Gemini 5 Flight Postponed by Weather and Tech Glitches
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the Gemini 5 eight day mission of L Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. was halted by technical trouble and a thunderstorm. The countdown stopped at minus ten minutes due to radio signal dropout and a suspected commutator fault. backup systems worked, but engineers needed extra checks. The delay follows earlier power system issues and marks the first Gemini launch setback from weather and electronics. Cooper and Conrad remained in the craft as technicians prepared to resume, with no reschedule date set beyond a likely Saturday attempt.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Chanute
Cooper
Conrad
Mission Control Center
Air Force
Navy
Mander
Mercury
Gemini
Marines claim 600 Viet Cong deaths in Van Tuong Peninsula clash
U S Marines say more than 600 Viet Cong dead in the Van Tuong Peninsula battle near Chu Lai. Commanders report 552 bodies counted, 50 prisoners taken, and heavy Marine casualties acknowledged as aimed operations continue into the night.
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Chu Las
Viet Nam
U.S
van Tuong
Saigon
Weather cools as area records rainfall and storms pass
scattered showers and thunder storms through Friday with cool air after a 0.71 inch rainfall last night. Temperatures near 66 this morning, 65 to 70 tonight, and highs 80 to 85 on Friday. A freak east storm caused tree damage and localized rainfall disparities across eastern Kansas.
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Here
Eben Claus
Kansas
Trading Post
Ottawa
Miller
Overbrook
Olathe
Pittsburg
Salina
Ft. Riley
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Manhattan
Goodland
Resident Professional Theater Planned for Kansas City
Barton H. Emmet of the Minnesota Theater Co will manage and help set up a resident professional theater in Kansas City. Irvine O. Hockaday Jr states Emmet starts full time Oct 1 and the theater should open by fall 1967.
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Kansas City
Barton H. Emmet
Minnesota Theater Co
Irvine O. Hockaday Jr
Emmet
Tribune Sponsors Ozark Area Tour
The Tribune will sponsor a two day bus tour through the Ozark hill and lake country of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas on Oct 16 17. The non profit trip costs under 25 dollars per person with two in a room lodging at Rock Lane Lodge. Wayne Smith and Mrs Smith will be the tour conductors and details will be announced later. Contact The Tribune office for details.
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the Tribune
Ozark Hill and
Lake Country
Missouri
Arkansas
Silver Dollar City
Ozark Hill Country
Rock Lane Lodge
Table Rock Lake
Branson
Rockaway Beach
Indian Point
Berryville
Eureka Springs
Noel
Chanute
Wayne Smith
Tribune
Smith
Weapons Against Nature Fail in Drought Battle
New York faced a water shortage that led to a city wide ban on cooling systems using water for air conditioning. Restrictions limit use to six hours daily as temperatures hit the 90s and humidity rises. City inspectors issued first summons to Wellington Associates for a lobby cooling violation at 201 E. 69th St.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York Telephone Co
William L. Walker
E. 69Th St
Walker
Wellington Associates
Humboldt Wife Killed in Crash South of Iola
Mrs Collette Reaves 20 of Humboldt died in a one car crash four miles south of Iola while en route to Allen County Hospital for birth. The baby was stillborn after a 1962 Studebaker convertible driven by Laura Mathews 23 Humboldt R1 went off a rain slick highway and struck a tree. Cecil Carey and Linda Jones delivered the baby at the scene. Mrs Mathews injured in serious condition. Funeral arrangements by Price Funeral Home.
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Claus
Humboldt
Allen County
Collette Reaves
Rensick
George de- Tar
US 169
Iola
Reaves
Studebaker
Laura L. Mathews
Humboldt R. 1
Lola
Richard Peters
Highway Patrol
Reeves
Mathews
Peters
New Kansas Taxpayer Form Requires Census and Vehicle Data
The state will issue an annual assessment form alongside vehicle registrations. It asks vehicle owners for census data and details to assess personal property such as boats, motors, trailers, mobile homes, farms, and businesses. Counties must collect census information from non vehicle owners and ensure accurate property assessments. Farms must be completed before issuing vehicle license tags each year.
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Topeka
Alvin T. Jones
Property Valuation Department
Jones
Traffic Fatalities Log For August and 1965
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Thursday. Fatalities listed by period show 32 for August 1965 and 395 for the year, with 400 for the comparable 1964 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Pleads About Space Vehicle Wiring
A fragmentary intercepted note compares a space vehicle wiring issue to a rotten apple in a barrel of fruit, ending with a closing phrase Yours.
Hoisington Crash Claims One Life Near U S 281
A one car crash near Hoisington Kansas on U S 281 killed Ronald L. Smith 32 who was a passenger in a car driven by Carol L. Bussard 18 of Larned. Two other occupants from Larned were seriously injured.
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Hoisington, Kan
Hoisington
Larned
Here
U.S. 281
Ronald L. Smith
Carol L. Bussard
Phone contact notice for Tribune assistance
Instructions urge readers to contact the Tribune via phone or their carrier. If unreachable, call HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Thayer Fair Set for 54th Homecoming Picnic and Fair
Thayer Kansas will host the 54th annual Homecoming Picnic and Fair from Sept 2 to 4 with agriculture and home economics exhibits, a Thayer Saddle Club rodeo event, a parade, free watermelon feed, a Katy Band concert, team pulling contest, Kid's Rodeo, Thayer Amateur Hour, and a three day carnival. Prizes for watermelons remain secret.
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Thayer
Dale Anderson
Kansas
Neosho Wilson
Labette
Montgomery
Thayer Saddle Club
Parsons Municipal
Katy
Rodeo
Court rounds up petty larceny cases and misdemeanor checks
Two teens from Steuben Street were fined 100 dollars each plus 4.80 costs after pleading guilty to petty larceny for stealing 15 pints of liquor from Gay's Package Store on July 26. Diana Ogle of Iola pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor check counts and received 30 day jail terms on each count to run concurrently, with 34.50 costs. she was freed on Neosho county warrants and faces more jail if future offenses occur. A third case of a highway patrol charge for failing to register a vehicle involves Paul Casady of Erie, with a two week court decision pending. Casady argues the Army surplus truck with a pulling pole may be exempt as a movable crane.
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Robert Lawrence Mayer
S. Steuben
Tommy Barnes
N. Steuben
Gay
S. Santa Fe
Ogle
Olathe
Neosho County
Chanute
Highway Patrol
Paul Casady
Erie
Casady
Depot Mail Boxes to Go In City Post Office Removal
Postmaster announces removal of depot collection boxes effective Monday as trains decline and RPO service shrinks. curb boxes remain and a larger box replaces the front corner unit, with new Main Street boxes as part of beautification efforts.
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Floyd Kelly
Santa Fe
Kelly
Elm Street
Post Office Department
Main
Fasting Ends in Death of Californian Minister for World Peace
Rev. George J. Strong aged 59 died at Butte County Hospital after fasting for about 40 days in Chico California. He led Bethel African Methodist Church for 12 years and was hospitalized after his wife Louella brought him in. A hospital spokesman stated he had fasted for at least 33 days.
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Oroville
Calif
George J. Strong
Butte County
Strong
Bethel African Methodist Church
Chico
Louella
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