Area Interconnect Seeks Federal Aid
Washington AP Kansas Municipal Utilities chief asks House subcommittee to approve 40 900 dollars to finish the Kansas municipal power interconnection plan. He says eastern Kansas cities face high wholesale rates vs rural coops and urges federal hydro power access for 15 systems including Kansas City Coffeyville Garnett Chanute Alma and Burlington.
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Washington
Robert K. Dyar
Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities
House
Kansas Municipal
Kansas
Dyar
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Kansas City
Coffeyville
Garnett, Chanute
Alma
Burlington
Kansas jobless at low level in April week
Unemployment among Kansans covered by unemployment compensation fell to 1.2 percent in the week ending April 20, the State Employment Security Division reported. The rate eased from 1.3 percent the prior week and 1.5 percent a year earlier.
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Topeka
State
Cheaper Power By SPA Hookup Studies Proposed
City manager R. J. Hayes said a 40000 appropriation from the Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities would fund feasibility studies by the Southwestern Power Administration. The work covers transmitting power to eastern Kansas municipalities via private lines or building a SPA line to the area, with Carthage and Neosho Missouri as nearest existing SPA routes.
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Southwestern Power Administration
R. J. Hayes
Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities
SPA
Eastern
Kansas Municipal Electric
Kansas
Carthage
Neosho
Hayes
Dyar
The
Kansas Association of Municipal Utilites
McPherson
Senate
House
Two Men Held in Saddle Theft Case in Chanute
Police recovered a $400 world championship barrel racing saddle belonging to Laura Roberts of Tulsa. Eugene Wille 21 of Iola and Jerome Haen 23 of Piqua, cousins, are jailed on grand larceny charges after allegedly pursuing Miss Roberts between a filling station and highway a day earlier. Bond set at $5,000 each.
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Tulsa
Eugene Raymond Wille
Iola
Jerome Edward Haen
Piqua
Laura Roberts
Here
Thayer
Miss Roberts
Coffeyville
Chanute
Gainsville
Tex
Bond
Wille and
Haen
Citizens Band Radio Jam Here Sunday At Central Park
The Chanute Jay Yackers radio club hosts its first annual jamoree at the Central Park Community Building Sunday from noon to six. J O Taylor says the event aligns with the state campers convention at Santa Fe Park. Operators from four states are expected, with several hundred visitors. The jamboree will display a wide range of radio equipment.
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Chanute Jay-Yackers
Central Park
J. O. Taylor
Santa Fe Park
Taylor
Intercepted Letter Opens Swimming Pool Days
A brief dispatch notes days for opening a local swimming pool after an intercepted letter to Cha. outlines schedule for public use and anticipated community turnout. The memo emphasizes summer season access and coordinated staff hours.
Safest Role Dangerous
Raymond Lepage in Carson California was shot in the cheek when his wife Mary Jo fired after he handed her a pistol during a nighttime house search. Deputies report he was startled by a shadowy figure in the doorway and was only lightly injured.
Computer aided chase nets California serviceman arrest
A California serviceman, Theodore Gibson, 25, of San Diego, was jailed at Parsons on a charge of driving a stolen vehicle and auto theft. NCIC linked a California stolen car to Gibson via a fast patrol check on US 59, leading to a roadblock near Parsons and his capture. Gibson, reportedly AWOL from the Army, was believed to have stolen the Los Angeles car. FBI agents continued inquiries.
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Theodore Gibson
San Diego
Parsons
Roland Vogel
Chanute
California
US 59
Erie
Division Highway Patrol
Gibson
Vogel
Los Angeles
VanVickle Files for Republican Neosho County Sheriff
John VanVickle filed as a Republican candidate for Neosho County sheriff. He resigned from the city fire department yesterday and has served since the fall of 1963.
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John VanVickle
Neosho County
Fire Department
Tribune Phone Contact Notice
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he is unavailable dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Heaviest Vietnam War Fighting Near Hue and Dong Ha
Allied forces report 1139 enemy killed in ongoing battles near Hue and Dong Ha as Marines clash with North Vietnamese troops in bunker complexes. Heavy artillery and air strikes continue with U S commanders noting steep allied casualties and grim fighting across the Dong Ha area.
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Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Ha
U.S
A Shau
North Vietnam
Robert E. Cushman
Vietnam Rejects Tonkin Gulf Talks Shipboard Proposal
North Vietnamese spokesman in Vientiane rejects U S proposal for preliminary peace talks aboard an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi says shipboard talks are unacceptable and demands talks in Phnom Penh or Warsaw, while Jakarta is deemed not neutral and press access would be restricted. The U S had accepted the idea, but North Vietnam insists on alternative venues.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Washington
Hanoi
Johnson
Indonesia
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Tentative Peace In Phone Strike
A three year tentative contract providing 6.5 percent annual wage increases was announced in a nationwide strike of about 200,000 telephone workers. The deal covers Bell System workers and is seen as a pattern for 600,000 workers with a total rise of around 19.58 percent over the contract.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
AFL
CIO Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Campers Gather for Kansas State Association Convention
Park hosts the Kansas Association of National Campers and Hikers convention with 900 units and about 2500 people from across the state. Campers set up at Santa Fe Park as NCHA chapters Camp Hoppers and Safari Campers organize events, speeches at the Armory, a parade, games, fishing, golf, dancing, and kid activities. The event runs through Sunday noon with a mass break camp prior to departure.
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Camp Hoppers
NCHA
Woman Injured in Crosswalk Collision at 2nd and Lincoln
Marjorie Cook, 57, of 208 South Highland suffered arm and hip injuries when struck by a car while crossing at 2nd and Lincoln at noon today. She was transported to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance. The driver, Jack Sparks, 72, of 721 South Lincoln, was making a left turn from east to south, police said.
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Marjorie Cook
S. Highland
2Nd and Lincoln
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Jack Sparks
S. Lincoln
Unseasonably Warm Kansas Forecast With Thunderstorms
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and northerly winds. Friday remains partly cloudy with highs 75 to 80 and a 20 percent precipitation chance tonight and 10 percent Friday. In Topeka the state faces a fourth day of warm weather with upper 80s expected and 9 to 92 readings in western and central areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Beloit
Russell
Hill City
Goodland
Emporia
A Glance At Politics
The Democrats: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urges businessmen to aid slum solutions. Senator Robert F. Kennedy calls for flexibility on Vietnam peace talks. Senator Eugene J. McCarthy says war remains the issue. The Republicans: A Washington Post survey favors Richard M. Nixon among businessmen. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller heads to Iowa. Violence: Mob like tactics at two Missouri Democratic meetings to pick county delegates recalling boss era primaries.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
Washington Post
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Iowa
Driver Eddie Hill Receives Jail Term For DUI
Eddie Hill 46 of Erie faced city court for driving while intoxicated and driving on a suspended license. He was fined 250 dollars and sentenced to six months in county jail for DUI and 90 days for the suspension count, to run concurrently after a crash on old US 59 near Erie. Patrolman Roland Vogel arrested Hill after the 1950 Chevrolet left a curve, struck two trees, and was totaled. Hill sustained cuts and bruises but no serious injuries.
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Eddie Hill
Erie
Highway Patrol
Roland Vogel
Chanute
Hill
Vogel
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Area Interconnect
Jola
Allen and Woodson
George Neely
Citizens Band
Cha
Yours
National Crime Investigation Center
Wichita
NCIC
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tonkin Gulf
Jakarta
Sukarno
Chanute Area
National Guard
Manual Perez
Wellington
Kansas Assn
Chamber of Commerce
Otto Friederich
Earl Morgan
Dalton Stewart
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