Vandal damage to road signs highlighted at southeast Kansas meeting
About 100 county leaders met at the 4th division highway office building in Parsons as Allen county engineer Floyd Heath and others discussed uniform road sign standards set to take effect December 31. Warnings about vandalism and sign loss accompanied talks on funding and right of way payments.
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Allen County
James R. Nelson
Elsmore
Southeast Kansas Assn. of
Paul Rankin
Montgomery County
Floyd Heath
W. E. Allison
Kansas Highway Commission
Fred Allen
League of Kansas Municipalities
Allison
Alliso
Neosho County
Pursuit of MLK Killer Narrowed by Police Routine
Memphis investigators focus on standard police work to follow clues after the MLK assassination. Commissioners Drewry and Moore say no fugitive warrant yet. Fire chief Holloman probes whether radio interference misled officers, with Lt. Bradshaw tied to a nearby chase but not involved.
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King
Robert G. Drewry
John C. Moore
U.S
FBI
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Frank C. Holloman
Memphis Fire and Police
R. W. Bradshaw
Holloman
Lt. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Weather forecast for Kansas turns mild with increasing winds
Area forecast calls for generally fair weather and mild conditions tonight and Thursday. Lows in the 40s, highs in the 70s, with stronger southwest winds starting Thursday. Topeka reports clear skies and warm temperatures, with top values 70 to 75 and lows ranging from the 30s to mid 40s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Wamego
Pittsburg
Chanute Chamber Dinner Set With WIBW Speaker
Last call for reservations for the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. The event is Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple. Thad Sandstrom, vice president and general manager of WIBW, Topeka, will speak. Serving begins at 6 30.
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Chanute Area
Intercepted Letter Forecasts Cha Nomination Battle
An intercepted note hints that Rocky and Humphrey will intensify the presidential nomination race, suggesting forthcoming moves in party contests. The letter, though brief, implies heightened interest in the campaign dynamic.
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Rocky
Humphrey
Campaign Developments Signal Democratic Push After Easter
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey prepares to enter the Democratic presidential race immediately after Easter. Democratic Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy campaign in Indiana and Nebraska as campaigns resume following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. funeral. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller releases position statements to influence the GOP platform.
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Associated Press
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Martin Luther King
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Nebraska
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ferry Sinks in Wellington River Hazard
A 8,944 ton ferry Wahine with 614 aboard capsized at Wellington harbor during a violent storm. Officials feared 150 drowned as 123 mph winds lashed high seas. A rescue flotilla pulled survivors from the water while 42 bodies were recovered along shore or in the sea.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Wellington Harbor
Hilda Quinn
Second Day of Lull In Ground Fighting
Saigon reports a broad allied sweep surrounding the capital with more than 100000 troops from five nations. Little action was seen as a two day lull continued in Vietnam. Operation Toan Thang began as a continuation to press the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces around Saigon.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Quyet Thang
Prospects of Peace Clouded After Camp David Talks
President Johnson wrapped up marathon war and peace talks at Camp David while Hanoi signaled possible talks in Phnom Penh. No comments on any developments were given as U S officials weighed negotiation locales and logistics amid King observances nationwide. Johnson planned a White House return with Chancellor Klaus of Austria as Vice President Humphrey attended King services. Admiral Sharp, retiring in July, visited Camp David.
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Camp David
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United States
North Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
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White House
Josef Klaus
Austria
Martin Luther King Jr
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S. Pacific
Adm
Grant Sharp
Sharp
Hanoi Presses Cambodia as Site for Vietnam Peace Talks
Hanoi seeks Phnom Penh as the venue for preliminary discussions toward a ceasefire in Vietnam. Cambodian leader Sihanouk floated alternative sites while Burma and Laos showed openness. U.S. delay drew criticism from Hanoi and Seoul as South Korea questioned Washington’s timing.
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Rangoon
Burma
Vientiane
Laos
New Delhi
India
Sihanouk
Pale Pak
Hanoi
Riots Rage Across Cities After King Assassination
Rioting gripped major U S cities for the sixth night following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. death with at least one fatality in Trenton New Jersey Jacksonville Florida and Kansas City. NYC firemen battled 25 fires in a racially mixed Brooklyn slum Newark saw six major and 75 minor blazes amid arson. Community aids included hose carries and airings of I Have a Dream as Chicago and Pittsburgh unrest subsided and curfews eased in some areas. Trenton imposed a curfew after a 19 year old Negro youth was killed and violence touched the Statehouse fringe.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Newark
Central
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington
Baltimore
Trenton
Statehouse
Four Kansas City Schools Close Amid Unrest
Tear gas and unruly students forced the closing of Central High, Central Junior High, Manual High, and Lincoln High on Kansas City East Side as police and National Guardsmen brace for a new march on police headquarters. Demonstrations began Tuesday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King with widespread violence, injuries, and arrests, including a fatal shooting and looting across the area.
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Kansas City
Martin Luther King
Central Senior
Lincoln High School
Missouri National Guardsmen
Near East Side
Ances
Lincoln
Board of Education
Eric A. Durham
Guard
Richard F. Shelley
National Guard
Police Public Affairs
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Robert Docking
Kansas
Stout
Kan
Home Savings Re-elects Directors At 82nd Annual Meeting
Kenneth G. Horton and Robert N. Allen were re elected directors for three years at the 82nd annual meeting of Home Savings and shareholders held yesterday afternoon. Also re elected were advisory directors Mrs Jean Mitchell Duke Myers and Maryrine C Allen.
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Kenneth G. Horton
Robert N. Allen
Home Savings Assnhere
Jean Mitchell
Duke Myers
Maryrine C. Allen
Allen
Home Savings
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Area Counts Deaths
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday with figures for April 25 and totals for 1968 and 1967. Includes two earlier fatalities not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Accident Fatal At Dodge City
Ford Fullerton age 60 a Santa Fe Railway yards worker in Dodge City Kansas died from injuries suffered on the job Tuesday AP reports.
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Dodge City
Kan
Ford Fullerton
Santa Fe
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