Congress OKs funding for federal agencies through Oct 23
Congress passed a voice vote to finance more than twenty federal agencies through October 23 after agencies exhausted funds. House approved Oct 10 extension. Senate set Oct 23. Republicans vowed to press for a $5 billion spending cut linked to the temporary bill.
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Congress
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Senate
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Police court activity and traffic enforcement report
The September police department report shows 520 in fines and bonds, 377 in parking penalties, 1 416 parking tickets, and a nine month fines total of 7 941. There were 307 calls for assistance, 7 574 miles logged, 847 gallons of gas used, and 54 arrests including 3 felonies and 51 misdemeanors. Traffic arrests list several violations, six traffic accidents were investigated with two injuries, and animal control picked up 48 dogs with 13 adopted and 40 disposed of, leaving one on hand.
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Humane Society
Antipoverty Bill Stripped Faces Senate Action
The Senate voted 54 to 23 to remove a $2.8 billion emergency job program rider from the antipoverty bill. Senator Joseph S. Clark supported the rider aimed at creating 200000 jobs this year and 300000 next year for unemployed and low income people, as Clark backed a $925 million compromise plan rejected 47 to 42.
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Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pay
Clark
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Fans Await World Series Off Day
TV soap opera fans are anxious for Friday off day travel as they watch how their stories progress. Yours.
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Cha
Weather turns cooler as western Kansas forecasts drop in temperatures
Partly cloudy with shifting winds and cooler tonight and Thursday. Topeka notes a 10 percent chance of rain. Hill City and Garden City reached 95 Tuesday, Goodland 93 surpassing the October 3 1954 record of 90. Cold air edges east across the state.
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Tulsan and Oil Flyer End to Be Proposed
Santa Fe plans to discontinue the Tulsan and Oil Flyer passenger trains linking Tulsa with Kansas City and other towns as mail revenue vanishes. President John S. Reed said deregulation hearings will follow filing with regulators, with service continuing until government decisions.
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el Capitan
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BoSox and Cardinals Battle In World Series Tie
In Boston the 1967 World Series opener between the Red Sox and Cardinals was 1-1 after five innings. Jose Santiago hit a third inning homer to tie it as Lou Brock scored on a ground out, Brock also singled and stole second. Both teams mixed hits with stranded runners and the frame closed amid quiet scoring.
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Roger Maris
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Cepeda
Firms Silent on Joint Slum Efforts
Johnson administration will work with private firms in five cities on a 40 million slum dwellers job experiment. Participating companies include Borg Warner Sears Roebuck in Chicago Lockheed McDonnell Douglas Litton in Los Angeles Avco New England Electric in Boston. Officials said firms knew little or nothing about the plan.
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U S Firepower Breaks Long Siege at Con Thien
U S forces shattered the month long artillery siege of Con Thien with heavy air and ground firepower. General Westmoreland compared the action to Dien Bien Phu in reverse as North Vietnamese troops retreated from gun pits while drones and naval guns pounded targets near the DMZ.
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Dien Bien Phu
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France
Ho Chi Minh
Neosho Juco Board approves bids and notices changes
Neosho County Community Junior College board met to review department reports and approve actions. They accepted IBM bids for typewriters and tapes, canceled the regional basketball tournament due to unfinished facilities, accepted a janitor’s resignation for a new role, approved a van truck purchase, moved the Practical Nursing School to the State Vocational Department, and received a construction progress report showing 52 percent completion.
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Elva Lee
Pearl Chapman
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Paul Whitworth
Whitworth
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Scool
Kansas Plans Ranney Aid
Gov. Docking to seek Greek pardon for Roger Ranney a Chanute Kansas native serving life for 1961 murder of two Greek seamen. Pardon attorney Ronald Baxter will ask Greece procedures and file a petition on behalf of the governor.
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Robert Docking
Ronald Baxter
Roger Ranney
Chanute
Kan
Ranney
Baxter
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Area Reported
Kansas traffic death log shows 1 fatality for 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday. For October totals 3. For 1967 overall 482 deaths, compared with 554 in 1966 for the same period.
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Kansas
Hurricane Fern Dwindles On Mexican Coast
Hurricane Fern entered the Mexican coast near Tampico and quickly weakened. The Weather Bureau at Veracruz reported calm conditions in the Gulf after daylight. About 10,000 residents who fled Tampico returned home as winds fell to 70 mph before landfall.
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Mexican
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Gulf of Mexico
Teachers Are Fined for 1969 New York City Strike
The United Federation of Teachers was fined 150,000 dollars and its president Albert Shanker sentenced to 15 days in jail plus a 250 dollar fine for criminal contempt of court during a city public school strike. Two other officials had charges dismissed.
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United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
Emilio Nunez
State Supreme Court
Nunez
Board of Education
Livestock Group Delays Action on Pickett Replacement
Kansas Governor Docking named Ralph Warren of Wichita as livestock commissioner but the Kansas Livestock Association signaled it may take until March to act. The association says only Pickett should be appointed and the executive committee must approve the nomination, prompting a possible legal test of the law. Earl Brockover said he will seek talks with Docking to resolve the dispute.
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Earl Brockover
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Topeka
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