Otis youth recovering from grass fire injuries
An 18 year old Otis Kansas youth Michael Bahr is hospitalized at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend after a grass fire during field burning. He sustained second degree burns over about 35 percent of his body. The fire killed 17 year old Charles Menzer and burned four other youths who did not need hospitalization.
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Great Bend
Apan
Otis
Kan
Central Kansas Medical Center
Michael Bahr
Otis High School
Charles Menzer
Rain Needed to Protect Western Kansas Wheat
TOPEKA RP Rain is needed in the western two thirds of Kansas to avert serious wheat crop losses. The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said last week the wheat condition declined in the west and central areas but stayed good in the east. Cutworms and mites are damaging western fields and light soil blowing caused moderate damage in the central and west. About 80 percent of the state's expected oat acreage was seeded by March 30.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Adjutant General Notes Unclear Callup of 69th Brigade
AP report quotes Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell saying he does not know if the 69th Infantry Brigade will be among troops Johnson plans to call. He notes Johnson cited 13,500 total, with some from active duty, and says if new recruits are needed they likely come from active Army units.
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Peka
Kansas
69Th Infantry Brigade
Johnson
Joe Nickell
Nickell
North Vietnamese call Johnson peace offer a fraud plot
Hanoi backed reports that North Vietnam labeled Johnson's peace bid a rigged plot to extend U S influence. Nhan Dan and Quan Do Nhan Dan argued Washington seeks an unconditional bombing halt only as a pretext to reinforce the South Vietnamese regime, with Johnson not yet agreeing to a halt.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Johnson
Tass
Denpa
Quan Do Nhan Dan
Johnson Id
D W Workers Back At Work At Divco Wayne Plant
The Divco Wayne Mobile Homes plant resumed production after a partial shutdown tied to a union management dispute. United Auto Workers 17 and company officials would not comment on the stoppage or a brief walkout linked to a production bonus plan. Some union members paused work Monday morning. today no signs of dispute were evident. The National Labor Relations Board involvement was denied.
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Divco-Wayne Mobile Homes
United Auto Workers 17
Parelial
Producetion
National Labor Relations Board
Senate OKs LBJ Tax Hike Amid Spending Cuts
The Senate approved a 10 percent income tax hike and a $6 billion federal spending cut by a 53 to 35 vote, attaching the measure to a House bill extending auto and telephone excise taxes. The plan, retroactive to Monday and through June 30, 1969, would raise about $11.7 billion for Johnson’s proposals.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
New District Court Reporter Swanson Replaces Gingerich
Frank E. Swanson, 29, of Lyndon, appointed by District Court Judge Floyd Coffman as the new court reporter to record all district and Franklin County court proceedings. Swanson, formerly with the Kansas Corporation Commission, files transcripts including Monday memorial service for George Gingerich and John Pierson, aids survivors, and learns fast as he types and reads back testimony.
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Frank E. Swanson
Lyndon
Floyd Coffman
Swanson
George W. Gingerich
Ottawa
John B. Piereson
Franklin County Bar Association
Court House
Kansas
Poration Commission
Frankelin
Pierson
Gingerich
Frank
Education Board Approves New 290 School Building
Ottawa area education board Unified School District 290 approved a new six‑room elementary school in the Fifteenth and Ash area to relieve congestion at Eugene Field School. Construction should start by September for the 1969 fall term, funded by the district’s building levy. The board plans a summer pre‑enrollment for Hawkins Rural School before closing if enrollment stays under ten. staff moves include transferring teacher Mrs Marie Pickens if needed. New hires: Helen Meek Nelda S Bowers Bertha M Franco Roberta Genck and William Reust.
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Ottawa
Board of Education
Unified School District
Fifteenth and
Ash Area
Horst, Terrill and
Karst
Tospeka
Ottawa High School
Eugene Field School
Gleason Addition
Willow Acres
Hawkins School
Hawkins
Hawkeins
Marie Pickens
Helen Meek
Nelda S. Bowers
Bertha M. Fraco
Roberta Genck
William Reust
John Jones
Rita Sorenson
Judith Lily
Leroy Bailey
Thel Kocher
Weather Topeka forecast showers across state
Weather Bureau expects tonight showers and thundershowers in extreme western Kansas spreading across the state. Mild today with 60s in the east and low 70s in the west. Lows tonight 30s northwest to 50s southeast. Temperatures near 60s again Wednesday. County forecast: night mostly cloudy with scattered showers, highs upper 50s, lows upper 40s. High today 62, low 44. precipitation 0.2 inch. Barometer 29.95.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Ottawa mayoral hopefuls draw 664 voters at noon
An Ottawa election canvass at noon shows Art Hogelin and Lamar Phillips leading the mayoral race with 664 votes cast. In the prior three way primary Art Hogelin, Phillips and Orra Staneert Jr. competed. Staneert was eliminated. Polls stay open until 6 p m.
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Ottawa
Art Hogelin
Lamar Phillips
Phillips
Hogelin
Orra Stane Eart Jr
Hegelin
Supreme Court extends one man one vote to local government
The Supreme Court ruled that city town and county governments created by state legislatures must be based on districts with substantially equal populations. Justices White Fortas and Harlan supported the move, while Marshall Stewart and Fortas noted concerns. About 81,253 local governments exist in 1967, with 20,000 to 23,000 electing officials by district and thus affected by the ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Luca
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshal
Potter Stewart
Abe Fortas
Joohn M. Harlan
Supreme Couurt
Iocal
United States
Munday
Judicial Districts Change With New Law in 1969
Judge Floyd Coffman would move from sole Fourth District judge to head the first division of a restructured six county district starting mid January 1969 if reelected. The new layout places Coffman alongside Spencer Gard and Alex Hotchkiss with divisions spanning Franklin Anderson Osage Coffey Woodson Allen and Wabunsee, with future realignments in 1975 dissolving the third division and reconfiguring the counties.
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Scott Payne
Floyd Coffman
Coffman
Kanses
Fourth Judicial District
Franklin
Anderson
Sixe
Woodson and Allen
Osage and Coffey
Ottawa
Garnett
Fourth
Spencer Gard
Allen
Woodson
Alex Hotchkiss
Osage
Wabunsee
Coffey
Allen, Woods Son
Coffey Counties
Thieu Says US Troops Could Begin Leaving by Year End
Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu indicated a gradual U S troop withdrawal could start by the end of 1968 if Washington requests it. He stressed he would not push for immediate pullout but warned that U S withdrawal would abandon the free world. He noted South Vietnam plans to boost its armed forces to 135,000 by midyear.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
United States
Vietnam
Thieu
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LIONS
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Wichita
Frizzell
Ottawa Lions Club
Marvin P. Forker
Truyn Bischoff
William Bowers
Julius Raffelock
George Gingerich
District Court
Frank Swanson
Education Board
Johnsoon
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