets, finished his calls, and then burned his pants and buried his shoes after the incident.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Richard Ott
Hutchinson
Ott
William Burns dies of pneumonia at 63
Los Angeles report says William Burns longtime writer and business manager for his comedian brother George Burns died Thursday night of pneumonia. He worked with George Burns and was named in business ventures and show business circles.
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William Burns
Los Angeles
George Burns
Friends
CAB Approves Stand-By Youth Air Travel Plan
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved one year pilot youth fares for assistance to travel by air. American Airlines offers 50 percent space available fares for ages 12 to 22 with a $3 ID card. Allegheny Airlines offers 66.67 percent with a $10 ID card. Six other major airlines including Braniff Continental Delta Eastern Trans World and United also filed similar plans with January and February start dates.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Airlines
Allegheny Airlines
American
Braniff
Continental
Delta
Eastern
Trans World
United
Yugoslavia Signs 650000 Ton Wheat Purchase Agreement
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP reports Yugoslavia agreed to buy 650000 tons of American wheat for 40 million dollars payable in dollars in 12 annual installments beginning two years after delivery. The deal follows a prior US sale of 700000 tons for 45 billion dollars last November.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Donor of Land to Atheist Carl Brown Dies at 80
Haviland Kansas AP Carl Brown retired Stockton farmer and former Kansas lawmaker died Wednesday night at his sister's home in Haviland He was 80 Brown donated 80 acres near Stockton in 1963 to Other Americans Inc tied to Madalyn Murray O'Hair The land remains owned by the group with plans for an atheist center burial planned in Stockton with simple services Survivors include two sisters Rose Posey and Anna Dugan and a brother Walter
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Haviland
Kan
Carl Brown
Stockton
Kansas
Brown
Other Americans Inc
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Baltimore
O’hair
Supreme Court
Other Americans Corporation
Rooks County
Rose Posey
Anna Dugan
Topeka
Walter
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Spain Halts NATO Flights Over Gibraltar Route
Spain informed NATO governments that military planes may no longer fly over Spain en route to or from Gibraltar. A diplomatic note cited risks Spain faces using Gibraltar as a NATO base. Spain disputes Britain over The Rock and excludes Britain from overflight access.
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Madrid
Spain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Gibraltar
Foreign Office
NATO
Great Britain
Britain
The
Rock
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 24-Hour Log Recap
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 a.m. Friday January 17 1966 with 2 deaths, 1965 comparable period logged 27, noting one delayed report from earlier in the month.
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Topeka
Kansas
McNamara: bombing pause allows Viet Nam rebuilds
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said the holiday pause in bombing gave North Vietnam a chance to repair bridges roads and communications while denying a rapid buildup of enemy forces. He called the pause a small cost to pay for showing our desire for peace and negotiations as Congress eyes 12.76 billion in war funding. Senator Richard Russell predicted Congress will approve nearly all of the request.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Viet Nam
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Congress
Russell
Rusk Predicts intensified Communist activity after Tet
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that Communist forces will intensify the war in Viet Nam after the Tet holiday. He declined to state whether bombing North Viet Nam would resume, saying only that the other side is expected to step up activity after Tet. Rusk noted the peace offensive has gained broad international approval but failed to elicit a positive response from the Vietnamese communists.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Rusk
United States
Johnson
Asia
W. Averell Harriman
Viet Cong Break Lunar New Year Cease Fire Near Da Nang
Viet Cong attacked a U S Marine patrol near Da Nang and clashed with South Korean marines inside a two hour battle as the lunar New Year truce began. Two Americans and 46 Communists were killed with 49 truce violations reported by nightfall.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
U.S
Plan for Ozarks Region Discussed
A Parsons briefing drew 125 representatives on the Ozarks Development Assn plan for an eight county southeast Kansas area. R G Hendricks outlined a four state economic initiative aimed at towns, roads, tourism, airports, water works and recreation. Crawford and Cherokee counties were dropped from low spirits classification, signaling tentative support but calls for more study before county decisions.
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Kansas
Ozarks
Bill Avery
Hendricks
Ozarka
Crawford
Cherokee
Mid-America, Inc
Ed McNally
Pittsburg
Mid-America
Jet Fighter Production Strike Looms at General Dynamics
In Fort Worth AP reports a looming strike by about 6,000 General Dynamics F111 production workers as a 12:01 a.m. Saturday walkout deadline nears. Talks with management and the IAMAW AFL CIO continued, with some labor leaders signaling an inevitable walkout.
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Fort Worth
General Dynamics Corp
International Association — of Machinists - Aerospace Workers
Afl-Cio
General Dynamics
Viet Nam
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Restates Prairie Serenade
An intercepted message to Cha mentions antelope roaming Kansas prairies and sings of harmony with the song Home on the Range. The closing signs off as Yours.
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Cha
Kansas Prairies
Japanese freighter Maruto Maru crew rescued 300 miles east of Formosa
All 24 officers and crewmen of the Japanese freighter Maruto Maru were saved today about 300 miles east of Formosa. The ship presumably sank but survivors were reported in good condition by a government spokesman.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Playwright Noel Coward Hospitalized in Switzerland
London sources report 66 year old playwright Noel Coward entered a Lausanne clinic in Switzerland for treatment of a tropical ailment. World renowned writer Coward travels for care as he faces health challenges away from home.
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London
Noel Coward
Lausanne
Switzerland
Petty Larceny Charged In Local Theft Case
Police arrested Leon Dicker, 22, of 315 East Oak yesterday on petty larceny charges. He is held at the city jail pending hearing after allegedly borrowing an acetylene welding torch from R. R. Eller and selling it to a welding firm for twelve fifty.
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Leon Dickerson
E. Oak
Dickerson
R. R. Eller
Antelope Released in Barber County Kansas Ranges
In Barber County Kansas 71 plains antelope from Colorado were released. Forty three were placed on the Davis ranch and twenty on the Boggs ranch near Medicine Lodge while five does and three bucks were sent to Maxwell State Game Refuge in McPherson County.
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Pratt, Kan
Barber County
Kansas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Colorado Game, Fish and Parks Department
Davis Ranch
Medicine Lodge
Boggs Ranch
Maxwell State Game Refuge
McPherson County
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas Commission
Montana
Dave Coleman
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St. Paul
Parsonian Hotel
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Jack Groves
Dave Evans
R. J. Hayes
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John McMeekin
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C. J. Jackson
Keith Schmitt
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Yours
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