Traffic map shows 22 percent rise in Kansas roads
State Highway Commission released an average annual daily traffic flow map indicating a 22 percent rise over ten years. Some routes near new interstate corridors show declines since 1953, though Southwest Kansas communities largely avoided drastic losses. US50 traffic rose slowly, while US54 between Meade and Liberal surged from 1,750 to 2,450 cars per day from 1958 to 1968.
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Kansas
Dodge City
Meade
Liberal
Distaff Side Bites and Bright Red Woodpeckers Return
Humorous notes report millers setting up for the annual plague and the return of red headed woodpeckers. A highlight is a reader tasked with memorizing a poem. A column riffs on airline stewardess retirements at 82 and aging, while Labor Department data on rising living costs is cited. Saturday night offers multiple events including a junior senior prom and Abbey School Glee Club. Sunday features a polio clinic for the family.
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Elks Lodge
Abbey School Glee Club
Bills Brows Barkin Smith Garden City Telegram
Subscription terms for Garden City and surrounding counties outlined by The Telegram Publishing Company. Rates listed include carrier monthly and yearly mail options, with regional differences and student pricing. notes on postage and service responsibilities.
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Garden City
Finney, Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Kansas
Focal Carrater
Satellite row fuels Senate doubts on profits and risks
Drew Pearson reports senators reconsider the Satellite Communications Corporation bill after two major flaws: first, three launched satellites malfunctioned and sometimes vanished, harming quick communications. second, private partners led by AT&T refuse to fund further research, urging government financing instead. Senator Anderson urges private matching or return to government control. Senate critic Symington presses for clear funding and control questions, while Goldwater faces internal revolt over leadership in Arizona.
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Washington
Congress
Satellite Communications Corporation
Senate
Uncle Sam
At&t
Satellite Corporation
Sen
Clint Anderson
D-N.m
Senate Space Committee
Western Union
Cable and Telephone
Satellite
Anderson
Satelite Corporation
House
Bruce Sundium
Symington
Bruce Sund- Tun
NASA
Sundlun
Missouri
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
U.S
Communications Satellite Corporation
At&t, Et al
Plane crash near Albuquerque kills nine in New Mexico
An Air Force C47 crashed over the Sandia Mountains while icing was suspected, killing four crewmen and five passengers including a woman. The aircraft, from Andrews AFB, was en route from Lowry to Kirtland AFB and went down about 30 miles northeast of Albuquerque. In Missouri, Roy Hood, 73, of Galena, Kansas, died after a hospital visit when his pickup ran off the road near Kangas border following a visit with a patient.
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Placitas
N.M
Sandia Mountains
Ed Gallegos Jr
Puertecito Ranch
Paul Reinhart
Diamond Tail Ranch
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Toplin
Roy F. Hood
Galena
Kan
Joplin
Hood
Kangag
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Labor Department
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
Tatendows
Heoina
Bog
Jimmy Hadls
Weliel
Lee
Picasso
Drew Pearson
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
Phoenix
Evan Meehan
Keith Brown
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