Violent Spring Blizzard Strikes Paralyzing Blow
A violent spring blizzard battered Minnesota and the upper Midwest with heavy snow, 60 mph winds, and power outages. Snow disrupted travel, closed schools and the University of Minnesota, with multiple deaths and up to 10 inches reported in Minnesota and Iowa, and drifts reaching several feet in the region.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
University of Minnesota
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
Dakotas
South Dakota
Spencer
Two Chanute Men Charged With False Pretenses
Police arrest Ray Glen Brown and Clyde Alfred Brown brothers charged with obtaining $10 under false pretenses. The men cashed a check no endorsement returned funds at a filling station run by Wayne Toomey. Bond set at $100 each, they held at city jail awaiting hearing.
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Ray Glen Brown
Clyde Alfred Brown
Wayne Toomey
Storm in Kansas Strands Motorists
Goodland Kansas reports a wintry storm with six inches of snow and winds up to 60 mph. Roads are open but icy, schools closed in Sherman County, power outages affected Brewster and surrounding areas, and motorists sought lodging as crews restored lines and travelers were aided by a Rock Island train.
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Wisconsin
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Sherman County
Colorado
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Colby
Brewster
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Rock Island
Court OKs Remap in Kansas House Districts
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the House reapportionment act, ending further appeals for the year. The court had required districts based on equalized population, eliminating the one member per county rule. District populations range from 15 609 to 19 521 with an average of 17 583.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
Fatal Crash Near Nevada Missouri Claims Passenger
NEVADA Mo AP Maude Vass 79 of Nevada was killed Tuesday when a truck collided with a car in Nevada. The driver Muriel Darnold 58 of Coffeyville Kansas was slightly hurt. Also riding were Darnolds daughter Donna Spence 30 of Columbus Ohio and Spence’s two young children.
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Maude Vass
Nevada
Muriel Darnold
Rt. 4
Coffeyville
Kan
Angler Daveys Coin Catch Ends With Box Dump
Terence Davey an unemployed 27 year old father of three hauled a box from Hayling Island containing 77 16th century silver coins valued at about 2800 dollars. After legal and customs wrangling he dumped the coins back into the sea rather than keep or sell them.
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Havant
England
Terence Davey
Hayling Island
Davey
Customs and Excise Department
War Aid Bill Clears House For Viet Nam Funding
The House approved a $13.1 billion emergency war spending bill by voice vote and sent it to President Johnson. The figure matched the President's request and the Senate amendment was accepted on a technical point.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Viet Nam
Senate
Red China Rejects Soviet Bid to Moscow Congress
Red China angrily rejected a Soviet invitation to the Communist party congress in Moscow accusing Moscow of slander. Albania announced a boycott claiming Soviet leaders showed arrogance and anti-semitism. The rejection cites an anti-Chinese letter as the main factor in the decision.
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Tokyo
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
China
Radio Peking
Albania
Europe
Tribune adopts Imperial type for clearer classifieds
The Tribune announces a new Imperial typeface increasing readability by reducing characters per line and adding white space. The change shifts from previous 5.2 point agate to 6 point on a 64 point slug, applied to classifieds legal notices social calendar church announcements TV log and weather data.
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Tribune
Zoo to Install TV for Grieving Pittsburgh Gorilla
A four year old male gorilla at the Pittsburgh zoo, still mourning his mate from last week, will receive a television set today as part of a comfort effort by zoo officials.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Zoo
Moody
Anti government demonstrations surge in Da Nang Hue
In Da Nang and Hue antigovernment protests mobilized tens of thousands amid rising anti American rhetoric. A Hue rally drew about ten thousand near the city hall while Da Nang saw a large strike closing shops and a smaller anti Ky crowd. Marines reported 99 more enemy killed and eight captured as Operation Oregon ended.
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U.S. Information Service
U.S
Texas
Quang Ngai
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Oregon
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log covers 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday with figures for March 1966 and year-to-date totals. Delayed reports noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kiowa Fire Destroys Eight Firms. Much of Town Lost
A northeast wind sparked a blaze in Kiowa Kansas near the Oklahoma line destroying eight businesses and damaging four others in a three block district. The fire began around 2 a.m. and spread to a lumber yard. no injuries were reported though officials estimate damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Local and neighboring departments aided in fighting the flames.
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Kiowa, Kan
Kansas-Oklahoma
Pikes Peak Champion Enters 26 Mile Humboldt Marathon
John Rose of Garden City the Pikes Peak champion enters the 26 mile Humboldt marathon to be run April 2 in Humboldt. Arne Richards of Manhattan and Clarence Staley of Iola also expected to compete as AAU entrants. The race starts 1 30 p m at Bridge and 169 with a 13 mile out and back route to Elsmore. Trophies awarded to the top five and medals to remaining finishers with a first place team trophy to be given by Humboldt Chamber and JayCees. Margaret Blattner will present the awards.
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Arne Richards
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Missouri Valley
Elsmore
Allen County
Margaret Blattner
Tioga Hotel Tap Room Seeks Beer License
The city commission approved Mrs. Wilma Butler's retail beer license at the Tioga Hotel Tap Room after a March 14 meeting where personal appearance was required. Butler will operate under a lease with the hotel, whose prior license was revoked for serving a minor.
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Johnson warns NATO strain from De Gaulle pullout
President Johnson warned Atlantic allies that Charles de Gaulle's plan to reform the alliance could imperil France and threaten Western security. He urged unity with NATO while defending the alliance's military system as essential, and called for reform by cooperation, not dismantling. The rift follows De Gaulle's move to pull forces from NATO and reclaim control of bases in France.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
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State Department
Atlantic Alliance
President and Mrs Johnson Attend Brooklyn Funeral
President and Mrs Johnson arrived in New York from Washington to attend the noon funeral for Stella Baar Celler wife of long time Brooklyn Democratic Rep Emanuel Celler. The White House made no prior announcement of the trip. Stella Baar Celler, 75, died on Monday. Celler is dean of the House and chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
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Johnson
Washington
Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler
Johnsons
White House
Stella Baar Celler
Rep. Celler
House
Judiciary Committee
Labette Elects Six Juco Trustees
Six trustees for Labette County community junior college were elected Tuesday from twelve candidates in a county-wide vote. Harold C. Romiller of Chetopa, John W. Shomaker of Oswego, Maurice L. Wyckoff of Altamont, Edward D. Seward and Hugh K. Charles of Parsons, and LaMar Davis of Edna will form the permanent board.
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Parsons
Kan
Labette County Community
Mulvane rejects city hall site in special election
In Mulvane Kansas a proposal to issue 20000 dollars in bonds to buy a site for a new city hall was rejected 362 to 172 in a special municipal election Tuesday. The council had pledged to place the building in City Park if rejected and petitions seeking an ordinance against this location were filed last week.
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Mulvane, Kan
Senate approves daylight saving time plan with amendment
The Senate endorsed a uniform daylight saving time bill and sent it back to the House after adding an amendment allowing daylight time in part of a state. The House version would set daylight saving from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October starting 1967.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tax Bills Dampen Elated Man After Property Break
An intercepted note shows a man at a neighboring desk jubilant over a large property tax decrease yet crushed by a state income tax bill that wiped out his gains. The contrast highlights tax impact on individuals.
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