GOP overrides five vetoes in Kansas session end
Kansas Republicans closed ranks to override five of Gov. Docking's vetoes, boosting school aid by 27 million dollars and raising the gasoline tax to fund road improvements. House and Senate votes ranged from 31 to 34 in the upper chamber and 91 to 30 in the House for the school aid bill.
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Robert Docking
Docking
Senate
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William Dearth
D-Parsons
Dearth
The
Highway Commission
Lola officials move to occupy new city hall
The new Lola City Hall, rapidly nearing completion, will be toured Wednesday by the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Hastings and Police Chief Shepherd will attend with lunch in the community room catered by Menegay’s North.
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Iola
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Vic Perkins
Jim Wilson
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Perkins
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Dirksen seeks early ABM showdown in Safeguard fight
Senate Leader Dirksen wants a confrontation now over the Safeguard ABM system rather than delaying a year. Defense Secretary Laird presses deployment, warning the Soviet Union could seize superiority by the mid-1970s. Mansfield and others favor delaying while seeking arms talks and continued ABM research.
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Illinois
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Melvin R. Laird
Florida
Dirksen
Nixon
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Mike Mansfield
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J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Joseph D Tydings
Laird
Panama City
Fla
Soviet Union
United States
Mansfield
Frizzell finds lending bill still wanting
The Kansas Legislature passed a truth in lending amendment sent to Gov. Docking. Atty. Gen. Frizzell said the measure falls short of his recommended enforcement provisions and would not clearly exempt Kansas from federal truth in lending laws. He cautioned the revised bill might only be considered possibly substantially equal to federal standards.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kent Frizzell
Frizzell
Federal sanitation standards issued for food processing
The FDA issued the first industry wide sanitation standards for processing plants. A USDA survey found no meat plant in any state or Puerto Rico met all inspection standards after slaughter or during processing. FDA rules cover plant grounds equipment facilities and packaging and storage.
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State Highway Commission Seeks Bids for Kansas Road Projects
The Kansas State Highway Commission invites bids on two area projects to be opened May 22 in Hutchinson. One covers grading and resurfacing on US 59 from US 54 junction at Moran south 9.1 miles to K 203 at Elsmore with four lanes north of Moran and a two lane rural driving surface. A second major job in South Central Kansas involves grading and bridge work on a relocation of US 54 west of the Kingman Sedswick county line by 7 miles.
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State Highway Commission
Hutchinson
Moran
Elsmore
Kansas
Kingman-Sedswick County
Battle crosses border as U S forces clash with Viet Cong
American planes and artillery attacked North Vietnamese positions inside Cambodia near Frontier City 45 miles northwest of Saigon as about 213 enemy soldiers reportedly died in a dawn assault on the 25th Infantry base. The fight involved rockets mortars and interlocked beehive shells with ground action continuing through the day.
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Cambodia
U.S
25Th
Frontier City
Associated Press
Robert Ohman
Ohman
Sihanouk
Washington
Why editors get Gray
The article describes Oak lands University hosting The Young Authors Conference where Michigan elementary students from 800 schools shared tips for writing. Third graders Jason Weintraub Roberta Shriver and others advised vivid titles exclamation marks and drawing pictures while Columbia University writer Leland Jacobs urged precise word choice and spelling effort.
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Leland Jacobs
Columbia University
Haney Leaves NASA After Apollo Nickname
Paul Haney known as the voice of Apollo announces his quitting NASA on Friday. The veteran broadcaster leaves after years covering space missions and public communications for the agency.
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Washington
Paul Haney
The
Voice of
Apollo
NASA
Flood fears as weekend rain threatens Quad Cities
Officials in the Quad Cities forecast high winds and heavy rains over the weekend along the Mississippi River. Weather Bureau predictions raise flood concerns while engineers and flood-control offices note high dikes could avert substantial damage.
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Ilinois
Iowa
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Dubuggie
Nixon
Robert D. Ray
Dubuque
Clinton
School bus overturns injuring forty two in Missouri
A Missouri school bus returning from Eureka Springs overturned on Missouri 86 near the Arkansas border after brake failure. Thirty nine students and three adults were injured. twelve children and two adults were hospitalized. The driver Arnold Pedetzer 51 was in serious condition with head injuries.
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Missouri
Purdy
Eureka Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Arnold Pedetzer
Springfield
Alma Rogers
Miami
Okla
Miami Hospital
Ruby Mackey
Cassville
Monett
John Mohling
De Gaulle Faces Referendum With Call for Confidence
Charles de Gaulle withdrew to his country retreat to await Sunday's referendum result and urged French voters to back reforms. A France-Soir poll suggested 51 percent would vote no, raising questions about his future and succession amid dissident Gaullists.
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Charles de Gaulle
France-Soir
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Weather outlook with showers and storms across regions
Local outlook shows Mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms through tonight. Heavy rain and small hail possible with stronger storms. Sunday will be cooler with scattered showers and highs 60 to 67. Kansas forecast remains partly to cloudy with more showers and a risk of thunderstorms southeast portions.
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