Bomb Kills Casino Owner In Nevada Neighborhood
Richard L. Chartrand, 42, a casino owner once embroiled in Lake Tahoe stockholder battles, was killed when a bomb exploded under his car in front of his Zephyr Cove home. Sheriff Byers called it not clearly gang related. No other injuries reported.
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Zephyr Cove
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Richard L. Chartrand
Chartrand
Sierra Lake
George Byers
Douglas County
35 Hurt In Crash Of Bus South Of Neosho Missouri
A school bus collided with a tractor trailer near Neosho injuring 35 people including 32 students and two drivers. Two children were rushed to St John’s Medical Center in Springfield in critical condition. others received care in Neosho.
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Neosho
Highway Patrol
St. John’s Medical Center
Springfield
Area Forecast and Kansas Rain Report
Mostly cloudy area forecast through Thursday with showers and thunderstorms. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows 65 to 70 tonight, highs 77 to 87 Thursday, 60 percent precipitation tonight and Thursday. Beneficial rains soaked central and northwestern Kansas with 0.5 to 1.0 inches and some spots 4 to 5 inches. Top temps ranged 73 to 94, lows 57 to 72.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Garden City
Russell
Ft. Riley
Picketing Again At State Hospitals
In Topeka 34 union members were dismissed in June for refusing to follow orders. The Kansas Health Workers Union local 1271 protested an alleged illegal refusal to reinstate two hospital aides. The Civil Service Board reinstated the strikers as union demands were reviewed.
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Topeka
Kansas Health Workers Union
Kansas Civil Service Board
Crosswalk East of Tracks A compromise on movable crosswalk signs
City and Santa Fe railroad reach an agreement over mid street pedestrian crosswalk signs at Main Street crossing. The west sign is removed while the east sign remains. Santa Fe agrees to slow train speeds to 10 mph and improve train operation safety at the crossing.
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Kenneth Childers
Main
Keith Wright
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Lincoln
Grant
Bus Routes Are Checked in Neosho County
County workers check school bus routes for safe intersections as vegetation is cut to improve visibility. The roadside mowing program is about one half to two thirds complete, according to Neosho County commissioners.
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Erie
Neosho County
Humphrey Near First Ballot Victory in Chicago Fight
Hubert Humphrey closed in on the Democratic nomination as Sen. Edward Kennedy urged delegates to choose from capable candidates. Kennedy urged a halt to any last minute draft effort, while a heated floor debate loomed over Vietnam policy and antiwar momentum at the convention.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Associated Press
Johnson
Humphrey
Kennedy Brothers
Washington
McGovern
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Vietnam
McCarthy
United States accuses North Vietnam of meddling
In Paris at the 19th session of peace talks, the United States demanded North Vietnam quit meddling in American politics. Ambassador Xuan Thuy of Hanoi rejected the demand, accusing the Johnson administration of suppressing opposition to the Vietnam War. Harriman urged serious peacemaking and an end to interference in U.S. affairs amid deadlocked talks on bombing policy.
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United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Johnson
Thuy
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Washington
Viet Cong Rockets Threaten Saigon as Army Fights Northwest Corridor
In Saigon and its northwest corridor, U S air cavalry supported by jets and artillery clashed with a sizable Viet Cong force northwest of the capital while rockets hit Saigon for the third time in two months killing three civilians and wounding others. U S headquarters reported 44 enemy killed as fighting intensified near flooded paddies along a highway to Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
101St Air Cavalry Division
Eisenhower Shows Further Decrease in Heart Irritability
Army doctors at Walter Reed report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has had some further decrease in heart irritability since Tuesday and is enjoying light background music in his room while continuing his battle against a seventh heart attack.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Czechoslovakia Demands Deadline for Soviet Withdrawal
The National Assembly urged a firm deadline for Soviet led troops to withdraw and condemned the occupation as illegal. It said it could not ratify the Moscow accord under pressure and reformists face possible removal of Dubcek amid a split in the Central Committee. Soviet tanks remained in place as protests grew.
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Prague
Czechoslovak National Assembly
National Assembly
Moscow
Communist Party Central Committee
Thas
Alexander Dubeck
Ludvik Svoboda
Dubcek
Tive
Miss Kansas headed to Miss America Pageant
Jane Kathryn Bair of Parsons will depart Pratt for Atlantic City to compete next week. She leaves Wichita at 11 45 a m with a press conference at 10 50 a m in the airport conference room. Bair is joined by chaperone Carol Gabelmann and officials Gary Strodtman Fred Badders Bill Hampton Jr and Sara Hampton.
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Pratt
Kan
Jane Kathryn Bair
Parsons
Kansas
Atlantic City
N. J
Wichita
Miss Bair
Carol Gabelmann
Gary Strodtman
Fred Badders
Bill Hampton Jr
Sara Hampton
Georgia Governor Maddox Withdraws From Chicago Democratic Game
An intercepted letter reports Governor Maddox of Georgia becoming angry at Chicago politics and withdrawing from the Democratic scene, effectively taking his marbles and going home.
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Humphrey
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Gov. Maddox
Chicago
Woman Shot Five Times Regains Consciousness in Florida
Dorothy Clark, 42, of Atlanta, recovered enough to answer questions after being shot five times in the head on August 12. Police traced a phone tip from a man claiming to have killed three women. Clark’s daughter Marilyn, 11, was found murdered at another location. Physicians said Clark shows temporary amnesia but may recover memory.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dorothy Clark
Atlanta
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