Fire traps 21 miners in Louisiana salt mine shaft
In Calumet Louisiana 21 miners have been trapped for over 36 hours after a fire on the main floor of a salt mine. A three man rescue team withdrew due to extreme heat. The miners, volunteers from Kentucky, used bullhorns and searchlights while attempting to locate the fire with a portable pump.
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Clayton Tannamaker
Cargill, Inc
Kentucky
Tonnamaker
Cargill
Losses Mount in Vietnam War Weekly Toll
Saigon reports a near record 6542 American deaths in combat last week, with 24 killed Wednesday and 48 more presumed dead in a Khe Sanh crash. U.S. command logs 2,191 wounded. Viet Cong claim higher counts, while Hanoi notes several U.S. planes shot down. Overall seven years into the war, American deaths total 19,251 with 117,335 wounded and 1,137 missing or captured.
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South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Marine Combat
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Ex Speaker Martin Dies at Age of 83
Joseph W. Martin Jr., former House speaker and longtime Republican figure, died at 83 in Fort Lauderdale. Born in North Attleboro, he began as a Massachusetts representative in 1912 and led the House in 1947 48 and 1953 54. He served 21 terms in Congress, retired after a 1959 leadership change, and was once a prominent presidential possibility.
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North Attleboro, Mass
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House
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
George Kelly
North Attleboro
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Marian Warden IIs Winner In Kansas AP Contest
Marian Warden of the Lawrence Daily Journal World won first and second places in the February short feature contest among AP newspapers in Kansas. Her first prize piece followed a University of Kansas student who advertised for a coed cook then chose not to settle for one girl and kept options open. The second prize covered slides of scantily clad girls shown on a KU dormitory exterior. Bob Johnson of the Iola Register placed third with a 1925 Neosho River bottle story.
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Marian Warden
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Associated Press
Kansas
University of Kansas
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Jenkins
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Neosho River
Hungarian Ballet Dancer Nagy Defects to United States
Hungarian ballet dancer Ivan Nagy has defected to the United States. Walter Terry of the Saturday Review quotes Nagy saying he left not for politics but for better career opportunities in America.
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Ivan Nagy
United States
Saturday Review
Walter Terry
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Nagy
America
Hy ran oviptiion delivers Higa Preaquption
Digs Btoren-Adv reported as part of the delivery sequence with unclear spelling. The fragment mentions an event named Higa Preaquption and a service or group titled Digs Btoren-Adv.
Governor Blasts Handling of His Highway Program
Governor Robert Docking condemned House actions on the highway program accusing Rep. Arden Dierdorff of delaying the report. He criticized Republican leaders for blocking the bill and warned that only a feasibility study of the Kansas City International Turnpike was likely.
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Robert Docking
Docking
Arden Dierdorff
R-Smith Center
House Roads and Highways Committee
House
John Conard
Greensburg
Kansas City International
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Light drizzle possible in Lawrence area forecast
A band of showers moves across the state with light drizzle possible tonight or Friday morning in Lawrence. Overnight rains were reported in the southwest and south central regions as temperatures stay warm with highs near 60. Friday highs expected in the mid-50s and overnight lows around the upper 30s.
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Kansas University
FiveYearOld Alerts City To House Fire
Katrina Austin, five, who learned her address last week, notified her principal Verlin Dunker at New York School about a blaze at her home on 942 NJ Street. Fire crews arrived quickly. no injuries reported as fire spread through the two story frame house. Cause undetermined.
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NJ. St
New York School
Verlin Dunker
Katrina
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Dunker
Donna Shogrin
Pep Band Leader Kelly Balances KU Roles
William L. Kelly serves as KU associate registrar by day and leads the 60-member KU pep band at Allen Fieldhouse for home basketball games at night. He rehearses for what may be his final performance and plans the crowd-rousing songs, including a new fight tune.
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Kansas University
Kelly
Office of Admissions and Records
Strong Hall
Ku-Iowa State University
Will Inélide
Jayhawk
Hawk
Kenneth Bloomquist
Bloomquist
Resurfacing Planned Over Pike Span From Here East
Kansas Turnpike between Lawrence and Kansas City to receive resurfacing this summer at an estimated cost of 600000. Some sections may only need spot overlays to meet standards with weather permitting paving to start as early as April.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Journal-World Today
Louis Stroup
KTA
Here
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ETA
Treasury targets tax exemption on industrial development bonds
The Treasury plans to issue a proposed regulation to end the federal tax exemption on industrial development bonds sold after March 15. Written comments will be invited, with a public hearing after March 16. Officials say the exemption shifts costs by lowering rates and raises regular municipal bond rates.
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Treasury Department
Department
Stanley 5S
Surrey
the Treasury
Treasury
Kansas Cagers Lauded
The Kansas House adopted a resolution praising the University of Kansas basketball team for achievements this season.
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Kansas
ThreeCar Crash Near Wakarusa Bridge Injures No People
Three cars collided near the Wakarusa River Bridge on US 59 south of Lawrence at 8:50 a m No injuries were reported. Damages estimated at 300 to a 1966 model car driven by Harry D Hostetter 79 of 2019 Hillview 450 to a 1916 model car driven by David P Longhurst 24 of 442 Forrest and 100 to a 1960 model car driven by Warren E Metzger 46 of Topeka Longhurst and Metzger were southbound and stopped to let a 12 foot wide house trailer cross the bridge Hostetter reportedly braked but failed to notice the stopped vehicles and struck Longhurst the impact sending Longhurst into Metzger Patrolmen noted no injuries and the cause cited braking actions.
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U. S. Highway 59
Lawrence
Harry D. Hostetter
Hillview
David P. Longhurst
Forrest
Warren E. Metzger
Topeka
Longhurst
Metzger
Wakarusa
Hostetter
Metzger Auto
Weather Update Northeast Kansas Drizzle Odds
Light drizzle or rain possible tonight and Friday morning across northeast Kansas. Low temperatures near 35 to 40 degrees tonight. Friday will be slightly cooler with highs around 42.
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