Mansfield Eyes Europe Troop Cuts Move Reignites Debate
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield plans to revive a resolution for substantial U S troop reductions in Europe aided by Sen Stuart Symington and Sen J W Fulbright, as Fulbright urges base cuts and a 1972 Okinawa status change backed by talks with Japanese officials.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Mansfield
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Subcommittee
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Defense Department
Nixon
Hearing on final settlement in Leslie estate probate case
In Neosho County Kansas the probate court will hear a petition by Richard L. Ashley executor seeking final settlement of Paul E. Leslie deceased with approval of executor and attorney fees, determination of heirs and a potential sale of real estate to pay debts. Defenses must be filed by June 23, 1969 at 10:00 a.m. in Erie Kansas.
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Chanute Tribune
State OF Kansas
Neosho County
Paul FE. Leslie
Richard L. Ashley
Paul E. Leslie
Prospect Park
Parsons
Labette County
Kansas
First State Bank
Thayer
Fairview
Chanute
City of
Erie
Belt on Jet Powers Man for Miles at 25 Feet
Textron's Belt Aerosystems reports the jet belt has carried a man aloft for minutes and miles at 25 feet, reaching up to 30 mph in tests at Niagara Falls Airport. The inventor Wendell F. Moore, 51, who created the belt in 1961, died Thursday in Youngstown New York. he also helped develop Bell flying chairs and the X15 project.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Textron’s Belt Aerosystems Co
Defense Department
Wendell F. Moore
Bell
Moore
Youngstown
Weather Delays Wheat Ripening in Kansas Fields
TOPEKA AP The Kansas wheat crop ripening is delayed by cool wet weather yet heads are filling. By May 24 only southern counties showed color, 83 percent headed by last weekend. Corn planting at 70 percent, behind last year but near normal. sorghum planting also behind. Range and pastures remain good to excellent across nearly all areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
Vietnam War Costs Top $100 Billion
Washington reports the Vietnam War will total about 108.2 billion dollars when including admitted expenses back to 1965 and hidden costs. Figures detail the defense budget, Southeast Asia aid, and military support to Thailand Laos and Saigon.
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Washington
Vietnam
Thailand
Laos
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
U.S
Sattahip
United States
South Vietnam
Ghosts of D Day to March at Eisenhower Center event
The Eisenhower Center in Abilene Kansas will host a June 6-7 scholarly conference on D Day 25 Years Later and launch a six month exhibit marking the Allied invasion. Prominent historians including Forrest Pogue Don Whitehead and Alfred Goldberg will speak. The program covers air naval and logistics aspects and features the Mulberry harbor model.
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Abilene
Kan
France
Ike
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Adolf Hitler
John E. Wickman
D—Day
Forrest Pogue
George C. Marshall Research Library
U.S. First Army
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
First Army
Omaha Beach
Alfred Goldberg
Rand Corp
Alfred Hurley
University of Nova Scotia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Riots blamed on extremists in Cleveland 1968
The National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence says a small, well equipped army of black extremists caused the Cleveland riots last July. Seven people died and 15 were wounded, including 15 policemen, as violence spread in East Side neighborhoods.
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Washington
Cleveland
National Commission On the Causes and Prevention
East Side
Glenville
Commission
Milton Eisenhower
United States
Oklahoma's Stewart Sworn Regional Commission Co-Chair
E. L. Stewart Jr., an Oklahoma oilman and state GOP chairman, is sworn in as federal co chair of the Ozarks Regional Commission. He previously ran Sigma Oil and Gas Co. in Shawnee, representing Oklahoma among four states Arkansas Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Governors elect a state co chair annually, with Gov. Dewey Bartlett currently in that role.
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Washington
E. L. Stewart Jr
Oklahoma
Ozarks
Stewart
Sigma Oil and Gas Co
Shawnee, Okla
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Dewey Bartlett
Tribune Phone Contact Details
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone carrier if unavailable and provide the HE 1-3400 number for after 6 p.m. accessibility. The note emphasizes the after hours contact option and emergency reachability.
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Tribune
Proposed Cable TV Agreement Averts 20 Years of Dispute
NAB announces a proposed pact to resolve long standing clashes between broadcasters and CATV operators. It calls for CATV liability for copyright fees on retransmitted programs, limits on origination of sponsored programs, and a ban on interconnecting CATV systems for mass audience distribution. Congress committees study the issue.
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Washington
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Vincent T. Wasilewski
Federal Communications Commission
Wasilewski
Federal Communications Bar Association
Congress
National Cable Television Association
McGovern Pushes War Profits Tax Amid Vietnam Debate
Senator George S. McGovern and 14 Democrats back a 37 percent tax on defense profits from the Vietnam war to fund relief. Opponents doubt passage, noting a 1968 effort failed 74 to 18. Mansfield backs the idea but warns limited prospects. Tax could hinge on a government rate of return or profit difference since 1965.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
McGovern
John J. Williams
Del
Mansfield
U.S
Vietnam
Louisiana Bill Bans Sex Education Below Ninth Grade
The Louisiana House approved a bill banning sex education in public schools before ninth grade. Author Rep. Fred Hayes said the measure keeps sexual content away from minors, though the bill allows higher grade classes with approval from local boards the State Education Board and parents, and requires sex separated instruction.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Fred Hayes
D-Lafayette
State Education Board
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