GOP Highway Bill Heads To Governor For Veto Threat
The Republican backed highway bill passed the Kansas House 66 to 56 and heads to Gov. Robert Docking who pledged to veto it over a gasoline tax increase. The measure passed after a call of the house forced full voting. The same session approved reapportionment of the 40 Senate districts.
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Topeka
House
Robert Docking
Docking
Apportionment Committee
Kansas House
Glee Smith
Senate
People of
Kansas
Legislative Branch
Weather forecasts call for warmer, then colder across Kansas
AREA FORECAST predicts fair and warmer conditions tonight with 15 to 25 mph south to southwest winds. Saturday brings partly cloudy, cooler weather as winds shift to northerly. lows 30 to 35 and highs in the middle 40s. The Weather Bureau in Topeka says sunny skies and warmth will give way to a rapid cool down tonight as cold Canadian air moves south. today highs 50s to 60s, tonight lows 20s statewide, and no precipitation expected in the next 24 hours with a warming trend starting Sunday.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Canada
Thayer Approves Municipal Sewer District Plan
The city council passed an ordinance creating a municipal sewer district and authorizing general obligation bonds up to 190000 to fund a sewage collection and disposal system. The project, approved by voters last April, will use waste stabilization ponds for disposal.
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Thayer
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka log for 24 hours to 9 a.m.
Kansas traffic accident death log records 24 hours to 9 a.m. showing figures for March 0 in 1968 compared with 94 for a comparable period in 1967 and 77 earlier years. Data covers Topeka and surrounding area and notes fatalities in the road system.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho County Redistricting Causes County Board Rift
Neosho county commissioners split 2 to 1 over a January effective redistricting resolution. Ray Coder and L W Thurman supported the plan to redraw districts, while Kenneth Casper opposed it. The measure shifts two Chanute precincts to the second district and two rural precincts from the second to the first, with all three districts adjusted for population parity.
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Neosho County
Ray Coder
Thurman
Casper
Coder
Chanute
Board of County Commissioners
Repulse Red Attack At Khe Sanh Base Vietnam
More than 500 North Vietnamese soldiers attacked the Khe Sanh Combat Base before dawn. They reached the barbed wire ring but were driven back with at least 70 dead. A U S Air Force B 52 bomber strike supported ground troops for the first time in the war. An ensuing twin engine cargo plane crash wounded several firefighters. Allied casualties were light. North Vietnamese massed across the frontier with 40 000 troops believed ready for invasion of two northern provinces.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
David Lownds
Plantation
Fla
Red Cross Opens Neosho County Drive With 3385 Goal
The Neosho County Red Cross starts its annual fund drive outside Chanute with a goal of 3385 set by Marion Showalter. The drive cites higher demand for military and disaster relief, notes last year’s services to 179 military families, 628 pints of blood used, and county contributions to hospital needs.
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Neosho County
Red Cross
Chanute
Marion Showalter
Thayer
Chanute Red Cross Fund
United Fund
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Labette County Medical Center
Parsons
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Kansas University Medical Center
Cha
Civil Disorders Report at a Glance
The President's Commission on Civil Disorders summary cites racial inequality as root cause of 1967 riots. It calls for immediate programs creating 2 million jobs and 6 million housing units, welfare overhaul, higher taxes if needed, police reform, more Negro officers, and no organized conspiracy behind riots. It emphasizes improved urban education, desegregation, early childhood and expanded college aid.
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Associated Press
Washington
President
S Commission On Civil Disorders
Detroit
Newark
New Royster Junior High Open House Sunday
Public showing of the Royster Junior High complex on West Main will be held Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4. Principal Paul Parsons said guided tours will be given by faculty, with access to the main classroom building cafeteria and gym.
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New Royster Junior High
Royster
West Main
Paul Parsons
Prin
Cipal
Neosho County Taxpayers Form Erie Organization
More than 100 people attended a Neosho County taxpayers meeting to form an Erie organization. Temporary officers were elected and a March 13 session at the county courthouse set to name permanent officers draft by laws and declare policy.
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ERIE
Neosho County
A. P. Wildgrube
Coffeyville
Kansas Federation of Taxpayers, Inc
Virgil Lowe
Wildgrube
Montgomery County
Taxpayer Association
State Federation
Lowe
Wilson
Labette
Allen
Cherokee
Wichita
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John Conard
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Goodland
Leavenworth
Olathe
Dodge City
Emporia
Commission
Sou
Taleshurg
Stork
U S. Air Force
Office of Volunteers
VA Hospital and Production
VA Hospital Committee
Wichita VA
Cross
America
Royster Junior High
Barbara Keller
Freda Betts
Neosho Co. Taxpayers
Ron Poor
James F. Cooper
S. D. Propst
Shelby Hudson
Jim Pierce
Paul Beard
Eric
Rash
C. C. Duccy
Galesburg
Bernard Smith
Stark
Henry Smith
Leon Carroll
St. Paul
Mose Johnson
South Mound
Glen Strange
Shaw
Dale Stafford
Shiloh
Wilbur Thompson
Tioga
C. O. Edwards
Walnut Grove
Carl Olson
Big Creek
Wayne Taylor
Danville
Vern Heilman
Centerville
Harold Heilman
Chetopa
George Wright
Glen Reed
Lahore
Joe Volmer
Lincoln
Jerry Schoenhofer
Mission
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