Enrollment Up by Fifty in Unified School District 413
The board heard a report showing 2,471 students enrolled in grades 1 12 for the current year, up from 2,421 a year ago. The rise excludes junior college students. The board accepted Vernon Youngbergs resignation and hired Paul Whitworth and Vincent J Aziere, plus approved a school bus gasoline bid from Mid America Refining Co.
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Board of Education of
Unified School District 413
Alcott
Fairfield
Hutton
Lincoln
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Royster Junior High
Senior High
Vernon Youngberg
Youngberg
Neosho County Community Junior College
Paul Whitworth
Vincent J. Aziere
Hillcrest
Mid-America Refining Co
Buford Fisher
Lincoln School
Biosatellite 2 Sends Million-Strong Bugs Into Orbit
A Biolab filled with millions of bugs and plants launches aboard Biosatellite 2 from Cape Kennedy to study life in weightlessness for 70 hours. A second launch, Surveyor 5, aims for a soft Moon landing in the Sea of Tranquility near Moltke crater.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Biosatellite 2
Surveyor 5
Earth
Sea of Tranquility
Crater
Moltke
SeKanaires Gospel Tour Delayed By Trade Commission
A SeKanaires Gospel Quartet tour to Canada between Toronto Ottawa and Expo 67 was postponed after a telegram from the Kansas Trade Commission cited personal business conflicts. The group was to depart Sunday for a weeklong set of stops, with Gov. Docking announcing the Kansas trade mission postponement and 12 cancellations by Kansans cited by Jack Lacy of the Economic Development agency.
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SeKanaires Gospel Quartet
Canada
Charles Chauncey
Chauncey
Kansas Trade Commission
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Expo 67
Topeka
Kansas
Robert Docking
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Jack Lacy
Economic Development Agency
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Clear Pattern Units
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am Thursday with two fatalities. For September 18, 1967, the state recorded 438 deaths, compared with 487 in the same period in 1966.
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Topeka
Kansas
EK Oil and Gas Association Set for September 30 Meeting
The Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association will meet here on September 30 with topics including petroleum taxes supply and demand and foreign oil imports. A. H. Alcock president of the group will preside over a short business session and a program honoring industry old timers followed by a question and answer period.
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Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association
A. H. Alcock
N. Evergreen
Eastern
Kansas Oil and Gas Assn
Hart Faces Escalating Fines In Contempt Case
In Callaway County Magistrate Court James Daniel Hart Rhineland Missouri challenged a jail term for driving while intoxicated. Judge High P Williamson imposed six consecutive fifty dollar fines totaling three hundred dollars along with two hundred days added to the existing sentence after Hart threatened the judge.
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Fulton, Mo
Callaway County
James Daniel Hart
Rhineland
High P. Williamson
Hart
Williamson
Willis Hidelbaugh
Mexican Fiesta Fall Festival Events Planned
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce retail committee approved shopping hours for the annival Fall Festival opening night program. The festival runs Sept 28 29 30 with a talent show parade team pulling contest and a swash to Saturday night.
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Chanute Area
John Willcott
Jaycee
Roger Prather
Festival
Shaw
UAW Strikes Ford Halts 1968 Models Across 25 States
The United Auto Workers began a strike at Ford Motor Co shutting production of 1968 models in 25 states. Ford rejects arbitration as talks fail and warns Canadian shipments will continue under free trade. Ford faced pressure from GM and Chrysler amid the national walkout.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United States
General Motors
Chrysler
Chanute Receives A A A Safety Award in Topeka
Three Chanute representatives Mayor James W Kensett City Manager R J Hayes and Police Chief Lige Matlock traveled to Topeka to accept an American Automobile Association safety award for the city a five year record without pedestrian fatalities through 1966 The plaque was presented first to Gov Robert Docking by AAA officials and then given to the Chanute delegation during ceremonies at the governor s office with other cities also receiving awards.
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Chanute
Topeka
American Automobile Assn
James W. Kensett
R. J. Hayes
Lige Matlock
Robert Docking
The
Automobile Association
Docking
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter fragment shows a personal note addressed to Cha with a playful line about the judge’s authority and a closing gesture. The text hints at domestic confidences and a tester’s remark about who wears the final say in matters.
Fierce Battle Rages Over Rice Paddies
In Que Son Valley U S Marines and about 4000 fresh North Vietnamese troops clash as daily advances continue. The fighting in paddies and bamboo stands west of Tam Ky yields Marine deaths 114 and 283 wounded with 376 enemy killed over four days and 338 in two days of recent actions.
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Saigon
U.S
Que Son Valley
Tam Ky
Tam
Que Son
da Nang
North Vietnam
Lang Con
Kansas Governor proposes regional conference on Vietnam role
Gov. Docking of Kansas announced plans for a conference to explore the state's part in pacification and rehabilitation of Vietnam. He urged cooperation with the State Department and Kansas colleges, plus business and professional groups, to join the effort.
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Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Vietnam
Robert Docka
Docking
State Department
Emporia State Teachers College
W. L. White
Emporia Gazette
United States
Engineers Take Soundings On Verdigris Navigation
The Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing in Coffeyville Kansas on October 27 to assess flood control and navigation on the Verdigris River. Proposals would make the river navigable 75 miles Coffeyville to Catoosa or 100 miles Independence to Catoosa with about five dams and a preliminary $150 million price tag.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Corps of Engineers
Verdigris River
Coffeyville
Catoosa
Okla
Independence
Kan
Corps
Congress
Kansas-Oklahoma
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Mild Kansas Weather With Highs in the 75 to 80 Range
The Weather Bureau forecasts mild conditions across Kansas with daytime highs expected between 75 and 80. Tonight’s lows fall from 55 to 60 in the west to 60 to 65 in the east, while Wednesday’s highs vary from 68 at Dodge City to 82 at Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Governor orders probe into Farm Bureau insurance charges
Gov. Robert Docking directed an inquiry into Rep. Joseph Resnick's claims about Kansas Farm Bureau insurance companies. Atty. Gen. Sonderholm will investigate to determine truth of the allegations regarding gifts to the state insurance regulator and related conduct, though Docking cites no proven wrongdoing.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-N.y
Kansas
Farm Bureau
Docking
Robert Sonderholm
Frank Sullivan
Sonderholm
Resnick
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Kansas State University
Kansas Farm Bureau
Department of Insurance
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SeKanaires
EK Oil & Gas Assn
Jack Groves
Wichita
Santa Fe Park
EKOGA
Missouri
John Congdon
W. M. Holman
S. Grant
California
Tribune
Lois Erickson
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Johnson
Reuther
Dearborn
Henry Ford II
Malcolm Denise
Cha
Yours
Kanas
Apparenty
Surance
Kansas Country Club
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