U S Hopes Tax Hikes and Exports Stem Dollar Drain
The Johnson administration seeks higher taxes expanded exports and more foreign visitors to curb a growing balance of payments deficit. A third quarter shortfall reached 670 million with nine month total 1.75 billion, while a task force and selective measures aim to boost foreign travel and overseas markets. Mortgage rates remained 6.55 percent in October.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
U.S
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
White House
Congress
Weather notes and forecast for Kansas towns
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the middle 30s and highs near 60 Saturday. Topeka officials expect sunny mild weather with daytime highs around 60 and overnight lows in the low to mid 30s. Overnight temps ranged from 28 to 45 across several towns. Highs Thursday varied from 68 to 76 in multiple cities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Hill City
Chanute
Leavenworth
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Missing Boy Tod Plancon Found Unharmed
Fairfield police report two year old Tod Plancon was found unharmed on an enclosed front porch of a Fairfield home after a car theft. Mrs Sherwood located the child on her porch shortly after 7 am. Police say he was likely put off the car by the thief and wandered to the porch.
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Fairfield
Conn
Tod Plancon
Stephen Sherwood
Ted
Wichita Fisherman Catches Wild Goose
Roy Booth fished before dawn at a Wichita lake when a flock of wild geese flew by. A goose brushed his arm and another struck his rod causing gear to be dragged into the water. The goose struggled three times before sinking and Booth recovered rod and reel.
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Wichita
Kan
Roy Booth
Booth
Statewide Campout To Be Here
Chanute hosts the statewide spring campout and meeting of the National Campers and Hikers Assn. Lyle Siple of Topeka announced the action designating Chanute as the site. The event, called a spring fun camp out, should bring several hundred families to Chanute during the first weekend of May.
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Chanute
Assa
Lyle Siple
Topeka
Association
Jack Groves
Chanute Area
Eisenhower to undergo further checkup delaying Toronto trip
Gettysburg Pa AP Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will have another medical examination, delaying his planned trip to Toronto for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The 77 year old is recovering from a prior hospital stay for a swollen prostate gland and may depart November 28 for a California winter vacation with his wife and aides. An aide said Eisenhower is feeling fine but no firm arrangements were announced.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Toronto
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
California
Walter Reed
Half Wing Flip Flop Offense by Pelicans
New York AP reports a pelican roundup at the Bronx Zoo where seven birds dodged corralling in Lake Cope. Keepers wore hip boots as boats paddled, finally securing the birds for transport in a station wagon. Gordon Cyler quipped about the team’s half wing flip flop offense.
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New York
Bronx Zoo
Lake Cope
Zoo
Gordon Cyler
New York Zoological Society
U S Troops Seize Two Hills Near Dak To in Viet War
American forces from the 4th Infantry Division captured Hill 1338 and the 173rd Airborne Brigade took Hill 889 near Dak To in the central highlands after daylong fighting with North Vietnamese troops. Initial reports cite seven U.S. dead and fourteen wounded with high enemy casualties not yet known. Air and airfield strikes also intensified with attacks on Hanoi and a Ha Noi airfield.
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Saigon
Dak
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dak To
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Peter Arnett
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Tass
U.S
Lomatic
Arnett
4Th Division
Miss World Madeleine Hartog Bel plans prize gift to mother
London AP confirms Madeleine Hartog Bel 21 appears as Miss Peru in the Miss World pageant and will donate her $7,000 prize to her mother. She is engaged to Raul Laos and lives in Paris while modeling. Ventura County airport hires Charles E. Walker, a World War II B25 pilot, as manager. officials cite merit over race.
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London
Madeleine Hartog-Bel
Madeleine
Peru
Raul Laos
Lima
Paris
Oxnard
Calif
Charles E. Walker
Walker
Ventura County
Los Angeles International
Chuck Walker
Thomas Volk
Los Angeles County
Johnson says Vietnam progress pleases nation
President Johnson said the results in Vietnam are satisfactory and that U S troop strength is not expected to rise. He warned that halting bombing alone will not force North Vietnam to peace and noted Hanoi rejected his latest peace talks offer aboard the Enterprise.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Enterprise
White House
Ellsworth Bunker
William C. Westmoreland
Saigon
America
Thieves Swipe 110000 Ring at Palm Bay Yacht Club
Two masked men robbed the eighth floor penthouse of Mrs Dinkler and her husband in Miami, binding them with tape. They took a pear shaped diamond from Mrs Dinkler, em eralds and fled the scene after leaving a kiss on her cheek. The Palm Bay Yacht Club was built in 1965 by Dinkler and Walter Troutman.
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Miami, Fla
Mr. Ring
Palm Bay Yacht Club
Mrs. Dinkler
Colby Youth Killed In Highway Accident
Colby Kansas 17 year old Robert S White was killed when a car struck his stalled vehicle on K25 as he tried to disengage its transmission. He had earlier helped another motorist at the scene just north of Colby. Larry Curtin 30 Atwood driver said headlights obscured Whiteacker car prior to the collision.
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Colby
Kan
Robert S. White
Highway Patrol
White
Larry Curtin
Atwood
Kansas Power and Light declares 25.75 cent quarterly dividend
The Kansas Power and Light Co. board announced a quarterly dividend of 25.75 cents per share on common stock. The dividend is payable January 2, 1968 to holders of record December 8, 1967.
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Topeka
Kansas Power and Light Co
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows 1967 Toll
AP report from Topcka Kansas traces traffic death logs over 24 hours to 9 am Friday. November total 38 deaths for 1967, compared with 652 in 1966 and 579 in 1967 year-to-date.
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Topcka
Kansas
Surveyor 6 Makes Historic Moon Hop From Pasadena
Surveyor 6 lifted about 10 feet for a 6.5 second flight on the Moon after landing in Central Bay on Nov. 9. JPL officials said the maneuver tests surface strength for future rockets, records a stereo effect, and compares new photos with previous footprints. The craft weighed 600 plus pounds on Earth, just over 100 on the Moon, and signals originated from Goldstone.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lunar
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Apollo
Earth
JPL
Surveyor Control Center
Deep Space Network
Goldstone
Wounded Student Help Fund Moves in Kansas City
Kansas City residents form the Wounded Student Aid Fund to pay medical costs for Primitivo Garcia, 23, who was shot protecting his English teacher near school. The Downtown Kiwanis Club and two housewives started the drive, with an initial 32.50 collected. Three youths, ages 17 and 18, face assault with intent to kill charges. others were sent to juvenile court.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Citians
Primitivo Garcia
Garcia
Chihuahua
Mexico
Gregorio Garcia
Kiwanis Club
Helen D. Dow
Virginia McCray
Dow
McCray
Bruce W. Scott
John E. Dowden
James Dowden
Wichita Police Chief Eugene Pond to resign effective Jan 1
Wichita police chief Eugene Pond, 53, submitted his resignation effective January 1. Pond suffered a heart attack about a year ago, and city officials disclosed the pending departure Thursday night.
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Wichita (Ap
Eugene Pond
Wichita
Pond
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Local Dollar Drain
A brief intercepted letter notes the United States facing a recurring issue of out-of-town trade draining local economies. The writer refers to small communities and their long-standing economic pressures, signaling concern over financial leakage.
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United States
Watchdog Links Waste to 12.5 Million in Defense Spending
The GAO and defense officials say at least 12.5 million in ground support equipment for the F4 Phantom II was wasted. McDonnell Douglas concurred, with fault ranging from unused screwdrivers to unusable cleaning gear. The report urges better coordination, inventory control, and use of idle stocked equipment for aid needs.
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Washington
Defense Department
McDonnell
GAO
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Defense
Army
Profits Climb Again Amid Third Quarter Rise
The Commerce Department reports corporate profits before tax rose by 1.2 billion to an annual 80.1 billion in Q3 while GNP increased to 791.2 billion. The data suggest faster growth ahead, with lower consumer and defense spending than previously believed.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Gasoline Stolen From Oil Firm Lease Tank
Gasoline theft from an oil lease fuel tank five miles east and a half mile south of Chanute was reported by Glenn Hughes of Power Oil Co. The loss was estimated at 50 to 60 gallons and the theft marked the second incident, with the outlet chain cut on the first occasion and the hose severed on the second.
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Chanute
Glenn Hughes
Power Oil Co
Hughes
K State Dairy Science Progress Days Held at Central Park
About 30 attendees joined the seventh annual Progress Days program in the Central Park Community building. Specialists from Kansas State University Extension and the dairy and poultry science department spoke on dairying topics and answered questions after a dairy lunch. This program closed a week of five presentations in the state, with earlier meetings in Holton, Salina, Kinsley, and Wichita.
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Central Park
Kansas State University Extension Services
Department of Dairy and Poultry Science
Holton
Salina
Kinsley
Wichita
Kansas Couple Killed in Colorado Crash
A Syracuse Kansas couple Leonard Maxfield 73 and Edith 74 died in a collision near Granada Colorado along with Colorado resident Ann Rachel Carr 72. The incident occurred Thursday in southeast Colorado.
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Granada
Colo
Syracuse
Kan
Colorado
Leonard Maxfield
Edith
Ann Rachel Carr
Holly
The Leader Could Follower Couldn't Rescue in Culvert
In Durham a dachshund Dabo led a 15 inch culvert crawl with 5 year old James Anderson Cole III following. Dabo escaped quickly while the boy became stuck. Firefighters freed him after one and a half hours. he suffered no injuries and soon laughed again.
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Durham
N.C
Dabo
James Anderson Cole III
Firearms Help Ub Anthropologist Date Indian Relics
Dr Carlyle S Smith of the University of Kansas explains firearms aid in dating Indian burial sites by identifying manufacture dates of gun parts. He can estimate age within ten years and notes finishing guns to match their last use. He warns against polishing to shine.
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Smith
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General Accounting Office
McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Johnson Administration
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