Erie Fair Opens with 4-H Horse Shows and Beef Entries
More than 30 4-H horses will be shown in halter horsemanship and fitting classes on opening day of Neosho County Fair. Crops and garden entries total 260, with a free Erie Saddle Club shodeo slated for the evening. Results include 4-H judging of hogs sheep beef and projects plus grand champion fitting and showing. Saturday features dairy judging by Dick Dunham with a fat stock sale and rate of gain awards to conclude the event.
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Erie
Erie Saddle Club
Dick Dunham
Kansas State University
Neosho County
Losses Light Last Month
The Chanute fire department logged 12 calls in July with an estimated $400 in damage. Breakdowns show three sheds three residences two business buildings and one each gas leak trash truck and resuscitator call. Through July 1965 alarms total 82 with $26,650 loss, versus 27 alarms and $420 damage in July 1964.
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Chanute
Bill Brennan
Telephoning Tribune Contact After Hours
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, call your carrier. If he is unreachable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Two Charged In Burglary In Chanute
Chanute youths Robert Lawrence Mayer and Tommy Barnes were charged with second degree burglary by County Attorney Robert Pennington after a liquor theft at Gay's Package Store on July 26. Mayer confessed to officers and was later released on $1,000 bonds with a preliminary hearing set for next Wednesday.
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Chanute
Robert Pennington
S. Santa Fe
Mayer
Lige Matlock
Les Spencer
Barnes
Allen Gay
George Neeley
Spencer
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
AP report lists Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending 9 a m Wednesday 1 for August 5 for 1965 362 for the comparable 1964 period 367 Up-to-date figures track fatalities in Topeka and surrounding areas with annual totals and monthly comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Truck Driver Recalls Near Collision With Saucer Near Abilene
A 44 year old truck driver from Beatrice Oklahoma said a saucer hovered above his cab about 25 miles south of Abilene around 2 a.m. He described lights flashing on his rig, a 14 to 15 foot orange disk with a central hump and possible window, and reddish flashing rays as it darted away toward the west then south.
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Abilene
Kan
Beatrice
Okla
Don Tennople
Rt. 1
Bea
Trice
Quenton Kessler
Tennoplr
Highway 15
Lincoln
Neb
Saucer
Indiana Officials Hint Klan Fines
Indiana Secretary of State John D Bottorff says the state should seek penalties including a $10 000 fine against the Ku Klux Klan for failing to register as an out of state corporation. He noted a Greenfield box and a local agent, as the U K A head visited and inquiries arose about arrests for anti Negro literature distribution. Bottorff asked the attorney general to act on operating state headquarters in Greenfield without filing with the corporation division.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
John D. Bottorff
Ku Klux Klan
Bottorff
Greenfield
Shelton
Firey Cross
Hancock County
Edwin Kirkpatrick
John J. Dillon
Klan
Body of Boy Found in Kaw River Near De Soto
A 12-year-old De Soto youth, James S. Bright III, disappeared in the Kaw River near De Soto on Monday and was found today downstream near a dredge. Johnson County sheriff's officials identified the body via a relative.
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Kansas City
Kaw
de Soto
James S. Bright III
Cpt
John Bulgem
Johnson County
Neo sho county budget notes levy drop and new funding shifts
The Neo sho county budget for next year calls for a 2.45 mill levy reduction to 35.16 mills while maintaining services. Factors include higher property values, lease income from Neo sho Manor, carryover funds, and a new 1.30 mill reappraisal levy. School levies shift to a foundation and tuition levy. election costs rise by 16,000. Public hearing August 16 at Erie Courthouse.
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Neosho County
Erie
Neosho Manor
Neosho Memorial Hospital
General County
Judge Nominations In Deliberation
Topeka AP reports deliberations begin on three nominees for the Kansas Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Wertz on Oct 1. The nominating commission will submit names to Gov Avery who has 60 days to act. Hugo T Wedell leads the panel with 40 to 50 attorneys under consideration.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
William J. Wertz
William H. Avery
Hugo T. Wedell
State Supreme Court
Intercepted Letter Reflects Strain of Vietnam War
The intercepted letter to Cha discusses the Vietnam War pushing beyond petty cash limits, noting financial strain and expressing concerns about wartime burdens. The terse message hints at personal impact amid larger conflict.
Arms Funds Boost For Viet Nam War
President Johnson proposed a 340,000 increase in U S armed forces and a 1.7 billion emergency defense fund to bolster military strength in Viet Nam. Secretary McNamara testified that Viet Cong hold the initiative and predicted South Viet Nam would win with U S aid.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Tes
McNamara
South Viet Nam
U.S
Menamara
Senate Rejects Javits Plan in First Step Toward Reapportionment Showdown
The Senate rejected Sen. Jacob Javits 85-12 with a proposal to add flexibility to the one man one vote ruling. Dirksen’s amendment seeks to let geography subdivisions and population guide state legislative apportionment if approved by the people.
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Washington
Senate Today
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Supreme Court
Javits
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Wichita bride retracts tale of Windsor kidnapping
An 18 year old Wichita bride admitted to Detroit police that her claim of being kidnapped near Windsor was false. Det Sgt Frank O Connors said she left home due to domestic troubles and a dislocated vertebra pain. Her husband last saw her Monday morning and her mother received a call from Windsor claiming the kidnaping. The girl is to report to the FBI for questioning.
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Kansas
Windsor
Wichita
Ted D. Hall
Joe Klepper
Burrell Tallaby
Wallace H. Adamson
Bloomfield Hills
O'Conner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Warm weather persists across Kansas with heat in 90s to 100s
The area forecast shows general fair and very warm conditions through Thursday with highs near 95 to 100 statewide. Tonight lows mid 70s, some northern cooling expected Thursday as a front moves in. Small showers reported in Goodland and Hill City with traces. Salina and Hutchinson hit 99 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Hill City
Weather Bureau
Salina
Hutchinson
Harriman Reports to Johnson on Kosygin Talks in Moscow
Ambassador Harriman briefing President Johnson on his two meetings with Soviet Premier Kosygin in Moscow. He also met leaders in Belgium West Germany Italy Yugoslavia and Britain while in Europe. He said Soviets favor peace in Vietnam but the outcome lies with North Vietnam and Kosygin appears pragmatic and production minded.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Harriman
Kosygin
Moscow
U.S
Belgium
West Germany
Italy
Yugoslavia
Britain
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Hanoi
New York
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Planes Near China Border Hit North Vietnam
U S jet fighters flew within 30 miles of Red China on a bombing run over North Viet Nam. Four F105 Thunderchiefs hit railroad cars 105 miles northwest of Hanoi near Ba Ho, dropping nine tons of bombs and damaging 11 box cars. all aircraft returned safely.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Red China
North
United States
Hanoi
Ba Ho
Pat Neal’s Baby Born in Oxford
Actress Patricia Neal, recovering from a triple stroke, gave birth to a 6 pound 6 ounce girl at Oxford’s Radcliffe Hospital. Roald Dahl said both mother and child are well, and he expressed pride and happiness as he noted Neal’s past health challenges.
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Oxford
England
Patricia Neal
Nuffield Maternity
Radcliffe Hospital
Pat
Miss Neal
Roald Dahl
Neal
Dahl
Construction Worker Killed by Misfiring Rivet Gun
In Pompano Beach Dale Campbell, a construction worker, was on a one story house Tuesday trying to clear a jammed 25 caliber rivet gun when it discharged. The rivet struck his employer George Alexander, 55, who stood on the ground and was killed instantly, the bolt hitting him in the heart.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Dale Campbell
Campbell
George Alexander
Alexander
Two City Blocks in St Louis Swept by Fire
Fire ripped through two blocks in downtown St Louis damaging a new sports stadium and injuring at least three firefighters. The blaze raged four hours before control was gained with millions in damage estimated. The stadium, costing 24 million dollars, was reportedly not severely damaged.
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St Louis
A J. Cervantes
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