Unified District proposes 45.29 mill levy with new juco fund
Unified District 413 faces a total levy of 45.29 mills or 45.29 per 1000 assessed value for property owners, including 34.69 for the district and 1.41 for recreation. Juco bond and general funds rise with the unification and new athletic fund. Payments and reserves are planned to cover bond obligations and future needs.
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Chanute
Neosho County Community
General Fund
Recreation Commission
Unified District
Juco
Buford Fisher
Jaco
Tribune
Gary Lewis and the Playboys perform in Chanute meet
Teen interviewer Vickie Kidwell, 14, met Gary Lewis after a Memorial auditorium show. The Gary Lewis and the Playboys, famous for This Diamond Ring and other hits, discussed sound, success, and their plans during a July Chanute appearance.
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Vickie Kidwell
Richard L. Kidwell
W. 4Th
Gary Lewis
Memorial Auditorium
The
Playboys
Chanute
Buffalo Faces Water Crisis As Lake Nears Low Levels
Wilson county town of Buffalo teeters on water shortage as Woodruff Creek reservoir, held water rights by the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission, dips below needed levels. City officials seek urgent water release from the lake and plan a future dam to store adequate supply for about 400 residents and local users. Current daily use runs 20 000 to 25 000 gallons with 72 hours of usable water remaining.
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Buffalo
Wilson County
J. D. Markham
Woodruff Creek
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Markham
Marlin Blackston
Chanute
Neosho County
William Avery
Ray Plummer
Gemini 10 splashdown and Luci orbit plans
Intercepted letter notes Gemini 10 spacemen due to splash down today and Luci preparing to go into orbit.
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Luci
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Register
Topeka AP reports the state traffic death log shows 38 deaths in July 1966 and 359 deaths for the year to 9 a.m. Thursday, with comparison figures of 334 in the comparable 1965 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Firm Adopts Double-Bottom Trains For Hauling
Manley Transfer Co of Chanute says Kansas allows longer trucks with two trailers on select highways. The firm has ordered 12 sets of double-bottom trailers painted in rainbow colors with safety messages on rear doors. The new units extend 65 feet total length and offer more space and cheaper freight, though only certain routes are approved by the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Bob Manley
Manley Transfer Co
Kansas
Manley Transfer Co., Inc
Chanute
Presi
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas City
Oklahoma Line
Coffeyville
Manley
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Parsons
Independence
Three U.S. Jets Down in North Vietnam
North Viet Nam air defenses shot down three U.S. planes in raids north of Hanoi, including an RB66 radar aircraft and two F105 Thunderchief fighters. Eight airmen are missing. Over the week seven American planes were reported shot down, as U.S. combat casualties for the year reach about 2,456 killed and 4,304 total since 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Strikers Halt Vote Plan in Airlines Negotiations
The Machinists union canceled weekend vote plans as talks with five airlines and federal mediators continue. Assistant Labor Secretary Reynolds says discussions will persist while progress seems possible to resolve a two week strike that slows about 60 percent of U.S. air traffic. PMID
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Washington
Asst
Secretary of Labor
James J. Reynolds
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Willian J. Curtin
Kansas Visit a Status Symbol Travel Promotion Talk
Kansas officials urge residents to promote the state as a travel destination. Jack Lacy of the Kansas Department of Economic Development calls for Kansans to sell Kansas first, expanding local investments and improving facilities. The Southeast Kansas conference in Dodge City develops plans under the governor’s travel promotion effort.
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Jack Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas
Lacy
Orchid Buffet
Governor's
KDED
U.S.A
George Henrichs
Dodge City
Boot Hill
Robbery Attempt Targeted Osborn Filling Station Coin Boxes
Police report an overnight attempt to break into coin boxes on pop machines at the Osborn filling station on Plummer and highway K39. Pry marks were found but the boxes had not been opened.
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Osborn
Plummer and Highway K39
Spacemen Head Home From Gemini 10 Mission
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports Gemini 10 astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins heading for atmospheric reentry. They planned retro-rocket burn at 3 30 p m EST and parachute landing in the western Atlantic at 4 07 p m.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
John W. Young
Navy
Michael Collins
Air Force
Atlantic
Fort Scott Woman Killed in Pleasanton Collision
Mrs. Isabelle McCulley, about 66, of Fort Scott was killed when the car she rode in collided head on with a truck on U.S. 69 four miles south of Pleasanton. Her husband Carl O McCulley suffered critical injuries while truck driver E Delbert Bruce of Mound City was unhurt. The Highway Patrol said McCulley lost control and veered into the truck’s path.
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Carl 0. McCulley
Pleasanton
E. Delbert Bruce
Mound City
Highway Patrol
McCulley
Pleasant Neosho Weather Amid Cooler Air and Scattered Storms
Temperatures today near 83 at noon with overcast skies and light sprinkles. Forecasters expect a cloudy cooler pattern across Kansas with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight into tomorrow, highs in the upper 80s and lows around 70.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Concordia
Hutchinson
Record rainfall drenches Scott City area with heavy downpour
A farm family 17 miles northeast of Scott City reported almost 10 inches of rain in 12 hours, with other nearby reports of 7 and 8 inches. The first substantial rain of the summer soaked grazing and wheat country south of the Smoky Hill River.
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Scott City
Kan
Here
Smoky Hill River
Miners Rescued After Air Shaft Fire in Pennsylvania Mine
A Glen Nan Coal Co mine fire trapped 150 miners for over an hour in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. All were rescued and at least ten were unconscious from smoke inhalation taken to Nanticoke State Hospital.
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Nanticoke
Glen Nan
Kansas City Backs Area Direct Route To Tulsa
Kansas City Kansas Mayor Joe McDowell pledged conditional support for a direct limited access highway from Kansas City to Tulsa. He urged a formal coordinating group and strong community backing from Chanute Parsons Humboldt Iola Paola Coffeyville Osawatomie and other towns. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 in the chamber offices with invitations sent to 21 towns.
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Kansas City
Kan
Joe McDowell
Tulsa
Independence
Coffeyville
McDowell
Chanute
Parsons
Humboldt
Iola
Paola
Osawatomie
Jim Morris
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Murren
Fred Hiller
Morris
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John West
Jim Karstein
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Starlight Theatre
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Russ Corbitt
U. S
Hanoi
Afl-Cio International Union of Machinists
Henrichs
Southeast Kansas Outdoor Recreation Assn
Frank Haucke
Council Grove
Sekanaires
Spacemen
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