Texas aerialists install 650 foot tower antennas in Chanute
Tommy Moore Tower Co of Fort Worth installs two 300 pound reflector antennas at the 350 foot level of a 650 foot Cablevision tower east of Chanute. Workers used ropes pulleys and safety belts to lift and secure the antennas after one hour each. The project aims to improve reception of Kansas City stations and add Joplin UHF gear, enabling Chanute subscribers to view Channel 6 without a separate UHF antenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Barnhart
Arrow
Texas
Chanute
Tommy Moore
Moore
Cablevision of
Kansas City
Joplin
Kansas Oil Output Shows an Increase
The Oil and Gas Journal reported U.S. crude oil and lease condensate production averaged 1,378,710 barrels daily last week, up 13,065 from the prior week. Oklahoma rose to 642,350 barrels daily and Kansas to 276,670 barrels, each increasing by several thousand barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
U.S
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Kansas
Carmichael Arrives in Hanoi for North Vietnam Visit
Tokyo AP report notes U.S. Black Power advocate Stokely Carmichael arrived in Hanoi on Monday. He was invited by the Vietnam Asian African Solidarity Committee for a visit to North Vietnam.
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Tokyo
U.S
Stokely Carmichael
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Carmichael
Vietnam
Car Damage In Crashes
Police logged several minor crashes including a backing car driven by Mrs. Ray Radford 120 N Larson damaging a parked car at 126 W Main. The other incidents involved Mrs Lenora Ellis 918 S Garfield backing into Thomas Jackson Joplin and Allen backing into Kenneth Roper on S Malcolm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Radford
N. Larson
W. Main
Radford
Larry
Sharon Green
Neodesha
Lincoln
Elm
Lenora R. Ellis
S. Garfield
Thomas E. Jackson
Joplin
Ned Allen
S. Malcolm
Kenneth Roper
Allen
Roper
16 U S Warplanes Lost In Week Amid Vietnam Air War
AP reports America suffered its heaviest seven day loss totaling 116 aircraft from Aug 21 to Aug 27. One Marine Intruder loss at unknown causes delayed for security. Two Marines listed as missing, three rescued, total missing 24.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Marine AG
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Chamber polls on two cent gas tax raise for super roads
Chanute area chamber of commerce directors approved a poll of members on backing a two cent per gallon gas tax increase to fund Jorgensen report road needs. The plan cites 1962 Kan sas highway study recommending 1400 miles of freeways including US 169 corridor through Chanute. Governors opposition noted, with polling proposed to test public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Area
Chamber
Jorgensen
Kansas
Chanute
Robert Docking
Kansas City-Tulsa Association
Jorgensen Report
Jack Groves
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Extreme heat wave across the U S with record highs
The day saw a nationwide heat spike with Blythe California posting a 113 degree high and Reno Nevada recording a 41 degree overnight low as a heat wave sweeps the west and midwest observers note record temperatures across several states.
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New York
Blythe
Calif
Reno, Ney
Plan Appeal Of Conviction
Police court convicted Junior Hemphill 18 of six counts with fines totaling 185 dollars and 30 days jail. The judge took rulings under advisement pending appeal to district court, with execution stayed and a 200 dollar appeal bond posted. Hemphill faced charges including resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer after a Franklin Street disturbance.
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Junior Hemphill
S. Wilson
Hemphill
Richard Ashley
Franklin
Rockwell Burial Delayed by Federal Force at Culpeper
Federal troops arrived to enforce a ban on Nazi insignia and uniforms at the Culpeper National Cemetery as the hearse for George Lincoln Rockwell waited outside. Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner led MPs who said no one would be admitted in Nazi dress. About 50 mourners, some in Nazi uniforms, attended.
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Culpeper
George Lincoln Rockwell
Culpeper National Cemetery
Carl C. Turner
Turner
Little Military Cemetery
Rockwell
Pfc
James G. DeWitt
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Ft. Gordon
Military Police Corps
DeWitt
Matt Koeh
Shirley Temple Black enters California congressional race
Shirley Temple Black announces as a Republican candidate for California's 11th Congressional District seat left vacant by J. Arthur Younger's death. The field includes six other Republicans and three Democrats in a San Mateo County district south of San Francisco.
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San Mateo
Calif
Shirley Temple Black
Congress
U.S
George Murphy
Ronald Reagan
Black
Murphy
Reagan
California
J. Arthur Younger
San Mateo County
San Francisco
Hillsborough
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Claims Nazi Motive
Intercepted letter refers to the Nazi party as without a country and notes the murdered top American Nazi appears to be without a cemetery. The fragment hints at wartime propaganda or postwar discourse without clear factual detail.
Weather forecast for Kansas turns cooler after front
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday with northerly winds and a 10 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 80s, lows in the 55 to 60 range. A cold front moved into northern Kansas with showers and cooler air spreading statewide today. Topeka's high was 83, western Kansas reached the 90s, overnight lows 62 to 73.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Hill City
Garden City
Manhattan
City Clock Punched at St. Louis City Hall
The new time clock in St. Louis city hall was punched by an unknown person, smashing the glass face and making the clock run an hour late. Custodial staff and elevator operators protested being the only workers required to punch in, while many employees balked at the extra walking to adjacent buildings.
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ST. Louis
City of
City Hall
Silas McField
McField
Mrs Goll Killed by Unknown Person in Arizona
Carmel Dawn Goll a 26 year old part time model and legal secretary formerly of Emporia Kansas was killed by an unknown person. A coroner jury ruled the death an unknown cause and noted her body was found Aug 12 after she disappeared July 19. Her skull was fractured by blows with rocks and she was dragged from a car.
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Scottsdale, Ariz
Carmel Dawn Goll
Emporia
Kan
Harold R. Holcomb
Justice of the Peace
Desert
Action To Widen Main At Junior High
The city commission adopted a resolution to widen West Main by eight feet along the Royster Junior High School block between Garfield and Washington. The Unified School District 413 board requested the plan, funding to come from the district, and a public hearing was set for 7:30 p.m. September 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford Fisher
Lincoln
Raymond Bell
Louise Stephens
Chamber
Burl Schaberg
Royster
West Main
City Commission
Unified School District 413 Board of Education
Garfield
Washington
Kansas League of Municipalities
Hutchinson
Arabs Dispute Policy At Khartoum Summit Opening
Arab leaders clash over policy toward Israel and the West as the Khartoum summit opens. Moderates skip, militants avoid attendance, and key questions focus on oil embargo, Arab unity, and relations with the United States Britain and West Germany. Soviet diplomats shuffle posts amid regional diplomacy news. City actions include zoning bids and park safety, with pool finances and student employment reviewed.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Israel
West
Ccaid
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Idris
Libya
Hassan
Morocco
Bourguiba
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
United States
Britain
West Germany
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Noureddin Atassi
Boumedienne
Atassi
Cairo
Dimitri P. Pozhidayev
Sergei A. Visogradov
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Police Log 1967 Update
Kansas traffic death log shows 55 fatalities in August, 411 in 1967, and 464 in the comparable 1966 period. The 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday recorded two deaths in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Thayer Fair Opens for Three Day Thayer Homecoming
Thayer Kansas hosts the 56th Thayer Homecoming Picnic and Fair with a Thursday parade theme Recreation. The event includes agriculture and home economics exhibits, a Friday watermelon feed, and evening concerts plus contests such as barrel racing calf scramble and cutting horse events. The three day program ends Saturday with kid’s rodeo and amateur hour.
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Thayer
Kansas
Thayer Chamber of Commerce
Thayer Homecoming Committee
Chanute Bit & Spur Saddle Club
Thayer Fair Association
Parsons Municipal
Katy
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Pennsylvania
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Rolco, Ilc, Screw Conveyor and Ross, Inc
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Jim Morris
W. 4Th
City Planning Commission
Boyd Burns
W. 5Th
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Craig Graham
Burns
Bill Young
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Badger Body and Truck Equipment Co
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City Planning Board
Keith Maring
Lyle Rutter
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