Dole Proposes New Leadership To Solve Four Crises
Rep Bob Dole told Republican women meetings in Iola and Pittsburg that America faces four crises: Vietnam, dollar stability and gold outflow, crime and civil disobedience, and a credibility gap. He urged just peace in Vietnam, reduced riots, stronger dollar, and restored public trust, arguing the GOP must lead amid a torn ruling party.
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Iola
Kan
Bob Dole
R-Kan
America
Vietnam
Dole
Pittsburg
Republican Party
Goodbye Bridge Demolition Replaces Old East Fifteenth span
A rock chipper began tearing down the Rock Creek Bridge on East Fifteenth Street this morning. Children watched as the aging bridge, damaged by recent crashes, is removed before a new bridge and road construction. The operator started at the east end, leaving two heavy concrete beams for support until completion.
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Rock Creek Bridge
East Fifteenth Street
KU Endowment gains 50000 bequest from Nettie Murray
Lawrence AP reports Irvin E. Youngberg announcing a 50 000 bequest from the Nettie Murray estate of Paola. The gift raises the Nettie Murray Medical Student Loan Fund at the University of Kansas to 100000. Murray and her sister Olive Wilson gave 50000 each in 1955 and asked for anonymity. Wilson died in 1956 and Murray in 1966.
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Lawrence
Kan
Nettie Murray
Paola
Irvin E. Youngberg
Kansas University Endowment Association
University of Kansas
Miss Murray
Sisster
Olive Wilson
The
Endowment Association
Keller elected president of Mid-America Inc in Kansas
Elected in Parsons, Kansas, Joe Keller of Pittsburg becomes president of Mid-America Inc, a nine county southeast Kansas development group, at its 11th annual meeting. Fred M. Harris of Chanute moves to chairman of the board. New and reelected officers include Charles F. Scanlan, Robert D. Hartley, C. J. Hoke, J. J. Flynn, and Leo McKernan, with Marble replaced as Fort Scott trustee.
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Parsons
Kan
Joe Keller
Pittsburg
Mid-America Inc
Kansas
Keller
Fred M. Harris
Chanute
Charles F. Scanlan
Fredonia
Robert D. Hartley
Baxter Springs
C. J. Hoke
J.J. Flynn
Leo McKernan
Fort Scott
George W. Marble
Hybrid wheat in sight boosts yields by 30 percent
Dr John A Johnson of Kansas State University predicted at a Manhattan dinner that hybrid wheat could raise yields by about 30 percent. He spoke after receiving a $1000 honorarium for distinguished teaching and research, noting future wheat may have superior nutritive properties as genetic factors are better understood.
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Manhattan
Kan
John A. Johnson
Johnson
Kansas State University
Mercy Flight Aids Child in Eye Injury Case
A rare serum was flown from St. Louis to Kansas City to treat Kris Kametz a 3 year old girl whose right eye was damaged after a smallpox vaccination reaction on Sunday Doctors said such injuries are exceedingly rare and may occur only once in a million. The Kametz family resides in Shawnee Kansas.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Kris Kametz
Land Transfer Petitions In Central Heights
Three land transfer requests involving Central Heights Unified School District 288 will be reviewed in public hearings at the Franklin County Courthouse on May 2. Hearings will address transfers between USD 288 and USD 287, USD 290, and USD 365 with sites near Richmond, Princeton, and Garnett. Local officials note petitions have been before state officials for about a year amid past district realignments.
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Rosie Lister
Central Heights Unified School District
Franklin County Court House
Richmond
USD 288
West Frankelin
Pomona) Unified
Ottawa
Garnett
Unified Schools District 365
Laird
Marvin P. Forker
Usd 290
Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction
Central Heights
Soviet Sputnik Feats Put US Behind In Race
Washington AP report says Soviet Cosmos satellite linkup shows U S space program MOL four years behind schedule with cost rising from 1.5 to 2.5 billion dollars. MOL aims a two astronaut 30 day orbital mission in a two part Titan 3D lift system.
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Sputnik
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Air Force
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Earth
GOP Women Meeting Here
The Third District Kansas Federation of Republican Women hosts a spring quarterly gathering at Ottawa University. The luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the University Union requires a Thursday reservation by calling Mrs. George Marshall. Main speaker is Huck Boyd, Phillipsburg Republican and Kansas national committeeman. Congressman Larry Winn attends the 10 a.m. business meeting in the administration building auditorium. The district covers Douglas, Johnson, Franklin, Miami, Anderson counties and part of Wyandotte.
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Kansas Federation of Republican Women
Ottawa University
University Union
George Marshall
Franklin County
McDill
Huck’’ Boyd
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Larry Winn
Douglas
Johnson
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Wyandotte
Weather outlook in Topeka central Kansas scattered showers likely
Weather Bureau reports scattered showers and thundershowers developing late today and tonight across central and eastern Kansas with cooler air spreading from the northwest. County forecast calls for partly cloudy night and cooler temperatures around 50. Wednesday will be cloudy and cooler with highs in the 60s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Johnson Presses Hanoi Over Vietnam War in Hawaii
President Johnson in Honolulu pressed North Vietnam for an early serious response to peace efforts and sought a neutral site for talks. He met Adm. Sharp and Adm. McCain at Pearl, while planning discussions with South Korea’s Park and debating military issues from the Pacific command post. Johnson criticized delays and urged a substantive reply to proposals for neutral meeting sites.
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Honolulu
Johnson
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S. Pacific Command
Adm
U.S
Sharp
John S. McCain
North Vietnam
Iolani Palace
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Pacific
Park
Seoul
Hawaii
Henry J. Kalser
Kansan Officials Urge Midwest Tourism To Brazil
A Kansas delegation led by Governor Docking officials promotes Rio de Janeiro as a tourists’ paradise. After Inter-American talks in Lima and meetings in Asuncion, the group aims to make Kansas and Paraguay sister states under the Partners program. Representative Watkins vows a Kansas goodwill tour to Brazil next year.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Kansas State
Robert B. Docking
Lima
Peru
Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Kansas
Brazil
Rio
U.S
Kansas Highway
John D. Montgomery
Henry Watkins
Computers Are Dandy But Tippers Are Handy
Washington AP reports the IRS still uses tipsters to catch tax cheats but rewards are declining. About 100000 tips flow in yearly. only 624 rewards were paid last year, with 4 to 6 percent typical. The service notes its computer system often detects errors before informers act.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
America
IRS
TRS
Is Credibility Gap Growing
Washington based report by the APA committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors argues the Johnson Administration widened the credibility gap through obscurantism. It cites the Pueblo incident jet offensive postmortem and Tonkin Gulf affair as damaging examples amid general government news manipulation.
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Washington
APA
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Johnson
Pueblo
Tonkin Gulf
Society
Freedom of Information and Press-Bar Committee
Animals Used In Drug Probe
Animals on a farm north of Columbia at the University of Missouri lab test reactions to drugs. Ponies come to the gate at the same time, dogs whine at intervals, all hooked on drugs. A $40,000 federal grant funds studies of metabolic responses to aspirin and pentobarbital to predict human reactions before medicines reach markets. Dr. Davis notes ordinary lab animals don’t always mimic humans, citing Thalidomide cases.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Lloyd E. Davis
B.A. Westfall
Davis
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