Mail Order Rifle and Shotgun Ban Clears House Panel
The House Judiciary Committee approved a strict ban on mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, aligning with a broader push for tighter gun controls. The measure bars sales to out-of-state residents and to buyers under 18, with action by the Senate expected next Thursday.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
de Conn
Senate Judiciary
House
Gunfire Deaths Rise In U S Across Weeklong AP Survey
The Associated Press reports 79 people were killed by guns in the United States since midnight Sunday. Of these, 41 were homicides, 28 personal crisis deaths, and 10 accidents. The piece notes child fatalities, a policeman wounded, and rising gun control calls after high-profile assassinations including Robert F. Kennedy. The survey runs through Sunday, June 23.
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Associated Press
United States
Florida Highway Patrol
Joseph McCants
Francis Lee Fortune
Graceville
McCants
Wayne Roye
Wake
Virginia
Philip
Paul Alvin Witcher
Franklin County
Johnny Ray Witcheser
FBI
Americ Ca
Wingert enters race to challenge Pinet for state House seat
Wingert of 432 Elm filed today as a Democrat seeking the state representative post in this district. He would oppose incumbent Republican Robert Pinet, seeking a second term. Wingert owns Wingert Oil Co and has farming interests in Franklin and Riley Counties. A Wellsville native, son of Harold and Mrs Wingert, he is precinct committeeman and previously active in Democratic circles. He is a Kansas State animal husbandry graduate, served in Korea, ran a farm machinery business in El Dorado, later moved to Ottawa, and is married to Jane with three children Nancy, George and Harold.
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George D. Wingert
Elm
Wingert
Robert Pinet
Kansas
Wingert Oil Co
Franklin
Riley
Wellsville
Harold Wingert
Wellsville High
Kansas State University
el Dorado
Ottawa
Jane
Nancy
George
Harold
Rockefeller attacks past policy in election clash
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged re examination of the fold policies. Nelson Rockefeller argues both Humphrey and Nixon want to relive the past. Nixon says real change comes only if Democrats Republicans and independents unite against Humphrey if he secures the Democratic nomination.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kansas marriage license rule for clergy to register
Clergy and others authorized to perform marriages must register with probate court under a Kansas law taking effect July 1. If the deadline is missed, two witnesses must accompany the filing. otherwise a marriage ceremony may be invalid.
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Kansas
Library Seeks $2,500 Budget Increase for 1969
Ottawa's Carnegie Free Library requests a $50,053.87 budget for next year up from $47,500 to fund staff raises. The library board presented the plan at the Ottawa City Commission meeting, with final action deferred until summer budget calculations.
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Ottawa
Carnegie Free Library
Library Board
Penny Construction Co
Lawrence
Olive
Rohrer Constructing and Construction Co
Kansas City
South Park
East Second
Hickory
South Walnut
Docking Seeks Four Year Governors Term In Kansas
Gov. Robert Docking urged a citizens committee to replace the current term with a four year governor term, aligned with even years between presidential elections. He favored reelection eligibility and proposed legislature convening Feb 1 in term years, plus consolidating executive agencies and removing several elected offices.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
Wesley Sowers
Wichita
Insur
Defense Chief Optimistic on Paris Talks Movement
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford said there is some movement in the stalled Paris discussions with North Vietnam and that both sides aim to resolve the conflict. He noted May infiltration of about 29,000 North Vietnamese into South Vietnam, with 26,000 as replacements, and projected 20,000 per month for June to August. He reported U.S. casualties at 400-500 weekly and enemy losses around 5,000, while signaling limited faith in formal talks and continued bombing restraint if North Vietnam reciprocates.
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Washington
Secreary of
Clark M. Clifford
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Defense Secretary
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Clifford
Defense
Johnson
U.S
Private talks emerge in Paris Viet Nam peace talks
In Paris the ninth session of US North Vietnam talks shows a new pattern of private conversations. Harriman and Vance met informally with Xuan Thuy and Le Duc Tho for about 40 minutes during a four hour session. US officials hope regular private discussions will ease the stalemate and resume progress toward ending the war.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
U.S
William J. Jorden
Tol
Watkins Nominated Postmaster Confirmed by Senate
Ernest E. Watkins, acting postmaster, learned his nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate late Wednesday after President Johnson named him. A telegram from Sen. Frank Carlson confirmed the action. Watkins has served since October 1965. Also approved was Marvin E. Jordon for Baldwin.
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Ernest E. Watkins
U.S. Senate
Sen
Frank Carlson
Senate Post Office Committee
Watkins
Johnson
T. J. Cummings Jr
Ottawa
Senate
Marvin E. Jordon
Baldwin
Nine Cars, 900000 Miles, No Tickets for Well Plugger
O D Garrett of Wellsville RFD 1 retired after a 50 year oil and gas career driving more than 900000 miles across 21 northeast Kansas counties without a crash. As a plugging supervisor he oversaw wells from 360 to 3600 feet and urged stronger plugging bonds. He plans to travel, work for the lord, and raise cattle.
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Allen Winchester
Wellsville
O. D. Garrett
RFD 1
Kansas Corporation Commission
Garrett
Kansas
Franklin
Overland Park
Welda
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