Office orders and weather notes from a Kansas morning
Congressman elect Keith Sebelius drew 37 and found his preferred House office still available. A Kansas snow drift delayed a drive home before weather updates on KTIA noted snow mostly in northwest Kansas. A Christmas card from a Kansas town arrived late, ZIP code oddities surfaced, and letters to Santa deadline was set for Monday morning.
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Keith Sebelius
Keith
Northwest
Northcentral
Kansas
KIAL
Holcomb Elementary to Stage Christmas Program Friday
Holcomb Elementary School presents its annual Christmas program Friday at 1 p.m. in the school auditorium. Christmas music will be directed by Mrs. Wilma Kidwell, and skits will be part of the program.
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Holcomb Elementary School
Wilma Kidwell
Aborted Ransom Involving Florida Coed Dumped Cash
A suitcase stuffed with about $500,000 in used $20 bills was dumped into Biscayne Bay in an abortive ransom attempt for Barbara Jane Mackle. Two men fled as police chased them, dropping the money and a duffel bag with diving gear. a pursuing officer was shot at. The Emory College student had been kidnapped two days earlier from an Atlanta motel.
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Miami
Fla
Biscayne Bay
Barbara Jane Mackle
Robert Mackle
Atlanta
Mackle
Fred Frohhose
Miami Fsi
Frohbose
Barbara Jane
Tred Fox
FBI
Barbara
Emory College
Coral Gables Florida
Deltona Corporation
Dade County
Paul S. Self
William Sweeney
Brickel Avenue
Self
Sweeney
Masschusetts
James Knight
Marvin Mathes
Volvo
Sebelius Sees Unchanged Issues in Big First District
Congressman elect Keith Sebelius and Pat Taylor toured the district saying farm prices high taxes and inflation remain the top issues since the election. He favored a seat on the Agriculture Committee but warned it could shrink to five Democrats and two Republicans. They planned to visit multiple towns and discussed mail transportation and rail service as key needs.
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Keith Sebelius
Con Jgressman
House Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Sebelius
Bob Poage
Norton
Longworth House
Pat Taylor
Taylor
Sen
Frank Carlson
Roberts
Ness City
Dighton
Sublette
Ulysses
Johnson
Elkhart
Hugoton
Liberal
Robber Steals Christmas Money From Blind Couple
Milwaukee AP report says a gunman robbed a blind couple on a South Side street. Kenneth Northrop, 33, and wife Carolyn were shopping with their 8 year old son James when the assailant demanded money. He took $51 and threatened to kill the boy if they cried.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Kenneth Marple
Kenneth Northrop
Carolyn
James
Garden City Planning Commission approves 85‑lot subdivision
The Garden City Planning Commission approved an 85‑lot subdivision on about seven acres east of the city. It also backed an off‑street parking plan for the central business district at Stevens and Spruce, including Schreiber Motor Co. property, and the vacation of Spruce from Main to Garden City Ave. Final city commission approval awaits.
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Garden City Planning Commission
Central Business District
Stevens and
Spruce
Schreiber Motor Co
Main
Garden City Ave
Planning Commission
City Commission
Apollo 8 faces minor snag before moon orbit launch
CAPE KENNEDY AP The Apollo 8 countdown was briefly delayed by a faulty valve in the liquid hydrogen pumping system. NASA officials said the four hour holdup would not jeopardize the Saturday launch of astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders aboard the Saturn V for a 20 hour lunar orbital mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Delta
Lovell
Anders
Houston
Tex
Marilyn Lovell
Barbara
Moon
Lunar
Mount
Marilyn
Father Kills Six Children in Napa California
Police report a man, Charles Bray, 40, shot and killed six of his children then set their Napa home ablaze and killed himself. The wife Sylvia Bray, 37, and an 18 year old son survived. George 18 left for newspaper delivery. Evidence included a .22 rifle and an empty gasoline can. Coroner said all six children died from gunshot to the back of the head.
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Napa
Calif
Charles Bray
San Francisco
Allen
Debbie
Shirley
Randy
Stanley
Charlene
George
Sylvia
Bray
Walter Lander
Snow Depth Reaches 14 Inches in North Kansas
A Kansas storm dumped up to 14 inches of snow in North Central Kansas with drifts four to five feet, closing many secondary roads. Heavy snowfall hit Jewell and Mitchell counties while McPherson faced five inches and numerous abandoned vehicles. Motorists faced icy, snow packed highways as crews and Red Cross aided stranded residents.
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Kansas
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Northwestern
North Central
Jewell
Mitchell
Mankato
Hunter
McPherson
McPherson Convention Hall
Red Cross
U.S. 81
Lindsborg
U.S
Highway Patrol
Minneapolis
U S Tells North Vietnam Peace Delegation Saigon Attack Could Bring Bombs
Paris reports say the United States warned North Vietnam that a Viet Cong assault on Saigon could halt peace talks and trigger renewed bombing of the North. Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau led stalled secret talks over expanded negotiations as South Vietnam resists four way parley. Ky lashed McGovern critics while blaming friends for hindering his war effort.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
America
Cyrus R. Vance
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Ihe
Vance
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
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