Area Safe Over 4th of July Holiday in Chanute
Chanute and surrounding area experienced a safe and quiet Independence Day period with no local highway crashes. Four accidents occurred in Chanute, none with injuries, including a wheel detaching from a truck and striking a parked car, and a Dodge hitting a utility pole. Fireworks caused minor damage in several incidents.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Melvin Webb
S. Garfield
Ogle
Traffic Toll 542 Sets Three Day Fourth of July Record
The three day Fourth of July weekend raised the national traffic death toll to 542, a record for a three day observance. Final figures could push the total higher, with 78 hours of counting ending Monday at midnight. California led with 50 deaths followed by Missouri 31 New York 33 Ohio 36 and Texas 27. Rhode Island Delaware Alaska DC reported no traffic fatalities. Boating accidents caused 35 lives lost and 119 drownings in non boat incidents.
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Associated Press
California
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Texas
Rhode Island
Delaware
Alaska
District of Columbia
Kansas records three holiday traffic deaths
Three traffic deaths were reported in Kansas during the holiday period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Charles E. Watkins, 22, of Martin Kentucky, died at Veterans Memorial Hospital Ellsworth after his car hit a bridge on Kansas 111 early Sunday. Fred D. Jones, 56, died in a Wichita one car crash Saturday. Dan Clossen, 16, of Wichita, died Monday night from injuries after a bicycle was struck by a car on a Wichita street. police said the bicycle had no lights or reflectors.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Charles E. Watkins
Martin
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Ellsworth
Fred D. Jones
Wichita
Dan Clossen
Tough Penalties Demand in Wake Of Resort Riots
Officials call for tougher penalties after rioting by beer drinking youths in five Ohio resort towns over the Fourth of July weekend. Geneva-on-the-Lake Mayor Finley plans higher fines and stricter ordinances to curb disturbances and resisting arrest. Sen. Lausche urges prosecutors and lawmen support from judges to deter future riots. In Rockaway Beach Missouri, 186 youths aged 17 to 24 were arrested during a four day spree. fines ranged from 15 to 146 dollars.
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Associated Press
Wilson W. Finley
Geneva - On - the - Lake
Ohio
Finley
Geneva-on-the- Lake
Lake Erie
Russells Point
Indian Lake
Sen
Frank J. Lausche
Lyman Cardwell
Clifford Crouch
Forsyth
Cardwell
Plane Crash Near Dorchester Hurts RAF Passengers
A Royal Air Force four engine Transport Command plane with 43 aboard crashed in a field in Oxfordshire near Dorchester about 40 miles west of London. Fire brigade said no survivors found and a witness described a huge orange fireball.
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London
Royal Air Force
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Fire Brigade
RAF Transport Command
Dorchester
RAF
Tribune 100-degree guessing contest narrows to 42
The Tribune entries have been reduced from 139 to 42 as 32 guesses dropped out this weekend. Ninety seven entries are eliminated. The 95 degree mark drew 12 votes last Friday while a 91 degree high was reached yesterday. Six people predicted Saturday as the next key date.
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Mercury
Kansas City KU Medical Center gets $43500 grant for genital malignancy research
The Public Health Service approved a $43,500 grant to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City for research on genital malignancy in women. Senator Frank Carlson announced the grant.
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Washington
Public Health Service
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Judge Studies Request On Restraining Kansas Law
District Judge Kenneth Harmon took under advisement a bid to restrain enforcement of a new Kansas law limiting justice of the peace jurisdiction to civil actions under $1 in counties with other courts. Roy Cook plans appeal to the state Supreme Court if denied. Attorney Stephen Mermigis argued the law deprives Stanley Budenosky of fees and due process and cited July Fourth social tensions.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Kenneth Harmon
Kansas
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Roy Cook
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Stephen Mermigis
Cook
Stanley Budenosky
Tonganoxie
Flash Flood Strikes Hays Kansas After Heavy Rain
Two creeks overflowed in Hays causing residential flooding four blocks from the business district. Big Creek crested at about 18 feet and dikes protected the city. rainfall across area reached up to 2.85 inches at Ellis with other stations reporting over an inch. Several basements flooded and about 150 cars damaged in a salvage yard near Fort Hays Experiment Station.
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Wakefield
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Second Combined Drive Against the Viet Cong
More than 1,000 American troops joined Vietnamese and Australian forces for a second combined operation against the Viet Cong in Pleiku and D Zone. Two Americans and 26 Vietnamese were missing, four Vietnamese killed, with about 2,500 troops including U.S. paratroopers and Australian and Vietnamese battalions. B52 bombers supported from Guam as contact remained limited and Ba Gia area suffered prior combat losses.
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Pleiku
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Due Co
Ba Gia
Quang Ngai
No Trace Found Of Second Car In Topeka River
In Topeka Kansas the search for a second car that allegedly plunged into the Kansas River during Friday bridge collapse ends after three days. Kenneth Allen, 53, died in his trapped car. divers and crews found no sign of the second vehicle despite 40 hours of effort. Civil Defense will patrol downstream but no further bridge probes are planned. A scuba diver was briefly endangered when the current ripped his face mask.
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Kansas Avenue
Charles Wright
Kenneth Allen
Topeka
Allen
Dana Hummer
Wright
Civil Defense
Ed Babcock
Stormont Vail Hospital
Debate Starts on Health Care Plan in Senate
The Senate opens debate on a historic health care bill for 19 million Americans aged 65 and older, proposing a 7 percent rise in Social Security benefits and financed by higher Social Security taxes for employers and workers. The measure aims for end of week passage with up to 80 votes, building on House approval and Senate Finance Committee revisions that preserve core provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kerr-Mills
U.S
Traffic Fatalities Reach 3 For July In 1965
Kansas traffic log for 72 hours to 9 a m Tuesday July 3 shows three fatalities. The period marks six deaths in July 1965 and 297 for the comparable 1964 period of 311.
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Topeka
Kansas
Break-in at Earlton Filling Station
EARLTON The final filling station here was broken into last night. It was not immediately determined if there was any loss. Sheriff George Neely said the station's safe had been peeled and could not show if it had been opened. A safe expert was to examine the scene. No merchandise was missing. Entry was through a south window.
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Earlton
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
State Banks Report Requested By Kansas Official
State Bank Commissioner J O Wilson ordered all state banks and trust companies to submit their condition as of June 30. The call directs reporting banks across the state to disclose their financial status for the period ending June 30.
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Washington (Ap
Nation
Topeka
J. O. Wilson
Not Such a Busy Year for Stork in United States 1964
The Public Health Service reports 1964 births totaled 4 054 000, the lowest since 1955, with a birth rate of 21.2 per 1 000. Deaths reached about 1 801 000 and infant deaths were near 98 100, while marriages edged up to a rate of 9 per 1 000 and population growth slowed.
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Stork
United States
Washington
Public Health Service
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