Marines Skirmish With Viet Cong In First Ground Action
In Vietnam, U.S. Marines conducted their first extended ground action against Viet Cong guerrillas near Da Nang. American and Vietnamese aircraft carried out at least nine raids over North Vietnam, while Navy jets from carriers Midway and Hancock targeted six Communist boats in a near Vinh estuary. The operation included a helicopter assault, and one American was lightly wounded with some heat exhaustion among troops.
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Troopers Ordered Into Bogalusa for Gregory Rally
State police moved 300 troopers into Bogalusa La to safeguard a planned appearance by Negro comedian Dick Gregory at a nightclub. Civil rights leaders questioned if Gregory could perform on time as demonstrations by the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League and CORE continued. James Farmer CORE director was set to address the rally amid tense racial tensions.
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CORE
Faubus to Seek Ozarks Aid Meeting With Four Governors
Arkansas Governor Faubus plans a joint talks session with Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma governors to discuss an economic aid bill for the Ozarks region. He aims to choose a site agreeable to all four leaders within a few days. Rep Wilbur Mills predicts Congress will approve an Ozarks aid system akin to Appalachia. The Ozarks span Southeastern Kansas Southern Missouri much of Northeast Oklahoma and southern Arkansas.
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Plumbing case ends in license violation conviction
In Phoenix Arizona William Hittle was found guilty of plumbing without a license after Mrs Verona Massey accused him of wiring her bathroom and kitchenette tub drain to the irrigation system. Massey says Hittle charged 1250 dollars for the work.
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Verona Massey
Intercepted Letter Notes A Warm Furnace Then Cold Air
An intercepted letter to Cha. describes a scene where the furnace remains warm as the air conditioner turns cold, ending with a simple sign off Yours.
Floodwaters Force Evacuations Across Dubuque
Mississippi floodwaters crested at 17.7 feet in La Crosse and surged toward Illinois. In Dubuque a seven to eight block area of factories, small businesses and homes flooded, with residents fleeing by boat and 3,000 displaced. Damages tallied around 15 million dollars as police faced orders to evacuate stubborn residents. Nearby Hudson Wisconsin suffered marina damage worth 600,000 dollars as ice floes damaged docks and jammed a bridge.
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Five Kans City Residents Plead Guilty in IGA Break-In
Five defendants from Kansas City pleaded guilty in district court to charges connected with a break-in at Pence IGA in Humboldt on April 1. Lawrence Brooks Jr received concurrent up to five years for burglary and grand larceny. Delores Huggins Leona MacCleveland Henrietta Brockington and Eldredge Randall faced up to five years for grand larceny, with Randall and the three women seeking probation. Humboldt police halted the burglary after a resident called.
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Leona MacCleveland
Henrietta P. Brockington
Eldredge N. Randall
Kansas City
Randall
Tribune Phone Contact Card
If you cannot reach your Tribune by phone, contact your carrier. When unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. to reach assistance.
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Strong Law Is Needed For Rights
Twelve members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged quick passage of robust voting rights legislation. They support suspending literacy tests and federal voter registration across the South as debate on President Johnson's rights bill begins, aiming for approval within two to four weeks. The statement says the goal is to eradicate racial discrimination blocking citizens from the electorate under the 15th Amendment. Southern opponents signaled no filibuster plans.
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Steelworkers Vow Strike If No Contract Reached
In Pittsburgh the steelworkers union vowed to strike the basic industry beginning May 1 to back up 18 cent hourly demands. After an executive board meeting director Paul Gilbert said No contract, no work. A wage policy committee would meet to finalize strike authorization. A walkout would idle 425000 workers.
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Steelworkers Union
Paul Gilbert
Hoyt Confirmed to Information Advisory Panel
Washington AP reports the Senate approved President Johnson's nomination of Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of The Denver Post, to serve on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Information.
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Attitude of a Town Regulates Progress
Keith Wright reports on Maurice Fager of First National Bank of Topeka addressing the Chamber of Commerce in Chanute. Fager urges unity and a proactive push for industrial financing via a state backed Kansas Development Credit Corp to spur jobs and progress, noting a 10,000 yearly job target and $150 million investment at national averages.
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Hugh Chapman
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Tribune
Keith Wright
Weather outlook with warm spell continues through Friday
Area forecast calls for generally fair and continued warmth through Friday. Low tonight in the middle 60s, high Friday in the 85 to 90 range. Yesterday’s high reached 91, tying the April 21 record set in 1963.
Olathe Base Urged For Pilot Training
Sen James Pearson urged President McNamara and Secretary Ailes to use Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station for training pilots of small aircraft for an air assault division. He cited Kansas weather as ideal and noted Olathe previously trained Naval Reserve pilots and was selected in 1963 for an air assault program now curtailed.
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James B. Pearson
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of the Army
Stephen Ailes
Pearson
Kansas
Naval Reserve
Wide Price Gap To Be Examined
The National Commission on Food Marketing will hold a three day public hearing starting Thursday to study the large price spread between what ranchers receive for their products and what consumers pay for food. About 30 witnesses will testify before seven of the commission members led by Phil S Gibson of San Francisco. The panel includes Dean Elmer Kiehl of the University of Missouri. The Agriculture Department notes the retail price spread for U S grade choice beef rose 55 percent from 1949 to 1964. The bipartisan commission was created at President Johnsons request.
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National Commission On Food Marketing
Phil S. Gibson
San Francisco
Elmer Kiehl
University of Missouri
Agriculture Department
U.S
Easton Open to Negotiations After KU Coaching Firing
Kansas City AP report says Bill Easton, fired as Kansas track coach, is open to negotiating his differences with Wade Stinson KU athletic director. Des Moines relay trip notes alumni group seeking talks. Stinson calls action final and unaltered. Chancellor Wescoe to address regents in Hays tomorrow.
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Top Circus Clown Murdered in Madison Square Garden
Police investigated the murder of Paul Jung 64 chief clown for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey found in his hotel room with head injuries and hands bound. The New York crowd continued the show as detectives questioned performers and checked local stores for clues to a motive and possible attacker. Jung, born in Dayton Ohio, joined the circus at eight and mentored as an apprentice clown by 34.
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Madison Square Garden
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Ohio
That's Why WHY Ariz Town Named by Tourists
Tourists named Arizona's newest town That's Why WHY in southwestern Arizona near the Mexican border. Peggy M. Kater recalls that visitors asked why residents chose living there and the name stuck as a curiosity.
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Arizona
Peggy M. Kater
Refugee Teaching In Cuba Again
A Cuban refugee and former teacher who fled Cuba twenty years ago returns to teach in Cuba Rural High School in Cuba Kansas. Dr Juan Antonio Jimenez among a large wave of Cuban expatriates resettled from Miami to other U S points continues teaching Spanish at a rural high school amid a broader migration.
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Cuba
Kan
Juan Antonio Jimenez
Miami
U.S
Kansas governor signs and allows law on planned parenthood
AP report notes Governor William H. Avery kept mixed feelings as the Legislature, still technically in session, passed a contested bill directing the State Board of Health to establish and run family planning centers and distribute related information. The measure, along with other bills Avery signed, covers juvenile interstate compacts, private foster homes for committed children, fraud penalties, adult education funds, township road work, sealed bid bond sales, and studded tires approval by the Highway Commission.
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William H. Avery
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Frank Hodge
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State Board of Social Welfare
State Highway Commission
Moro Leaves Washington After Talks With U S Leaders
Italian Premier Aldo Moro left Washington after two days of talks in a ceremony at the Ellipse. He said the search for peace is the uppermost U S concern, as he departed by car for Philadelphia and New York and then flew to Italy. Vice President Humphrey bid him farewell on behalf of the President and administration.
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Aldo Moro
United States
Lofgren Injured In Mower Accident
Emil Lofgren of 417 N Forest suffered severe injuries when a power lawn mower cut off four fingers of his left hand at about 10 45 a m yesterday He is a retired Chanute banker and is hospitalized at Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute Juco to the Rescue
Washington report notes a surge in college applications for freshman admission to 67 public and land grant institutions, up 34 percent from last year amid a postwar baby boom. Director Alan Ostar warns the high school class faces a tough entry season as demand soars across public and private colleges.
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Office of Institutional Research
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