Five Dead as Texas U sniper Terror Grips UT Tower
Reports from Austin say a sniper fired from the University of Texas tower injuring and killing multiple people. By afternoon police announced the gunman was captured after a prolonged exchange of fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Bob Miles
Serge
University of Texas
Breckenridge Hospital
Austin, Tex
Ben Tobias
Breckinridge Hospital
Associated Press
University
Humboldt Conductor VanNice Killed in Rail Yard Accident
George Curtis VanNice 37 of Humboldt died in a Santa Fe yard switching accident in Ottawa after being on the ground during the move. He was a conductor, born January 31 1929, member of several local organizations, survived by his widow Bessie Bartholomew and ten children, with funeral set at Humboldt Presbyterian Church. Burial in Mount Hope. Price Funeral Home in charge.
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Humboldt
George Curtis VanNice
Santa Fe
Ottawa
VanNice
Associated Press
van Nice
Humboldt Presbyterian Church
Cedar Lodge 103 AF
Chanute
Humboldt Eastern Star Star
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Conductors and Engineers
Kansas City
Bessie A. Bartholomew
Fred Bartholomew
Una
Jewel
Deborah
Elisa
Clifford
Fort Leonard Wood
John
Mike
Fred
Robert
Jesse
Jesse van Nice
Calvin Puckett
Lawrence
Traffic Fatalities Log Released for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log covers 48 hours to 9 a.m. Monday August 8 1966 listing fatalities and comparable figures for 1965 with 63 or 386 totals mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Speck pleads innocent to eight murder indictments
Richard Speck, 24, pleads innocent in Chicago to eight indictments charging he killed eight nursing students. Judge Napoli appoints Gerald Getty as attorney. case assigned to Judge Paschen. Guards, searches, and a courtroom photo ban accompany the arraignment in the Criminal Courts building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Speck
Chicago
Alexander J. Napoli
Napoli
Speck
Gerald Getty
The
Public Defender’s Office
Getty
Herbert C. Paschen
Criminal Courts Building
Jose Naldo
Philippin Exchange
South Chicago Community Hospital
Three Franklin Burglars Sought After Post Office Raid
Sheriff Bill Strukel of Crawford County says three men who broke into the Franklin Kansas post office fled from the rear Sunday. He fired a warning shot and five more. one man returned fire. A Missouri licensed car was found nearby.
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Girard, Kan
Franklin
Kan
Bill Strukel
Crawford County
Strukel
Missouri
Bombers hit Viet Cong base near Saigon uncover large arms cache
U S B52 bombers struck a Viet Cong base camp 25 miles northwest of Saigon at dawn. U S ground forces of the 25th Division found about 90 000 rounds of ammunition mines and booby traps. Two U S helicopters were damaged but repaired and flown out. a Starfighter escort plane was shot down near Hanoi with the pilot missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Bells Memorial Carillon Installed At St Peter's Humboldt
A set of Schulmerich Carillon Bells is installed at St Peter's Lutheran Church Humboldt as a memorial to Joseph S Henrichs and to honor the late Rev H C Seyfert. The 50 bronze bells are amplified to simulate over 100000 pounds of cast bells and can be played from the organ console or at the ushers station with automatic Auto Bell programs possible.
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Humboldt
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Joseph S. Henrichs
H. C. Seyfert
Joe Henrich
Doug Peters
Ellinwood
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Joe's
Henrichs
St. Peter’s
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha About Voting
A fragmentary note urges Cha to vote tomorrow or risk losing something they would fiercely defend if another caused the loss. The message frames voting as a personal fight for rights and agency.
Johnson Admin Stance on Airline Strike Amid Talks
Secretary of Labor Wirtz told the Senate Labor Committee the Johnson administration will not back a specific settlement and favors Senator Morse’s six month back to work plan. He noted Congress may act, with no admin decision yet, as union and management pressed for immediate wage and fringe benefit boosts in talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson Administration
Congress
Wirtz
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
White House
Senate
House Labor Committee
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
House Committee
William J. Curtin
Weather forecast signals cooler air moving into Kansas
A cold front moving in from the north brings cooler conditions to Kansas for Tuesday after a day of hot 90s to over 100. Scattered thunderstorms are expected tonight and early Tuesday with high temps mainly in the 80s on election day.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Girl Scout Dogicare Plan Finds Homes for 36 Dogs
In El Dorado Kansas a Girl Scout troop held a sidewalk bazaar leading to 36 dogs finding new homes. Fifteen came from the municipal pound and 21 from litters donors offered to Troop 83. Judge Heilmann and city officials supported the effort with Scout leaders coordinating adoption on courthouse lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Kan
Trood 83
Troop 83
Charles E. Heilmann
Judge Heilmann
Janice Denny
Anne Lu Holden
Leah Brison
Drena Baker
Harry Hunt
Richard W. Colby
Hunt
Robberies Hit Pop Machines and Meat Truck Friday Night
Pop machines at Cart Wheel in the 21st and Santa Fe area and at Osborn filling station Beech and Plummer were broken into. A meat truck from Ohse Packing Co Topeka was entered with Frankfurters and bologna valued at 33.41 stolen. A car theft report early Sunday was canceled shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
21St
Santa Fe
Osborn
Beech and Plummer
Ohse Packing Co
Topeka
Don Colhouer
S. Western
Kansans Prepare for Quiet Tuesday Primary Elections
Kansas Republicans and Democrats head into a relatively dull primary with turnout projected around 317000. key races include U.S. Senate nominations for both parties and gubernatorial hopefuls. New district boundaries and a large reapportionment mark the 1966 primary, plus the first use of voting machines in Shawnee County statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elon Torrence
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Kingman Counties
Comanche
Barber, Harper, Linn and
Chase
Dickinson, Morris and Jefferson
Kansas House of Representatives
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Texas U
Robert Heard
Texas Rangers
Ernest Stromberger
Dallas Times Herald
Heard
Susan Bradshaw
G. C. VanNice
Vickie McQuillen
Santa Fe Park
Vickie
Mrs
Dee McQuillen
Galesburg
Ill
Bill Jenkins
Neosho County
Pleiku City
Henriches
Ity
Schulmerich
Cha
Johnson
Girl Scout
Dogicare
Triplett
A.v
Elwin M. Shanahan
Rice
Reno
James B. Pearson
Robert Ellsworth
R-Kan
William D. Tarrant
Wichita
Ava Anderson
Concordia
J. Floyd Breeding
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
Harold Herd
Coldwater
K. L
Ken) Smith
William H. Avery
Dell Crozier
Crozier
Robert Docking
George Hart
Garner Shriver
Albert J
al) Nirschl
Kingman
Repu
Lican
Ellsworth
Reynolds Shultz
George Haley
Wayne Angell
Ole Nesmith
Leawood
Larry Winn Jr
Howard D. Neighbor
Prairie Village
Richard D. Rixner
Fairway
Marvin E. Rainey
Overland Park
Joseph J. Poizner
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