Sally Casey Crowned Miss Chanute 1968
Sally Casey was named Miss Chanute 1968 at Memorial Auditorium amid cheers. The 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Casey, Wichita, former Chanute residents, won over seven contestants with talent and poise. Casey earns a $100 scholarship, wardrobe, gifts, and a trip to Pratt for Miss Kansas. First runner up Kathy Moore and second runner up Patty Lassman each received scholarships. Miss Chanute 1968 will compete for Miss Kansas in Pratt July 18-20.
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Chanute
Sally Casey
Lynda Jo Campbell
Memorial Auditorium
Miss Campbell
M. J. Casey
Wichita
Miss Casey
Jim Fehr
Kathy Moore
Earl Moore
S. Central
Chanute High School
Patty Lassman
Robert Lassman
N. Forest
Martha McCoy
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Campbell
Casey
Pratt
J. Patrick Brazil
Carla Rust
Kansas City
Kan
Leonard Duncan
Pittsburg
Marie Smith
Topeka
Kansas
The
Chanute Jaycees
Ed Ranz
Riley Seay
Supreme Court Rules On Child Access To Media And Public Demonstrations
The Supreme Court upheld state power to bar sexy magazines from minors while striking down a Dallas movie access scheme as unconstitutionally vague. The court also affirmed a 1964 Mississippi law banning blocking access to public buildings by protest and rejected civil rights claims of discriminatory enforcement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas
New York
Two Boys Held in Erie After Truck Theft Break-In
Two boys aged 13 and 16 from the Parsons State Training School are in the county jail after a break-in at the B&M Drive-in on US59, with a 1968 GMC two ton refrigerated truck stolen from Foremost Milk Co. and later found near the US59 K39 junction east of Erie. The truck, damaged, had its power cord left plugged in. candies and cigarettes were taken from the cafe.
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Erie
Parsons State Training School
Foremost Milk Co
B&m
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Dual Description
A fragmentary intercepted letter suggests the suspected slayer of Dr. King appears as a single personality described in two ways. The note ends with a personal closing.
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Cha
Dr. King
Pfc. Johnny Webb Killed in Vietnam War
Pfc. Johnny R. Webb, 24, died Thursday in Vietnam from combat wounds. He was born February 9, 1944 in Chanute and attended Chanute schools. He married Phyllis Krone on June 8, 1967, and had served four months in Vietnam with Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry. Survivors include his wife, three children, his parents, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements by Gibson Koch Chapel.
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Johnny R. Webb
Republic of Vietnam
Robert Webb
N. Steuben
Chanute
Phyllis Krone
Erie
Vietnam
Fourth Cavalry
Humboldt
Johnny Robert Webb Jr
Christina Sue
Rodger Lees
Wichita
John Arnett
N. Western
Earl Wallace
Gibson Koch Chapel
Four Wichita Residents Die in Plane Crash
Four Wichita people perished when a light plane returning from a Dallas church conference crashed seven miles south of Wichita Airport. Among the dead were Rev. David Landrum Jr. and his wife Drew Noble. Noble was president of United Savings & Loan and a Wichita descendant. The craft likely lost contact before hitting a muddy field. Air Force personnel from McConnell Base recovered the wreckage.
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Wichita, Kan
Dallas
Tex
David Lawrence Landrum Jr
First Methodist Church
Drew Noble
Noble
United Savings & Loan
Max Noble
United
Landrum
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Wichita
Air Force
McConnell Air Force Base
Two Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports two deaths in Kansas traffic crashes. Jean Boone, 19, of St. Paul, died in a Friday single vehicle crash on a county road north of Parsons. Harold Lamkin, 31, of Wamego, died in a Friday two vehicle collision on U.S. 24 four miles west of Wamego.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Jean Boone
St. Paul
Kan
Parsons
Harold T. Lamkin
Wamego
U.S
Youth Exploits Check at Left Behind Market
Police investigated a report from Left Behind Disney's Market at 1116 N San ta Fe of an unidentified youth attempting to cash a check left behind after being told approval was needed. The youth drove away in a car and the check was recovered by officers.
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Disney’s Market
N. Santa Fe
Saigon on High Alert as Big Attack Feared
Saigon and surrounding provinces were put on full alert amid intelligence reports of a major North Vietnamese offensive near the capital. U S military spokesmen said American forces remained at standard alert, while Marines near the embassy and police in Saigon were told to be cautious as officials warned of a potential late Monday or Tuesday attack.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Cho Ray Hospital
Cholon
Sai
Gon
3Rd Corps
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Goodland
One American Dies In Korean Clash
In the Korea front in the U N sector three North Koreans and one American were killed as a two hour battle erupted after a North Korean group crossed the DMZ. The U N Command demanded a joint observers’ investigation and noted multiple casualties on both sides in the ongoing clashes.
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Seoul
U.S
U.N
U.S. Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnamese cling to two peace talks sites
Hanoi presses for Phnom Penh or Warsaw as possible conference venues despite U S objections. Nhan Dan accuses President Johnson of going back on promises to hold talks anywhere.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United State
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
Johnson
U.S
Twister Hits Kingman Area Damaging Homes No Injuries
A tornado in Nashville Kansas destroyed a farm home and a mobile home and damaged the post office. Reports noted baseball size hail in northern Harper and southern Kingman counties with Kingman recording two inches of rain.
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Twister
Kingman
Topeka
Kingman County
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Harper
Andale
Sedgwick County
Confusion Grows Over Slain King's Suspect Identities
Memphis police note many discrepancies in official descriptions of the man sought for Martin Luther King Jr. s assassination. The FBI linked James Earl Ray to the case after a fingerprint match to a suspect named Galt, while conflicting details about birthplace age appearance and demeanor circulated as the nationwide search continued.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Price
James Earl Ray
Missouri
Eric Starvoalt
King
Hunt
FBI
Galt
Ray
New Orleans
Alton
Ill
Ramsey Clark
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Rise in Kansas
The Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 38 fatalities for April 1968 and 178 for the comparable 1967 period. It notes 152 deaths for the 1967 period, with one previously unreported fatality included in the count.
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Topeka
Kansas
New Police Car Bids Are Received
Merle Kelly agency submitted the low bid of 1542.55 after trade-in of a 1967 Ford, for a new police car. Other bids came from Ranz Motor Co for a Pontiac Catalina 1674.35, Whitley Morris Chevrolet Impala 1798.65, and Ellis Dodge Plymouth Fury III 1915.60.
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Merle Kelly
Ford
Police
Ranz Motor Co
Whitley - Morris
Ellis Dodge
Ill
Two Cars Damaged By Thrown Bottles
Damage to two cars by thrown beer bottles was reported to police during the weekend. Fred Gurwell of 623 North Central told officers Saturday night his 1962 Buck windshield was broken and on Sunday Max Beech of 1302 South Central reported a window glass broken in his 1959 Opel.
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U.S
Navy
Air Force
Marine
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Leathernecks
Fred Gurwell
N. Central
Max Beech
S. Central
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Vinh
19Th Parallel
Daiduksan
Panmunjom Armistice Conference
Chung Hee Park
New Delhi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Indira Gandhi
Eugene J. McCarthy
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