Kansas and Kansas City Area Briefs in September 1966
Senate House panel weighs spending 1 million to lease land for Lyons Kansas atomic waste site amid summer recess. Barbara Bussart faces preliminary hearing in Riley County on a 24650 student loan fund theft. her husband charged with aiding and abetting. Lyons mayor Bob Briscoe wins cow chip throwing contest with a toilet seat prize. Overland Park annexes 40 acres as city expands. Louisburg man sought for abducting a State Line Airport worker. Wichita homes near McConnell AFB destroyed by explosion. no injuries. An amendment limits AEC funding to safety-certified sites.
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Washington
Senate
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Lyons
Kan
Congress
AEC
Manhattan
Barbara J. Bussart
Kansas State University
Riley County
Bussart
Dale Bussart
Bob Briscoe
Rice County
Briscoe
Jim Shriner
Geneseo
Overland Park
Stanley-Stilwell
Lawrence E. Sheppard
Donald E. Pipes
Pensacola seal named Charlie wins barge standoff
In Pensacola Florida a seal named Charlie disrupted USS Lexington berth preparations by occupying a barge. Despite attempts by Navy workers and Lt. Zangas to remove him with a mullet treat, Charlie maintained control, scoring several standoffs while crews install electrical cables.
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Pensacola, Fla
Charlie
Pensacola Naval Station
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Ossian Butterfield
Public Works Center
Lewis
Zangas
Florida Marine Patrol
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Kansas
KSU
Chipper
Leawood
Louisburg
State Line
Martin Kelly
Wichita, Kan
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Air Force
James B. Pearson
Bob Dole
Republicans
Florida
S. Main
Golden “T
Steno Notebook
Big Chief
Prang
Besco