Kansas City Tulsa Highway Promotion Faces Southeast Kansas Action
A southeast Kansas meeting of 30 businessmen from seven cities including Chanute Humboldt Iola Parsons Coffeyville Independence and Garnett agreed to push construction of a direct Kansas City Tulsa highway. The plan focuses on mobilizing residents to write officials urging support without specifying any routing.
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Kansas City
Tulsa
Kansas
Chanute
Humboldt
Iola
Parsons
Coffeyville
Independence
Garnett
Kansas City- Tulsa
Chorus on Kansas City Tulsa highway plan debated
Coffeyville and Independence chambers push for a Kansas City to Tulsa limited access highway. Harold Martin chairs the Coffeyville highway committee. discussions covered route studies, economic impact, and coordinated lobbying with public officials. A follow up meeting was set for June 21 in Chanute with local chamber leaders and business representatives attending.
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Community Chambers of Commerce
Harland Martin
Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce
Martin
Bernard Wade
Coffeyville
Nelson Rupard
Independence
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Wade
Kansas Line
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute
Hugh Chapman
Chamber
John McMeekin
Chamber Highway Committee
Jack Groves
Chamb Ber
Courtney Moles
Lee Murren
Humboldt
Mrs Wallace Wins Big in Alabama Gubernatorial Primary
In Alabama, Lurleen Wallace won a clear majority in the Democratic primary, defeating nine male candidates and avoiding a runoff. Her husband, George C. Wallace, tea party ally, remains the effective power behind the campaign. Voter turnout rose among both Black and white communities ahead of the November election.
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Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
George C. Wallace
Flowers
Wallace
Primaries At a Glance Across Several States
In Alabama Mrs Lurleen Wallace won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while the first Negro was nominated for the state House. Alabama also saw blacks leading white opponents in sheriff races. Florida Gov Burns and Miami Mayor High led in the Democratic gubernatorial primary and face a runoff. Sparkman won renomination to the Senate. Indiana Roudebush edge Harvey for the 10th District. New Mexico Gene Lusk won the Democratic governorship. Ohio Rhodes swept the GOP nomination while Reams won the Democratic nomination. Taft Jr defeated Birch Society member Flax in the GOP. Oklahoma Gary topped 13 in the Democratic governor race and faces Moore in a May runoff. Bartlett and Happy Camp likely meet in the GOP runoff.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
George Wallace
Florida
Haydon Burns
Miami
Robert King High
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Frazier Reams Jr
Robert Taft Jr
John Birch Society
William E. Flax
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Preston Moore
American Legion
Dewey Bartlett
John N. Happy Camp
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka May 3-4 1966
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities over a 24 hour period ending Wednesday at 9 am. The report covers May 3 and May 4, 1966, noting figures for comparison to the prior year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tax Collections During April Big in Kansas
Kansas tax receipts surged in April due to new laws and withholding changes. Corporate income tax rose from 1.5 million to 9.1 million, individual income tax up to 15.3 million, and total state tax collections reached 51.3 million versus 24.9 million a year earlier.
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Kansas
Council Grove Dam Dedication May 15
Council Grove Reservoir on the Neosho River will be dedicated May 15 with a 1:30 p.m. ceremony. A Kansas State University varsity and junior varsity rowing regatta follows the dedication, and an invitational sailing regatta is planned for May 14 at 1:30 p.m.
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Council Grove
Kan
Neosho River
Kansas State University
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter reveals a mention of state income tax collections tripling in April and a coworker noting awareness of the rise when making a payment last month. The fragment hints at tax discussion and personal correspondence without further context.
Sanders Files For Re Nomination As State Printer
Robert R. Sanders of Salina, currently in his first term as state printer, filed today to seek Republican renomination in the August primary.
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Topeka
Robert R. Sanders
Salina
Farm Er Leonard Dankenbring Dies in Tragic Tractor Accident
In Wheeler Kansas AP report a 67 year old Cheyenne County farmer Leonard Dankenbring was killed when he fell from a moving tractor and was crushed by a disc.
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Wheeler
Kan
Cheyenne County
Leonard Dankenbring
Weather warms as springlike Kansas forecast continues
Area forecast says fair and warmer tonight with continued sunny, mild conditions through Thursday. Highs expected 80 to 85 Thursday, overnight lows 50 to 55. Kansas temperatures rose above normal with sunshine and south winds, with 75 to 85 readings across Pittsburg to Russell and Goodland today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Russell
Goodland
Northwest
North Central
Manhattan
Chanute
Kansas Supreme Court weighs juvenile status for 16 17 year olds
The Kansas Supreme Court hears arguments on whether 16 and 17 year olds are legally juveniles under a new state law that shifts jurisdiction and possible confinement. Judge Owens contends the provision allowing waiver to District Court violates due process and equal protection, while Richard Seaton defends a reform focused approach.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Clark V. Owens
Sedgwick County
Sedgwick
Owens
Coldsnow
B52s Pound Viet Cong Supply Route in Monsoon Drive
American B52 bombers hit the southern end of the Viet Cong supply path about 65 miles northwest of Saigon for the seventh of eight days as monsoon rains approach. Australia begins force buildup with 400 troops and vehicles, while U S Marines report 29 Viet Cong killed in two actions and air sorties total 301.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Com
U. S
Chanute Fire Department April Losses and Runs
Chanute fire losses for April total 1600 dollars with a four month year to date of 2300 dollars. The department made 23 runs last month with categories including residential grass carbon monoxide checks business buildings oil and gasoline cat in tree rest home and township calls totaling 95 runs for four months.
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Chanute
Big Creek
Colfax
Wilson County
Death Still Mystery In Wichita Shooting of Ramona Case
Police questioning of a hitchhiker at Council Grove yielded no new leads in the case of Ramona Case 35 mother of two found with three bullet wounds in her basement home Wichita.
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Wichita
Council Grove
Ramona Case
Summons Issued for Property Destruction by Local Youth
Police issued a summons to Gary Lopeman, 19, of 119 N Washington on a charge of property destruction. He admitted shooting the windshield of a motorcycle in a parking lot on West Cherry yesterday with a pellet gun from a car.
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Gary Lopeman
N. Washington
West Cherry
Mother to donate kidney in Los Angeles transplant
The mother of 32 year old Marvin Flinn will give one of her kidneys in a transplant at UCLA Medical Center next Wednesday. Flinn, an employee of Cessna Industrial Products Division, has an infectious kidney disease and was admitted to VA Wichita then transferred to VA Los Angeles for the operation.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Los Angeles
Marvin Flinn
Veterans Administration Hospital
Wichita
Hubert Flinn
Cortland, Ind
U.C.L.A. Medical Center
Flinn
Cessna Industrial Products
Kansan killed in Nebraska Kansas state line crash
Andrew Birrell, 74, of Republic Kansas, died after his car failed to turn and rolled over at a dead end on a county road near the Nebraska Kansas border Tuesday night.
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Byron
Neb
Andrew Birrell
Republic
Kan
Nebraska- Kansas State Line
Gruening and Pentagon clash over Viet Nam waste charges
Sen. Ernest Gruening charges the Defense Department wastes surplus equipment needed in South Vietnam. The Pentagon says the accusation is irresponsible. Gruening cites discarded tractors and cranes with false repair cost estimates and questions overseas conditions.
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Washington
Pentagon
Ernest Gruening
Viet Nam
Alaska Democrat
Department of Defense
Gruening
Defense Defense Department
U.S
South Viet Nam
Car Damage In Crashes
Several non injury traffic accidents were reported to police. Bill Hillbrant said Mark Shaffer ran against his car on South Central. Betty Balma backed into Annetta Harris’s car on 301 N Evergreen. Davila and Oliver reported a minor crash at Lincoln and Elm damaging a 1963 Ford. Hutchinson backed into Stout’s 1954 Ford at 1716 S Santa Fe.
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Bill Hillbrant
Ioa R. 2
Mark Shaffer
S. Central
South Central
Hillbrant
Annetta Harris
Ashby
Betty Balma
W. Main
Lloyd Bybee Injured in Fall at Highway Yards
Lloyd Bybee a 60 year old state highway division employee from Iola was injured in a fall at the division yards while loading signs and barricades. He fell from a truck struck his head on a metal door stop and received a severe cut. Corey Ambulance took him to Neosho Memorial Hospital for observation and X ray exam.
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Lloyd Bybee
Iola
Neosho Memorial Hospital
State Highway Division
Bybee
Divi
Sion
Corey
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Sas City
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Carlsbad
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Italy
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Sweden
Linda Nordt
Germany
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John Ray
Spain
Tim Smith
England
Greg Stoddard
Denmark
Bobbie Briley
France
Felecia Tarpley
Austria
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