No Progress By Negotiators In Airline Strike
Washington AP report says labor secretary Wirtz announced no progress in morning talks to end the machinists strike against five major airlines. AFL CIO official Ramsey blasted talks as nonproductive. Curtin of the airlines endorsed the emergency board framework and touted improvements.
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Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
White House
Joseph Ramsey
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Congress
Airlines
Ramsey
William J. Curtin
Eastern
National
Northwest
Transford
United
Curtin
Emergency Board
Cutting
Man Arrests After Bad Check Passed At Gibson Store
A $48.38 bad check passed at Gibson Discount Store was turned over to police. The passer, described as white, about 22 to 23, six feet tall, 175 to 180 pounds, wearing blue jeans and a white shirt, claimed to have sold a car to Cha nute man named Frank Summers and signed the check drawn on First National Bank.
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Gibson Discount
First National Bank
Frank Summers
400 Mile March From San Juan Protests Farm Wages
Eleven marchers including two clergymen and a union organizer started a 400 mile protest march from Our Lady of San Juan Roman Catholic Church to demand higher farm wages. The group plans a rally in Weslaco and will proceed toward Elsa, pledging food shelter and medical aid with support from Texas AFL-CIO and church groups.
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San Juan, Tex
Our Lady of San Juan Roman Catholic Church
Houston Jewish Community Council
Weslaco
San Juan
Elsa
Tex
United States
National Farm Workers Association Union
Henry Munoz
Texas Afl-Cio
House of Labor
Iola Man Charged With Petty Larceny
Roy Spaur 58 of Iola was arrested Saturday night on intoxication and petty larceny charges after reports of him going through parked cars on East Main. Officers found two packs of cigarettes believed stolen and noted a pawned transistor radio as stolen property. He was held in the city jail awaiting disposition and possible additional charges.
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Roy Spaur
Iola
East Main
Spaur
Intercepted Letter Reveals Machinist Wife’s Europe Plan
The airplane machinist's wife complains about a strike after planning to spend a week in Europe using a company pass for free transportation. She expresses slight annoyance at the disruption caused by the labor action.
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Europe
Registration Deadline Tomorrow in Chanute
Chanute voters must register by tomorrow for the August 2 primary. The city clerk's office will stay open until 9 pm tonight and again tomorrow to process registrations and verify eligibility. Newly annexed residents must register to vote. five nights of registration are allowed with 31 total by now.
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Chanute
Chanute Guardsmen Return From Camp McCoy Training
The bulk of Chanute's National Guard unit, Company A of the 174th Quartermaster Battalion, arrived home yesterday from summer training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin traveling by unit convoy. A few personnel arrived earlier by private car. The unit left Chanute June 24.
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Chanute
National Guard
174Th Quartermaster Battalion
Camp McCoy
Wis
City Commission and Planning Board Meet This Week
The city commission will meet at 7:30 tonight and the planning board at 7:00 Wednesday. Both sessions occur in the Memorial Building city commission room.
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City Commission
City Planning Commission
Planning Board
Memorial Building
Rain and Heat Batter Midwestern Storm Zona
Thunderstorms swept the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes with tornadoes across five states. Rain fell heavily in Chicago and Green Bay easing drought while a heat wave pushed readings toward 100 and record highs in the Plains and Dakotas.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Traffic Fatalities Log Says 2 in July 1966
Topeka Kansas traffic death log reports two fatalities in the July 25 to July 26 period of 1966. One death had not been previously reported, while the rest of the data compares with 315 deaths in the comparable 1965 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cool Moon Evening Helps Surveyor 1 Photograph Sunset
In Pasadena California the Surveyor 1 craft, weighing 620 pounds, cooled from 140 degrees to 115, allowing new photo sequences. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory note the battery, once near failure, remains within operating limits as Tuesday’s planned images approach and a key sunset sequence is set for Wednesday night from the Goldstone and South Africa stations.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert J. Parks
Parks
Goldstone
South Africa
Viet Cong Down Three U S Helicopters In Viet Nam
U S forces report three American helicopters shot down in South Viet Nam with four U S and nine South Vietnamese soldiers killed. Two Marine CH34s crashed with no casualties. A separate air strike hit an oil depot near Dien Bien Phu as ground fighting eased around Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Ca Mau
An Xuyen
Chu Lai
Reds
Power Failure Strikes Nebraska Under Heat Wave
A midwest power outage hit Nebraska about 11 a m as temperatures neared 100 in the northern plains. NPPS reported a general system failure affecting eastern Nebraska except Omaha with some towns restored in 45 to 50 minutes. Fort Randall line and smaller feeders supplied Bureau of Reclamation power into the state.
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Omaha
Neb
Midwest
Plains
Nebraska
Nebraska Public Power System
NPPS
Tems
Bureau of Reclamation
Watertown
S.D
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Lachicotte
Fort Randall
Accidents Reported on South Evergreen Saturday Afternoon
Police investigated two traffic accidents on South Evergreen within a half hour. At 6th and Evergreen Marvin Lundberg and Lloyd Ennis collided in Lundberg's 1956 Olds and Ennis's 1965 Plymouth, with estimated damages of 100 and 150 dollars. A second crash at 14th and Evergreen involved Linda Typer hitting a parked car, with damages totaling about 350 dollars and Typer cited for careless driving. Additional minor incidents were reported by Paul Davis, Mrs. Virgil Petty, Katy Taylor, and Dorothy Hayes involving backing and car collisions with modest damage.
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South Evergreen
6Th
Evergreen
Marvin E. Lundberg
el Dorado
Lloyd Ennis
S. Evergreen
Leen Wen Ene Ennis
Lundberg
Ennis
Linda Typer
Henry
14Th
Harold G. McNeal
Edith
McNeal
Plymouth
Ford
Paul D. Davis
S. Highland
Virgil Petty
Petty
Katy Taylor
W. Elm
Dorothy Hayes
El Dorado Driver Puts Warning On Car
A driver in El Dorado, Kansas, paints on his car a warning to other motorists: Drive Carefully KER Pow You Could Be Next. The message aims to promote safer driving after his own crash.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Torrid Kansas Weather Pushes Near 100 Degrees Across State
Area forecast calls for little change in temperatures with highs near 100 and lows upper 70s to lower 70s. By 8 a.m. most of Kansas reported 80 degrees or higher, Salina hit 104, Olathe 95, and scattered afternoon storms were possible in western and central sections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salina
Olathe
Goodland
Hutchinson
Kansas City Firefighters Shift Quietly
Kansas City firefighters, on a partial Friday strike, shifted shifts this morning with the C shift going home after 96 hours on duty and the A shift replacing them. National Guardsmen remained at all 44 stations with police. no incidents reported. The union leader urged impartial arbitration binding on both sides, while the city moved to contempt proceedings against union officers for alleged court order violations.
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Kansas City
National Guardsmen
Stanton Gladden
International Association of Fire Fighters
Warren E. Hearnes
Ilus Davis
Emporia Entry Crowned Miss Kansas in Pratt
Betty Louise Fox of Oakmont Pennsylvania won Miss Kansas at Pratt, representing Emporia as Miss Emporia. The College of Emporia student will compete for Miss America in Atlantic City in September, with her parents expressing pride and plans to attend.
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Kansas
Atlantic City
N.J
Miss Fox
Emporia
C. of E
Mrs. Fox
Betty
Woman Uses Gilded Carbine in Shoot-Out
Lillian Jo Ramos, a 28 year old woman, fired from a gold plated M1 carbine at officers in a motel room near Post Falls Idaho. She was wounded and taken to Spokane for treatment while FBI agent was also hurt. Police recovered multiple firearms and ammunitions from the room and noted a history with forgery and counterfeiting charges.
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Post Falls
Idaho
Lillian Jo Ramos
FBI
Spokane
Wash
Robert Rockwell
Coeur d'Alene
David Doty
Rockwell
Bosley
Miss Ramos
Seattle
Sedgwick man drowns at Harlan County dam spillway
Boyd Finkle, 49, of Sedgwick Kansas, drowned while fishing at the Harlan County dam in Alma Nebraska late Saturday. Witnesses said he stood in three feet of water in the spillway and slipped into deeper water.
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Alma, Neb
Boyd Finkle
Sedgwick
Kan
Harlan County
Finkle
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