Two Story Salina Building Planned by KPL
Kansas Power and Light announces a two story Salina office building to house the Salina division offices and gas department headquarters. The firm razed four downtown structures for the site and will use native Kansas limestone in construction. President Balfour S Jeffrey says the move keeps KPL integral to the downtown core and work will start once contracts are let early this year.
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Salina
Gas Department
KPL
Kansas
Balfour S. Jeffrey
Coed Pleads Guilty in LSD Indictment at KU
Carla Nelson 24 of Lawrence changed her plea from innocent to guilty on unlawful possession of LSD in a federal indictment. Co defendants Philip Shuman 22 of Scottsbluff Neb and Dennis Quinn 19 of Kansas City Kan also named. Nelson pleaded guilty at arraignment before Judge Wesley Brown.
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Wichita
University of Kansas
Carla Nelson
Lawrence
Miss Nelson
U.S. Dist
Wesley Brown
Philip Barron Shuman
Scottisbluff, Neb
Dennis Norman Quinn
Kansas City
Kaw
Nebraska
Shuman
Quinn
Hearings Set On Santa Fe Trains Discontinuance
Rep Garner E Shriver says ICC tentatively sets Feb 21 in Hutchinson Kan for hearings on removing two Santa Fe passenger trains the Chief and the Grand Canyon. Additional hearings to be held in Topeka and Dodge City with dates not released. He had asked ICC to delay the action pending investigation.
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Washington
Garner E. Shriver
R-Kan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hutchison, Kan
Chief
Grand Canyon
Shriver
Topeka
Dodge City
ICC
Paola Man Dies in Oil Tank Explosion
Paola resident J. E. Meents was killed when a crude oil tank exploded at the town's edge. Authorities believe he used a flame to thaw frozen pipes, triggering a gas blast that hurled him about 200 feet and set the tank and his pickup ablaze.
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Paola
Kan
J. E. Meents
Meents
Man Dies in KC Apartment From Gas Stove Incident
Kansas City police say D. Cameron an electrician was found dead of asphyxiation in his apartment Monday. Neighbors reported he had not been seen since Saturday and investigators believe he turned on a gas heating stove without noticing the pilot light had gone out.
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Kansas City
APC
D. Cameron
Cameron
Kansas crops report blames cold snap for green bug deaths
Topeka AP report says unseasonably cold weather last week likely killed most green bugs damaging western Kansas crops. Light snow cover protected winter wheat with little damage reported. Livestock faced severe winter weather but withstood the cold and storms overall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Budget Bureau Chief Quits Amid Johnson Advisers Shakeup
Washington AP Director Charles L. Schultze of the Budget Bureau resigns as a top presidential economic adviser. Charles J. Zwick is named successor to Schultze, joining Gardner Ackley who had already announced his departure. Schultze plans Brookings, part time University of Maryland teaching.
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Washington
Charles L. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Schultze
Congress
Texas White House
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Charles J. Zwick
Ackley
Italy
Brookings Institution
University of Maryland
Johnson's New Budget Seen Near 190 Billion Benchmark
Washington reports the new unified budget for the upcoming fiscal year will likely exceed 190 billion dollars, with higher Vietnam war costs and expanded domestic programs. Officials say the figure will stay below 200 billion, incorporating social security, highways, unemployment, and welfare.
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Washington
Congress
Adam C Powell’s Watts Tour Sparks Civil Rights Clash
Adam Clayton Powell, expelled from Congress, tours Watts Los Angeles vowing to mobilize support and denounce civil rights reversals. He criticizes Congress and court actions, warns of riots, and plans legal action with attorney Edward Bennett Williams while pursuing a NYC contempt arrest and a Bahamas stay.
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Los Angeles
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
House of Representatives
Powell
United States
Bahamas
Watts
All My Soul Brothers
New York
Harlem
Republic
Boston Commons
Bimini
Edward Bennett Williams
Casualty Rates Rise in 1967 Despite Low Prediction
The AP reports U S troop casualties in South Vietnam rose in 1967 vs 1966. Average troop strength climbed to 448,200 from 299,281. 1967 saw 9,353 killed and 62,004 wounded, 15.9 percent of those engaged, with 2.08 percent killed and 13.8 wounded.
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New York
U.S
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Young Patrick Egan Demands Town Mayor’s Debt
In St Louis during the World Series visit, Patrick J. Egan, 10, says Mayor Don Jones of Florissant Missouri shorted him 2000 matchsticks in a poker debt of 16000. The mayor mailed toothpicks instead and now faces a formal promise to pay.
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St, Petersburg
Fla
Patrick J. Egan
Don Jones
Patrick
Florissant
St. Petersburg
St. Louis
Jones
Young Egan
Mayor Jones
Hizzoner
P.J
Congress sets automatic pay raise plan for four years
Members would get an automatic salary increase if Congress does not reject the new level within 30 days. A nine member commission appointed this July by top leaders will propose changes by end of 1969, with final recommendations to the President and then to Congress in 1970. The commission also targets executive branch pay and federal judiciary scales while Senators insist lawmakers justify raises.
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Washington
Congress
Special Commission
House
Commission
Executive
Heart Transplant Performed at Maimonides Medical Center
Bulletin from New York AP states Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn performed another heart transplant. The hospital spokesman confirmed the operation is in progress and offered no further comment at this time.
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New York
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Shortage of trained cowboys grips cattle country
Denver AP report notes a widespread decline in skilled cowboys across states. Montana cites surplus jobs while Arizona and Texas warn ranchers need capable hands. Experts blame aging workers and TV comforts, with pay up to 300 to 400 dollars monthly plus housing and benefits. mechanizing the cattle business adds pressure.
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Denver
Cole
Montana
Brad Stewart
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Lyle Liggett
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Liggett
Dick Wilson
Texas Cattlemen’s Magazine
Harry Lee
New Mexico
Fulbright Doubts U S Pursues Peace Talks With Hanoi
Senator J R Fulbright says the Johnson administration seeks surrender, not negotiations with North Vietnam. He argues Hanoi peace talk claims are propaganda and expects no shift in policy or bombing halt. Fulbright criticizes talking points and notes rising reluctance to comment on war tactics.
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Washington
Sen. J. Wu
Fulbright
Johnson
North Vietnam
Arkansas
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Hanoi
Fogle Concrete Firm Sold to Lawrence Ready Mix
The sale of Fogle Ready Mix Concrete to Lawrence Ready Mix Inc was announced by Ted Fogle and Travis Glass and became effective January 2. Ottawa plant to operate as Ottawa Ready Mix with Ted Fogle staying on to aid the transition. Lawrence firm expands with plant moves from Tongonoxie to Baldwin.
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Fogle Ready Mix
Lawrence Ready Mix, Inc
Ted Fogle
Ottawa
Travis Glass
Lawrence
Glass
Fogle
Ottawa Ready Mix
Lawerence
Tongonoxie
Baldwin
Fogle Ready-Mix
Man Injury Highlights Dangers of Snow Tube Sliding
Boulder Colorado AP report on Kenneth Strawn a 40 year old former law officer who survived many scrapes. He slid down a snow covered slope in an inner tube last weekend and struck a tree breaking 15 ribs and fracturing his collar bone.
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Boulder, Cole
Kenneth Strawn
Strawn
Ottawa Herald Highlights January 9 1968 Page Three
Local page three highlights Ottawa briefs and notices from January 9 1968. Readers see community events, civic items, and local updates from Ottawa area sources.
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Ottawa Herald
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