Tax Bills Soon Reflect Increases for Chanute Area
Erie County notices mailed Monday show most tax bills rising. Chanute residents face 88.16 mills per 1000, up from 71.82, with levies split among Chanute city Unified District 413 county and junior college construction programs. Total rolls amount to 2,644,521, due by Nov 1, with Dec 20 half-payment deadline and penalty rules.
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Neosho County
Chanute
Showalter
Chanute City
County
Weather update from Topeka area forecast
The forecast calls for fair and mild conditions tonight and Friday with a cool front moving into northwest Kansas and across the state Friday. Temperatures are expected to drop 10 to 15 degrees by Friday night, with highs in the 70s and widespread 80s today. overnight lows range from the mid 30s to the 50s across the region.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Wamego
Goodland
Garden City
Liberal
Hill City
Lawrence
Neosho County Plans Invite Consultants for Program
Neosho County Commissioners approved a letter inviting Burgwin and Martin of Topeka and Algers and Martin of Joplin to submit consultant proposals for starting a county planning program. The nine member board includes six community appointees and three from commissioners. Regular meetings set for 7 p.m. first Tuesday each month starting Nov 1 at the courthouse.
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Erie
Neosho
Dale Painter
Chanute
Charles M. Hill Jr
Stark
Cleo Dalton
William O'Bryan
St. Paul
C. C. Duccy
Galesburg
Charles Payne
Thayer
Wilbur Thompson
William Guy
Lloyd VanCleave
Dalton
O'Bryan
Burgwin and Martin
Topeka
Algers and
Martin
Joplin
Four Pike County magistrates jailed over tax budget stand
Pikeville Kentucky four Pike County magistrates were jailed for contempt after refusing to approve a school budget that would raise taxes by ten percent. Supporters including 200 housewives gathered outside the jail while the four, Foster Bentley Burbage Prater Darwin Newsome and fellow magistrate Taylor Justice, maintained their stance amid pleas from Judge W D Sparks.
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Pikeville, Ky
Pike County
Justice
W.D. Sparks
Foster Bentley
Burbage Prater
Darwin Newsome
Pike County Fiscal Court
Fire kills four in three story building blaze
A late night fire in a three story building in Salt Lake City killed four women described as elderly and middle aged. Investigators said the blaze under a wooden staircase might have been deliberate.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 55 fatalities in October 1966 and 597 for the year through 9 a.m. Thursday. One fatality was previously unreported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Shaw
Superficial X-ray Unit Opens at Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho Memorial Hospital in Glen Dormois begins operating a superficial X-ray therapy room donated by Dr. V. A. Berkey of Pittsburgh. The unit treats skin lesions and blemishes, is basement located near the elevator, built to State Board of Health specs, and will be run by a radiologist to serve mainly elderly patients who previously traveled long distances for treatment.
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W. A. Berkey
T. L. (Bud) Kneeland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Glen Dormois
V. A. Berkey
Pittsburg
State Board of Health
Southeast Kansas
Coder
Mistaken Ambush Kills 8 Civilians in Saigon Area
A U S ambush patrol fired on a group mistaken for Viet Cong eight miles north of Saigon, killing eight civilians and wounding seven. The incident occurred during operation Allentown by the 1st Infantry Division. U S bombers struck Viet Cong targets in South Viet Nam as casualties rose on both sides.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Namese
Allentown
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
South
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
North
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
Oriskany
Philippines
Coral Sea
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnsons Relax Among Thailand Seas Before Official Visit
President and Mrs. Johnson rest at a government guest house in Bang Saen Thailand after a 24 hour pause in a long overseas swing. Thai Premier Thanom Kittikachorn welcomes them as security tightens and residents observe with calm. Johnson notes a face to face briefing beats long cables.
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Bang Saen
Thailand
Johnson
Gulf of Siam
Johnsons
Bangkok
U.S
Satta
Thanom Kittikachorn
Sattahip
Police Hire Truster To Fill Dept Vacancy
Police post for Truster employment to fill Patrolman Don Morris vacancy announced today. Larry Truster of 1310 S Highland, bread company driver, will be assigned to desk duty starting Saturday night as Howard Storm moves from dispatcher to patrol car duty.
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Larry Truster
S. Highland
Don Morris
Lige Matlock
Truster
Howard Storm
Lani Bird Satellite Moves Toward Pacific Nesting
Cape Kennedy reports a new communications satellite nicknamed Lani Bird has been launched aboard a three stage Delta rocket. Comsat plans to place the craft over the Pacific as a space switchboard linking North America Hawaii Australia the Philippines Japan and Thailand. Nearly all 480 channels are booked by carriers and agencies including Defense NASA and potential live Vietnam battlefield broadcasts.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Comsat Corp
Pacific Ocean
North America
Far East
Comsat
Atlantic
Joseph Charyk
Communications Satellite Corp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hughes Aircraft Corp
Charyk
Space Switchboard
Hawaii
Australia
Philippines
Japan
Thailand
Lani Bird
Defense Department
NASA
Space Agency
United Fund Gauge Gauge Levels Decline Across Goals
The United Fund shows a stepwise decrease from 23 000 to 10 000 in the visible figures, illustrating a downward trend across the listed benchmarks. Notes indicate variations in contributions or pledged totals at each level.
United Fund Contributions Edge Toward Midpoint
United Fund totals stood at 5722 as campaign officials urged workers to report promptly to headquarters for accurate progress updates. The drive shows three suggested targets of 7500 5000 2500 in the fundraising campaign.
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United Fund
County official outlines Neosho operations and road work
Ray Cotler, Neosho County commissioner from Chanute, spoke to the Methodist Men about budget stability and tax reductions over two years. He detailed road and bridge funding, welfare costs, hospital and mental health levies, and a street safety push amid 1966 traffic fatalities.
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Ray Cotler
Chanute
Neosho County
Methodist Men’s Club
Black Top
Chanute Sales Pavilion
Chanute Country Club
Turkey Creek
Plummer
Walnut Creek
Erie
Broken Bolt Interrupts Power Here
A broken bolt at the No 1 city power plant caused fan damper leakage and forced shutting off water to a boiler. The outage spread across the system and load was shifted to diesel plants. The No 2 diesel plant performed well while a temporary boiler repair was completed and two additional boilers were brought online.
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No. 1 City
John Lofthouse
Lofthouse
Four Quit Erhard's Cabinet in Bundestag Shakeup
Four ministers from the Free Democratic party resigned from Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's cabinet in Bonn as they refused to back higher taxes for U.S. arms funding. The Socialist opposition warned Erhard could be ousted. Herbert Wener of the Socialists urged a chancellor change, signaling possible coalition bids for the first time since the 1930s.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Bundestag
Free Democratic Party
Herbert Wener
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Switch Hidden Tax Fight
Intercepted letter reveals county officials refusing tax hikes and claiming readiness for jail rather than raise taxes. The note suggests political pressure and public funding dispute impacting local governance.
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