Kansas Senate reapportionment plan in House debate
A Kansas Senate reapportionment proposal aims to base districts on county populations with Sedgwick six seats Wyandotte four Shawnee two and Johnson two. Multi county districts are proposed for most areas and several counties would form single county districts with at large elections.
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Kansas Senate
House
House Legislative Apportionment Committee
USA
Senate
Tom van Cleave
Kansas City
Jack Glaven
Wichita
Legislaive Council Research Department
Sedgwick County
Atchison
Brown
Doniphan
Jackson
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Douglas
Franklin
Miami
Linn
Anderson
Coffey
Bourbon
Crawford
Cheroskee
Labete
Labete; 14—Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson; 15 Chautauqua
Cowley
Elk
Butler
Greenwood
Chase
Lyon
Morris
Osage
Marshall
Nemaha
Pottawatomie
Wabaunwee
Clay
Riley
Hensegion
Dickinson
Geary
Marion
Lincoln
Mitchell
Ottawa
Republic
Eri
Osborne
Rush
Russell
Te- Ko
Barber
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Pratt
Stafford
Decatur
Graham
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Phillips
Rooks
Smith
Clark
Ford
Gray
Hodgeman
Meade
Ness
Finney
Grant
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Daden
Seward
Stanton
Kansas Jayhawks adopt uniform numbers for both home and road
Lawrence report notes confusion over numbering in a Kansas Oklahoma game under Big Eight rules. Jayhawks will wear identical numbers at home and away to prevent future mix ups. Also mentions 1989 World Almanac contents and KU basketball travel plans for a Vital Big Eight clash at Kansas State.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Jayhawks
Kansas University
Louisville
Dick Harp
Dean Neamith
Monte Moore
Sports Network
Ron Loneski
al Donaghue
Bill Bridges
Bob Hickman
Bob Billie Dee Ketchum
Monte John
Jim Hoffman
Lynn Kindred
Gary Thompson
Irene Williams Harris funeral service set in Los Angeles
Irene Williams Harris died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 88. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Peoples Funeral Home, 42nd and Central, with burial in Los Angeles Cemetery. She was a former resident of Lawrence.
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Irene Williams
Senate Defeats GOP Push to Trim Housing Bill
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected a Republican bid to halve 38,000 new public housing units set for the year and moved toward deep cuts in college dormitory loans. Senate leaders, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Fulbright, and Sparkman, indicate potential 100 million dollar reductions from a 400 million authorization.
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Washington
Senate Today
Homer E. Capehart
R-Ind
Senate
Lyndon B. “Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
J. William Fulbright
Dark
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Memorial Hospital Honor Roll List of Births and Residents
Memorial Hospital records names and addresses of patients and residents including Mrs Ida Deay, Lloyd Housworth, Harold Flanders, Michael Hadl, Mrs Gracie Reusch, Mrs Harriet Scott, Mrs Helen Kath, George Ogle, Raymond Tate, Mike Hadl, Baldwin, Mrs Alice Wilcox, Mrs Evelyn Landon, Mrs Pearl Grant, Mrs Virginia Harris, Mrs Beverly Laqua, Mrs Wanda Fendley, Roy Burton, Patrick Lee Potter, Mrs LuAnn Carmichael, Mrs Helen McDuffe and baby boy, Donald Craig, Ulysses Thompson, Joe Madi, Mrs Ella Miller and baby girl, Mrs Lillian Ludiow and baby boy, Rose Hammer, Brenda Warkentine, Mrs Janice Craig and baby girl, Sandra Herschell, Mrs Patricia Linden Smith, William Boswell, Daniel Ray Shaw, Mrs Shirley Morgan and baby boy, Wayne Jenkins, Mrs Dollie Hicks, Mrs Jeanne Matulis and baby boy, Mrs Elaine Mather and baby boy, Ricky Ketcher, Floyd Ashby, Mr and Mrs Walker Riley, Mr and Mrs Don Mattocks, Mr and Mrs John Landon, Mr and Mrs Robert Jaquith. A son Wednesday and a son today noted.
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Ida Deay
Lloyd Housworth
Walnut St
Harold Flanders
Ala
Michael Hadl
Baldwin
Gracie Reusch
Tonganoxie
Harriet Scott
Eudora
Helen Kath
Wellsville
George Ogle
North St
Raymond Tate
Mike Hadl
Alice Wilcox
Ohio St
Evelyn Landon
Pearl Grant
Virginia Harris
Miller Dr
Beverly Laqua
Lecompton
Wanda Fendley
Roy Burton
Patrick Lee Potter
LuAnn Carmichael
Tenn
Helen McDuffe
Mich. St
Donald Craig
Ulysses Thompson
N.H. St
Joe Madi
Ella Miller
Hickory St
Lillian Ludiow
W. 7Th St
Rose Hammer
Brenda Warkentine
Harper St
Janice Craig
Topeka
Sandra Herschell
Funston St
Patricia Lindensmith
Vt. St
William Boswell
Ark
Walnut $T
Daniel Ray Shaw
Meriden
Kas
Shirley Morgan
Naismith Dr
Wayne Jenkins
Pa. St
Dollie Hicks
Jeanne Matulis
Uteh Dr
Local Scouts Honor Civil War Eagles at Kaw council dinner
Seven Lawrence Boy Scouts and Explorers among 110 eagle and 18 silver award winners feted at the Kansas Union by the Kaw council. Dr. R. Q. Brewster spoke, council officials praised the group, and DeSoto, Eudora, and Baldwin scouts were also acknowledged. The event marked the largest eagle total in the eight county district.
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Lawrence
Kansas Union
Kaw Council
Bruce White
Cadet Ave
Garran Allison
Ala
Darrel Craig
Norman Mayhue
R. I
Brian Grace
R. 1
Dave Palmerlee
Strong
Phil Everley
Learnard
Don C. Baldwin
R. Q. Brewster
Kansas University
J. Fred Thompson
Robert Cox
DeSoto
Dale Israel
Gary Plumb
Barrett Spurgeon
Milton Topping
Eudora
H. A. Morris
Michael Lenihaw
Emmitt Wright
James R. Miller
Baldwin
Students Experience A Week Of Russia Style Classes
Colby High School economics class, guided by J. G. Pechin, simulated a Russian classroom for a week. Students stood when the instructor entered and sat stiffly with folded hands, reciting at attention to show respect. The exercise reinforced discipline, but the method wore thin after seven days.
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Colby
Kasuf
J. G. Pechin
Colby High School
Russia
Pechin
Sales Tax Exemption Sought On Newsprint
TOPEKA AP A bill from the house printing committee seeks to exempt newspapers from sales tax on papers and ink, reversing a 1937 tax policy that later exempted them. State revenue director John Kirchner was drafting a regulation to restore the tax, at 2.44 percent.
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Topeka
House Printing Committee
Commission of Revenue and Taxation
John Kirchner
State Revenue Director
Wa Judge Doro’s Frozen Dough Briefcase Incident
Tulsa judge Doro Young, before boarding a flight, was asked by a friend what she had in her briefcase. She replied she carried nothing but frozen cookie dough. She was bound for visit with her grandchildren.
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Tulsa
Okla Wa
Dorothy Young
U S Says Continued Travel Page Exercises Pilot Incident
State Department documents reveal that Murphy read parts of an article to Ambassador Menshikov on November 13, claiming the U S plane did not intend to violate Soviet air space. He said the U S aimed for a settlement and noted American fatalities. Menshikov promised to report to Moscow, but no response followed.
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State Department
Murphy
Menshikov
United States
U.S
Weather Plane Vanishes Over Atlantic Off Bermuda
A U S weather B-50 four engine plane with 12 crew members vanished in the mid Atlantic after fuel ran low near Bermuda. A Japanese freighter reported seeing a burning plane crash in the area earlier, but officials say the four engine craft should have been in the vicinity. Coast Guard and Navy units searched in 40 mph winds and rough seas with limited visibility as families awaited word on next of kin.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Navy
Next of Kin
Kansas House Accepts 37 Bills Amid Busy Session
In Topeka the Kansas House received thirty seven bills today with three days left to file more measures. Proposals include letting corporations farm up to 15000 acres, requiring yearly liquor purchase permits, banning fireworks outside supervised displays, legalizing possession of two liquor quarters without tax stamps, resuming gasoline tax exemptions for non highway use, allocating 100000 for college scholarships, and treating each district high school as separate for state aid. Also noted is Cornell fencer Raoul Sudre, a Stoot-7 junior from Casablanca, weighing 50 pounds.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Kansas
Docking
Senate
House
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Finance Council
Macmillan Lloyd to visit Soviet Union for talks
Topeka AP A joint Republican caucus will examine Gov. Docking budget plans and counter proposals as Kansas Republicans debate tax changes and spending. In London Prime Minister Macmillan accepted a trip to the Soviet Union with Foreign Secretary Lloyd lasting up to 10 days, as Dulles coordinates Western policy ahead of talks with German leaders.
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Macmillan
Lloyd
Soviet Union
Topeka
House
Senate
George Docking
Docking
London
Harold Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Paris
West Berlin
Dulles
Washington
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Moscow
Two Lawrence Men Elected Dairy Institute Officers
Two Lawrence men are named among the officers of the Dairy Institute of Kansas with Howard Hurwitz of Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co. as treasurer and Ivan Van Nortwick as executive secretary. The institute organized at a Wichita meeting with C. C. Freeley of Erie as president and Vincent DeCoursey of Kansas City as vice president.
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Lawrence
New Dairy Institute of Kansas
Howard Hurwitz
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co
Ivan van Nortwick
Wichita
C. C. Freeley
Erie
Vincent DeCoursey
Kansas City
Mrs Josie Lee McGhee in Good Condition at Hospital
Mrs Josie Lee McGhee 41 of 1930 Ill was reported in good condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital Kansas University. An employee of the University she was taken after a slight heart attack Tuesday and is expected to be released in a few days.
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Josie Lee McGhee
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Anderson seeks tougher narcotics and gambling penalties
Topeka attorney general John Anderson urged the House Senate Judiciary Committee to sponsor bills making narcotics possession a felony and allowing possession of slot machines and gambling devices as evidence of violation. He also sought prima facie evidence via federal gambling tax stamps and bills to let the attorney general set salaries of three assistants. Gov Docking weighed removing health official Geoffrey Martin but couldn't cut his salary enough to force resignation this year.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Tata
Legis Anderson
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kansas
Anderson
State Board of Health
George Docking
Geoffrey Martin
Martin
Polio Aids Approved for Eudora Volunteer
Arden Ott, polio victim from Eudora who uses a wheelchair, has been approved by the National Foundation for Tractor and Car Appliances. The foundation will equip his tractor and car with hand controls. Ott will provide the vehicles while the foundation supplies the modified controls.
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Arden Ott
Eudora
National Foundation
Ott
Foundation
Lawrence Election Watch Signals Candidacy Uncertainty
The article notes council member Ralph Pine intends no re election after 12 years on the City Council and 12 on the Board of Education, while Henry Shenk has not decided yet. Mrs. Ethan Allen is away, filling the late Mrs. Ray Wright’s term. Candidates must be 25, qualified voters, three years resident, with petitions signed by 25 electors due March 14.
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Bers
Ralph Pine
Board of Education
Henry Shenk
Ethan Allen
Ray Wright
Lawrence
Bandits Take $2941 From Kansas City Insurance Office
Three bandits held handkerchiefs over their faces and shoved clerk Marc Krauland and two co workers into the office. They cleaned out the cash drawer of National Life and Accident Insurance Co. and escaped by a rear door while other workers were out to lunch.
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Kansas City
National Life and Accident Insurance Co
Marc Krauland
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