Navy Pilots Score Hits on 188 Boats
Saigon reports U S Navy pilots destroyed 188 North Vietnamese boats and damaged 111 more over two days while losing two carrier planes. Leaflets dropped on Hanoi warned of war’s spread and economic collapse. Ground combat in South Vietnam stayed light with 128 Americans killed and 634 wounded last week amid a Christmas truce.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Navy
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Can
U. S. Missile Flies Over Cuba During Test Chase
An unarmed Mace missile from Eglin AFB apparently flew over Cuba after a chase by F4 Phantom jets failed to down it. Ground destruction signals and cannon fire did not stop the drone before it dropped into the Caribbean about 100 miles south of Cuba.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
The
Pentagon
Caribbean
Air Force
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Eglin Afb
Intercepted Letter Speculates TV Rating Links
A brief note asks if traffic counts will be used to compute a program's TV rating. The missive shows curiosity about measurement methods and audience metrics.
900 Rebuild Parsons Plant
Senator Pearson cites Pentagon figures that 900 to 1000 workers will be hired for rebuilding the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant under an April Corps of Engineers contract. Production to begin in November with National Gypsum Co. as operator and about 200 job seekers from southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma registered.
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Ington
Parsons
Corps of Engineers
National Gypsum Co
Kansas State Employment Service
Kansas
Oklahoma
Guards Collect for Vietnam Aid Drive in Kansas
Kansas National Guard units including Chanute coordinate a drive to collect soap light goods toothpaste garden tools toys and utensils for Mekong Delta civilians. Armory drop is by 5 p m tomorrow and Saturday Sunday pickups after calling MSgt Raymond Friederich at 923 S Central. Sixty one guard armories are serving as collection points statewide aport to Fort Riley Monday for transit to Viet Nam via the Ninth Infantry Division adopted as a Kansas division by Governor Avery in December.
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Kansas National Guard
Chanute’s
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
National Guard
Msgt
Raymond Friederich
S. Central
Fort Riley
Riley
Viet Nam
Ninth Infantry
Kansas
William H. Avery
Scifres Appointed General Manager at Kansas Ammunition Plant
Robert E. Scifres of Alpena Michigan named general manager of the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons by National Gypsum Co. He is vice president of manufacturing for National Gypsum in the cement division at Alpena and will assume duties here soon.
Five from Illinois Lifted From Mt Sherman Plane Crash
Five people were airlifted from a snowbound mountainside near Mt Sherman Colorado after a plane crash. The injured include a woman with a fractured arm and a man with stomach injuries while others suffered shock and exposure. The group had been skiing near Aspen and planned to show horses at the Denver stock show.
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Leadville
Colo
Illinois
Rockies
O. W. Rosengren
St. Charles
Ill
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Rosengren
Lorraine
Charles
Jimmy Williamson
Denver
Mt. Sherman
Fairplay
Rosengrens
Budde
Colorado
Aspen
Sherman
Colorado State Patrol
Weather Update Kansas Ties to Storm Approaching
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy, slightly warmer tonight then cooler Friday with low 25 to 30 and Friday highs in the middle 40s. Topeka says a new storm moving through Wyoming and Montana brings higher clouds and light precipitation for Kansas with rain changing to snow tonight. Temperatures rose to 37 in Garden City and 3 in Chanute yesterday.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Montana
Kansas
Garden City
Chanute
Montgomery County Cotton Farmer Dies
James Guilick 67, a rural Independence farmer known as the state's only cotton farmer, died. Born in Waynesboro Tennessee, he moved to the area in 1935 from Oklahoma. His 10 acre crop vs 7.2 acre allotment dispute with the federal government in 1965 ended in government victory. Survivors include his widow three sons two stepsons and three daughters.
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Independence, Kan
James Guilick
Independence
Guilick
Waynesboro
Tenn
Oklahoma
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour tally to 9 am Thursday listing 1967 figures and a comparison to a similar period in 1966. The data reflects January figures and marks a rise or drop against prior year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Taxpayers urged to file self assessments by March 1
Neosho county officials outline self assessment duties with March 1 deadline. County clerk Virgil Lowe says citizens must file on time to avoid rising penalties up to 50 percent. Township trustees and local assessors will assist farmers and businesses across Chanute Erie and surrounding areas. Population checks run parallel with school census to ensure complete coverage.
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Neosho County
Virgil Lowe
Kansas
Chanute
Eric
Cecil Reid
Oswald Earnhardt
Erie
C. D
Chet
Lowe
Earnhardt
Centenarians Ole and Otilla Sholberg Mark 81st Anniversary
Two centenarians Ole Sholberg aged 104 and Otilla 102 celebrate their 81st wedding anniversary in Fergus Falls Minnesota. They hosted press crews last year and received about 1200 congratulatory letters. The couple, with eight children and many grandchildren, plan a pot luck with relatives while Ole remains mostly bedbound and Otilla stays active. Both emigrated from Norway, Ole from Kristiansund and Otilla from Skarnes.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Ole
Otilla Sholberg
Otilla
Sholberg’s
Minnesota
Norway
North Sea
Kristiansund
Skarnes
March 1967 draft call to 11,900 men for Army
The Pentagon announced a March draft of 11,900 inductees, keeping 1967 induction at a reduced pace. The figure is 1,000 above February, yet below the 15,600 expected this month and far under March 1966's 22,400. Secretary McNamara noted a leveling off of Vietnam buildup.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
Bomb threat evacuated Independence Junior College and high school
A male caller warned of a bomb set to explode at 11 a.m. The threat emptied Independence Junior College and the high school with over 1,000 students and staff. Neil Edds ordered the evacuation. police, sheriff, and fire units searched the campus and found no device. Classes to resume later in the day.
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Independence, Kan
Independence Junior College
Neil Edds
Two Stadium Complex Proposed for Kansas City
The Jackson County Sports Authority backed a $54.1 million plan for separate baseball and football stadiums on the eastern Kansas City site near I 70 and I 435. The Leeds location would save land and parking costs, while a domed single stadium was rejected as too costly and impractical for both sports.
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Kansas City
Jackson County Sports Authority
Leeds
Kansas
Two Die In One Car Crash Near Columbus
Two Oklahoma residents died in a one car crash 12 miles south of Columbus on U S 69. The victims were Loren O. Bovee 56 Commerce and Naomi Barr Stanley in her late 30s Picher.
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Columbus, Kan
Oklahoma
Columbus
U.S
Loren O. Bovee
Commerce
Naomi Barr Stanley
Picher
Greene in Vietnam Fifth visit by Marine Corps chief
General Wallace M. Greene Jr., commander of the U.S. Marine Corps, arrived in Saigon for his fifth Vietnam visit, and he will depart early next week.
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Saigon
Wallace M. Greene Jr
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Crash Fatal in Wichita Milk Truck Overturn
Frank R. Adamson 61 of Sedgwick Kansas died Wednesday when the milk truck he drove overturned in a ditch on K196 near Whitewater Kansas AP reports the fatal crash occurred in Wichita area traffic.
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Wichita
Frank R. Adamson
Sedgwick
Kan
Whitewater
TV Keeps Traffic Hazards Indoors
Safety expert says heavy televised football weekends kept drivers off roads reducing holiday death tolls. 1966 toll expected to exceed 1965 record though final 1966 count due late January or February. 10 month toll through October rose 9 percent to 43,110 with state tallies showing many records.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Warren C. Nelson
Ohio
California
Texas
Docking pledges drive to expand Kansas highway program
Gov elect Robert Docking told the Kansas Contractors Association he will expand highway development and retain open book contracting. He announced John Montgomery as state highway director and urged unity to deliver the finest highway system and public facilities in Kansas.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas Contractors Association
John Montgomery
Docking
Kansas
Costly Penny Collection In Crawford County
In Girard Kansas the Crawford County clerk’s office spent ten cents to collect a penny. A taxpayer paid by check one cent short of the bill. The county mailed a notice, issued a penny, and sent a receipt. Total cost was two five cent stamps plus clerk time.
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Girard, Kan
Crawford County
Wichita Clergyman Dies in Collision With Train
The Rev. Samuel D. Russell, 50, of Wichita, died Wednesday night after his car hit a train just north of the city. It was Sedgwick County’s first traffic fatality of the year.
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Wichita
Kan
Samuel D. Russell
Sedgwick County
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Jean Tucker
Lorie Goff
Virgil Goff
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Central Highlands
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Yours
Parsons, Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Sen
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Pearson
Wash
Jack
Charles Budde
Montgomery County
Mrs. Shelberg
Independence Jaco
Safety Council
Crawford
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