Paratroopers Move Toward A Shau Valley in Hue Threat
South Vietnamese paratroopers position east of A Shau Valley to disrupt North Vietnamese buildup for an assault on Hue and other northern cities. The U S 1st Cavalry Division warns of likely high enemy activity in late April or early May around Hue as U S aircraft push operations.
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Saigon
Shau
Hue
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
National Police
A Shau
U.S
South Vietnam
Lam Son
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Car theft suspect nabbed by hitchhiking to jail in Kansas
A stolen car from Emporia was stopped near Burlington within an hour. The fleeing driver was caught when he tried to thumb a ride with Sheriff Delbert Helmer and was jailed. Lonnie R. La Porte of Newton was arraigned on grand larceny charges.
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Emporia
Kan
Burlington
Delbert Helmer
Coffey County
Lonnie R. LaPorte
Newton
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Dollar Drain Worries
An intercepted letter quotes concern over government efforts to cut the dollar drain at home, reflecting household anxieties about finances and policy. The note ends with a personal closing, indicating informal communication.
North Vietnam presses Warsaw site for peace talks
Washington officials say Hanoi is mounting a major campaign to force U S acceptance of Warsaw as the peace talks site. Poland reportedly asked six embassies to lobby Washington. Johnson remains firm and vows prolonged, hard negotiations on the issue amid efforts to sway public opinion and widen pressure across alliances.
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Washington
North Vietnam
United States
Warsaw
Poland
Johnson
U.S
Hanoi
Firemen Go Beyond Duty to Help Community
City firemen performed two extra tasks yesterday. Fire Chief John Erickson and Police Chief Lige Matlock teamed to recover a woman's shoe found in a storm sewer at Lincoln and Main. The shoe owner reportedly kicked it into the curb, and the officers retrieved it. Firemen also freed an owl trapped in the First Presbyterian church belfry after a screening section loosened. The owl was released west of town.
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John Erickson
Lige Matlock
Erickson
Lincoln
Main
Matlock
Best Informa
First Presbyterian Church
Weather forecast for Topeka and eastern Kansas
Partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers tonight. Winds shift to northerly around 20 mph and cooler. Friday partly cloudy and a little cooler with highs 65 to 70. Eastern Kansas expected 60s in north and 70s in south, lows 30s to 45s. dry conditions persist for western wheat belt.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Woman Arraigned in Parsons Murder Case
Shirley Anne Greenfeather, 32, was arraigned in Labette County Court Oswego on a first degree murder charge. Rex Lawhorn county attorney filed the charge. She is accused in the fatal stabbing of David McKinnis 44 Parsons at a Parsons rooming house. Judge pro tem John F. Amos ordered held without bond. Preliminary hearing set for May 17.
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Parsons
Kan
Shirley Anne Greenfeather
Labette County
Oswego
Rex Lawhorn
Greenfeather
Mound Valley
David McKinnis
McKinnis
John F. Amos
United Air Lines Orders 30 Jet Air Buses for $500 Million
United Air Lines announced a nearly 0.5 billion dollar purchase of 30 jet air buses with 266 seats and 600 mph speed. An option for 30 McDonnell Douglas DC10s follows, delivery beginning August 1971. President George E. Keck cited growth and a major evaluation process for the DC10 selection. Each DC10 powered by three GE CF6-36 engines. total engine cost for 30 jets about $64 million.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
George E. Keck
UAL
Keck
Dollar Drain Cut Is in Trouble
Washington AP reports Johnson administration faces obstacles in trimming the $3 billion drain this year. Officials cite inflation, strikes, and wage settlements driving up imports and shrinking the trade surplus, with the deficit still likely to rise in early 1968. Congress has not completed major parts of the plan, though airline ticket taxes were extended. Foreign tourists will receive discounts next week to spur travel.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
U.S
Daylight Saving Time Reminder and Rules
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday with clocks moved one hour ahead at 2 a.m. Hawaii will not observe DST this year. The 1966 Congress established uniform time, with states typically following unless exempted by legislature.
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Hawaii
Police Dog Helps Track Burglary Suspect in Detroit
Detroit police investigating a clothing store burglary followed a dog that had led them to a dwelling where they found the dog’s owner, J. C. Ealey Jr., with some of the stolen loot. Ealey was booked on a breaking and entering charge.
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Detroit
J. C. Ealey Jr
Ealey
Phone workers idle at Coffeyville amid picket action
About 35 operators and office staff at the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Coffeyville Kan walked off their jobs after a picket from Western Electric appeared. Supervisory staff from Independence and Parsons ran the switchboards as more workers were sent from Topeka.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric
Independence
Parsons
Telephone Company
Topeka
Crash near Moundridge leaves one dead
A collision west of Moundridge Kansas killed 70 year old John J. Graber, a passenger in a pickup driven by 46 year old Delbert D. Crebbiel, who was in serious condition with a fractured neck. The car driver was unharmed.
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Moundridge
Kan
Collis
Highway Patrol
John J. Graber
Delbert D. Crebbiel
Sai
Neosho County Allocates 1969 Noxious Weed Budget
Erie field representative Gene Heath of the state noxious weed control department met with Neosho county commissioners on budget matters. They set the 1969 weed control budget at 7,830 dollars, the same as the current year.
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Erie
Gene Heath
State
Neosho County
Don Harding Seeks Re election as County Treasurer
Erie Don Harding Neosho County treasurer announces candidacy for re election subject to the Democratic primary in August and notes he is serving an initial term.
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Erie
Don Harding
Neosho County
Equalization Board to Hear Property Assessments in May
Erie Neosho county commissioners will sit as a board of equalization next month to consider complaints about tax assessments. Complaint forms are at the county clerk's office and must be filed by May 5. Officials said 23 applications are on hand, about the same as last year.
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Erie — Neosho
Board of Equalization
Construction resumes at KAAP after union picket line
Construction work at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons, Kansas, resumed after striking operating engineers union members withdrew a picket line under a court order. A temporary restraining order against Local 128 was issued in Labette County District Court on the contractor's filing.
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Parsons, Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Here
Operating Engineers Union
Labette County
Martin K. Eby Construction Co
Neosho Students Participate in County Government Day
About 80 students from Neosho county high schools toured county offices in Chanute Erie St. Paul and Thayer. They were sworn in as elective officials then took part in a mock assault and battery jury trial in the district court with Judge George Donaldson presiding and participation by County Attorney John White and defense counsel Robert Pennington. The event, a statewide American Legion activity, was coordinated by Herb Washburn and funded by local Legion posts with Erie auxiliary serving.
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Erie
Neosho County
Chanute
Erie, St. Paul
Thayer
Virgil Lowe
George Donaldson
John White
Robert Pennington
American Legion
Americanism Committee
Herb Washburn
Mexican authorities question Kennedy as possible King suspect
In Sonora Kennedy a U S citizen from Baltimore was detained then released after authorities checked him against James Earl Ray. Officials cited no resemblance and said the man had no connection to King’s slaying. Kennedy’s mother insisted there was no link and described him as peaceful and innocent.
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Mexico City
U.S
Whey
Martin Luther King Jr
Daniel David Kennedy
Baltimore
Sonora
King
FBI
Mr. Smith
Kennedy
James Earl Ray
Hermosillo
Roberto Fletcher
Caborca
Pearl E. Kennedy
Ray
Mrs. Kennedy
Fletcher
Ciudad Victoria
Neosho County Motor Vehicle Registrations Rise
Neosho county reports a substantial increase in registrations with 8,260 cars, 3,680 trucks, and 194 motorcycles registered as of yesterday, compared with 8,078 cars, 3,484 trucks, and 176 motorcycles a year ago.
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Erie
Neosho County
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