Four-County Wheat Crop Averages Surpass State Figuring
In this week’s Four-County Notes the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows 1968 wheat yields averaged 34 bushels per acre across Allen Wilson Woodson and Labette counties. Wilson and Allen posted 34 and 33 bushels respectively while Woodson led the group at 35. the text also notes historical Bender lore and local archival finds.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Allen County
Wilson
Woodson
Pacific 3 and Taccomsat in high orbit test operations
A commercial switchboard satellite Pacific 3 hovered in a stationary orbit 22,300 miles above the Gilbert Islands to double trans Pacific telephone and TV links. Taccomsat, a $23.5 million tactical craft, prepared for launch at Cape Kennedy to test a global military communications network.
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Fila
Pacific
Defense Department
Paumalu
Hawaii
Gilbert Islands
U.S
Australia
Asia
Equator
South America
Army
Air Force
Navy
Western Hemisphere
Pacific 3
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat
Cific 3
Intercepted Letter Hope Dims Over Space Switchboard
Intercepted note mocks a new space station switchboard causing only a busy signal. The fragment suggests communication delays and a tone of irony about the project. No dates or names present.
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Switchboard Space Station
Police Nab Teeners At Mass Pot Party
Police raided a private Queens home ending a mass pot party with 108 teens present including 54 under 16. Officers seized two pistols three switchblades and drugs while suspects including owners Mr and Mrs Thomas Powell faced inquiry. A stabbed youth, Rufus Johnson 19, was treated for two lung wounds after paying 50 cents to enter.
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New York
Quens
Thomas Powell
Rufus Johnson
Queens General Hospital
Johnson
James
Runaway Oil Well Plugged After 12-Day Spill
Officials said the runaway oil well off Santa Barbara was plugged after 12 days of crude spilling into the Pacific. Union Oil Co. planned to abandon the well by Monday as crews cemented the shaft and removed drill pipe. Coast Guard estimates put damage in the millions and hundreds of birds killed. Senator Muskie inspected the slick from the air and urged pollution hearings.
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Santa Barbara
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Pacific
California
Fritz Springman
Union Oil Co
Coast Guard
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Senate
Nixon and Kis singer Map European Trip Plans
President Nixon with Secretary of State William Rogers and Henry Kissinger at Key Biscayne outlines a five nation European tour Belgium England West Germany Italy and France. They will also pursue four power talks at the United Nations for a Middle East settlement while James Farmer is named to a post in HEW.
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William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
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Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Wilkins
United States
Belgium
England
West Germany
Italy
France
Rogers
Kissinger
United Nations
Middle East
Britain
Paris
Vietnam
Monitoring Course Here Next Week
A radiological monitoring course will be conducted at the National Guard armory Tuesday through Friday. The Kansas Highway Commission and State Civil Defense sponsor, with participation invited for Civil Defense directors, local officials, schools, and hospitals. The 16 hour course grants a radiological monitoring certificate upon completion.
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Kansas Highway Commission
State Civil Defense and Disaster Programs Office
Wayne Ellis
404 W. 5Th
Highway Commission
Topeka
Hutchinson
Garden City
Salina
Division Highway Commission
Shaw Defense Stays Tough At Kennedy Conspiracy Trial
New York accountant Charles I. Spiesel testified he attended a Clay Shaw party where Kennedy assassination was discussed. Defense cross examines about hypnosis claims and alleged Communist harassment, linking to 1962–64 events. Shaw, Ferrie, and Oswald tied to the case as witnesses and rumors persist about their roles. Trial resumes at 10 a.m. EST.
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New Orleans
Charles I. Spiesel
New York
Clay Shaw
John F. Kennedy
F. Irvin Dymond
Spiesel
Dymond
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
David W. Fe
Ferrie
Jim Garrison
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Warren Commission
Realtors oppose landfill site near residential area
The Neosho County Board of Realtors adopted a resolution opposing the proposed sanitary landfill on Twenty-first Street and South Katy, despite supporting waste disposal. The board sent copies to the city commission and city manager, stating preference for a landfill but not at the proposed location or near a residential district.
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Neosho County Board of Realtors
John Gorton
Twenty-first Street
South
Katy
Fire Damages King Phillips 66 Station in Altoona
A fire at about 1 a.m. Friday caused extensive roof damage to the King Phillips 66 service station and grocery in Altoona. Firefighters from Altoona and a rural unit battled the blaze with Neodesha aid arriving by 2:05 a.m. The fire was extinguished around 6 a.m. No cause determined. Owner Lewis King and his family were away. Insurance covered the building. damage estimate unavailable.
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Altoona
King Phillips 66
Neodesha
Lewis King
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Bill) Benson
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