Kansas City Riots Leave Five Dead in Night of Fire
Rioting in the Negro East Side left five people dead and more than 20 wounded as fires burned across 24 blocks. National Guard troops patrolled with police, while calls for resignations and curfews shaped a tense, recovering city.
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Kansas City
Negro East Side
National Guard
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Kansas National Guardsmen
Johnson County
Erie District Eyes Bond Issue for New High School
Consolidated Unified District 101 votes to present a building program bond within 12 months. Architects continue cost estimates for two plans, including a three year school near Erie and another adjacent to Erie, both using 80,000 square feet and Erie High as junior high, with costs from 1.15 to 1.84 million and mills from 5.58 to 8.93.
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Erie
Consolidated Unified District 101 Board of Education
Thayer
Stark
St. Paul and
Gales
McVay, Peddie, Schmidt and Allen
Wichita
Erie High School
Erie Utilities
House OKs Open Housing Bill After King Funeral
The House approved landmark open housing legislation 250 to 171 sending a civil rights bill to end discrimination in sale or rental of 80 percent of U.S. housing by 1970. President Johnson said he would sign it promptly amid King’s funeral and post assassination riots.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Martin Luther King
King
Rep
Hale Boggs
Dle
Congress
Near Miss Report From Local National Guard Units
Intercepted letter notes a near miss involving National Guard units in the area. The writer signs as Yours, but no further names or dates are provided.
Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt Sets Prizes at Highland Park
Lions Club officials announced an Easter egg hunt for elementary age children at Highland Park this Sunday at 2 p.m. The event has four divisions by age group with cash prizes for first to third places: 3 dollars, 2 dollars, and 1 dollar respectively. Any child in the listed age groups may participate.
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Highland Park
Lions Club
Lohmann Named Neosho County Extension Agricultural Agent
Erie Vernon E Lohmann will start Monday as Neosho county Extension agricultural agent to fill the vacancy since Fred DeLano resigned. A 1966 Kansas State University graduate, he has been assistant extension agent in Smith county since December 1 1967 and taught vocational agriculture prior to joining the extension service. He is married to Martha a Lincoln Kansas native and fellow 1966 K State graduate in English.
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Erie
Vernon E. Lohmann
Neosho County
Fred DeLano
Farm Management Assn
Kansas State University
Lohmann
Smith County
Extension Service
Martha
Lincoln
Kan
K-State
Luna 14 Enters Lunar Orbit Confirmed
The Soviet government via Tass announced Luna 14 has entered lunar orbit. The unmanned mission, seen as a step toward a manned Moon landing, shows no plan to return the craft to Earth. Britain’s Jodrell Bank Observatory also reported Luna 14’s orbital status.
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Moscow
Tass
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Defense chief orders 24500 reservists to active duty
Secretary Clifford announces a U S mobilization of about 24 500 Army Navy and Air Force reservists for up to 24 months with 10 000 to be sent to Vietnam and 14 500 placed in strategic reserve readiness. About 20000 in Army units 1000 Navy 3500 Air Force units.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Army
Navy
Air Force
South Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Clifford
United States
Pentagon
Pueblo
Army Guard
Army Reserve
Southeast Asia
Air Guard
Air Reserve
Area Guard Units Not in Call Up
A U S Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford announced a call up of National Guard units not including Chanute unit Co. C of the 3rd Battalion 137th Infantry. The 125th Infantry battalion and 995th Maintenance Co. are mobilized with 3,541 Kansans affected.
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Area Guard
Washington, D. C
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Chanute
National Guard
137 Infantry
Fredonia
Pittsburg
Cherryvale
Neodesha
Iola
137Th
State Adjutant General’s Office
Kansas
69Th Brigade
137Th Infantry
995Th
Go-Go Dancer Aids Pastor In Predawn Atlanta Service
Shirley Thomas a 24 year old go go dancer assists a minister with a special predawn Wednesday service in Atlanta and plans to become a Methodist minister. She studies psychology at Georgia State College and will enroll in Emory University’s Candler School of Theology after a prior auto crash that shifted her path.
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Atlanta
Shirley Thomas
Shirley
Georgia State College
Miss Thomas
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Easter season services observed across churches in Chanute area
Good Friday services in Chanute area mark Lent to Easter. The Chanute Area Ministerial Alliance hosts a 12 30 p.m. service at First Methodist with Rev I D E Thomas speaking The Rev Miss Jean Minnich leads an 8 p.m. Lavonburg union service at Evangelical Covenant joined by Elsmore Methodist The Grace Episcopal Tenebrae at 12 1 p.m. and Zion Lutheran candlelight service at 7 30 p.m. Also St Patrick Catholic hosts a 3 p.m. Way of the Cross Passover Seder dinner at Grace Episcopal features Mrs Joe Hilton preparing traditional foods First Presbyterian offers a Last Hours dramatic narration and a Knut Nystedt setting The Maundy Thursday Eucharist and St Patrick Eucharistic Vigil of Adoration follow as part of Holy Week observances
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Chanute Area
Ion
Evangelical Covenant Church
Robert Huse
Jean Minnich
The
Christian Church
Friend's Home Lutheran Church
Elsmore
Zion Lutheran
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Grace Episcopal
Joe Hilton
First Presbyterian
Myron Slater
Knut Nystedt
Robert Williams
Lee Wilkins
Mr. Slater
St. Patrick’s
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Yearly Totals
Topeka reports a traffic death log with figures for April through a Thursday morning. The AP list notes 24 hour totals and comparisons to 1967, listing 1968 figures and a total for the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
46 Bodies Recovered From Ferry in New Zealand Disaster
Police say 46 bodies have been recovered from the Wahine ferry with six missing after it hit a shoal near Wellington during a severe storm. The 8,944 ton ship carried 728 aboard, including 614 passengers and 114 crew, prompting a full investigation by Marine Minister John Scott.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Wellington Harbor
John Scott
Phone your Tribune carrier after 6 p.m.
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier during business hours, try contacting HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. This notice directs readers to reach the provider at the specified number for after hours assistance.
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Tribune
Weather: Warm Kansas forecast with highs near 80
Topeka forecast shows temperatures climbing into the upper 70s and low 80s across Kansas today. Wind speeds may rise and clouds increase, but conditions remain very warm for the season with fair skies tonight and Friday. lows in the middle 40s and Friday highs near 80.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Seek Peace Talks On Neutral Site
Washington says the United States prefers a neutral site for peace talks and seeks mutual agreement on location. A Hanoi proposal for Warsaw is seen as not yet accepted, with further clarification from White House press secretary George Christian.
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Washington
Hanoi
Warsaw
Poland
White House
George Christian
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