Congress Probe Tackles Alcoholism Facing Nation
Senator Harold Hughes leads a Senate hearing with actress Mercedes McCambridge, Judge Ray Harrison, and two clergymen detailing personal battles with alcohol. Javits and Moss back a $170 million five year treatment bill while experts note low federal spending compared with $8 billion in taxes from alcohol.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Alcoholics Anonymous
Congress
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Mercedes McCambridge
Hughes
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Michael Sheen
Boston
David Works
North Conway Institute
Plane Down Safe After Tire Blows
A Braniff International BAC-111 jetliner landed safely at the Olathe Naval Air Station after a tire blew on takeoff from Kansas City Municipal Airport. No injuries were reported. about 50 passengers were aboard on flight 225 bound for Wichita Oklahoma City and Dallas.
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Kansas City
Braniff International
Olathe
Kan
Naval Air Station
Wichita
Oklahoma City
Dallas
R.D. McLeod
Braniff
Naval Base
Shawnee County population grows. Topeka up 4589 in 1968
Shawnee County population rises to 167 770, up 2 432 from last year, county assessor George Schnellbacher said Wednesday. Topeka's population climbs 4 589 to 136 407, boosting Shawnee County sales tax revenue by about 25 000, with state pro rating returning 10 per resident.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
George Schnellbacher
Schnellbacher
Dead Trees valued at $1294 in Wichita civil suit
A US District Court jury in Wichita awarded $1,294.46 for nine dead cottonwood trees near Syracuse Kansas. Plaintiffs Wayne Coulson and the Ochs family described the grove as a landscape feature planted in 1934 and watered by hand. The suit cited salt water pollution from a gas well as the cause.
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Wichita
Whch
Wesley E. Brown
Syracuse
Kan
Wayne Coulson
Lawrence Ochs
Ochs
Boys Play With Pistol Ends in Youths Death
Keith Miller ten-year-old boy was fatally shot while seated in a dining room in Kansas City. Michael Buford fourteen, drew a .32 caliber revolver and began playing with it. witnesses say a single accidental shot struck Miller in the head. The weapon belonged to a visiting woman. Buford was remanded to his parents.
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Kansas City
Keith Miller
Miller
Michael E. Buford
Buford
Mysterious noises puzzle Apollo 11 mission control
Houston officials report unexplained sounds reaching mission control at 9 30 p m CDT and the crew, including Buzz Aldrin, were warned about straining exercises. No source in the spacecraft identified. noises resembled a train whistle and rubber whistle sounds and fire engine sirens previously heard.
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Mission Control
Freed Russian Prisoner Arrives Today in London
Gerald Brooke, 30, released after four years in Soviet custody, arrived in London aboard an Aeroflot jet. He described feeling numb and faced questions about his treatment and espionage charges while the exchange deal with Morris and Lola Cohen for the Cohens was still unfolding.
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London
Haggard
Gerald Brooke
Brooke
Britain
Morris
Lola Cohen
Russia
Aeroflot
Barbara
Theie Emigree
NTS
Stranger saver hailed after oil slick crash on 11th Street
Mrs. Helen Hoppe of 1209 E 13th St thanks a young man who saved her life when a car driven by Mrs. Abbie Jones slid on oil, hit a utility pole, and brought live wires down. Both women were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The article notes other witnesses but the rescuer remains unknown.
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Helen Hoppe
E. 13Th St
Hoppe
Jones
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas seeks tax broadening to services and recreation
A Kansas joint legislative committee proposes widening the sales tax base to four areas: services linked to repairing tangible property, laundry and dry cleaning, admissions not yet taxed, and commercial recreation. Estimated yields exceed 3.5 million annually, with specific gains from repair service and laundry. The panel plans another meeting August 25 to 27.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Hodge
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