VC Center Found In Massive Tunnel
Saigon reports a massive tunnel complex 25 miles northwest of the city may have housed the Viet Cong 4th Military Region HQ. U.S. 196th Light Infantry Brigade found maps, weapons, booby traps, and guerrillas. Phase of a drive involving about 30,000 American and South Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
U.S
196Th Light Infantry
Richard T. Knowles
Red River
South Vietnam
Speed Shapes Bonds for Speed Offenders in City Court
City announces revised bond schedule tied to mph excess. In 20 mile zones including Main Street from Central to Steuben, bond is 2 dollars per mile over limit. In other zones, 1 dollar per mile. Police Judge Richard L. Ashley and the department say the plan aims to curb speeding after numerous complaints.
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Main Street
Central
Steuben
Richard L. Ashley
Paul Brennecke Heads County Risk Board
Neosho County Insurance Board met last night at the Orchid Buffet for its quarterly meeting and election of officers. New officers are Paul Brennecke president Boyd Burns secretary Mrs. Dorothy Killough Eric treasurer. The retiring president is Cleo Dalton Erie. The board is made up of independent insurance agents of the county represented by Erie Thayer Stark and Chanute and has been in operation six years. The next meeting will be in Erie in April.
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Neosho County Insurance Board
Orchid Buffet
Paul Brennecke
Boyd Burns
Dorothy Killough
Eric
Cleo Dalton
Erie
Erie, Thayer, Stark and Chanute
Man Hangs Himself in Cowley County Jail
In Winfield Kansas 56 year old Carl Wayne Reduk hanged himself with a scarf in a Cowley County jail cell. Sheriff Fred Satterwaite said Redak had the scarf under his shirt when jailed on drunken driving revoked license and parole violation charges. Despondent since wife’s death two years earlier in a traffic accident.
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Winfield, Kan
Cowley
Fred Satterwaite
Carl Wayne Reduk
Redak
Turmoil Reported As Purged Chinese Leaders Die By Own Action
Tokyo dispatch describes a wall newspaper from the 235th army detachment in Peking claiming death by own action of Lo Jui-ching former heads of secret police, and Po I-po vice premier. It cites Teng Hsiao-ping and Yang Hsiu feng as other targets, while Red Flag notes growing alarm among party followers. Reports remain unconfirmed and not carried by official Chinese agencies.
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Tokyo
Peking
Red China
Lo Jui-ching
Po I-po
235Th Army
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Mao Tsetung
Yang Hsiu
Feng
Supreme People’s Court
Mao
Red Flag
Army
Hong Kong
Taipei
China
State Economic Commission
Politburo
Wall
Belgrade
Tanjug
Peking Radio
New China News Agency
Curriculum Conference At Erie Draws 150 Administrators
ERIE Unified School District 414 hosted a statewide curriculum conference with about 150 administrators from 13 southeast Kansas counties. C. C. Rice led the general session, with six consultants assisting in two sections covering all curriculum areas. Erie Teachers Assn provided refreshments at the close.
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Erie—Unified
Kansas
C. C. Rice
Kansas State Department of Public Instruction
State Department of Education
Erie Teachers Assn
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Access
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Weather Today Projections For Kansas Unseasonably Warm Weekend
The area forecast calls for generally fair skies and warm conditions through Saturday. Tonight's lows dip to the low 30s with Saturday highs around 60. Topeka reports sunny skies and continued warm air, with today’s highs in the 60s and chilly overnight lows in the 30s.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Electron to Build Hutchinson Plant for Cessna Castings
Electron Corp. of Littleton Colorado announced a Hutchinson Kansas plant to supply precision castings for Cessna Aircraft Corp. The initial $1.5 million facility will employ about 100 people, with a later $1.5 million expansion adding about 200 more. Announcement came at the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Electron Corp
Littleton, Colo
Hutchinson
Cessna Aircraft Corp
The
Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce
Search Continues For Missing Currier Couple In Caribbean
Plans and ships comb the eastern Caribbean for Mr and Mrs Stephen R Currier of New York and pilot John D Watson after a charter flight from San Juan to the Virgin Islands vanished. Military civilian and commercial DC7s from Caribbean Atlantic Airlines join the search.
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San Juan
P.R
Caribbean
U.S
Britain
Virgin Islands
Caribbean Atlantic Airlines
Stephen R. Currier
New York
John D. Watson
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka 1967 January 20
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Friday January 20 1967 with 2 fatalities. Comparable 1966 period shows 18 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansan Bob on pirate radio ship off Irish Sea
Bob Read an 18 year old from McPherson Kansas works as a radio engineer aboard Radio Caroline four miles off the Isle of Man. He loves life at sea plans to study international law next year at the University of Kansas and hopes to stay with the pirate station as long as possible.
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London
Bob Read
Irish Sea
McPherson
Kan
Bob
Radio Caroline
Isle of Man
Kansas
England
Scotland
Read
Paris
Barcelona
Plane sinks in rugged northeast of Spokane
Wreckage of a KC135 jet tanker with nine airmen aboard was sighted in a snow bound area near Rathdrum Bald about 40 miles northeast of Spokane. A large air and ground search faced darkness strong winds and five feet of snow as officials pursued signs of survivors or wreckage.
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Spokane
Wash
Here
Air Force
Jerry Ells
Dell Kerr
Rathdrum Bald
Fairchild
Guam
Vietnam
Hawaii
Baker Seeks Help From Vice President In 1962 Financial Troubles
Testifying in his income tax trial, Baker said in July 1962 he sought advice from the then vice president about a serious financial problem. He described calling Sen. Kerr for help and Kerr arranging a $250,000 loan and a personal $50,000 loan. The defense links a $100,000 campaign gift to Kerr, and Kerr later died on January 1, 1963.
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Washington (Ap
Bobby Baker
Capitol
Baker
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
Fidelity Bank & Trust Co
Oklahoma City
Okla
Edward Bennett Williams
California Savings and Loan
Williams
Johnson Dirksen Ford Clash on War Taxes and Rights
AP digest compares Johnsons State of the Union with Dirksen and Ford proposals. Topics include Vietnam, East West trade, arms race, tax surcharge, antipoverty, Social Security, crime, civil rights, and government reform. Ford pushes rapid missile defense, welfare revamp, and rights emphasis while Johnson favors tax hikes and administrative changes.
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Washington
Johnson
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
Vietnam
U.S
Dirksen
North Vietnam
Ford
Wescoe predicts Kansas megalopolis along river turnpike
University of Kansas chancellor Dr W Clarke Wescoe told a Rotary Club luncheon that a stretch along the Kansas River and Kansas Turnpike between Kansas City and Wichita will grow into one great urban area with Topeka at its center, forming a Midlands megalopolis.
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Topeka
W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Kansas River
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas City
Wichita
Wescoe
Rotary Club
Intercepted Letter About Aisle Between Cha And State
A fragmentary note addressed Dear Cha discusses shifts in state unity and how crossing the congressional aisle alters the union. The brief text hints at political tension and the fragile balance between chambers.
Antimissiles Talks Start With Russia
State Department says talks opened with Russia on halting an ABM arms race. Secretary Rusk and Ambassador Dobrynin have been in contact since Dobrynin’s return from Moscow. Possible other topics may include a treaty to block nuclear weapons spread.
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State Department
United States
Russia
Robert J. McCloskey
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Washington
Moscow
McCloskey
Merger Action Reported by Erie School Boards
Erie area boards 414 and 472 adopt tentative consolidation resolution. Pending state superintendent approval, a March 7 special election is planned and assets would transfer July 1. Temporary governing body named for 1969 and three district election plan outlined. Informational meetings to follow in unified districts.
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Erie — School Boards
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lloyd Dulaney
Stanley Stitt
Thayer
Casey O’bryan
St. Paul
William Hartzell
Tom Burress
Marion Richey
Erie
Newsho Heights
Stark, St. Paul
Galesburg
Bucklin Woman Killed in Crash Maples Bucklin
Mrs. Melba R. Sours, 42, of Bucklin, died when her car struck a concrete culvert on U S 54 one mile east of Bucklin Thursday. She was alone in the vehicle and is survived by husband Larry Sours.
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Bucklin, Kan
Melba R. Sours
Bucklin
U. S. 54
Fire damages Independence junior college building
A morning fire at Independence Community Junior College heavily damaged a janitors closet and a large electric distribution panel. Police and Fire Chief Tom Adams attributed the blaze to a cigarette in waste paper. Dean Neil Edds said the building likely won’t reopen until mid next week, delaying Monday classes and shifting college enrollment to the student union building.
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Independence, Kan
Independence Community Junior College
Tom Adams
Neil Edds
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An Xuyen
County Risk Board
Red
Peking People’s Daily
Shanghai Red Guard
Cceerss
Ssssee
Electron
Kansan
Robert
Col
Woodrow Abbott
92Nd Aerospace Wing
Fairchild Air Force Base
Hickam Field
LBJ
Johnson — A
Congress
Commerce and Labor
Ford Institute Post Office
Reform Agriculture Department
Commission
Bud Roberts
Dale Markham
N. Lafayette
Cha
Yours
Independence
Jaco
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