Eight Hays Children Born in Eight Cities
St Joseph Mr and Mrs George Hays of St Joseph have eight children each born in a different city. The latest born Aug 16 was in St Joseph followed by Cedar Rapids Racine Elmhurst Cincinnati Coffeyville Milwaukee and La Grange.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
George Hays
St. Joseph
Hays
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Racine
Wis
Elmhurst
Ill
Cincinnati
Coffeyville
Kan
Milwaukee
LaGrange
Continental Can Co
Fireman Scarpace minibike theft ends with booby trap
Detroit AP reports fireman Larry Scarpace had his 24 inch minibike stolen. The bike had gags including a horn that triggers a trap causing the front end to collapse when pressed. Scarpace has served 21 years in parade duty.
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Detroit
Larry Scarpace
Scarpace
Fire Department
Kansas to receive federal grant for justice system planning
A $322000 federal grant becomes available September 15 to aid Kansas in planning and improving law enforcement and administration of justice under the Safe Streets and Crime Control Act. The governor's committee on administration of justice outlined requirements and said it will hire an executive director and staff for police courts and corrections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Governor’s Committee On Administration of Justice
Ronald Baxter
Docking
Baxter
Washington
Czechs Protest Occupation as Dubcek Crisis Grows
Roughly 20,000 demonstrators gathered in Prague's Vaclav Havel Square shouting anti Soviet slogans and calling for Dubcek's release. Shots were heard as Soviet tanks sealed bridges and the Prague congress met amid tensions with liberal leaders pressing for troop withdrawal. United Nations debate followed Western calls for a Security Council condemnation and prompt, nonviolent withdrawal.
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Prague
Vaclavske Namesti
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Radio
Dubcek
United Nations, N.Y
United States
Britain
France
U.N. Security Council
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Security Council
Canada
Brazil
Denmark
Intercepted Letter Notes Summer Heat Record
A casual note mentions temperatures not reaching 100 degrees this summer with a high of 98 on August 8. In July the mercury stayed under 94.
Rockets Hit Saigon Amid Sharply Widening Vietnam War Attacks
Rockets hit Saigon for the first time in two months while mortars struck more than a dozen other cities in a fifth straight day of attacks. Casualties included 45 civilians killed and 117 wounded, with 19th correspondent Tatsuo Sakai dead. Two rockets hit the National Assembly. Caravelle Hotel windows were shattered. an American soldier was fatally shot in Saigon. The campaign targeted six allied bases and a vital 40 mile northwest road, signaling a potential third Viet Cong offensive with over 1,400 enemy killed since last Sunday.
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Saigon
Tatsuo Sakai
National Assembly
Cambodia
U.S
Prison uprising at Ohio Penitentiary crushed by guards
Ohio Penitentiary inmates seized nine guards for nearly 30 hours. Police and National Guardsmen blasted through walls to rescue them. Five inmates were killed and 10 injured as the attack ended the rebellion. Authorities cited the inmates’ ultimatum as the trigger.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
State Corrections
Maury C. Koblentz
Marion Koleski
Rainfall in 1968 Surpasses Average At 29.87 Inches
Precipitation recorded at Chanute shows 1968 total reaching 29.87 inches since January, just 0.31 inches below 1967’s first eight months. Monthly totals include May with nine inches and July over seven and a half inches, while February is the driest month to date with .11 inch.
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Federal Aviation Flight Station
Chanute
Eisenhower still critical despite stable vitals at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower remained in critical condition with heart irritability though doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital said his overall status was unchanged. The bulletin noted stable vital signs and that he rested comfortably and remained cheerful while receiving brief visits from family. Separate Erie report: Neosh county uncollected 1967 taxes totaled 6,212.42 across 114 delinquencies turned over to the sheriff for collection.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Erie
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Don Harding
Chanute Planning Commission Advances Minimum Structures Ordinance
The Chanute planning commission approved the final draft of a proposed minimum structures ordinance and sent it to the city commission for passage. It would adopt the BOCA basic housing code and set standards for all structures, with enforcement by a designated public officer and appeal to Neosho county district court.
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Keith Wright
City Planning Commission
Chanute
City Commission
Building Officials Conference of America
City of
Neosho County District Court
Agency of
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Calif
Mary King
Columbia University
Wilds
U.S. Highway 410
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Manhattan
National Student Association Congress
Wayne Hayashi
Mike Ferber
Benjamin Spock
David Harris
Joan Baez
Snorer
Nashville
Carnegie Foundation
Erse — Consolidated Unified School District
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Dean Hilton
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Floyd Strack
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Praha
U.N
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George W. Ball
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Ike
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Murphy
Federal Housing Administration
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