British Court Grants Extradition of Ray
In London a British court granted extradition of James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray will appeal within 15 days with legal aid. He was taken to Wandsworth Prison after the decision, with Scotland Yard surrounding him.
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London
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Frank Milton
Ray
Scotland Yard
Wandsworth
Milton
Roger Frisby
Memphis
Tenn
King
Eighty Six Hijack Victims Return From Cuba On Mercy Flight
Eighty six passengers from an American jetliner hijacked to Cuba arrived in Miami on a mercy plane used for Cuban refugee flights. The aircraft landed at 12 28 p m EDT and passengers were processed for clearance. The hijacked Northwest Orient jet had earlier returned from Havana with seven crew aboard. the hijacker stayed in Cuba. Cuban authorities refused to let passengers fly back on the 727 due to runway length. A four engine Airlift International DC7B ferried the group to the United States from Varadero.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
United States
Freedom
Miami International Airport
Northwest Orient Airlines
Havana
Airlift International
Varadero
U.S
Abbuehl Heads Unified School District Board 1968 69
Dr Don R Abbuehl 221 E 9th named president of USC 413 board for 1968 69 replacing Bob Ward Other officers remain as last year Dwight Blackwood vice president Evelyn Woodruff clerk Mahlon Morley treasurer Joe Balch attorney Recreation commission budget 34500 and tax levy 33000 set with 2 mill cap Auditors Sterner and McDowell renewed KASB membership 469 Official meeting time set first Monday 7 p.m Board of Education building 410 S Evergreen Summer school enrollments report driven education Spanish elementary math development reading adjourned to July 15 budget review July 19 publishing date set
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Don R. Abbuehl
E. 9Th
Board of Education
Unified School District
Abbuehl
Bob Ward
Dwight Blackwood
W. 4Th
Evelyn Woodruff
N. Washington
Mahlon C. Morley
Joe Balch
S. Larson
Recreation Commission
Kansas Association of School Boards
Sterner & McDowell Accountants
S. Steuben
S. Evergreen
Driverless Car Hits Truck Causing 260 Dollar Damage
Police report an unmanned 1958 Plymouth owned by Bess Morgan was struck after the starter shorted and the car rolled from a wash rack into a two ton 1966 Dodge truck owned by John P. Martinous causing 200 and 60 dollar damages respectively. A second incident involved a pickup hitting the city utilities drive in building at 115 E 1st with minor building and vehicle dents.
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Bess Morgan
S. @ighland
Morgan
McKenzie
S. Santa Fe
Dennis Reynolds
Reynolds
John P. Martinous
Pittsburg
Darla Winkler
S. Evergreen
City Utilities Drive-In
E. 1St
Jim Midcap
Tioga Hotel
Intercepted Letter Calls for Gun Control on Airliners
A brief intercepted letter suggests the author supports gun control measures on airliners. The writer signs as Dear Cha and closes with a cordial Yours, implying a stance on aviation security.
Tobacco ads face ban as health reports warn of risks
The Public Health Service and FTC urge curbs on cigarette advertising after findings that heavy smoking can shorten life by over eight years and that a stronger health warning should appear on all packages. FTC commissioners split on a full ban, while networks weigh economic impact and advertisers push for rights.
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Washington
Public Health Service
PHS
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
FTC
Televi
Philip Elman
Mary Gardiner Jones
James Nicholson
Paul Rand Dixon
A. Everette Macintyre
American Tobacco Institute
Weather update Kansas region records heavy rain
Area rainfall totals reached near five inches in parts of southeastern and south central Kansas with Cof feyville reporting damage to buildings and trees. Oswego Melrose Elk City and Bartlett recorded several inches as forecast called for fair to partly cloudy skies and highs in the 80s. Overnight lows varied from the 50s to mid 60s with a warming trend expected midweek.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
Oswego
Melrose
Elk City
Bartlett
Coffeyville
Cimarron
Jetmore
Wichita
Emporia
Belleville
Concordia
Hill City
Pittsburg
Swimmer Dies at Lake Near Paola
A 20 year old swimmer from Clearmont Missouri drowned in South Lake at the Kay recreation east of Paola. Neil C. Jones sank in eight feet of water while swimming to a floating dock 60 feet from shore. His body was recovered.
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Paola
Kan
South Lake
Kay Recreation
Neil C. Jones
Clearmont
Jones
Heaviest B52 Raids Hit North Vietnam Near DMZ
U S Air Force B52 bombers launched the war’s heaviest saturation raids on targets just north of the DMZ in North Vietnam. In four million pounds of explosives, 75 bombers from bases in Oklahoma, Thailand and Guam attacked storage sites, caves and bunkers while aiming to curb enemy artillery and supply lines feeding South Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
America
Okinawa
Thailand
Guam
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Dong Ha
Cua Viet
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Panhandle
Soviet to Release American Airliner After Space Violation
The White House said the Soviet government ordered release of a troop laden DC8 chartered by Seaboard World Airlines after an official U.S. expression of regret for violating Soviet air space over the Kurile Islands. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson relayed word that 229 Americans aboard would be freed as the plane left Soviet territory.
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Washington
White House
U.S
Kurile Islands
George Christian
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Seaboard World Airlines
Vietnam
Japan
Christian
Johnson
State Department
Alexei Kosygin
Interup Island
Pacific Kurile Chain
Chanute Observes Fourth with Closings and Fireworks
Area offices close Wednesday night through Monday morning for Independence Day. City and county offices in Chanute Erie also shut Thursday, reopen Friday, then close weekend. Public fireworks at City Park follow 2 pm baseball opener. Legion invitational features Chanute Emporia Independence. Post offices skip rural and city routes on July 4. Traffic safety urged.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Erie
Post Office
the Tribune
City Park
American Legion Boerstler May Post
Emporia
Springfield
Independence
Kansas Traffic Death Log Shows July Toll Hit By Fatalities
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas traffic death figures for 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday show three fatalities, with July totaling two and the 1968 year-to-date at 304. The comparable 1967 period lists 294, including one previously unreported fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Parsons Youth Waives Preliminary Hearing
James J. Prosser 18 of Parsons waived preliminary hearing on second degree burglary and larceny tied to the June 18 break in at Thayer Drug Store. He is bound over to district court and remanded to Neosho county jail in lieu of bond at 1000 dollars. Also charged is Ronnie Beasley 19 of Parsons who is serving a six month Labette county jail sentence on an unrelated charge.
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James J. Prosser
Parsons
Thayer
Neosho County
Ronnie Beasley
Labette County
Runaway Boxcars Kill Woman on Kansas City Street
A pair of boxcars broke away from a switch engine and rolled downgrade through a busy southside district near the Country Club Plaza. Mary P. Whan, 53, died after her car was struck. Earl Matthews, 19, Bolivar Missouri, and Juanita Greathouse, 53, Kansas City, were injured as the cars struck four autos. Matthews was trapped and pushed along before escaping with a shoulder injury and cuts.
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Kansas City
Country Club Plaza
Mary P. Whan
Earl Matthews
Bolivar
Juanita Greathouse
Kansas Ciy
Local Woman Hurt After Runaway Box Cars Collision
Mrs. Juanita R. Greathouse, sister of Mrs. Vern Holman and daughter of Mrs. Lena Barnett, was injured in the Kansas City accident yesterday afternoon when two box cars ran away and struck her car. She sustained only minor cuts and was slated for hospital release today.
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Juanita R. Greathouse
Kansas City
Vern Holman
S. Allen
Lena Barnett
S. Rutter
Kansas City firms plan 840000 kW La Cygne plant and 3100 acre reservoir
Kansas City Power Light Co and Kansas Gas and Electric Co announce a proposed 840000 kilowatt coal plant near La Cygne Kansas with a 3100 acre Sugar Creek reservoir for cooling. Estimated cost about 100 million dollars, to begin site prep next summer with operation aimed for 1973.
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Kansas City
la Cygne
Kan
Kansas City Power Light Co
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Kansas Water Resources Board
Sugar Creek
Elk City
Kanapolis
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Ramon George Sneyd
High Court
KASB
USC
Russell M. Presley
Neodesha
Jim Jensen
Chante
John McCall
W. 3Rd
Jensen
McCall
Fred A
Derb) Jenner
E. Main
Tribune
Island Highland
Jenner
Cha
Yours
Sion
The
Health Service
Mutual Broadcasting System
Robert Pauley
Kuriles
KCPL
Stilwell
Kg&e
Neosho
Hawthorn
Gordon Evans
Missouri
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