Johnson Urges 10 Percent Social Security Boost
President Johnson called for congressional action next year to raise Social Security benefits by an average of at least 10 percent, totaling at least 2.2 billion dollars annually. He proposed a minimum monthly check of 100 dollars and a boost of about 8.50 dollars monthly per pensioner, while Republicans urged immediate action in a divisive election context.
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Baltimore
Johnson
Congressional
House
House of Representatives
Washington
Congress
Ghana education official to visit Chanute for Safari Museum tour
Daniel Ado Mensa Brown, Ghana's principal secretary for education, travels to Chanute this weekend to visit the Safari Museum. He arrives from Altamont after touring Labette County Community High School, under a program by the Experiment in International Living. Local sponsors are the Safari Museum board and Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Daniel Ado- Mensa Brown
Ministry of Education
Ghana
Chanute
Safari Museum
Brown
United States
Council On Leaders
Altamont
Labette County
Safari Museum Board
Chanute Area
Parsons OKs $8.5 Million Downtown Renewal Plan
Parsons Urban Renewal Agency approves an $8.5 million downtown rehabilitation project the first in the city. The plan seeks $299,278 in federal funds for planning and survey work to be reviewed by regional urban development officials in Fort Worth Texas. Funding totals include $5,091,750 federal and $1,684,790 city outlay. net cost reduced by anticipated land sale proceeds.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons Urban Renewal Agency
Fort Worth
Tex
Intercepted Letter Discusses Inflation Tactics
The intercepted note quotes a man at the next desk claiming price wars are better for curb inflation than raising taxes. The exchange reflects debate on economic strategy and policy effectiveness.
Jaycee Fall Festival Opens With Gala Street Celebration
The Chanute festival kicks off with an 8 to 9 30 p m gala on Main Street featuring the Starlighters Sekanaires and Joe Rovito Rhythm Kings. A Festival Fever sale runs 6 to 8 30 p m and a 1 30 p m Saturday parade includes area marching units floats antique cars and church floats.
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Jaycee
Main
Chanute Merchants
Lincoln
Highland
Starlighters
Sekanaires Gospel Singers
Joe Rovito
Rhythm Kings
Main and Highland
National Guard
Zero
District PTA Conference Draws 74 Delegates from Six Counties
The Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers district conference at Central Park yesterday held 74 delegates from six counties. The 42nd annual session theme The Time Is Now was led by district director Mrs. Ernest Oehme. Rev. William J. Baldwin gave devotions and Bu ford E. Fisher spoke for the School District 413 superintendent. State board member C. B. Huff from Emporia discussed Amendment III and Otto Kaufman from Topeka led the amendment talk. Next year’s meeting is set for Coffeyville with Smoking and Teenagers as a focus and workshops followed by lunch at the Orchid Buffet.
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Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Central Park
Ernest Oehme
Pittsburg
William J. Baldwin
Buford E. Fisher
C. B. Huff
Emporia
Congress
Otto Kaufman
Topeka
Strikers Ordered To Return to Jobs
A union leader ordered switch men on the Rock Island Lines to return to work today after a temporary restraining order from U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Sam Perry in Chicago. Pickets were withdrawn at midmorning after Eldon Iowa, general chairman E L Chisholm announced the return to duties. The walkout concerned a grievance against the Eldon line.
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Kansas City
Kan
Rock Island
Joseph Sam Perry
U.S. District Court
Chicago
E.L. Chisholm
Eldon
Iowa
Switchmen's Union of North America
Osawatomie Approves 1.7 Million High School Bond
In Osawatomie Kansas the school district approved a 1.7 million bond issue for a new high school by 1 049 to 279 votes. The school to house 500 to 600 students will be built next to the municipal stadium and park and is planned for occupancy in fall 1968.
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Osawatomie, Kan
Osawatomie Unified
Kiwanis Club Elects Brown President at Tioga Hotel
Jack Brown was elected Kiwanis president at a Monday night meeting at the Tioga Hotel. Wilbur Allison was named first vice president, Billy LaRue second vice president, and Don Mitchell treasurer. Directors include Bill Baldwin Jim Brown Bob Hembree Bob McLaren Don McReynolds Bill Wolfe and John Pate. Terms begin January 1. Brown succeeds Ron Sutcliffe.
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Jack Brown
Chanute Kiwanis
Tioga Hotel
Wilbur Allison
Billy LaRue
Don Mitchell
Bill Baldwin
Jim Brown
Bob Hembree
Bob McLaren
Don McReynolds
Bill Wolfe
John Pate
Brown
Ron Sutcliffe
Tribune Phone Contact goes through carrier after hours
If you cannot reach the Tribune by phone, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Weather Today and Area Forecast With Kansas Showers
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through Thursday. Tonight's low 60 to 65. Highs in the 80s. Showers moved across Kansas overnight from northwest to southeast with locally heavier rain in extreme northeast Kansas. Hoyt reports the statewide maximum 0.66 inches. Tuesday highs ranged from 87 in Garden City to 81 in Olathe Emporia and Chanute.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hoyt
Garden City
Olathe
Emporia
Chanute
Senate Approves 4.1 Billion Public Works Bill
The Senate today completed action on a 4.1 billion public works appropriation bill after House passage on Tuesday. It funds Army Engineers and the Reclamation Bureau for nationwide water projects and allocates 2.2 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission operations for the current fiscal year. The measure also includes over 82 million for flood control, reclamation and recreation projects in Missouri and Kansas.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Missouri
Kansas
November Draft Call Is Cut
The Pentagon cut the November draft call by 6,100 to 37,600 and announced 12,100 men will be inducted in December. The December call is half a month. no inductions between December 16 and January 1, 1967. All inductees go to the Army. Next January’s request is expected to total about 33,500 based on six months’ average.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Suburban Housewives Halt Unneeded School Trees
In Henrico County Virginia a lawyer began removing pines for a school addition until local residents led by Mrs Walter Hyer Jr exposed a 40 foot error in the plans. State senator William Parkerson and architect Macon G Norman confirmed trees could remain after dozens were cut.
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Richmond
Sawyer
Henrico County
Walter Hyer Jr
Tuckahoe
Utah
William F. Parkerson Jr
Macon G. Norman
Fresh American troops arrive as Viet Nam buildup tightens
Four thousand new U S combat troops land in Viet Nam, boosting total U S forces to 325 000 with allied deployments and South Vietnamese militiary personnel. McNamara visits Saigon evacuation hospitals and carriers as air strikes report on Haiphong Ha Noi targets and inland infrastructure damage.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mekong Delta
Ivy
Oriskany
South China Sea
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Marine
Cincinnati Woman Strangled. Fourth in Year in City
A 51-year-old Cincinnati wife and mother of nine was found strangled in her garage. Police tie the death to three prior strangulations of women in the area, all in their 50s, within the last year, suggesting a serial pattern. Another nearby murder remains unsolved, a park slaying of a 56-year-old woman.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Alice
Emogene Harrington
Lois Dant
Jeanette M. Messer
Harrington
University of Cincinnati
Dant
Messer
Hochhausler
Jerome Bricca
Walter M Poor Hospital Section Named At Neosho Memorial
The Neosho Memorial Hospital board designates the geriatrics wing as the Walter M. Poor Geriatrics Section in honor of Poor a long serving trustee who helped oversee construction and operation since the hospital opened in 1951. A plaque will memorialize his dedication as the board notes recent trustees appointment and monthly medical statistics show 248 admissions and 233 outpatient visits for September. Dwight Wallingford chaired the meeting with David German and others present in Chanute and Erie.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Walter M. Poor
Board of Trustees
Poor
R. 4
Atlanta Bank Robbery Report
Burglars robbed the Citizens State Bank in Atlanta Kansas Tuesday night of an undetermined cash amount.
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Atlanta
Kan
Citizens State Bank
Tulsa area river projects get federal flood and navigation study funds
Surveys and cost benefit analyses will begin soon on Grand Neosho and Verdigris basin water projects in Kansas and Oklahoma. House funds provide 10 000 for Grand Neosho flood control in both states, 20 000 for Verdigris flood control in Kansas, and 17 000 for Verdigris navigation upstream from Tulsa, with deadlines by June 30, 1967.
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Tulsa
Okla
Grand Neosho
Verdigris River
Kansas
Oklahoma
Army Engineers
House
Grand Neosho Basin
Verdigris
Grand- Neosho
Food Price War Flares In Portland Stores
Portland shoppers face a week old price war with bread four cents on the West Side and twenty cents on the East Side. Discounter tactics and ad copying drive volatile staples pricing as dairies express concern about the retail maneuver.
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Portland, Ore
Portland
West Side
East Side
Discount
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