New Kansas County Association grows from state league
Fred Allen leads the Kansas Association of Counties to expand county functions beyond roads and welfare. The group, formed at the Kansas Official Council convention, seeks lobbying, research, and statewide reform including home rule, law enforcement aid, auto taxation changes, a gasoline tax, and mandated expenditure publishing.
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Topeka
Fred Allen
New Kansas Association of Counties
Allen
Kansas Official Council
Kansas Association of Counties
KAC
Kansas League of Municipalities
Kansas Cities
League
League of Municipalities
Kansas
Capitol
Ford considered quitting Michigan football over Ward benching
Willis Ward recalls Gerald Ford in 1934 facing pressure when teammate benching due to race. Ward says Ford, then Most Valuable Player, was upset and even wrote to his father about quitting. Ward, now a probate judge, notes Ford later pursued racial issues as president with mixed perceived progress.
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Detroit
Gerald Ford
University of Michigan
Willis Ward
Michigan
Fielding Yost
Georgia Tech
Ward
Wayne County
Ford
Jerry
Antiblack
KSU board votes down beer sales on campus
Manhattan report states Kansas State University Union Governing Board voted against beer sales in the Student Union after three months of campus opinion surveys. Board members, largely students, expressed concern the beer could disrupt the building's atmosphere and said serving beer is not essential to university programs.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Walt Smith
Saigon shifts to civilian rule as new committee formed
South Vietnam transfers Saigon from military to civilian governance. A 15 member civilian committee of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, led by Vo Van Kiet as chairman, replaces the military management. Outgoing mayor Tran Van Tra warns of food and fuel shortages and ongoing urban problems. A separate dispatch notes Prince Sihanouk’s four day northern Cambodia tour with top officials.
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Bangkok
Thailand
South Vietnam
Saigon
Peoples Revolutionary Committee
Radio
Huynh Tan Phat
Vo van Kiet
Tran van Tra
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Monique
Penn Nouth
Khieu Samphan
Pittsburgh Teachers and City Board Near Wage Agreement
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers has agreed to general terms of a 10.1 million wage offer from a court appointed fact finding panel. Union leaders seek details on allocation, class size, and student discipline before ending the 54 day strike affecting 62,000 pupils. The board and union will continue negotiations as Judge Ziegler defers a 10,000 daily fine for noncompliance.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Albert Fondy
Allegheny County
Donald E. Ziegler
Teachers’ Union
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