Docking Opposes Extending 1968 Kansas Legislature Session
Gov. Robert Docking said he would not call a special session to extend the 1968 Kansas legislature past Friday midnight unless forced. He allowed the Senate reapportionment bill to become law without his signature and noted a three-judge panel would review its validity. The Senate approved bills including over 11.45 million dollars in supplemental school aid and aid to distressed districts. The House backed a training center for law enforcement at the former Hutchinson Naval Air Station under KU’s governmental research center.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Senate
Ron Baxter
House
Naval Air Station
Hutchinson
Harman Runs for Governor Targeting Docking Record
Rick Harman a 39 year old former Kansas State basketball star announces as a Republican candidacy for governor. He challenges Gov. Robert Docking to seek a second term amid reports Docking may run for the U.S. Senate. Harman cites needs for a new highway program tax reform education funding and state finances in 1969.
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Mission
Kan
Rick Harman
Kansas State University
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Robert Docking
Docking
U.S
Harman
Kansas
GOP
Johnson County
Wichita fights pigeons and starlings in city plan
Wichita city commissioners approved 51,675 dollars from the Health Department budget to reduce the pigeon and starling population. They also authorized 3,000 dollars for an immediate pigeon control program started by city manager Russell E. McClure.
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Wichita
Wichita City Commission
Health Department
Russell E. McClure
Intercepted Letter Suggests Decompression for Legislators
A state senator friend proposes an immediate decompression period for lawmakers after adjournment to guard against mental strain from pressures from various special interest groups during the session.
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Friend
Air France jet crashes in Guadeloupe killing 63 aboard
Rescue crews reached Matouba Mountain wreckage as 63 people including the wife of real estate man William Zeckendorf died when the Air France 707 struck a mountainside near Pointe-a-Pitre. The Chilean route plane departed Caracas and disappeared on approach to Raizet Airport in clear weather.
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Pointe-A-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Air France
William Zeckendorf
Matouba
French West Indies
la Soufriere
Raizet
St. Claude
Santiago
Chile
Paris
Luis Guillermo Medina
Caracas
Venezuela
Lima
Peru
Quito
Ecuador
Caribbean
Nine Die In Two Houston Fires
Nine persons perished in two East Side Houston fires amid suspicions of arson. Investigators noted several bodies charred beyond recognition near a low income area near the industrial district three miles east of downtown. Fire crews battled through the night with one fatality at the first blaze and eight others in the second two story rooming house after a long struggle.
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Houston
Tex
Donald Hanks
Kansan given treatment and supervision for Thayer bank robbery
Donald Wayne Kirkman 22 of El Dorado was sentenced in US District Court under the Federal Youth Corrections Act for the Oct 10 attempted bank robbery of the First State Bank of Thayer Kansas. He is to receive treatment and supervision. Five co-defendants await sentencing.
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Wichita
First State Bank
Thayer
Kan
US District Court
Donald Wayne Kirkman
el Dorado
Wesley E. Brown
Dr Barnard Plans Blaiberg Discharge
New York AP report says Dr Christiaan Barnard will discharge Dr Philip Blaiberg, the world’s only living heart transplant recipient, when he returns to South Africa next week. Barnard also states Blaiberg may receive a third heart transplant soon.
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New York
Christiaan Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
South Africa
Paving Contract Awarded for Jaco Lot and Grounds Equipment
The board selected Blacktop Construction Emporia with a low bid of 20 074.00 for a 14 870 square yard two inch hot mix asphalt lot beside the gym, with curb and gutter to be let later at about 5 000. Brooks Ford Tractor Sales Chanute won the grounds care equipment bid at 3 465.79.
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Blacktop Constom Emporia
Buford E. Fisher
Brooks Ford Tractor Sales
Chanute
Unseasonably warm weather to continue through Thursday
Topeka forecasts show continued warm temperatures across eastern Kansas today with mid 60s in the west and 50s in the east. Tonight lows near 40 and Thursday highs in the 60s east to 70s west, with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Federal Court To Review Kansas Senate Reapportionment
A three judge federal court in Topeka will review the latest Kansas Senate reapportionment at 3 p.m. Friday in Kansas City. It is unclear if an immediate ruling on the bill's compliance with court standards from a previous invalid reapportionment can be reached.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Kansas City
Radio Station Here Sold To Kansas Executive
A Wichita corporation led by Dale W. McCoy Jr. bought KCRB radio in Beech and Plummer, subject to FCC transfer approval. Sale price 105000 dollars. McCoy plans to move to town as president and GM, with Jim Fehr shifting to a new role.
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Dale W. McCoy Jr
Wichita
KCRB
Federal Communications Commission
Jim Roberts
Farmington, Mo
Beech and
Plummer
Cecil Roberts
McCoy
Neosho County Broadcasting Co
FCC
Jim Fehr
Kake Radio
Dodge City
Great Bend
KAKE
Neosho Broadcasting
Garden City
Rolla
The
Kansas Assn. of
Radio Broadcasters
U S Plane Downed Near Khe Sanh Amid Intense Fighting
Communist gunners near Khe Sanh shot down a U S Air Force C123 carrying 49 personnel. Fate of 5 crew and 44 passengers not immediately known. Shelling at the base eased slightly as U S forces reported 110 enemy killed in three clashes and continued attacks on provincial capitals.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
7Th Air Force
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Disagree on Action For Pueblo Appeal
U S Senate leaders split over how to respond to a North Korean signed appeal by Pueblo crewmen. The White House weighs whether the letter offers an apology for release or is a fraud, while critics seek assurance the sailors are freed before any commitment.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Navy
Pueblo
Johnson
White House
U.S
North Korea
Mansfield
Oil Flyer Trains Cut. Tulsan to Run One Year
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules Santa Fe may discontinue one pair of Oil Flyer trains between Kansas City and Tulsa while requiring continued operation of the Tulsan trains No 211 and 212 for at least one year beginning this month. No date set for No 474.
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Santa Fe Railroad
Chanute
Santa Fe
ICC
Kansas City
Tulsa
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka AP Update
Kansas traffic accident death log shows 0 deaths for the 24 hour to 9 a.m. on the current period and 2 deaths in March. Historical comparisons: 1968-97 vs 1967-81 show differing totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Taxpayers Meet in Topeka Discuss Re appraisal and Taxes
More than 100 attendees from 15 Kansas counties including Neosho county met in Topeka to discuss re appraisal and ad valorem taxes and urge elimination of sale price as a factor in SB 666. Neosho members Don Sailors Harry Rash Charles Payne George Reece Carl Mellard Carl Olson S.D. Propst and Charles Bruner attended.
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Neosho County
Kansas Federation of Taxpayers
Topeka
House Committee On Taxation
Richard Stryker
Fredonia
Neosho
Don
Three Kansans on Vietnam casualty list
Washington AP reports three Kansans on the Defense Department casualty list from Vietnam. Army 2nd Lt. John S. Simmons, husband of Caldwell resident Jennifer J. Simmons, reported killed in action. Sgt. Charles E. Williams, husband of Junction City resident Melba L. Williams, changed from missing to dead. Army PFC Harry E. Fuqua Jr., son of Harry E. Fuqua Sr. and Mrs. Fuqua, Leavenworth, listed as dead.
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Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
John S. Simmons
Jennifer J. Simmons
Caldwell
Charles E. Williams
Melba L. Williams
Junction City
Army Pfe
Harry E. Fuqua Jr
Leavenworth
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Governmental Research Center
University of Kansas
Cha
Kirkman
Dr. Barnard
Blaiberg
Jaco
Pansy Sale
Bernice Bricker
No Wata
Okla
Charles Day
Martha Stoltz
Eldon Pen
Ner
Duane Clum
Charlies Day
Mrs. Sale
Chanute PN
Aeeeewene
Sedgwick County Health Assn
McCoys
Cathy
Mike
Marc
Tim
Trippie
University
I. W. and
W. R. Murfin
Neal McCoy
Glenn Strange
Shaw
Dale
Low da Nang
U.S. Army
Americal
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Re
Lations Committee
Oil Flyer
Tribune
5Th District
Joe Shubitz
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Murray Hill
Taxpayers In Meeting
House Committee
Rush
Neosho County Taxpayers Assn
Erie
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