Pentagon seeks 60 F111s amid 13th crash in 26 months
The Pentagon plans to request about 500 million dollars to fund at least 60 more F111s as the air force faces a spate of crashes, with production set to top 400 aircraft. Officials stress cost reviews focus on value rather than tech flaws, while critics in Congress demand inquiries.
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Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Fense
Capitol Hill
Bay
General Dynamics
Melvin R.laird
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Water reaches miner trapped in Utah zinc lead mine
Rescue workers drilled through 35 feet of rock at a Northern Utah mine delivering water to William Buck Jones who has been trapped for nearly five days. He described his enclosure and aid workers worked to shore up walls as crews inch toward freeing him.
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Utah
Lark, Utah
Bill Hawes
William ‘Buck’ Jones
John Borden
Jones
Clifford
Glen
Explosion hits cafeteria at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
An explosive charge blew up in the cafeteria of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem injuring several people. Reports mention a hand grenade thrown into a bank in Ramallah and ongoing cross border fire near the Suez Canal as part of broader regional tensions. Security forces claim to have disrupted a large Arab terrorist network in the West Bank amid ongoing conflicts.
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Jerusalem
Hebrew University
Ramallah
West Bank
Kansas House Drops Tomahawk Reservoir From Plan
The Kansas House deleted the proposed Tomahawk Reservoir from the state water plan and tentatively approved adding Indian Creek and Wolf Coffee Creek reservoirs. All three were proposed by the U S Corps of Engineers for flood control, conservation, and recreation in the Blue River Basin near Kansas City. The body also passed a vocational education reform bill clarifying its status under the State Board of Education and heard a study proposal urging closer cooperation between private and state colleges to share staff and facilities.
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Kansas House
Tomahawk
Johnson County
Indian Creek
Wolf Coffee Creek
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Blue River
Kansas City
House
Senate
State Commissioner of Education
State Board of Education
Ansel Tobias
Legislative’ Council
Dockingweek warns on highway condition from winter damage
Strowig voices alarm over winter weather harming highways and streets. He urges passage of a highway bill as the only financially responsible fix, noting local gas taxes face doubts due to no refund rules and potential tax shifts. Debate looms with a floor vote pending.
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Strowig
State Revenue Department
Pearson Opposes Missile Plan He Once Supported
Sen. James B. Pearson, once backing the antiballistic missile project, now opposes deploying Sentinel. He argues the system is marginal, Congress has seen changing rationales, and that existing nuclear balance already deters a holocaust.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
Kansas Republican
Pearson
United States
Congress
Capitol Hill
Motorcycle and Car Collide at Intersections in Lawrence
Lawrence police report two accidents Wednesday. John W. Logan 21 rode a motorcycle when it hit a car driven by Jack D. McCall 48 at 10th and Ohio Streets. Logan shaken up. Damage estimated at 65 for the car and 5 for the motorcycle. Earlier, Thomas W. Patchen 78 attempted a left turn at 19th and Mass Streets and collided with Mary A. Hobbs 45, whose car struck Ruby M. Evans 58 after stopping for traffic. Hobbs shaken up. damages listed as 250 for Hobbs car and 250 for Evans car, 50 for Patchen’s car.
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John W. Logan
Ridge Ct
Jack D. McCall
Mass. St
10Th
Ohio Sts
Lawrence
Thomas W. Patchen
W. 4Th St
Mass. Sts
Mary A. Hobbs
Harper St
Hobbs
Ruby M. Evans
Mo. St
Docking bannered by ICYC for candidate forum
Gov Robert Docking seeks modernizing and tax reform through 1969 legislature proposals. John Ivan says Docking challenges the Kansas establishment toward equity. ICYC to sponsor candidate interviews Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church for students to question board candidates.
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Gov. Docking
ICYC
Robert Docking
John Ivan
Docking
Kansas
Ivan
Break-in At Wagon Wheel Cafe Reported In Lawrence
John Wooden of the Wagon Wheel Cafe reported a $90 cash theft from a register and coin machines during a break-in believed to have occurred early Wednesday. A door was forced to gain entry. Frank Alexander reported tire slashing about 2 pm Wednesday at 197 Miller Dr with $10 damage.
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John Wooden
Wagon Wheel Cafe
Ohio St
Lawrence
Frank Alexander
Hillview Rd
Miller Dr
Only Woman on Top 10 List Charged in Kidnap of Coed
Honduran born Ruth Eisemann Schier, the sole woman on the FBI ten most wanted list, is arraigned in Oklahoma City on abduction charges in the Decatur Georgia coed Barbara Mackle case. Bail set at 500000. she denied court-appointed counsel and awaits further proceedings.
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Oklahoma City
Ruth Eisemann Schier
FBI
Georgia
Petite
Miss Schier
Norman
U.S
James Bullett
Steven Krist
Barbara Jane Mackle
Decatur
Krist
Punta Gorda
Fla
Miss Mackle
Robert F. Mackle
Atlanta
Mackle
Florida
Richard Bell
DeKalb County
Donna Wills
Central State Hospital
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
International speaker to address Lawrence High students
Swami Ranganathananda of India will address Lawrence High School students in two assemblies at 9:30 a.m. Friday in the school auditorium. He is a senior member of the Ramakrishna Mission governing body and previously spoke at Chicago’s Symposium of World Religions. Park crews are resurfacing the South Park baseball diamond with about 30 truckloads of dirt to raise the field for summer recreation, with similar improvements planned for municipal stadium and Broken Arrow Park. A. H. Turney’s yard at 1501 Pa. St. shows blooming snowdrops and early crocus development amid a spring preview.
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Swami Ranganathananda
India
Lawrence High School
Ranganathananda
Ramakrishna Mission
Chicago
South Park
Park and Recre
Municipal Stadium
Broken Arrow Park
A. H. Turney
Pa. St
Solons Debate On 60 Per Cent School Support
Four Kansas legislators debated raising state aid for school operating costs to 60 percent at a Kansas Chamber breakfast. They weighed whether the state or local governments should bear more education responsibility, with supporters arguing reduced property taxes and critics warning of costs and local erosion.
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Topeka
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Harder
R Moundridge
Senate Education Committee
Kansas
Harder
Joe Warren
D-Maple City
Erwin Grant
R-El Dorado
Officers Elected By Scottish Rite in Lawrence Lodge
Lawrence Lodge of Perfection Scottish Rite Bodies elected new officers at a Wednesday meeting. Venerable Master T Elton Dark led the slate with John A Golden as Senior Warden and Milo R Argubright as Junior Warden. Trustees named include Dr Marion R Smith Harold L Craig and Ernest A Pontius.
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Lawrence Lodge of Perfection
T. Elton Dark
John A. Golden
Milo R. Argubright
Robert W. Doores
Lisle E. Eby
Leslie J. Alber
Ernest A. Pontius
Lowell W. Craig
George A. Shockley
Paul E. Hodgson
Leo L. Eller
Donald R. Werner
Ellis W. King
Ralph B. Gemmell
Harold G. Barr
Marion R. Smith
Harold L. Craig
Pontius
Grateful Thanks From Fred E. Johnson for Primary Support
Fred E. Johnson thanks Dr. Isaacs and Memorial Hospital staff for care during his stay. He also thanks Reverend Hambrick for visits and friends for cards, and appeals for support and votes in the April 1 primary.
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Dr. Isaacs
Memorial Hospital
Reverend Hambrick
Fred E. Johnson
Maine
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