Space Premium to Fatties in 2001 Mars Trip Cost
A space symposium in Washington notes a 2001 round trip to Mars or Venus could cost about 1600 dollars for average adults, with price set at roughly 10 dollars per pound of body weight. Experts discuss future tech like robotic space construction and universal satellite communications. The event honors Goddard on the 40th anniversary of his rocket. Proceedings continue through Wednesday.
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Washington
Mars
Venus
Eugene B. Konecci
Konecci
National Aeronautics and Space Council
American Astronautical Society
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Nonecci
Rhode Island
Romania
Vermont
Venice
Americans Spend More on Tobacco Than Hospital Care
AMA News reports Americans allocate 14.8 billion dollars to tobacco and personal care items while 14.4 billion goes to physicians and hospitals. Citing Commerce data, the AMA highlights higher spending on tobacco cosmetics and grooming than medical services.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA News
United States
U.S. Department of Commerce
Small Coal Mines Now Under Federal Safety Rules
After eight years of study Congress extended mandatory federal safety rules to small coal mines. The bill ends the exemption for about 6 500 mines employing 14 or fewer workers. The Senate approved by voice vote facing some opposition. House passed 335 to 43 last year. The Johnson administration supported the legislation despite concerns from Kentucky senators worried about added regulation.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Johnson
House
Kentucky
John S. Cooper
Thruston B. Morton
Booklet Links Education and Social Change in Latin America
A 65 page publication from the Center of Latin American Studies at Kansas University analyzes how education relates to socio economic development in Central and South America and assesses the cost return of U S educational efforts abroad. John P. Augelli directs the center and presents the study's aims.
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Latin America
Center of Latin American Studies
Kansas University
John P. Augelli
Central
South America
United States
KU Sophomore Jeff Boyer Places Second in Drill Meet
Leavenworth sophomore at Kansas University Jeff Boyer finished second in the individual drill down at a national drill meet in Champaign Illinois. Twenty KU students represented Pershing Rifles. the KU team did not place in the contest.
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Jeff Boyer
Leavenworth
Kansas University
Champaign
Ill
Pershing Rifles
Mansfield Won't Seek Consular Treaty Okay This Year
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says he will not seek Senate ratification of the Soviet consular treaty this session. He cites Viet Nam as the reason, though he regrets missing a potential protection for citizens traveling abroad.
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Mansfield
Senate
Washington
Mike Mansfield
Moscow
Viet Nam
Russia
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Soviet Union
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
U.S
Johnson
Senate House Republican
KU Chemist Dr Chu Named Sloan Fellow for Basic Research
Dr. Benjamin T. Chu associate professor of chemistry at Kansas University was named among 90 Sloan Foundation fellows sharing 1.4 million dollars in unrestricted grants over two years. Chu joins KU colleague Dr Robin T. M. Fraser in renewed Sloan support with their 1966 67 appointments. Chu, a Shanghai native at KU since 1962, will apply funds to physical chemistry studies.
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Benjamin T. Chu
Kansas University
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Chu
Alfred P. Sloan Research
Sloan Foundation
Robin T. M. Fraser
Dr. Chu
Sloan
Shanghai
China
Kansas
NFO Expands Hog Sale Centers Across Missouri
The National Farmers Organization boosts direct hog sales to packers, bypassing terminals. Centers operate in Chillicothe Marshall and Maryville with buyers from Michigan and Indiana. about 1,000 hogs sold weekly. County chairmen expect 18 to 20 centers. savings run about 90 cents per hundredweight, though prices trail regular markets.
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Chillicothe, Mo
National Farmers Organization
Michigan
Indiana
Chillicothe
Marshall
Maryville
NFC
Missouri
Everett Watson
Livingston County
St. Joseph
Woodstock Social Roundup Sees Visits Across Multiple Cities
Woodland residents Helen Bell and Earl Bell spent a week in Rantoul Illinois visiting daughter and family Sgt Glenn Dudy. Local graduates from Atchison Public School of Practical Nursing included Edna Kesinger. Various calls and visits followed from Kansas City Lancaster Valley Falls and other towns with multiple families hosting and attending events.
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Earl Bell
Rantoul
Ill
Glenn Dudy
Ray
Cheryl
Russell Voelker
Atchison Public School of Practical Nursing
Edna Kesinger
Archie Bell
Centralia
Charles Ridgway
Edna Martin
Kansas City
Marcel Rolin
Louis Senn
Frank Senn
Valley Falls
Frank Newell
Oskaloosa
Don Lorison
McLouth
Clyde Stephens
Max Rolin
Charles Voelker
Lancaster
Arthur Voelker
Francis Dunbar
Long
Chela Ridgway
Louise Climer
Area 4-H Basketball Meet Showcases 35 Teams
The Douglas County 4-H Council sponsored a basketball meet at Central Junior High School with 35 teams participating. Winners included Vinland Valley over Stull in the younger boys division 25 to 16, Cottonwood over Kanwaka, Texas Western beating Kansas University in double overtime 25 to 21 in the older boys group, and Lone Star defeating Jayhawk 8 to 2 in the girls division.
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Douglas County
Douglas County 4-H Council
Central Junior High School
Vinland Valley
Stull
Cottonwood
Kanwaka
Texas Western
Kansas University
Lone Star
Jayhawk
Blind piano tuner vanishes after visit to client home
Gerald E. Henke a 30 year old blind piano tuner disappeared 11 days ago after visiting a client in Detroit area. His wife Beverly 30 ill with cancer waits at their Southfield home as police search for clues amid possible foul play or amnesia. He was last heard on March 4 saying I love you to his wife and was carrying a folding cane and had nearly $500 on him.
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Detroit
Gerald E. Henke
Beverly
Southfield
Henkes
Henke
Floyd Raths
Sgt
Raths
Corenne Reetz
Assault at Trial Turns Violent in Pine Bluff
In Pine Bluff Arkansas James Miller 26 is in serious condition after four bullets hit him during a courtroom recess. Chancie Williams 38 is arrested for assault with intent to kill. Miller faces second degree murder charges in a 1965 shooting case involving Williams daughter Dorothy 19. The mistrial of the murder case was declared by Circuit Judge Henry W. Smith.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
James Miller
Joe Holmes
Chancie Williams
Miller
Jefferson County
Pink Booker
Williams
Dorothy
Henry W. Smith
Kansan Killed in Crash Near Fort Scott
George C. Palen 23 of Chanute died in a two car collision on U S 69 north of Fort Scott. Palen, a refrigeration mechanic, was en route to Pleasanton with Donald Huffman of Chanute. Huffman and Gary W. Rouss 19 of Fulton were injured.
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Fortscott
Kan
George C. Palen
Chanute
Fort Scott
U.S. 69
Palen
Pleasanton
Donald L. Huffman
Huffman
Gary W. Rouss
Fulton
Imbert taunts Bosch in duel challenge after Trujillo era
Gen Antonio Imbert, survivor of the Trujillo assassination, challenges ex President Juan Bosch to a duel either with weapons or words in a half page El Caribe ad. Bosch, a 1963 exile figure and 1960s candidate, says nothing. The dispute follows Bosch’s circulating report accusing a plot against his life and the alleged involvement of American soldiers.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Imbert
Rafael Trujillo
Juan Bosch
Imbert
Bosch
el Caribe
Pedro Maria Pimentel
Pimentel
Trujillo
Luis Amiam Tio
McLOUTH Community Guests and Cemetery District Meeting
Local families visit relatives across Lansing Manhattan Tonganoxie Perry and Osawatomie area. Notes include birthdays and a Sunday dinner schedule. The McLouth Cemetery District directors set a 2 p.m. meeting on Monday March 21 at Bradford's Store.
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James Brittain Jr
Lansing
James Brittain Sr
Marlin McPherson
Eileen McPherson
Manhattan
Edward Lange
Tonganoxie
Elmer Lange
Alfred Lange
Hazel Vandruff
Carol,Fernandez
Pat
Rose Balao
Francis
Virgil
Ruby McDonald
Richard Bowen
C. G. Long
Oskaloosa
Fairview
W. G. Atwood
Carolyn McPherson
Greenleaf
Leland McPherson
Irene Walbridge
Gene Tatum
Kansas City
Kan
Richard Walbridge
Maurice Walbridge
Hhe Tatum
Lila Means
Rhea Shrader
Alice Tomia
Alton Grems
William Barnett
Merriam
Guilford Ridgway
Dorothy Edmonds
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