Educational Dollars Well Spent in Kansas Higher Ed
Kansas Board of Regents chairman Dwight Klinger told Gov elect Docking at a budget hearing that Kansans get full value for higher education dollars. He noted a 1968 budget request of 110.9 million for state schools and defended executive aircraft funding as time saving for KU and K State leaders.
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Topeka
Dwight Klinger
Ashland
Kansas Board of Regents
Robert Docking
State Capitol
Klinger
Bibb
Kansas University
Kansas State University
James Bibb
K-State
Kansas
Legislative Council
General Revenue Fund
Kansas Regents Detail Education Budget Cuts for 1968
Kansas Board of Regents outlines reductions totaling 5.68 million dollars in the 1968 educational budget. Bibb cites 4.68 million in operating cuts and 1.10 million from capital improvements across state schools, KU, and the EU Medical Center.
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Medical
Kuk-State
Wichita
Emporia
Pittsburg
Hayes
Bibb
KUK State
23Rd
Iowa Sts
Naismith Drive
Kenneth Spencer
Tear gas robbery suspect nabbed after Kansas City bank heist
Police seized Clarence Burrus 24 after a Baltimore Bank drive in robbery in Kansas City. A tear gas device placed with cash exploded in a bank restroom as Burrus fled with about 4700 dollars. Burrus was arrested within 15 minutes carrying the money and a .22 tear gas pellet pistol.
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Kansas City
Clarence Burrus
Baltimore
Maxine Ballew
al Watson
Burrus
Girl in critical condition after fainting at South Park
A one year old girl was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 9 05 a m after apparently passing out in South Park. Hospital officials listed her in fair condition in the acute care center and police said she had no apparent physical injury.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
South Park
Teamsters Strike Briefly Paralyzes Western PA Rally
Members of Joint Council 40 representing 35 000 truckers in western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia and western Maryland walked out at 4 30 a m in sympathy with James R Hoffa and other leaders. The strike ended after national officials in Washington ordered a return to work around 9 a m.
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Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union Council
Trucking Association
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Bud Minegar
Erie
Joint Council 40
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Minegar
Washington
President Johnson heads to Austin for diplomacy talks
President Johnson flew to his Austin office with two American diplomats for a round of conferences on Western Hemisphere diplomacy and the next year's defense budget. The 65 mile trip from his ranch near Johnson City was for discussions with Latin American officials and other aides.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Austin
Johnson City
Secretary McNamara to Attend Hemisphere Conference
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was to arrive from Washington late in the day as plans for a conference of hemisphere presidents early next year were discussed.
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Ican
Secretary of Defense
Robert§. McNamara
Washington
Chrysler Announces January Production Cuts
Chrysler Corp. announced January cutbacks at five U.S. and Canadian plants reducing planned output by 17,000 cars to a new goal of 124,000 passenger vehicles.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Canadian
Patrolman Heiserman Promoted to Sergeant
Dale Heiserman, a Kansas Highway Patrol officer in Lawrence, has been promoted to sergeant. He was among 33 patrolmen promoted after competitive exams, each with at least five years’ experience and a 70 hour police supervision course. The Heisermans live on Route 1 in Lawrence.
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Dale Heiserman
Kansas
Lawrence
J. H. Reeves
Heisserman
Col. Reeves
Montreal bank heist ends in deaths and theft recovery
A Montreal bank robbery at the CIBC Place Versailles center left two robbers dead in a getaway car and a driver dead from a shotgun wound. Police recovered between $10 000 and $12 000 and a constable shot himself in the leg during the scene. A second incident reports theft of a tape recorder a record player and television valued at 789 from Harald Meyers apartment.
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Montreal
Yvon Dubreuil
Richard Lortie
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Place Versailles
Jean-Louis Grimard
Jean Rivard
Harald Meyers
Emery Rd
Mrs Powell Misses House Hearing On Aide Salary
Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr wife did not attend a congressional hearing examining her 20500 yearly salary as his aide. House subcommittee chair Wayne Hays seeks her testimony and the US marshal was asked to locate her in Puerto Rico. Powell declined to appear with conditions.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Fon Powell
U.S
Powell
New York Democrat
Congress
Hays
Puerto Rico
Yvette Marjorie Flores
Harlem
Bahama Islands
Rome seeks owner for twin churches hit by costly repairs
Rome debates who must pay for the damage to the twin churches Santa Maria of the Miracles and Santa Maria in Monte Santo. Bernini built them in the 17th century opposite Piazza del Popolo. An underground waterflow has eroded foundations, but no claimant has clear ownership or responsibility for the repair bill.
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Rome
Santa Maria of the Miracles
Santa Maria
Monte Santo
Bernini
Corso
Piazza del Popolo
LHS graduate discusses Georgetown foreign service path
Lawrence High School alumnus Steve Nelson, a 1966 graduate, spoke to students about Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He outlined its twofold program in international affairs and economics designed to prep for diplomatic or consul career paths.
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Colege
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Homer Nelson
Manchester Dr
Georgetown University of Washington
Lawrence High School
LHS
Lawrence to skip Monday trash pick up for Christmas week
Lawrence will not have refuse collection on Monday due to Christmas. Public Works Director George Williams announced that Monday routes will be moved to Thursday December 29 and urged residents to use extra boxes for holiday wrapping discarded during the period.
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George Williams
Public Works
Williams
Lawrence
3.9 Million Sum Need for Schools
Topeka AP report notes a computer estimate increases the 1968 school finance need by 3.9 million, revising the total to 91.5 million. The Education Department request of 113.6 million was trimmed to 110.8 million by the budget director.
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Bibb
Department of Education
Tear Gas Subdues 30 Wyandotte Jail Rebels
Thirty prisoners at Wyandotte County jail were subdued with two tear gas shells after refusing orders to return to their cells. Lt. Levi Huggins said the rebels demanded iced tea or a soft drink with dinner, dumped coffee, smashed trays, and refused to reenter cells before coffee was served. Undersheriff Span die supported decisive action.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Levi Huggins
Huggins
Louis R. Spandie
Shoplifting Suspects Bound Over to Court
Three Kansas City shoplifting suspects Texann Miller 24 Charles Edwards 30 and Mary Newman 22 were bound over to the February term of District Court after a preliminary hearing held by County Judge Charles Rankin. A fourth man Charles Rice 29 was fined 25 dollars for vagrancy and serving five days in jail. Lawrence Mayor Jim Schubert signed the complaint and testified at the hearing.
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Kansas City, Mo
Charles Rankin
Rankin
Texann Miller
Charles Edwards
Mary Newman
Charles Rice
Lawrence
Jim Schubert
Illusion Cited as Cause of Midair Collision Over New York
Civil Aeronautics Board blamed an optical illusion from cloud tops for the December 2 mile high crash 50 miles north of New York City, killing 4 of 112 aboard. The Eastern Air Lines shuttle misjudged altitude while the Trans World Airlines jet also altered course, causing a wing fin collision near the Connecticut border.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York City
San Francisco
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Boston-Newark
N.J
New York-Connecticut
Eastern Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines Constellation
Vandals Use Pellet Gun and Rifle in Local Window Damage
Police investigate a series of vandalisms targeting businesses with pellet gun and .22 caliber rifle fire. The latest incidents occurred Monday at Conzelman Motors on Iowa Street and Johnnie's Tavern on North 2nd Street.
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Conzelman Motors
Iowa St
Johnnie’s Tavern
N.j 2Nd St
Two Traffic Accidents Reported With No Injuries
Two separate crashes were reported Monday and today by local police. Willard Perry 54 of Route 2 collided with Harold Skinner 61 of Route 2 behind a school bus on US 59 south of Lawrence causing 300 dollars damage to Perry and minor damage to Skinner. Clinton McClure 76 of 1632 Crescent Rd collided with a parked car owned by William Kelly 2617 La St in the 800 block of New Hampshire Street after mistakenly rolling the accelerator. Kelly suffered 285 dollars damage while McClure’s car had none.
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Willard H. Perry
Harold R. Skinner
Lawrence
US. 59
Highway Patrol
Skinner
Perry
New Hampshire Street
Clinton S. McClure
Crescent Rd
William Kelly
Sunflowers In Vietnam Aid From Kansas Division
The 9th Infantry Division, recently activated at Fort Riley, carries 50 pounds of Kansas sunflower seed to Vietnam. Maj. Gen. George Eckhardt, a Winfield native, hoped the unit would be Kansas’s representative in Vietnam. The Junction City Chamber of Commerce funded the seeds and entrusted Sgt. Virgil Meyer with their care.
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Ft, Riley
Kansas
Vietnam
9Th Infantry Division
Ninth
Ft. Riley
George Eckhardt
Winfield
Eckhardt
Kansas Division
Junction City Chamber of Commerce
Virgil Meyer
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EU Medical Center
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Allen Tarr
Journal-World Photo
Austin Air Office
Chrysler
Merry Christmas
Tom
Mrs
Charles Greatest Moss
Martin
Stave Dick
Heiserman
Mrs. Powell
Noland
Agency
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Brownie Kerns
Wyandotte
Lawrence Memorial Co
Norman Enqacott
Robert Claus
Cindy
Indiana
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