Cease Fire Broken as Jordan Israeli Clash Repeats
Gunfire erupts across the Jordan River for a second day as Jordanian and Israeli forces exchange fire. The Jordanian communique says 12 Israeli vehicles and armored units were involved with reported losses on the Israeli side. no Jordanian casualties are listed. Arab ministers in Khartoum seek to set the stage for a summit on Israeli aggression amid pessimism over progress.
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Associated Press
Jordan
Amman
Damia
Mored
Jordan River
Khartoum
Sudan
Sayed Mahgoub
Car Collision Damages Reported At Highland and Walnut
Police logged a pan-injury two car crash at Highland and Walnut at 8:35. Alvin F. Grauerholz 48 of Coffeyville drove west in a 1966 Ford while Richard C. Rose Jr 19 of Lafayette Street stopped for a stop sign and traveled north in a 1957 Chevrolet. Damage was placed at 400 dollars to each vehicle. Rose’s passenger Victor Willis 16 was uninjured.
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Alvin F. Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Richard C. Rose, Jr
N. Lafayette
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Chevrolet
Grauerholz
Ford
Sigi
Victor D. Willis
July Cooler Than Usual In Kansas
The July temperature in Kansas ran cooler than normal. Concordia posted the third coolest July on record at 73.7 degrees, Topeka and Wichita also saw below normal averages. Rainfall exceeded normal in Concordia and Wichita while Topeka was slightly below normal for July. For the year Concordia and Topeka show above normal rainfall totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Wichita
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Report Sparks Censorship Debate
A fragment states a boy down the street carries trash and tells his mother he is raising freight rates due to higher costs. The odd phrasing suggests a satirical note or miswritten report rather than a formal dispatch. No other context is provided.
Rioting in Two Cities Dims as Others Stand Calm
Rioting flared in Milwaukee and Providence with sniper fire and gun battles. Detroit troops withdraw as Washington quiets while federal antiriot debates unfold. Police recover in Wyandanch and Chicago as tensions spread. Two Michigan senators discuss antiriot bill prospects.
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Providence
R.I
Two Men Die In Pratt Crash On U S 281
Two Pratt men died when a small convertible ran off U S 281 north of Pratt and overturned. Victims were Dale L. Murray 22 and John Lee Johnson 23. Passenger Ronald D. Newby 19 was treated and released.
No Conspiracy Found in Rioting, Hoover Tells Panel
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told President Johnsons civil disorders commission there is no intelligence supporting a conspiracy behind the nationwide riots. Commission chair Otto Kerner said Hoover indicated no basis for such a claim and noted the inquiry has just begun.
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Johnson
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
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J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Disorders Commission
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Otto Kerner
Illinois
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Kerner
Woodson 366 Approves Bonds for New School
Voters in Unified School District 366 approved an $829,000 bond for a new elementary junior high building in Yates Center with a 721 to 467 vote after prior rejections. The district had cut totals and size from earlier proposals while fire marshal notices cited unsafe Lincoln and Washington schools and Neosho Falls for necessary repairs.
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Yates Center
Unified School District 366
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Lincoln
Washington
Neosho Falls
Bishop Byrne Leaves Post in Wichita for St Paul Appoint
Bishop Leo C. Byrne announced at a news conference he will resign as apostolic administrator of the Wichita diocese to become coadjutor archbishop of St. Paul Minnesota. He will assume the duties in September and has not named a successor. Byrne, 59, came to Wichita in 1961, became bishop in 1963, and was born in St. Louis.
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Wichita
Leo C. Byrne
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Kansas
Leo Beinz
Mark K. Carroll
Carroll
Bishop Byrne
St. Louis
St. Louis Cathedral
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka 1967 Update
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday August 7 1967. Totals show 351 fatalities for 1967 compared with 402 for 1966. Data attributes include time frame and regional tally for Topeka area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather forecast: hot humid as Thru Thursday area
Partly cloudy hot and humid conditions expected through Thursday with scattered evening and nighttime thundershowers, mainly in eastern Kansas. Highs reach 90 to 95 Thursday, lows around 70, precipitation about 40 percent tonight and on Thursday. Reports show Tuesday highs from 81 to 94 and rainfall up to 1.38 inches at Cottonwood Falls.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Garden City
Goodland
Wichita
Cottonwood Falls
Marion
Florence
Emporia
Burns Fatal To Human Torch Burns Fatal To Human Torch
A 24 year old woman Nancy Moore died from self immolation at a Los Angeles gas station after setting her gasoline soaked clothes alight. Doctors at UCLA Medical Center said she refused narcotics during hospitalization and feared eternal damnation if narcotics were in her system. Her father linked the death to LSD, saying the drug influenced her actions.
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Los Angeles
University of California Medical Center
Nancy Moore
Miss Moore
North American Aviation
John R. Moore
Beverly Hills
UCLA
Twin Falls
Idaho
Tanzania Minister Leaves the Country
Oscar Kambona former Cabinet minister and TANU secretary-general left Dar es Salaam secretly for Europe. The Information Ministry said he drove to Nairobi Kenya last week and booked air tickets for himself his wife and children and their house boy. No reason was given.
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Tanzania
Oscar Kambona
Tanu Party
Europe
Ministry of Information and Tourism
Kambona
Nairobi
Kenya
Three U S Warplanes Lost In Action In Vietnam
U S Command reports three more American aircraft down in combat as ground fighting lulls in Operation Colorado II near Saigon. One RF101 pilot missing, one A4 Skyhawk pilot rescued, F100 pilot killed. Viet Cong casualties estimated at 150 to 350. 16 Americans killed, 59 wounded in the delta sweep. Seatrain Florida damage limited to two tire punctures. ship crew and escorts reported no major losses.
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Mekong
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New Scholarships and Building Upgrades At Neosho Junior College
At the August Neosho County Community Junior College board meeting Dean Wendell McMurray outlined new scholarships and athletic grants for the coming term. The board approved reemployment of Lucile Dilman and accepted the resignation of guidance counselor Thomas Dewey who will move to St. Joseph junior college. Builders reported on construction progress including new windows and ventilation funded by Unified School District 413, with weather delays pushing some work about a month behind. Movable furniture for classrooms and the auditorium was discussed, with additional bids to be screened. A catalog was presented and distribution to area high schools ordered, while McMurray received a $500 salary increase to $11,100. Board members present were C. P. McKinnie, Dr. James Rowland, Wilbur Thompson, Ralph Watkins and Naff.
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Neosho County
Dewey
St. Joseph, Mo
Buford Fisher
Unified School District 413
Fisher
Jaco
Floyd Na
McMurray
Practical Nursing
C. P. McKinnie
James Rowland
Wilbur Thompson
Ralph Watkins
Naff
Ozarks Development Program Hearing Set for Aug. 16
A Senate subcommittee on economic development will hold an Aug. 16 hearing on a proposed regional Ozarks development program. Sen. Joseph Montoya of New Mexico will preside. The Ozark region spans parts of Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri.
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Washington
Ozarks
Senate
Public Works Committee
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.mex
Ozark Region
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas Withholding Tax Up 26.5 Percent in July
Topeka AP Kansas income tax withholding rose 26.5 percent in July with receipts at 7.78 million dollars versus 6.15 million a year earlier. State Revenue Director James T. McDonald cites new withholding registrations, an enforcement program, and delinquency work as main drivers. Total July collections reached 27.4 million, up 5.6 percent from last year, offset by declines in corporate and individual income taxes, motor fuel and use taxes.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Revenue
James T. McDonald
McDonald
Fire damages two story residence on North Grant
Chanute Fire Department responded to a 12 35 p m call at 107 N Grant to a fire causing fire and smoke damage to a two story wooden frame home. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Vernon Ramsey, owned by Mrs G R Gormley, personal effects lost, no damage estimate or cause yet.
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N. Grant
G. R. Gormley
Vernon Ramsey
Ramsey
Lunar Orbiter 5 Finds Blur While Seeking Canopus
In Pasadena, Lunar Orbiter 5 cannot lock onto its guiding star Canopus after two attempts, leaving investigators to search the craft’s light sensor for a bright celestial body. The mission aims to orbit the moon for surface photography and study the moon’s pockmarked features. The launch from Cape Kennedy was described as textbook perfect.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Lunar
Cambridge Riot Linked to H. Rap Brown Speech
Police Chief Bryce Kinnamon of Cambridge Maryland testified that a fiery speech by H Rap Brown was the sole cause of a July 24 race riot. He said Brown led the mob and urged violence against patrolmen and burning. Brown faces inciting riot and arson charges as authorities seek extradition.
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Bryce Kinnamon
Cambridge
H. Rap Brown
Kinnamon
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Africa
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John L. McClellan
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