Traffic Deaths Mount During Independence Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports 51 holiday traffic deaths in the first full Independence Day weekend period and warns of 9.5 billion miles expected to be driven by over 91 million vehicles. Alabama incidents included a bus plunge killing 12 migrant workers and multiple Huntsville wrecks totaling 14 deaths. Safety experts urge seat belt use, noting minor errors can cause fatal crashes.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Ozark
Huntsville
National Safety Council
Safety Council
United States
Rodger Ward
Ward
Neosho Wins 1965 Kansas Traffic Safety Award
Neosho county takes first in the 1965 Kansas traffic safety program. Sheriff George Neely received notification from Governor Avery's office. A bronze plaque presentation by the Kansas Safety Council will occur June 14, with Neely attending. Class C honors counties with populations 15 000 to 30 000.
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Neosho County
George Neely
Avery
Kansas Safety Council
Neely
Tribune Contact Hotline Guidance
Instructions advise calling Tribune phone number for carrier issues. If unreachable after 6 p.m., dial HE 1 3400 to reach an alternative contact.
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Tribune
Intercepted Letter Urges Independence Day Festivities
Message suggests celebrating on July 4 with Old Glory, ringing bells or horns at noon. It promotes fireworks, driving, swimming and outings, but advises tempering activity with caution.
De Gaulle Visit Shifts Focus in Soviet French Talks
MOSCOW AP diplomats say De Gaulle's 11 day Soviet visit mostly benefited the Soviets by pressuring NATO pullout and boosting Moscow’s soft power. He backed peaceful coexistence, praised Soviet aims, but offered no path to bilateral talks with Bonn. Trade lags as France and USSR form a new committee to meet earlier 1964 purchase pledge of 700 million dollars.
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Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Trea
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Europe
Bonn
Germany
West
France detonates atomic test in Mororoa atoll
The French government announced that France conducted an atmospheric nuclear explosion today on Mororoa atoll in French Polynesia. It was the first of a planned six tests this year, signaling a new series of atmospheric detonations by Paris.
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Paris
France
Pacific
Mororoa
Explorer 33 Moon Mission Fails to Reach Lunar Orbit
Explorer 33 began a three day 246000 mile flight from Cape Kennedy to circle the moon but the second stage produced excessive energy, ending the mission. The failure leaves the U S lunar orbital effort with seven failures in eight years and two more attempts planned this year. The Soviet Luna 10 succeeded last April.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Sattelite
United States
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Two Bears Spotted East of El Dorado
Louis Fallon spotted two black bears east of El Dorado near the Walnut River Friday. He fired at the pursuing bears, which fled into the woods. Deputies searched about two hours but found no trace. Game Protector J D Licklyter said Fallon has reported three bear sightings in two months.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Louis Fallon
Walnut River
el Dorado
Fallon
J. D. Licklyter
Chase Is Fatal In Missouri
A car went out of control during pursuit by the highway patrol and crashed on a country road four miles southwest of Monett Missouri killing the driver Lawrence R Chapman 20 of Pierce City.
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Monett, Mo
Highway Patrol
Lawrence R. Chapman
Pierce City
Monett
Hutchinson Judges Withhold Enforcement of News Rule Plan
Two Reno County district judges halted immediate enforcement of proposed rules on information released to news media in criminal cases. They asked the State Supreme Court for an opinion. informal approval came without a firm ruling. The rules would limit to objective facts like a suspect name arrest details and charges in district court, law enforcement, and attorney communications.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Reno County
James R. Rexroad
William Gossage
State Supreme Court
Hutchinson
Holiday Heat Across Kansas With Scattered Showers
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and very warm humid conditions through Sunday. Highs in the mid 90s, lows near 70, little change into Monday. In Topeka, Fourth of July will be hot with a chance of widely scattered showers in western and central Kansas through Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Stucki Returns Home Today
David Stucki a 21 year old San Francisco computer operator who swapped places with a soldier to fight in Viet Nam arrives in San Francisco aboard a Tokyo flight. State Department officials in Washington say they have no plans to prosecute Stucki who went to Viet Nam 11 days ago posing as a soldier.
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San Francisco
David Stucki
Viet Nam
Stucki
Tokyo
State Department
Washington
Stucks
Long Horns Arrive For Dodge City Centennial
A herd of 93 longhorn cattle arrived in Dodge City from San Antonio to mark the 100th anniversary of Civil War era cattle drives. The cattle were housed in stockyards overnight and will be driven through downtown for auction. Sponsored by the Longhorn Breeders Association.
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Dodge City
Kan
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Kansas
The
Longhorn Breeders Association
Navy Sinks 3 North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats
In the Gulf of Tonkin 60 miles from Hai Phong, U.S. Navy planes from carriers Hancock and Constellation sank three North Vietnamese torpedo boats after a high speed clash with a US destroyer Coontz. Fourteen aircraft joined the engagement, 19 enemy survivors were picked up, and one American plane was damaged but returned safely. Westmoreland urged optimism, saying gains outweigh losses as the war progresses. Da Nang's Premier Ky predicted North Vietnam’s overthrow soon, citing anti Communist sentiment and presenting awards to nearly 80 Americans.
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Saigon
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Coontz
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Hancock
Constellation
North Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Haiphong
Maddox
Johnson
Congress
Southeast Asia
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Verdict sealed in Klansmen civil rights case
Federal jurors reached a verdict early today in the case of three Ku Klux Klan members charged with conspiring against Negro civil rights. Judge Bootle sealed the verdict. it was not announced until after next weeks trial of three other defendants. The Penn slaying near Athens in 1964 is tied to the case.
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Athens
U.S
William A. Bootle
Bootle
Joseph Howard Sims
Cecil W. Myers
George H. Turner
Blood Bank Falls Short of Goal in Local Drive
The Red Cross blood bank collected 192 pints Thursday and Friday toward a 300 pint goal. Neosho Memorial Hospital added 5 pints for a total of 197. Forty five no-shows left 27 rejections and 391 donor cards mailed. Planned donors from Neosho Memorial Hospital supplied 200 pints since the last visit.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Neosho Memorial Hospital
George Pinegar
Lee Embry
Wilbur Allison
Neil Krone
Glen Anden
Nort Cox
Melvin Stierwalt
Barbara Middleton
Ralph Evans
Charles Ritz
Joe Goben
Gene Webber
Alex Mih
Ronald Sutcliff
Phillip Embry
Clyde Roush
Fred White
Lila Follmer
Carl Grady
John Sanderson
Ray Colvin
Alta Lundine
Homer Brinkman
Warren Babcock
Larry Hamilton
Charles Sommers
Charles D. Newton
Ray Cooper
Humboldt
Conrad Jackson
Elsmore
Found in Wading Pool Death of 16 Month Old Girl
Kansas City AP Maurine Cline 16 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Cline died at Menorah Hospital after being pulled from a backyard wading pool eight hours earlier. Eagle Scout Eddie Johnston 14 applied mouth to mouth resuscitation until firefighters arrived and doctors restored breathing on the way to the hospital.
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Kansas City
Maurine Cline
Robert Cline
Menorah Hospital
Eddie Johnston
Independence Day Observed With Holiday Closings And Events
The area marks Independence Day with a general closing on Monday. Post offices run limited mail service, a 9 pm fireworks display at City Park is funded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a band concert occurs between baseball game and display. Patriotic bells ring at noon, urged by veterans groups.
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the Tribune
Floyd Kelley
City Park
American Legion
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Organizations
Veterans of
Bear gift bid from tavern owner to St. Louis zoo
Omer Monds of O'Fallon Illinois offers 400 pound Alaskan black bear Tommie to the St Louis zoo after keeping the animal behind his tavern. He bought the bear as a joke for his son and says the bear has helped his business but the heat makes him uncomfortable. The zoo requests the bear be moved at Monds own expense.
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Belleville, Ill
St. Louis Zoo
Omer Monds
O'Fallon, Ill
Mississippi River
Monds
John
Tommie
Illinois 158
Belleville
Airman Killed After Safety Meeting in Wichita
In Wichita Kansas three people died in a two car crash on Interstate 235 after a driving safety meeting. Police named Agnes M Reagan 50 and Robert Reagan 15 of Goddard Kansas and Staff Sgt Dennis E Smith 41 of McConnell Air Force Base Wichita as the victims. Smith had left the safety meeting just ten minutes before the collision.
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Wichita, Kan
Interstate 235
Wichita
Agnes M. Reagan
Robert Reagan
Goddard
Kan
Dennis E. Smith
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell
Smith
Bbase
Halt Strike On MoPac
U S District Judge Roy W Harper warned he would issue an injunction to restrain a threatened strike by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks against Missouri Pacific Railroad. The dispute centers on a planned Tuesday discontinuance of pickup and delivery service at Little Rock and North Little Rock Arkansas with work contracted to a private firm. About 18 union vehicle clerks would lose jobs and the railroad fears a walkout could disrupt its 9000 mile network. the union has taken the case to the National Mediation Board.
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ST. Louis
U.S
Roy W. Harper
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Ark
Harper
Railroad
National Mediation Board
Traffic Fatalities Log In Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hour period ending 9 a m Saturday July 3 1966 reporting 24 fatalities compared with 299 in 1965 figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
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