Arkansas Official Freed From Jail Plot Against Rockefeller Unfolds
Arkansas State Police Director Lynn A. Davis was freed from jail by the Arkansas Supreme Court amid a contempt ruling over refused questions about a confidential informant in a gambling raid probe. Rockefeller confirmed awareness of a suspected assassination plot and declined comment as details emerged about a possible plan to sabotage one of his private planes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas State Police
Lynn A. Davis
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Supreme Court
Davis
High Court
William J. Kirby
Kirby
Pulaski County
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Zakar Garoogian
Break-ins At Galesburg
Three businesses in Galesburg were broken into last night. The Bill McNaught filling station, Galesburg Lumber Co. and Duccy elevator were entries. Money and a .410 shotgun were taken from the station. A nickel and an 8-foot tape were missing from the lumber firm. The elevator had no losses. A hasp was broken on the filling station door. Doors were pried at the other two sites.
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Galesburg
Bill McNaught
Galesburg Lumber Co
Duccy Elevator
George Neely
No Known Turncoat In Captured Fliers
AP reported Maj Keith D Young of the Air Force Academy said about 300 American fliers are believed held by North Vietnam but none is known to be a turncoat. He noted 750 Air Force and Navy aircraft lost over North Vietnam and estimated at least half the fliers are in North Vietnamese custody. He cited Hanoi providing no exact figure.
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Los Angeles
North Vietnam
Air Force Academy
Keith D. Young
Air Force
Navy
Hanoi
Man Confesses Wife Handles Christmas Shopping
A man at the coffee counter says he has one gift left to buy and that his wife does the shopping for all the others. After applause, he admits his wife did the shopping for his entire list.
Juco Bloodmobile Visit Sponsored by Neosho County JC
Neosho County Community Junior College student council sponsors a Red Cross bloodmobile visit at the Methodist church on Third and Lincoln Tuesday from 9 30 a m to 1 30 p m. The aim is 75 pints with last year’s 65 pints beating a 60 pint goal. Students will donate assist at the canteen serve as receptionists and detail workers.
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Neosho County
Big Train’s Mother Dies in Maryland at 100
Minnie O. Johnson, mother of baseball star Walter Johnson, died Sunday in a nursing home in Olney Maryland at age 100. Born in Wayne Indiana she lived on midwestern farms and once tended Jesse and Frank James guns on a Dix on Missouri farm.
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Olney
Walter
Big Train) Johnson
Washington Senators
Minnie O. Johnson
Wayne, Ind
Johnson
Midwest
Kansas
Washington
Jesse
Frank James
Dixon, Mo
Humboldt
Coffeyville
Probation Refused In Marijuana Case
Dist. Judge Morris V. Hoobler refused probation for Jeffrey W. Palmer aged 29 of Aspen Corp and Allan Roy White aged 25 of Lubbock Texas who were arrested Oct 20 with two duffel bags of marijuana. They face up to seven years in the Kansas Penitentiary. The judge called the act not a childish prank and noted both men are educated and knowingly violated the law.
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Salina, Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Morris V. Hoobler
Jeffrey W. Palmer
Aspen Corp
Allan Roy White
Lubbock
Tex
Hoobler
Johnson urges anti inflation mix at Business Council
President Johnson hands business leaders an anti inflation pitch at a private dinner, hints price wage controls possible if voluntary measures fail, and urges expanded exports and voluntary restraint. He notes a recent dollar attack was repelled but calls for broader monetary reserves beyond gold. He repeats calls for labor restraint and business efficiency.
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Dent Johnson
Business Council
Johnson
America
The
Christmas Family Reunions in Cha nute Area Planned
The Tribune seeks plans for Christmas dinners and family reunions for its Christmas Family feature to be published December 22. Submit event details including guest names and addresses, hosts, and hostesses by December 19. Phone number HE 14100.
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the Tribune
Chanute
The
Tribune
Kansas Urges More Facilities And Mental Health Staff
Lawrence report on the sixth annual Juvenile Delinquency Seminar cites five recommendations from state officials including keeping the legal age at 18, expanding institutional care with regional centers, and creating unified state oversight. Dr. Satten notes two thirds of Boys School admissions are mentally disturbed and calls for better staff training and higher salaries.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of
Joseph Satten
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
O.R. Stites
State Board of Probation and Parole
Donnelly
Dr. Satten
Heaviest Artillery Hits Marine Post at Con Thien
North Vietnamese gunners launched the heaviest barrage in over two months against the U S Marine post at Con Thien. Seven Marines were killed and 77 wounded, plus five more Leathernecks died in an accidental bombing. An estimated company of NVA also probed a nearby position.
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Saigon
U.S
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
4Th Marine Regiment
United States
Navy
Leary
DeLano Quits County Post
Erie Fred DeLano Neo sho county agricultural agent resigns effective January 1 to join Farm Management Assn No 6 covering southeast Kansas. He will stay through the current school term and move to El Dorado after spring. He has served as county agent since July 1964. successor not expected until February.
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Erie
Fred DeLano
Neosho County
Farm Management Assn. No
Kansas
el Dorado
DeLano
Management Association
President Attends Cardinal Spellman Funeral in New York
President Johnson flies to New York to attend the funeral of Francis Cardinal Spellman. Accompanied by W. Averell Harriman Lawrence O'Brien and White House staff, he plans to return to Washington after the 1 p.m. EST service.
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Washington
Johnson
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
W. Averell Harriman
Lawrence O’brien
White House
Army field kitchen slashes dinner prep to one hour
A Natick field kitchen using microwave ovens and giant blenders mounted on a truck can prepare dinner for 200 in an hour. A blender can toss salad for 100 in two seconds. The display occurred at Cornell during a conference on future food systems.
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Ithaca
N.Y
U.S. Army
Army
Food Laboratories
Natick
Mass
Cornell University
46 Families on Christmas Adoption List
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce will coordinate as clearing agency for Christmas adoptions. Forty six families and individuals listed after screenings by the Neosho County Social Welfare Department and Unified District 413 school nurse. Listings include varied family compositions and ages.
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Chanute Area
Neosho County
Weather forecast cooler with rising Friday temperatures
Topeka AP reports sunny cool weather with westerly winds 10 to 20 mph across Kansas today. Highs 40s north to near 50 south, lows 15 northwest to 30 southeast. Friday outlook increasing clouds and warmer with upper 40s north to lower 50s south. Blowing dust from 62 mph Hill City winds reduced visibility in western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Forged Checks Reported In Chanute Case
Police reported two forged checks on Ed C. Glover of Chanute. One check passed at a shoe store for 32 dollars and another at a clothing store for 34 dollars.
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Ed C. Glover
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
Topeka Kansas traffic death log shows 1 fatality in 24 hours to 9 am Thursday 9 December 1967. The year 1967 totals 611 deaths, down from 692 in the comparable 1966 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pearl Harbor 26th Anniversary Observed at Arizona Memorial
AP reports a simple Pearl Harbor anniversary with bell tolls taps and ceremonies at the sunken battleship Arizona Memorial. A $7,500 model of the ship, built in New York, was donated to the memorial by the Fleet Reserve Association funded by its 67,000 members. Colors were presented the National Anthem played and a wreath laid.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
New York
Fleet Reserve Association
Tribune Phone Contact Note
Instructions advise calling the Tribune when you can reach the carrier. If unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 pm for contact.
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Tribune
Christmas Decorations Stolen in Multiple Alleged Vandalism Incidents
Police said decorations were torn down broken or stolen at three locations. Mrs. John Gorton reported damage at 1101 West 9th at 9 15 p.m. and another breakage at 300 block South Larson at 10 p.m. Bill Roberts reported lights and cords stolen at 1114 West 5th. Investigators noted motorcycle activity and prior bulb thefts earlier in the week.
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John Gorton
W. 9Th
South Larson
Bill Roberts
W. 5Th
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