Vietnam napalm horror and mixed U S budget notes
AP reports a napalm strike near Trang Bang injuring civilians including women and children. Separate items describe University of Oklahoma budget increases for raises and instruction, Kansas political candidate Barsotti entering the Democratic race, a hijack in Weiden, and a Ways and Means debate over the debt limit and tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trang Bang
Vietnam
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Gene Nordby
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
Girls' State attendees hear calls to vote and participate
18 year olds urged to join politics at Girls State with emphasis on voting in primaries. Gov Docking to speak at inaugural event. Officers named from Kansas City to Lansing include Nationalists and Federalists with Joes Oswald named Chief Justice and several judges listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shultz
Robert Docking
Docking
Miss Krehbiel
Girls’ State
Alisa Greer
Kansas City
Federalist Party
Govrnor
Vickie East
Wichita
Debbie Pitts
CIA Verscheiden
St. Mary’s
Debbie Moore
Dresden
Lynn Gugler
Abilene
Patty Utecht
Lansing
Joes Oswald
Hutchinson
Supreme Court
Beth Llewellyn
Lawrence
Sharon Neville
Neosho Falls
Jo Ann Phillips
Leavenworth
Mary Messenger
Baxter Springs
Arlene Bush
Sheri Baldwin
Miss Baldwin
Man electrocuted in Independence incident
A Raytown resident Alan W. Tucker 25 a lawyer was electrocuted Wednesday after accidentally contacting a 1 460 volt power line in Independence Missouri authorities said Tucker lived in Raytown and was identified by police as the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Raytown
Ted
Alan W. Tucker
Stewart
Muskie
McGovern
Mental Retardation Center Dedications Set Across Three Cities
The Kansas Center for Mental Retardation, a $7.3 million three-site complex, opens next Wednesday with ceremonies in Lawrence Kansas City and Parsons. KU chancellor W Clarke Wescoe and other officials will speak as the center advances research and training in mental retardation and related disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mental
Kansas Center For
Lawrence
Kansas City
Parsons
Kansas Board of Social Welfare
Clinical Training Center
Center
John T. Stewart
Haworth
Stewart
John T. Stewart III
Wellington
Gerald LaVeck
National Institute of Child
KU Medical Center
Ralph L. Smith
Kansas City Lumber Company
UAF
John Spaulding
Parsons State Hospital and Training Center
Clyde Hill
R-Yates Center
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Clyde Reed
Parsons Sun
Kansas Center
Richard Schiefelbusch
KU Bureau of Child Research
New Insurance Firm Combines Two Companies
Howard Hurwitz of Holmes Peck and Brown announces the merger with Charlton Insurance forming Charlton Holmes Peck and Brown Inc. Charlton workers move to 732 Mass next Tuesday. the office will employ 10. Charlton Insurance is 106 years old, Holmes Peck and Brown 98. Officers named: Bob Charlton, Rick Huff, Charlie Brown, Robert Kerr and Hurwitz. The Mass office is being remodeled. The merger aims at expanded markets for certain risks and greater efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hurwitz
Holmes, Peck and Brown Insurance
Charlton Insurance
Holmes, Peck and Brown
Mass
Charlton, Holmes, Peck and Brown Inc
Hurwitz
Bob Charlton
Rick Huff
Charlie Brown
Robert Kerr
Charlton
Education and Busing Split House Divided Vote
A sweeping education bill with a strict antibusing clause faces a tight vote in the House. Supporters push 21.3 billion in three years for education programs while civil rights groups and bus ing foes seek to defeat the package over a 1974 court desegregation delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
House
Nixon
Tall Truck Downs Wires in Baldwin Incident
An overheight truck pulling wrecked car bodies struck utility lines near Baldwin on Sixth Street at about 11 45 p m Wednesday. Drivers Donald L Kelch and William F Blodgett of Eudora were cited for overheight overweight unsafe equipment and improper signaling. Kansas Highway Patrol aided in the citations. Utilities crews worked over two hours to restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Douglas County
Sheriff's Department
Donald L. Keltch
William F. Blodgett
Eudora
Rex Johnson
Kansas Highway Patrol
Johnson
Sixth Street
James Courter
Kelch
Blodgett
Lyndon
Baldwin City Utilites
Riverside opposition double checks annexation petitions
The Riverside Committee opposite the 1780 acre annexation is re checking its petitions for a referendum and may delay submission until July 1. They have over 3000 signatures though they fear official review could invalidate them requiring recirculation. The protest attorney questions who should verify the petitions while city officials name County Clerk Delbert Mathia as proper recipient. If valid, the issue could appear on the August primary ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Committee
Delbert Mathia
Shooting Fatal in Kansas City East Side
Police report 16 year old Elijah Taylor of Kansas City died after an early morning shooting near the Byron Hotel on the east side. He died about two hours later at General Hospital as investigators question three persons in connection with the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Elijah Taylor
Byron Hotel
Taylor
General Hospital
Muskie May Lend Support To McGovern Amid Rumors
Rumors say Sen Edmund Muskie may release his 166 delegates to back Sen George McGovern, raising hopes of a first ballot win at the Miami Beach convention. McGovern aides project 1335 to 1400 delegates after the June 20 New York primary as Humphrey weighs second or third ballot chances. McGovern signals willingness to negotiate for Vietnam endgame and prisoner releases if needed. Apple Valley Boats open till 7:30 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
George
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Miami Beach
Muskie
Miami
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
California
Humphrey
Gary Hart
New York
Senate panel expands Medicare to cover chronic illness drugs
The Senate Finance Committee voted to add coverage for drugs needed by chronically ill elderly to the Social Security reform bill. It rejected eliminating the 5.60 monthly Part B premium, citing cost. Chairman Russell Long led the panel as it neared final action on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Nixon
House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prairie Village
Kan
Charles Barsotti
Kansas
Barsotti
Sally Bananas
Weiden
Germany
West Germany
Man
Young Sounds
South Junior High School
Michael Thiry
Bob Thiry
Jeffrey Gerken
Albert Gerken
Murphy Dr
Curt Swaney
Dixon Swaney
Journal-World Photo
Deborah Graham
Carolyn Graham
Tenn
Dwight Purvis
Frank Purvis
W. Second Ter
Becky Johnson
Alfred Johnson
Ohio
Kristin Reiber
Frank Reiber
Ala
Kansas University
Haworth Hall
W. Clarke Wescoe
Robert Haines
Division of
Institutional
Earl Butterfield
Herbert C. Miller
Medical Center
Miller
KUMC
Children’s Rehabilitation Unit
Children’s Mercy Hospital
New Insurance Firm
Senate House
THE
Associated Press
Maine
NBC
New York Times
National Press Club
Richard Stewart
South Dakota
Los Angeles
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Apple Valley
Russell B. Long
D-La
Sam
Realtors
Massachusetts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!