Kansas Turnpike Study Funds Stir Highway Authority Feud
In Topeka John Montgomery of the highway department seeks legal guidance on whether the Kansas Highway Commission or the Kansas Turnpike Authority should contract for a feasibility study of a Mid-Continent Expressway linking Johnson County, Kansas City, and Leavenworth. The Finance Council authorized 40,000 dollars for the study, prompting questions on funds transfer and agency responsibility.
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Kansas Highway Commission
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Highway Department
Wichita
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Leavenworth
Missouri River
Mid-Continent International Airport
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Pool Officials Explain Ottawa Pool Shutdown During High Water
Ottawa recreation commission officials said the pool was closed only at night due to large pools of water in the park and police concerns about children. They stressed the pool itself was never contaminated by flood water and remains in No. 1 condition.
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City County Hospital meeting on ambulance service solution
Franklin County funeral homes seek exit from ambulance work citing wage hour and Medicare rules as of Sept 1. County and city officials, hospital trustees, and lawyers discuss options including contracting with city or private providers while noting the hospital may be central to most calls. A three member committee is formed to report by next Monday.
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Franklin County Funeral Homes
Robert Clogston
Board of Trustees
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Clogston
One Tire
Charles Williameson
George Atchison
Robert B. Wellington
Robert A. Andereson
Myron Steere
Steere
Ourself
Lyman Corls
Corlis
Williamson
Don Averill
Anderson
Kansas
Stephen Lott
County considers combined volunteer ambulance plan
Anderson County officials weighed a mixed ambulance service after Farris funeral home ends operations Saturday. A volunteer unit funded through Red Cross training and county funds was proposed, with coverage limited to one or two 24 hour shifts monthly.
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Farris Funeral Home
Wayne Pracht
Sheriff's Office
Garnett
Red Cross
Farris
Jordan King Hussein to visit President Johnson in Washington
Washington AP King Hussein of Jordan set to meet President Johnson Wednesday as two kings in succession visit the United States in two days. Hussein arrived at the UN to advocate for the Arab cause in the Middle East dispute and was expected to be invited to call on Johnson.
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Thailand
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Motels bandits nabbed after kidnapping and shooting spree
In a Lawrence motel raid the two men seized a night clerk and ambushed a motel wife before fleeing toward Salina where a crash ended the pursuit. The hostage Thomas Daniels of Bird City, a KU graduate student, is hospitalized with a head wound and multiple fractures.
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Lawrence
Donald L. Lynch
Bruce H. Sparks
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas E. Daniels
Bird City
University of Kansas
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Lynch
Bill Maertens
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Kansas and Missouri
A severe thunderstorm watch extends from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT for northeast and east central Kansas and northeast and west central Missouri. The Weather Bureau warns of hail and damaging winds along a line from Omaha to Chanute, with storms forming in Iowa and Nebraska and moving southeast toward Missouri and Kansas. Partly cloudy and warmer through Wednesday with scattered storms tonight and tomorrow. lows near 70, highs around 90.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Arizona Town In Terror Pied Piper Killer Loose
Sierra Vista faces a living nightmare as two blonde girls vanish and are found murdered on or near Fort Huachuca. Cindy Clelland disappeared two months ago and was found nude, stabbed to death on a remote firing range. Jenelle Haines vanished near the Officers Club pond and was later found with a crushed skull. The FBI joined the investigation after the second death on federal property.
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Sierra Vista, Ariz
Cindy Clelland
Sierra Vista
Ft. Huachuca
Desert Army Post
Strategic Communications Command
Jenelle Haines
Ft. Huachuca Officers Club
Sack Day Proclaimed For Franklin County Court House
Tomorrow is sack day at the Franklin County Courthouse with female employees wearing sack dresses. Commissioners have not officially declared June 28 as Sack Day, but sources say they asked the women to wear the gaudy multi colored outfits on a court house day.
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Court House
Franklin County
Tornado Funds Set For Topeka Area Relief
The Small Business Administration will patch in 4 million dollars for tornado relief loans in the Garden City region of Kansas. The White House notice assigns 3 million for home loans and 1 million for business loans.
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Topeka
Small Business Administration
Garden City
Kan
White House
Ottawa City Band Concert At City Park Tonight
Rain permitting the Ottawa City Band will give a park concert at 8 tonight. Selections include Carousel, Mame, and various marches. If weather worsens, the performance will be canceled and fans advised to stay home.
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Ottawa City Band
City Park
Fed Chief Calls For Tax Boost To Shield Prosperity
Washington AP reports Gardner Ackley chair of the Council of Economic Advisers told Congress income taxes must rise this year to safeguard prosperity. He cites inflation risk and tight money as reasons, aligning with Fed Chair Chesney Martin Jr. who backs Johnson’s six percent surcharge and suggests a larger boost may be needed.
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