Gloom Stripper Brings Fortune Cookies On Vietnam Tour
Gypsy Rose Lee, now a grandmother, travels on a 25 day Vietnam tour carrying fortune cookies with comical sayings to lift spirits for GIs. The report also covers Sweden's 3 billion crown welfare budget, US Vietnam peace talks, and a St Louis patient attack probe at Chronic Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Gypsy Rose Lee
Vietnam
ST. Louis
Circuit Attorney’s Office
City Health Department
Nixon Aims for Concise Inaugural Address
President elect Nixon works on a 15 minute inaugural speech and plans a brief address. He anticipates no schedule today and may attend a dinner for Maurice H. Stans. He spoke Sunday night to 2 500 people in Stevens Point Wisconsin praising Melvin R. Laird.
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New York
Nixon
Stevens Point
Wis
Melvin R. Laird
Defense
Laird
United States
Guild Pushes Demand in AP Strike Mediation
Washington mediation on the Wire Service Guild strike against The Associated Press moved to the FMCS. The guild, which walked out last Thursday over wages and a modified shop, restored a $280 weekly top minimum in year one, after proposing $264 for two years. AP service remained uninterrupted.
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Washington
Wire Service Guild
Associated Press
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United States
Guild
New York
Fire destroys LaCrosse business. few surrounding damages
Firefighters from six nearby communities aided LaCrosse crews Sunday night to prevent spread as the Skogmo department store burned in its basement. City Manager Tom Yeradi said the building and contents were likely a total loss. Smoke and water damaged the adjacent Ben Franklin Store and a nearby real estate office.
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Lacrosse, Kan
LaCrosse
LaCrosse Department
Tom Yeradi
Skogmo Department
Yeradi
Ben Franklin
Viet Cong Strike Big Mekong Delta Airfield at Can Tho
Viet Cong attackers blasted Can Tho airbase 80 miles south of Saigon, destroying 15 helicopters valued at about 5 million and damaging six more in a mortar barrage. Eight Americans were killed and 10 wounded as defenses repelled the assault. Four Viet Cong were reported killed in U.S. retaliatory fire.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Tho
U.S. Army
164Th Aviation Group
Mekong
U. S
Stewardess Foils Delta Jet Hijacking Attempt
A Delta Airlines jet en route from Detroit to Miami was halted when a stewardess, Lynne Sargeant, slammed the cockpit door after a passenger placed a shotgun at her midsection. Kenneth Earl McPeek, 31, of Orchard Lake, Michigan, was arrested on landing at Miami International Airport with his 3 year old son in protective custody. The weapon was found in a bag and under the seat.
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Miami
Delta Airlines
Detroit
Dade County Sheriff's Department
Kenneth Earl McPeek
Orchard Lake
Mich
Miami _ International Airport
Sheriff's Department
McPeek
Unassem
Lynne Sargeant
Miami Springs
Fla
Havana
Weather area forecast for Topeka Kansas and statewide
Partly cloudy and warmer through Tuesday with lows near 30 tonight. Tuesday highs in the 50s, with 40s in the east and 50s in the west. Light easterly winds and about five percent chance of precipitation. Sunday highs ranged from 38 at Belleville Beloit Concordia to 58 at Goodland. overnight lows from 17 at Hill City to 27 at Pittsburg.
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Weather Bureau
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Belleville
Beloit
Concordia
Goodland
Hill City
Pittsburg
Yates Center Wins Federal Grants for Waste and Water Upgrades
A $38 730 federal grant approved in December funds Yates Center’s new waste treatment plant and a $250 000 project covers a water plant and raw water line. Interior Secretary Udall disclosed the grants as part of $15 756 460 nationwide aid to 57 communities for treatment facility construction.
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Yates Center
Stewart L. Udall
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hilda Light
Miss Light
Sign Taking Interrupted by Police Chase
Four youths admitted taking city street signs last night. One boy was chased by Sergeant Charles Record, injured an arm earlier, brought to Neosho Memorial Hospital, then to the police station. All four were held briefly and released to their parents.
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Charles Record
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Memorial Building
Sixth
Santa Fe
Eighth
Highland
Docking Pledge Is To Qualify For Second Term
Gov Robert Docking was sworn in for a second term and pledged to secure a continued administration. Wichita city commission will meet at 7 30 pm in Memorial building to discuss refuse disposal bids for a new fire truck and HUD certification for a workable program.
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Memorial Building
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wichita, Kan
Robert Docking
Officials in Area Take Oaths
Newly elected and re elected Neosho County officials were sworn in at a ceremony in the county clerk's office at noon to start their terms. The list includes Virginia Embry district court clerk, Kenneth Casper and Ray Coder commissioners, Alberta Gough probate judge, Doris Shelhorn Allman register of deeds, Virgil Lowe county clerk, George Neey sheriff, John White county attorney, with Don Harding re elected treasurer serving until October.
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Erie
Neosho County
Virginia Embry
Kenneth Casper
Ray Coder
Alberta Gough
Doris Shelhorn Allman
Virgil Lowe
George Neey
John White
Don Harding
Lowe
Wayne Gibson
Iola
Allen County
Spencer A. Gard
Joan M. Smith
Jeanne Smith
Mitchell H. Bush
Elmer Duggan
Leo Smart
Leslie L. Norton
Ena Ammon
Register of Deeds
Edward R. Wade
Georgia
Ann Guantney
Fredonia
Wilson County
Charles R. Duckworth
Duckworth
Dwaine Spoon
Hubert Harris
Leslie V. York
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A fragmentary intercepted letter reads as a note on government quality, remarking that any government can always use more. The cryptic line ends with a signature line “Yours” and resembles a correspondence snippet from a historical page.
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Cha
Oil Worker Strike Ends Near. California Pact Reached
The nine day strike by about 60,000 oil workers faced settlement as Sun announced a new contract between Union Oil of California and the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union. The deal includes a wage rise and benefits totaling 69.6 cents an hour over two years, with California locals expected to ratify quickly. If patterns hold, the agreement could guide the remaining 435 expired contracts as the strike could end within 24 to 48 hours in plants. Average strike pay cited as about $3.80 per hour.
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Denver
Colo
Union Oil of California
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
California
OCAW
A. F. Grossiron
Wichita Paced Nightmarish Kansas Collision
In Plainville Kansas a father Harold Simons 39 and his 5 year old son Paul survived a harrowing crash after a car driven by Ray Balderson 65 veered through a field for up to 30 minutes. Balderson later suffered a heart attack and died car crash. The collision on US 183 north of Plainville killed Simons wife Joan and injured another son Terry 4 and the other driver Paul Robles 22 Natoma. Harold and Paul were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Norbert Dreiling
Kansas
Fred Hall
Ed Arn
Payne Ratner
Docking
Virginia Docking
Meredith
Bill
Tom
George Docking
Wichita
Plainville
Kan
Kansas Wheat Field
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Stockton
Paul
Joan
Terry
Ray Balderson
Rush County
Simons and
Bob Norton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Balderson
Simons
Norton
Mons
U.S 183
Paul Robles
Natoma
Hays
Robles
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