Cedar Falls drive nets large VC toll and rice haul
Operation Cedar Falls nears its end after three weeks of fighting in the iron triangle north of Saigon. U S and South Vietnamese forces report 1 219 enemy killed captured or surrendered and a record 3560 tons of Viet Cong rice seized. Aircraft and ground combat with North Vietnam continue with multiple losses on both sides and ongoing small scale clashes around Saigon and in the Red River Delta.
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Saigon
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
U.S
South Vietnam
U. S
Baker Breaks Rules In Moonlighting Confession At Trial
Bob Baker testified that Lyndon B. Johnson rebuked him in 1960 over moonlighting. He said eight $1,000 checks in 1963 were made out to another man, Bromley, as he handled campaign funds while on trial for income tax evasion and diversion of $80,000. First Western Financial Corp. arranged the engagement with Clifford Jones helping coordinate.
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Washington (Ap
Bobby Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Baker
Wayne L. Bromley
Johnson
U.S. District Court
First Western Financial Corp
Las Vegas
Nev
Maryland
Washington
Clifford Jones
Nevada
First Western
Chanute Chamber Plans Week of Activities
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce schedules a luncheon for Ambassadors and the membership committee on Wednesday at the Orchid Buffet. Representatives will attend the Parsons chamber annual meeting tomorrow night. Friday, President Hugh Chapman and Manager Jack Groves attended a Wichita highway meeting with eighteen communities discussing the Wichita Hays Wichita Galena and US 69 turnpike proposals.
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Chanute Area
Parsons Chamber
Hugh Chapman
Chanute Chamber
Jack Groves
Wichita
Wichita- Hays
Wichita-Galena
City Commission Meets Tonight Session at Memorial Building
The city commission holds a regular meeting tonight at 7:30 in the memorial building commission room. Officials plan to discuss ongoing city affairs and public concerns at the session.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
Two Jets Collide In California Killing Five
A Skyhawk collision over Leisure World in California killed Marine Capt. James Powell and four residents. Four others were injured as both planes crashed into two adjacent two story buildings near El Toro Marine Air Station. The pilots from Marine Attack Squadron 132 were on reserve training.
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California
Santa Ana
Calif
James Powell
Skyhawk
Powell
Leisure World
el Toro Marine Air Station
Marine Attack Squadron 132
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
N.Y
el Toro
Johnson Asks Boost In Social Security
President Johnson urged Congress to raise Social Security benefits by 15 to 59 percent for the lowest earners, guaranteeing minimums of 70 dollars a month for individuals and 105 for couples. He also pressed for higher taxable earnings bases and rate increases for workers and employers, with staged increases through 1974 and adjusted earnings limits for benefit eligibility.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Six Die in Bus Car Crash Near Effingham Illinois
Six people were killed and 31 injured when a car collided with a chartered bus returning from a wedding party near Effingham at the U S 45 and Interstate 70 interchange. Police said the crash happened Sunday night and involved a Dayton Ohio return party. Investigators of the accident were not immediately listed.
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Effingham, Ill
Dayton
Ohio
U.S. 45
Effingham
Kansas Temperature Trends and Record Highs Across State
Area forecast calls for tonight partly cloudy skies and cooler lows in the 50s. Tuesday brings more clouds and a northerly wind with highs near 60. Kansas saw near record highs Sunday with Topeka at 71, Beloit 42 and Dodge City 78, breaking several date records.
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Kansas
North Central Area
Toveka
Belleville
Dodge City
Tax Exempt Homestead Exemption Proposed in Kansas
Six Sedgwick County Republicans introduced a bill in the Kansas House to grant a homestead tax exemption for residents 65 and older. The measure would exempt up to 2500 of assessed value, with state funds reimbursing local governments for revenue losses. Main sponsor Rep. Jack N Turner and colleagues said the plan aims to relieve seniors without raising local property taxes.
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Peka
Sedgwick County
House
Robert Docking
Docking
Jack N. Turner
Wichita
Turner
J. L. Harper
Frederick A. Linde
Donald A. Bell
Payne Ratner Jr
George L. White
Valley Center
Jaycee Awards Honor Chanute Leaders at 25th Banquet
At the Chanute Jaycees 25th anniversary banquet, Dean Sutcliffe won the distinguished service award, Larry Nelson received the representative young teacher award, and Ralph Willcott was named Jaycee boss of the year. Gary Rohrer, Kansas Jaycees president, spoke on service beyond the organization. The event drew over 100 attendees and featured sustaining member awards and a post dinner dance.
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Dean Sutcliffe
Jaycees
Larry Nelson
Ralph Willcott
Chanute Jaycees
Country Club
Jim Fehr
Gary Rohrer
Kansas Jaycees
Nelson
Royster Junior High
Don Elder
Sutcliffe
Dwight Blackwood
Jaycee National
Max Alcock
Oscar Cunningham
Bob Manley
Dale Steinman
Jaycee
Tribune
Doy Hampton
George McCune
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Shows Yearly Totals
Kansas traffic death log lists totals for January 23 through 9 a.m. Monday with figures for 1967 and a comparison to 1966. The report covers a 48 hour window ending Monday morning and notes counts for each period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
Instruction to call your Tribune phone number via your carrier. If unreachable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Turnpike Plan Up For Study In Kansas Legislature
Sen. William H. Ward says a bill to build three toll roads from Kansas City to the Oklahoma line, from the southeast to Wichita, and from Wichita to Hays is being prepared for committee study. The plan would pledge limited gas tax funds to back bonds, with action by the Turnpike Authority following a morning Topeka meeting with Gov. Doing.
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Topeka
Kan
William H. Ward
Marion
House
Senate
Kansas City
Oklahoma State Line
Wichita
Hays
Ward
Senate Highways Committee
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Turnpike Authority
Robert Do * Ing
Four Die In Kansas Weekend Traffic Fatalities
Four persons died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Lucille Swan, 58, of Niotaze, was killed in a two car crash north of Caney at the U S 166 75 junction. Grace Burress, 58, of Hoyt, died in a two car crash in Topeka. Frank Ryan, 15, of Hutchinson, was struck and killed while bicycling on the freeway. Douglas Pishney, 22, of Topeka, died in a one car crash on U S 77 south of Waterville.
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Kansas
Lucille Swan
Niotaze
Kan
Caney
U.S. 166
Grace Burress
Hoyt
Topeka
Frank Ryan
Hutchinson
Douglas P. Pishney
U. S. 77
Waterville
Thieves Target Coin Machines Across Town Early Sunday
Coin machines at three locations were burglarized or damaged Sunday. At 5 30 a m police found the Rollow car wash Santa Fe edge of town burglarized with failed attempts on a pop machine. At Nu Way Coin Laundry 113 N Allen locks were cut on a coin changer but no money taken. A separate robbery and attempts were reported at Osborn Oil Co on Plummer and Highway 39. An unrelated midnight incident involved youths attempting to tip a pop machine at Foodtown 507 W Main. one 16 year old was held then released.
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Rollow
Santa Fe
Nu-Way
N. Allen
Osborn Oil Co
Plummer
Highway 39
Foodtown
W. Main
Phillips Jewelry
Main
Rusk backs pact on Soviet consulates in U.S.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Soviet consular convention would pose little risk of increased espionage in the United States. He spoke as the administration pushes approval for reciprocal consulates, proposing 10 to 15 employees in Leningrad and a Soviet post in a U.S. city such as Chicago or San Francisco.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Rusk
Russia
Leningrad
U.S
Chicago
San Francisco
Death Takes Max Alter
Max Alter 73 of 111 S Santa Fe a Chanute merchant died early today at Neosho Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He ran a salvage business on South Santa Fe for 45 years and served as a naturalized U.S. citizen active in the Masons and Bnai Brith. Surviving are his wife Ann, a son Elliott of Atlanta, a daughter Mrs Wilma Weinberg Coffeyville, a brother Harry Alter and sister Mrs Rose Stone of St Louis, and eight grandchildren. Memorial service Tuesday in Kansas City. burial Mount Carmel Cemetery. Johnson Mortuary arranged local services. Memorials may go to Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Max Alter
S. Santa Fe
Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Alter
South Santa Fe
Krankow
Austria
Ann Cohen
Kansas City
United States
Masons
B’nai B’rith Lodge
Kansas Legislature Opens Third Week Amid GOP Kansas Day Events
The Kansas Legislature enters week three of the 1967 session with GOP celebrations around Kansas Day on January 29. Senate President Pro Tempore Glee Smith says a flood of bills is expected this week and major committees, except ways and means, already have bills to consider.
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Topeka
Kansas
Glee Smith
R-Larned
Smith
Senate
Pep talk hints at work ethic and benefits
An intercepted letter quotes an older man urging a youth to work hard for promotion and higher income. He adds that such effort could also increase the older man’s retirement benefits, outlining a shared incentive.
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John Rubew
Charles Myers
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