Coast Guard rushes to aid solo sailor William Willis
The Coast Guard Ingham sped toward Argentia to hospitalize Capt. William Willis 72 after his 11 foot boat Little One en route to Plymouth faced medical trouble at sea. A doctor revised the initial strangulated hernia diagnosis to a bilateral hernia and Willis awaits transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard
Argentia
Mid
William Willis
England
Ingham
Atlantic
Willis
South Pacific
Tess
Plymouth
Eng
Norfolk
Newfoundland
Cape Race
Holland
Beekman
Robert Maury
Cleveland
Ohio
Pacific
Sydney
Australia
Age Unlimited
Hamburg
Germany
Cape Horn
Manhattan
Temperatures Dip as Humboldt Sees Unseasonable Cool
The region records a cover pulling temperature drop to 57 as Humboldt endures gusty winds and damage from fallen limbs. Nearly half an inch of rain fell Sunday while highs reached around 80. Cooler air and scattered showers spread across Kansas with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Niles
Concordia
Pittsburg
Chanute
Garden City
Goodland
KCK Tulsa Freeway Association Board Meeting Tomorrow
The Kansas City Kansas Tulsa Freeway Association will hold a directors meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce office. Policies and financing will be discussed along with progress reports on petition circulation for support of the direct-route freeway. Chamber managers from towns along the corridor form the directorate and have been invited to attend this first meeting since organization last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Tulsa
Chanute Chamber
Break-in Attempts Reported at Kart Wheel Site
Police responded to a report of two boys seen fleeing the Kart Wheel at 21st and Santa Fe after an attempted break in at a pop machine. No damage found. Earlier a cut padlock on an oil company warehouse was noted but nothing inside was disturbed.
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21St
Santa Fe
City Commission Meeting Tonight
The city commission schedules a regular session at 7 30 PM in the Memorial commission room. Citizens are invited to attend and observe the meeting proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Memorial Building
Twin Blows Strike 2 Viet Cong Bases
Air Force B52s from Guam struck two Viet Cong bases 45 miles east and 120 miles southwest of Saigon. Ground fighting eased with small patrol actions. Five Americans and a civilian wounded in Gia Dinh when a grenade hit a military jeep. North Vietnam targets also hit as U S planes assault four missile sites, bridges and depots.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
Gia Dinh
U.S
Hanoi
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thanh Hoa
Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
North Viet Nam
North
Typhoon Viola Strikes Central Japan With Light Damage
Typhoon Viola hit central Japan bringing heavy rains over a wide area. The Maritime Safety Agency reported three fishing boats capsized in heavy seas and one fisherman missing as damage remained light.
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Tokyo
Viola
Japan
Maritime Safety Agency
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted August Kansas letter fragment notes a warm sentiment and signs with Yours, indicating a small personal communication amid a broader archival fragment. The readable text preserves a casual, affectionate tone without larger context or details.
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows August Totals Rise
Kansas traffic death log reports 44 fatalities for August and 434 for 1966 through 9 am Monday. The period includes two previously unreported fatalities and compares to 411 in the comparable 1965 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Curfew Violations Involving Seven Teens Reported
Five of seven teenagers found in a car at 1 30 a m Sunday were taken to the police station for curfew violations and their parents called to retrieve them. Ages ranged 14 to 16 with some residents locally and others from out of town. A 16 year old, previously sought after for misbehavior, surrendered and was placed in temporary custody before being released to his home after consultation with county juvenile officer Ray Zumalt.
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Ray Zumalt
John Crain Dies at 72 in Fort Scott
John T. Crain 72 longtime state budget director 1939 40 died at his home Sunday. A Fort Scott realtor he served two terms as finance commissioner. The widow and three sons survive.
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Fort Scott
Kan
John T. Crain
Crain
Back-to-School Fees Due at Senior High School
Principal Garry Church tells Senior High School students to pay fees this week with seniors Thursday juniors Friday and sophomores after orientation. Office hours 9 30 to noon and 1 30 to 4. Fees total 15 for seniors 7 50 book rental 5 activity 2 class dues 50 cents locker. Sophomores pay same plus 3 for PE tower. New students should enroll soon and classes start Tuesday September 6 with shortened periods Friday September 2.
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Garry Church
Church
New Earth Quakes Strain Turkish Refugee Response
Two new tremors hit eastern Turkey amid a massive relief push for refugees from the previous week’s deadly quake. Authorities report 2,300 dead or missing with up to 3,000 feared dead. 2,300 injured and thousands homeless. Aid drops and food flights reach 29 villages while health officials launch typhoid inoculations and water chlorination. U.S. military observers and Peace Corps staff are stationed in Erzurum and surrounding provinces.
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Erzurum
Turkey
Edip Somunoglu
U.S. Army
Carl Kueffer
Ft. Wadsworth
N.Y
3Rd Army
Six Die In Kansas Traffic Weekend
Six persons died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. A 71-year-old man from Olathe died after a car pickup collision near Hoisington. his wife also died. Two Wichita men perished in a Leon area crash on Kansas 9. A Wichita pedestrian was killed and another was critically injured after a collision. Two Hutchinson children died in separate accidents. a family car crash injured others.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Frank J. Seidl
Olathe
Kan
Hoisington Hospital
Hoisington
Wichita
Leon
Ralph H. Maus
Cornelius N. King
Highway Patrol
Richard Ryne
Edward Frank
Harold R., Richards
Hutchinson
Tami Sue Hedrick
Reno-Kingman
Dennis Hedrick
Judy Hedrick
Tracy Lee
Hedrick
William Day
Pretty Prairie
Jeff Danford
One-Car Crash Damages 1965 Buick Near Morehead
In a crash three-tenths of a mile north of Morehead on US 169 at 3 10 p m, Helen W Meyer 47 of Independence escaped injury. Her car struck a slick spot on a wet roadway slid off the right shoulder hit a bridge skidded 318 feet and climbed down an embankment before stopping upright. Damage estimated at 650 dollars.
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Morehead
Buick
US 169
Highway Patrol
Roland Vogel
Chanute
David McGlasson
Coffeyville
Helen W. Meyer
R. 4
Independence
Vogel
Meyer
Sleeping Sickness Surges in Korea
In Seoul twenty five more deaths from sleeping sickness were reported raising the national death toll to sixty eight and the total cases since early this month to four hundred eighty nine according to the Health Social Affairs Ministry.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Health Social Affairs Ministry
Man Rescued After 6 Days in Plane Ruins
In Middletown Connecticut AP reports John T Emmanuel, 39, survived six days trapped in a wrecked Cessna after it crashed on Mt Higby near Interstate 91. He was found alive with his friend Richard Grimaldi, 32, dead in the wreckage. The search effort included air search and a Suffolk Air Base helicopter lifting Emmanuel to safety.
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Middletown
Conn
John T. Emannuel
Interstate 91
Emmanuel
Richard C. Grimaldi
Hartford
Block Island
R.I
al Aviation Agency
Coast Guard
Connecticut
John Faulkner
State Aeronautics Department
Mt. Higby
Suffolk
N.Y.) Air Force Base
Monkey Shot After Park Encounter Sparks Rabies Test
A monkey escaped Monkey Island at City Park and scratched an 8 year old visitor from Shaker Heights Ohio named Peter Ostrand. Police responded at 6 10 p m with officials Clem Keller city parks superintendent and Don Buster animal control. The monkey was shot and its head will be sent to a lab for rabies testing.
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Monkey Island
City Park
Peter Ostrum
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Clem Keller
Don Buster
Humane Society
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Tribune
Lois Erickson
the Tribune
Henry Knight
N. Evergreen
J. L. Taylor
N. Highland
Knight
Humboldt
Floyd Nelson
Humboldt High School
Nelson
KCK
Tulsa Board
Central
Cha
Yours
John Crain
New Earth
Iraq
Ankara
Peace Corps
Peace
Ashley Campbell
Medford
Mass
Ervin Rockhill
Mas Province
Rockhill
Racine
Wis
Lois Mikkelsen
Canfield
Varto
Faulkner
Thomas H. Emmanuel
Newington
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