State budget director cites inflated general fund balance
Topeka budget director James Bibb says a stronger than expected general fund balance as of June 30 does not indicate overfinancing but could allow a 1968 budget without new taxes. He cites inflation driven revenue gains offset by higher expenditures and notes possible effects from the airline wage settlements and deferred spending.
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Topeka
James Bibb
Bibb
William H. Avery
General Fund
DePugh accuses FBI of Gestapo tactics at rally
Kansas City AP report notes Robert B. DePugh leader of the Minutemen urged supporters for a congressional probe and charged the FBI with Gestapo tactics after a grand jury indicted him and four followers on conspiracy to violate the Federal Firearms Act. DePugh recounted alleged FBI abduction of a former member, Raithby Roosevelt Husted, and forced burglary of Minutemen HQ.
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Kansas City
Robert B. DePugh
Minutemen
FBI
Norborne
The
Minuteman
DePugh
Raithby Roosevelt Husted
Grand Jury
Husted
Federal
Air Force
Westover Air Force Base
Russell Millin
U.S
Ray Husted
Walter Peyson
James Tellerton
Linneus
Troy Haughton
San Diego
Calif
John E. Blumer
Manchester
Veteran Parachutist Dies After Practice Jump
Suffolk Virginia AP reports Sonny Jones age 30 president of the Norfolk parachute club died after a practice jump from 4300 feet over Suffolk Municipal Airport. Authorities say his main and reserve chutes tangled leading to a fatal fall. Jones had 600 plus jumps and led the club for over five years.
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Suffolk
Norfolk Parachute Club
Suffolk Municipal
Sonny Jones
Norfolk Club
Two Emergency Cases At Law rence Memorial Hospital
Two people were treated in the emergency room for minor injuries. Barbara Allison 21 Kansas City Missouri fractured her right leg after a water ski fall and was sent by ambulance to St Luke's Hospital. Martin VanBebber Jr 9 Route 1 Linwood stepped in hot tar with his right foot and had tar on his right hand.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Barbara Allison
Kansas City
St. Luke's Hospital
Martin VanBebber Jr
Route 1
Linwood
Secretaries Set For Final Drive For Benefit Auction
The Lawrence Legal Secretaries plan a Saturday canvass to collect usable sale items for a benefit auction September 2 for Achievement Place. They seek chairs tables lamps and other items and will pick up donations with three trucks. Proceeds aid the community project opening in early September at 23 East Street.
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Lawrence Legal
Achievement Place
Lloyd McMinn
Court House
Two Thefts Reported In Local Incidents
Police received two theft reports Thursday. Hugh J. Brusel of 540 Fireside Dr. reported a car break in at Village Green lot 1300 W. 23rd St with stereo tapes and a diamond ring worth 478 dollars taken. Bud Monroe of 532 Mich. St. reported an unde termined amount of beer stolen from the Michigan Street Bar B Q at 515 Mich. St.
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Hugh J. Brusel
Fireside Dr
Village Green
W. 23Rd St
Bud Monroe
Mich
Michigan Street
Colonna Faces Stroke Recovery After Health Crisis
Los Angeles reports actor Jerry Colonna 61 in satisfactory condition at St. Vincent Hospital recovering from a stroke suffered last Saturday. Friends say he had just finished videotaping a show with Bob Hope and returned home when struck.
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Los Angeles
Jerry Colonna
St. Vincent's Hospital
Colonna
Bob Hope
Officers Chosen For Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission
Mrs Dolph C Simons Jr was elected president of the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission at its first meeting held at the Stough home. Mrs Domenico Gagliardo was elected secretary and treasurer. The nine member panel aims to promote art citywide and appoints delegates Bernard Frazier R Wayne Nelson and Mrs Gagliarda to the Kansas Cultural Arts Convention in Wichita September 29 to October 1.
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission
Charles Stough Jr
Domenico Gagliardo
Simons
Kansas Cultural Arts Commission
Wichita
Bernard Frazier
R. Wayne Nelson
Gagliarda
Rivers cites McNamara blocking nuclear Navy plan in Vietnam war stance
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers declared McNamara blocked a nuclear powered Navy, calling for massive buildup as the U.S. braces for Viet Nam. He praised Veterans of Foreign Wars for backing the administration and warned of consequences if draft boards defer draftees.
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New York
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Rivers
U.S
Viet Nam
Hyman Rickover
Soviet Union
Cassius Clay
Louisville
Washington
Astronauts Forecast Apollo Moon Mission by 1968
Three veterans Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee watched a Saturn 1 rocket flight that carried an unmanned Apollo capsule near a full globe arc and parachute return. The test aims to qualify the spacecraft for December orbital flights toward a 1968 lunar landing with two Gemini missions pending this fall.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Globe
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
America
Navy
Roger B. Chafee
U.S
Pacific Ocean
Grissom, White and Chaffee
Earth
Sgt William Kollender Dies At 74 In Forbes Base Hospital
Sgt William Kollender 74 of 202 W 15th St died Thursday afternoon in Forbes AFB Hospital Topeka. Funeral 2 PM Monday Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Harold Hamilton. burial Arlington National Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mable a son Earl Kollender daughter Mrs R S Pearson and brother Nat Kollender. Born March 2 1892 in New York City he joined KU ROTC in 1928 and served 34 years in the military retiring 1944. He was a member of Masonic Lodge Acacia No. 9 Scottish Rite High-12 Club and Abdallah Shrine.
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William Kollender
Forbes Base
15Th St
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Rumsey Funeral Home
Harold Hamilton
Arlington National Cemetery
Mable
C.W.O
Earl Kollender
Sumpter
S. C
R. S. Pearson
Victorville
Calif
Nat Kollender
New York City
Sgt. Kollender
Lawrence
Kansas University
Abdallah Shrine
Rumsey Funeral Home Ongoing Service Since 40 Years
The Rumsey Funeral Home continues its decades long operation with stable service at Vio 8 Stll Adv. Local staff maintain traditional funeral arrangements and community presence.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
Metric study out for U.S.
The House rules committee rejected the bill to study adopting the metric system in a 7-7 tie. The Senate had previously passed the measure to consider abandoning pounds gallons and miles for kilograms liters and kilometers in powers of 10.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
United States
Senate
Napalm Strikes Hit US Troops During Jungle Battle
In Saigon area north of Lai Khe the 1st Infantry Division faced a fierce Viet Cong assault. Napalm was dropped by error on American soldiers, killing several and wounding over 20 as Maj. Gen. De Puy sought to reassure reporters. The clash involved the Phu Lai Battalion with heavy enemy and American losses reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
William E. de Puy
Sagion
de Puy
Air Force
Lai Khe
George M. Wallace
Charlottesville
U.S
North Viet Nam
Constellation
Vinh
Sunflower 4-H Displays Projects At Local Drug Store Window
Sunflower 4-H transformed four H projects into a visual window display at Round Corner Drug Store in Lawrence. The Sunflower Club, led by Mrs Charles Taylor Jr, showcased activities that may become lifelong vocations or hobbies. A boys entomology interest within the 4-H program is helping fund his Kansas State University education.
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Round Corner
Sunflower Club
Charles Taylor Jr
Taylor
Kansas State University
Lawr en ce High yearbook distribution and signing party
The 1966 Red and Black yearbook will be handed out at 7 tonight outside the girls gymnasium. A signing party follows and attendees are advised to bring pens. Students may also buy an activity ticket for 5 dollars.
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Lawrence High School
Three Hurt in City Vehicle Crashes This Morning
Two one vehicle crashes injure three people in the city. Dennis W. Findley 22 of 440 Perry St sustained cuts and bruises after skidding northbound on Kentucky Street and hitting a driveway curb. Longfellow 19 of 633 Ala St caused a pole impact on 11th and Vt St injuring two passengers. A non injury hit occurred at Pizza Hut Parking Lot as Murial Seyler 54 hit a parked car.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dennis W. Findley
Perry St
Findley
Kentucky Street
Sterling J. Longfellow
Ala. St
Kansas Power and Light
11Th
Sts
Robert Patterson
Maple Lane
Jimmy Burchett
Conn. St
LMH
R. L. Pierson
Vt. St
Martin In Poor Condition After Stroke At Local Hospital
E. B. Martin vice president and trust officer of First National Bank was listed in poor condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke Tuesday.
De Gaulle Speech Interrupted by Somali Unrest in Djibouti
French police and troops clashed with a pro independence crowd in a Djibouti public square using tear gas and concussion grenades. President Charles de Gaulle canceled a planned speech but later spoke in the territorial assembly hall, signaling possible future democratic steps toward independence. The scene left bloodshed,panic, and tear gas lingering in the square.
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Djibouti
French Somaliland
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Obituary of Ella Figgs Clark Pioneer Winchester Resident
Ella Figgs Clark was born June 18 1883 in Nortonville Kansas to Geo and Mary Ellen Figgs the only daughter with five brothers. She died August 21 1966 at Winchester Hospital. She married Walter Clark in Winchester Kansas June 18 1907. Surviving are her husband, one daughter Byrlene Clark Burris Lawrence Kansas, two granddaughters Sue Jyrl Burris Schmick Portland Oregon and Reba Nan Burris Ringle Gladstone Oregon, six great grandchildren, one niece Oletha Figgs Fager and one brother Dave Figgs Sallisaw Oklahoma plus nieces and nephews. A life long member of Winchester Christian Church she was active in church and Sunday School civic work and farm bureau. She taught school around Winchester for five years before marriage and held a Red Cross practical nurse certificate. Hobbies included gardening flowers reading and music.
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Ella Figg’s Clark
Geo
Mary Ellen Figgs
Nortonville
Kans
Winchester Hospital
Walter Clark
Winchester
Byrlene Clark Burris
Lawrence
Sue Jyrl Burris Schmick
Portland
Oregon
Reba Nan Burris Ringle
Red Cross
Practical
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