Docking outlines Kansas higher ed goals and priorities
Gov. Robert Docking urged setting clear education priorities in Kansas at Pittsburg State College. He warned against indiscriminate student and program funding and proposed a five point budget rating from emergency to outright rejected. He emphasized staffing over luxury buildings and warned against diluting tax dollars.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Pittsburg State College
Boards of Education
Hell No
Favor Interest Ceilings Extend Authority for Deposits
The House Banking Committee approved legislation to extend one year more the authority for interest ceilings on bank and savings and loan deposits. The bill matches a Senate bill but offers a one year extension vs two. If the Senate accepts, passage is expected before Thursday midnight.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Congress
Senate
House Committee
Saigon rocked by embassy bombing and Chinese killings
Communist terrorists blew up the Nationalist China embassy in Saigon wounding 27 and triggering a gun battle that killed two prominent Chinese and wounded a third. Police arrested a 20 year old Chinese girl with a .45 pistol. Other attacks hit Chinese targets as U S Marines faced shelling near the demilitarized zone.
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Saigon
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
Charles T. Chung
Prung Ngoc Anh
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hiphong
Weather and flood risks in Kansas clouded by heavy rains
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy mild conditions with scattered showers and storms tonight and Wednesday. In north central Kansas flooding is expected along the lower Solomon and Smoky Hill rivers as two days of heavy rain push water four to five feet above banks by 9 p.m. at Niles, with Ellsworth recording 5.87 inches and a two day total of 7.07 inches. Russell saw 7.83 inches.
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Topeka
Lower Solomon River
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Lower Solomon
Niles
Smoky Hill River
Ellsworth
Russell
Leavenworth Crash Fatal to Soldier
A one car crash on K92 west of Leavenworth left Spec. 4 James P. Sarkness 21 of Twin Valley Minnesota dead. Spec. 4 Billy L. Landanger Carrall Nebraska was seriously hurt and treated at Munson Army Hospital Fort Leavenworth.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ft. Leavenworth
Dan Hawes
James P. Sarkness
Twin Valley
Minn
Billy L. Landanger
Carrall
Neb
Munson Army Hospital
Kingman Doctor Heads Academy of GP
The American Academy of General Practice will install Dr. George E. Burker Jr. of Kingman Kansas as president at its scientific assembly Wednesday night. Burket was president elect the past year and will succeed Dr. Carroll L. Witten of Louisville Kentucky. The 30000 member national family doctor organization is headquartered in Kansas City Missouri.
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Dallas
Tex
American Academy of General Practice
George E. Burker Jr
Kingman
Kan
Burket
Carroll L. Witten
Louisville
National
Family Doctor Organization
Kansas City
Pilot Ejects Safely From F105 Before Wichita Crash
AP report says Capt Ivy McCoy ejected from an F105 jet just before it crashed in a field near McConnell Air Force Base. He was not injured. A board of officers will investigate the accident’s cause.
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Wichita
Ivy McCoy
McConnell Air Force Base
McCoy
Air Force
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Report
Traffic death log shows 34 state wide fatalities for September 1967 and 457 for the year to date through September. Comparable 1966 period recorded 520 deaths, highlighting an overall decline.
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Topeka
Kansas
$20 Million Battle Rats in City Slums Faces House Vote
The House debates a bill including a $20 million rat extermination effort for city slums and a $58 million emergency allocation to 143 overcrowded hospitals. Supporters push a $20 million state aid boost for rat control and an expanded $708 million for state projects. Opponents warn the hospital funds target New York districts.
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Washington
House
Itot Hill
New York
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Reuss - Mathias
Texans Flee As Beulah Hammers Texas Coast
Beulah grows to 135 mph as it barrels toward the Rio Grande, prompting warnings from Port Aransas to Galveston. About 3,000 residents flee Port Isabel. Crops worth an estimated 20 million dollars face ruin, with russet and citrus losses noted. One death in Texas reported as landfall nears.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Port Aransas
Beulah
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
John C. White
Weather Bureau
tip-of-Texas
Bridgette Laverne Anthony
Freeport
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Point Noell
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Thant warns of new Middle East war without progress
U N Secretary General U Thant warned of a possible new war in the Middle East within years if causes of the June clash between Israelis and Arabs are not eliminated. He proposed five principles, a special representative for the region, and a private Security Council session to seek peace, noting UN failures over 20 years to address deep seated issues.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Middle East
Thant
General Assembly
Assembly
Security Council
United Nations
United Nation
Parsons Approves Housing Authority
Parsons City Commission votes to form a public housing authority and seeks federal program approval to fund rental units for low income families. Local action sets the stage for potential new housing under federal housing programs.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons City Commission
Zip-a-List Kits Delivered By Mail Carriers Today
Chanute letter carriers begin delivering Zip-a-List kits to households to obtain zip codes for personal mailing lists. Each home gets eight address cards and a return form with no postage required. Mrs. Florence Kelley urges clear printing and inclusion of return addresses to ensure delivery, noting the Christmas rush and nine billion pieces of mail.
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Chanute Letter Carriers
Florence Kelley
Post Office
Kelley
Antimissile At A Glance
Defense Secretary McNamara outlines a five billion dollar missile shield to defend the United States from nuclear attack by the early 1970s. The plan ranks among the era’s major strategic choices, with broader anti Soviet options discussed but not adopted.
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Associated Press
Defense
Robert S. MccNamara
United States
McNamara
Red China
U.S
Canadian
Midwest
Southwest
Deep South
Intercepted Letter to Cha Exposes Landon Opinion
A cryptic intercepted letter to Cha discusses Alf Landon as a presidential candidate. The writer argues Landon would be more formidable today than in 1936, signaling renewed interest in his political strength.
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Alf Landon
Break-in Reports Near Chanute And St Paul
Neosho county sheriff George Neely said a house near Chanute was entered and food left, a Joe Smith liquor store in St Paul was broken into with a plate glass window damaged, and two Parsons State Training School runaways aged 16 and 17 were found about Urband and returned.
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Parsons State Training School
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
LeRoy Holden
Chanute
US 1169
Joe Smith Liquor Store
St. Paul
Parsons
Urbana
Parsons Ambulance Subsidy Approved for 4800
Parsons Kansas city commission approved an annual subsidy of 4800 dollars to continue ambulance service. William H. Corey, an ambulance operator, requested the subsidy stating the service had operated at a deficit for some time.
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Parsons, Kan
Parsons City Commission
William H. Corey
Public Housing Topic Discussed At Chanute Chamber Meeting
Ralph Hunt of Community Development Consultants outlined urban renewal and public housing concepts for Chanute. He noted aging residents and substandard housing as growth challenges and explained financing, goals, and how projects avoid competing with private housing.
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Chanute Is
Chamber of Commerce
Tole
Ralph Hunt
Community Development Consultants, Inc
Springfield
Chamber
Hunt
Chanute
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