Tax Ceiling On Property Supported
TOPEKA AP Overwhelming support for the property tax lid was shown in a poll by Sen. R J Williams R Pratt. He reported 177 replies from Pratt Harper Barber and Kingman counties with 88 percent backing the lid 7 percent opposing executive reorganization and 72 percent favoring legalized bingo. Docking’s budget plan drew 72 percent approval and 73 percent opposed converting the highway patrol to a state police force.
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Topeka
Kansas
R. J
Dick” Williams
Pratt
Williams
Harper
Barber
Kingman
Robert Docking
Highway Patrol
U S Planes Strike Two North Vietnam Missile Sites
U S fighter bombers attacked two surface to air missile sites inside North Vietnam in the tenth protective reaction of the year. South Vietnamese reconnaissance units moved toward southern Laos as Saigon forces fought near Cambodia. US helicopters reportedly carried South Vietnamese troops to Laos and back toward Khe Sanh with limited air support.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
Associated Press
Willian Barton
Khe Sanh
Barton
Dong Ha
Kansas Senate Passes Disruption Bill with Firearm felony clause
The Kansas Senate approved on third reading a bill barring disruption of public meetings or occupations of public buildings to hinder government business. The measure, 29 to 2, moves to the House with an amendment making firearm use in demonstrations inside public buildings a felony.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Senate
House
Harold Herd
Coldwater
George Bell
Kansas City
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
Elwaine Pomeroy
Plymouth Church Broadcast Schedules and Local Business Notes
Plymouth Church announces a weekly broadcast at 1820 hours 10 a.m. Sundays. The ad highlights Virginia Auto Mobility insurance for teenagers via Gene Doane Agency at 824 Maass. Fred and Oscar Rumsey, owners, list Ray Funeral Home with contact 843-5111 for local notices.
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Plymouth
E. Va
Gene Doane Agency
Fred and
Oscar Rumsey
Ray Funeral Home
Wallace urges sheriffs to curb drugs with firm law enforcement
Governor George C. Wallace told Alabama law officers to instill a fear of the law in drug pushers, even if it requires a slap on the head. He said he was "not advocating anything but minimal force" in enforcement in a speech to more than 400 sheriffs and police chiefs.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Apollo 14 Moon Walk Ends In Subdued Triumph
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell stepped onto the moon in Fra Mauro after a near abort. They spent about five hours setting up a space station and conducting experiments including a long cable sound-detector and cartridge firings to study lunar crust. A computer glitch nearly forced an abort, but ground controllers ordered the computer to ignore its warning and the landing proceeded.
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Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Space Center
Art
Shepard
Mitchell
Snow Closes In On Lawrence With Cold Temperatures Ahead
A thick sleet glaze gave way to two and a half inches of snow in Lawrence, leaving white streets at dawn. Crews cleared roads. Kansas Turnpike largely clear from Topeka to Kansas City with improving conditions toward sunset. Highs near 15 to 25, lows near zero to two below.
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Lawrence
Kansas Turnpike
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Oklahoma Line
Payroll figures show Kansas state staff drop in fall
D V Kay acting director of the State Personnel Department released data showing 39,282 state employees on Oct 1 and 38,729 on Dec 1, a decline of 553. The November count 41,039 was inflated by a computer error counting Medical Center staff twice, including 3,480 Oct 1 staff rising to 5,222 on Nov 1.
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Topeka (Ap
D. V. Kay
State Personnel Department
Kay
Robert Docking
W. E. Woodard
Wichita
Docking
Woodard
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Shepard and Mitchell land Apollo 14 on Fra Mauro
At age 47 Al Shepard and Ed Mitchell piloted the Antares to a precise Fra Mauro lunar landing. Louise Shepard praised the crew as the mission touchdown sparked the first of two planned lunar excursions. The wives reacted with relief and amusement as the crew prepared for moon walks.
Astronauts Idealized as National Heroes and Humans
The piece reflects on the astronaut corps as national heroes since America's early space program. It notes iconic figures like Shepard, Glenn, and Moon missions, while acknowledging critics who claim astronauts are robotic. The author cites meetings with 14 astronauts to argue they are intelligent, independent individuals beyond stereotypes.
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America
Alan Shepard
John Glenn
Earth
Moon
U.S
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