Wheat producers betrayed by secret ballot vote in committee
Finney County Rep. Meeker defended a bill to cap Kansas Wheat Commission administrative funds at 20000, but the Agriculture Committee voted 13 to 7 by secret ballot to kill the measure. Growers fund the commission, which promotes wheat, not regulate it, and opponents warn the cap would set a precedent reducing state agency funds.
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House Agriculture Committee
Kansas Wheat Commission
Finney County
George W. Meeker
Wheat Commission
Hospital talk and local notices in Kansas Town
The hospital, crowded with flu cases, will be discussed by administrator Dale Gillan at the Belles of St. Catherine meeting in the hospital cafeteria at 8 tonight. Also noted is a Bloodmobile visit announced via posters by Doc Bowling, and a small classified item offering four puppies and a six month old shepherd collie mix for give away with contact details.
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Dale Gillan
Belles of
Kansas
D. R
Doc
Bloodmobile
Harold VanWinkle
St. John
Mother's March Drive Aims to Improve Birth Defect Care
Garden City mothers urge public support for a drive to fund birth defect medical care and research. Signatories Mrs Van Bothwell and Mrs Al Stecklein invite donations to raise medical standards and seek cures and preventives.
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Garden City
van Bothwell
AL Stecklein
The Needle: Space Travel and Unmanned Mission Skepticism
Harold Coffin argues government plans to stop unmanned space probes. He recalls Surveyor 7 and mocks profitability of space airline ventures. He quips about moon tourism, passport photo limits, and presidents restricting European travel, noting the Moon offers no Eiffel Tower or Charles de Gaulle.
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Outer Space
Moon
Charles de Gaulle
Evesdropping case seen as political in high circles
Drew Pearson analyzes a wiretapping scandal tied to Bobby Kennedy and Bobby Baker. He links FBI surveillance and police-state fears to LBJ allies including Kerr, Albert, Ford, Webb, and others, noting no proof Johnson knew of Baker while highlighting FBI-Justice clashes and Hoover’s resistance to Clark.
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Washington
Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Baker
LBJ
RFK
Clark
FBI
Kennedy
Baker
Fred Black
Carltin Hotel
Lyndon Johnson
Bob Kerr
Oklahoma
Rep
Carl Albert
Gerald Ford
James Webb
National Space Agency
Johnson
U.S
William Jones
Justice Department
Chamber of Deputies
J. Edgar Hoover
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Hoover
Pentagon
Senate Preparedness Committee
McNa
When Communists Ask to Talk Peace in Vietnam
Washington is depicted in a Buchwald column as arguing that peace talks would be a victory for the Communists, while continuing bombing allegedly preserves U S moral superiority. The dialogue features Joe Wallstop and an unnamed narrator debating the logic of negotiating versus bombing in Vietnam.
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Washington
Joe Wallstop
Wallstop
Pena
Vietnam
Joe
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Dream of riches not Americans' main wish, Hal Boyle says
Hal Boyle argues most Americans prefer not to seek fame or vast wealth. He profiles notable figures to show true drives include genius, courage, and dedication, while self made billionaires often credit opportunity over exceptional intellect. The column questions the primacy of the American dream of becoming a millionaire.
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New York
Curbstone
United States
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Einstein
Jonas Salk
Robert Frost
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Edgar Hoover
Senate
Garden City Telegram
Tele Fgram Publishing Company
Bil Brown
Marvin Smith
John Frazier
Barden City Teneau
Mara
Stokely Carmichael
Art Buchwald
Meg
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Dean Rusk
Hal Boyle
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Orleans
Parnells Fabric Center
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