Two Ships Rescue 10 From Crippled Yawl in Atlantic
In heavy seas two merchant ships the British Cotswald and the German Hille Oldendorff raced to save 10 aboard the yawl Petrel after it sent a distress signal. The Petrel crew include students from Stamford Connecticut and Western Reserve University, all reported in satisfactory condition.
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New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Cotswald
Hille Oldendorff
Yawl
Petrel
Stamford
Ness
Yonkers
Heidi
Bermuda
Area hospitals gain Medicare extended care certification
Only three area facilities in Kansas join 29 nationwide as extended care units under Medicare. Pine Crest Care Home Humboldt Autumn Manor Yates Center and MKT Hospital Parsons certified. Bryant Rest Home seeks approval pending two more licensed practical nurses. Neosho Memorial Hospital cooperates in the program.
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Kansas
Pine Crest Care Home
Humboldt
Autumn Manor
Yates Center
MKT
Parsons
Bryant Rest Home
Lpns
Richard A. Deck
Social Security Administration
Topeka
Associated Press
Medicare
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Glen Dormois
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Deadly December totals
Topeka AP dispatch reports Kansas traffic death log covering the 24 hours to 9 am Friday with 4 fatalities. For December the total reaches 52 and for 1966 totals 723, compared with 665 in the 1965 period. Includes two previously unreported fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wage Hike Talks Open Major Labor Negotiations
Washington reports about 7 million workers will gain wage hikes in 1967 through new talks or renewed contracts. James R. Hoffa leads off with the Teamsters negotiating for about 450,000 workers under the national trucking pact as airline pilots auto workers and others enter major talks.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Labor Department
Hoffa
Car fire in attached garage sounds its own alarm
In El Dorado Kansas a station wagon inside a garage blazed and its horn sounded the alarm. Austin Precht alerted bystanders and a police officer aided him in moving the car before firemen arrived. Fire officials attributed the blaze to an electrical short and the car suffered major damage.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Austin Precht
el Dorado
Precit
Weekend Holiday Observed Across Government and City Offices
The coming New Year weekend will see a second consecutive holiday with Monday as the official date. Post office windows close and no mail deliveries, The Tribune not published. City offices close Saturday through Monday, with many people taking three days off. Numerous New Year events and club dances will proceed with restricted attendance. Sports fans will have a full slate of televised bowls and parades to choose from.
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the Tribune
Mally
The
Elks
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Country Club
Weather summary for Topeka and Kansas regions
Partly cloudy with little change in temperatures tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight near 20, highs Saturday in the middle 30s. Morning readings showed sub zero temps in western Kansas with Garden City 5 below, Hill City 4 below, Topeka 2 below, Concordia 2 below, Manhattan 1 below.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Hill City
Concordia
Manhattan
Brisk Firefighting On Brink Of Truce
In South Vietnam fighting flared in the Mekong Delta and central lowlands on the eve of the New Year truce. U S B52 bombers attacked Communist positions while Ky warned of canceling the cease-fire if the Viet Cong do not observe it. A labor strike in Saigon ended with settlement as dockworkers protested American replacements.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnamese Confederation of Labor
Mekong Delta
Kontum Province
Magician aims to vanish seven foot elephant on CBS TV
Milbourne Christopher plans to make a full grown elephant disappear in a brightly lit stage illusion on a Garry Moore CBS special. He must first get the elephant on stage and then execute a 14 foot distant shot to empty gates, a feat not done before on television.
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Milbourne Christopher
Christopher
Garry Moore
CBS
Houdini
Hippodrome Theater
Five More Parking Meters Pried Open in City
Police reported five more meters damaged on South Grant bringing the total to 18 meters broken into since Tuesday night. Other incidents were on North Grant and First Street.
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South Grant
North Grant
1St Street
Couple Loses Possessions in Independence Fire
A young married couple from Chanute lost almost all belongings in a house fire in Independence last night. Mr and Mrs Jim Stanlick rented a downstairs apartment. neither they nor the upstairs occupant were home. Firemen battled the blaze for several hours, believed to have started from a wall heater upstairs.
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Chanute
Independence
Jim Stanlick
Stanlick
Charles Stanlick
S. Grant
Lige Matlock
Stanlicks
One of Biggest New Year Revels Promised Across U S
A nationwide survey shows New Year's Eve celebrations could be the largest since World War II with prices from a dollar to a hundred dollars for nightlife. Hotels, clubs, and casinos report varied rates, with luxury dinners and suites in Chicago, San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and New York. Top entertainers including Ella Fitzgerald and Juliet Prowse perform in major venues as venues report sellouts and high demand despite concerns over money and labor shortages.
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Vietnam
Phil Miles
New York
Brody Corporation
Rainbow Room
Rainbow Grill
Peter Redfearn
Claremont
Berkeley
Calif
Churchill Room
San Francisco
Hotel Fairmount
Chicago
Maxim’s de Paris
Astor Tower Hotel
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Ella Fitzgerald
R.E. Bredeson
Dallas
Tex
Philadelphia
American Federation of Musicians
Atlanta
Two in serious condition after Neosho crash
Clark and VanGotten remained in serious condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two car collision at Lafayette and Main. The crash killed 18 year old Russell Palmquist, a passenger in Clark’s car, marking Chanute’s first traffic fatality since 1964. Clark and VanGotten, both 20, were slated for surgery.
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Leland Clark
S. Lafayette
Gary VanGotten
S. Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Lafayette
Main
Russell Palmquist
W. Main
Clark
Chanute
van Gotten
Lock Torn Off At Santa Fe Park Shelterhouse
On routine patrol at 12 25 a m officers found the lock torn off the north shelterhouse door at Santa Fe Park. They reported nothing was missing and no other damage.
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Santa Fe Park
Why 1966 Was Cut Short
An intercepted letter hints the year’s top story remains unwritten, suggesting a focus on why 1966 was shortened or interrupted and what events or figures may have caused the abrupt end.
Tornado tops 1966 Kansas news in AP year poll
The Topeka tornado of June 8, with 17 dead and 500 injured, was ranked the top Kansas news story of 1966 in an AP poll. Gov. Docking’s November win over Gov. Avery was No. 2, while reapportionment, Jim Ryun’s world records, and constitutional amendments filled the top ten.
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Topeka
Kansas
Associated Press
Robert Docking
William H. Avery
Docking- Avery
Jim Ryun
Ryun
Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas Supreme Court
House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
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Tribune
Lois Erickson
Man Farm
Don Holman
H. O. Oliphant
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Phan Thiet
South China Sea
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
Big Elephant
George Esper
New Orleans
Roosevelt Hotel
Nancy
Cha
Washburn University
Jardine Terrace
Kansas State University
Jardale
Avery
Arkansas City
Jim Ryan
Wichita
University of Kansas
Kansans Noy
Board of Education
Addington
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
State Grain Inspection Department
Hutchinson
Reno
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