Faith Hurricane Threatens Bahamas As Seeding Plans Waver
Hurricane Faith brushed the Bahamas with fringe winds while a planned Project Stormfury seeding attack faltered as key scientists returned home. At 8 a.m. Faith lay 575 miles east of Miami and 230 miles east northeast of San Salvador with 120 mph winds and a slow northward drift. Forecasters warn of continued uncertainty and advise Bahamas residents to monitor advisories.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Faith
Gentry
San Salvador
Bahamas
New Taxes Out As Gov Pushes Fees Instead
Gov William H Avery told the Republican Platform Committee that no new taxes are asked for general fund expenditures this year. He did not rule out higher state fees like licenses. Committee chair Rep Richard Rogers of Manhattan aims to finish the platform by tomorrow morning. The governor urged higher interest on inactive state funds to track the national money market without new legislation.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Republican State Party Council
Rep
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
Sen
Charles Arthur
Rogers
Equipment Theft Reports Include Oil Lease and Trailer
Theft reports identify missing items from an oil lease one mile east of the city on Austin road and from a trailer in a yard on West Main. Items include a 6 volt battery a pumping unit and truck radiators two pipe wrenches six 25 foot log chains and five boomers. Police traced a recent car key theft to two juvenile suspects and referred them to juvenile authorities.
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Austin
Charles Weggins
S. Ashby
Erie
Lewis Walker
W. Main
Edith Powell
West 21St
Military Strength Exceeds 3.1 Million Worldwide
The Defense Department announced U S military strength globally stands at 3,136,259 as of July 31, up 42,201 from the previous month. The Pentagon reported this total for the armed forces including all branches.
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Washington
Blast at Wichita Claims Two Workers
An explosion at Frontier Chemical Co in Wichita killed Delbert Cline 26 and Don Matson 31 of Viola and Wichita as a caustic soda drum exploded while starting rotation. A 20 feet square hole blasted through the building. no other workers were harmed.
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Wichita
Delbert Cline
Don Matson
Viola
Kan
Vernon Miller
Frontier Chemical Co
Intercepted Letter Describes Stormfury Studies
Project Stormfury scientists lose faith in their calculations as the hurricane evades control and enters the storm-taming area. Most experts have departed, leaving uncertainty about the operation’s path and outcomes.
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Stormfury
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Warm, Mostly Sunny Week
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change through Tuesday with isolated thunderstorms tonight. Topeka reports highs 85 to 90 and overnight lows 65 to 70, and highs Sunday ranged 82 to 93 across cities like Olathe and Goodland.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Olathe
Goodland
Wamego
Manhattan
Two Accidents Investigated In Erie County
Sheriff’s office investigated two weekend crashes. At 1 10 p.m. Saturday a 1964 Chevrolet driven by Gene Wrestler 56 of Walnut R 1 collided with a 1963 Chevrolet pickup driven by Joyce C Goff 26 of Savon burg two miles east of Stark causing about 250 dollars damage to the Wrestler car and 200 dollars to the pickup. About 1 a.m. Sunday a 1958 Volkswagen bus driven by Warren D Waldron 18 of Boulder Colorado tipped over on a county road two and a half miles west of Thayer with about 95 dollars damage.
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Erie
Gene Wrestler
Walnut R. 1
Joyce C. Goff
Savonburg
Stark
Warren D. Waldron
Boulder
Colo
Thayer
U S Planes Sink Two Torpedo Boats in Gulf of Tonkin
U S planes engaged four North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin sinking two and damaging the other two. Concurrently Viet Cong attempts to block Saigon’s main shipping channel failed, while ground forces reported minor skirmishes and several Viet Cong fatalities. A Vietnamese MILITIAMAN ambush near the Cambodian border caused moderate losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Haiphong
Constellation
Navy
11 Year Old Boy Killed in Crash At Ranch Road
An 11 year old boy, Danny Newman, son of ranch employee Dean Newman, was killed when his pickup truck left a dirt road south of Sharon Springs. The vehicle apparently rolled over after losing control on loose dirt.
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Sharon Springs
Kan
Danny Newman
Dean Newman
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows August Toll in Topeka
Kansas traffic death log lists totals through 9 a m Monday with 63 deaths in August 1966 and 453 for the year, including two previously unreported fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Three Charged In Sedgwick Case
In Wichita AP report two Wichita businessmen Theodore C Lewis and Mark E Lewis and George D Strong a Sedgwick County employee face charges in Court of Common Pleas over county engineering yard purchases and operations. The Lewises allegedly obtained double payment for white road marking paint and weaker paint than ordered. Strong is charged with aiding and abetting and four counts of perjury.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Atty
Robert Martin
Court of Common Pleas
Theodore C. Lewis
Mark E. Lewis
George D. Strong
Lewises
Strong
Martin
Firemen Burn an Old House To Highlight 2 Day School
About 100 southeast Kansas firefighters attended a two day school in Chanute led by Fire Chief John Erickson. The event was co sponsored by the Kansas Firemen Association and state agencies with talks demonstrations and a live burn of an abandoned house at 604 East Main. Participants ranged from Independence to Wilson County rural districts with advisors from Pratt Topeka Wichita Hays and Salina.
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Kansas
Chanute
John Erickson
Kansas Firemen’s Assn
University of Kansas Extension Service
Kansas Inspection Bureau
State Fire Marshal’s Office
E. Main
Firemen’s Assn
Independence
Altoona
Fort Scott
Parsons
Uniontown
Thayer
Neodesha
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Columbus
Galena
Iola
Yates Center
Wilson County
Skipper of an A Sub Drowned in Surf at Hunting Island
Cmdr. Stanwix G. Mayfield III, 39, skipper of the nuclear submarine USS Patrick Henry, drowned while aiding his two sons at Hunting Island State Park. The boys, Thomas Gregory and Jeffrey, 10 and 6, were saved as a lifeguard hurried Mayfield to Beaufort Naval Hospital, where he died.
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Beaufort
Stanwix G. Mayfield III
Patrick Henry
Hunting Island State Park
Cmdr
Mayfield
Beaufort Naval Hospital
Thomas Gregory
Jeffrey
Mayfeld
Groom's Dad Attends 50th Wedding Event
Groom Riley Marshall and his wife near Arcadia observe their golden anniversary with an open house in Girard. Marshall’s 94-year-old father G D Marshall of Rogersville Missouri attends. They married September 9 1916 in Columbus Kaw. They farmed in the area except two years in Missouri. They have seven children 24 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Girard, Kan
Riley Marshall
Near Arcadia
Marshall
G. D. Marshall
Rogersville, MO
Columbus
Kaw
Missouri
Ambulance Fleet Expands in Chanute With New Rescuer Vehicle
Chanute Ambulance Service adds an International EVC Rescuer to its fleet, bringing three ambulances under Bob DeBolt. The Cadillac becomes No 2 and the Oldsmobile shifts to a dedicated hearse role. The Rescuer carries four reclining patients, a resuscitator inhalator as a threefold device, two-way radio, and advanced patient handling gear.
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Tribune
Russ Corbitt
National
EVC
Chanute Service
Bob Dietz
Emergency Vehicle Co
Wichita
Chanute
Bob DeBolt
W. Cherry
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
South Korea reports 310 encephalitis deaths this month
The Health Ministry said the encephalitis death toll rose to 310 in South Korea as 54 people died in one day. A total of 1,386 cases have been reported since early this month.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Tribune Contact: Phone and After Hours Number
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he is unavailable, call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Rioting Strikes Waukegan Negro District Prompts Guards
A gasoline firebomb attack injured six in Waukegan as rioters filled the South Genesee Street area. Police and state troopers reinforced the 100-man force to seal off blocks and deter further violence amid night-long clashes.
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Waukegan, Ill
Walter Riley
Genesee Street
South East
J.W. Johnson
Gabriel Albarran
Mary
Jesus
Esther
Jose Lopez
Nemesia
Waukegan
Esther Albarran
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Lake County
Wisconsin Governor Orders National Guard Back to Wauwatosa
Gov. Knowles reactivates Guardsmen after 11th night of civil rights protests in Wauwatosa as demonstrators clash with white crowds. Guard actions shield demonstrators while Archbishop Cousins calls for restraint and possible withdrawal of a protest leader.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Warren P. Knowles
National Guard
Wauwatosa
Knowles
Adj
Ralph Olson
Wisconsin
Madison
Nettels Nominated as Kansas Republican Chairman
Gov. Avery recommended George E. Nettels Jr. of Pittsburg as state Republican party chairman. Nettels 38, a Kansas Civil Rights Commission member, chairs the National Limestone Institute board and past president of the Kansas Limestone Association. He aims to strengthen party organization and boost Republican registration.
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Topeka AP
William H. Avery
George E. Nettels Jr
Pittsburg
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Republican Party
State Republican Committee
Nettels
National Limestone Institute
Kansas Limestone Association
Avery
Kansas
Newsmen
Seven Die in Kansas Traffic Accidents Weekend
Seven people were killed and several injured in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Fatal crashes occurred near Louisburg and Topeka on U.S. 69 and local highways, involving motorcycles, cars, and pickup trucks. Authorities report multiple head and pelvis injuries among victims and notes on negligent passing and intersecting crashes. Six additional fatalities were reported in Missouri that weekend.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Angler reports threat by landowner on Neosho river
A Texas fisherman told police a man believed to be the landowner attempted to run him off the Neosho while he fished from his boat. The fisherman said he was in the boat and not on the river bank when the threat was made to shoot the motor.
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Texas
Neosho
Car Damage From Mishaps In City Streets
Police report two vehicle incidents. Lois Briley 44 of 1609 W Ist had $95 damage to her 1961 Dodge after Arthur Sprague 66 backed into her at Main and Highland as traffic waited. Later Don Stanislaus 31 and Perry Wilby 32 in a 1950 Ford and a 1959 Chevrolet pickup caused a sideswipe on South Lincoln damaging the vehicles.
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Lois Briley
Ist
Main
Highland
Arthur Sprague
S. Steuben
Briley
Sprague
Don Stanislaus
Perry Wilby
Survey Meeting By C of C Women
A luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce women's division is set for tomorrow at noon at the Tioga Hotel to inaugurate a tourism and recreation survey. Materials will be distributed and explained, and random interviews will be conducted to collect data for a statewide study of tourism potentials.
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Chamber of Commerce Women's Division
Tioga Hotel
Gun Accident Fatal To Neodesha Girl
Virginia Rae Loflin a 14 year old of Neodesha Kan died en route to a hospital after a gunshot wound to the head at her home Sunday Sheriff said the shooting appeared accidental the girl was standing on a chair in a closet when she apparently touched a .22 caliber automatic pistol and it fired her parents are Mr and Mrs Max D Loflin of Neodesha
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Neodesha
Kan
Virginia Rae Loflin
Hubert Harris
Max D. Loflin
Pedestrian Killed Near Highway Outside Louisburg
Levi White, a 70 year old retired farmer, was struck and killed by a car while walking along U S 69, half a mile south of Louisburg. The driver, Robert E Fondren, 25, of Wichita, said he did not see White walking with the traffic.
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Louisburg
Kan
Levi White
U. S. 69
Here
Robert E. Fondren
Wichita
White
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