Kansas School Boards group calls plan to replace foundation finance
The Kansas Association of School Boards legislative committee in Topeka urged replacing the school foundation finance plan. Kiowa’s Glen A. Weir, former KASB president, said current formula misallocates aid and leaves districts with the greatest need underserved. The plan aimed to equalize opportunity and reduce property taxes but has failed, he added.
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Topeka
Kansas Association of School Boards
Glen A. Weir
Kiowa
Weir
KASB
Foundation
Kansas educators seek 40 percent aid rise
The Kansas Association of School Administrators urged Gov. Docking and the Legislature to approve a 40 percent increase in state aid to school districts. The resolution, adopted at a Sunday meeting with over 100 administrators, warned of a coming financial crisis and potential harm to Kansas children’s education. It also called for easing local property tax burdens.
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Topeka
Kansas Association of School Administrators
KASA
Robert Docking
Kansas
Hart to stay in governor race in Kansas
George Hart of Wichita announced he will stay in the Democratic governor race. He had shifted to seek state treasurer but now backs remaining in the gubernatorial contest, citing Gov. Docking's Senate bid and highway bond plan as factors shaping his decision.
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Wichita
Kan
George Hart
Hart
Robert Docking
U.S. Senate
Docking
Kansas
Tax Reform Study To Include State Financing Review
Gov. Robert Docking said he would broaden a tax reform study to include financing of state government operations. He plans to appoint a blue ribbon commission before the legislative session ends and noted several letters in reply to his reform appeal, but gave no figures on potential savings.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Johnson
U.S
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Earthquake Devastates Western Sicily Towns
A series of major quakes struck western Sicily causing heavy casualties and widespread destruction. More than 220 people were killed, including many in the Montevago hospital collapse, with Gibellina and several towns left in ruins. The disaster triggered a large relief effort as thousands faced freezing conditions and homelessness.
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Palermo
Sicily
Montevago
Mediterranean Sea
Messina
Trapani
Marsala
Gibellina
National Weather Brings Snow and Cold Across Region
Snow, sleet and freezing rain covered sections from northern Mississippi and Georgia to the Great Lakes and New England. Schools closed from Illinois to Georgia and tens of thousands lost electricity across five states. Weather warnings remained in effect for heavy snow and freezing rain as travelers faced icy roads and outages persisted.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Georgia
Great Lakes
New England
Illinois
Ohio
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Maine
Veremont
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Eastport
Block Island
R.I
Washington
California
Heart Patient Still Critical After Transplant Surgery
STANFORD Calif AP Mike Kasperak remained in critical condition after emergency gallbladder removal at Stanford University Medical Center. Surgeons led by Dr Norman E Shumway removed a greatly enlarged gallbladder and cleared the bile duct while his transplanted heart continued to beat normally. International and U.S. experts questioned transplant success, noting discharge and a normal life remain unproven as cases like Dr Christiaan Barnard and Dr Philip Blaiberg enter ongoing evaluation.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Center
Norman E. Shumway
Jan
Kasperak
Johannesburg
South Africa
Washington, D.C
Chrisetiaan N. Barnard
Barnard
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Weather Topeka NE Kansas warms above freezing
The Weather Bureau forecast temperatures rising above freezing across northeast Kansas for a second time in 25 days with highs 35 to 40 in the east and near 50 in the west. Lows near 15 to 20, with partly cloudy, not so cold conditions tonight and Tuesday.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
90th Congress Opens Amid War Inflation Crime Unrest
Washington reports the 90th Congress convenes to face war costs inflation crime and racial unrest with a looming civil rights battle in the Senate and election-year pressures. President Johnson to outline sought measures including tax increases and dollar protection amid a proposed record budget and defense requests.
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Washington
90Th
Congress
Good Fellowship
Senate
House
Johnson
U.S
Lloyd Daugharthy Dies Sunday
Lloyd E. Daugharthy 56 of Ottawa RFD 4 died 11 05 p m Sunday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after three months illness. Services 2 p m Thursday at First Methodist Church with Rev Paul W Pentz officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials to First Methodist Church memorial fund. Lamb Roberts Funeral Home until 10 a m Thursday. Born April 23 1911 he was son of Ulysses Bradford Daugharthy and Clara Elizabeth Eversole Daugharthy. Married Ellene L Doty Feb 10 1935 at Garnett. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Roscoe E Long Teepeka a granddaughter five sisters and four brothers.
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Lloyd E. Daugharthy
Otetawa
Lamb. Roberts Funeral
Ulysses Bradford Daugharthy
Clara Elizabeth (Eversole) Daugharthy
Ellene L. Doty
Garnett
Franklin Coun Ty Farm Bureau Association
Franklin County Agriculture Extension Council
Ottawa
Russell C
Daugharthy
Raymond P
College
Bank Promotion For Jim Cooper Richmond Executive VP Cashier
Jimmy W. Cooper, formerly of Garnett State Savings Bank, becomes executive vice president and cashier of Peoples State Bank of Richmond. The move was announced at the Rich mond bank’s annual meeting on January 8. He succeeds Stanley Allen, who bought a ranch near Monett, Missouri. Cooper has served as vice president at Garnett State Savings Bank since 1961 and holds a B.S. from Tarkio College in Tarkio, Missouri.
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Richmond
Jimmy W. Cooper
Garnett State Savings Bank
Peoples State Bank of
Richmond Bank
Stanley Allen
Moenett
Cooper
Tarkio College
Tarkio
Blaiberg Seen As Satisfactory After Transplant
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Philip Blaiberg rose from bed for the second time since his January 2 heart transplant A Groote Schuur Hospital bulletin calls his condition satisfactory Mrs Blaiberg says he sat to eat and looks marvellous with an excellent appetite There are no signs of heart rejection and the throat virus infection has largely disappeared
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Too Many Changes In 20 Years Alf Landon Says Containment Is Outmoded
Alf M Landon former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee urges building bridges with Communist nations through trade expansion and criticizes containment of Communism as outmoded. He says the policy splits the Soviet bloc nations and fails to account for rising nationalism and state capitalism. He notes Johnsons Vietnam policies and calls for freeing trade barriers and stabilizing the dollar to address balance of payments.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Rotary Club
Johnson
Sen
Barry Goldwater
North Vietnam
Harry Truman
China
Soviet Union
America
Vietnam
Rotarians
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Jim Cooper
Alf Landon
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