Great Society Takeoff Cost Near $100 Billion
President Johnson sends to Congress a 1966 budget near 100 billion dollars. It calls for repeal of select excise taxes to stimulate growth and fund antipoverty and urban programs while accommodating built in cost increases. Pentagon spending trimmed to about 49 billion. Byrd urges ending deficits and consolidating authorizations into one package.
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D-Va
Forty More Cadets Quit Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy reports forty additional cadets left the academy amid a widening cheating scandal. Officials say over one hundred cadets may be involved as a special investigative board questions hundreds at the academy. Public information chief Col Richard Haney refrained from naming cadets and aims to publicly document findings within days.
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Richard Haney
Robert H. Warren
Haney
Col
Johnson Eyes Churchill Funeral Despite Illness
President Johnson showed improvement after a heavy cold and sore throat, expressing strong wish to attend Sir Winston Churchill's funeral next Saturday. Officials cautioned recovery would dictate travel, with hospital doctors keeping him under care through Thursday and White House operations resuming.
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George E. Reedy
London
Legislature Back on Job in Kansas Amid Budget Talks
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Legislature returned to work with Gov William Avery's budget message as the main topic. Avery is expected to deliver his message midweek outlining school foundation program funding and state aid details. The foundation plan, if fully started, could cost 40 to 50 million dollars shaping the next year's finances. The session will end with Kansas Day Republican festivities with Rep Gerald Ford as principal speaker.
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Kansas
William H. Avery
Avery
Gerald Ford
Reich
House of Representatives
Two Hutchinson Men Die in Separate Kansas Crashes
Two Hutchinson area men were killed in Kansas traffic accidents five minutes apart on Saturday. Forrest Gibbs aged 4 died when his car struck a bridge on the U S 50 bypass three miles south of Hutchinson. Ronald Littleton, 21, died four hours after his car collided with a pickup six miles south of Hutchinson. Truck driver Glenn Jones 38 of Langdon and his three year old son Rodney were injured.
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Kansas
Hutchinson
Forrest Gibbs
U. S. 50
Ronald Littleton
Glenn Jones
Langdon
Kan
Rodney
Missouri
Drilling Equipment Reported Missing
Theft of several items from H. E. Cutter and Dad Drilling Co. at 1718 W Main reported Saturday. Missing: portable welder with V-8 engine, derrick extension and drilling rig parts, and a citizen's band radio removed from a pickup. Police said the firm was moving gear to Oklahoma last week while the yard was unattended.
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W. Main
H. E. Cutter
Oklahoma
Detroit House Fire Kills Seven Family Members
A Ferndale home fire claimed the lives of Catherine Belcher and six children Dawn 9 Melodie 8 Matthew 6 Timothy 5 Jeffrey 3 and Daniel 2. Husband Harry Belcher 32 fought responders to reenter the burning house as smoke inhalation fatalities were confirmed at Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak. Fire Chief William McMurray cited an overheated water heater flue as the apparent cause.
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Beaumont Hospital
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Catherine Belcher
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Melodie
Matthew
Timothy
Jeffrey
Daniel
William McMurray
Private Club Law Planned in Topeka
AP reports Kansas officials plan a private club law defining and licensing clubs under the Alcoholic Beverage Control department. Director J R Cheney says current lack of definition prompts regulation rather than revenue focus and notes enforcement gaps without warrants or age and hours controls.
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Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
J. R. Cheney
Cheney
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
Kansas lags behind the nation in personal income. The note argues this explains why many out of state motorists drive better cars than we do.
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Four Honored by JayCees at Chanute Dinner
Chanute JayCees honored Dale Fairchild Roscoe Young Robert Olson and Bill Carl at their annual awards dinner held at the Masonic Temple. The event climaxed JayCee week with about 80 attendees and dancing after the program.
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Bill Carl
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JayCees
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Carl
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Bob Wilson
Chanute Insurance
Hulda Parker
CBS
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The
World Mourns Death of Sir Winston Churchill
London parliament met to honor Sir Winston Churchill with a state funeral. Prime Minister Harold Wilson spoke of his service as the nation observed two minutes of silence on the London Stock Exchange. Westminster Hall prepared for the lying in state after Churchill died Sunday morning from a stroke.
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Sightseers Trigger Hazard in Sinking Ground Area
Kansas City residents flocked to inspect caves and cracks above an old quarry on the city’s edge. Police estimate 25 000 sightseers caused lawn damage as 68 more homes lie above the mines. officials warn cave-ins are likely and urge visitors to leave.
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Kan
Howard Antrim
Poultry Jamboree Plans Near Complete
Planning of the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree will be finalized at a breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee and co sponsors tomorrow at seven o'clock in the Tioga Hotel. The jamboree is set for one week from tomorrow at the National Guard armory. Other chamber events this week include a Streets and Highways committee meeting today and an Ambassador Club meeting on Wednesday.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Tioga Hotel
National Guard
Streets and Highways Committee
Ambassador Club
Weather: Cloudy Turns Colder With Light Showers
Area forecast calls for cloudy skies and a cold turn with light showers affecting over 40 percent of the area, changing to snow by night. Tuesday should be generally fair and colder with highs near 40. Temperatures today ranged from the 30s in the northwest to the 50s in the southeast, with lows in the teens to mid 20s across parts of Kansas.
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Goodland
Hill City
Pittsburg
Driver Charged After Weekend Arrest
Highway patrol arrested Richard Keenan R 2 Saturday night on charges of driving while intoxicated transporting an open bottle and driving during suspension. Held overnight at the city jail he was released yesterday on 175 dollar bond. Hearing on the charges is set for 3 30 p m Friday in city court.
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Highway Patrol
Richard Keenan
Kansas Personal Income Lags Nation in Growth
In 1963 Kansas personal income topped 5 billion dollars but growth lagged nationwide. A report by Darwin W. Dakoff, chief economist at the Office of Economic Analysis, to former Gov. John Anderson notes Kansas ranked 31st in growth from 1950–60 and 39th to 1960–62 in total personal income, with per capita growth rising to 24th then 23rd.
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Topeka
Kansas
Darwin W. Dakoff
Office of Economic Analysis
John Anderson
Kansas Lagging Nation in 1962 63 Income Growth
Kansas shows poorer income growth than most states from 1962 to 1963 ranking 45th in total personal income and 40th in per capita income. Transfer payments rose but overall earnings lag, with wages 47th and property income 48th. Dakoff calls for policy study on enterprise, resources, and state roles to reverse the decline.
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