Flu Outbreak Reaches Kansas Yet Chanute Sees Light Impact
The flu wave affects several Kansas communities with hospital visit and patient restrictions in Coffeyville Parsons and Pittsburg while Chanute reports milder impact. Officials note limited immunization window and a type A upper respiratory infection rather than Asian flu.
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Coffeyville
Parsons
Pittsburg
Coffeyville Memorial Hospital
Vera Goodwin
Labette County Medical Center
J. D. Lilley
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Describes Post Holiday Pressure
An intercepted note compares a desk mate’s post New Year mood to a quarterback facing a long third down. The remark frames a tense moment of challenge and readiness.
Kansas Traffic Kills 12 During New Year Holiday Weekend
Twelve people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the New Year holiday weekend. A two car broadside on the Kansas Turnpike northeast of El Dorado claimed three lives, including 18 year old Joseph Simmons and 10 year old Susan Simmons. Mrs Amanda Yoakum, 88, of Topeka, also died.
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Kansas
Missouri
Associated Press
Kansas Turnpike
el Dorado
Joseph Simmons
Dallas
Tex
Susan
Amanda Yoakum
Topeka
Simmons
Mildred Bolt
To_peka
Yoakum
Bolt
Marguerite Simmons
Joseph
Fire destroys town as ammonia tanker collision erupts
In Dunreith Indiana two freight trains collided producing a thunderous blast that set two businesses and several homes ablaze. 236 residents evacuated safely. Three firefighters and a policeman sustained minor injuries from the blast.
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Dunreith
Ind
Indiana
Ice and Snow Closes Roads Across Region Amid Cold Wave
Traffic crawled and pedestrians moved cautiously as ice coated streets and walks. The forecast warned of more freezing drizzle and snow with highs in the teens and lows near zero, prompting widespread caution and road treatment across Kansas.
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Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Pittsburg
Bureau
Bloodiest New Year Truce Scenes in Vietnam
The 2,500 Viet Cong assault on an American outpost near Black Virgin Mountain left 23 U.S. infantrymen dead and 153 wounded as North Vietnamese replacements backed the attack. The 9th Division suffered 348 fatalities. The clashes disrupted a 48 hour Tet cease-fire and targeted northern coastal districts Nghia Hanh Ly Tin. Eighty enemy killed. South Vietnamese police operations also featured in the day’s reporting.
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Saigon
Black Virgin Mountain
U.S
Nghia Hanh
Ly Tin
Heliccopter
Heart Transplant Surgeons Reach New Milestone in Cape Town
Cape Town doctors led by Dr. Christian Barnard completed a five hour heart transplant replacing a 58 year old dentist’s damaged heart with a donor heart from Clive Haupt who collapsed and died. The patient Blaiberg was conscious and in very good condition with the new heart beating on its own. The operation followed the world’s first transplant on Louis Washkansky which lasted five hours and ended with the patient dying 18 days later from pneumonia.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Haupt
New Year Party Aboard Bainbridge Island Ferry
Eight commuters who ride the Bainbridge Island ferry daily hosted a moving New Year's party aboard the Illahee. The 35 minute trip from Bainbridge Island featured noise makers paper hats candelabra food drink and tape recorded music to welcome 1950s New Year.
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Seattle
Illahee
Bainbridge Island
Million Dollars In Carpeting Burns
A warehouse fire in Pompano Beach destroyed about a million dollars worth of carpeting. Investigators suspect arson after thieves ransacked files and desks before the blaze. Co owner Robert Salame of the Boston Bug Co. said about a million yards of carpet was lost, mostly due to water damage.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Robert Salame
The
Boston Bug Co
Three Calls For Firemen from City Fire Desk
The city fire department answered three calls Sunday. At Grace Episcopal Church a gas stove fault caused a scorched rug after a single shutoff valve failed. A bathroom fire at 1219 N Washington damaged the room, started by a wall heater. The police basket fire was extinguished outside the station with a water hose.
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Fire Department
Grace Episcopal Church
3Rd and
Lincoln
Mike Brooks
Washington
Mark Leroy Wehlage Named Chanute's Little Mr. 1968
Neosho Memorial Hospital welcomed Chanute's first baby of 1968, an 8 pound boy born at 3 14 a.m. to Leroy and Mary Wehlage of 1212 S Grant. Mark Leroy unseats Lisa Burghart as Little Miss 1967, the first baby of last year. The newborn and family receive prizes from 12 Chanute merchants.
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Mark Leroy Wehlage
Little Mr
Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Leroy Wehlage
S. Grant
Tle
Lisa Burghart
Ralph Burghart
W. Sycamore
Mark
W. Main
Kirk Rollow
Herbert Fox
N. Western
Rollow
Fox
Larry Wiles
Royster Stadium
Michael Swink
S. Evergreen
Hazel Wehlage
8Th
Santa Fe
Icy Cha nute Area Sees Numerous Holiday Accidents
Police report a New Year period marked by slippery brick streets and icy highways across Chanute and 17 southeast Kansas counties. Numerous non fatal crashes occurred on K47 USS59 and nearby bridges, with charges of driving while intoxicated and careless driving noted. no fatalities reported.
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Chanute
Alfred Brown
Burlington
Lenville O. Bradfield
R. 3
Highway Patrol
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Robert French
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Claudia
Tribune
Robert Mc- Kinney
Eric
Neosho County
FAA
New Years Truce
George Esper
South Vietnam
Fish Hoek Beach
Mark Leroy
Fourth Division Highway Patrol
Edith Miller
Wichita
Altoona
REA
Ford
Leland Hull
Fort Scott
Neosho River
Erie
Hull
Barbara Smith
Kenneth S. Rush
Edith
14Th
Evergreen
William Masquelier
Iola
Masquelier
Rush
Richard E. Oliver
Donald G. Morris
S. Santa Fe
Morris
Oliver
Judy Johnson
Shirley Bauer
Bauer
Gretchen
Johnson
David L. Smith
S. Ashby
Santa Fe Park
7Th
Frank Ogle
2Nd
Lafayette
John Brant
Tom McKenzie
Lucille White
Buffalo
Carl Berry
S. Garfield
DeSoto
Swink
Wehlage
Plymouth
Dodge
Phillip Locke
Greg Mitchell
S. Rutter
Mitchell
Main and
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Locke
Main and Highland
Melvin Stierwalt
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