School Board approves 1968 69 personnel for Unified District 413
The Board of Education approved the 1968 69 staff including administrators teachers custodians and bus drivers following first and second year evaluations. New hires include Beverly Erickson Ronald Hurt Melvin Owen and Head Start director, with three resignations accepted. A music department report highlighted a declining high school band from over 80 to 41 members this semester. No action was taken to address the band issue.
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Unified School District
Board of Education
Paul Parsons
Royster
Garry Church
Jerry Steele
Buford Fisher
Beverly Erickson
Alcott
Ronald Hurt
Melvin Owen
Purvis
Chanute’s
Airliner Hijacked to Cuba with President Aide Aboard
A Colombian Avianca jet carrying 30 people was hijacked at gunpoint and diverted to eastern Cuba. Among the passengers was Emilio Urrea, a close aide to President Carlos Lleras Restrepo, who was visiting government communal action projects on the coast. The pilot said the plane was forced to fly to Santiago in eastern Cuba, about 900 miles north of Colombia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Cuba
Avianca
Emilio Urrea
Santiago
Intercepted Letter Discusses Space Studies and Sex
An intercepted note to Cha notes that space studies and extended informal group sessions frequently circle back to discussions of sex. The fragment presents casual commentary on the topic within academic discourse.
Judge rejects move to bar reporters at pretrial hearing
In Wilmington Delaware U S District Court Judge Casey M Wright rejected a lawyer's bid to keep reporters out of a pretrial hearing saying the American Bar Association Reardon report is not law The motion would have limited pretrial information and risked contempt for newspapers that publish it The judge noted the press has cooperated and there was no trouble with reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
American Bar Association
Reardon
U.S
Casey M. Wright
Wright
NFO Expands Withholding to Poultry to Pressure Prices
The National Farmers Organization adds poultry to its market withholding plan. Broilers at 13.3 cents and turkeys at 17.5 cents average due to the action, below parity aims of 20.5 and 31.3 cents respectively. Holding began Jan 11 for grain and Feb 12 for meat with more products to follow.
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Sioux City
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Viet Cong Invade Key South Vietnamese Capitals
Viet Cong forces seized Can Tho and briefly entered Ca nau before government troops recovered Can Tho remained tense with civilian casualties and the attack marked a two day wave of shelling on provincial capitals districts and bases including Cam Ranh Bay. US B52s pressed the air war near Khe Sanh as reports tallied over 500 Communist fatalities in the region.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Johnson
Khe Sanh
Tax revenues dip slightly in February in Kansas
Kansas director of revenue James T. Mc Donald announced that total taxes and fees collected in February reached 27.9 million dollars, down 183 785 from 28.13 million in February 1967.
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Topeka
James T. McDonald
Kansas
Revenue
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
The Kansas traffic accident death log records fatalities for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. and covers March 1968 with comparative data from March 1967. The report lists fatalities in the Topeka area for official traffic safety tracking.
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Topeka
Kansas
Two New City Patrolmen Named Shultz and Ambler
Vernon A. Shultz and Charles W. Ambler were announced as city patrolmen to start March 16. The hires expand the police force to 15, with one woman, from six applicants who took the Feb. 17 competitive examination. Shultz is 25, Ambler 26, both graduates living in Chanute area. Ambler native of Chanute, Shultz from Chanute vicinity.
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Vernon A. Shultz
N. Garfield
Charles W
Chuck) Ambler
Edith
Ambler
Chanute
Shultz
Shirley Boman
Humboldt
Alcorn
Hayes
Weather Outlook Brings Continued Mild, Above Average Temperatures
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and milder air through Wednesday with daytime highs 65 to 70 tomorrow and highs near 70 across Kansas. Tonight’s low to drop into the low 40s with unsettled breezes 15 to 25 mph from the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Weather Bureau Today
Kansas
Russell
Olathe
Abilene
Dodge City
Disorder At Omaha after Wallace visit turns violent
An off duty policeman guarding a pawn shop shot and killed a Negro youth who he said was crawling through a window after riots erupted following Alabama's George Wallace visit. A dozen injured as roving bands smashed windows and buses were pelted with bricks. Looters hit at least five stores in Omaha's Near North Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Alabama
George Wallace
Near North Side
Heart Attack Fatal To Rodgers Johnson
Rodgers P. Johnson, 55, vice president of Union Gas System Inc., died at his Independence home Monday night after a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Independence.
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Independence
Kan
Rodgers P. Johnson
Union Gas System Inc
Officials Study Guilt Admission To Free Pueblo
U S officials weigh whether admitting guilt and apologizing to North Korea could win release of the Pueblo and its 82 crewmen. North Korea pushes for acknowledgment of intrusions and a sincere apology as a condition for freeing the seized ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ap) — Administration
U.S
North Korea
Johnson
United States
Pyong Yang Radio
Panmunjom
Korea
Space Studies Overlook a Human Factor
New Orleans AP report highlights aerospace engineer Lawrence E. Jenkins arguing for mixed sex crews on long space missions. He notes psychological benefits of emotional stability from female presence and urges women to be crew members rather than guests. NASA has no rule against female astronauts, though none have reached final selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mars
America
Lawrence E. Jenkins
Jenkins
Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Blind student Dean Lassman pursues graduate guidance role
Dean Lassman, blind since childhood, graduated with a B.S. in social work from Kansas State College and is a graduate student in guidance counselling. He uses tapes and readers for study, plans to help handicapped people, and motivates others to pursue education. He and Ferne Lassman live near the campus with their children Terry and Candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State College of Pittsburg
KSC
New York
Lassman
Ferne Holtzman
Thayer
Terry
Candy
Dean Lassman
Compromise Reached On Two Kansas Education Bills
Kansas House and Senate reach a tentative settlement on two education bills. The Senate leans toward House style partisan election of the state board of education while the House accepts the Senate plan for junior college aid. Conference report would raise state aid from 5.50 to 8.00 per credit hour.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
House
Board of Education
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Hutton
Aleene Jacobs
Miles Rickart
Special Services Center
Stan Purvis
Cha
South
Can Tho
Delta
Ca Nau
Mekong Delta
6Th Graf
Shultz and Ambler
Carolyn Jones
Mrs. Shultz
Julie
Mrs. Ambler
Dane
Rodgers Johnson
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co
Sunnyvale
Calif
Astronaut Corps
Ferne
Harvey Lassman
Dean
Humboldt High School
Chanute Junior College
Southeast Kansas Division
Jerry Houston
Drisdell Phot
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