Kansas House votes to loosen mandatory retirement rules
The Kansas House reversed itself and passed a bill liberalizing the public employees retirement act with a 73 to 12 vote after a earlier defeat. The measure allows continued work beyond age 70 with authority from the employing agency and Civil Service Board, while 65 remains normal retirement but can be extended. The bill returns to the Senate for amendments as lawmakers rush to clear bills this week.
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Topeka
Kansas House
House
State Civil Service Board
Kansas House Sends Bills To Senate on Driver Tests and Local Tax Moves
The Kansas House approved numerous measures before adjournment, sending to the Senate proposals including eye tests for driver license applicants after certain ages, continued state control of fire and police pension funds, water access contracts for Moundridge Reservoir, and studies on unemployment law administration, waterways transportation feasibility, and public health group registration. It also authorizes countywide junior college levy votes, creates a $2 million highway revolving fund for right of way purchases, licenses fertilizer blenders, studies county manager form viability, allows higher city millage for industrial incentives, and permits cities to levy up to one mill for industry and manufacturing support.
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Kansas
Hays and
Russell
Order Legislative Council
Arkansas
Andersen to Waive Appeal and Hand Minnesota Governorship
Republican Elmer L. Andersen will waive his appeal of the recount ruling and transfer the Minnesota governorship to Democrat Karl F. Rolvaag on Monday after three judges affirmed Rolvaag by 91 votes out of more than a million cast. Under state law Andersen had 10 days to appeal, but a waiver clears the way for Rolvaag to assume office.
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ST. Paul
Supreme Court
Rolvaag
Minnesota
Gary Hisey Convicted for Disturbing the Peace in Snowball Incident
In Dunsmuir California AP report Gary Hisey was found guilty of disturbing the peace for knocking L N Mulenix off a bar stool with a snowball. He received a 60 day suspended jail term and two years probation.
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Dunsmuir
Calif
Gary Hisey
L. N. Mulenix
Hisey
Weather County Forecast Fair and Mild Through Saturday
Fair and continued mild conditions expected in the county through Saturday. Overnight lows in the middle 30s. Saturday highs forecast from 65 to 70 degrees.
Eruption of Agung Volcano Devastates Bali
Bali governor reports 1,100 dead and 75,000 homeless after five days of lava flow from Agung volcano. An estimated 200,000 may have lost livelihoods as ash blankets rice lands and 100,000 Balinese flee the stricken northeast coast. Civil defense warns of further eruptions and evacuations within 20 miles.
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Denpasar
Bali
Agung
Anak Agung Sutedja
Java
Jakarta
City Levee Gates Urged After Spring Inspection
Ottawa flood protection undergoes spring check by D H Chappell of the Army Corps Kansas City District. He urges immediate construction of gates at ramps onto the earth levee to stop unauthorized traffic and protect crown. He warns against encroachment on levee right of way and notes displaced riprap rocks in valve wells. Chappell condemns burned grass on a levee slope as poor practice.
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Ottawa
D. H. Chappell
Corps of U. S. Army Engineers
Kansas City District
Chappell
Robert Lister
Corps of Engineers
Tally's Toot It would have been a nice day to have dropped the re
A casual remark suggests a policy debate about retirement age, noting a hypothetical lowering to around 32. The line hints at a discussion or opinion on labor and aging, with no named individuals, dates, or organizations.
Leaky Well Plugging Clears Path For Highway
State workers finishing an old oil well that breached US 169 near a town. O D Garrett says completion by noon will allow highway crews to patch the road at 1 p m. The No 2 Brecheisen well, bought in 1936, caused salt water and oil spillovers prompting a reroute. over 200 sacks of cement sealed the hole at multiple levels.
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Welda
O. D. Garrett
Wellsville
Garrett
Paola
Ten Pounds Off Forty To Go
Mary Ferguson a 36 year old Long Beach housewife aiming to drop 50 pounds in two weeks reports progress She has lost 10 pounds and reduced her hips by two inches and bust by three and a half inches though her waist remains unchanged She diets on coffee tea and bouillon with no solid foods and has chosen a private hotel room to fast.
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Long Beach
Calif
Mary Ferguson
American Dies In Viet Nam War
The 66th American fatality in the South Viet Nam war since late 1961 was reported today. An enlisted man was killed Thursday when an Army transport helicopter crashed in the Da Lat area, 160 miles northeast of Saigon. The American crew chief escaped unharmed. The helicopter crew included an American pilot and copilot who suffered broken arms, while two of five Vietnamese passengers were seriously injured. The crash was due to mechanical failure. Names of the Americans were not announced.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dalat
Ottawans Named Among Interim Appointees
The Kansas State Senate approved two Ottawan interim appointees yesterday. Milo Hewitt was named to the Industrial Development Commission and Robert A. Anderson to the Board of Social Welfare. Ady, Boys Tennis Shoes 2.99 to 3.99 at Self Serv. Paines Bootery.
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John Anderson
Kansas
State Senate
Milo Hewitt
Industrial Development Commission
Robert A. Anderson
Board of Social Welfare
Paines Bootery
Ady
Last Day At Creamery After 56 Years By Dick Crawford
Clarence Day retired today after 56 years with Bennett Creamery Ottawa. He arrived in 1907 as a butter maker and rose to plant supervisor then technical advisor, witnessing the plant grow from 10,000 to 300,000 pounds daily while adapting to cream separators and new products. Day recalls early ice cream making, delivery by horse and wagon, and his 1960 European tour before final retirement plans to travel, enjoy flowers, fish, and time for his wife.
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Dick Crawford
Clarence Day
Ash
Bennett Creamery
Day
Ottawa
Bennett
Iowa
B. D. Bennett
D. W. Dawkins
The
Ottawa Condensing Company
Forest Park Creamery Company
Dawkins
Olin
Mary Lindquist
Harold Rich
Oakland
Calif
Arthur
University of Wisconsin
Dairy Industries
Junior
Ransom Bennett Jr
Europe
Bennett's Creamery
Herald
Remembering a six year storm six years ago
Ottawa recalls a major blizzard six years past when a vast winter storm swept nine states, with winds and heavy snow. The episode killed several people, caused large livestock losses, and left Oklahoma and Texas affected as water supplies and dams recovered from the deluge.
Snow Piles Up In East
Heavy snow hit Maryland and West Virginia with up to 10 inches in Clarksburg and Elms, and Garrett County reporting 10 inches. Western Maryland Railway in Cumberland logged two feet of snow with drifts to 16 feet in Laurelbank, Pocahontas County, WV, as one train faced snow up to its headlight while nine diesel locomotives pulled 70 coal cars. Clear weather favored most of the nation.
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Associated Press
Maryland
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Elms
Garrett County
Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland
Laurelbank
Pocahontas County
W.va
Milk Price Bill Killed By House Ag Committee
In Topeka AP reports the Kansas House Agricultural Committee killed a bill to end milk price wars after Senate approval. The measure would bar processors from below cost sales to promote other merchandise or divert trade. Farmers and retailers would not be directly affected, and grocers opposed the bill. Sponsors hoped it would replace an unconstitutional prior Kansas Supreme Court ruling.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Agricultural Committee
Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
Traffic Toll Topeka AP Log March 1963 Update
Traffic death report for Topeka shows 6 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Friday for March 15, 1963, reflecting a rise from the previous year with 98 deaths in comparable 1962 period. Police and highway officials record daily tolls to monitor road danger levels.
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Tures
Weeeene
Seeee
sGeate
Aeente
M. A
Veeey
Eowane Coogee
A. A. m. Veeene
M. m. Reneneeds A. m. Heneere
M. Vesee
A. Sonaeo
Topeka
Kansas
Joel McCrea sells 1000 acres in California to developer
Actor Joel McCrea sold 1000 acres of ranch land in Moorpark California to a home developer for about 3 million dollars. Ground-breaking deal cites McCrea as the buyer in recent real estate activity.
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Moorpark
Calif
Joel McCrea
Real McCoys Footwear Advertisement at Paines Bootery
A compact ad promotes Real McCoys shoes for men with the claim feet hurt relief. Appears as a retail prompt from Paines Bootery, urging readers to try the brand for comfort.
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Real McCoys
Paines Bootery
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