Freeway talk shifts to direct KC to Tulsa link
Kansas and Oklahoma lawmakers urged support for a Kansas City Kansas Tulsa direct highway. Rep. Henry Watkins and Rep. Lee Cain backed a plan while warning that a stateline turnpike could end four lane hopes. The KC Tulsa association formed a planning group and agreed on Topeka advocacy visits and dues.
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Kansas City, Kan
Tulsa
Cain
Kansas City
Baxter Springs
Ottawa
Emporia
Slain Valerie Percy Probe Links Cab Driver to Suspect
Kenilworth investigators receive Leo Yancey statement tying a fare to a man in a suspect photo in Evanston. Police plan lakefront searches with a Kenilworth boat and Coast Guard aid as they pursue clues in the Valerie Percy murder. A threatened attack letter lists Percy and other politicians, and Daley will question job applicants tied to Percy's campaign.
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Leo Yancey
Evanston
Percy
Valerie
Charles H. Percy
Kenilworth
North Shore
Chicago
Yancey
Glencoe
Maurice Higgins
State’s Attorney's Corps
Lake Michigan
Robert Daley
Coast Guard
Illinois
W. Russell Arrington
Senate
Daley
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Quivira Area Searched for Two Escapees
A Lake Quivira area search in Kansas for the last two of seven jailbreak fugitives from Olathe. Emmett Kring reported seeing Michael Brown with a man matching Carl Mandina’s description near his service station. Earlier, a Lake Quivira resident had reported sightings. Brown and Mandina were among seven who overpowered a deputy and fled. The other five were captured.
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Kansas City
Kan
Lake Quivira
Johnson and Wyandotte
Olathe
Emmett Kring
Michael B. Brown
Overland Park
Brown
Carl J. Mandina
Independence
Kring
Marines Capture Gia Binh Fortified Village
U S Marines seized a fortified village named Gia Binh just south of the demilitarized zone after days of heavy ground and air combat with North Vietnamese forces. Firepower included flame throwing tanks artillery jets and B 52 bombers plus Phantom jets targeting storage areas and hidden positions. One Navy plane was lost over North Vietnam and another in the south, while a torpedo boat was destroyed off Haiphong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Leath
Gia Binh
Guam
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Dummies Attract Customers At UK Filling Station
Rothwell England AP owner Lesie Parkin bought three dummies to staff pumps under a payroll tax plan. He says the lifelike figures draw motorists, while real attendants rush out once cars are parked. Parkin paid 25 pounds for the dummies and notes they have paid for themselves through extra business.
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Rothwell
England
Lesie Parkin
Parkin
Katzenbach to resign as attorney general for undersecretary post
President Johnson announced Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach will resign to become undersecretary of state. He will succeed George W. Ball, who is leaving government service. The move prompts speculation Katzenbach could be considered to eventually succeed Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
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Washington
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
George W. Ball
State
Dean Rusk
Eight Hurt In Erie Intersection Crash At Shaw Walnut US 59
An intersection collision two miles north of Erie at Shaw Walnut Road and US 59 yesterday afternoon injured eight people. The Prathers and the Moores and Williamses were taken for treatment, with several admitted for observation and head or chest injuries.
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Erie
Shaw-Walnut Road
Weather forecast for Kansas through Thursday cool spell ahead
Area forecast calls for fair skies through Thursday with cooler conditions. Lows tonight near 50 and highs Thursday in the mid 70s. Front moving down from the north brings drier air. no precipitation expected across Kansas. In Topeka the day features fair skies with readings from 74 to 80 in various cities and lows around 42 to 53.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Garden City
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Abilene
Traffic Fatality Log For Topeka Area Sees 48 Deaths In 1966
Kansas traffic death log shows 48 fatalities in 24 hours through 9 am Wednesday September 0 1966, compared to 47 in the prior year. Data lists Topeka area fatalities and confirms ongoing road danger.
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Topeka
Kansas
Johnson says no tax increase indicated for balance plan
President Johnson said he has not indicated a tax hike and that after all appropriations pass Congress they will review revenue against expenditures. He noted funds exist to run the Vietnam War through June 1967 and that future costs are being estimated. He avoided commenting on claims he has not leveled with the public about Vietnam and its escalation.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Viet Nam
Failure of a Small Motor Sours Surveyor 2 Tumble
Pasadena AP reports that Surveyor 2 tumbled in space after a small rocket motor failed to fire, disrupting mid course corrections. Two three rocket burns failed to stabilize the craft, raising doubt about a precise lunar landing at Sinus Medii and affecting early Apollo trajectories.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
al Hibbs
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hibbs
Moon
Cave Kennedy
Fla
Central Bay
Sur
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in Inflation Trend
An intercepted missive titled Dear Cha notes the stock market resisting inflation over the past month. The brief item hints at market stability amid ongoing price pressures and outlines no concrete events or actions.
Federal regulators set new caps to curb rising rates
Three federal agencies acted after Johnson signed a bill expanding power to regulate interest. The Fed and FDIC set a 5 percent ceiling on deposits under 100000, while the Home Loan Bank Board issued a sliding 4.75 to 5.25 percent ceiling for savings and loan deposits. Upper limits for larger time deposits remain at 5.2 percent and regular savings at 4 percent.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan
Johnson
F.D.I.C
F.d.sc
Johnson backs peace bid for Viet Nam talks
President Johnson said we will do anything we can to support Pope Paul VI’s renewed peace push in Viet Nam and any possible negotiations for a settlement. He added we seek peace and would like to see the conflict end tomorrow, preferring talks to fighting.
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Washington
Johnson
Pope Paul
Viet Nam
Pope Paul VI
Judgment Case Continues at Erie in Montgomery County
The Erie trial on a Montgomery County traffic accident judgment suit began in district court on a venue change. Court observers anticipated the jury would not hear the case until tomorrow as plaintiff testimony concluded yesterday and defense testimony continued today.
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Erie
Montgomery County
Wichita officials lead goodwill tour to Chanute
Sixty eight men from Wichita including Mayor John Stevens fly to Chanute for a 7 30 a m goodwill breakfast at the Orchid Buffet. Chanute Mayor Fred Harris heads a welcoming delegation as the groupplans two day tour through Coffeyville Pittsburg Fort Scott and Kansas City with stops in Olathe Lawrence and Ottawa. The program emphasizes unity and area cooperation to boost industrial and public services across southeast Kansas.
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Wichita
Chanute
John Stevens
Fred Harris
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Kansas City
Olathe
Lawrence
Ottawa
Harris
Neosho County
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Missouri
State Line
Watkins
Kc-Tulsa Association
Bernard Wade
Coffey
Imum
Hugh Chapman
Oklahoma
Ward Neely
Nowata
Parsons
Paola
Osawatomie
Collinsville
Lenapah
Okla
Percy Case
Kenilworth, Ill
Valerie Percy
Quivira
Britain
Bree
Norman
William L. Moore
Casper, Wyo
Myrtle
Arthur Williams
Parsons R
Shock
Julia
Labette County Medical Center
Prathers
Moores
Williamses
E. K. Dillon
The
Highway Patrol
Prather
Moore
Dillon
Tribune
Bud Roberts
William G. Bodley
White House
Cha
LBJ
Wichita Boosters
Chanute Area
Cliff Titus
Mayor Stevens
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