Re-Test Proposal Sparks Private Pilot Backlash
The government proposes periodic refresher courses and proficiency tests for nonprofessional pilots, a move stirring strong opposition among about 400,000 private pilots who would face new requirements. Airlines and commercial pilots already undergo regular testing. private flying lacks such rules and accidents in 1966 totaled 5,712 with 1,151 deaths.
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National Transportation Safety Board
FAA
William F. McKee
Jim Greenough
Lake Crystal
Minn
Albert J. LaMere
Munster
Ind
Don C. Oden
Tulsa
Okla
United States
George D. Stathers
Stathers
Nudist Leader Promotes Nudism as Conservative Lifestyle
Ahman R. Karr of Echo Valley nudist colony spoke in the Kansas Union Ballroom to about 100 people, sponsored by the Minority Opinions Forum. He argued nudism is a conservative, value centered activity offering family fellowship and basic decency.
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Ahman R. Karr
Echo Valley
Tonganoxie
Kansas Union
Karr
Kansas University
Lawrence
Wichita Launch To Be Saturday
The USS Wichita a new class of Navy supply ship will be christened and launched Saturday in Fore River with Rep Garner E Shriver of Kansas and Mrs Mary Loveager daughter in law of the late Vice Admiral Yeager taking part Mrs Yeager was the Wichita sponsor and her husband Lt Howard Yeager served in Washington DC Both keel laid June 16 1966 and the ship will displace 37360 tons full load measure 659 feet long with a crew of 389 and speeds up to 20 knots
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Quincy
Mass
Wichita
Navy
Kansas
Garner E. Shriver
Mary Loveager
Howard A. Yeager
Naval Supply Systems Command
Washington, D. C
Mary Jean Bailey
Kansas University
Roy F. Bailey
Salina
Governor Signs 68 State Bills in Kansas
TOPEKA AP Governor Robert Docking announced he signed 68 bills including four that appropriate more than 173 million dollars from the general revenue fund for fiscal 1969. He approved 95.34 million for the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Vocational Education and 69.46 million for institutions under the board of regents. The package also includes 6.12 million for the school retirement fund Schilling Institute and State Library with 5.26 million for the retirement fund. A 2.14 million appropriation goes to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation district court judges stenographers and the workers compensation director. Docking vetoed a bill that
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Topeka
Robert Docking
General Revenue Fund
Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Vocational Education
Board of Regents
Docking
Schilling Institute
State Library
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
District Court
Theater Tour Opens Two Night Stand In Missouri
The Missouri Vanguard Theater Company launches a 7 week state tour starting with a two night stand in Kansas City. Five actors directed by James Assad tour rural areas and larger cities, funded by the Missouri State Council on the Arts, drawing from the Missouri Repertory Theater. They will travel by auto and panel truck with costumes lighting and equipment.
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Kansas City
Missouri Vanguard Theater Company
Missouri State Council On the Arts
James Assad
Missouri Repertory Theater
University of Missouri Summer Repertory Theater
Theatre tour schedules and Vietnam air war updates
The article lists a regional theatre tour with play selections Glass Menagerie and The White House in Kansas City as tryouts, followed by a March to May performance itinerary across Missouri towns. It also reports allied forces advancing in Saigon area with US divisions engaging the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces, plus B52 strikes near the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
5Th Vietnamese Ranger Group
Cholon
U.S
U S
U.S. 1St Division
Ben Cat
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Mekong Delta
Haiphong
Military aims cited in Saigon area actions
Officials said U S forces continued harassing attacks around Saigon. A second aim is to restore security and confidence among the shaken civilian population, officials said. For the first time in the war,
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Saigon
Delta raid near Can Tho in action against Viet Cong forces
U S planes conducted 86 missions over North Vietnam while B52 strikes hit troop concentrations near Khe Sanh. Marine bases at Dong Ha and Da Nang faced shelling. a US assault craft sank after hitting a mine. Viet Cong activity disrupted traffic near Bac Lieu in the Mekong Delta, with light casualties reported.
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U.S
Cua Viet
Dong Ha
Dmz
Cua Viet River
I Phlarde
Bac Li
Mel Delta
Saigon
Ronnie
da Nang
An Hoa
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Best Buy
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Iowa
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TAX Kahn Bookkeeping & Tax Service
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Tennessee Williams
White House
A. E. Hotchner
Butler
Clinton
Sedalia
West Plains
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Lebanon
Springfield
Monett
Montgomery City
Ft. Leonard Wood
Rolla
Jefferson City
Union
Flat River
Perryville
Lesterville
Macon
Milan
Moberly
Mexico
Trenton
Maryville
St. Joseph
Excelsior Springs
A. V. Phillips
Holiday Inn
23Rd and
Iowa Street
M. L
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West Side Greenhouse & Nursery
Fla
Ran Ene Ag
Greenfield
the Greenfield Way
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