Women troopers eyed for Kansas highway patrol roles
Col Allen Rush says women may join the Kansas highway patrol within vacancies. A new entrance exam and job related physical tests will replace simple push ups. Training would occur at Salina academy if selected amid competitive applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Col
Allen Rush
Highway Patrol
Rush
Lowell Long
Patrol Academy
Salina
Long
Explosion at LaGuardia Kills 11 Injures 50
An explosion in the LaGuardia Airport baggage area killed 11 and wounded about 50 as debris showered holiday travelers. Police said a time bomb using dynamite or plastic explosive caused the blast with no warning and no immediate suspect. Investigators continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
LaGuardia
Leen
Bynum Patterson
Stamford
Conn
Frank Musicaro
Bayshore
N.Y
Edythe Bull
Brevard
N.C
Ronald Presslaff
Long Beach
Donald Rochersperger
Greenwich
Washington
National Airport
Richard Siemers
Tulsa
Oklo
Trans World
Delta Airlines
Jeff McMurtney
FBI
Palestine Liberation Organization
Weapons shortage revealed in GAO audit shows arms diverted to Israel and Vietnam
A secret GAO audit summary says hundreds of tanks aircraft missiles and other weapons were drawn from U.S. stocks for Israel after 1973 and for Vietnam in the early 1970s. The army faced shortages with 4,943 fewer tanks and 1,822 armored personnel carriers by mid 1974. The Air Force sent 700 missiles and 34 F4E jets to Israel, worsened by planning gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Israel
Vietnam
Congress
General Accounting Office
Les Aspin
D-Wis
GAO
South Vietnam
Europe
Air Force
Budget official questions procedures at White House
Topeka AP report says Kansas Budget Director James Bibb doubts White House procedures. The White House sponsors a regional consumer representation conference in Kansas City Missouri on January 14. Bibb says he has received at least six invitations to attend the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
James Bibb
White House
Kansas City
Bibb
Postal Service raises mailing costs effective Wednesday
The Postal Service increases first class letter rates from 10 to 13 cents with 11 cents for each additional ounce, postcards from 7 to 9 cents, and parcel post up about 10.1 percent. The move comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals lifted a stay on the rate hike pending a merits decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District
Bomb threats disrupt air traffic at seven airports
The Associated Press reports several bomb threats disrupted flights and forced evacuations at LaGuardia Newark Washington National Indianapolis Columbus and Hopkins airports. Police said a caller in Kansas warned of a bomb at Kansas International Airport. no devices were found. Flights resumed after searches with no explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
LaGuardia
New York
Kansas
Monda
Kansas International Airport
Trans World Airlines
Washington National Airport
Federal Aviation Administration
Delta Air Lines
Newark International Airport
Delta
Newark
Port Columbus International Airport
Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport
Taxpayers fund 89th Wing’s luxury flights costing millions
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the 89th Military Airlift Wing at Andrews of wasting tax dollars by providing an executive airline for top officials. In 1975's first ten months it flew 275 missions at over 6 million dollars, with many trips for defense, Treasury, and State officials including secretary William Simon. He argues commercial flights could save money and aid the airline industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Air Force
William Proxmire
Roxmire
Airorce
Air Force
Proxmire
Treasury Department
State Department
William Simon
Secretar
Department of the Treasury
Seeity
Defense
William Clements
Army
Howard Callaway
Frank G. Zarb
AB Atiaee
Henry A. Kissinger
Navy
William Middendorf
Halstead Band Heads to Dallas for Cotton Bowl Parade
Three Halstead High School chartered buses departed at 6 30 a m for Dallas to join the Cotton Bowl parade Thursday morning. A large group of Halstead supporters were planned to follow the band to Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halstead
Halstead High School
Dallas
Southern region weather shows milder tonight with clear to partly cloudy skies
Clear to partly cloudy conditions continue tonight with lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s. Wednesday brings increasing clouds and milder air with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Central
Also Mentioned on This Page
Booe
Kurt Booe
Colorado
Preston Bacon
Orville Schmidt
Howard Smith
Kansan
DSA
Newton Jaycee
David Nygaard
Nygaard
Kansas State Motor Bank
The
Jaycees
Tactical Air Command
Pentagon
St. Louis
Detroit
Denver
Los Angeles
Chicago
Indianapolis
New Haven
Kenneth O’neill
New York City
TWA
Nick Douglas
Abraham D. Beame
Newton
Paris
Rge Wickersham
Newtonoffice
Bill Mataeer
Defense Department
Senate
House
Weather Data
KIRG
KJIRG
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!