Smoke Clearing Over Kansas Highway Fight
Editors note lingering smoke from the highway bill battle in Kansas with Gov Docking vetoing and a Republican legislature overruling it. The state highway commission suspended its five year plan, raising worries about west and southwest allocations. Sen Glee Smith suggests possible new funds for construction, while urging focus on US50 US83 and a Garden City by pass.
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Robert Docking
Legat Ture
Smith
Docking
Us Boyn
Garden City
Distaff Sid raises old TV fear and blood drive list
In a Free Press column opinion contrasts safety fears with nostalgic TV dreams. The piece includes a child’s question about reviving old shows and reflects on discarded sets. It lists 40 of 313 donors who gave blood in January as the Red Cross Bloodmobile returns next Thursday urging participation.
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Delmer Dunham
Don Hendrickson
Alf Komlofske
Don Moore
Wesley Sage
Raburn Burnett
Doug Flora
Rueben Herman
John Hawk
Jimmy Neher
Victor Becker
Pres Burtis Jr
Cliff Hope Jr
Robert Meyer
Kenneth Jennings
Willard Hinkle
Tony Ornelds
Ruby Kauffman
Lester Stevenson
Bonnie Jameson
Leonard Franz
Kathye Iraik
Mauro Perez
Susan Wilson
Bette Jo Roberts
Doug Tedrow
Ted Wiebe
Mary Ellen Burciago
Duane Nichols
Ralph Gross
Mary Giovanni Martinez
Ronald Patterson
Aileen Jacobs
Orie Dunn
Dennis Clark
Darrell Mangan
Fred Martin
Martha Goodman
Donna Hacker
Diane Baker
Folke
Red Cross
Batk
The Needle on Gun Culture at Modern Graduation Gifts
The piece contrasts past grad gifts like a gold watch with today’s trend of giving knives and firearms. It argues university funding must cover room and board while addressing a campus arms culture driven by student marksmanship and athletic letters.
Thurmond marriage tale and coal dust junket headlines
A Washington column sketches Strom Thurmond and Nancy Moore amid a rocky honeymoon with Thurmond berating Douglas and sharp quips about age. It then critiques a congressional junket to Britain and Wales to study coal dust, noting most delegates skipped hearings while experts provided essential briefing.
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England
Wales
Jethro Gough
British Isles
Welsh National School of Medicine
Gough
John Dent
Pennsylvania
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
John Erlenborn
Ilinois
Dent
Atlantic
Roman Pucinski
Illinois
Augustus
Fortas case sparks talk on judicial ethics and temptations
The piece argues Fortas erred not just in taking a retainer but in the wider ethical drift around Supreme Court justices. It questions accepting favors, suggests self disqualification, and critiques calls for restricting judges to avoid extrajudicial work, while noting missteps and defense of Fortas.
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Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Forta
Wolfson Foundation
Wolfson
United States
Communist Party
Murray
New
Ork
Abe Fortas Foundation
Supreme Co
Douglas
Death sentences for coup plotters in Senegal broadcast
Radio Conakry said Sekou Toure presided over a meeting that approved death for a group accused of plotting to overthrow his leftist regime. At least 30 people were arrested earlier this month including two Cabinet ministers and several high ranking officers on an imperialist plot charge. It was unclear if all were sentenced.
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Senegal
Edge Sa
Maritime Industry Seeks Unified Voice On National Maritime Day
On National Maritime Day, the U S merchant fleet seeks unity to overcome long standing labor management and government disputes. Subsidies shape the industry with subsidized cargo lines and crew parity payments, while unsubsidized ships warn that lacking aid could cripple American maritime power and replacement of aging vessels. AIMS urges extending subsidies to unsubsidized ships to sustain U S shipping capability.
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John Cunniff
New York
Nixon
U.S
United States
American Institute of Merchant Shipping
AIMS
Miniskirt fashion famed as Gotham icon in spring
New York columnist Joe Wing reports on Manhattan as the miniskirt capital with spring thaw bringing skimpier styles. Readers, both sexes, weigh in on trends as Mileys hose and short hems draw mixed reactions from gawkers, workers, and youths amid street scenes and fashion commentary.
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New York
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Browning
Manhattan
Des Moines
Fifth Avenue
51St Street
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