School Payoff at Santana High School
Santana High School gains a 400 square foot open air reading patio after Greg Sanborn a 19 year old graduate builds a 18 foot diameter 550 pound plastic dome with help from his brothers and a $350 donation from the class of 1968. He plans to finish the project by creating plastic furniture for free and spent nine months on the dome between data processing classes at Grossmont College.
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Robert Spencer
Greg
Grossmont College
Ford to close nine plants and trim 25,700 jobs
Ford Motor Co says it will shut nine production plants and lay off 25,700 workers in February due to weak sales and profits. Shutdowns last one day to three weeks with potential March halts. GM and Chrysler also announce widespread production curbs affecting tens of thousands.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chrysler
Eisenhower Says He Will Choose Service Branch This Week
David Eisenhower son in law of President Nixon will decide by week’s end which military branch to enter. He favors the Navy citing its program and family recommendations. He plans no long term military career after graduation from Amherst College in June.
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Springfield
Mass
David Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
Amherst College
Newsmen
Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Penal Planning Council Named by Gov Docking in Topeka
Gov. Docking appointed a Penal Planning Council to advise penal director Robert N. Woodson. The 15 member panel will assist in policy, performance and planning for corrections. Three nationally known experts will serve as special consultants, including Dr Karl Menninger of the Menninger Foundation.
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Topeka
Robert N. Woodson
Robert Docking
Karl Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Docking
Government investigators infiltrated Saigon press corps
Four U.S. government investigators gained entry to the Saigon press corps to spy on newsmen. Their credentials were withdrawn and issuing officials disciplined, though Washington described the action as a verbal admonition.
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Saigon
U.S
Saigon Press Corps
Washington
Wilson Returns Home After Washington Fall
Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived back in London with bruised ribs a cut lip and a sore wrist from a fall in Washington. He slipped at the British Embassy five minutes before a news conference and, aided by a styptic pencil, carried on without noting the incident. Newsmen did not observe any problem.
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London
Harold Wilson
America
Washington
Wilson
Nixon names members to environmental quality council
President Nixon named three members for the new Council on Environmental Quality with Russell Train chosen as chairman. The others are Robert Cahn of the Christian Science Monitor and Gordon J. F. McDonald of UC Santa Barbara. All require Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Nixon
Council On Environmental Quality
Interior
Russell Train
Robert Cahn
Christian Science Monitor
Gordon J. F. McDonald
University of California At
Stamp Dispenser Overflows With Nickels in Augusta Post Office
Ralph Hargrove deposited a nickel in the Augusta main post office stamp dispenser Tuesday. The machine dispensed about 40 feet of five cent stamps onto the floor before employees stopped it and rolled the stamps back into the unit. He then asked the postman to sell him stamps by hand.
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Augusta
Ralph Hargrove
Hargove
Post Office
Hargrove
Republicans Mark Kansas Day With Feverish Campaign Activities
Kansas Republicans celebrate the state's 109th birthday with events leading to the Kansas Day Club dinner. Speaker George Romney will headline the event as GOP delegates push toward the 1970 gubernatorial nomination amid mixed results from recent campaigns and ongoing party activities statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
GOP
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
White House
Robert Docking
Rick Harman
Kent Frizzell
Raymond J. van Skiver
Wichita
Kansas Federation of Republican Women
State Party
Republican State Committee
Republican Congressional District
Young Republican Executive Committee
Kansas Day Club
Republican Veterans Club
Kansas “Action Now
Elly Peterson
Republican National Committee
State Committee
Action Now
Republican County
Nixon
Native Sons and Daughters
Women’s
Kansas County Attorneys’ Association
City plans lag as commission weighs Master Plan updates
The Liberal planning commission, led by Bob Reynolds, debated updating the 1966 Master Plan with Kansas State University Extension help. Officials noted the city is two years behind schedule and floated workshops, a full time planner, and potential bond elections to fund improvements, with a decision on Wayne Burhart's Twelfth Street development pending.
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Catherine O’leary
Bob Reynolds
Planning Commission
Kansas State University Extension Service
Les Frazier
Vernon Lohmann
Lohmann
Neosho County
Chanute
Reynolds
Frazier
Manhattan
Liberal
R. J. Burkman
Donald Manning
Manning
Commission
City Commission
Wayne Burhart
Rutter
Larson
Twelfth Street
Conscientious Objector Manly Arrested in Topeka Case
George David Manly a 20 year old of 1301 North Garfield was arrested by a federal marshal Wednesday for failure to report for civilian employment in lieu of induction. An army objector he had been ordered to report at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Sept 3 but did not. He was indicted in U.S. District Court at Topeka on December 5. Manly said as a Jehovahs Witness he cannot accept any military assignment unless ordered by the court. He faces trial in Topeka soon with a possible two to five year sentence at Leavenworth federal prison.
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George David Manly
N. Garfield
Manly
University of Kansas Medical Center
U.S. District Court
Topeka
Draft Board
U. S. District Court
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Campaign Budget Approved For Kansas Republican Party 1970
The Republican State Committee approved a 1970 budget in Topeka calling for lower administrative costs and a stronger campaign push. Don Concannon, the state chairman, said the party starts with 20 500 in the bank, with the 1970 plan totaling 380 350 including 3 500.
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Topeka
Republican State Committee
Don Concannon
Johnston Named State Campaign Coordinator for Harman
Donald A. Johnston of Pittsburg Kansas was named state campaign coordinator for the Harman for Governor Committee. He previously served as 5th District chairman during Harman's 1968 gubernatorial bid.
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Topeka
Donald A. Johnston
Pittsburg
Kan
Rick Harman
Johnston
Harman
Veto Keeps Health Aid For Chanute Erie Districts In Limbo
Kansas congressmen upheld President Truman’s veto of the 19.7 billion Health Education and Welfare bill. Chanute District 413 and Erie District 101 lose impact aid funding tied to defense plant workers. The aid would shift under a substitute bill promising no district loses more than five percent. The impact aid relates to the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant near Parsons.
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Topeka
Chanute
Erie District 101
District 101
Kansas
Joe Shubitz
Ramada Inn
White House
Skubitz
Senate panel seeks rejection of Geer appointment
The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee voted to urge the Senate to reject Gov. Docking's nomination of Robert C. Geer to the State Board of Tax Appeals. The voice vote, party line, followed Bennett's charge that Geer is aligned with Democrats in Wyandotte County despite a Republican bid.
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Topera
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Robert Docking
Robert C. Geer
State Board of Tax Appeals
Robert F Bennett
Prairie Village
Harold Herd
D-Coldwater
Jack Janssen
Lyons
Bennett
Gee
Charles Joseph
Potwin
Ralph McCarty
Turon
Eugene E.lee
Atchison
William D. Anderson Jr
Wichita
Carswell confirmation signals ease in Senate verdict
Judge G Harrold Carswell completed testimony before the Senate committee hearings on his Supreme Court nomination with strong indications of easy confirmation.
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Washington
G. Harrold Carswell
Senate
Supreme Court
Newton Slaving Incident Leaves Woman Dead Abductor Wounded
In Newton Kansas a 51 year old Charmayne Griffin was shot in the head at a residence in the northern part of town. James Tate the 62 year old homeowner said two men entered between midnight and 1 am, robbed a juke box and him, abducted him to a rural area, then fired at him wounding his arm. Tate was hospitalized in good condition and one suspect was detained while another is at large.
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Newton
Kan
Charmayne Griffin
James Tate
Tate
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Santa Fe
Weather forecast for Kansas cooler tonight then warmer Friday
The Weather Bureau reports a colder trend across most of Kansas tonight, with highs Friday in the 40s. Early temps are 15 to 30 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago but near seasonal norms.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Retardate Workshop Held for Eastern Kansas Care Staff
A Wednesday workshop at Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital drew eighty five adult care home personnel from eastern Kansas. Sponsored by the Division of Institutional Management and Health Dept, the session featured film screenings and talks on the changing role of institutions for the retarded, nursing care, activities, and other care topics. Future workshops are planned in Winfield, Larned, Garden City, Colby, Norton, Salina and Topeka.
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Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Kansas
Division of
State Department of Social Welfare
State Department of Health
Minosa Cottage
Parsons State
Clifford O. Lobel
Malcolm Jasper
Kansas Neurological Institute
Hazel Brooks
Alma Anderson
Norton State Hospital
Robert Rice
Winfield State Hospital
Marie Vetter
State Health Department
Winfield
Larned
Garden City
Colby
Norton
Salina
Topeka
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Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons
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Center For Naval Analysis
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