Car Train Collision Kills 18-Year-Old Kurt Roby
An 18-year-old Quenemo youth, Kurt William Réby, was killed when a Santa Fe freight train struck his northbound car at a crossing two miles southwest of Quenemo. Passengers Lester Rose and Georgia Meyer survived injuries, with Rose in serious condition at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Susie Meiers jumped from the car and was released. The driver’s tires snagged between a tie and track. the engineer slowed to about 40 mph before impact. Services for Kurt Roby will be held at Feltner Funeral Home, with graveside rites at Ft. Leavenworth. Memorials may go to Kurt Roby Memorial Fund.
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Quenemo
Susie Meiers
Santa Fe
Roby
Glen Elder
Quenemo High School
Esther Roby
McMinnville
Ore
Feltner
Lyndon
National Cemetery
Ft. Leavenworth
Kurt Roby
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
Perry Lane
Overland Park
Decals Delayed Again In Franklin County
Franklin County Treasurer Dorothy Thomson announced that 1976 registration decals for trucks trailers motorcycles mobile homes and automobiles will not arrive this week and no new delivery date is currently known.
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Franklin County
Dorothy Thomson
Traffic Deaths Top NSE Weekend Toll Falls Short of Last Year
The Associated Press reports 381 traffic fatalities in the four day New Year weekend, matching the NSC estimate but under the last four day holiday total. Also, Ottawa Planning Commission meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. to hear a special use permit for the former East Side Grocery at 417 E 7th.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ottawa Planning Commission
East Side Grocery
417 E
Ford Calls for Immediate Angola Cease Fire
In St Louis President Ford urged an immediate cease fire in Angola and an end to all outside intervention along with a unity government to halt the civil war. He warned the USSR that continued intervention would damage broader relations and said the U.S. would pursue diplomatic and other measures to stabilize the military situation and seek a quick peaceful settlement. Ford rejected using grain sales to influence Moscow. He emphasized ending full intervention and told the Farm Bureau audience he would keep farm income high and resist government micromanagement of farming. Butz projected Ford will win substantial farm votes in 1976, noting rural prosperity and record net incomes without government payments.
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ST. Louis
Ford
Angola
Soviet Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Russia
Farm Bureau
William Kuhfuss
Israel opposes UN talks as minister heads to Washington
Foreign Minister Yigal Allon flew to Washington to press the United States to veto any move by the Security Council to seize Arab-Israeli peace talks. The cabinet issued an eight point resolution urging resumption of the Geneva peace conference and reaffirming readiness for final talks with neighboring Arab states without preconditions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Yigal Allon
Washington
United States
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Geneva
Yitzhak Rabin
Security Council
U.S
Colder Weather Looms For Kansas Midweek
National Weather Service predicts a shift to much colder conditions by midweek across Kansas after a milder spell. Skies vary from clear in the west to cloudy elsewhere with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph and gusts near 30 mph in the northeast. Highs range from the upper 40s west to upper 30s east, with tonight’s lows in the upper teens to low 20s. A chance of snow flurries exists in the north Tuesday, with Wednesday to Friday turning very cold and possible snow. Highs teens to mid 20s, warming to mid 20s and low 30s by Friday. lows zero to 15 Wednesday, zero to 10 Thursday and Friday. County forecast notes partly cloudy tonight with upper teen to low 20s, snow flurries possible Tuesday, highs mid to upper Ws and southerly winds around 5:15 mph.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Weather Service
McGuire Motion Refused in JoAnn Stewart Case
County Court Judge H Michael Nichols denied McGuire's motion to suppress statements made to police after the drowning death of JoAnn Stewart. The judge ruled the statements voluntary and admissible, with testimony from Det. Tony DeLaTorre Sheriff Rex Bowling and Chief Oren Skiles. McGuire, 32, is charged with first degree murder and held in Franklin County Jail ahead of a Wednesday preliminary examination.
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Clarence James McGuire
JoAnn Stewart
H. Michael Nichols
Nichols
McGuire
Robert L. Pinet
Tony DeLaTorre
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Oren Ski
Sell
Stewart
Filipino Jetliner Hijackers Surrender After 12-Hour Siege
Two Filipino gunmen who seized a Japanese jetliner with 219 aboard at Manila airport surrendered to officials early Tuesday ending a nearly 12 hour siege. They freed passengers and eight flight attendants in exchange for diplomat Tamotsu Furuta and airline manager Sakae Seike, with no injuries reported.
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Manila, the Philippines
Manila
Jose D. Aspiras
Gregorio Fider
Tamotsu Furuta
Japan Air Line
Sakae Seike
Imelda Marcos
Philippine
Concorde SST landing decision looms after hearings
Transportation Secretary William Coleman will decide within 30 days whether Air France and British Airways can operate limited Concorde flights to New York JFK and Washington Dulles. Public hearings assess environmental impact, noise, and ozone effects, with potential up to two round trips daily to NYC and one to DC. New York Governor Carey calls for ban citing noise and safety concerns.
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Washington
William T. Coleman
U.S
Coleman
Air France
British Airways
Europe
New York
New York City
John F. Kennedy International
Dulles International
United States
North Atlantic
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David Brown
N. Mulberry
Jeff Guyett
S. Cherry
Ed Carpenter
Ottawa Rfd 2
PC Agenda
Butz
America
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rabin
U.N
Atlantic
Hugh L. Carey
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