Shawnee County must appraise real property for tax rolls
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Shawnee County must follow the 1963 law requiring a fee appraisal of real property to fix assessments at 30 percent of justifiable value. The decision upholds prior rulings and supports state uniformity in taxation and equality of assessment across counties.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Shawnee
State Board of Tax Appeals
Supreme Court
High Court
Civil War Hinted In Communist China
Tokyo dispatch reports Defense Minister Lin Piao asserting China is in civil war. Wall posters accuse naval and air force leaders as plotters while Maoist faction struggles continue. Lin warns Mao loyalists face purge as 720 million people endure turmoil in China.
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Communist
China
Tokyo
Peking
Lin Piao
Red
Tnow
Air Force
Yomiuri
Lin
Liu Shaochhi
Mao
Chiang Ching
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Lin Yutang
Manila
Taipei
Formosa
California Regents Fire College Head
President Clark Kerr of the University of California was fired by the Board of Regents after a closed session vote of 14 to 8. Kerr blamed partisan politics for the move as he faced debate over budget cuts and tuition, which Governor Reagan supported.
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Reagan
Kerr
Retired General Urges Military Space Effort
Former Air Force chief General Curtis LeMay calls for a stronger military presence in space and argues for a police force there to maintain peace. He also urges a winning, swift U.S. victory in Vietnam, supports listing major targets for destruction in North Vietnam, and warns against withdrawal. He contends the Defense Department neglects a manned strategic nuclear bombing system to augment missiles.
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Washington
Curtis E. LeMay
United States
LéMay
Vietnam
LeMay
Strategic Air Force
Defense Department
Rickenbacker Predicts SST Era and Atomic Power Breakthrough
Eddie Rickenbacker, famed World War I ace and Eastern Air Lines leader, predicts the supersonic transport SST will arrive and cites a path from 1500 to 2000 mph with ramjet tech toward orbital flight. He envisions 15 minute New York to London trips and 18 minutes Paris flights, noting rocket air planes at 10000 to 15000 mph. The speech accompanied his Tony Jannus Award dinner honor in Tampa Florida.
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Tampa, Fla
New York
London
Paris
North American
Australia
World
Rickenbacker
Presient
Eastern Air Lines
Pacif Ic
Tony Jannus
Weather Report shows Friday high of 56 and record highs
Friday's high reaches 56 with a low of 38 for today and a year ago low of 18. Record high for the date is 66 set in 1933 and the record low is 7 from 1935. Hourly readings wrap to 8 a.m. today with mixed values up to 9 p.m. Barometer stands at 29.85.
Kennedy Barber Likes His Hair
Washington AP reports Senator Robert F. Kennedy's barber Alexander Culver, who has cut cards for 34 years, says Kennedy's hair is "just right for him." A constituent, Emanuel F. Manheimer, sent a $2 check urging a trim, but Kennedy summoned Culver to his office first. Culver asserts Kennedy never dictates the cut and that he knows how it should be.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Alexander Culver
New York Democrat
Kennedy
Emanuel F. Manheimer
Ossining
Culver
Old Hand Argues With New Blood
In Washington fresh man Republican Senator Merk O Hatfield says the United States should negotiate peace in Vietnam with all sides including the Viet Cong, contrasting with Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen who questions bargaining with non Hanoi representatives. Mansfield notes the question is unresolved. LeMay advocates greater use of air and naval power and Goldwater says the U S seems to be winning after a Vietnam tour.
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Washington
Merk O
Hatfield
United States
Vietnam
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Oregon
Dirksen
Johnson
State of the Union
Hanoi
Saigon
Singapore
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Curtis E. LeMey
LeMay
Barry Goldwater
Phoenix
Ariz
Atomic Plane Project Revival Cites C5A Nuclear Transport Hope
NASA quietly keeps alive the $1 billion Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project. The aim is to explore giant planes like the C5A able to carry a nuclear reactor with shielding. NASA says the breakthrough is in large airplane capability, not nuclear tech, with only about $250,000 yearly for research and no new large program planned.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ANP
Air Force
CSA
NASA
Aeronautical Division
Charles W. Harper
Lifelong hobbyist’s fossil collection sent to Emporia
Mrs. A C Carpenter of Ottawa Kansas donated her late husband’s extensive fossil and mineral collection to Emporia State College geology department. The gift, organized and valued for study and display, reflects his lifelong passion for geology and education. The collection will bolster the new physical science building’s display and teaching uses.
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Lois Smith
A. C. Carpenter
Huseband
Emporia State College
Carpenter
Cole
Emporia State
Hawaii
Maud Carpenter
Hulda Jones
Emporia
Kansas
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Lincoln Grade School
Cubs
Jerry Peffly
N. Oak
John McAdoo
E. Wilson
Allen Thrasher
Brad Cowdin
N. Locust
Who
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Girl
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tse-Tung
SU Chen-hua
Navy
Defense Council
Ho Lung
Kang Sheng
oroeMao Red Guards
Newsepaper
Asahi
California Regents Fire College
South Vietnam
Forsees
Eddie Rickenbacker
Columbus
Ohio
Rickembacker
Kennedy Barber
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Lowe
Ottawa University
Kansas Academy of Science
American Federal of Mineral Societies
Sacramento
Calif
Smoky Hill River
Gove County
Empo
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