Nader Attacks Car Industry Over Safety Policy
Washington AP Ralph Nader renewed his critique of the auto industry and government secrecy in highway safety policy. Ford vice president John S. Bugas defended voluntary standards while agreeing a safety board would operate under government oversight. The Senate Public Works hearing also examined defect notices and the Johnson administration plan for state cooperation.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Nader
Senate Public Works Subcommittee
John S. Bugas
Ford Motor Co
Bugas
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Motor Vehicle Safety Board
Chevrolet
Appaloosa Show Opens at Douglas County Fairgrounds
The Mid-America Appaloosa Horse Club Show runs Sunday at the Douglas County 4H Fairgrounds. Morning judging covers halter classes from baby colts to aged horses, with 11 performance and race classes in the afternoon. The 1966 queen will be named. The club organized in 1965 and held four shows last year. this is the first show for the new club.
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Mid-America
Johnson signs national Daylight Saving Time bill
President Johnson signs a law establishing a uniform Daylight Saving Time system from late April to late October nationwide. States may opt to stay on standard time, but the choice must cover the entire state. For this year, any unit wishing to observe DST must apply for the April 24 to October 30 period. Airlines and other businesses long sought a nationwide standard.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
White House
Pickets Demonstrate Outside KU Seminar at Hoch Auditorium
Pickets from the Kansas University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam plus counter-pickets gathered outside Hoch Auditorium before a talk by former KU Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy. Counter-pickets supported Johnson policy with signs while committee members later held pro and anti Viet Nam messages and planned further protests at the Kansas Union.
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Franklin Murphy
Lawrence
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Murphy
UCLA
Journal-World
Viet Nam
Hoch
Franklin D. Murphy
Jim Howatt
Leavenworth
Johnson
Richard Hill
Manhattan
Students For A Democratic Society
Tax shares sent to Kansas counties for ad valorem fund
State treasurer Walter Perry announced checks totaling the semi annual sales tax residue have been mailed to all 105 Kansas counties. County shares range from 9 582 06 for Wallace to 866 321 58 for Sedgwick, illustrating wide variation in local tax reduction funds.
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PEKA
Walter Perry
Kansas
Wallace County
Sedgwick
Ford Blasts Mismanagement in Viet Nam War Effort
Rep. Gerald R. Ford accuses the Johnson administration of shocking mismanagement in South Viet Nam and urges stronger U S leadership. He criticizes wartime spending, cites harbor security issues in Saigon, and questions the Honolulu conference’s hurried setup and its impact on South Viet Nam’s government stability.
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Washington
House
Johnson
U.S
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
South Viet Nam
Senate
Saigon
Honolulu
White House
Congress
Marines Launch New Wide Ground Search Against Viet Cong
Several thousand U S Marines opened a multibattalion search and destroy operation 23 miles south of Chu Lai. Air Force F105s reported 12 trucks near Mu Gia Pass blocked by landslides as bombardment continued toward North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
North Viet Nam
Mu Gia
Chu Lai
An Hai
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Washington
Air Force
U.S
New Zealand
Tan Son Nhut
South Korea
Tiger Division
Qui Nhon
da Nang
Navy Launches River Patrol Boats in Vietnam War
The U S Navy begins river patrols in South Vietnam with 31 foot PBRs to chase Viet Cong junks and sampans. By summer 160 machine gun equipped craft will operate 25 knot speeds along rivers feeding Saigon and its ricelands. 750 sailors train for this phase under Rear Admiral Ward and Rear Admiral Swanson.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
South Viet Nam
Navy
Saigon
Leroy V. Swanson
Viet Nam
Norvell G. Ward
U.S. Naval
PBR
Great Lakes
Illinois
Brooks Hays Seeks Arkansas Governorship
Former Congressman Brooks Hays resigns as adviser to President Johnson and declares his candidacy for governor of Arkansas. The 67 year old Democrat says he can carry the party banner against Republican Winthrop Rockefeller. Governor Faubus will not seek another term unless Democrats fail to oppose Rockefeller.
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Little Rock, Ark
Brooks Hays
Johnson
Arkansas
Hays
Winthrop Rockefeller
Orval Faubus
Rockefeller
KU Freshman Milers Star Prompts National Spotlight
Lawrence coverage highlights Jim Ryun Kansas University's 18 year old freshman miler who holds the American mile record 3 55 38 and will headline the Glenn Cunningham Mile at the Kansas Relays April 23. Also noted are art exhibits at the Kansas Union foreign student events and student government elections.
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Jim Ryun
Kansas University
Saturday Evening Post
Ryun
Wichita
Kansas
Timmons
Jim
Ryan
Kansas University Union
Central Junior High School
Kay Orth
el Dorado
Jim Prager
Annandale
ASC
Kansas Union
Pokey the Whale Alive After Shot Wounds
Pokey the 3,000 pound whale survived a gun attack on a mud flat in the James River area. Norman Haynes attempted to tow the ailing whale to shore but it revived and swam away despite earlier predictions of a fatal injury.
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Charles City
Pokey
Norman Hayes
James River
Haynes
Bernard
New Wire Tape Could Detect Nuclear Material Violations
Geneva AP report says the United States unveiled a "safing tape" device to stream through a reactor and reveal any radiation from prohibited production of fissionable material. William C. Foster urged Soviet consent to a halt in weapons material and mutual transfer of 100,000 kg of enriched uranium for peaceful use.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
William C. Foster
Soviet Union
Foster
Paul R. Shanahan longtime Kansas official dies at 67
Paul R. Shanahan 67 Kansas secretary of state dies at home after months of illness. A Republican, he started as Saline County undersheriff then sheriff and served in the legislature including as majority floor leader. Gov Avery to name successor. Funeral plans include high mass in Topeka and Salina.
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Topeka
Paul R. Shanahan
Kansas
Shanahan
Saline County
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Kansas Legislative Council
Kansas Interstate Cooperation Commission
State School Fund Commission
National Association of Secretaries of State
Salina
Kan
Salina High School
Kansas Wesleyan University
Elwin Shanahan
William H. Avery
Marymount College School of Nursing
Youth bicyclist struck by car at 19th Street and Haskell
Police report a youth on a bicycle was hit by a car at 2 24 p m today at 19th Street and Haskell Avenue. An ambulance was dispatched to the scene and injuries were not yet known.
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19Th Street
Haskell Avenue
Three Muslim-Killers Sentenced to Life Terms
In New York, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson of the Bronx and Talmadge Hayner (Thomas Hagan) of Paterson were given life terms for the Malcolm X slayings. They may seek parole after 26 years and 8 months after a March 11 verdict in a guarded State Supreme Court room.
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New York
Malcolm X
Manhattan
Nurse Shortage Concerns Gov Avery Kansas Medicare Pressures
Gov. William H. Avery warned at the Kansas League for Nursing that Medicare will sharply raise the need for medical personnel. He cited slow growth in registered nurses, forecasting by 1975 demands of 307 with a master's, 854 with a baccalaureate, and 2,032 desirable, with practical nurses rising to 4,716. The University of Kansas Medical Center will start a masters program in nursing and expand associate degree training.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Kansas
William H. Avery
Avery
Kansas League For Nursing
University of Kansas Medical Center
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
The family of Mrs. Ella White and Evangelist Zula Muldrow express gratitude for cards, flowers, food, and support during illness and death. Special thanks to Dr Stevens Rev Hester Rev Wolcott Methodist W.S.C.S. and Harvey Quisenberry for care and prayers.
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Evangelist Zula Muldrow & Family
Stevens
Hester
Wolcott
Methodist W.S.C.S
Harvey Quisenberry
Ella White
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