Fourth of July observances muted by Vietnam war deaths
Philadelphia marks Independence Week with readings and a colonial parade near Independence Hall while veterans honor Americans who died in Vietnam. Across the nation cities plan fireworks, parades, and venues such as Milwaukee held Old Milwaukee days with a large circus parade and bell ringing to recall the Liberty Bell. Delaware calls for bells to ring at 2 pm Tuesday.
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Jefferson County
Alabama
H. C. Bush
Bessemer
Ala
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Milwaukee
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Baraboo
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Richmond
Patrick Henry
Delaware
Luther Terry
Deaths Pass 400 In Independence Day Traffic Toll
The National Safety Council reported traffic deaths surpassed 400 during the four day holiday weekend with analysts predicting a final mid range near 720 to 750. Through midday 412 fatalities were recorded since Friday.
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National Safety Council
Kansas Traffic Death Log Sees Weeklong Toll Rise
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities tallied 46 in June and 3 in July so far, with a total 284 for comparable period in 1967. One earlier fatality not reported previously is noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ant Hunter Ken Gidney: Ants for Farms and Research
Bell Gardens resident Ken Gidney traps ants for a wholesale firm, earning a penny per ant and up to $3,000 weekly during peak runs. He and his assistants collect sterile female harvesters from hills nationwide and ship about 4,000 ants bi monthly to Washington, D.C., for Walter Reed Army Institute research under government contract.
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Gidney
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C
Walter Reed Army Institute For Research
Car Recovered of John Morehead’s 1950 Chevrolet
Police report a stolen 1950 Chevrolet belonging to John Jack Morehead of 1215 Lee was recovered undamaged Saturday afternoon. The car was found in a church parking lot on North Grant after being reported stolen Friday night.
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John
Jack) Morehead
Lee
North Grant
Wichita man dies in Perry county car crash
Robert W. Hunt 38 from Wichita Kansas died when his station wagon rolled four times on Route 135 eighteen miles south of Perry Oklahoma. Passengers Audrey Downey 40 and Michael 9 from Wichita were injured. Downey's other son Jerry 22 was unharmed.
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Perry, Okla
Robert W. Hunt
Wichita
Kan
Here
Audrey Downey
Michael
Downey
Jerry
Intercepted Letter Hints At Picnic Ant Hunt Plan
A seized note references a plan to hunt ants during a picnic. The message hints at organized activity and an intention to enjoy outdoor food, with no clear official or target group named.
Holiday Observance Details in Chanute
Most Chanute businesses and all government offices will be closed for Independence Day. The post office offers limited service and The Tribune will not publish. A free fireworks display at City Park begins at 10 pm, preceded by two VFW Little League all-star games at 6 pm and 8 pm featuring Minor and Major League team all-stars. The Chanute semi pro game was canceled.
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Chanute
The
Tribune
VFW
City Park
Weather snapshot with highs and lows for today
The area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer conditions through Tuesday. Today's temperatures top near 79 with a low around 58, and Tuesday's high expected between 85 and 90 with a low about 65 to 70. Precipitation yesterday was 0.09 inch and Saturday 0.38 inch.
Eastern Kansas Weather Outlook and Recent Rain Totals
The Weather Bureau forecasts mostly fair skies in eastern Kansas with scattered thundershowers in the west through Tuesday. Temperatures will ease in the east today then rise tonight and Tuesday west and central. Measured rainfall ranged from a trace to .15 inch in scattered localities, with highs expected 80 to 85 and nightly lows from 55 to 60 in the north and 60 to 65 in the south.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Salina
Concordia
Ft. Leavenworth
Manhattan
Dodge City
Close Guard Keeps Queen During Expo 67 Visit
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived by yacht Pritannia for a seven hour Expo 67 tour in Montreal. Security was extremely tight with water barriers guards and rope lines at Notre Dame Island. Police patrolled by car on horseback and on foot as rain fell during the royal visit.
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Montreal
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Ottawa
Debarkation Point
St. Lawrence Seaway Wall
Notre Dame Island
Dam threat eases as sunny forecast aids engineers
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee engineers and the weatherman work to ease pressure on Laurel Hill Dam a 75 foot high earth structure holding 3.6 billion gallons of water. Officials plan to lower the lake by 16 feet more with the aim of reducing seepage while residents move livestock to higher ground and await flood-protection updates.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Laurel Hill
Commission
Clash at Suez prompts UN withdrawal bids
For the third day Egyptian and Israeli forces clash along the Suez Canal as the UN prepares to vote on withdrawal demands. Israel reports shelling near El Qantara on the canal's east bank and asserts Egyptian fire across the canal. Cairo claims tanks and armored cars destroyed. Both sides accuse the other of ceasefire violations while UN Secretary General U Thant weighs the resolutions urging Israeli pullback.
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East Bank
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Egypt
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U Thant
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Port Said
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Maariv
Jerusalem
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Jordan
Curiosity Draws Crowds To Jayne Mansfield Burial Site
In Pen Argyl Pennsylvania crowds gather near Fairview Cemetery to glimpse the burial site of actress Jayne Mansfield killed in a Louisiana car crash along with her attorney and chauffeur. The family plans a simple private service with 300 police on duty.
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Jayne Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Hollywood
Fairview Cemetery
White House
Miss Mansfild
Louisiana
Bert Milheim
Mickey Hargitay
Richard Milheim
Milheim
Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia
Harry Peers
Dallas
Tex
Herbert Palmer
Milheims
Elmer Palmer
Bank Refuses IRS Access to Minute Book in Principle Case
An official of the First National Bank of Neodesha refused an Internal Revenue Service agent access to the bank’s minute book, calling the move a fishing expedition. Judge Frank G. Theis ordered the show cause in Wichita. The vice president and auditor said the book records directors’ meetings, loans, and proceedings and had been reviewed by a national bank examiner. The bank aims to protect customer confidentiality pending court decision on IRS rights.
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Neodesha
Kan
First National Bank of
Internal Revenue Service
Frank G. Theis
U.S. District Court At
Wichita
IRS
E. J. Robertson
Bank
First National
National Bank
Chest Wound Fatal to Buy
John Lawn 11 of Norcatur Kansas died at Norton County Hospital after a chest wound from a gunshot while playing in a tree at his home Tuesday hospital officials said.
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Norton
Kan
John Lawn
Norcatur
Norton County Hospital
French Leaders Begin Five Day Warsaw Visit
Premier Georges Pompidou and Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville arrived in Moscow for a five day ceremonial visit. They were greeted by Premier Kosygin and officials at the French Embassy route to the embassy was lit with French and Soviet flags. A French Embassy spokesman said the visit had no political significance.
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Georges Pompidou
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Mosscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Dmitri S. Polyansky
Kosygin
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Fatal Shooting Shocks Olathe Community
OLATHE Kan AP Law ney Olen Williams 41 of Olathe was shot and killed Sunday night during a dispute in a parked car. Johnson County sheriff's deputies said Williams and three other men argued before the shooting. No charges had been filed by late Sunday night.
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Olathe
Kan
Lawney Olen Williams
Johnson County
Williams
Youths riot in Lake Geneva injures, threatens downtown
Thousands of youths hurled beer bottles and fireworks at police in a violent Lake Geneva incident. Authorities estimate arrests above 100 across two nights as officers, aided by a potential National Guard alert, struggled to restore order and imposed a 1 a.m. curfew.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Wisconsin
National
Elkhorn
Marines Halt Infiltrating Viet Forces In Major Battle
U S Marines halted about 3000 North Vietnamese regulars in a savage Sunday clash near the DMZ with more than 200 American casualties. 58 killed 34 missing 124 wounded among Marines. 86 enemy killed. Additional counterstrikes and air and artillery battles followed.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
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