Compromise Wichita University Bill Clears House Floor
A compromise Wichita University bill reached the House floor with a 15 3 vote in favor of amendments. The plan brings Wichita into the state system under the Board of Regents as a state university while making it an associate of the University of Kansas. The measure preserves existing programs and budgeting procedures, with the KU chancellor to review budgets and assist in president selection. Leaders said passage is likely before week’s end and that the arrangement aims to expand access while maintaining Wichita’s identity.
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Wichia University
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Wichita U
Wichita
Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
State Board of Regents
Sidney Brick
Wichita Board of Regents
Robert Morton
Wichita Board
Clarke Wescoe
Harry Corbin
Paul Wunsch
Bill Fribley
John Conard
Ways and Means
William Farmer
Southwest
Kansas
Farmer
Reed
State of
Conard
Wichita University
Brick
Corbin
Gardner City notes and school concert plans
Wichita banker Bob Gadberry entertained Western Kansas Manufacturers with jokes at a talk last night while Kenne dy jokes drew laughs. Later events included Garden City High School Say It With Music program and a Spring Band Concert date. Bridge tournament brackets misposted as Wasson Penny vs Klemp Walker, winner to face LaShier Bentrup.
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Bob. Gadberry
Wichita
President Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Clifford Hope
Julius Hultquist
Garden City
Wasson
Penny
Klemp
Walker
LaShier
Bentrup
Rentrup
Money Maker Event Thursday at Warren Hotel
Garden City's 8th annual Milo Club banquet set for 6:30 tomorrow night at the Warren Hotel. About 75 expected. four milo growers will be recognized for eight years of participation and top three growers will receive awards. Kenneth Fromm will discuss last fall's mile production results and Dale Edleblate will discuss better mile practices. A Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee project.
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Garden City
Warren Hotel
Kenneth Fromm
Finney County
Dale Edleblate
Kansas State University Extension Agronomist
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Weather Tonight and Thursday Forecast Map Fragment
Clearing tonight with cooler conditions and light northerly winds. Lows near the mid 20s. Thursday will be partly cloudy and warmer with light southerly winds, highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Local town labels and stray data appear in the fragmentary text.
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Arlousy
Dodge City
Egiporia
Trace Garden City
Coodland
Itl Hill City Ie
Russell ccc
Hudson Named WKM Secretary
Hal Hudson former Garden City newspaper man is hired as executive secretary of Western Kansas Manufacturers Inc approved by the WKMI Board and membership. He will coordinate member contact, information services, and promotion while overseeing plant-site data and the Triple J Show in Garden City April 11 13.
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Garden ‘City
The
Western Kansas Manufacturers, Inc
WKMI
Thig
Hudson
Garden City
Chambers of Commerce
Kansas
Triple J
Kansas City
Kansas City Kansan
Hays Daily News
Hutchinson News
Garden City Telegram
Salina
LaVona Gerecken
Clarence Gercken
Hudsons
N. Sth
Hank
Laura
Western
Dale Fry
Finney County Fairgrounds
WKM
Fairgrounds
Downing
Home
Fry Inc
Oswalt Industries
Capital Punishment Measure Is Killed In Senate Committee
TOPEKA AP A bill to abolish capital punishment in Kansas was killed Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 4 9 4 voice. Senator Glee Smith committee chairman said opponents argued the death penalty serves as a crime deterrent.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Glee Smith
Financing Main Street work approved by City Commission
The City Commission recommended an all inclusive financing plan for Main Street improvements including storm drainage resurfacing widening and new curb and gutter with total costs estimated by the State Highway Dept at about 323 165. Eighty percent would be citywide and twenty percent to a benefit district along Main with about 64 000 cost to the district. A benefit district hearing will be set after the resolution is drawn up.
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State Highway Dept
Main
U S Warships Shell Russian Trawler In Open Seas
Soviet Tass reports three U S warships fired four dummy shells at the Soviet refrigerator trawler SATR nine thousand seven hundred before and after arriving seventy miles east of Norfolk The action occurred in international waters and Moscow Radio says two cruisers and a destroyer fired from five miles away with shells landing hundreds of feet from the trawler The Soviet government calls it a serious violation of international law and freedom of navigation and promises action.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Norfolk, A
Washington
U.S.S.R
Tass
Moscow Radio
Norfolk
Wright Defends Kansas Education Stance Before Senate
Kansas State Teachers Association official C. O. Wright testified before the Senate Education Committee defending his critical remarks on Kansas schools. He listed 20 factors showing eight month terms, few two teacher schools, teacher drain to other states, and weak state funding. Senator Farmer accused Wright of embarrassing teachers with his harsh statements.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
Senate Education Committee
Kansas
C. O. Wright
KSTA
Atlantic City
N. J
Wright
William Farmer
Wichita
Garden Sass Psychiatry Opinion Sparks IRS Comment
Garden Sass jokes about privacy being unhealthy and cites Gus Garden. Psychiatrists caution against withholding information while Gus Garden notes IRS agreement on the point.
Pearson Seeks Hearings On Park Proposition
Washington AP Sen James Pearson Republican Kansas asks early hearings by the Senate Interior Committee to determine the future of the Prairie National Park proposal in Kansas in a move signaling urgency and congressional scrutiny.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Prairie National Park
Kansas
James Pearson
R-Kan
Kennedy Says Tax Cuts Alone Won't Fix Economy
President Kennedy warned Congress that tax cuts without prudent debt and budget policy could bring downturn and disaster. He argued debt limits and budget restraint must also be addressed, citing 1957 to 1960 policy errors and noting higher unemployment and slower growth since then. He urged bipartisan memory of those lessons.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Kennedey
White House
Sublette Pastor Reverend Pennington Dies at 70
The Rev Howard Isaac Pennington 70 of Sublette Kansas died Tuesday afternoon at Sublette Community Hospital after a period of illness. He served as pastor of Sublette Christian Church for 30 years, built two churches, organized a youth Christian Service Camp, and held director and trustee roles with multiple Bible colleges. Survivors include his widow, daughter Cecyle Webber, two brothers and four grandchildren. Arrangements by Phillips-White Funeral of Garden City.
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Howard Isaac Pennington
Southwest Kansas
Sublette Community Hospital
Pennington
Hayne, Kan
Leola Fountain White
Ashland
Manhattan
Kan
Bible College
Midwest Christian College
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Tex
Santa Fe
Floods and Tornadoes Leave 30,000 Homeless in Six-State Area
Water rationing begins in Harlan Kentucky as floods and deadly tornadoes devastate the South. More than 30,000 homeless, 17 dead and 6 missing across Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia with millions in damage. Red Cross coordinates aid while authoritiesUS helicopters shuttle food and water.
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Harlan
Civil Defense
Bill Haight
Baxter
American Red Cross
Huntington
W. Va
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Red Cross
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Big Sandy
Cumberland
Wilson W. Wyatt
Kennedy
Pikeville
Chesapeake & Ohio
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Kent Erickson
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Jim Stoan
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Corn Tobacco Co
Rainbow Girls
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Advertising Council
Kenney
Howard Pennington
Sublette Pastor
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