Kansas lawmakers face pivotal session as Docking seeks cooperation
The 1968 Kansas Legislature opens January 14 amid expectations of either productive, bipartisan work or sparring with Governor Docking. With a GOP majority in both chambers, questions arise about veto overrides, tax policy, highway funding, education aid, liquor by the drink, and potential party primary pressures.
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Docking
U. S
Nixon
GOP
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Ween
Wichita
Topeka
Johnson and Wyandotte
Lawrence
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Salina
Vitamin hangover hits world says nutritionist
London AP. Geoffrey Taylor, a British nutritionist, argues the world suffers from a kingsized hangover as essential vitamins are boiled away from vegetables. He cites tests in Dusseldorf and discussions with experts worldwide and warns of fatigue and possible links to ulcers and heart disease. He urges fresh vegetables not to be boiled more than ten minutes.
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London
Geoffrey Taylor
Lahore
Pakistan
Duesseldorf
United States
Austria
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Taylor
Britain
Abducted 10-Year-Old Smothered in Des Moines YMCA
Pamela Powers was smothered after a Christmas Eve abduction in a Des Moines YMCA. Dr. Leo D. Luka confirmed the autopsy showed she died before removal. Her body was found in a snow covered ditch east of Des Moines the day after Christmas. Anthony Erthell Williams, 24, an escapee from a Missouri state mental hospital, led officers to the body and faces murder charges.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Leo D. Luka
Polk County
Luka
Anthony Erthell Williams
Missouri
YMCA
Fatal accident ends life of Willie James Taylor in Kansas City
AP reports Willie James Taylor, 20, died Friday night when a car leaving Interstate 70 on the east side skidded on ice, struck trees on Myrtle Street. Three other occupants were injured. this was Kansas City's first traffic death of 1969.
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Kansas City
Willie James Taylor
Myrtle Street
Wreck Victims Treated. Several Injured in Two Collisions
Doris Dunavin 19 of Sunflower Village remains in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a two-vehicle wreck on K-10 near Sunflower Village. Her husband Dennis Dunavin and two others, Billy Carmack 41 and Debra Carmack 19, are in fairly good condition. Carmack and his son Jerry 10 died in the crash. Cooperating victims include William D. Mitchell 20 of 318 Locust St who was moved to KU Medical Center for spleen injury from a Dec 28 single-vehicle accident near Stull.
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Doris Dunavin
Sunflower Village
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dennis R. Dunavin
Billy Carmack
Prairie Village
Debra
LMH
Dunavin
Austin G. Carmack
Carmack
Jerry
Stull
Shawnee Mission
Mitchell
Man Held in Death Of Wife in a Hutchinson Club
James Lee Carithers 23 is held without bond in the fatal shooting of his wife Linda 22 at the CoCo Club in Hutchinson Friday night. He argued with her, was ejected, later returned and shot her as she served customers. He surrendered to police about forty minutes later claiming investigators sought him.
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Hutchinson, Kan
James Lee Carithers
Linda Carithers
Carithers
Hutchinson
Wharf Club
Bob Miller
CoCo Club
Too Cold to Walk Home Keeps Lawrence Calm
A veteran Lawrence police sergeant notes frigid weather reduced walkaways and says no wrecks occurred as by Friday four minor accidents were logged. Police handled light incident days with two burglar alarm false signals at Kroger Center and First National Bank in addition to routine calls. Acting Chief Stanwix emphasizes patrols as the best crime deterrent during holidays.
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Lawrence
Kroger Family
Richard Stanwix
Nixon Names Aide Choices Along With Vietnam Ambassador Plan
President-elect Nixon said Ellsworth Bunker will stay as U S ambassador to South Vietnam. He announced three top deputies for William Rogers: Elliot L Richardson for undersecretary of state, A Alexis Johnson for under secretary of state for political affairs, and Richard F Pedersen as State Department counselor.
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New York
Nixon
Ellsworth Bunker
U.S
South Vietnam
William P. Rogers
A. Alexis Johnson
Japan
Richard F. Pedersen
U.N. Security Council
State Department
Wreckage Found of Char tered DC3 in Mexico
Searchers located a chartered DC3 wreck in Devil's Canyon about 185 miles south of Reynosa with 26 aboard. officials say life signs are absent and Pemex employees had chartered the flight from Reynosa to Tampico. A separate AP brief notes a New York subway tieup during rush hour with 50,000 passengers stranded.
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Mexico City
Devil’s Canyon
Reynosa
Pemex
Tampico
New York
Manhattan
Topeka Man Pleads Guilty in Grain Misuse Case
William F. Allison of Topeka pleaded in nocent Friday to charges of converting and selling government owned grain. He was a former manager of a grain warehouse for William H. Addington in Nutchinson.
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Topeka
William F. Allison
Allison
William H. Addington
Nutchinson
Searches Increase For Viet Prisoners
Allied forces widened sweeps in the U Minh Forest seeking U S and South Vietnamese prisoners held by Viet Cong sanctuaries. One American and six Vietnamese have been rescued, with numerous arms depots found as operations press deeper into the delta region.
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Saigon
U Minh Forest
U.S
Florida
Everglades
James Rowe
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Gulf of
Siam
Delta
Steadi G Aping Pacy
Minh Forest
Caupe
Wes
Catholics And Protestants Clash In Londonderry March
About 150 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers clashed with Protestants six miles outside Londonderry on the last leg of a four day protest. At least 12 injured as rocks and gasoline bombs flew. police charged a Protestant force blocking a bridge. Ulster Labor MPs urged Prime Minister O Neill to recall the provincial legislature for talks on unrest.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ulster Labor
Terence O'Neill
Northern Counties
the People’s Democracy
Marmot Study At KU Wins NSF Grant
Lawrence report notes a National Science Foundation grant of 3900 dollars to Robert Hoffman for marmot research at Kansas University. The project will map relations among marmot populations, interbreeding, origin, and migration to current habitats including Asia.
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Robert Hoffman
Museum of Natural History
Kansas University
Tional Science Foundation
Hoffman
Asia
Blast Reported In Gaza and Beirut Protests Rise
An explosion under an empty Israeli car in Gaza wounded three residents. Across the Jordan River, Israeli and Arab gunners traded 45 minutes of artillery and mortar fire with no casualties reported. In Beirut, university students strike for compulsory military service and universal draft after last Saturday's airport attack.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gaza
Amman
Jordan River
Damiya Bridge
Beirut
Dole Votes for Hruska in First Senate Ballot
In his first vote as a Kansas senator Bob Dole supported Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska for assistant Republican floor leader, but Hruska fell to Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania by 23 to 20.
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Washington
Bob Dole
U.S
Kansas
Dole
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
Hruska
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Post Office History Tells Williamstown Origin
Wales' eldest daughter resides near Omaha Nebraska and the younger daughter Mrs Rosemary Venturino lives in Stow Ohio A post office has operated in Williamstown since the early 1890s It was started by a man named Williams founder of Williamstown
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Wales
Omaha
Neb
Rosemary Venturino
Stow
Ohio
Williamstown
Williams
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