Bond issue reform bill faces Kansas House vote
In Topeka today Rep. Lawrence Slo combe introduced bills requiring 60 percent voter approval for school district or general obligation bonds. The bill aims to curb rushed bond approvals seen in other states. Also, Agriculture Committee proposed a statewide milk inspection bill to remove duplicative inspections under a State Board of Agriculture system.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Lawrence Slocombe
R-Peabody
Slocombe
House
Agriculture Committee
Legislative Council
John Vogel
R-Lawrence
Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture
Turning Point Seen in Vietnam War Salisbury Says
AP dispatch reports Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the war may be turning toward a negotiated settlement or a sharp and dangerous escalation after his North Vietnam trip.
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Washington (Ap
Harrison E. Salisbury
North Vietnam
Salisbury
The
New York Times
Hanoi
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Guerrillas Hit Laos Capital Airport Destroy Planes
Pathet Lao guerrillas raided Luang Prabang airport early today. They destroyed six T28 fighters and two helicopters operated by Air America. Five to six air force planes were damaged and casualties ranged from five to eight wounded with five dead. The raid targeted royal Laos air facilities near Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Laung Prabang
Royal Lao Army
Woman Injured In Local Traffic Mishap
Three area traffic incidents left one person hospitalized. Anna I Paasch 76 of 2600 Haskell Ave sustained a knee injury in a 10 55 a m collision at 11th and Ky Sts while Ada I Kirkpatrick 70 and Lucinda W Chandler 22 reported vehicle damage. Additional crashes on 11th Street and Clinton Blacktop Road caused limited damage and no serious injuries.
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Anna I. Paasch
Haskell Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Ada I. Kirkpatrick
Ala. St
Lucinda W. Chandler
la. St
11Th
Ky. Sts
Chandler
Kirkpatrick
11Th Street
West Campus Road
Linda L. Brown
Wlrth St
Anne C. Jordan
Lawrence PTA Debates Homework Policy At 7 30 Pm
Lawrence High School hosts the PTA Curriculum Committee to review a homework policy with Asst. Supt Robert Ramsey and Pinckney School principal Calvin Rice present. Kansas Power and Light pays its Lawrence franchise fee totaling 44337 09, lifting 1966 total to 80971 17 an increase of 9263 25 from 1965. University rushees rest day as first invitationals begin with Mount Oread sororities. Enrollment continues with K U students and the Kan Union lists, with second semester classes starting Monday at 7 20 am.
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PTA
Lawrence High School
Robert Ramsey
Calvin Rice
Pinckney School
Lawrence
Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas University
Mount Oread
Kansas Union
Hike in Legislators Pay Advances in Senate
The Senate committee endorsed a bill by Sen. Curtis McClinton to raise legislators pay. Daily expense allowances would rise from 15 to 25 dollars during sessions and non session months from 50 to 100 dollars. The amendment adds one extra expense paid trip per week to and from home, up from six per session at nine cents per mile.
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Topeka
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Curtis McClinton
Wichita
Paddock Seeks Re Election To District 497 Education Board
Local attorney James W. Paddock announces bid for re election to District 497 Board of Education. He cites district unification and a $3.8 million bond issue for new buildings as key achievements and notes his past service on District 60 and the interim board. Election is April 4.
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James W. Paddock
District 497
Paddock
Unified Distrit 497
Board of Education
District 60
Robert Oyler
Douglas County Bar Association
Kansas University
Ruth Ann
Jim
Central
Joel
Centennial School
First Methodist Church
Deal Six
Furnace Motor Overheats at Ray Christian Jewelers
Firemen answered at 9 14 a m Wednesday to 809 Mass St as a furnace motor overheated at Ray Christian Jewelers causing damage to the motor.
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Mass
Ray Christian Jewelers
Kansas House Hears Greenwich Time Resolution
A resolution was introduced in the Kansas House asking Congress to put the entire United States on Greenwich time. Rep Ross Doyen and Rep Ernest Unruh argued for uniform time, noting local areas could then decide business and school hours.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House Today
Congress
United States
Ex-Champ Predicts Boxing Decline At Kiwanis Talk
Former heavyweight champion Jack Sharkey warned boxing will die soon due to a lack of amateur bouts. Speaking at the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, he noted large fields in his day and said the sport’s appeal is fading as he participates in the Kansas City Boat, Sport and Travel Show as a flycasting expert.
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Jack Sharkey
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
Sharkey
Kansas City
Lawrence
Howard Wiseman
Boston
Major Cleared In Bridge Case
In Landshut Germany a Bavarian court cleared wartime Major Hans Scheller of cowardice and dereliction of duty in the failed attempt to destroy the Rhine’s Remagen bridge 22 years ago. The court said insufficient explosives caused the mistake and ordered costs paid to Scheller’s widow, allowing her pension.
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Landshut
Germany
Remagen
Rhine
Bonn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hans Scheller
Liesel Scheller
Medical Aid For Needy Goal For New House Bill
Kansas House Public Welfare Committee approves a bill to place the state into the federal program for medical care to the needy. Gov. Docking estimates about 5 million dollars in federal state and county funds needed initially, with roughly 70 percent for new or expanded medical coverage.
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Topeka
Public Welfare Committee
Kansas House
Rex Bergen
R-Asherville
Robert Docking
Kansas Senate
Woodbine Reservoir
Park Commissioners
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
State Board of Social Welfare
Norton
House Education Committee
Senate Senate
House Roads and Highways Committee
L. A. Billings
State Motor Vehicle Department
Roy Shapiro
Federal and State Affairs Committee
The
Senate
No Quick Change For KU's Checks
Raymond Nichols vice chancellor for finance at Mount Oread said the Fair Labor Standards Act amendment in effect Wednesday has not changed KU student pay. He noted KU has met the $1 hourly minimum since July 1 and outlined scheduled increases to $1.15 in February 1968, $1.30 in 1969, $1.45 in 1970, and $1.60 in 1971, with no new state funds or budget provisions to cover February. Nichols added KU civil service rates already exceed $1 hourly.
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Raymond Nichols
Finance
Mount Oread
Nichols
Robert Docking
Board Reviews Apollo 1 Fire But Causes Remain Elusive
NASA deputy administrator Dr. Robert Seamans met with a review board in Cape Kennedy as investigators struggle to pinpoint the blaze that killed Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White II and Roger Chaffee. A duplicate capsule is being prepared for side by side examination while experts examine possible foreign inflammable materials in a 100 percent oxygen cabin. Debris removal and careful cataloging of cabin remains continue as officials brief Congress on interim findings.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert C. Seamans
Washington
Seamans
Senate
House Space
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
George P. Miller
D-Calif
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
North American Aviation Co
Downey
Calif
Board of Review
Motorcycle theft reported for $150 motorcycle
Steve Dunn of 1425 Alumni Place reported Wednesday afternoon to police the theft of his motorcycle valued at $150 from the 900 block of Mississippi Street.
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Steve Dunn
Alumni Pl
Mississippi Street
In Loving Memory of Mrs Mayme Stemens
In loving memory of Mrs Mayme Green Stemens who passed away fifteen years ago today. She is sadly missed by her daughter and grandchildren Naomi Snowden Captalin Lopez and Alathea Tyler.
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Mayme (Green) Stemens
Naomi Snowden
Captalin Lopez
Alathea Tyler
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U.S
Lester H. Tucker
Route 4
Clinton Blacktop
Tuckel
Kansas University Museum of Natural History
Kurt Roeger
Prairie Village
Journal-World
Education Board
Greenwich Time
Max Schmeling
Primo Carnera
New England
CSS Ameter LI
Lawrence Mills
Avon Cmy
LAW
Nat'l, Bank
Santa Fe
Richard G. Beahm
Wm. Miller
Bill
Alta Duncan
Memoriam
Lawrence Memorial Co
State Farm
Insurance
M. R. Carlson
Vermont
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
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