Pickett Is Pushed as Kansas Livestock Head
Kansas Livestock Association directors press to reappoint A. G. Pickett as livestock sanitary commissioner despite Gov. Docking’s demand for three nominees. They cite authority of the executive committee and say Pickett is best qualified. The group also plans to nominate up to three candidates for the three open posts and move its office from the State Office Building to Wichita.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
The
Kansas Livestock Association
A. G. Pickett
Pickett
Docking
Paul Pendergast
Wyoming
Kansas Livestock Commission
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
State Health Department
Senate Livestock Committee
Walter Porter
Miller
Livestock Association
Marines Battle Near Con Thien as 600th U.S. Plane Lost
U S Marines and air units report heavy fighting below the demilitarized zone near Con Thien as authorities tally the 600th U S combat aircraft lost in North Vietnam. Ground actions kill about 150 enemy troops while a Soviet T S A M downed a Marine A4 Skyhawk and forced a rescue of the wounded pilot.
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U.S
Vietnam
Con Thien
3Rd Marine Division
Phu Bai
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Saigon
Emporia Approves Large Shopping Center Rezoning
Emporia Kansas city commission votes 2 to 1 to rezone 25 acres near the 135 bypass for a 3.5 million shopping center. Clarence LeDoux and Dean Beck plan immediate leasing talks with firms, with construction to start next spring and the center ready by October 1969.
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Emporia
Kan
Clarence LeDoux
Dean Beck
White Lakes
Topeka
Beck
Justice Back Topeka Chief Justice Returns Part Time
Kansas Supreme Court chief justice Robert T. Price has returned to his office on a part time basis.
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PEKA
Kansas Supreme Court
Robert T. Price
Kansas Supreme Court Rules Act Against Discrimination Does Not Require Integration
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the Kansas Act Against Discrimination bars discrimination but does not mandate racial integration in public schools. The decision, in a suit by the attorney general and the NAACP against the Kansas City Kansas Board of Education, upholds the Wyandotte County District Court ruling and clarifies that tenure status and reassignment to achieve integration are not required by the act.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Attorney General
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kansas City, Kan
Board of Education
Wyandotte County District Court
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour totals to 9 am Friday July 4 1967 with 296 deaths for 1967 and 350 for 1966. City data record daily roadway fatalities and compare yearly totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sleeping Sickness In Barton County
Great Bend Kansas reports a first confirmed case of encephalitis sleeping sickness in Barton County. The patient is a 7 year old boy, son of Sheriff Marion Weese, who fell ill a week ago and is improving after treatment at Central Kansas Medical Center.
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Great Bend
Kan
Barton County
Marion Weese
Central Kansas Medical Center
Passport Crisis Spurs Plea From Director Knight
Washington officials report a passport backlog after New York issued a rush following the June 21 lifting of the Middle East travel ban. Frances G. Knight urges travelers not to apply yet, noting a 7000 application backlog despite 9000 weekly issuances and 1500 extra NYC processing.
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Washington
Frances G. Knight
Miss Knight
New York
State Department
Middle East
Israel
Philadelphia
Two killed in junction crash near Stark Oklahoma
An Angola couple, recently married, died when their 1950 Studebaker collided with a southbound cattle truck at the K39 and US 59 junction two miles north of Stark. The truck driver Jimmie L. Orton 37 of Stark survived with minor injuries. The truck, owned by Sunflower Sales Co Parsons, was en route from Red Oak Iowa to Parsons.
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Angola
Stark
Ola M. Queckboerner
George
Jimmie L. Orton
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Queckboerners
Queckboerner
Callaway
Keith Dillon
Studebaker
Red Oak
Iowa
Parsons
Weather Outlook for Kansas Wheat Harvest
AREA FORECAST calls for partly cloudy and a bit warmer weather tonight and Saturday with lows mid 60s and Saturday highs in the upper 80s. Topeka reports sunnier conditions today with increasing southerly winds and temperatures in the 80s. thunderstorms are possible in western Kansas tonight and eastern Kansas tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Leavenworth
Russell
Tunnel Collapse Kills 17 Year Old At Jones Beach
A 17 year old boy, David Riddle of Queens, died at Jones Beach when a sand tunnel he dug between two four foot holes collapsed. His companion, Paul Diamond, 17, of Manhattan, was digging with him when the tunnel caved in.
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Jones Beach
N.Y
David Riddle
Queens
Paul Diamond
Manhattan
Union Leaders Seek Bridge To Members After Survey
The AFL-CIO weighs a major outreach effort after a Kraft Inc survey of 3,000 members from 11 unions finds a communications gap with leaders on political, economic and social issues. Meany backs expanded publications, five minute radio pieces, TV programs and newspaper inserts to close the gap. The poll, tied to last November's defeats, shows only 35 percent support AFL-CIO policies on some issues and highlights concerns including Section 14B Taft-Hartley repeal and desegregation effects.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Movement
New York
John F. Kraft Inc
Kraft
Winners Named In Preliminaries In Miss Kansas Pageant
Pratt Kansas AP report notes two leading contestants Miss Barton County and Miss Pittsburg State won preliminaries. Susan Carey Ellinwood 20 captured the swimsuit round with 36 24 36 measurements. Debra Barnes Moran 19 Miss Pittsburg State won the talent event with a jazz rendition of Born Free and a Bossa Nova beat.
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Miss Barnes
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha hints at a playful exchange about a new father and the attention a baby brings, with the author signing as Nute.
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Cha
Countywide Survey To Rate Facilities
County planning board and Fred DeLano will conduct a postcard survey of Neosho county residents to assess adequacy of facilities such as hospitals libraries roads and recreation. About 3500 forms will be mailed starting Thursday with varying distribution in Erie Chanute and rural areas to gauge needed services for planning improvements.
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County Planning Board
Fred DeLano
DeLano
Kansas State University
Planning Board
Cleo I. Dalton
Eric
Wilbur Thompson
William Guy
Harold Williams
Chanute
Lloyd VanCleave
C. C. Duccy
Galesburg
Erie
Sniper fires in Vancouver area killing couple and wounding three
A 30-year-old sniper opened fire from a second story attic window in a quiet Vancouver neighborhood killing university professor D. D. A. Webster and his wife and injuring three others including Patti Barriss and Helda Baxter. He surrendered to police after about 20 minutes.
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Vancouver
B.C
D.D.A. Webster
Patti Barriss
Helda Baxter
Julia A. Donald
Patti
Walsh
Youth Drowns After Rescuing Sister Near El Dorado
In El Dorado Kansas Carl Cross age 1 drowned Thursday afternoon while rescuing his sister from a creek near El Dorado. He and two sisters along with a neighbor boy stopped at the creek edge and tried to cross a bridge beneath two feet of water. When a girl slipped in the boy with her brother attempted a rescue, pulling her out while Cross was swept away by the swift current. His home lies about nine miles south of El Dorado.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Carl Cross
Cross
First captive whooping crane chick born in five years
Rosie and Crip, the first captive breeding pair, hatched a baby whooping crane after months of effort. The chick is healthy and will be moved to Baltimore in about six months for conservation work. A second egg is expected to hatch this weekend as staff monitor around the clock.
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San Antonio, Tex
Rosie
Rose-Crip
Fred Stark
San Antonio
Josephine
Audubon Park Zoo
New Orleans
George
Georgette
Pepper
Peewee
Audubon Park
Stark
U. S. Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Baltimore
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