Tarantula antics disrupt tenants in Lingfield home
In Lingfield England a tarantula in a 12 bedroom house caused alarm among neighbors after Rodney Farnes failed to contain it. A ministry expert searched for the spider but found nothing. Farnes later said he had frozen the tarantula and planned to base future art on the specimen. In Indianapolis a heart transplant recipient Louis B Russell Jr marked his first transplant anniversary and joked about two birthdays.
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Farnes
Indianapolis
Louis B. Russell Jr
Carlson Anniversary Salutes Frank and M rs Carlson
Former Sen and Mrs Frank Carlson marked 50 years of marriage with about 600 friends in Concordia Kan Flowers and messages arrived from many guests including President Nixon former President Lyndon B Johnson and Mrs Mamie Eisenhower
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Concordia
Kan
Frank Carlson
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mamie Eisenhower
Two Rockford men arrested on marijuana charges near Hutchinson
sheriff deputies stopped a high speed car from a known marijuana patch four miles north of Hutchinson. Gragg McCarter age 20 and John Martin age 23 were to be arraigned in Reno County Magistrate Court. Police found two duffel bags of freshly cut marijuana in the trunk.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Rockford
Illinois
Medora
Kansas
Hutchinson
Gragg McCarter
John Martin
Reno County
Midwest
Wichita State University
Quinault Tribe Closes 25 Miles Beach On Pacific Coast
The Quinault Indian Tribe closed 25 miles of popular Pacific Coast beach to non Indians at midnight Monday to curb littering and damage. Legal questions arise as State Attorney General Slade Gorton questions the state’s standing to challenge the action. The closure covers the western boundary of the Quinault Reservation on the Olympia Peninsula in Northwestern Washington. Tribal chief James Jackson ordered the move, a spokesman said.
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Aholah
Wash
Quinault
Pacific Coast
Slade Gorton
Olympia Peninsula
Washington
James Jackson
Gorton
Walnut Fire Destroys Three Buildings on Main Street
A Sunday blaze in Walnut Crawford County destroyed the post office corner, the Masonic lodge and the adjacent theater. Dr J W Moore an osteopathic physician faced loss of his office after 25 years in town with recovery plans underway as residents rally to keep his practice. Fire departments from Walnut and neighboring towns battled the fire. deputies estimated total damage at about 20000 dollars with Dr Moore losing roughly 11000 in equipment and building. Postal inspectors investigated the cause with cig arette remains cited.
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Walnut
Masonic Lodge
Dwight Wallingford
Crawford County
J. W. Moore
Moore
Fort Scott
Doctor’s Office
Guy Taylor Seed Firm
Melton Bishop
Ray Bishop
Pittsburg
L. W. Hershberger
Walnut Water Department
Roaring River
Missouri Ozarks
Howard Plumb
The
Christian Church
Plumb
Dr. Moore
Bishop
Melton
Mary Alice Dyson
Caroline Briley
Helen Pryor
Tressing
Chanute
Neosho County
Paul Beard
Beard
John Erickson
Moon Showings Age of Apollo Rocks Up to Solar System Roots
Scientists at SPACE CENTER Houston report moon rocks from Apollo missions may be 2 billion to 4.5 billion years old, rivaling the solar system's oldest rocks. Researchers Oliver Schaeffer and John Funkhouser of SUNY, Joseph Zahringe of Max Planck, and Donald Bogard of the Manned Spacecraft Center measured rare gases in the lunar samples confirming the ancient origin. Some material will be distributed to scientists in the United States and nine foreign nations.
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Space Center
Houston
Earth
Apollo
Solar System
Oliver Schaeffer
John Funkhouser
State University of New York
Joseph Zahringe
Max Planck Institute of
Heidelberg
Germany
Donald Bogard
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lunar
United States
Bath tub failure ends in all wet outcome
A terse quip notes that anyone who fails a bath tub ends up all wet, reflecting a dry humor take on a domestic mishap.
Lake Crossing by Bathtub Across Lake Michigan
Victor Jackson a 32 year old father of six from East Lansing Mich crossed Lake Michigan in a bathtub pausing 14½ hours on the lake amid battery and radio failures. Coast Guard and ham radio operators tracked him as he reached the Wisconsin shore to cheers from onlookers. His craft a Michigan registered one passenger tub welded to a frame with four oil drums 20 horsepower motor and roughly 1000 in nav gear. He had started with 30 gallons of gas and borrowed a gallon to reach the harbor after a failed earlier attempt due to high waves.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Victor Jackson
East Lansing
Mich
Coast Guard
Jackson
Ludington
Court Delays Ruling On Autopsy Request In Kopechne Case
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Judge Brominski delayed ruling on a Massachusetts district attorney’s bid for an autopsy in the Mary Joe Kopechne death. The ruling will affect the Edgartown inquest set for September 3. The Kopechne family opposes the autopsy, arguing Pennsylvania lacks jurisdiction.
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Wilkes-Barre
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Mary Joe Kopechne
Massachussetts
Edgartown
Kopecine
Edward M. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Larksville
Bernard C. Brominsk
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N. J
Pennsylvania
Pennslvania
Brominski
Dinis
Kopeche
Weather area forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Continued mostly cloudy conditions and mild temperatures forecast tonight and Tuesday with highs in the 80s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and Tuesday as thundershowers continue in parts of Kansas. Weekend rains produced up to 7.91 inches at Webster Dam. Overnight lows ranged from 64 in Dodge City to 71 in Pittsburgh.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Webster Dam
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Neosho County Red Cross appeals for 487 dollars
Neosho County residents are urged to donate 487 dollars to the Camille Fund for Gulf Coast disaster aid. The Red Cross seeks 6 million dollars nationwide to rebuild homes and furnish families hit by Hurricane Camille's August strike on Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. Mail donations to Chanute Kan.
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Neosho County
Gulf Coast
Red Cross
The
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
American Red Cross
Camille Fund
Chanute
Kan
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Fred Larson
Alma
Hepler
Erie
Girard
St. Paul
City Meeting
City Commission
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Walnut Fire Department
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