Leap Year Birthdays Bind World Chapter No 1 Members
World Chapter No 1 of the 29ers, an exclusive Leap Year birth group, reported 217 new members this Leap Year. President M C Cunningham of Fort Hays State College joined. oldest new member is 96 year old Oscar Lee Tate of Mexico Missouri. three sets of twins joined. 21 new members born in 1884, six in 1888, five in 1892, and nine in 1896, all having missed a birthday at least once in their lives. Official scrolls were mailed as members paid $1 for engraving and mailing.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Order of 29
Ers
Kenneth L. Simons
Headlight Sun
M.C. Cunningham
Fort Hays
Salina professor objects to March 1 birthdate on license
George F. Chiebak art instructor at Kansas Wesleyan College in Salina protests his Kansas birthdate on a driver's license. Born Feb 29 1936, he challenges the moc record listing March 1 1936, citing a state statute that treats Feb 29 as March 1 for birthdate purposes. He asks Gov. Docking to review the statute's interpretation for 29ers and notes prior computer confusion over the Feb 29 expiration date.
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Salina, Kan
Kansas
George F. Chiebak
Kansas Wesleyan College
Chiebak
Robert Docking
Kansas Motor Vehicle Department
Docking
Chlebak
He's Guilty WICHITA AP
Dennis E. Carlson twenty was found guilty by Sedgwick County District Court jurors of wounding by negligence in a shooting at a street intersection during racial tension. Sheriff Vern Miller and three Negro youths were hit by shotgun pellets. Carlson testified he fired in the air. A second youth trial and two others are scheduled in connection with the incident.
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Wichita
Dennis E. Carlson
Sedgwick County
Vern Miller
William P. Meek
Visite Ing
Baxter Springs
Kan
Meek
Carlson
Miller
Gary Shreve
Sidney T. Watkins
Robert M. Billups
Khe Sanh Battle Forms As North Vietnamese Move In
AP reports at Khe Sanh Vietnam heavy Soviet tanks and North Vietnamese troop movements near the Marine encircled base. Col Lownds orders massive air strikes as B52s and fighters pound enemy positions in a day of intense air power. Over 2.48 million pounds of bombs were dropped in 24 hours, with 1952s and smaller jets making up most of the effort.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
David E. Lownds
Air Force
Gether
Marines
Navy
The Blues And The Grays Los Angeles Using Civilians To Help Police
The Los Angeles traffic program replaces 33 sworn officers with trained civilians who wear uniforms but lack arrest or citation power. Civilians move about on foot or in a mobile unit, filing complaints like any citizen. Police note benefits in flexibility and cost savings, though some downtown merchants miss visible uniforms and presence. Civilians are called the Confederates by some officers, a nod to the Blue and the Gray.
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Los Angeles
Eugene C. Linton
Department
Liceman
Force
Eugene Lee
Dirksen Pushes Open Housing Civil Rights Compromise
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen moves to end debate and push a compromise civil rights bill with a staged open housing ban. The plan would curb discrimination in sale or rental nationwide, start Jan 1 1970 for brokered sales, and extend to multiunit housing by late 1968. A federal crime would cover interference with protected rights regardless of motive in federal contexts.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Ments
Illinois
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Kansan charged in Illinois cab robbery case
A Kansas man, Dennis F Crayne, 19, of Louisburg, was arrested near Madison Wisconsin and charged with armed robbery in a Cicero cab driver kidnapping and robbery. He allegedly stole 16 dollars from cab driver Robert Haviatka, 51, after the abduction in Hillside Illinois.
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Hillside
Kansas
Madison
Wis
Cicero
Hilside
Dennis
F. Crayne
Louisburg
Kan
Robert Haviatka
Teachers Becoming More Militant Around Nation
Nationwide disputes strain public schools as Pittsburgh clears 80,000 pupils with nonstriking staff while Oklahoma calls for a one day statewide protest. Florida teachers press for a $245.5 million package amid nine days of disruption. Albuquerque votes to return to class. San Francisco teachers weigh an immediate strike amid 90 proposed improvements.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Florida
Claude Kirk
Albuquerque
N.M
San Francisco Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
San Francisco
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Pittsburgh Teacher Education Association
Allegheny County
John P. Hester
Oklahoma Education Association
Dewey Bartlett
Floyd Christian
Kirk
Florida Education Association
Riot Probers Recommend Tax Break for Industry
Johnson commission on civil disorders urges tax incentives to lure plants into slums and to fund programs that train unemployed residents. Republicans back the idea, but the administration and Rep. Mills oppose tax credits, warning of potential tax increases. The panel also appears critical of current antipoverty programs, with Sen. Brooke noting Detroit Newark and New Haven efforts failed to reach many in need.
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Washington
Johnson
Commission On Civil Disorders
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Commission
Treasury Department
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Edward W. Brooke
R. Mass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Detroit
Newark
New Haven
Conn
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