Kansas Tax Receipts Exceed Estimates Amid Confusion
Kansas tax collections show a 10.7 percent rise in 11 months of fiscal 1966, led by income tax gains. But officials warn the total is not a real gain due to timing shifts and carryover liabilities. Total receipts reach 231.72 million, about 22.4 million over December estimates.
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Legislative Council Budget Committee
Council
Research Department
State Budget Division
Port Said
Peace Crumbles as Riot Police Quell Florida Race Violence
In Pompano Beach Florida riot police with helmets and carbines cleared bands of more than 200 people after a 24 hour spree of rocks and bottles. No arrests were reported and damage was limited to a shattered patrol car window. Negro leaders attempted a truce with 150 officers overseeing the area.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Parking Fine Paid for Lynda Bird Johnson in New York
A $15 parking ticket issued to Lynda Bird Johnson in New York during lunch on June 2 was paid. A traffic court clerk said the payment was made the previous Wednesday but the payer remains unidentified.
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NEW York
Lynda Bird Johnson
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows June 1966 Activity
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Thursday shows 35 fatalities for June 1966, compared with 286 for the year and 279 in the comparable 1965 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hershey Opposes Lower Draft Age to 24
Lt Gen Lew B Hershey director of Selective Service opposed lowering the draft liability age from 26 to 24. He testified before the House Armed Services Committee and urged examining education, minor defects, and arrest records while defending local boards over centralized deferments. He also rejected a draft lottery and a centralized computer system for selection.
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Washington (Ap
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Wit
Hershey
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Another Hole In Argentine In Kansas City
A new cave in in the Argentine district undermined by an abandoned quarry opened 10 to 12 feet wide on 4018 Gibbs Road cracking the Crookman driveway. Nearby home at 4012 Gibbs Road fell into the quarry last week. Barricades surround the hole as police and city officials drill to map underground boundaries before corrective work.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ralph Crookman
Gibbs Road
Monty Flack
Crookman
The
City Commission
Car Plunges Into Foodtown Window in Parking Lot Incident
A car driven by 75 year old Margaret Bodley crashed into a plate glass window of Foodtown Supermarket at 507 West Main around 4 30 p m yesterday. She told police she hit the gas instead of the brakes. Damages were estimated at 250 for the car and 300 for the building with no injuries.
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Foodtown
W. Main
Margaret Bodley
S. Larson
Kansan Wounded Says He Was Shot By Hitchhiker
Elmer J. Payne of Lawrence Kansas says he was shot by a tall man with black crewcut hair while hitchhiking. He drove into a farm yard near Harvard Nebraska Wednesday with wounds in both arms and was hospitalized at Hastings Nebraska.
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Harvard
Neb
Lawrence, Kan
Elmer J. Payne
Hastings
Clay County
Area Forecast For Topeka Kansas and Surrounding Region
Weather summary shows generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Tonight lows mid 60s with highs Friday near 90s. Scattered showers expected today to the northwest and north central Kansas, with moisture statewide by Friday. Night and Friday precipitation probability under 5 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho County Junior College Seeks Expanded Training
A survey directed by Marion Stevens at Neosho County Community Junior College recommends a broader guidance program, expanded vocational education, and more adult evening classes. The study surveyed 90 Chanute area employers and involved 10 junior college students.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Neosho County
Marion Stevens
Community College
Buford Fisher
Chanute School Pioneers Aerospace Education Push
Gov. Avery urged educators at the National Conference on Aerospace Education to modernize curricula and include aerospace studies. He cited Chanute High School aviation seniors and noted Wichita State University began a new five hour course on teaching aviation at secondary and elementary levels.
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Wichita
William H. Avery
Avery
National Conference On Aerospace Education
Chanute
Wichita State University
Crash Fatal Near Cedar Vale Claims Ark Man
John R. McNames aged 27 from Centerton Arkansas died when his car struck a bridge railing on U S 166 west of Cedar Vale, Kansas, Wednesday.
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Cedar Vale
Kan
John R. McNames
Centerton
Ark
U. S. 166
March on Several Fronts Follows Gunfire Incidents in Mississippi
The Mississippi march to boost Negro voter registration widens with reports of a bomb near civil rights headquarters in Canton and a white man shot. C. C. Chinn, a Negro leader, was arrested. Rally plans in Philadelphia seek federal injunctions for police protection for a march led by King and McKissick. Stokely Carmichael will stay with the rear guard.
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Benton, Miss
Mississippi
Canton
Dan Thompson
C. C. Chinn
Thompson
Philadelphia
Miss
Benton
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Floyd B. McKissick
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Williams
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Intercepted Letter About State Tax Collections
An intercepted note suggests state tax collectors took more money than intended but makes no mention of a refund.
South Viet Nam Army Divisions Break Long Silence in Major Battle
South Viet Nam 1st Division ends four months of politicking with three days of heavy fighting in the northern province. Government forces claim 319 Communists killed, 96 captured, 68 weapons seized. allied advisers call it a major victory. The battle involved Vietnamese marines and U.S. and Vietnamese air support.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St
North
Viet Nam
U.S
N. E. Andersen
Cranston, R.L
Joffre Boston
Falls Church
814Th
Boyd Accuses Dodd of Campaign Fund Misuse
James P. Boyd Jr. testified at the Senate Ethics Committee that Senator Thomas J. Dodd misappropriated hundreds of thousands in campaign funds. He linked Dodd’s ties to public relations man Julius Klein to the new light shed by December 1964 reports on Dodd’s reelection finances. Boyd, Dodd’s former administrative assistant, criticized press totals as erroneous during the hearings.
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Washington (Ap
James P. Boyd Jr
Thomas J. Dodd
Boyd
Senate
Ethics Committee
Connecticut
Dodd
Julius Klein
Bipartisan Committee
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Klein
Six Old Grouches At Junction City
In Junction City Kansas officials joke about six old grouches referenced on welcome signs placed by 13 civic groups along Interstate 70. Don Coates of the Chamber of Commerce says the line about grouches is humorous and intended in good humor.
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Junction City
Kan
Don Coates
Chamber of Commerce
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Assistance
Instructions urge readers to contact their Tribune carrier and provide an after hours number HE 1 3400 for reaching the carrier after 6 p.m. The note implies a communication protocol in case the primary contact is unavailable.
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Tribune
Mayor Lindsay cancels Faisal dinner in New York
Mayor John V. Lindsay canceled tonight's scheduled reception and dinner for visiting King Faisal of Saudi Arabia saying it would not be feasible to proceed under the circumstances. Earlier reports quoted Faisal making remarks about Jews, which stirred political controversy and left the mayor deeply disturbed.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Lindsay
Four Radios Stolen From Railroad Car
Four new table model radios valued at 32.95 each were stolen from a railroad car reported to police. The theft was found at 2 30 p m during unloading at the Pioneer Hardware and Music Co. warehouse. The car seal had been broken and resealed. The radios came from New Jersey and police suspect an earlier break in.
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Pioneer Hardware and Music Co
New Jersey
Bears Leave Hills for Densely Populated Areas
A black bear was tracked and shot near Baldwin Kansas by two sheriffs deputies after moving toward a residential area. The bear weighed about 170 pounds and was roughly four years old. another bear weighing 200 pounds was shot east of Kansas City. Conservation agents note more sightings as bears range from the Ozarks seeking fruit and berries.
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Baldwin
Kan
Kansas City
George Schlecty
City
Ozarks
Hugh Prichard
Missouri
West
Arkansas
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Asedes
Tommy Hawley
Julie Anderson
Russ Corbitt
Roy Hawley
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Tommy Anderson
Stevens
Neosho Junior College
Chanute School
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