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University Daily Kansan
Page 0016_1 from reel: L 744 (1968-02-06 to 1968-07-30)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/72569

Title: Republican Highway Plan Fails Again in House
Summary: The Republican highway plan failed to gain support in the Kansas House, with only 52 of 78 Republican members voting in favor of the bill that would have imposed a two-cent per gallon gasoline tax and $300 million in bonds over 10 years to finance road programs.
Category: national news
Subjects: transportation policy; federal legislation; highway funding
Named Entities: Conard, John [Kansas Republican]; Docking, Robert B. [Kansas governor]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Santa Fe Will Pay for ICC Charge
Summary: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad agreed to pay a $5,000 government claim for using a seating code that segregated Negroes, following an investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Category: national news
Subjects: transportation regulation; railroad industry; civil rights
Named Entities: Gould, Bernard A. [ICC Director of Enforcement]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Ford President Old GM Wheel
Summary: The new president of Ford Motor Company, Semon E. "Bunky" Knudsen, previously served as vice president of General Motors, raising questions about potential changes in Ford's competitive strategy against GM.
Category: national news
Subjects: automotive industry; corporate leadership; business competition
Named Entities: Knudsen, Semon E. "Bunky" [Ford president]; Ford Motor Company; General Motors
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Philip Blaiberg Is 'Satisfactory'
Summary: Philip Blaiberg, the world's only remaining heart transplant patient, is in 'completely satisfactory' condition according to a Groote Schuur Hospital report.
Category: national news
Subjects: medical advancements; organ transplantation; healthcare
Named Entities: Blaiberg, Philip [heart transplant patient]; Groote Schuur Hospital
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Man Claims Title in Chicken Eating
Summary: Patrick Waggaman, 22, claims to be a world champion after eating 51 pieces of chicken in 2½ hours at the Idlewood Inn in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Category: national news
Subjects: food competitions; records; human achievements
Named Entities: Waggaman, Patrick [chicken eating champion]; Purdue University
Confidence: 0.75

Title: It Costs to Count
Summary: Clark County Assessor James A. Bilbray reported spending $565 last year to count bees and sheep for tax purposes, with revenues amounting to about $30.
Category: national news
Subjects: government administration; taxation; agriculture
Named Entities: Bilbray, James A. [Clark County Assessor]
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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