Fresh Look at South Vietnam by Gov Docking
Gov. Robert Docking travels to South Vietnam to review U.S. programs with a fresh perspective. He met White House officials in Washington and will brief in Honolulu and Guam before Saigon, with possible India return. He noted surprises in Vietnam’s monetary system and discussed civilian investment and pacification policy.
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South Vietnam
Gov. Docking
Topeka
Robert Docking
U.S
Docking
Washington
State Department
Defense Department
Agricultural Department
Kansas
White House
Kansas City
Honolulu
Guam
Saigon
India
United States
Asia
Cool Front Brings Cooler Temperatures Across Kansas
TOPEKA AP reports a strong cool air outbreak from the north moving across Kansas. Rainfall was heavy in the southwest with Garden City at 2.53 inches and Cimarron 2.40. Temperatures dropped to 68 this morning and rose to 73 by 1 p.m. with a forecast of cooler nights and a high around 85 Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Cimarron
Dodge City
Ness City
Trading Post
Aetna
Virgil
el Dorado
Yates Center
Garnett
la Cygne
Denver to house multi state Civil Defense HQ
An underground two story Civil Defense headquarters will be built at the federal center in Denver to serve eight states including Kansas and Missouri. Col William H McKenzie III, of the Omaha district Army engineer, announced the plan Tuesday.
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Omaha, Neb
Kansas
Missouri
Denver
Federal Center
William H. McKenzie III
Omaha
Beloit Woman Found Dead in Beloit Home
Miss Josie Eresch, 72, a member of a prominent Beloit family, was found dead at her home Tuesday afternoon. Authorities believe she may have died Sunday due to a heart condition. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Rose Culp of Beloit.
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Beloit
Kan
Josie Eresch
Eresch
Rose Culp
Docking to Confer on Ozarka Regional Development
Gov Robert Docking will fly to Arkansas for a meeting with Arkansas Missouri and Oklahoma governors at Winrock Ranch. They will discuss adding nine southeast Kansas counties to the Ozarka regional development program. Docking notes Kansas must gain approval from others before joining. He hopes to return for his son Tom's birthday as his other son Bill is 16.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Winrock Ranch
Winthrop Rockefeller
Ozarka
Dock
Docking
Tom
Bill
Pre-Induction Exams For Eight Area Youths
The selective service reports eight local youths traveled to Kansas City for pre induction physicals. Names include Rodney R. Robertson Thayer Floyd W. Ethridge 1821 S. Highland Robert D. Chandler 820 N. Garfield Perry L. Bailey 1404 S. Santa Fe William C. Craig 1013 S. Plummer Richard R. Borjas 819 S. Garfield Doyle O. Reis sig Eric Gerald T. Fager St. Paul. Two others will move to induction centers nearer their current locations Charles M. McKinnie Kansas City formerly of Erie and Joe D. Haviland Circle Montana formerly of Thayer.
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Selective Service
Kansas City
Rodney R. Robertson
Thayer
Floyd W. Ethridge
S. Highland
Robert D. Chandler
N. Garfield
Perry L. Bailey
S. Santa Fe
William C. Craig
S. Plummer
Richard R. Borjas
S. Garfield
Doyle O. Reissig
Eric
Gerald T. Fager
St. Paul
Charles M. McKinnie
Erie
Joe D. Haviland
Circle
Mont
Kansas Marine Killed in Action
Washington AP reports Marine Pfc. Steven H. Bennefeld of Girard Kansas was listed by the Defense Department as killed in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry N Bennefeld of Girard.
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Washington
Steven H. Bennefeld
Girard
Kan
Defense Department
Vietnam
Henry N. Bennefeld
Air Cavalry Hit Vietnamese Tunnel Complex In First Landing
In a clash near Song Re valley the 1st Air Cavalry Division struck a North Vietnamese tunnel complex causing heavy resistance. Three helicopters were shot down and nine Americans killed with 24 wounded. U.S. air power attacked machine gun positions while field reports cite at least two enemy companies in initial fighting.
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Saigon
1St Air Cavalry Division
Song Re
Due Pho
Graf
U.S. Air Force
U.S
North Vietnam
Douglas County Approves Bridge in Kansas Pact
Douglas County voters approved a 1.23 million dollar bond to build a bridge over the Kansas River at Lecompton, joining Jefferson County in the project. The measure passed 4 594 to 3 203. Lawrence voters rejected a 10 dollar city vehicle tax by four to one for street maintenance.
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Lawrence, Kan
Kansas River
Lecompton
Kan
Douglas County
Jefferson County
Perry
Lawrence
Winter Bell Head for Runoff in Mississippi Governor Race
State Treasurer William Winter and U.S. Rep. John Bell Williams led a six candidate field and moved into a runoff after outdistancing rivals. With about 62 percent of precincts reporting each held roughly 50 000 votes more than the next challenger.
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Jackson
Miss
William Winter
U.S
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Winter
Williams
Fulbright says U.S. lacks moral leadership over Vietnam
Senator J W Fulbright chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told about 600 lawyers in Honolulu that the Johnson administration lacks the moral and psychological capacity to end the Vietnam war and address domestic social issues He argued the war worsens urban violence and weakens America's global example. He urged introspection and questioned using both Vietnam and the Great Society as achievable goals.
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Honolulu
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Arkansas Democrat
Vietnam
Fulbright
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday August 11 1967 with 1 new fatality and comparisons to 1966 figures noting earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ten Story Crane Collapse Shocks Tampa Rush Hour
A giant crane toppled ten stories from an unfinished building in downtown Tampa during rush hour. Four workers injured including crane operator Floyd Masterson in fair condition. The crane’s 87 foot boom pierced a car, narrowly missing three women, as debris left a large crater at Zack and Marion streets.
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Tampa
Fla
Floyd Masterson
Tampa General Hospital
Zack
Marion Streets
Charles Tomilson
Plant City
Car Falls From Jack Injures Man at Ellis Dodge
Leon Eastburn, employee at Ellis Dodge, was injured when a car fell from a jack at 112 N Lincoln. He sustained a head cut, was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital, and released.
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Jack
Leon Eastburn
Ellis Dodge, Inc
N. Lincoln
S. Central
City Ambulance
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Eastburn
Ellis
Quiet Reign Returns in Wichita After Curfew
Police reported a second night of calm in Wichita s northeast Negro district following last week s disturbances. A Negro youth patrol of about 25 men monitored streets wearing orange LETTER patrol shirts. Only major incident noted was a liquor store burglary while curfew violators Ezekial Brewer Jr and Mark S Davis were fined 25 and jailed 30 days with later parole conditioned on payment.
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Wichita
J. R. Klepper
Clarence Vollmer
Ezekial Brewer Jr
Mark S. Davis
No Trailing Train On Wedding Gown
Phyllis Whorley a topless go go dancer at a Roanoke nightclub will marry Dennis Sinclair an 18 year old electrical worker at 10 p m Sunday in a civil ceremony at the club The bride will wear silver tassled pasties and a silver bikini bottom while carrying red roses The groom will wear street clothes
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Roanoke
Phyllis Whorley
Dennis Sinclair
George Christofis
Christofis
Lunar Orbiter 5 Captures Full Earth View Delayed Release
Lunar Orbiter 5 photographed the earth in full sunlight but the image will be televised Friday to Madrid before U S space agency release in Washington. The mission has taken 48 pictures mostly of the moon’s far side and plans 200 more before August 18. Geologist Harold Masursky notes possible frozen fluids in permanently shadowed lunar craters near the poles.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Madrid
Spain
U.S. Space Agency
Washington
Earth
Moon
Harold Masursky
U.S. Geological Survey
Menlo Park
Lunar
Racial Scene At a Glance
Racial tensions and political responses unfold across cities as Republicans back Johnson rental aid while Democrats push slum housing relief. The crime bill adds riot control funding and anti riot provisions. National Guard exit Milwaukee ends curfew. Urban League's Young denounces national leadership. Indicted riots probe in New York. Brown comments at UN. Detroit officers freed on bond. Memphis race and mayoral race plans gain black support.
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Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Fire rips Cities Service refinery in Lake Charles
Fire control squads hunted through the Cities Service Oil Co refinery after detonations killed three men and left three missing. Firefighters let flames burn overnight to avoid igniting escaped gases while investigators searched above and below ground for victims near a $380 million plant spanning 2000 acres.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Oil Co
Phone contact notice for Tribune readers
Instructions urge Tribune readers to call their carrier for service and provide an after hours contact HE 1 3400 dial after 6 p.m. for reachability assistance.
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Tribune
Gun at Throat Holds Woman as Convict Surrenders
An escaped convict held a 20 year old dental receptionist and a fellow inmate hostage for nearly three hours on a busy interstate in Tucker Georgia. The captor James Lowe 23 alternated cocking the gun and threatening to kill the other inmate Bobby Yarbrough 23 to prove his point before surrendering. Lowe later faced kidnapping and escape charges while Yarbrough avoided charges. Authorities indicated the standoff ended with the woman freed and police on the scene assisting.
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Tucker
Martha Ann Mobley
James S. Lowe
Miss Mobley
Bobby Joel Terry Yarbrough
State Patrol
Porter Weaver
Lowe
C. M. Caldwell
Stone Mountain Work Camp
Yarbrough
DeKalb County
Woman Held at Governor's Mansion Sparks Prison Reform Probe
Two convicts from Stone Mountain prison camp abducted Miss Mobley a Tucker dentist's office. A high speed chase on I-85 ended with a standoff as Lowe fired at police and threatened Miss Mobley, drawing 50 officers including the FBI. Both men served 12 month burglar and larceny terms.
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Miss Mobley
Stone Mountain
Robert D. Hiller
Hiller
Lowe
Yarbrough
Weaver
DeKalb County
Denver Quake Records 5.3 on Richter Scale
A powerful Denver earthquake registered 5.3 on the Richter scale, the strongest ever recorded in the city. No injuries or major damage reported though a bookcase toppled and dishes rattled. similar tremors were felt in Fort Morgan, Greeley, Longmont, Boulder, the Air Force Academy, Pueblo, and Fort Collins.
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Denver
Calc
Maurice Major
Colorado School of Mines
Fort Morgan
Greely
Here
Fort Collins
Longmont
Boulder
U.S. Air Force Academy
Pueblo
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Rain of Giants
A clipped, whimsical note refers to an outrageous idea of giant cranes falling from the sky, while playfully noting the idiom about it raining cats and dogs. No further details are provided.
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Finch
Area Civil Defense
Rupertus
George K. MacKenzie
Deng Hoi
E. J. Burke
San Diego
Milwaukee
National Guard
Indianapolis
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Congress
New York
United Nations
H. Rap Brown
America
Detroit
Memphis
A. W. Willis Jr
Norcross
DeKalb-Gwinnett County
FBI
DeKalb, Gwinnett
Atlanta
Richard Davis
Davis
Carl Sanders
Cha
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