Health Bill Set To Go Through Congress
The old age health insurance bill nears final passage after a conference committee agreement. It expands Social Security with hospitalization and home care for Americans over 65, adds a voluntary major medical program, and raises cash benefits 7 percent retroactively to Jan 1. Tax rates rise, with workers and employers paying higher sums through 1976 as the program broadens access and funding.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional
Welfare Department
Social Security Administration
Two Youths Injured In Cycle Accident
Jay Criger and Mark Gray suffered minor injuries when a motorcycle at 419 W. 3rd locked its front wheel after a loose bolt in the front brake assembly. Criger was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital. Gray had a skinned knee and was not hospitalized.
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Jay Criger
S. Forest
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mark Gray
S. Evergreen
Flood Waters Spread Across Missouri River Basin
Northwest Missouri floods reach the Missouri River basin east of Kansas City with 350 Smithville homes damaged and 900 families displaced in Clay and Platte counties. Hardin and Norborne suffer levee breaches and crop losses while Edgerton reports destroyed homes and isolation. The Missouri River crested eight feet above flood in Waverly with Boonville forecast. Farmer Marion Wright laments potential $50,000 crop loss as corn fields drown.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Missouri River
Hardin
Norborne
Gene Daniles
Easton
Platte River
U.S. 169
St. Joseph
Smithville
Red Cross
Clay
Platte Counties
Edgerton
Platte Valley
Waverly
Boonville
Marion Wright
Infant Rescued After Firemen Aid Oxygen Ride to Doctor
Tiny Renea Fortson, one month old, gasped for breath as a neighbor rushed her to a Forest Park doctor with firemen using emergency oxygen. Kilgore and Be ncke sped to the clinic, a slow freight blocked them, but a brakeman uncoupled the train and the infant’s airway was cleared.
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Atlanta, Ga
Renea Fortson
Eileen Fortson
Renea
Barbara Burrell
C.T. Kilgore
E.F. Benecke
Kilgore
Two Injured In Shaw Car Crash Involving Gould And Guilliams
Two youths were treated at Neo Sho Memorial Hospital and released after a 1963 Dodge Dart driven by Don Gould 19 struck a mail box swerved across the road and hit a combine at Glenn Strange Implement Co. Gould said a speeding car crowded him off the road. Time 1 45 a.m. The car was a total loss and damage to the combine about 1000. Sheriff George Neely and the highway patrol investigated.
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Don Gould
S. Western
Jack Guilliams
Humboldt
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Shaw
George Neely
Gould
Glenn Strange Implement Co
Neely
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Dollar bids for 148 surplus missile silos auctioned
Bids ranged from 1 to 26110 dollars for 148 concrete lined underground silos offered by the General Services Administration. The obsolete silos once housed Atlas E F and Titan I and were built for 12 to 25 million each. Highest offer 26110 by E Earl and Carol Norwood targets a site near Mountain Home Idaho.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Kansas
Howard Greenberg
GSA
Forbes Air Force Base
Saranac
N. Y
E. Earl
Carol Norwood
Billings
Mont
Mountain Home
Idaho
Four Ford Children Drown in Arkansas City Pit
Four children of Mr. and Mrs. William Ford drowned at a gravel pit on the east edge of Arkansas City. Velma 13 Betty 12 Garland 10 and Ronnie 8 were reported missing Wednesday night and found in the pit this morning. Parents said none could swim and the edge is shallow with a sudden drop to about 20 feet. The father reported they were last seen about 7 p.m. Wednesday as police conducted an overnight search.
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Arkansas City
Kan
William Ford
Velma
Betty
Garland
Ronnie
Next Week On Foreign Aid Bill Reconciliation
Washington AP reports limited action on the $3.36 billion foreign aid authorization bill with no further reconciliation efforts expected until next week in the House and Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Scorching heat continues across Kansas with near 100 forecast
Topeka reports continued heat across Kansas with a forecast of hot conditions through Friday. Eastern areas are expected to be even hotter, while chances of showers remain concentrated north of the state. Highs near 100 and lows in the 70s are expected tonight and tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Oil Firms Indicted Over Asphalt Price Fixing in Missouri
A federal grand jury indicted eight oil firms and seventeen individuals for allegedly fixing prices on liquid asphalt sold to Missouri. The indictments follow a four day hearing into road oil price fixing that began last October. Firms named are major asphalt suppliers. individuals are current or former employees.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Montgomery OKs Jucos Expansion by Voters
Montgomery County residents approved enlarging Coffeyville and Independence junior college districts. Coffeyville district vote 2738 to 348. Independence district 2730 to 327. Both take effect immediately as Coffeyville covers the southern part of the county and Independence covers the remainder to the north.
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Independence, Kan
Montgomery County
Coffeyville
Independence Community Junior College
Independence
Unified district levy lowers Chanute taxes for 1965 66
The 1965 66 budget for Unified School District No 413 shows Chanute residents face an 18 53 decrease in the levy to 29 73 mills while Neosho County Community Junior College levies rise to 2 75 mills. The budget totals 1 135 065 28 for the unified district and 87 295 70 for the junior college. The public hearing is set for August 2 at 8 p m for the unified district and 9 p m for the junior college.
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Chanute
United District
Neosho County Community Junior College
Neosho County
Fairfield
Neosho Valley
Rural
Union Valley
Earlton
Hillcrest
General Fund
Recreation Commission
City Recreation Commission
Commission
Junio College
Board of Education
U S War Planes Strike Far North In Viet Nam
U S war planes pressed near the Chinese border striking North Viet Nam. F105 Thunderchiefs hit a highway bridge 41 miles from China and burned the Yen Bay railroad yards 80 miles northwest of Hanoi. Ground fire was heavy but planes returned safely.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Yen Bay
Viet Nam Outlook Assessed In White House Talks
President Johnson and top military leaders weighed Vietnam prospects as a prelude to possible manpower increases. The White House planned a fourth session led by Secretary McNamara, with Moyers noting the meetings could extend beyond the day. Senate Leader Mansfield foresaw a prolonged war, suggesting ten years for the U S and twenty years for the Communist side.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Surplus missile silos draw little demand
Intercepted note from LeHer Dear Cha discusses surplus missile silos with a sense that demand is weak. The message ends with a personal sign-off indicating modest interest and a restrained conclusion.
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Cha
Adams Named Assistant Highway Engineer in Kansas
James O. Adams was selected as assistant highway engineer by the Kansas Highway Commission, effective Sept. 1 after W. S. McDaniel retires. Adams, 47, has served as Topeka division engineer since 1963 and joined the commission in 1946, with prior work at Chanute. McDaniel spent 39 years with the commission in Hutchinson and Garden City posts. James C. Adams began with the highway office in the late 1940s as division materials engineer and rose to division construction engineer before his 1963 Topeka transfer. He also commanded the Chanute Army Reserve unit from 1950-52.
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Topeka
James O. Adams
Highway Commission
W. S. McDaniel
Adams
Commission
Chanute
McDaniel
Hutchinson
Garden City
James C. Adams
Highway Office
Woman Sails Solo 2300 Miles to Hawaii First by a Woman
Sharon Sites, a 34 year old Los Angeles widow, completed a 25 foot solo voyage from California to Hawaii, the first woman to sail such a route alone. She endured six days of 65 mph winds and two casualties, a broken wrist and her pet turtle, while towing into Keehi Harbor near Honolulu.
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Sharon Sites
California
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Keehi Marina
Honolulu
Mrs. Sites
al Adams
Traffic Fatalities Log Sees July 1964 Rise
Topeka AP report shows Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Thursday July records 33 fatalities, 1964 total 328, comparable 340 in the 1964 period, with two previously unreported deaths added.
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Topeka
Kansas
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