Infantry Unit Lands in Viet Nam Among Massive Deployment
A brigade of the US 4th Infantry Division arrived in South Viet Nam and was airlifted to the central highlands. The move raises U.S. troop strength to about 290,000 as ground fighting dwindles. U strike aircraft hit North Viet Nam with 15 Soviet missiles fired and 105 missions flown.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
North
Pleiku
U.S. 1St Cavalry
4Th
Ivy
Guam
Quang Tin Province
da Nang
Navy
Marine
Hanoi
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Content Note
An intercepted note at a desk hints at a mid century cultural moment as a speaker mentions moderate music lovers finding relief while a drive begins to save the Beatles. The remark reflects concerns about popular culture and the music scene.
Solemn Ceremonies Mark Anniversary of First A-Blast
In Hiroshima, Japan, 21 years after the atomic bombing, mayor Shinzo Hamai leads ceremonies at 8:15 am with sirens bells and temple gongs. A new 550 name list adds 482 identified blast victims and 68 later deaths, raising confirmed deaths to 61,993.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Park
Shinzo Hamai
Plane Crash Kills Father and Son Near Dodge City
A California father and son, Mike Mac Strboya aged 44 and his 13 year old son, were killed when their light plane crashed in a wheat pasture on the Kenneth McCarty farm near Kingsdown about 25 miles southeast of Dodge City. The crash occurred in clear weather Friday afternoon.
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Dodge City
Kan
California
Kingsdown
Mike Mac Strboya
Lawndale
Calif
Kenneth McCarty
Traffic Fatalities Log Reveals 1966 Toll Rise
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for the 24 hours ending 9 AM Saturday August 8 1966 shows 397 fatalities compared with 374 in the same period in 1965.
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Topeka
Kansas
Carilloneur from KU Plays at National Shrine Wedding
A farm boy from Erie with a KU music degree played the carillon at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC for the wedding of Luci Johnson and Pat Nugent. Robert Grogan 26 trained two weeks on the 56 bell instrument atop a 329 foot tower. He is KU graduate of 1962 and serves as shrine carillonneur and St Andrews Episcopal organist.
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Erie
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
Robert Grogan
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, D.C
Grogan
the Shrine
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Washington
Talks on Restarting Air Traffic Between Pakistan and India
Pakistani and Indian civil aviation authorities held talks Friday on resuming air traffic after communications were cut during last September's Kashmir conflict. No traffic has resumed since.
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Karachi
Pakistan
India
Kashmir
Shopping Center Project to Be Considered by City Planning
Representatives of the proposed South Plummer shopping center will attend the planning commission meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Memorial building. Robert N. Allen said the request seeks zoning approval west of Plummer north of 14th to permit construction.
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South Plummer
City Planning Commission
Robert N. Allen
City Commission
Memorial Building
Planning Commission
Plummer
14Th
Luci Baines Johnson Wedding Arrives at Shrine
Washington AP reports the Johnson family wedding as Luci Baines Johnson wed Patrick Nugent at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The gown of white rosepoint Alencon with pearl embroidery sparked attention while security was tight and a carillon announced the ceremony.
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Washington
Johnson
Luci Baines
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Patrick J. Nugent
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Luci
Luci Johnson
Priscilla
Boston
Reed’s Hereford Grand Champ Steer Wins Market Award
Reed's Hereford Steer owned by Charles Reed of Savonburg, a Jolly Jayhawkers 4-H member, was named grand champion in the market steer judging at Neosho County Fair. Martha Frederick's black Angus of Willing Workers earned reserve champion. dairy cattle judged today. Other winners include Sheila Fisher and Gisile Mills in lamb and barrow events, with multiple prizes in fitting and showing across 4-H and FFA groups.
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ERIE
Charles Reed
Savonburg
Jolly Jayhawkers
Martha Frederick
Market Lamb
Sheila Fisher
Cecil McNamara
Gisile Mills
Galesburg
Hillcrest
Joe Lon Smith
Larry Taylor
Kathy Taylor
Cecil _McNamara
Up and Atom
Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunderstorms This Weekend
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with widely scattered thundershowers late tonight or Sunday morning. Not as warm Sunday with a low near 70 and high in the upper 80s. Topeka reports scattered storms expected in Kansas over the weekend and a cooling trend in the northwest. stronger southerly winds today, caution urged for small-boat operators on larger reservoirs.
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Topekak
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Motor Carrier Fees Shared by Counties
Neosho county's share of the special motor carrier fee fund as of July 2 totals 1331.96 with other county shares listed as Allen 1250.56 Wilson 1226.27 and Woodson 855.96, per State Treasurer Walter H. Peery.
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Neosho County
Fee
Walter H. Peery
Allen
Wilson
Woodson
Dr. King Shot During Chicago Civil Rights March
In Chicago on the Southwest Side 6 000 white residents rioted after a march by 800 civil rights demonstrators demanding open housing. Dr King was felled by a rock, one 19 year old was wounded by a knife throw, 39 whites were arrested and 28 injured were treated in hospitals.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Chicago Lawn
Dur
Fire Department July Runs Show Minimal Loss
The fire department logged 20 runs in July with negligible fire loss. Estimated year to Aug 1 loss stands at 18 275 per Fire Chief John Ericson, unchanged from June.
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John Ericson
Airlines Advised To Settle Strike Before Congress
Chairman Harley Staggers urged airline management and union leaders to settle the machinists strike to avoid a new bill. He warned enactment could set back collective bargaining 50 to 100 years even as the House Commerce Committee plans hearings next week with union and management witnesses.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
W. Willard Wirtz
Staggers
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Assistance
Instructions urge contacting the Tribune via phone for carrier issues. If the person is unreachable, readers are advised to dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Watermelon Patch Is Picked Clean
Otto Wendt of Bonner Springs Kansas found his two acre watermelon patch picked clean on Friday. He lamented commercialized melon theft saying youths now use trucks and that three men could have harvested in hours. A neighbor estimated melons would fetch about $1000.
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Bonner Springs
Kan
Otto Wendt
Wendt
Three Children Die In Livingston Home Explosion
In Livingston New York an explosion razed a home injuring four others including parents after the family moved in a day earlier. Three children Fayne 4 Kiki 8 and Jimmie Sinclair 7 were identified among the dead.
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Livingston, N.Y
Hudson
Fayne
Kiki
Jimmie Sinclair
Save the Beatles campaign spreads abroad
American girls Susan Dobbs and Theresa Earles call Britons to back the Save the Beatles campaign in the United States amid bans and a growing backlash. Lennon quote triggers controversy as Beatle management plans US engagements and Harrison attacks government pirate radio controls.
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Can Girls
United States
Susan Dobbs
Theresa Earles
Hopewell, Va
John Lennon
England
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