Kansas State and KU clash over tornado shelter advice
Kansas State Extension and a Kansas University professor spar over the right shelter corner during tornadoes. KU warns against relying on the southwest corner while K-State suggests basements or storm cellars in the southwest corner. Local notes cover city refuse containers and a newsroom purge of clutter with staff reshuffling.
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Breakthroughs Reported in Spy Satellite Field
Los Angeles AP dispatch cites aerospace sources claiming major advances in satellite espionage may have halted the Air Force MOL program. Washington AP report notes educational officials summoned to Capitol Hill to explain mixed statements on campus violence legislation.
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Garden Sass Recalled By Gus Garden About Saving Money
Gus Garden recalls a time when people saved money hoping it would grow in value later. The anecdote reflects thrift habits and attitudes toward future worth in a past era.
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Plan Drops Many from Tax Ledger
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively backed a 12 month extension of the income surcharge with a low income allowance that would remove about 2 million people from the tax rolls. The measure includes a 10 per cent surcharge for six months and 5 per cent for six months, plus repeal of the investment credit. About 13 million persons would benefit from the low income allowance of a $1,100 deduction.
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CIO Founder John L. Lewis Dies at 89
John L. Lewis, long-time labor leader who built the CIO and led the United Mine Workers, died at Doctors Hospital at age 89 after a brief illness. He steered coal miners toward union power, sparred with presidents and industry chiefs, and urged organizing the nation's unskilled workers. His sharp rhetoric included a 1949 Senate testimony recounting miner deaths and a dramatic vision of marching the "million and a quarter men" past Congress.
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Girls' State Elects Officers at Sunflower event
In Lawrence Kansas on Wednesday at the 27th Sunflower Girls State the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored election elected Mari Baird of Logan governor and Vicki Davidson of Eureka lieutenant governor. Other officers include Debbie Brown Larned secretary of state Barbara Jarvis Winfield attorney general Barbe Honeywell Bonner Springs auditor Pam Wheaton Dodge City treasurer Andy Boulinger Sedan insurance commissioner and Carol Kerschen Kingman printer.
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Mill Levy Hike Approved Tentatively For Vocational Juco
Garden City Community Junior College trustees approved a tentative ad valorem levy of about one half mill to raise 35 000 for next year to fund a state eligible vocational program. The plan hinges on state funds, with actual aid dependent on applications and statewide demand.
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Garden City's 1969 Miss Garden City Pageant Rated Best
The 1969 Miss Garden City scholarship pageant is named the best local Miss America preliminary in Kansas for a second straight year by the Miss Kansas Pageant Executive Board. Judy Cain of Sublette was crowned Miss Garden City 1969 and will compete for Miss Kansas July 9 to 12 in Pratt.
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Scott City Man To Direct Band
Don Eubanks, a Scott City resident and former five year band director, will guest conduct the second summer municipal band concert at Stevens Park tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. He begins in September as a graduate assistant to the Wichita State University band director. He will lead three numbers The Silver Quill March Gentle Ballad and Pentland Hills with The Star Spangled Banner opening. The program includes The U S Field and Artillery March March Symphonique National Emblem March plus pop tunes Those Were the Days Frankie and Johnnie Over ture and The Shadow of Your Smile A Fantasy on a 17th Century Tune variation Vigiles et Sanctii.
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Viet Cong renames South Vietnam at Paris talks
At the Paris peace talks the Viet Cong led provisional government replaces the National Liberation Front with Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh presiding. The United States and Saigon reject any shift in the talks as purely nominal while urging continued negotiations and peace proposals.
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Weather forecast: cool tonight with mid 40s lows
The region faces a fair but cool night with northerly winds around 10 mph and lows in the middle 40s. Friday will be cloudy and cool with highs near 70s and southeasterly winds around 15 mph. A chance of a few thundershowers exists by afternoon, about 20 percent, with sunrise at 6 21 and sunset at 9 08.
Flood Threats Hit Manhattan Junction City Area
The Weather Bureau warned of flood potential along Lyon Creek near Woodbine and along the Kansas River near Manhattan after five to nine inches of rain overnight. Woodbine faced crest near 29 feet, about 12 feet above flood stage, with some roads flooded and area farms at risk. Herington and Abi line areas reported hail, high winds, and power loss.
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