Water Loan Okayed for Rural District 6 in Kansas
The Farmers Home Administration approved a 147000 dollar insured water system loan for Rural Water District No. 6 near Chanute to serve 74 families and about 300 people. Project includes 35 miles of pipe, valves, meters, sourced from Thayer, with 15 laborers and a ditching crew to be hired.
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Chanute
Farmers Home Administration
F. Jackson George
Thayer
Bank of Commerce
FHA
Brink and Dunwoody
Iola
Clark Fleming
Erie
John W. Edwards
Altamont
William Guy
Gerald Umbarger
Marjorie Brant
Thayer R
Ora Cheyney
Eight Seniors Named Honor Graduates at Senior High
The 1966 Senior High class of 182 graduates includes eight honor graduates in the top 10 percent with at least a 2.5 GPA. Lead honoree is Bill Hutchison, followed by Doris Diver and seven others with listed parent names and home addresses. A 2:30 p.m. Sunday reception in the clothing laboratory will honor the seniors, with Supt. Buford Fisher delivering the speech and McMurray presenting awards.
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W. H. McMurray
Bill Hutchison
Ray Hutchison
N. Forest
Doris Diver
Randall L. Diver
S. Larson
Steve Alcock
Max L. Alcock
S. Kansas
Pam Ellis
Wayne O. Ellis
Jeannette Arthur
W. G. Arthur
S. Western
Coda Briley
Richard L. Briley
Sherry Mallory Ellison
Don Mallory
Mary Ellis
Ralph Ellis
S. Central
Supt
Buford Fisher
McMurray
Weather Area Forecast For Topeka And Kansas
Generally fair weather continues through Wednesday with a slight warm up tonight. Lows near 50, highs around 80 by Wednesday. Skies partly cloudy with only a chance of light showers in the northeast today. Kansas temperatures span the 60s to low 80s across cities like Wichita and Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Primaries At Glance
Highlights from six primary elections with key offices, polling hours, and notable candidates. Alabama Alabama federal watchers across seven counties. Florida governor and 12 representatives. Indiana 12 representatives with incumbents in elimination contests. New Mexico governor, senator and two representatives. Ohio governor and 24 representatives with Taft Jr. seeking GOP nomination. Oklahoma governor, senator and six representatives with a 12-strong Democratic governor field.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Florida
Panhandle
Indiana
Ralph Harvey
Richard L. Roudebush
New Mexico
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
U.S
Oklahoma
Grandmother's off key pop hit tops U S charts
New York AP reports Mrs. Elva Miller of Claremont California became a pop sensation with her LP Mrs Miller's Greatest Hits released by Capitol Records on April 11 selling 50000 copies in two days The novelty of her rock n roll warble and unpredictable key changes has captivated radio DJs and Ed Sullivan signed her for May 22 TV appearance while Denver DJs played the record nonstop.
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New York
U.S
Capitol Records
Billboard Magazine
Ed Sullivan
Denver
Ravel royalties awarded to bayonne barber
In Bayonne France a court awarded 200000 dollars a year in royalties from Maurice Ravel's estate to Jean Taverne a local barber. The ruling held Edouard Ravel the composer's heir had left his estate to Tavernes mother when he died.
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Bayonne
France
Maurice Ravel
Jean Taverne
Ravel
Edouard
Taverne
Walter Peery Files For Re election
State Treasurer Walter H. Peery filed for re election on Monday seeking a fourth term. Peery aims for the Republican nomination and is a native of Atchison County. He was first elected treasurer in 1960.
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Topeka
Walter H. Peery
Peery
Atchison County
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Inquiries
Instruction directs readers to contact the Tribune by phone or, if unavailable, call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The snippet gives procedural contact details without broader context. It reflects a small newsroom notice guiding readers to reach a carrier via evening phone access.
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Tribune
Female James Bond Repels Robbery in Beirut
Jenny Christinov, 22, a Morroccan-born singer, fends off two youths in a parking lot. She uses judo to overpower them, retrieves an automatic and shoots one assailant, killing him, and strikes the other in the spine. Police report she calmly summoned the night guard and asked to call riot squads.
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Jenny Christinov
James Bond
Warned Thant Sees World on Brink of Third World War
U Thant warned the European Consultative Assembly that political economic and racial tensions risk total disaster from a third world war. He urged Europe to use talent and genius to prevent conflict and proposed a UN study on nuclear war effects for wide distribution.
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Strasbourg
France
U.N
U Thant
European Consultative Assembly
Thant
Europe
United Nations
Grandma exposes rock rhythm flaw in intercepted letter
An intercepted note shows a grandma asserting that rock music’s success hinges on being off key, challenging common music theory ideas and offering a playful take on performance.
Frost Named to Kansas Real Estate Commission
AP report says Governor Avery appointed 33 year old Jack Frost of Johnson County to the Kansas Real Estate Commission. Frost is a University of Kansas graduate and will serve on the state panel.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Jack Frost
Johnson County
Kansas Real Estate Commission
Frost
University of Kansas
Longhorn Cattle Drive Planned From San Antonio to Dodge City
A cattle drive from San Antonio to Dodge City Kansas will start June 22 organized by the Texas Longhorn Cattle Breeders Association. The event commemorates historic drives that once moved more than ten million longhorns up trails. Modern cattle breeds have largely replaced the longhorns, now mostly curiosities.
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San Antonio, Tex
San Antonio
Dodge City
Kan
Texas Longhorn Cattle Breeders Association
April Police Court Bonds and Fines Rise
Police court bonds and fines last month totaled 915 reflecting an increase from March 760. Parking penalties were 382.50 down from 554.75. Four month year total bonds and fines reached 2295. Over time parking tickets 1510 in April vs 2324 in March. Police calls 235, down from 247. Two felony and 69 misdemeanor arrests vs none and 63 in March. 65 traffic citations up 15 from March. Accidents investigated 23, up 10. Seven injured, four seriously. Humane Society reported 60 dogs picked up to total 204 for four months. Meals for prisoners 60, double March. Patrol mileage 7884.
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Police Department
Humane Society Animal Control Officer
Contracts Awarded for Royster Junior High and Lincoln School
Unified School District 413 and Neosho Junior College board of trustees approved multiple bids for Royster Junior High and Lincoln Elementary School projects. N F English Construction won Royster general bid at 591 755 and Sell Construction won Lincoln bid at 122 170.
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Board of Education
Neosho Junior College Board of Trustees
N.F. English Construction Co
Hutchinson
Royster Junior High School
Lincoln Elementary School
Construction Inc. of
Iola
Royster Mechanical
Huxtable and Associates
Lawrence
U S Forces Acknowledge Shelling Into Cambodia
U S command confirms shelling into Cambodia for the first time in a border operation by the 1st Infantry Division near Tay Ninh Province. Artillery aimed to silence heavy fire as Viet Cong positions across the Cai Bac River were engaged amid ongoing Operation Birmingham and B52 bombing from Guam.
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U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Cai Bac
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Birmingham
Brewer Resigns From Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Howard W. Brewer quit the Kansas Civil Rights Commission after 13 years, with the advisory council lamenting the decision. The resignation followed claims that governor interference created a stacked deck, and the advisory board stressed bipartisan effort for equal opportunity in Kansas.
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Topeka
Howard W. Brewer
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Kansas
Brewer
Window Break at Al's Filling Station in Earlt
A window on the northeast side of Al's filling station in Earlt was broken by a brick Sunday night but no entry was made. The incident was reported by the sheriff's office at Erie today.
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Earlt
Sheriff's Office
Erie
No Partiality Shown by Dog
After a citizen complained about a dog bite Monday night patrolman Harold Snow was sent to notify the owner to confine the dog The dog promptly bit the policeman.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harold Snow
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area 1966
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with figures for May 2. data shows fatalities and comparisons to the same period in 1965 and 1966, outlining totals and trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mystery surrounds shooting death of Ramona Case in Wichita
Wichita police investigate the shooting death of 35 year old Ramona L Case whose body was found in the basement of her home Monday. Autopsy reveals one bullet to the back of the head and two in the chest. Husband Dr Case left for work early that morning. Daughter Janet 7 says mother was fine when she left for school. Young Russell 19 months played outside. no weapon found.
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Wichita
Russell
Couple Considers 50 Dollar Kiss in Court
Metropolitan Court Judge Andrew J. Doyle ruled that a kiss could count as paying a $50 fine to settle a dispute. Evelyn Fay Carver, 24, was ordered to kiss her husband Herman, 30, in court to show they had made up. The judge gave them a week to decide the next step and could drop fighting charges if reconciliation is shown.
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Nashville
Tenn
Andrew J. Doyle
Evelyn Fay Carver
Herman
Doyle
Former Dodd aides discuss assisting columnists
Marjorie Carpenter, former Dodd personal secretary, told New Haven Journal Courier that staffers helped Pearson and Anderson obtain data from Dodd's private files. She says the aides acted at risk, aiming to expose important information. James P. Boyd Jr. confirms reporters were right about staff harassment and notes his own job loss coincident with funding gaps.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Connecticut Democrat
New Haven Journal- Courier
Marjorie Carpenter
Dodd
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Journal-Courier
Pearson
Anderson
James P. Boyd Jr
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