Docking condemns Legislature over reform bills at Washington day
Kansas Governor Robert Docking blasted the Republican dominated legislature for killing conflict of interest and election reform measures without a full membership hearing. He urged Democrats to unite and inform voters of representatives voting records as 1968 elections approach.
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Topeka
Lawrence F. O’brien
Kansas
Stewart Udall
Interior
O’brien
Ray Morgan
The
Star
Robert Docking
Kansas Democrat
Docking
State Committee
Predict Long Captivity for Pueblo Crew
South Korean intelligence estimates North Korea will hold the Pueblo crew for two more months or longer to extract more information. The assessment cites interrogation techniques and political developments in Pyongyang since the January 23 seizure by North Korean patrol craft.
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New York Times News Service
Seoul
North Korea
Pyon- Syang
Critically Burned in Leawood Home Fire
A. P. Nichols Jr., 57, is critically burned after a fire at a Leawood residence. He sustains burns on more than half of his body and is reported in serious condition. Authorities investigate the blaze and its cause.
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Leawood
A. P. Nichols, Jr
Rescued by passerby in Leawood house fire
A 57 year old man, A P Nichols Jr, suffered third degree burns over half his body in a Leawood house fire at 3408 West 91st Street. Fire Chief J A Toman says a motorist who entered the second floor bedroom saved him. Nichols, founder of a real estate firm, was alone. his wife was in New Jersey. Damages around 20000.
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West Ninety-first Street
Leawood
A. P. Nichols, Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
J. A. Toman
Title and Trust
East Tenth Street
Westport
Southwest Trafficway
Westport Road
Nichols
Patricia Nichols
New Jersey
Toman
Airlines barred from bias in hiring flight attendants
The Equal Employment Opportunity commission ruled that airlines may not discriminate against men when hiring flight cabin attendants. The decision affects recruitment by U S carriers and aims to ensure equal opportunity regardless of gender.
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Washington
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Airlines
Vietnamese forces breach Hue wall around royal grounds
South Vietnamese troops break through the wall surrounding the royal compound in Hue as Communist forces slip into new positions. Heavy fighting continues with shelling and counterattacks reported in the palace area.
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Hue
Royal Grounds
Vietnamese forces recapture Hue palace grounds in brief victory
South Vietnamese soldiers and rangers breached the Hue Citadel palace area, ripped down the Communist flag, and raised government colors on the radio tower. The assault cleared the palace within two hours, while heavy fighting persisted along the western wall and surrounding areas. Gen Wheeler and Gen Westmoreland visited Da Nang, as U S and allied losses and Communist fatalities were tallied.
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Saigon
Hue
Earle G. Wheeler
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
da Nang
Khe Sanh
Wheeler
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
George McArthur
Associated Press
U. S
Grandmother Ruby Vick Freed After 32 Days In Jail
Houston widow Ruby Vick was released on 1000 bond after 32 days in a contempt of court sentence. The Texas Supreme Court ordered her release pending an April 3 hearing. Vick, who turned 55 in jail, testified in a divorce case involving Jo Ruth Gary and Jerry Ladd Gary, the missing 3 year old daughter Shelly Gwen Gary and her son.
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Houston
Ruby Vick
Texas Supreme Court
Retirement Ponderings Eggs and a Coded Breakfast
Bill Vaughan riffs on retired men with time to brood and observes a coffee shop scene where a man orders one egg over easy and one scrambled. He playfully suggests espionage as the motive, then urges readers to mail their own theories while noting society should keep seniors active.
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No. 8
CIA
FBI
Texans Win Round In 300 Million East Estate Battle
ARITA TEX. AP Texans and institutions won the first round in a long probate fight over the 300 million East estate. Judge William R. Edwards said he will overturn the 1960 will and codicils, citing undue influence by a New York industrialist and Christopher Gregory. The ruling will be appealed, with next steps in state district court.
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Arita
South America
New York City
Edwards
State District Court
Weather forecast for Kansas City area tonight and tomorrow
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer tonight through tomorrow with southerly winds. Measurable precipitation probability 5 percent tonight and 10 percent tomorrow. Low tonight upper 30s, high tomorrow upper 40s. Humidity 50 percent at 6 am and 37 percent at 1 pm. Barometer 6 am 30.14 inches, 1 pm 30.13 inches. River stage today 2.8 feet, down 0.2. Lake of the Ozarks 6 am 3.4 feet below full.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Lake of the Ozarks
Kansas City man killed when car leaves bridge near Leavenworth
Harold D. Jackson 46 of 8242 Webster Ave Kansas City Kansas died when his car missed a bridge on highway K-5 a mile south of Leavenworth and overturned into a creek. He worked 27 years for Southwestern Bell Telephone in Kansas City Kansas and is survived by son Harold Jr. The coroner ordered the body taken to Larkin funeral home.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Robert Dougherty
Jackson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Communities Donate Relief to Navajo Indians
Three semi trucks carrying an estimated 58 thousand dollars in food clothing money and tools left Utica Michigan as a gift from Detroit area residents to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona. The drive followed a blizzard that hit the 25 000 square mile reservation in December with Wesley Cartage Warren supplying truck cabs Fruehaus Trailer Detroit provided 40 foot vans and Ford Motor Company covering road costs. The drivers are using their vacation time for the trip.
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Utica, Mich
Utica
Michigan
New Mexico
Arizona
Detroit
Sterling Township
Shelby Township
Wesley Cartage Company of
Warren
Fruehaus Trailer Corporation of
Ford Motor Company
U Thant Peace Plea Urges First Step Against War
U Thant urged the United States to halt bombing in North Vietnam and push for substantial talks on peace. He said an unconditional ceasefire and end to all military actions could lead to meaningful negotiations, with both sides seeking a just solution and regional stability.
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U Thant
North Vietnam
U T
Democratic Republic of
North
Vietnam
Thant
Johnson
New Delhi
Moscow
London
Paris
South Vietnam
United Nations T6
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Olivier improves after emergency appendix surgery in London
Sir Laurence Olivier, 60, is reported in satisfactory condition at St Thomas Hospital after emergency appendix removal. He was taken ill during a Edinburgh stage show and flown to London for the operation, with doctors saying there is no trace of cancer.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Edinburgh
Olivier
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Ford and Johnson Map Jobs Plan for 500000 Slum Unemployed
President Johnson and Henry Ford I met in Austin to map a government industry program to create work for about 500000 hard core unemployed residents in the slums of the nation’s 50 largest cities.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Henry Ford I
Public Health Service team heads to Indonesia outbreak
Six communicable disease experts from the U S Public Health Service departed Washington for Indonesia to assist in controlling an outbreak believed to be bubonic plague.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
Indonesia
Korean hostage taker finally captured in Japan hotel standoff
Kim Hi ro a 41 year old Korean linked to violence was seized after 88 hours as he released the 13th of 18 hostages in a hotel. police declined to meet his demands for an on air apology and for revealing the slain suspects’ backgrounds. Hostage crisis highlighted discrimination against Koreans in Japan.
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Japan
Kim Hi-ro
Namio Shibata
Kim
Isamu Koizumi
Motokawane
Hi-ro
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