Johnson Renews Bid for Peace and Boosts Thailand Aid
President Johnson linked a renewed peace effort with a surge of U S support for Thailand amid a growing Red terrorist threat. Bangkok reports arms aid rising by one third and total military aid potentially reaching 60 million dollars in fiscal 1967, with Thailand a key SEATO ally and base for U S forces. Johnson urged Hanoi to sit at the table for peace and announced steps toward a five year economic development plan for Thailand.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Johnson
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Thanom Kittikachorn
U.S
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Chulalongkorn University
The
University
Congress
Far East
Dean Rusk
Graham Martin
Pay Plan Aims Unified County Official Salaries
The Kansas Legislative Council Federal State and Local Government Committee recommends sweeping changes to county official pay. Legislature would set salaries for county commissioners while minimums apply to other elective officials. Local flexibility remains, with four large counties retaining specific salary laws.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Keith Sebelius
R-Norton
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Johnson and Wyandotte
Kensett zoning exception approved for carport at 203 E. 9th
The zoning board of appeals granted a variance for Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Kensett after a public hearing Thursday night. The decision allows a carport to extend closer to the east property line than zoning rules permit, with no protests filed.
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J. W. Kensett
Zoning Board of Appeals
Kensetts
E. 9Th
Phone contact notice in Tribune ad
Public notice directs readers to call a Tribune phone line for carrier issues after 6 p.m. and provides an alternate dial number HE 1-3490 when a contact cannot be reached.
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Tribune
Intercepted Letter Discusses Clock Change Question
An intercepted letter asks Cha if in a year from Sunday clocks will be turned back an hour prompting speculation about daylight saving time. The brief note references time changes and curiosity about future dates.
Queen Visits Grief Stricken Aberfan
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Aberfan Wales amid a disaster that buried a generation of children when a slag heap collapsed last week. Officials list 147 dead mostly schoolchildren aged 5 to 11. recovery remains slow with few hopes of more bodies found.
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Aberfan
Wales
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
New Talk Satellite Passes First Test
The Intelsat II Lani Bird satellite passed its initial transmission tests, providing the first commercial space communications link between North America and the Far East. Signals from Andover Maine showed stronger power and clearer pictures than the Early Bird system, according to Comsat officials.
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Washington
North America
Far East
Andover
Maine
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Early Bird
Lunar Orbiter 1 Crashes Into Moon Ends 22-Month Mission
NASA reports Lunar Orbiter 1 was steered to crash on the far side of the moon at about 9 30 a m local time to avoid interference with a new moon probe next month. The 8 25 a m command halted its orbit and the satellite did not reappear as planned at 10 10 a m.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Woomera
Australia
New Lincoln School Begins Full Use After Eight-Year Build
The new Lincoln School is nearly fully operational with the gymnasium in use this week and regular physical education in progress. An open house is set for November 8 to showcase the facility to the public during the PTA guided tour and teacher reception. Enrollment stands at 141 with class sizes from 17 to 32.
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Lincoln School
PTA
Lincoln
United Fund Contributions Reach $6361 After $2500 Boost
The United Fund tally shows contributions totaling $6,361 today, with an additional $2,500 donation increasing the overall sum and highlighting ongoing community support.
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United Fund
Skubitz Uninjured After One Car Crash
Rep. Joe Skubitz escaped serious injury in a one car accident on a county road southwest of Independence. His car went off an embankment after missing a curve and flipped onto its side. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for examination and released later. He had attended a Republican rally in Dearing while campaigning for re election in the 5th District.
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Rep
Skubitz
Independence
Joe Skubitz
The
Highway Patrol
Mercy Hospital
Dearing
Escapee Bound Over At Preliminary Hearing
LEAVENWORTH Kan AP A prisoner who escaped from the Kansas Penitentiary Sept 30 was bound over to district court at his preliminary hearing on an escape charge Friday. William E Hunt 37 of Altus Oklahoma is named along with others who escaped. Hunt recaptured at Great Bend Kan Oct 9.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
William E. Hunt
Altus
Okla
Hunt
Randy Miksell
Carthage
Oliver Cromwell Hardee
Wagoner
John Oscar Engberg
Bucklin
Hardee
Engberg
Denver
Colo
Miksell
Oklahoma City
Great Bend
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across the Area
The area forecast calls for fair and cooler tonight then fair and warmer Sunday with no precipitation. Highs today from the upper 50s to mid 60s, lows tonight from the upper 20s to upper 30s, and highs Sunday around 60s. Across towns, Goodland recorded 64 while Chanute reached 82, with low temperatures from 31 to 50.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Red Troops Pounce on U.S. Infantry Near Pleiku
North Vietnamese regulars attacked U.S. 4th Infantry Division units 6 to 15 miles west and northwest of Pleiku in waves through jungle and grass. The fighting injured about 600 soldiers, with three helicopters downed including a medical evacuation craft.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Th
Plei Djereng
Refusal to Serve Brings 3 Year Term
Gary Robert Painter, 20, a Jehovah's Witness, was sentenced to three years for refusing to report for civilian duty as an alternate to military induction. He told Judge William H. Becker that his religious beliefs barred any service. Painter had been ordered to report July 18 to Kansas University Medical Center.
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Kansas City
Gary Robert Painter
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Painter
William H. Becker
U.S. District Court
Kansas University Medical Center
South Africa Keeps Silence On UN Takeover Move
In Johannesburg the government offered no comment on the U N General Assembly decision to assume control of South West Africa. Foreign Minister Hilgard Muller returned from exile to brief Prime Minister Vorster on the lead up to the assembly resolution and its implications.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
U.N. General Assembly
South-West Africa
Hilgard Muller
United Nations
Muller
John Vorster
Assembly
U.N
FTC probes games and stamps in retail food industry
The FTC investigates promotional games and trading stamps used by grocers to assess effects on competition and prices. Industry voices debate costs to consumers, with proponents calling for reform and critics warning of hidden price hikes.
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New York
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Washington
Dallas
Tex
Philip L
Collins
Women On Warpath
Armand Herreras
Buffalo
N.Y
Williamsville
Warpath
Seattle
Wash
Charles T. Lundstrom
Greater Miami
Hulac Named Vice President of People-to-People
Charles R. Hulac of Prairie Village Kan was appointed vice president of People-to-People announced by president Wil Rose. Hulac, deputy executive director since March 1965, is a University of Nebraska graduate with prior roles at American Friends of the Middle East in Washington and as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in St Helena California. The organization founded in 1965 by Dwight D Eisenhower who chairs its board.
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Kansas City
Charles R. Hulac
Prairie Village
Kan
Wil Rose
Hulac
University of Nebraska
American Friends of the Middle East Inc
Washington
First Presbyterian Church
St. Helena
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Topeka Woman Killed In Lawrence Crash
A grain truck struck a car on U S 24 40 near Lawrence killing Mrs. Steve E Kaminski II aged 22 of Topeka. Her husband 23 driving the car was critically injured. Truck driver Eldon Colahan of Salina said the car turned into his path and he could not stop. Colahan was unhurt.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Lawrence, Kan
Steve E. Kaminski II
Eldon Colahan
Salina
Kan
Colahan
U. S. 24-40
Time changes spark nationwide clock switch confusion
The article notes the 1967 daylight saving time switch to standard time, with 2 a.m. clocks back, and outlines the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and varying state plans for next year. It highlights Indiana Kentucky and other states with split times, plus legislative delays and regional attitudes toward time changes.
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Johnson
Butte, Meat
Britain
United States
South
Induction List From Neosho County Selective Service
The Neosho county Selective Service office reports 10 men called for induction Tuesday and 20 others for pre induction examination. Inductees include James J. Smith St Paul Gary A. Gromer Wichita John S Brown Petrolia Leon R Carder Lawrence Larry E Anderson Thayer Milton E Jackson Donald E Kennedy Gerald K Morrison Steve R Morrison Leonard G Anderson Chanute. Pre induction group lists James T Jensen Donald R Puckett Duane M Knapp Neil E Feld Stanley R Whitworth William R Roberts Jr Guadalupe Ponce Chanute Conrad J Walsh Ferguson Mo Daniel E Sparks Wichita formerly Chanute Howard E Bailey Thayer John R Volmer Parsons Frank M Luther Forrest L McCoy Jonathan B Peterson Galesburg Ronald D Greve Newton Clyde W Wheeler Hillsdale Thomas C Dawson Lees Summit Mo Robert B Grogan Washington DC Steven L Dimon Tulsa Johnie D Dighero Earlton. Half the pre induction group are aged 26 to 35.
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James J. Smith
St. Paul
Gary A. Gromer
Wichita
John S. Brown
Petrolia
Leon R. Carder
Lawrence
Larry E. Anderson
Thayer
Milton E. Jackson
Donald E. Kennedy
Gerald K. Morrison
Steve R. Morrison
Leonard G. Anderson
Chanute
James T. Jensen
Donald R. Puckett
Duane M. Knapp
Neil E. Feld
Stanley R. Whitworth
William R. Roberts Jr
Guadalupe Ponce
Conrad J. Walsh
Ferguson
Daniel E. Sparks
Howard E. Bailey
John R. Volmer
Parsons
Frank M. Luther
Forrest L. McCoy
Erie
Jonathan B. Peterson
Galesburg
Ronald D. Greve
Newton
Clyde W. Wheeler
Hillsdale
Thomas C. Dawson
Lee’s Summit
Robert B. Grogan
Washington, D. C
Steven L. Dimon
Tulsa
Johnie D. Dighero
Earlton
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows October 58 in 1966
Topeka area traffic death log reports 58 fatalities for October up to 9 a m Saturday, with year totals 1966 at 600 and the comparable 1965 period at 532, indicating an increase in deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
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