Aday Wins Big Catfish Award With 48-Pound Catch
Walter Aday of 1511 S Evergreen won first prize in the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce big catfish contest with a 48-pound flathead caught Aug 14 from the Neosho River on a trotline. He earned a $50 savings bond. Second place went to Tom Lawrence with a 46-pound fish and a reel. Charles Crowder and Neal Sharp tied for third and fourth and receive gasoline, reels, and merchandise. F. L. Davidson takes fifth with a free auto lubrication.
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Walter Aday
S. Evergreen
Chanute Area
Navajo Seek Aid as Six Day Snow Strikes
Navajo Nation officials plead for federal and state help after six days of heavy snow, calling the disaster the most critical in modern Navajo history. Three dead on the reservation, with at least 32 lives lost across Arizona Colorado Texas and New Mexico, as more blizzard conditions threaten. Weather warnings persist for multiple western states and search and rescue ops are hampered by grounded helicopters.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Raymond Nakai
Johnson
Navajo Nation
Arizona
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
California
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Air Force
St. Michael’s
Tolani Lake
Flagstaff
Frank Chambers
Heart transplant patient in very serious condition in Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, the heart transplant patient, remained in very serious condition as doctors reported a dramatic drop in white blood cells. A transfusion of normal white cells from four donors was planned to combat possible tissue rejection, with optimism he may still recover.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
M.C. Botha
Washkansky
Botha
U.S
T. E. Starzy
Crash Fatal Near Ottawa
William A. Gideon, 60, of Kansas City Kansas, died at Kansas University Medical Center from injuries after his car dragging a boat trailer crashed into a steel sign on I-35 at an Ottawa exit. He was transferred from Ransom Hospital in Ottawa.
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Kansas City
Kan
William A. Gideon
Kansas University Medical Center
Ottawa
Gideon
Ransom Hospital
Intercepted Letter Discusses U.S. Senate Vacancy
The missive notes interest in the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Frank Carlson, but asserts none of the named figures are Kennedy or a movie star. The writer signs off with a casual closing.
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U.S. Senate
Frank Carlson
Kennedy
Gold Demand Near Normal Signals End of European Gold Rush
In London the London gold market shows demand near normal as bullion turnover falls from peak levels. Hong Kong buyers also reduce activity with prices slipping on the opening. Analysts attribute the pause to renewed US pledge to defend gold at 35 dollars an ounce and dollar volatility after pound devaluation.
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London
Europe
Hong Kong
United States
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Area December 1967 Update
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hour period ending 9 am Tuesday December 30 1967 with 11 fatalities. The 1966 comparable period showed 13 deaths. This bulletin notes fatalities in the Topeka region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Chamber Approves 1969 Budget Totals 18425 Dollars
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce directors approve an 1969 budget of 18425 dollars up from 15650 this year. Key items include a 2400 loan payment for remodeling, a 1200 salary increase for manager Jack Groves, and a 1000 promotional brochure to highlight Safari Museum and other attractions. Total receipts projected at 17500 with 9240 for salaries across 216 memberships.
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Chanute Area
Ber
Jack Groves
Chambers of Commerce
Weather forecast for Kansas with rising temps and light rain chances
Area forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change Wednesday. highs reach near 50 in many areas with a 10 percent precipitation chance Wednesday. Topeka reports possible precipitation developing tonight or early Wednesday, spreading from the south.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Drafting Tools Stolen in Junior College Break-in
A contractor’s drafting building at the junior college site was broken into over the weekend. Articles valued at about 65 dollars were reported missing including a box of drafting tools a thermometer and drafting pencils. Police received the report at 2 15 p m with the Erie sheriff’s office assisting in the investigation. Entry was gained by removing a screen from a small southwest corner window.
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Erie Sheriff's Office
Tractor Damage After Highway Collision Kills Heifer
A 1965 White tractor sustained extensive front-end damage when a truck struck a Black Angus heifer on highway K39 near three-mile corner east of town at about 4:20 am. Driver Darell M. Gobin of Wichita escaped injury. the heifer, possibly owned by Don Cooper of rural route 3, was killed. Gobin of Sunflower Co. said he was meeting another vehicle when the collision happened. The truck's bumper and radiator were damaged and the vehicle was disabled. Trooper Roland Vogel investigated.
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K39
Darell M. Gobin
Wichita
Don Cooper
R. 3
Gobin
Sunflower Co., Inc
Roland Vogel
The
Highway Patrol
Red Bridges Blasted In North Vietnam Raids
U S pilots reported damage to four major bridges and more than 30 SAM sites in North Vietnam during a weather break in heavy North attacks. Five U S planes were lost in the same period with crews rescued or missing.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Navy
Plane Crash Kills Four at Market In Tucson
An Air Force F4 jet crashed into a supermarket rear in Tucson Arizona killing four people and injuring others. The pilot and navigator bailed out from the aircraft after takeoff from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base with 17000 pounds of fuel aboard.
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Tucson
Ariz
U.S. Air Force
Meat Department
Jack R. Hamilton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gary L. Hughes
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Sherry Tilton
Glenn Bush
James O. Palmer
Air Force
Johnson heads to Australia for Holt rites
President Johnson flies to Melbourne to attend memorial services for Prime Minister Harold Holt. White House says no Vietnam summit planned in Australia. He may meet leaders individually but not in a group. Flight plan includes stops at Andrews Travis Honolulu and possibly American Samoa en route to Canberra and Melbourne.
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Washington
Johnson
Australia
Harold Holt
White House
Tom Johnson
Johnny
Melbourne
Andrews Air Force Base
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Honolulu
American Samoa
Canberra
Carlson ends long political career in 1968 bid
Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas announces he will not seek re election in 1968 ending a 40 year public service record. He cites desire to retire as a private citizen and make way for a younger generation while remaining active in decisions shaping Kansas future. Carlson regards his career as an extension of the American dream and recalls starting in politics after 1929 on a cloud county farm.
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Topeka
Kanap
Frank Carlson
Carlson
Senate
Kansas
Cloud County
Concordia
Congress
Molten Iron Spill At Armco Mill Kills Three
Three workers die and about 30 are injured when 30 tons of molten pig iron spill from a ladle at Armco steel mill in Houston Texas. The blaze burns clothing and several may be blinded while 440 workers are on site.
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Houston
Tex
Armco
Leo Bell
Houston H. Kreuger
Norman E. Doss
Burke Huber
W.M. Rankin
Phone Directed Market Robbery in Santa Ana
A telephone directed supermarket heist in Santa Ana yielded $5,000 to a gunman and an accomplice in a blue sports car. Market manager Richard Hathcock said a man claiming car trouble entered his home and then ordered him to relay instructions to assistant manager Anthony Porceillo at the store two miles away. The gunman retrieved the cash in a paper bag and handed it to the car outside.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Richard Hathcock
Hathcock
Anthony Porceillo
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Wilbur Allison
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Starzy
Veterans Administration Hospital
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Groves
Chamber
Paul Doumer
Red China
Tonkin Gulf
North
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Roswell Burk
Fred Cirillo
Ernest Sanchez
LBJ
Holt
Vietnam
Kansas House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.N. General Assembly
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