U S Sets Up Shop In Mekong Delta
A detachment of American support troops has established a base on the My Tho River near Dong Tan southwest of My Tho to prep a larger deployment in the Mekong Delta. The move coincides with ongoing heavy fighting as 30,000 allied troops press a major offensive, and a Marine-Vietnamese coastal operation reports 4 000 Marines engaged with Viet Cong forces on Thanh Phu peninsula.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong River
U.S
My Tho
Dong Tan
Iron Triangle
Delta
Vietnam
Ese
Thanh Phu
Neosho County Community College Sees Diverse Enrollment
For the second semester opening January 31, 206 students enroll at Neosho County Community College. Represented are students from 10 Kansas counties plus Neosho, with five other states and foreign countries Germany Thailand and Jordan also listed. Sophomores total 82 43 men and 39 women while freshmen number 118 with 80 men and 38 women. There are six special students two men and four women.
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Kansas
Neosho
Neosho County Community College
Germany
Thailand
Jordan
Williams Is Speaker For Kansas Day Club
Sen. John J. Williams of Delaware will be principal speaker for the Kansas Day celebration in Topeka on January 28. Williams, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, is slated to speak at 6 30 p.m. at the Municipal Auditorium as Republicans from across Kansas gather for the event.
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Topeka
Kansas Day Club
John J. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Senate Finance Committee
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Warns of Sonic Booms Over Pittsburg
Air Force warned area of sonic booms from high flying bombers but no advance notice was given about blue green light flashing flying objects sighted last night over Pittsburg. The letter is addressed to Cha.
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Air Force
Outer Space
Pittsburg
Chinese Workers Surge Into Peking
AP report from Tokyo says Red Chinese workers including Mao supporters and opponents flood Peking. Over a million have arrived with more arriving daily, shifting focus from Red Guards as violence looms. Posters claim Mao returns to command and security police powers expand amid purge.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tsetung
Yomiuri
Mao
Shanghai
China
Kyodo
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Lin Piao
Kansas City Star links Kansans to multimillion stock insurance局
The Kansas City Star reports several Kansas legislators and prominent figures have financial ties in the past three years to a multimillion-dollar stock and insurance operation that previously failed to obtain a state charter. The article notes ongoing state records and inquiries into the arrangement.
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Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
Kansas
Star
Kansans face ethics questions over holding company links
A Kansas inquiry into lawmakers holding insurance licenses for profits in their counties is discussed by Gov. Docking who says an investigation will await full facts. The Star notes two firms Natl Finance Life Underwriters Inc and Farm and Ranch Life Insurance Co faced regulatory pushback before chartering.
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Ords
House
Senate
Topeka
Robert Docking
The
Star
National Finance Life Underwriters Inc
Farm and Ranch Life Insurance Co
Securities and Insurance Commissioners” of Kansas
Ray Morgan
Kansas
Richard Pringle
Pringle
Kansas Corporation Commission
Farm and Ranch Life
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
National Finance Life Underwriters Holding Company
Weather figures and area forecast for Kansas
The area forecast calls for generally fair conditions with little temperature change tonight. Saturday will be partly cloudy and cooler with northerly winds. low tonight 25 to 30 and high Saturday in the 40s. Kansas reports show cloudiness and readings from 37 at Garden City to 59 at Pittsburg with overnight lows 20 to 38.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau Today
Kansas
Garden City
Pittsburg
Goodland
They're Not Bashful About Friday 13th
In Winona Minnesota Mrs Bauer, mother of 13 children, has a large family linked to Friday the 13th. Her eldest daughter Mrs Howard Mondry from South St Paul recently gave birth to grandchild No 13. Her son John serves with the Navy in Kodiak Alaska and also shares the birthday.
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Winona
Minn
Harry Bauer Sr
Bauer
Harley English Sr
Howard Mondry
South St. Paul
Bauers
John
Navy
Kodiak
Alaska
Senate GOP shifts Pearson to Armed Services committee
The Senate Republican Conference approved several committee moves, including Sen. James B. Pearson of Kansas leaving Public Works to join the Armed Services panel.
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Washington
Senate Republican Conference
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Public Works
Armed Services
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log Online January 1967
Kansas traffic death log shows 13 fatalities in January 1967 and 12 in the comparable 1966 period. The 24 hour period ending 9 am Friday recorded zero deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
April Election Here In 4 Separate Parts
City voters face four simultaneous elections on April 4 for two city commissioners two year and four year terms two incumbents Fred Harris and Dave Evans seek reelection. Unified District 413 school board three seats and recreation proposal also on ballot with six member Neosho County Community Junior College board to be elected countywide. Filing deadlines vary with March 10 and Feb 20 nearing. Primaries March 21 only if needed.
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Fred Harris
Dave Evans
Unified District 413
Chanute
Dwight Blackwood
Edwin Rideau
Dean Foster
Neosho County Community
City Commission
Unified School Board
College Board
Unified School and College Boards
Chanute City
Unified District School Board
Don Abbuehl
Bob Ward
Dale Steinman
James W. Kensett
Blue Green UFO Sightings Reported Across Kans‑Mo
Pittsburg Kansas police Parson Kansas and Joplin Missouri plus Cherokee County sheriff report at least two unidentified flying objects early today. One sighting over Pittsburg described as vivid blue green with flashing lights. Interference with radio reception noted as objects moved northeast. Air traffic centers said they had reports but no radar sightings.
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Pittsburg, Kan
Pittsburg
Parsons
Kan
Joplin
Cherokee County
Jim Cunningham
Air Traffic Control Center
Naval Air Base
Olathe
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
Humboldt Night brings Humboldt fans to K State game
Humboldt pride peaks as about 185 residents and supporters travel to Manhattan for K State versus Iowa State. The Humboldt delegation, led by Earl Seyfert and Steve Honeycutt, carries a banner and hosts a dinner with 85 attendees while 29 high school players join in a bus trip and more fans plan to attend. A second half interview with Bob Adams of the Chamber of Commerce is planned on WIBW.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Boys
Earl Seyfert
Steve Honeycutt
Kansas State Athletic Department
K-State
Bob Adams
Chamber of Commerce
Adams
Humboldt Lions
Rotary
Jaycees
Manhattan
Seyfert
Honeycutt
Ed Hankins
Abilene
Hankins
William Scott
Scott
College
Humboldt Area
WIBW
Topeka
Ahearn
Johnson selects Theis for new Kansas district judgeship
President Johnson announced 11 federal judgeships with Frank G. Theis of Arkansas City Kansas as the appointee to a newly created district judgeship in Kansas.
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Washington
Johnson
Frank G. Theis
Arkansas City
Kan
Kansas
Bank Break-In At THAYER Causes Minor Loss
Thayer First State Bank was entered early today with minimal loss. President Harry Rush said only $22 in loose change and some mutilated coins were missing, no vault damage. Entry through the front door. desks and papers were disturbed. Sheriff Neely alerted state and federal agents. investigation ongoing. A Finn filling station at Earlton was also entered with no immediate loss reported.
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Thayer
First State Bank
Harry Rush
Rash
George Neely
Erie
Neely
Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Finn
Earlton
Two Fridays the 13th in 1967 Reach Raytown Family
In Raytown Missouri the D I Smith family marks two Friday the 13th birthdays in 1967. Mrs. Berniece Smith celebrates today, and Oct 13 falls on Friday for her husband. Her brother Fred Gassen of Higginsville also shares the date.
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Raytown
D. I. Smith
Berniece Smith
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Jimmy Williams
Tribune
Jimmy
Manley Williams
N. Steuben
Mekong Delta
Juco
Cha
Yours
Liu Shaochi
Asahi
Security Ministry
Hsieh Fu-chih
Kansans
Securities Commissioner
William Ferguson
the Star
Ferguson
William L. Mitchell
Hutchinson
Robert Finney
Payne Ratner
Wichita
Ted
Kansas State University Wildcats
Iowa State
Allen County
Wildcat
Greyhound
Ansas
Theis
Thayer Bank
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