Kansas Senate reapportionment plan approved by committee
TOPEKA AP A Kansas Senate reapportionment plan approved by the Senate Appointments Committee sticks more to county lines than a prior plan invalidated by federal judges. Seven counties are split, 40 senatorial districts are created, and Attorney General Sonderholm is to prepare a trial brief arguing the boundaries observe counties where possible. The largest district has 60 809 people, the smallest 52 316, with splits in Crawford Clay Reno Barton Shawnee Sedgwick and Wyandotte.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
Crawford
Clay
Reno
Barton
Shawnee
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
William S. Bowers
Ottawa
Brown County Tops Kansas Corn Output for 1967
Brown County leads Kansas in corn production for 1967 with 5.11 million bushels, marking the 11th straight year atop the state. Doniphan County follows with 4.93 million and the statewide total reaches 72 million bushels, the largest since 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brown County
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Doniphan
Meeker Seeks GOP Nomination for U.S. Congress
Rep. George Meeker of Garden City announces his bid for the Republican nomination in Kansas 1st District. The farmer stockman, 45, says surveys show strong support as Rep. Bob Dole runs for Senate. Meeker serves a third term in the Kansas Legislature from Finney County.
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Topeka
George Meeker
Garden City
U.S. Congress
Meeker
Bob Dole
U.S. Senate
Finney County
Bell Pushes Schoollike Senate Hearing Schedule
Senator L Claude Bell of McDonald urges the Senate Public Welfare Committee to adopt a fixed schedule for hearings. He proposes each committee have designated days times and rooms and for senators to be assigned to committees that do not clash.
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PEKA
L. Claude Bell
McDonald
Senate
Bell
Senate Committee On Public Welfare
Salina Hotel Wins Alcohol Consumption Rights
Gov. Robert Docking signed a bill allowing consumption of alcoholic beverages in a Salina hotel. The measure amends a prohibition on alcohol on public property and the hotel was financed with industrial revenue bonds.
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Topeka (Ap
Robert Docking
Sa Lina
Salina
Congress Eyes Deeper Role In Military Actions
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans no further Tonkin hearings and will push to assert congressional control over U S military commitments. Chair Fulbright signals no more witnesses unless administration offers high profile interviewees. The panel seeks precise authorizations with time limits and a clear decision path for using armed force.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
J. W. Fulbright
D. Ark
John J. Herrick
Tonkin
Sen. Fulbright
Gulf of Tonekin
Congress
Vietnam
Fulbright
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Formosa
Middle East
Defense Department
Santa Fe wins $10,316.91 against Ottawa Industrial Development
District Court Judge Floyd Coffman ruled the Santa Fe railroad is entitled to $10,316.91 plus costs from Ottawa Industrial Development Inc for materials, construction, and charges in the Divco Wayne industry track case. The ruling cites Interstate Commerce Act restraints and that the Santa Fe provided standard pricing.
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District Court
Floyd Coffman
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Ottawa Indusrial Development
OID) Inc
Santa Fe
OID
Divco.Wayne
Diverce Wayne Industries, Inc
Divcee Wayne
Coffeman
Interstand Commerce Act
Coffman
Romney to Withdraw From Republican Presidential Race
Detroit based radio and TV outlets report that Michigan Governor George Romney will announce his withdrawal from the Republican presidential race at a late afternoon news conference in Washington. Romney was en route from Boston and could not comment immediately. The report follows Nelson Rockefeller’s earlier statement about accepting a possible draft nomination, a remark made in Detroit during Romney fundraising efforts.
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Detroit
WJR
Columbia Broadcasting System Today
Michigan
George Romney
Washington
Romney
Boston
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Deadline Nears for Franklin County Property Forms
Franklin County courthouse closes forms soon in a personal property assessment drive led by County Clerk Bruce Spears. Penalties for delinquency rise per state law from 10 to 50 percent based on delay, with officials urging residents to contact his office at CH 2-1471 if they need help or cannot recall submitting forms.
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Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Spears
Ottawa High School Class of 1916 Reunion Dinner
Ottawa High School Class of 1916 plans a 52nd graduation anniversary dinner at 1 p.m. May 19 in the Ottawa University Student Union. Wayland L. Blair, 327 S. Locust, is handling arrangements. Forty graduates were in the class. nine have died. All members, graduates and non graduates, are urged to contact Blair.
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Ottawa High School
Ottawa University
Wayland L. Blair
S. Lo
Blair
Weather County Forecast for Cold Wave and Temperatures
Much colder tonight with a cold wave. Thursday clear to partly cloudy and cold. Low tonight 10 to 15, high Thursday in the mid 80s. High Tuesday 51, low today 30, high a year ago 59, low a year ago 21. Record high 73 in 1940, record low 11 in 1912. Hourly readings shown through 8 PM with afternoon values around 40s to 50s and overnight near 30s.
Hog chase ends with nap in Ottawa pen
Henry Mason of Ottawa led a 200 pound hog from Bennie Stinson’s farm toward US 59, radio announcements followed, the animal evaded capture until Richard and Mrs Turner and a Humane Society man corralled it near a neighbor’s barbed wire fence. The hog finally rested asleep in a Turners’ neighbor’s pen as officers watched.
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Henry Mason
Ottawa
Bennie Stinson
Bennie
Mason
Stinson
Henry
Sheriff’s Office
Kofo
Joe Fern
Richard Turner
Turner
Construction Begins At Central Heights
Richmond workers resume on the $1.1 million Central Heights school project after AFL-CIO Bricklayers Local 18 picket line caused a pause. Frick subcontracted mechanical work. Hedlund will staff construction. An order to replace a frozen gym beam was issued. Completion aimed for September 1 near Princeton.
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Richmond
New Central Heights
Afl-Cio Bricklayers
B.J. Frick Construction Co
Salina
Norris Brothers
Lawrence
Hedlund Electrical Service
McPherson
Frick
Norris
Hedlund
Princeton
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