Leaflet Drop and Saigon Action Mark Vietnam War News
American planes dropped 2.5 million surrender leaflets on Hanoi and the Red River delta urging North Vietnamese soldiers to desert and be treated well by allies. U S B52 bombers hit a North Vietnamese base in the DMZ for the fourth time this week while Viet Cong attacked a Mekong Delta unit near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Red River Delta
U. S
Air
North Vietnam
China
United States
Demilitarized Zone
North
Mekong
Two Girls Die in Fire in Topeka Home
Fire in Topeka early today claimed two young sisters, Rebecca Wolff 14 and De tenen Eugene Wolff 12, with their mother severely burned and a brother treated for smoke inhalation. The father and another daughter survived. Fire Marshal Dibbern said damage primarily affected the rear of the house and the cause was not immediately determined.
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Topeka, Kan
Topeka
Floyd Dibbern
Rebecca Wolff
de Tenen
Eugene Wolff
Stormont Vail Hospital
Jimmy
Laura
Dibbern
Douglas Man Killed in Wichita Area Car Crash
Lester Cathcart, 21, of Douglas Kansas, died in a two car collision just south of Wichita. Five others escaped serious injuries. The death marked Sedgwick County’s 25th traffic fatality of the year.
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Wichita (Ap
Lester Cathcart
Douglas
Kan
Wichita
Cathcart
Sedgwick County
First Flight Anniversary and Hanoi Leaflet Drop
Sixty three years after the Wright brothers first hop modern jets drop millions of anti Hanoi leaflets over the city. The action marks a high profile use of air power to spread messages during the conflict.
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Wright Brothers
U. S
Hanoi
Phone line for Tribune access after hours
Note to obtain a Tribune phone when unavailable. If the person cannot be reached, call HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Kennedy Suit Headed for Fast Court Ruling
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Saul Streit urged a Dec. 27 appearance by William Manchester and two publishers to show cause why an injunction against his book Death of a President should not be granted. Mrs. Kennedy seeks to block publication citing irreparable injury and sensationalism. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy supported with a five page affidavit. Publishers are Cowles Communications Look magazine and Harper and Row.
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NEW York
Manhattan
John F. Kennedy
William Manchester
Supreme Court
Saul Streit
Manchester
Streit
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Cowles Communications, Inc
Look Magazine
Look
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc
Space Treaty Hopes For Peaceful Outer Space Era
United Nations in New York—U S Ambassador Arthur J Goldberg urged that the space treaty outlawing warlike use could lead to a ban on nuclear weapons. He spoken in the General Assembly noting the accord as a historic step after Antarctic and 1963 test ban pacts. He warned human nature and earthly discord threaten space ventures.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N. General Assembly
Johnson
Goldberg
Space
Earth
Traffic Fatalities Downlog In Topeka Death Toll
Kansas traffic death log for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. Saturday December 29 1966 records 696 fatalities, compared with 629 in the same 1965 period. The AP report tallies daily totals across Topeka and surrounding areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Space Bugs Due Back On Earth
Project Biosatellite I capsule carrying living creatures from wasps to pepper plants returns to Earth. Launched from Cape Kennedy, it will fire retrorockets and parachute into the Pacific for capture, then transport to Hawaii for examination. Goddard Space Flight Center notes the craft has behaved almost flawlessly during the long space voyage.
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Washington
Earth
Biosatellite I
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Goddard Space Flight Center
Chanute youths to undergo pre-induction exams
Four Chanute area men Billy J. Lock Eric Ronald D. Briley James E. Cornish and Richard L. Youngberg will travel to Kansas City on Monday for selective service pre-induction examinations. They will be examined on December 20 and return home that evening.
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Chanute
Kansas City
Billy J. Lock
Eric
Ronald D. Briley
James E. Cornish
Richard L. Youngberg
How Santa Finds a Way Through Small Chimneys
Lincoln school first graders offered practical and fanciful answers to how Santa fits a big figure down small chimneys.Responses include squeezing through, using a key, entering the door, or using a ladder, with one student noting a door slam last Christmas.
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Doy Hampton
Santa Claus
Santa
F. G. Steven
Lincoln School
Mary Beth Esch
Pete Esch
W. Elm
Susan Emerson
Carl Emerson
S. Denman
Tracy Dalton
Larry Dalton
Kansas
Ricky Howe
Martin Hone
Larson
Albert Reinhart Jr
Albert Rinehart
W. Chestnut
Brenda Shultz
Earl E. Shultz
W. Pine
Atom Smasher Key To Titanic Energy
Washington AP reports the U S government backs the 375 million atom smasher to probe quarks and fundamental forces. Weston Illinois chosen as site for a four stage accelerator system aiming at 200 billion electron volts with heavy shielding and public safety measures.
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Titanic
Washington
United States
Weston
Ill
Atomic Energy Commission
Pleasant weekend forecast for Kansas with seasonal highs
AREA FORECAST calls for fair weather through Sunday with little temperature change. Highs reach 50s to 60s Sunday, overnight lows around 25 to 35, and eastern Kansas fog Friday morning.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Goodland
Hill City
Hutchinson
Wrights in the Air 63 Years Ago Today
Orville Wright rose 120 feet from Kill Devil Hill to begin powered flight 63 years ago. In Kitty Hawk decades later, Delta Dagger jets traced supersonic arcs above the Wright Brothers Memorial as a tribute to the aviation milestone.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Aviation
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Pupils Boycott as Damar Plans High School Closure
Pupils boycotted and parents picketed in Damar Kansas as Unified District No. 269 proposed closing Damar High School and sending students to Palco High School six miles away. The elementary school would stay open. only five of 168 pupils attended classes Friday.
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Damar
Kan
Board of Unified District No. 269
Palco
Group Seeks More Funds for Kansas Civil Rights Commission
The Kansas Civil Rights Commission seeks 18,675 more dollars for its 1968 fiscal budget to raise salaries and hire an assistant director. The panel originally requested 118,613, including 4,500 to raise executive director Homer Floyd’s salary from 9,500 to 14,000 annually.
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Topeka
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Homer Floyd
Canned fashion items spark holiday trend in New York
New York retailers tout a novelty boom with dresses nails and accessories sold as canned goods. Franklin Simon and Wippette Sportswear report strong demand for Le Canned Dress and other tin packaged items priced from $7 to $25. Sears offers can sealing equipment and canned goods supplies for hobbyists.
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New York
Wilmer Wise
Franklin Simon
Wise
Ben Wech
Sler
Wippette Sportswear, Inc
Canada
London
Paris
Wippette
Erwin Silver
Romney Backing Growing for 1968 Bid
Michigan Governor George Romney announced rising public support for his expected 1968 presidential bid. He said he had not solicited backing from Republican governors at the National Governors Conference but was surprised by the polling reflected in recent surveys. He noted conversations with other governors but did not confirm explicit endorsements.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Two Fires Kill Eight Across Pittsburgh and Nyack
In Pittsburgh Carick section a father and four children died in a home fire with the pregnant mother escaping from the attic. Ronald A. Schiller, 35, and children ages seven, five, three, and two were found deceased in the attic and first floor bedrooms. In Nyack a 22 story residence fire killed three children as they slept while Loretta Wells, 41, suffered severe burns and was hospitalized.
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Pittsburgh
Carrick
Ronald A. Schiller
Ronald
Mike
Susan
Theresa
Nyack
N.Y
Loretta Wells
DWI Charge Against Driver Near Highway 39 Overpass
Clifford C. Greer, 1914 , Highland, was charged by city police with driving while under the influence and with reckless driving after his car left the south side of the approach on the Highway 39 overpass. A blood alcohol test was given at Neosho Memorial Hospital after the incident shortly after midnight.
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Clifford C. Greer
Highland
Highway 39
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Tiny Voice Calls Mom in Trouble in Cincinnati
A 5 year old girl Tina Marie Tripplett called GE in Cincinnati after her mother Mrs Jack Tripplett fainted in the bathroom. GE staff alerted neighbors and police, Deputy Duffey found Mrs Tripplett groggy but alert. GE workers offered to buy Christmas presents for the children as thanks for Tina’s call.
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Tiny
Cincinnati, Ohio
Tina Marie
General Electric Co
Charles L. Calvert
Tina Marie Tripplett
Jack Triplett
Tina
Mike
Teresa
Allegheny Drive
Murray Solomon
Mrs. Calvert
Santa
Solomon
Stanley Duffey
Mrs. Tripplett
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Don Robertson
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