Members of Local 1271 back to work at Topeka hospitals
After a Thursday night meeting Local 1271 of the Kansas Health Workers Union decided to return to work at the Topeka State Hospital and the Kansas Neurological Institute. Earlier that day Dr. Robert Haines announced 28 union members would be reinstated for union activities last month.
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Topeka
Kansas Health Workers Union
Topeka State Hospital
Kansas Neurological Institute
Robert Haines
Sparrows twig causes power failure in Westlaco business district
A sparrow dropped a twig at an electrical station triggering a 26 minute outage in Westlaco Texas. Dinck Norton of Central Power and Light said a twig struck an insulator causing a 69000 volt flashover, destroying three insulators and blowing two fuses.
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Westlaco
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Dinck Norton
Central Power and Light Co
Weather summary and flood forecast for Kansas area
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm through Saturday with a ten percent rain chance tonight and Saturday. Highs in the mid 90s, lows around 70 to 75, with gusty south to southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Flooding forecast along Dragoon 110 Mile Creeks and Mission Creek near Topeka, Wakarusa River south of Lawrence. rainfall totals over 11 inches in Topeka since July 13 with heavier rain in northeast and north central Kansas.
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Topeka
Dragoon
Pomona Reservoir
Mission Creek
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Manila Quake Death Toll Seen Near Two Hundred
Rescue workers comb rubble after a five story Manila apartment collapse in the Philippines worst quake in memory. Officials say about 200 killed nationwide with tolls still uncertain while tremors damaged buildings, sparked fires, and disrupted major sites from Luzon to Manila Bay.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
Church of Christ
Primary voter registration drops amid 1966 base figures
Charute reports 4 185 voters registered for Tuesday's state primary. The total drops 1 195 from November 1966 general registration and 947 from the 5 132 registered for the state primary two years earlier. Precinct by precinct tallies shown with 1966 and August 1966 figures. only 1 477 of registrants voted.
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Charute
Bonnie Moffatt
Bomb threat prompts search of luggage at Joplin airport
Police and airline staff sweep all luggage and cargo on outbound flights after an FBI warning. Ozark Airlines confirms a Kansas City FBI memo reporting a call from a Joplin tavern claiming a bomb would be placed on a departing plane within days.
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Joplin, Mo
Ozark Airlines
FBI
Kansas City
Joplin
North Vietnamese Hit Two Marine Units Near Da Nang
North Vietnamese forces attacked two U.S. Marine units in the Da Nang region, killing and wounding many Marines. Reports tally 14 Marines killed and 22 wounded, with enemy losses cited at 19 killed. A separate recon unit suffered five dead and 14 wounded, as Navy pilots claimed a MIG 21 downed near the 19th parallel.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
U.S. Army
1St Cavalry Division
North Vietnam
Panhandle
82 of 95 Survive Milan Jet Crash
An Alitalia DC8 jetliner with 85 passengers and 10 crew aboard crashed near Malpensa Airport outside Milan during a thunderstorm as it neared the airport. Alitalia later confirmed 82 survivors with hospital reports ongoing and 25 uninjured passengers brought to the airport.
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Milan
Italy
Alitalia
Rome
Montreal
Malpensa
Congress Scatters Month's Recess For Historic Sessions
The th Congress plans a month recess ending in September to tackle major bills and a looming Supreme Court nomination fight. Senate Leader Mansfield warns of politics over substance as the session could stretch into year end, while House Speaker McCormack aims for a quick start.
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Johnson
Supreme Court
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Abe Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Senate
Chamber
House
Vietnam
John McCormack
D-Mass
Pollsters see Rockefeller open lead over Humphrey and McCarthy
Gallup and Harris say Rockefeller now leads over Humphrey and McCarthy in new polls taken July 19 to 21. They also predict an extremely close Nixon race against Humphrey and McCarthy with Wallace possibly balancing the outcome. The discrepancy stems from timing and sampling margins.
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New York
George H. Gallup Jr
Louis Harris
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Gallup
Harris
Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
McCarthy
Rockefeller
Break-in at William M. Gray Jr. Residence Reported
Police say a break in at 946 S High land occurred around 9 pm when the Grays returned from vacation. Two guns a rifle and a shotgun were missing. A broken window pane showed the side door was unlocked.
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William M. Gray Jr
S. Highland
Grays
Dubcek Says Czechoslovakia to Tighten Soviet Ties
Communist leader Alexander Dubcek announced that Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union plus other Communist powers will deepen economic and military cooperation. He cautioned the pact would not threaten Czechoslovakia's sovereignty and signaled no need for Soviet troop stations, saying the country’s army can defend its borders.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Dubcek
Cierna
Woman dies in two car crash on Missouri 43
Josie Ann Kirby, 64, of Liberal Missouri was killed when her car collided with a vehicle driven by 18 year old Steven Clemmons ofLebanon Missouri on Missouri 43 between Lamar and Pittsburg Kan. Clemmons and eight year old passenger Charles Tennison were admitted to a Pittsburg hospital with injuries.
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Lamar
Missouri
Pittsburg
Kan
Missouri Highway Patrol
Josie Ann Kirby
Liberal
Steven Clemmons
Lebanon
Clemmons
Charles Tennison
Rollback Push Over Steel Prices Faces White House
President Johnson orders a boycott tactic to pressure steel producers to roll back price hikes claiming inflation risk and higher defense costs. Defense officials shift orders to compliant firms, citing Vietnam era needs and a $25 billion annual hard military goods budget.
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Washington
Johnson
Defense Department
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Pentagon
Mount Carmel Hospital Receives First Federal Grant
Pittsburg Kansas Mount Carmel Hospital has released its first federal grant worth 430644 dollars toward a new 147 bed facility. Federal funds will cover about 40 percent of the seven million dollar construction cost. Construction work is slated to begin in two months.
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Hays
Kan
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Jack Lacy
Kansas
Lacy
Pittsburg, Kan
Mount Carmel Hospital
Intercepted Letter Highlights Polling Theory Debate
An intercepted note from the next desk muses that candidates should poll the pollsters, suggesting a meta approach to evaluating support. The fragment hints at strategic discussion rather than a formal campaign action.
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