MIT electric car race passes Oklahoma City on way to West Coast
The MIT entry in the cross country electric car race, a modified Corvair with 2000 pounds of batteries and 300 pounds of ice, limped into an Oklahoma City service station to recharge with help from Oklahoma Gas and Electric officials. The California Institute of Technology car was due to meet nearby but the pair halted near Weatherford 80 miles west after the race began Monday.
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Oklahoma City
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
California Institute of Technology
Weatherford
Fire damages Boardwalk area ahead of Miss America parade
A general alarm fire heavily damaged 14 stores and restaurants and a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk near the Miss America Pageant hotel headquarters. The block-long damage area was set to host a parade of 50 pageant beauties Tuesday, fire officials said.
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Atlantic City
Big Elm at North Kansas and Elm Streets Ties Generations in a Personal Portrait
A detailed first person description from a grand elm at the North Kansas and Elm intersection. The tree details its trunk, 40 foot rock ring, 50 foot height, and close ties to the Esch and Hardesty families. The narrator notes limbs shading yards, touching homes, and a unique jointed limb feature observed from the street.
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Kansas
Elm Streets
North
Lisa Esch
Mary Beth Esch
Sara Esch
Debbie Wood
Pattie Henshall
Leah Anne Esch
Esch
Weather outlook: mild Labor Day weekend in Kansas
Forecasts show generally fair skies and mild temperatures across Kansas through Labor Day weekend. Highs near 70s to 80s, lows in 50s to 60s, with light precipitation yesterday and limited post office service on the holiday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kanss
Goodland
Pittsburg
Salina
the Tribune
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief intercepted note to Cha discusses the cool summer weather and casual remark that the pre season football games feel sensible in the season’s warmth. The fragment hints at a personal exchange and reflects a calm, informal tone.
Soviet and Bulgarian Troops Mass Near Romania Border
Western diplomats and Romanian travelers report growing Soviet and Bulgarian military presence near Romania raising fears of a new Warsaw Pact invasion. Observers cite tank columns and artillery near Prut River and near Kotovskoye, while Romanian officials decline comment and Soviet press calls reports provocation.
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Bucharest
Romania
Soviet Union
San Antonio
Texas
Presi
Ukraine
Prut River
Ukraiian
Kotovskoye
Humphrey names O'Brien to run campaign and head party
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey names Lawrence O'Brien as his campaign manager and head of the Democratic National Committee. He removes John M. Bailey as DNC chair to concentrate control, with O'Brien also given full campaign leadership. He discusses post campaign job access with industrial firms to keep options open.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lawrence O’brien
Democratic Party
Humphrey Friday
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
O’brien
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Congress
Kidnapper Held After 36-Hour Search Ends With Rescue
In Beverly Hills, Harold Tracton aided the 4 year old Stanley Stafford Jr. after a kidnapper called restaurants to secure a ransom. Robert L. Dacy, an ex convict, was wounded and captured after a 28 block chase. The boy was returned to his parents and Dacy faces charges with a preliminary hearing set for Sept. 20.
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Beverly Hills
Criif
Stanley Stafford Jr
Los Angeles
Harold “Red‘ Tracton
Tracton
FBI
Robert L. Dacy
Dacy
Morningside Hospital
Stanley
Stafford
Wesley G. Grapp
Grapp
Emmett Doherty
Kill Civilians in Hoi An Attack and Refugee Camps
AP reports that Vietnamese government spokesmen said enemy mortars hit the provincial capital Hoi An and troops then attacked two refugee camps, killing 15 civilians and wounding 22. Two days earlier similar raids killed 18, wounded five, and abducted 65 in two hamlets 65 miles farther south. Two civilians were kidnapped today and eight houses burned as violence spiked amid a broader two week surge.
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Saigon
Hoi An
South Vietnam
Paraguayans Explore Chanute Economic Development Tour
Five Paraguayan businessmen on an AID-Private Enterprise Promotion mission toured Chanute Kansas learning about local, state, and community economic development efforts. They heard from Kansas Economic Development officials on housing and industrial site funding and viewed local plants ILC Robeo Screw Conveyor Kustom Electronics Alcorn before a ranch steak dinner.
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Keith Wright
Senor
Antolin Ortiz
United States
Conway Research, Inc
Atlanta
Kansas
Jack Lacy
Harris
Chanute
Detai
Lacy
ILC
Robeo
Screw Conveyor
Kustom Electronics
Alcorn
American Legion
Bill Dever
Conway
Fred Holmes
South America
Bill Stout
Leon
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
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Charles J. Zwick
Hollywood
William Talman
Talman
Atty
Hamilton Burger
Perry Mason
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Encine
Margaret
New York
Emanuel M. Josephson
Josephsen
Lhe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ron Dwyer
Kansas Property Valuation Department
Dwyer
Gary, Ind
Gary
Elm Street
Pete Esch
Eches
Katherine Hardesty
Charles Henshalls
Kansas Avenue
Tribune
W. Elm
Wince
Debbie
C. A. Wood
N. Lafayette
Pattie
Charles Henshall
Cha
Dent Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Europe
White House
Abita
O'Brien
HHH
Demos
Nomic Development
Jim Garver
Mid-America, Inc
Fred Harris
Mid-America Board of Trustees
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