Interstate Highway Growth in 1956 and Delayed Goals
The piece recalls the 1956 federal Interstate Highways Act creating a 42500 mile system to finish by 1972 and notes a 1978 target now set by the Federal Highway Administration. It cites the Ottawa to Kansas City stretch on I-35 and a 56 mile gap toward Emporia under construction, with criticism of shifting blame for delays.
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Ottawa
Kansas City
Federal Highway Administration
Here
Emporia
Costs and delays plague the interstate highway plan
The piece traces delays in design and environmental hurdles, congressional funding hesitations, and soaring costs. It notes six years of slow completion, a $41 billion original price rising to an estimated $75 billion, with $34 billion spent due to mismanagement, and the project still years from finish.
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Uncle Sam
Congress
Winds and Smoky Air Pollution Reach Florida and Nearby States
Florida complains of five days of smoky haze blamed on an industrial air pollution bank tied to Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Some weather factors are involved but Kansas winds currently protect the state though shifts could occur.
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Sunshine
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Congress weighs TV news staging after polar bear hoax
Rep Larry Winn cites an NBC broadcast that fused five films 45 times to appear as a real helicopter hunt, urging closer policing of the television industry. Lawmakers question truth in news broadcasts and consider labels warning viewers that a program is staged for effect.
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Congress
Larry Winn
NBC
Winn
Debunking calorie myths about hot versus cold food
Dear Dr Thosteson replies that the claim hot food has more calories is true only to a limited extent. The answer explains the physics of heat and energy transfer, noting temperature itself does not change a food’s caloric content. The dialogue clarifies common misconceptions about calories.
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Dr. Thosteson
R.T.P
Calorie concept explained with ice cream and weight loss idea
The article explains calories as heat units from physics and metabolism, notes large versus small calories, and debunks a college student’s weight loss theory by showing the large calorie scale greatly reduces expected loss. It includes reader questions on eye flashes and hair care as well as brief notes on general guidance and prayer.
West Germans largely avoid sports despite fitness drive
In Bonn, Germany, amid a nationwide campaign promoting voluntary physical fitness and weight control, 37 percent of West Germans report never engaging in any sports activity. The finding highlights persistent inactivity despite public health efforts.
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Bonn
Germany
McGovern Surges Toward Nomination After California Win
Political writer notes McGovern built a durable campaign structure, turning early outsider status into momentum after sweeping California, New Mexico, and New Jersey. Delegates gathered surpass rivals, while Muskie Humphrey struggle to halt the surge as New York nears, and McGovern's own team touts a new, persistent, grass roots machine.
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Walter R. Mears
Sen
George McGovern
McGovern
California
Miami Beach
New Mexico
George C. Wallace
Alabama
New Jersey
South Dakota
Hollywood
Humphrey
Muskie
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Kid Specialist Shapes Cheerful TV For Kids
New York AP reports Lester Cooper executive producer creator and writer of ABCs Make A Wish discusses aims and methods for a new 6 to 12 age group children program. He cites fast cuts animation music and Icarus as teaching options while urging public support for good children TV. Washington RP notes Agriculture Department 1971 hired farm work force rose to 2.6 million with nonmigrant gain and migrant decline 12 percent. median age 22, 73 percent male and white, 78 percent living off nonfarm sites.
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New York
Lester Cooper
ABC
Cooper
Icarus
Washington
Agriculture Department
Television Log 5:00 to 12:30 Weekend Schedule
Daily Ottawa Kansas television guide lists turnings for 5:00 PM to 12:30 AM with a dense roster of programs including Dream of Jeannie Hazel Lost in Space High Chaparral Hogan's Heroes Mister Rogers Special Election 72 NBC Mystery Movie This Week Night Gallery Dragnet Captain Kangaroo Jerry Lewis News and Weather. Includes local publication and subscription details.
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Kansas
Hazel
Emergency
Electric Company
Eddie
Smith Family
Colwyn
Medical Center
Mannix
Night Gallery
Soul
Dragnet
Black Journal
Jesus
Jerry Lewis
David Frost
Dr. Kiidare
Somerset
Jeannie
Andy Griffith
Jeff’s Collie
Petticoat Junction
the Saint
Mike Douglas
Daniel Boone
Lucille Ball
Mister Rogers
Johnny Sokko
My Three Sons
Wagon Train
Dick van Dyke
Bewitched
Simon Locke
Bridge
Underdog
Flip Wilson
Me Aid the Chimp
Alias Smith and Jones
Tarzan
NET Playhouse
Owen Marshall
Dean Martin
World Press Review
Johnny Carson
Dick Cavett
Peggy
Ottawa
Robert B. Wellington
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Grace Crawford
Lucille Rivers
Dennis the Menace
Melody Matinee
Cafferty & Company
Doctors
Guiding Light
Maine
Peyton-Placy
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