Investment Credit Suspension Urged by Fowler
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler urged the House Ways and Means Committee to approve a 16 month suspension of the investment credit for 7 percent of equipment spending. He stressed the move is temporary to curb inflation and oppose treating it as a mere countercyclical tool. Commerce Secretary John T. Connor supported the plan noting inflationary pressure from capital spending but said growth would slow slightly.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. H. Fowler
Congress
Johnson
Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
John
Seven Die In Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
The Associated Press reports seven deaths in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Victims include Amy D. McClellan and Bonnie F. Sanders, both 19, in a collision near Hutchinson. Edward Dechant, 50, near McLouth. James Fenstermaker, 4, in Grandview, Missouri. Scott Hogan, 4, of Topeka. Kenneth Dean, 50, of Wichita. and Howard Merrow, 50, of Leavenworth, the latter an assistant superintendent at the Kansas State Penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Hutchinson
U.S
Amy D. McClellan
Cunningham
Kan
Bonnie F. Sanders
Medicine Lodge
Edward Dechant
Kansas City
Olathe
James Fenstermaker
Grandview
Scott Hogan
Topeka
Kenneth Dean
Wichita
Farley
Perry
Howard Merrow
Leave
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Reveals September 1966 Totals
Kansas traffic death log reports 487 fatalities for September 1966 through 9 am Monday, with 451 in the comparable 1965 period. One previously unreported fatality is included in the latest tally.
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Topeka
Kansas
At Least 13 Die In Anchorage Hotel Fire
A fatal early morning blaze destroyed the Lane Hotel in Anchorage, killing at least 13 people. Police and fire crews recovered bodies from the ruins as investigators searched the frame building amid rain and smoke.
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Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Presbyterian Pastor At Parsons Resigns
In Parsons Kansas the Rev Francis Roy King resigns as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church the letter says he will leave the ministry and may take secular work in Missouri no reasons given. Parish session members received the mimeographed notice by mail and the resignation was read from the pulpit on Sunday.
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Parsons
Kan
Francis Roy King
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. King
King
Missouri
Miss America Queens from Kansas Nearby
Debbie Bryant of Kansas was Miss America 1966 and Jane Ann Jayroe Miss America 1967. Jayroe lives in Laverne Oklahoma panhandle less than 20 miles from Kansas, per intercepted letter.
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Debbie Bryant
Kansas
Jane Ann Jayroe
Laverne
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas Votes In Congress On Recent Roll Calls
AP records Kansas members voting on key roll calls. On passage of a $3.5 billion foreign aid measure the vote was 33 for and 25 against. several members did not vote. Other votes covered minimum wage timing, Fair Labor Standards Act amendments, and agency power over savings rates, with party alignment noted for each vote.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Carlson
Pearson
HOUSE
Ayres
Ohio
Dole
Ellsworth
Mize
Shubitz
Shriver
Weather Update For Topeka Kansas Area Forecast
Early morning fog and low cloudiness persist across southern Kansas with zero visibility in spots. Mostly sunny by late morning, warm through Tuesday with highs mid 80s and little temperature change. Forecasters expect a chance of rain later in the week from a Pacific system.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Area C of C Committees Schedule Meetings This Week
Three Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce committees meet this week at the chamber office. The highway committee gathers at 4 p.m. today to review freeway petitions for Kansas City, Kansas to Tulsa with copies to officials. An overnight highway meeting in Cologah, Oklahoma is planned. The agriculture committee meets at 7 a.m. tomorrow to plan a fall Adams Ranch tour. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. On Wednesday at 3 p.m. the public relations panel plans a Wichita Amarada goodwill visit on Sept 21.
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Chanute Area
Cologah
Okla
Jack Groves
Agriculture Committee
Adams Ranch
Foraker
Wichita
Driver Held In Lieu Of Bond In Dwi Case
Erie Russell J. Wasson 20 of Carl Junction Missouri was held in lieu of bond at the county jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and not having a driver's license. Hearing set for Wednesday in Chanute city court. Arrest made Saturday night three miles west of Galesburg by the sheriff's office.
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Erie
Russell J. Wasson
Carl Junction
Chanute
Galesburg
Injuries Fatal To Oswego Woman
Mrs. Pile B. Bradley aged 65 of Rural Oswego died after a collision between her car and a truck four miles northwest of Oswego. The crash occurred about a mile and a half from the Bradley home, late Friday.
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Parsons
Kan
Pile B. Bradley
Oswego
Bradley
Gemini 11 completes fastest orbital rendezvous with Agena
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon Jr. achieved a record fast one orbit rendezvous with the Agena target satellite about 185 miles above the Pacific. They docked, then undocked and began the S-26 ion wake experiment as Mission Control hailed the maneuver.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Pacific Ocean
Point Arguello
Calif
Conred
Navy
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Conrad
California
Tananarive
Malagasy Republic
Africa
Gordon
Australia
Elk City reservoir dedicated in Kansas
The 19 million Elk City reservoir near Independence Kansas was dedicated by Lt General William F Cassidy marking the 16th such project in the state in two decades. Cassidy forecast 1.80 dollars in regional benefits per dollar spent and noted Verdigris basin’s 800 000 population should double in 55 years with the dam and others in the basin.
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Independence
Kan
Elk City
Kansas
William F. Cassidy
Verdigris River
Heaviest US Raids Reported Against North Vietnam
U S air forces conducted the war’s heaviest raids Sunday with 171 missions over North Vietnam including B52 strikes in the DMZ follow ups to Canberra and Phantom attacks. Air activity also returned to South Vietnam with 363 sorties aimed at bunkers tunnels and fortified positions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
United States
Air Force
North
South
Viet Nam
80 Percent Turnout Affects South Vietnam Elections
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky hailed an 80 per cent turnout in South Vietnam's national elections, calling it the start of victory over Communists. The 117 member assembly to draft a new constitution will convene Sept 26, with 22 teachers and 20 military men among its members. Thang reported 5,289,652 eligible voters and 4,274,812 voting, noting few protest blank ballots. Ky framed the vote as a worldwide stand against evil forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Military Council
Nguyen Duc Thang
Thang
Two Chanute Boys Admit Break-in
Two Chanute juveniles admitted breaking into the Krepps beer parlor in Buffalo Saturday night. Five cases of beer and eight cartons of cigarettes were taken through an east window. Some merchandise was recovered. Juvenile petitions may be filed, with a decision expected late today.
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Krepps Beer
Buffalo
Hubert Harris
Wilson County
Harris
Miss America Jane Ann Jayroe Begins Her Year of Duties
Oklahoma celebrates as Jane Ann Jayroe, Miss America 1967 from Laverne, starts the duties of the title. She heads to Philadelphia for a TV interview and then to New York for a week of appearances and travel, with an estimated personal income of 75 000 dollars, while Oklahomans await her homecoming.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Oklahoma
Jane Ann Jayroe
Laverne, Okla
New York
Black Box on Safe Proves Burglary Alarm Not Safe
A 25 year old black metal box on Hazel Ryan's insurance safe concealed 15 ounces of nitroglycerine. Army disposal unit from Ft. Riley removed the device after confirming the danger, prompting a halted urban renewal project and a tense evacuation scare that was later called off.
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Kansas City
Kan
Hazel C. Ryan
James E. Hawley
Ft. Riley
Hawley
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
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Cassidy
Army Engineers
Elk River
Gov
William H. Avery
Frank Carlson
Joe Shubitz
William T. Bradley
Dallas
Col
George A. Reich
Tulsa
Elk River Valley
Gemini
Agena
Atlantic
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Philadelphia
Rebecca Alkire
Circleville
Palisades Amusement Park
Fort Lee
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