Gas Gals Staffing at Detroit Gas Station Draws Attention
Detroit AP reports Ken Wall hired young women aged 17 to 24 to staff his gas station after failing to secure reliable male workers. He says business rose 10 to 15 percent and tips increased. One employee, Kathy Fair, 18, notes her interest in auto work and hints at dating customers after several visits. In Korea, Panmunjom KC says North Korea claims three American helicopter crewmen from August 17 are alive and offered to exchange them for confessions and apologies from the U.S. The NK rep listed Capt. David H. Crawford, Spec. 4 Herman E. Hofstatter seriously injured and WO Malcolm V. Loepke slightly injured.
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Fumes Overcome Crowd After Rock Show in Boston Garage
About 20 people were affected when 1300 cars in an underground garage were started nearly simultaneously after a rock concert in Boston. Emergency crews treated victims at the scene and hospitals prepared for additional cases.
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Flight Safety Clinic Demonstrates Aircraft Techniques
About 75 people from southeast Kansas attended the final session of an accident prevention and flight safety clinic at Martin Johnson airport. The two day event, conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration, wrapped up Thursday evening at 7 p.m.
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Cooler Labor Day weekend to sweep Kansas forecast
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Saturday. Highs upper 80s to lower 90s, overnight around 70. Labor Day weekend cooler air moves into Kansas, with showers possible Saturday and Saturday night. Winds 15 to 35 mph, strongest in northwestern areas. Officials also noted FAA flight maneuvers and a General Aviation Month seminar in Southeast Kansas drawing pilots from multiple towns.
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Boy Dies After Long Rabies Battle At University Hospital
Little Tommy Buchmann died at University Hospital San Diego after a 124 day coma from rabies. He was bitten when a bobcat attacked him in his backyard on April 1, then received vaccinations but developed the disease. He passed away at 4 30 a m two days after his third birthday, having survived longer than any known rabies case.
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Muskie to Address Wichita Democrats September 15
Sen Edmund Muskie of Maine will speak at the Kansas Fourth District Democrats buffer reception in Wichita on September 15. Wichita Democratic chairman Robert Arnold announced with Morris Krouse named general chairman. Tickets cost 25 dollars each.
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Blue Is Beautiful: Detroit Police Recruit Drive Locally Launched
Detroit Police Department unveils a new recruiting drive and dedicates a two story inner city recruiting headquarters near 12th Street site of the 1967 riot. The unit includes two lieutenants two sergeants ten patrol recruiters and fourteen patrol investigators as it aims to boost Black representation from about 10 percent to closer to the community’s 40 percent population.
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Bus company praises festival riders in New York Times ad
The Short Line thanked thousands of youths for generosity patience and good humor after transporting them to White Lake New York for a major music event. Drivers described passengers as respectful neat fun and cooperative while the ad noted the impact on staff and the morale of the trip.
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New York Times
Labor Day Observatory Closes Offices and Schools
Holiday closures affect city, county, state, and federal offices. Mail service paused with delayed deliveries but special routes. Traffic expected heavy as Labor Day weekend begins after business hours. District 413 and Neosho Junior College suspend classes until Tuesday.
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Neosho Junior College
Work Chant Raised By Demonstrators In Pittsburgh
About 40 construction workers among a large downtown march forced their way into Mayor Joseph M. Barr's office where union leaders met Barr. Four stood on a receptionist desk as the crowd filled the room shouting We want Mayor Barr. A union steward told the demonstrators what happened at the meeting and Barr ordered projects closed to prevent violence.
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Joseph M. Barr
Barr
Civic Arena
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Test Next Week In Desegregation
Desegregation policy under fire as HEW figures show 2,994 of 4,476 districts to operate unitary schools next fall. Critics call policy pussyfooting while 2,000 workers march Pittsburgh streets demanding wage justice and greater Black inclusion in unions.
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Supreme Court
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HEW
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Tito Purges Purge Ordered in Yugoslav Communist Party
President Tito announces a purge of the ruling Communist party rank and file in Yugoslavia. He calls for a selective removal of leaders lacking discipline and warns of antiparty elements opposing socialist goals during his Adriatic coast tour in Zadar. He insists Yugoslavia will stay socialist despite Western criticism.
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Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A clipped intercepted note reads a brief closing line about a good landing and learning from a flyer. The fragment ends with a closing Yours.
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District 413 Enrollment Drops Amid Early School Year
District 413 reports 2,475 students enrolled so far, down 51 from last year. Hutton Elementary shows the largest loss with 43 fewer pupils. overall districts anticipate rebound after Labor Day as kindergarten enrollments begin next week.
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Hutter
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Marines push hillside in Da Nang battles clash
Four companies of U S Marines assaulted a hillside amid enemy fire as a two week campaign south west of Da Nang raged. Casualties rose to at least 72 Americans and 646 enemy dead as the fighting continued.
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da Nang
CIA Little Involvement Cited in Green Beret Death
In the latest Green Beret mystery version the CIA is said to have had little or no involvement in the death of a South Vietnamese man. Eight U.S. Special Forces men face murder charges related to the case.
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Green Beret
Central Intelligence Agency
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