Valentine's Day Wedding in Real Life Hijinks and Other AP News
Real wedding in Washington features Linus Baker of Cumberland Maryland marrying Patricia Britton of Stuart Florida in a musical comedy tie in. News briefs include a Pittsburg Kansas police chase tower crash with 5000 dollar damage and power outage, Vatican Czech talks on church state relations, a Seattle area earthquake, Glenn Cunningham case update in El Dorado Kansas, Britain’s Wilson in Berlin pledging support, Pakistan emergency lift and Bhutto hunger strike, and a Montreal stock exchange bombing injuring 27.
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Linus
Mark Baker
Cumberland, Md
Patty
Patricia Britton
Stuart, Fla
Man
Charlie Brown
Charles M. Schulz
Karachi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Ayub Khan
Bhutto
Ayub
India
Storm Snowstorm Strands Kansas Towns and Knocks Out Power
A winter storm sweeping across Kansas brings two to four inches of snow, freezing rain and power outages. Dodge City and dozen towns report outages and closed schools as transformers burn and telecom lines fail. crews rush in from nearby cities to restore service.
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Topeka
New Mexico
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Liberal
Ray Eustace
Western Power Co
Ingalls
Englewood
Spearville
Bucklin
Fowler
Ensign
Copeland
Tice
Sublette
Cimarron
Ashland
Hugoton
Ensign and
Howell
Ford
Meade
Montezuma
Jetmore
Western Power
Great Bend
Harper
Medicine Lodge
Bloodmobile Donors Reach 175 Pints Over Two Days
Blood donors gave 175 pints during a two day Red Cross bloodmobile visit at the First Methodist Church. Wednesday yielded 105 pints and Thursday 70 pints amid flu illnesses and other ailments. John W. Kennedy topped six gallons, with Buck F. Jones Neil F. Krone and James D. Laurie at five gallons and others reaching two to three gallons. First time donors listed among participants.
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Red Cross
Neosho Memorial Hospital
John W. Kennedy
Buck F. Jones
Neil F. Krone
Reba Jones
Lynne Kirkman
Mmes
Joan Oelke
Jamnita Williams
Linda Elder
Suzanne Nicholson
Maxine Hansen
John P. Newton
Michael Becker
Robert Oliver
John Patton
First Methodist Church
Third and
Lincoln
Gulf Tides on Rampage Across Upper Texas Coast
Huge tides surged into homes along Galveston Bay as 83 mph winds lashed Baytown Seabrook Kemah and areas near the Manned Spacecraft Center. Civil defense reported two feet of water in 50 to 60 homes and 200 people evacuated by amphibious vehicles and high wheeled trucks. Floodwaters reached five feet in places and blocked Texas 146, as tornado watches covered the coastal plain.
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Houston, Tex
Galveston Bay
Texas
Baytown
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Texas’ Coastal Plain
Civil Defense
Fletcher Hickerson
Brownwood
Hickerson
Seabrook
Kemah
Space Center
Texas 146
Peru gunboat fires on two U.S. fishing boats off Peru
Rep. Thomas M. Pelly reports a Peruvian gunboat fired on two U.S. tuna boats 23 to 40 miles off the Peruvian coast. One vessel, the Mariner, was captured and taken to a Peruvian port. the other, the San Juan, fled toward waters off Ecuador. Pelly seeks Navy protection for the U.S. crews.
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Washington
U.S
Thomas M. Pelly
R-Wash
Ecuador
Pelly
State Department
Navy
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A clipped note references local sportsmen and Peruvians watching fishing holes, hinting at informal, humorous observations rather than a formal report. The fragment suggests social chatter about anglers and foreign visitors without detailing events or outcomes.
Duke and Wisconsin Campuses Tense Amid Student Sit‑in
Quiet tension spread from Duke University to state campuses as police clashed with students who occupied the administration building for 10 hours. About 30 Negro students were talked out of the building and tear gas was used to disperse the unruly crowd. 20 students were injured or required aid as National Guardsmen stood by nearby.
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Durham
N.C
Duke University
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Bernard Forrester
New York
National Guardsman
Milwaukee
University
Board of Regents
H. Edwin Young
Young
Duke
Committee Approves Road Bill
The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee approved a highway plan to fund rapid construction with a seven cent gasoline tax and $300 million in bonds over ten years. The measure shifts program control to the State Highway Commission and limits construction to freeways. It now goes to the Senate floor amid veto history and party dynamics.
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Topeka
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Robert Docking
Senate
Docking
State Highway Commission
Neosho Memorial Hospital Reports Record 1968 Revenue
Glen Dormois notes total gross revenue from patient services in 1968 reached 912 371.09, a new high, with a 117 127.97 increase over 1967. Daily census averaged 62.99, while admissions rose to 3 096 and net revenue per patient day was 38.17 higher than 1967.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Glen Dormois
Dormois
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Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Charles E. Hailacy
Vatican
Vatican City
Paul VI
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Czechosloakia
Seattle
British Columbia
University of Washington
Norman Rasmussen
EL Dorado , Kan
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Star Miler
Cunningham
Augusta
State Department of Health
Wilson
Berlin
Harold Wilson
West Berlin
Britain
Bonn
Soviet Union
East Germany
Charlottenburg Castle
Montreal Blast
Montreal
Exchange
Victoria Square
Financial District
Chanute Tribune
Chanute
Murray Hill
Randall Marts
Tammy Lusk
Tribune
Randall
Roy Marts
S. Garfield
Tammy
James Lusk
S. Rutter
Concordia
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James D. Laurie
Arnold Phillips
Homer Brinkman
Virginia Lewis
Arthur L. Ogle
Thomas Patrick Wheatley
Gary L Ingle
Merle E. Mueller
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Mariner
Earl Hopkas
Parsons
Hopkas
William Brown
Brown
Cha
Wisconsin
Douglas M. Knight
Duke Indoor Stadium
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