Fire Devastates Dodge City Sporting Goods Site
A Dodge City blaze wrecked two downtown buildings including the Pennington sporting goods store with 50 to 70 percent of its $80,000 inventory destroyed. Winds of 60 to 80 mph blew embers as ammunition exploded, and a spectator collapsed but was not seriously injured. Heavy rain helped bring the fire under control.
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North Vietnamese Offensive Predicted in Vietnam
A U.S. military spokesman said North Vietnamese troops will mount another major offensive in the coming weeks. The push is expected in the area just below the demilitarized zone and in the central highlands near Laos and Cambodia, where regular NVA units recently failed in a spring offensive as Allied forces repelled them.
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Cambodia
School Lunch Program To Serve All District 497 Schools
The School Board approves a policy to offer lunch service to all students in District 497 in a special session. The plan includes adding food service equipment at the new Deerfield School on the Logan-Moore tract northwest of the city. The program is optional and not mandatory. vote 4-1 with Rees Jackman opposing James Owens absent. Some schools previously offered lunches but no districtwide policy existed.
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Rees Jackman
James Owens
Jackman
Dave Wiliams
Hird Agency Realtors
Kenmore
Cheerul
Gill
Isxcl. Agt
Schwegler
Glenn Kappleman
Traylor
Calvin
Mass
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Will Leaves $100,000 To Wichita Humane Society
The Kansas Humane Society in Wichita receives $100,000 from the estate of Lula Dulaney Prestridge who died June 21 at 79. She had directed the society since 1921 serving as secretary president and guardian angel and was reelected president in April despite illness. Other bequests include $25,000 to the Kansas Federation of Humane Societies and smaller gifts to the Kansas Foundation for the Blind Wichita Home for Aged Phyllis Wheatley Children’s Home and others plus the home to First Presbyterian Church and $10,000 in goods and a dog to John Edgin of Ozark Arkansas.
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Kansas City
Kansas Foundation For the Blind
Wichita Home For
Phyllis
Wichita
John Edgin
Ozark, Ark
Reds Fade Out After a Battle Near Saigon
AP dispatch from Vietnam describes a two day running clash 40 miles northeast of Saigon where about 50 Viet Cong guerrillas tangled with a South Vietnamese ranger battalion and fled into the jungle after heavy fighting. Casualty figures for both sides were reported with American losses rising.
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Associated Press
George Esper
U.S
Esper
Sales Tax Loop to Close Affecting Missouri and Kansas
A new sales tax loop closes Saturday for cross state retail purchases. Missouri and Kansas shoppers will see a 3 percent use tax applied to deliveries across the border. Merchants may retain 2 percent of collected use taxes to offset bookkeeping.
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Missouri
Kansas
Lawrence Man Named To State Indian Group
Governor Docking announced a governor's advisory committee on Indian affairs to coordinate Kansas Indian affairs. Seven leaders will serve, with Charles G. Shunatona of Wichita as chairman. Members include James G. Andrews Arkansas City Walter Cooper Topeka Karl H. Talawyman Lawrence James Rhodd Hiawatha Tom R. Goslin Mercier and Joseph B. Nioce Mayetta.
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Robert Docking
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Docking
Charles G. Shunatona
Wichita
James G. Andrews
Arkansas City
Walter Cooper
Karl H. Talawyman
Lawrence
James
A. Rhodd
Hiawatha
Tom R. Goslin
Mercier
Joseph 8. Nioce
Mayetta
Ottawa Kaw Postmaster Applicants Named
The Civil Service Commission announced six applicants for the Ottawa Kansas postmaster office. The candidates are Ronald G. Cade Thomas E. Fleming Max R. Gilmore Robert E. McLain Russell G. Savage and Ernest E. Watkins.
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Civil Service Commission
Ottawa
Kaw
Ronald G. Cade
Thomas E. Fleming
Max R. Gilmore
Robert E. McLain
Russell G. Savage
Ernest E. Watkins
Rain Delays Kansas Wheat Harvest Across Counties
Rain and a shortage of custom cutters have created a combine shortage affecting Kansas wheat harvests. Loyal Fortmeyer says harvest will start in northern counties this weekend and finish in southern areas unless fields are too muddy. Yields reported include 35-40 bushels in Logan, 30-35 in Rooks, and 30-60 in Stevens irrigated fields.
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Kansas
Loyal Fortmeyer
Logan County
Rooks County
Stevens County
Jurisdictional Issue Arises Over Toll Road Study
KTA chair Robert Duncan of Atchison said the agency is authorized to study the Mid-Continent toll road feasibility. He warned that outside study could cloud revenue bond legality. A 1967 law allowed 40 000 for a Johnson County Kansas City Kan Leavenworth route study linking to Kansas City's Mid-Continent Airport, with funds now tied to the State Highway Commission.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Robert Duncan
Atchison
Duncan
Johnson County
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Kan
Leavenworth
Mid-Continent International
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Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Public notice of administrator appointment in Rose I Harvey estate
In the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas Edward T Riling is named administrator of the estate of Rose I Harvey deceased. Creditors and heirs are notified to present claims within nine months from first publication or be barred. First published June 22 1967 in the Lawrence Journal World.
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Probate Court
Douglas County
Kansas
Rose i. Harvey
Edw. T. Riling
William G. Meairs
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William K. Eisele
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Harold W. Eisele
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Bernice Noble
Eugene D
John D. Sullivan
Massachusetts
Lawrence
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Elberta P. Morrison
Eloda
G. Morrison
Arkansas Street
West Lawrence
Probate notices and zoning actions in Douglas County Kansas
Probate Court listings announce hearings on determining descent for William G. Meairs estate and John W. Taylor estate with July deadlines. City Planning Commission schedules zoning amendments and a July 19 1967 public hearing for RS RS-2 and RS-1 to RD changes and Holiday Hills developments along with East 19th Street improvement plans in Lawrence Kansas.
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Section
Township 12
Holiday Hills No
Planning Commission
Lawrence
Kansas
Commission
City Hall
Kasold Drive
Yale Road
Holiday Hills No. 9
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