Citywide Storm Alert System Checked and Ready for Action
Police Chief Lige Matlock and Fire Chief John Erickson oversaw a test of the air horn system and prepared for manual operation if needed. Remote relays at four locations were disconnected to prevent false alarms. a future full test will occur on a clear day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lige Matlock
John Erickson
American Legion
Highland Park
South Evergreen
West 7Th
Police
Fire Department
Ralph Toland
City Civil Defense
Matlock
Erickson
Highway Patrol
Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service
DWI Charged Kansas City Man Held on Multiple Offenses
Police arrested Harold W. Burch 28 of Kansas City Kansas Saturday night on DWI transporting an open bottle and no valid license. He was released to return to work in Kansas City on condition of a court appearance Wednesday at 3 30 p m or posting 160 dollar bond before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Burch
Kansas City
Kan
Debt Ceiling Boost Asked by Treasury
The Treasury asked Congress to raise the temporary debt ceiling to 332 billion dollars, with deficits projected at 3.9 billion for the current year and 1.8 billion for next year. The joint committee staff offered lower deficits and a potential 1967 surplus if expenditures stay in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Congress
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
House
Ways and Means
Fowler
Joint Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Charles L. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Big Board Signals Move to New Jersey
Keith Funston president of the New York Stock Exchange told a New Jersey legislative committee the exchange is serious about possibly moving all or part of its operations to New Jersey. He cited studies and a pilot program for large block sellers to trade without New York City transfer taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Trenton
N.J
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
New York City
State Assembly
Two Parked Cars Break In At National Guard Armory
Weekend break in at the National Guard armory damaged two parked cars. A 1955 Chevrolet owned by Bill Jenkins and a 1958 Chevrolet Thunderbird owned by Jerry Waldrip were entered. A tackle box and items were stolen from Jenkins car. An aerial was snapped off a car owned by Everett James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Bill Jenkins
Jerry Waldrip
Jenkins
Everett James
Traffic Fatalities Log from Topeka Area 1966 Report
Kansas traffic death log lists 36 fatalities in 48 hours up to 9 a.m. Monday May 4 1966, compared with 225 total for 1965 and 220 for 1966 through the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Couple With Five Children Earn Degrees at K State
Manhattan couple Ross and Doris Schimmels join nearly 2 000 Kansas State University graduates this year in a decision to return to college. He, a youth interviewer at the state employment center, completes a bachelor of science in arts and sciences begun in 1945. She, an elementary education major, started in 1962 and now student teaches this semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan, Kan
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Ross
Doris Schimmels
Schimmels
Grand Central Station
Kansas State Employment Center
Pre-Induction Physical Exam Draftees Listed
Tomorrow in Kansas City eighteen men from local draft boards travel for pre induction physical examinations. Names include George L. Gibson Freddie E. Matlock Charles M. Joyce Samuel L. Ramirez Gerald K. Morrison Neil L. Oehlert Jerry L. Houghton Terry L. Payne Eric Christopher J. Schoenhofer and St Paul. Additional draftees joining from other boards are William C. Taber and Eddy F. Watkins. From this board but living elsewhere are Danny Ray Whitworth Santa Anna California and Jimmie R. Dillon Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George L. Gibson
Freddie E. Matlock
Charles M. Joyce
Samuel L. Ramirez
Gerald K. Morrison
Chanute
Neil L. Oehlert
Jerry L. Houghton
Terry L. Payne
Eric
Christopher J. Schoenhofer
St. Paul
William C. Taber
Eddy F. Watkins
Danny Ray Whitworth
Santa Anna
Calif
Jimmie R. Dillon
Oklahoma City
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
The notice advises contacting the Tribune via phone or, if unavailable, dialing HE 41 3400 after 6 p.m. to reach a carrier for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Weather turns cooler after record heat across Kansas
An all clear was issued after severe thunderstorm watch areas in eastern Kansas. Cooler, drier air moved in across the state following the hottest day of the year. Russell and Great Bend reported 101 degrees as the first century readings of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Russell
Great Bend
How Kansans Vote In Congress
AP records show Kansas House members voting on a bill to shift over 4 billion in mortgages and loans to private investors. Passage was 206 to 190 with Dole Mize Shriver Skubitz voting for or against noted, Elisworth not voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
House
Dole
Mize
Shriver
Skubitz
Elisworth
Da Nang Rebel Center Surrenders in Saigon Crisis
Rebel forces in Da Nang capitulated after eight days of fighting as Premier Nguyen Cao Ky tightened control of South Viet Nam's second largest city. About 400 rebels surrendered at Tinh Hoi pagoda with arms. U.S. and Vietnamese troops countered rioting near Saigon, while operations against Viet Cong continued in the Central Highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tinh Hoi
U.S
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Upheaval Today Big Challenge Graduates Told
The 1966 Sen ior High School class heard Rev. Doyle Frazier urge spiritual and intellectual growth to meet a turbulent world. He cited Proverbs 4 5 7 and stressed learning to live with unselfish aims. Supt. Buford Fisher led the service for 177 graduates as the orchestra played and the Rev. William Baldwin gave the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Frazier
Sen
Ior High School
Memorial Auditorium
Frazier
Church of the Nazarene
Mr. Frazier
Supt
Buford Fisher
William Baldwin
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Harold Tarpley
Mozart
Mr. Baldwin
Copper Wire Thefts Reported In Neosho County
Two thefts of copper wire from vacant farms in Neosho County were reported by Sheriff George Neely. The Vaughn farm near Urbana lost about 820 feet and the Julick farm nearby about 430 feet, both likely taken the same night as earlier incidents in Leanna. The wire was cut from service lines feeding buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
George Neely
Raymond Vaughn
Urbana
Mamie Julick Farm
Vaughn Place
Julick
Neely
Leanna
Seek Release Of Hess By His Munich Lawyer
The Hess defense lawyer Dr Alfred Seidl says he has appealed to the Big Four heads of state asking for Rudolf Hess to be freed from life imprisonment at Spandau Prison Berlin. He argues the conviction was illegal as it relied on statutes that did not exist when World War II began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Rudolf Hess
Big Four
Berlin
Spandau
Alfred Seidl
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Spaundau
Seidl
Hess
Nuernberg
Good Samaritan Injured After Pike Car Accident
Richard E. Thomas, 23, of Wichita Falls Texas, received a broken vertebra when he leaned over a bridge railing to look for a lost billfold and toppled about 40 feet into a stream bed after a one car crash on the Kansas Turnpike near Wellington. Three other men escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kan
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted message notes light travels 186 300 miles per second while the U S debt grows at about 4 billion dollars per year in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cha
U.S
Turnpike Rejects Bids on Kansas City Projects
The Kansas Turnpike Authority rejected four bids as too high for turnpike work near Kansas City. A re bid opening is set for June 12 for lighting electrical work at an interchange and for toll plaza construction at the Turner diagonal and the K32 connector. Ralph Finch asked the authority to study a western Wyandotte County to Mid-Continent Airport link feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas City
Turner Diagonal
Ralph Finch
Wyandotte County Action Committee
Wyandotte County
Platte County
Missouri
Finch
Independence Juco Bond Vote Details
Voters in the north half of Montgomery County will ballot Tuesday on a 1.5 million dollar bond for Independence Junior College. If approved, funds would buy a 100 acre campus site and construct a new college building.
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Independence, Kan
Montgomery County
Independence Junior College
Nnew Junior College
Ground Breaking Ceremony At Westview Baptists
A ground breaking was held at Westview Baptist Chapel 1415 S Plummer to start the second phase of a building program. A $30 000 air conditioned unit will add a sanctuary for 200 250, four classrooms and a pastor s study. Construction to begin June and end in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westview Baptist Chapel
S. Plummer
Wayne G. Burghart
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DWI
Linda Ashley
Chanute Senior High School
Nancy Pennington
Drum Corp
Harold Stroud
Glen Ashley
S. Highland
Robert Pennington
S. Rutter
Keith Funston
State
Funston
Csseses
Thien Minh
Minh
Tri Quang
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Dinh Ba
Rev
Wesley Brizendine
Guiding
Gilbert Arnold
Wayne Burghart
Elmer Orr
Mahlon Morley
Turnpike
Westview Baptists
Ray Plummer
al Stoddard
John Sanderson
A. T. Schommer
Everett Wharton
Manuel Martinez
Morley
Plummer
Stoddard
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