Southeast Kansas highway plan unveiled for three corridors
The Southeast Kansas Highway Association proposed a three-corridor accelera ted highway program including U S 69 near the Missouri line from Kansas City to Baxter Springs, Kansas 96 from Wichita southeast, and US 169 from Olathe to Coffeyville connecting with US 75 to Tulsa. The plan will be presented to the 1969 Kansas Legislature.
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Independence
Kan
Southeast Kansas Highway Association
Leonard Rude
Parsons
Association
Kansas-Missouri
Kansas City
Baxter Springs
Wichita
Kansas
Olathe
Coffeyville Independence
Tulsa
Oklo
Rude
No More Miss America Rally by Feminists Unfolds
A New York protest group announces a Saturday rally against the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City. They denounce the contest as demeaning and a symbol of false beauty standards, planning a mass demonstration with a “freedom trash can” and disallowing male reporters while inviting sympathetic men to donate.
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New York
Atlantic City
N.J
Newark
Washington
Boston
Miss Morgan
Intercepted Letter Opposes Miss America Reference
A scanned note shows an intercepted letter content stating opposition to Miss America, likening it to opposition to motherhood and apple pie, ending with “Yours.”
Houston Transplants Heart at Methodist Hospital
Surgeons at Methodist Hospital performed Houston's 12th heart transplant. James Elbert Singleton of Fort Worth recovered satisfactorily after receiving the heart of Paul C. Mason, a 17 year old Long Beach resident who died in a California motorcycle crash. Mason's donor details and the surgical team led by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey are noted.
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Houston, Tex
Methodist Hospital
Houston
James Elbert Singleton
Fort Worth
Paul C. Mason
Long Beach
Calif
Mason
California
Charlene Duden
Liberty, Mo
Frank Mason
Michael E. DeBakey
DeBakey
Busy Week For Students At Unified School District 413
A busy start to the new school year features orientation assemblies and welcome programs across most buildings. Highlights include Friday’s high school assembly with Superintendent Buford E Fisher welcoming everyone and student council officers being installed. Officer slate includes President Don Noland and others. home room officers were elected and pictures taken, Kayette board and council meetings held, and sophomores named new officers Tim Thuston Kurt Jonson Rick McMeekin Dennis Gates.
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Unified School District
Buford E. Fisher
Don Noland
Mike Bauer
Susan Kensett
Linda Ford
Strikes Hit Schools in the United States
Teachers strikes disrupted openings or threatened to disrupt school terms across multiple states. Michigan reported 12 districts closed with 67,700 students at home while 35 districts planned to work under ongoing contracts. New York City and Philadelphia faced potential walkouts as unions pressed for higher pay and formal agreements. East St. Louis Madison East Chicago and Clarksville Tennessee saw mass resignations, court actions, and large-scale walkouts affecting thousands of students. Boston largely opened with one sit-in at Gibson school over a principal transfer issue.
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Associated Press
Michigan
New York City
Philadelphia
East St. Louis
Ill
Madison
East
Chicago
Ind
Clarksville-Montgomery County
Ft. Campbell
Darien
Conn
East Haven
Boston
Gibson
Dorchester
Allied Forces Strike to Thwart Viet Cong Push Toward Saigon
Allied air and ground actions aim to block Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops approaching Saigon from the north and northwest. U S intelligence cites a possible Sept 15 attack date, with battles ongoing near the capital and mounting American and South Vietnamese casualties last week.
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Saigon
U.S
Boi Loi
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
State debt in Kansas tops 1 billion for 1968 year
Kansas bonded indebtedness reached a record 1.058 billion dollars at year end 1968. State Auditor ion E Hedrick reported the total up 35.33 million from the prior year with changes across county city township school and special districts and major revenue and municipal bonds.
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Topeka
Kansas
E. Hedrick
Hedrick
Kansas Armory Board
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Auto Leasing Seen Growing Fast Across U S
Detroit AP reports half of drivers may not own their cars by 1980 as lease rental and fleet cars surge. Industry executives cite cheaper costs and flexibility with leasing, noting large dealer participation and growing annual lease volumes across major automakers.
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Detroit
United States
William S. Pickett
American Motors Corp
Pickett
Fleet
Clyde Sutton
McCullagh Leasing Inc
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