U S Troops Kill Viet Cong Battalion Commander in Ambush
U S paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Infantry killed Lam Hiep 28 leader of the Dong Hai Regiment D800 in an ambush 25 miles north of Saigon. The clash also left one American dead and one wounded with another Viet Cong fleeing. Documents on Hiep identified his unit since 1966.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Uyen
187Th Airborne Infantry
South Vietnam
Lam Hiep
Dong Hai Regiment
Hiep
Draft Atomic Treaty Aims to Halt Nuclear Spread in Geneva
The United States and Soviet Union presented a new complete draft treaty at the 17 nation disarmament conference. Article 3 recognizes the IAEA as the control body and allows 18 months for nonnuclear states to negotiate arrangements, with talks to start within 180 days of treaty entry into force. Ratification time could stretch for years.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
India
International Atomic Energy Agency
Safe
IAEA
Mystery In Deaths Of Sisters
In Santa Maria California two sisters died violently five years apart in the same sudden manner. Patricia Rush age 23 woke her Army husband and screamed then collapsed with no recoverable pulse. Beverly Stephens age 17 died after emerging from a pool in 1963. Autopsies gave no cause. officials awaited autopsy results on Patricia. The Stephens family fears for their other daughters Barbara 17 and Diana 11.
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Beverly
Stephens
Barbara
Diana
Car and truck collision near Morehead injure none
A 1964 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Darlene Dick 16 of Thayer R 1 struck a parked 1958 Chevrolet truck owned by Archie L Shepard of Dennis on a county road about 1 mile north and 3.5 miles east of Morehead at 8 45 last night. No injuries were reported. Car damage estimated at 350 while the truck sustained about 150 in damage.
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Morehead
Neosho County
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Delivers Fiscal Momentum
The brief fragment notes a team of taxes and spending with ongoing momentum, hinting at a transcribed exchange about policy or correspondence. No additional details are provided to confirm participants or setting.
Quake Toll in Sicily Nears Four Hundred
In western Sicily the death toll from the Monday earthquakes neared 400 as rescue teams searched dozens of towns for the missing. More than 1,500 injured and hundreds unaccounted for, with U S embassy staff in Rome aiding the Palermo consulate and two survivors found after nearly 60 hours under rubble.
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Palermo
Sicily
U.S
Rome
City Power Output Rises, but 1967 Demand Falls Short
City power officials report total generation for 1967 reached 52,718,000 kilowatt hours up from 51,248,000 in 1966 yet failed to meet expectations. Weather, notably mild July and August, limited load growth, though long term demand is still forecast to rise about 8 percent annually. Diesel No. 2 contributed 1,347,000 kwh to last year’s total as peaking plant, with interconnection plans for Chanute Coffeyville expected to influence future capacity.
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Arigg John Lofthouse
City
Lofthouse
Cal
R. J. Hayes
City Commission
Chanute-Coffeyville
Weather forecast notes cooler tonight and mild days ahead
AREA FORECAST calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler tonight with fair conditions Friday. Low tonight mid 30s, high Friday 45 to 50. In Topeka the Weather Bureau expects gradual clearing eastern Kansas after a front brought light showers, with a high pressure system bringing settled, mild days and chilly evenings.
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Topeka
The
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Blaiberg's Condition Improves. Daily Bulletins End
Cape Town AP reports sixteen days after heart transplant surgeon Dr. Philip Blaiberg is recovering well. Groote Schuur Hospital has stopped daily bulletins unless drastic changes occur, marking a pause in routine updates on the third human heart transplant patient.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Valeid
Johnson Pushes Higher Taxes and Spending in State of the Union
President Johnson urged a 10 percent income tax increase and expanded federal spending to finance on going programs, with a projected 186 billion fiscal 1969 budget and an eight billion deficit if the tax boost fails. Republicans criticized the plan as politically driven and lacking clear priorities while backing crime and gun-control provisions drew some enthusiasm.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
House
Gerald R
Ford
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
State of the Union
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Congress
State of Union at a Glance
President Johnson outlines major policy themes including Vietnam progress, peace talks conditions, and a wide domestic agenda with a $2.1 billion job program, $1 billion urban revitalization, a 10 year six million housing plan, and enhanced crime and tax measures. He cites costs for Vietnam and faces Republican cost estimates. Congress shows weak attendance and a cool reception to the proposed tax surcharge.
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Johnson
Southeast Asia
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Laird
FBI
House
Docking calls for end to attacks on Kansas education
Gov. Robert Docking urged a constructive dialogue on school funding during a Kansas workshop for the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers. He warned that policy differences among educators, teachers, parents, taxpayers, school boards, and state branches hinder clear public policy on elementary and secondary funding.
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Docking
Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Kan
12 Killed as Air Force Tanker Crashes at Minot Base
A four engine Air Force tanker on takeoff from fog bound Minot Air Force Base crashed killing 12 aboard including Maj. Gen. Charles M. Eisenhart and eight other officers. One survivor, T. Sgt. William G. Wright, 34, was hospitalized in critical condition with extensive burns. The plane, on a staff visit to Minot, had been converted for passenger service and carried no extra fuel.
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Minot
N.D
Air Force
Minot Air Force Base
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Calif
Charles M. Eisenhart
15Th Air Force
Wil
Liam G. Wright
Wright
John Moses Hospital
Strategic Air Command
North Dakota
Glasgow
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log For January 1968
Kansas traffic deaths logged for 24 hours ending 9 am January 29 show 29 fatalities in 1968, up from 20 in the comparable period of 1967. Local authorities record daily figures for the Topeka area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Indian musician and wife entertain at Wiscon sin Delis
Albert Stewart of English and Chickasaw descent and his wife Eula performed at the Orchid Buffet, presenting a program on American Indian cultural development. The evening featured a reading of By the Waters of Minnetonka and discussion of Thurlow Lieurance, with audience members noting Lieurance’s local ties and the lyricist J. M. Cavaness. The Stewarts continued the Talk of the Month club program to a captivated audience.
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Kan Sas
Albert Stewart
Stand Rock
Wisconsin Delis
Ton- Tobee
Eula
Stewart
Waters of
Stewarts
Minnetonka
Wilfrid Cavaness
N. Steuben
The
Chanute Tribune
Cavaness
Lieurance
Chanute
Montana
Minnesota
Wichita University
Wichita
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Kathy Owen
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Community Junior College
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Kathy
Melvin D. Owen
S. Allen
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