Insurance Funds Are Death Link
De Soto County Sheriff Frank Cline says a motive for a suspected parathion poisoning of seven children is life insurance payout. James Richardson, 32, and wife Annie Mae, 29, face child neglect charges. coroner's inquest planned. Richardson's past Jacksonville deaths of five other children are being reviewed. polygraph tests suggest he knew of the poisoning.
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Arcadia
Fla
DeSoto County
Frank Cline
Cline
Jacksonville
James Richardson
Richardson
Annie Mae
Gordon Hays
Sherriff Cline
Frank Shaub
Bradenton
John Treadwell
Hays
Brown attacked by press in London row over "shut up" remark
British Foreign Secretary George Brown sparked a heated clash with journalists at a banquet and later in a press row. He accused Lord Thomson of Fleet Street of running a string of articles on Harold Philby and called British papers the most prostituted press in the world. Conservatives urged Prime Minister Harold Wilson to dismiss him as the incident widened into a political confrontation.
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London
George Brown
Harold Wilson
Brown
Duncan Sandys
Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Lord Thomson of
Fleet
Thomson
London Sunday Times
Harold Philby
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Moscow
London Daily Express
Think Small Defense Purchases Under Scrutiny in Hearing
A House Armed Services subcommittee grilled Defense Department buyers over small purchases costing far above market. Officials admitted lack of pricing knowledge and catalog only awareness, noting transactions rose from 91 000 to 201 000 while staffing doubled, raising concerns of taxpayer waste.
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Washington
House
Defense Department
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
Armed Services
Department
Col
Stanley Allen
San Antonio
Col. Allen
Pike
Rain Keeps Lawrence Region Cold as October Totals Rise
Drizzling rain continues in the Lawrence area with cooler Thursday forecast. October moisture reaches 8.08 inches Tuesday, 1967 total at 48.93 inches, over 19 inches above normal and on pace to be the third wettest year. Temperature variance is low, flooding statewide noted but not locally reported. River levels show Kaw at 12 feet two inches and Wakarusa steady. Maximum October temp 87, low 30, average 56.3.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Journal - World
Wakarusa
Kansas River
Bowersock Mills
Shuttle Bus Service For LHS Topeka Game
Wet grounds cancel parking at Haskell Institute lots for tonight’s Lawrence High Topeka football game. A shuttle runs from 6 p.m. from the Malls Shopping Center to the stadium, 30 cents round trip, loading near Safeway at 23rd and La Sts, returning after the game from Barker Street.
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Haskell Institute
Lawrence High
Safeway
23Rd and
la. Sts
Barker
Two Suspects Seized At Lake Cottage In Slain Officers Case
Two men wanted for the Northlake bank holdup in which two Chicago area officers were killed were captured at a Fox Lake lake cottage. Clifton Daniels and Henry Gargano were arrested. Gargano was wounded. Two women also jailed. FBI says loot recovered. gun battle killed officers Nagle and Perri.
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LA Porte
Ind
Chicago
Lake Cottage
Clifton O. Daniels
Wilmington
Henry M. Gargano
Gargano
Fox Lake
Indiana
Mary F. Cook
Annette Gargano Leonardo
Lemont, Ill
Daniels
Northlake
FBI
John J. Nagle Jr
Anthony P. Perri
Ronald D. Raine
Town hall forum addresses zoning and salaries in Lawrence
West Junior High hosted the fifth city commission town hall with about 65 attendees. The discussion centered on zoning, city employee salaries, and highway improvements in the Lawrence region. Clark County residents voiced concerns about spot zoning and changes to the comprehensive plan.
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Lawrence
West Junior High
City Commission
Ross E. McKinney
Oxford Rd
Commission
Delegates Back Plan to Reshape Teachers Board
A 127 member Northeast Kansas delegate group endorsed a Kansas State Teachers Assn plan to require classroom teachers to hold half of the Professional Practices Board seats. The resolution also assigns 30 percent to administrators and 20 percent to higher education, with a ban on non educators from the board. The move aligns with the Professional Practices Act pending before the Kansas Legislature to recognize teaching as a profession.
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Kansas
Kansas State Teachers Assn. Legislative Commission
Professional Practices Board
Kansas Union
KSTA
Betty Brune
Lawrence
Centennial School
Bright Spots for UF Drive Elevate Fund Total Yet Goal Holds
The Lawrence United Fund neared 37 000 with three notable gains while organizers warn the 108 048 goal by next Tuesday remains challenging. Haskell division exceeded its target by 17 percent and Dillon stores reported 700 from employees, with KPL giving 1 475 in a joint effort by management and Local 304.
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Drive
al Hack
Haskell Institute
Kansas Power & Light Co
Dillon’s
Haskell
Bill Elzea
Bill
Hack
KPL
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Co
du Pont
Southwestern Bell
Dillon
Keith Lucas
Delmas Windholz
Taxes Under Way In Douglas County Courthouse
Douglas County residents began paying personal property and real estate taxes for 1967 at the County Treasurer's office in the Courthouse. First half payments are due by December 20. Tax statements were mailed to 23,352 real estate and 15,445 personal property accounts.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Bessie Bennett
Old Lawrence
Bennett
KPL Reveals 37 Million Add-on At Lawrence Plant
Kansas Power and Light announces a 37 million dollar, 430000 kilowatt expansion to the Lawrence generating station with Austin Building Co of Dallas as general contractor. Phase 1 begins next Monday and is to finish June 1, 1969, with full completion in spring 1971.
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Robinson Gymnasium
Kansas University
Haworth Hall
Journal-World Photo
Kansas Power & Light Co
Journal-World
Lawrence
Austin Building Co
Dallas
Tex
Balfour S. Jeffrey
KPL
Topeka
Jeffrey
Cameron Bluff
Kansas
Midwest
Austin Building Company
Hutchinson
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Combustion Engineering Company
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
City Douglas County leaders seek four lane highway upgrades
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce presented a formal request to the State Highway Commission with support from the Douglas County and Lawrence City Commissions for four immediate road projects in Lawrence and surrounding areas. The plan includes river bridge work, widening U S 59 from Sixth and Iowa to Lone Star Road, widening K-10 from Iowa to Barker Ave, and widening U S 40 from Sixth and Iowa to beyond the city. A Phase Two calls for K-10 east to its junction with K-7, U S 40 from Tonganoxie to Topeka, U S 59 south to Ottawa, and a belt line around Lawrence with an east by-pass.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
State Highway Commission
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Kansas River
Sixth
Iowa Sts
Lone Star Road
Twenty-Third St
Iowa St
Barker Ave
6Th
Chamber
Johnson County
Tonganoxie
Topeka
Oskaloosa
Ottawa
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Kansas
Leavenworth
Jefferson County
Kansans Die in Vietnam War Toll Hits 113
The Defense Department reports 113 Kansans and 179 Oklahomans killed in Vietnam through July 31. Advertisement notes delivery services and mall service from Raney Drug Stores and Russell Stover Candy promotional mentions.
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Washington
Defense Department
Raney Drug Stores
Weather Forecast Northeast Kansas Five Day Outlook
Northeast Kansas area shows light southwest winds and partial clouds tonight into Thursday with cooler Thursday afternoon. Slight shower chance tonight and Thursday. temperatures tonight around 40 and Thursday highs in the 50s. five day outlook cooler with highs mid 50s, lows near 30 and about half an inch precipitation.
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Kansas
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Metzler
Lawrence United Fund
Carl Faulk
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State Commission
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Lawrence City Commission
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