Bethel College cheerleaders told to quit contact
At Bethany Nazarene College Oklahoma City AP four cheerleaders were ordered to resign or stop body contact during routines. Alumni complained about gymnastics at basketball games and administrators mandated no physical contact between male and female cheerleaders. Public relations head would only cite the college catalogue noting disciplines needed for welfare and the right to supervise social activities in line with Christian principles.
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Oklahoma City
Bethenny Nazarene College
Carolyn Davis
Bethany
Davis
Gordon Wickersham
Bottle for Christmas ends with suspicions at Montrose jail
Virginia Butcher, 39, of Montrose pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle a hacksaw blade to a prisoner at the county jail after deputies found the blade taped beneath a Christmas box four days before Christmas. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended.
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Montrose
Cole
Virginia Butcher
Bety Countryman Fined for Speeding in Sacramento
Betty Countryman was fined $15 for speeding after telling Judge Thomas Waliner she drove fast from fear. She described being followed by a motorcyclist she feared as a hoodlum, but was relieved to find the officer was a clean-shaven, red-blooded American boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Betty Countryman
Thomas Waliner
Missing 10 ton orange street sweeper prompts grand theft alert
Los Angeles authorities report a 10 ton bright orange street sweeper stolen with a grand theft vehicle report issued across the Western states and Mexico. The missing machine may have traveled far from its home depot.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
Las Vegas NM official registers as lobbyist for students group
Tom Clark superintendent of Las Vegas schools filed as a lobbyist with New Mexico secretary of state for a group translating to “the poor children students of New Mexico.” The AP report notes the organization’s Spanish name and English rendering.
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Santa FE
N.M
Tom Clark
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Secretary of State
Los Pobres Ninos Estudiantes de Nueva
Boy Finds Bulldog, Says Dog Is Lost Near Jackson
Six year old Steve Norton from Fresno California set out to find his Boston bulldog in Jackson Michigan. His grandmother alerted police when the boy visiting from Fresno went missing. He was found wandering with the dog near his grandmother's West Side home. Steve insisted he was not lost, but that his dog was.
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Jackson, Mich
Steve Norton
Polce
Fresno
Calif
Jackson
West Side
Steve
Kansas Senate Creates New State Traffic Violation
Kansas Senate approves a new careless driving offense with up to 10 days in jail and $100 fine, lighter than reckless driving penalties. Senate also funds Nuclear Energy Advisory Council and Civil Rights Commission, and approves veteran group appropriations. A conference committee forms after House balks on non-partisan State Board of Education elections. House actions include licensing television repairmen and mandatory law enforcement training at Hutchinson. House reviews a bill extending state regulation to municipal utility extensions outside city limits amid utility debates. Legislature returns after gusts from Lawrence Chamber and KU Alumni.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Keith Sebelius
R-Norton
House
Senate
Nuclear Energy Advisory Council
Commission On Civil Rights
Kansas American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
United Spanish War Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of World War II
The
Academy of Science
Kansas National Livestock Show Association
State Board of Education
State Affairs Committee
Hutchinson
REA Electric
Saigon Race Track Seen In Heavy Saigon Fighting
U S troops landed at Saigon racetrack to aid South Vietnamese forces against Viet Cong in a day of heavy clashes across the northern provinces. In Da Nang Hue and Khe Sanh areas fierce fighting continued as casualties mounted with 321 Communists and 67 Americans killed and 170 wounded. Gen Abrams prepared to take command from Phu Bai as North Vietnamese forces pressed toward Da Nang and Lang Vei camp fell to the enemy.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Hue
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Cholon
101St Airborne Division
25Th Infantry
Racetrack
Creighton D. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Phu Bai
Lang Vei
Gabrielle
Beatrice
Huguette
North Vietnam offers peace talks conditional on US stop of bombing
North Vietnam through Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh proposed talks with the United States saying Hanoi would sit at the peace table as soon as Washington proves it has halted all bombing and acts of war. Gen Vo Nguyen Giap warned the enemy of further fighting and vowed to fight on until final victory. The peace bid was voiced during remarks tied to the 20th anniversary of the North Korean army, and Trinh cited the 1954 Geneva armistice as a possible basis for discussions.
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Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Gilap
Weather County Forecast Partly cloudy with snow flurries
To night and Saturday partly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries. Colder tonight with low 15 to 20. High Saturday near 40. High yesterday 50, low today 37. Record highs 73 in 1932 and low 20 in 1899. Hourly readings ending at 8 a.m. show temperatures from 23 to 50 with barometer 30.35.
Deadline Tightens on License Tags in Franklin County
Franklin County Treasurer Velma Powers announced higher tag prices and new penalties for late purchases. Delinquent buyers face a 50 cent daily penalty starting Feb 16, rising to 1 next month plus 50 cents monthly, plus a $15 fine for those without 1968 tags by March 1 when arrests begin for driving old tags. To date about half have the new plates. 5,920 yellow and black plates sold this year, 8,510 total stickers and plates issued across vehicles. Office hours stay noon to 4 pm Monday through Friday.
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Franklin County
Velma Powers
Miss
Sheriff's Officers
Highway Patrol
Kennedy Says He Has No Plan To Attack LBJ
A Kennedy ally says Senator Robert F. Kennedy does not plan a systematic assault on President Johnson's Vietnam policies. Kennedy defended his stance after challenging enemy casualty figures and the U.S. victory claim, while describing the war effort as like sending a lion to halt jungle rot.
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Kennedy
LBJ
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Democrat
U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
Sen. Kennedy
Wallace's bid to throw presidential election to House
Washington AP reports George C. Wallace seeks to continue a long-standing goal of shaking the electoral system. By claiming enough electoral votes to deny a majority, the House would choose the president from the top three in the popular vote. Debates focus on direct national elections vs proportional or district-based plans, amid Supreme Court one man one vote rulings.
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Washington
White House
George C. Wallace
House of Representatives
Wallace
United States
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
House
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Supreme Court
Khe Sanh Compared to Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam War
The AP reports at Khe Sanh in Vietnam Marines defend a fortress similar in topography to Dien Bien Phu. Unlike the French force, U S Marines enjoy air power and resupply options, with the siege framed as a potential decisive battle if air support falters. Dijon Giap’s forces surround the base, mirroring earlier Indochina history.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Indochina
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Navy trains medics with pig casualty simulations in Sweden
The Swedish Navy uses bayonets and high velocity bullets on anesthetized pigs to train military doctors for combat trauma. Pigs are shot at close range or slashed, given transfusions, carried on stretchers to operating tables, and operated on under simulated combat conditions. An army spokesman said similar training with manikins could begin next summer.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Army
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Vieteam
Demilitarized Zone
David Lownds
George McArthur
SPCA
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