Apollo 11 Near Halfway To Moon With Medal Honorees
Apollo 11 marks halfway to the moon firing a three second midcourse engine burn to adjust course. Medals honoring Yuri Gagarin Vladimir Komarov and U S Air Force Lt Col Virgil Grissom and Edward White and Navy Lt Cmdr Roger Chaffee to be left on the moon. President Nixon announced the mission carries the medals and the widows donated them during a Soviet visit. The burn raised speed by 14 mph and adjusted trajectory to pass 69 miles from the moon’s backside before lunar orbit insertion. Moon hardware and Luna 15 activity noted as spacecraft track the mission.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Russia
Surtax Measure Passes House-Backed Extension
The Senate Finance Committee voted 9 8 to approve the House passed surtax extension bill without change and send it to the Senate floor for debate. Leaders debate timing and demand for meaningful tax reform, with Chairman Long proposing quick hearings and executive session to add reform amendments while aiming for action before the August recess.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Finance Committee
Mansfield
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Kansas Supreme Court curbs immunity in medical case
Kansas Supreme Court by a 4 3 decision abolishes governmental immunity for negligence in proprietary activities. Wayne Carroll sought 250000 damages from the State Board of Regents and KU Medical Center staff for alleged hospital negligence. The majority says patients in government hospitals deserve same redress as private facilities. Chief Justice Price criticizes the ruling as judicial activism.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Robert T. Price
Wayne C. Carroll
Great Bend
State Board of Regents
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Carroll
Ottawa 290 Tax Levy Cut Despite Higher Spending
The Ottawa school district 290 will see a lower tax levy next year despite higher expenditures, down $1.01 per $1,000 assessed valuation to $33.35. The budget, running July 1 1969 to July 1 1970, adds three teachers and expands instruction with Eisenhower school. Total budgeted expenditures rise to $1,419,150 in the general fund, with other funds pushing the total to $1,825,961.
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Ottawa
Marvin Forker
The
Herald
Forker
New Eisenhower
County Forecast Shows Warm Weekend With Isolated Thunderstorms
Variable cloudiness continues through Friday with a 40 percent chance of scattered thundershowers tonight and Friday. Tonight’s lows mid 70s, highs Friday in the 90s. Record highs and lows for this date noted. hourly temps listed through 8 a.m. today. Whirlpool air conditioners advertised by Crites Appliance at 419 S Main.
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Crites
S. Main
Go Karts Considered For Ottawa City Area
Ottawa officials heard a guest request a go kart site near the high school for evening use, about 100 by 50 feet between 6 and 9 p.m., with a decision due next week. Also reported: drainage issues on Cypress, paving efforts, two pigeon shows approved for Forest Park, runway upgrades at the Municipal Airport 85 percent complete, Parking Lot Charlie and Parking Lot Bravo projects, fire restriction and liquid storage ordinances on first reading, and Dick Skoog named judge pro tem in the Police Court absence.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Paul Snethen
S. Mulberry
City Commission
Snethen
Sne
Cypress
Verne Wadkins
Public Works Department
Central States
Forest Park
Craig Roberts
Wilson and Company
Salina
Commission
Roberts
Charlie
South
Hickory
Walnut
Dick Skoog
Police Court
Donald White
Denver, Colo
Soviet Luna 15 Enters Moon Orbit Ahead of Landing
Luna 15 has reached an elliptical orbit around the moon about two hours long and 600 to 1,200 miles high. Jodrell Bank observers expect a landing attempt by Friday morning, with Tass suggesting it may become a lunar satellite. Sir Bernard Lovell cautions that orbit data point to a future landing, possibly for rock collection. No official progress update from the Soviet Union is available.
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Moscow
Earth
Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Moon
H. Gagarin
Jodrell Bank
England
Observatory
Bernard Lovell
Tass
Bernard
Lovell
Sir Bernard
Soviet Union
War slowdown debated by US military leaders in Saigon
In Saigon top American military officials met to weigh the impact of a lull in the Vietnam War and prospects for further troop withdrawals. Last week showed the lowest U S combat deaths this year at 148, with enemy dead at least 2 061 and 352 government troops killed, while U S casualties included 1 612 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Holiday Declared For State Employees In Apoll o11 Mission
Gov. Robert Docking proclaimed Monday a holiday for Kansas state workers to honor the Apollo 11 mission. He announced from Cape Kennedy where he attended the liftoff with Vice President Spiro Agnew. Nixon had earlier declared a federal holiday and urged private employers to grant a day off.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Docking
Cape Kennedy
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard Nixon
United States
Kansas
Nixon
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Mediterranean
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Africa
Portugal
Spain
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Delaware
Williams
Kansas Highway Department
Larry E. Bellam
Edna
Jimmy Orton
Ransom Memorial
Orton
Owny Sunflower Sales
Parsons
West
Americal Division
Lth Light Infantry
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