Kansas Legislature Deliberates as Final Day Nears
In Topeka the Kansas Legislature moves slowly toward final day action on major bills. The Senate clears calendars awaiting fair housing and a federal court ruling on reapportionment. Bills passed total 1.56 million for 1969 budgets. many others await House approval or return with amendments.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Senate
Robert Docking
Senate
House
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Economic Development
Solid Conservation Committee
Sixteen found dead in salt mine tragedy at Calumet
In Calumet Louisiana 16 salt miners perished after a fire trapped 21 workers 1200 feet below the surface for two days. Rescue teams recovered bodies as relatives waited at the dock and officials said five men remained missing with no word on their condition.
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Calumet
Tribune PST Fund Topples Past 400000 Mark
The Chanute Tribune employees report the profit sharing employee retirement trust exceeds 400000. Twenty four participants share in the fund with allocations based on tenure and salary. Established 1942 by John P Harris and Sidney Harris, the trust grows through company contributions, dividends, and investment earnings. First National Bank of Chicago serves as investment trustee. Thirty eight attendees heard the annual report by trustee Dwight McCreight.
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Chanute Tribune
Tribune
Sliver Grill
The
John P. Harris
Sidney Harris
Harris Group of
Intercepted Letter From Dear Cha
An intercepted letter to Cha mentions rising fishin and gardening fever as a personal note. The fragment ends with the signoff Nute and contains no additional context or dates.
Vandalism Reported At Santa Fe Park Golf Course
Police were notified by operator Pat Conn of vandalism at the Santa Fe Park golf course. A night disturbance tore down a section of fence on the north side, and intruders removed flags from holes and broke staff poles across the course.
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Santa Fe Park
Pat Conn
Weather forecast for Kansas with warm trend and cooler nights
Area forecast calls for fair skies and diminishing winds with a cooler night. Saturday will be partly cloudy with highs around 60 to 65 and a low near 40. Topeka reports milder air with highs near 60 and overnight lows in the 40s, no below freezing records this month.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Goodland
Fort Riley
Panthers Send Off Before Hutchinson Series
A send off for the Neo Sho County Community Junior College Panthers is planned for tomorrow morning. Students, fans, cheerleaders, and a pep band will attend as the team departs at 10 a.m. for Hutchinson. The Panthers begin a best two of three series with Hutchinson tomorrow night with the winner earning a national tournament berth. The second game is Monday night and a potential third would be Tuesday here.
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Neosho County
Savage DMZ Battle Near Dong Ha Elevates Frontline Struggle
The U S Command reports heavy fighting below the DMZ near Dong Ha with a seven hour engagement against 500 Communist troops. Marines and South Vietnamese forces claim 138 enemy dead while Marine casualties reach 15 killed and 121 wounded. Air strikes remain the heaviest in over a month as command reorganizes frontier defences.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
Dmz
Samese
Cua Viet River
Khe Sanh
Robert Ohman
Marine Fortress
Ohman
Hue
William C. Westmoreland
Robert E. Cushman
Westmoreland
William B. Rosson
Des Moines
Iowa
20 Die in Bus Crash Near Baker California
A Greyhound bus and a car collided head on on Interstate 15 in the Mojave Desert killing 20 people. The bus carried 32 passengers and caught fire after the impact with 12 injured including the driver. Survivors were hospitalized as identification of victims proceeded amid flames and wreckage.
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Baker, Calif
Greyhound
Interstate 15
Mojave Desert
Kenneth Burkhardt
California Highway Patrol
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
Highway Patrol
Elton Lee
Edward Wilkerson
North Hollywood
Baker Grade
Baker
Almer
Two Chanute youths injured in late night crash
Tommy Barnes 21 of 110 W Ash and Neil Haynes 22 of 717 N Garfield were seriously hurt in a midnight collision in the 1000 block of North Santa Fe. Barnes sustained chest injuries and a possible internal injury. Haynes had facial injuries and a severe throat cut. They were taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital as surgical patients. Charges pending include driving while intoxicated and related offenses for Barnes and intoxication for Haynes.
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Chanute
Tommy Barnes
Barnes
Haynes
Neosho Memorial Hospital
City Ambulance Service
Highway Patrol
Youths charged after Chanute Coffeyville juco melee
Four youths from Chanute and Earlton were charged with fighting after a Neosho County CC vs Coffeyville College game at Memorial Hall. Bonds set at 15 dollars each. Two additional youths were treated at hospital for rib and head injuries.
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Coffeyville
Chanute
Earlton
Memorial Hall
Neosho County Community Junior College
Coffeyville College
NCCJC
Kansan Killed In Vietnam
Army Cpl. Danny G. Swazick of Kansas City Kansas listed as killed in action in Vietnam by the Defense Department. He was the son of Mrs. Paul Krueger.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
Danny G. Swazick
Paul Krueger
Kansas City
Kan
Pipeline Runs In Slight Increase In Kansas Oil
The Conservation division reports Kansas crude oil pipeline runs at 261 505 barrels daily for the week ended March 4, up 256 barrels from the prior week and below the current allowable 275 000 barrels daily.
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Wichita
Conservation Division
Kansas
Woman cited after minor traffic accident at Cherry and Steuben
Police cited Winifred C. Young, 57, of rural Altoona on a charge of making an illegal turn after a minor collision at Cherry and Steuben about 3:35 p.m. yesterday. She posted a $10 bond. The 1962 Ford pickup driven by Young and a 1966 Chevrolet driven by James E. Muninger, 19, collided when the pickup turned across the car’s lane as both were eastbound. Damage was estimated at $40 to the pickup and $35 to the car.
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Winifred C. Young
Altoona
Cherry and Steuben
James E. Muninger
Pigeon Birth Control Pill Developed at Missouri
A University of Missouri zoology professor Dr. William H. Elder reports a non-poisonous anti-fertility compound added to food pellets reduces pigeon egg laying. Trials showed an 8 percent cut in a city flock of about 1,200 pigeons over three months, with rural tests nearly stopping reproduction for five to seven months in separate colonies.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
William H. Elder
Missouri
Girl Scout Fair Sunday in Chanute Central Park building
About 300 Chanute Girl Scouts and 70 leaders will hold a Sunday fair from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Central Park community building in observance of National Girl Scout Week March 10–16. Cadette Troop 121 leads a flags parade with 43 nations represented.
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Central Park
Hutton School
Roger Findahl
Lori Seger
Marvin Seger
S. Santa Fe
Penny Wolfe
Mabel Wolfe
S. Malcolm
Jeannie Ellis
Ralph Ellis
Chanute
Charles Berthot
Meadowlark Council
Cadette Troop 121
World Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts
Association
Murray Hill Brownies
Tmingering
Cadette Troop
James H. Blessing
Findahl
God
Berthot
Stan Cannan
Albert Kihm
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Dwight Wallingford
Cha
Savage
Jim Almer
Bill McCoy
Robert Cullen
N. Santa Fe
Cullen
McCoy
John W. Heaton
Paula H. Bowyer
Stephen W. Erickson
James E. Bailey
Bill Chard
Gerald Smith
Sherry Collins
Glenna Goff
N. Central
Ronetta Rhine
S. Ashby
Lisa Williamson
Roy Williamson
E.ain
Kansan
Girl Scout Fair
Tive Girl Scouts
United States
Tiningeling
Hutton Brownies
Murray Hill
St. Patrick's Brownies
St. Patrick Brownies
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