Johnson plans to beautify highways and purify water
President Johnson proposes a 16 million dollar supplemental to advance Great Society aims. Udall forecasts faster highway beautification, desalting research to lower costs, and potential expansion of interstates. McNamara and Udall to inventory Defense lands for national park and seashore use. Navy pilot Klusmann’s escape and return highlighted among broader Vietnam notes.
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Stewart L. Udall
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Here
Dent
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Washe
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Robert §. McNamara
Defense Department
San Diego
Calif
McNamara
Navy
Reds
Cmdr
Charles Klusmann
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Freeman
Mr. High
Des Moines
Harold E. Hughes
Workmen's Compensation Discussed in Wichita
Kansas laws in workmen's compensation need overhaul, a conference heard. Paul Wise, former Kansas Commissioner, told about 400 people that employers pay too much for minor injuries and not enough for major disabilities. He said benefits can rise at no extra cost with system changes. Kansas compensation costs total about $22 million annually.
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Wichita
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Wise
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
Workmen’s Compensation
State Chamber of Commerce
Too Many Requests For Highway Patrol
PROVO Utah AP Highway Patrols Provo office changed its telephone number after repeated calls. The old number nearly matched a radio station’s request line. Dispatcher Richard D Hall notes most requests were for the Beatles.
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Buz and
Mary
Lennie
Arlene
Joe
Carolyn
Utah Highway Patrol
Provo
Richard D. Hall
Girl suffers severe arm injury from automatic washer
In Kansas City a 10 year old girl Deborah Hunter nearly loses her left arm when a family washing machine damages the limb. Doctors report two torn arteries and a near amputation between shoulder and elbow. An unidentified woman helped apply pressure and the machine was blamed for the accident.
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Kansas City
Napa Miedy
Deborah Hunter
Christina
Marie
Rudolf
Phia Hunter
Debsant
Chamber
Robert Partridge
Deborah
Kansas
Americans pay tribute to Kennedy on first anniversary
Americans across the nation mark a solemn anniversary with Masses and memorial services for John F Kennedy. In Washington a Solemn Mass in St Matthew Cathedral honors the late president with attendance by Sen Elect Robert F Kennedy. In Boston Cardinal Cushing and family friends attend other ceremonies.
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Dallas
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Dent
St. Matthews Cathedral
Richard Cardinal
Cushing
Two Slayers Denied Stays Of Execution
Two condemned killers James D. Latham and George Ronald York were denied stays of execution by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Latham and York, both condemned for the 1961 killing of Otto Ziegler, were scheduled for execution at Lansing, Kansas, with Gov. John Anderson awaiting a possible plea for clemency.
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Kansas Peni Cordia
Lansing Dee
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Roy Cook
Kansas City
Kan
John Anderson
Kansas
James D. Latham
George Ronald York
Latham
York
Russell
Otto Ziegler
Ft. Hood
Tex
Frigid Night and No Gas In Lake Lotowana
Residents in the Kansas City suburb of Lake Lotowana faced a frigid night as a regulator malfunction cut natural gas service about 8 PM. The temperature fell to around 15 above zero while residents used electric ovens and blankets or resorted to oil, propane, or fireplaces to stay warm.
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Midwest
Solig
Dakotas
Kansas
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Montana
Kansas City
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Mixed-Up Russian Letter and Local Public Notices
Intercepted note contrasts rumors of monsters in Moscow and Siberia. The Mason school on Colborn Road offers overnight shelter and is heated by fuel oil. Cities Service Gas Co reports restoration planned for a pipeline near Lake Lotawana. NBC schedule mentions a tribute program from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Memorial services for Justice Arthur J. Goldberg planned at Temple Sinai and Beth Sholom in the morning and afternoon. Dallas Mayor Erik Johnson asks clergy to remember the late president in sermons but avoids public memorial on Sabbath.
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Eternal Light
NBC
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
High Tribunal
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Temple Sinai
Beth Sholom
Dallas
Erik Johnsson
Hunters Find Body Of Little Topeka Girl
In Topeka Kansas area a 7 year old girl Gladys John abducted a week ago was found dead near St. Marys in front of a babysitter's house. Police have charged Kane County railroad worker William Fredrick Zimmer with kidnapping as about 500 men hunt fields across several counties.
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St. Mary’s
Gladys John
Kanesas City
William Fredrick Zimmer
Bitter Arctic Blast Grips Central U S Weather Tightens
The Associated Press reports a cold snap with lows in the single digits across multiple Kansas towns and frigid highs in the 30s. Arctic air floods the north central states driving below freezing temps while Georgia Alabama and Mississippi face freeze warnings.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
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Southland
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Orbital Test Flight Is Rescheduled
The Air Force moved the Jitan 3A rocket orbital test to next Wednesday due to issues with a radio telemetry system. The delay stems from the need to correct the satellite telemetry link before liftoff at Cape Kennedy.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Air Force
Siberian Monster Seen Near Yakutia Lake
Tass reported a sea-going monster spotted twice at Lake Haiyr near Laptevykh sea in Yakutia. Geologists from Moscow University drew the creature after seeing it on shore and in the water, noting a small head a long neck black skin and a vertical back fin.
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Siberia
Tass
Lake Haiyr
Laptevykh
Yakutia
Moscow University
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Hearing Tuesday On Embezzlement Case In Kansas
Independence Kansas AP A hearing is set for Tuesday in the embezzlement case of Thelma L McMurtry former Montgomery County registrar of deeds charged with misappropriating 53030 Judge Robert Scovel denied a defense request to delay noting health concerns as she undergoes treatment at Osawatomie State Hospital The judge said delaying would not help and the process will be difficult and emotional regardless of timing
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Tuesay
Irs
Thelma L. McMurtry
Montgomery County Registr of Deeds
Robert Scovel
Congo army breaches Lowa River en route to Stanleyville
Congolese forces led by white mercenaries crossed the Lowa River advancing 223 miles toward Stanleyville where about 1,000 foreigners are held. Belgian paratroopers were readied to fly in to prevent a massacre of hostages including 60 Americans.
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Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 a.m. Saturday in Topeka with figures for November 27. The brief item notes counts of fatalities and notes the timeframe for the log.
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Topeka
Kansas
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