Baseball program for young boys merits outlined
A series of residents including Mrs. Ray Traylor, Mrs. Kenneth Thomas, Sol Mannoni, and others discuss why supervised baseball for boys is worthwhile. They cite lessons in sportsmanship, competition, teamwork, fitness, friendship, and keeping youths out of mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Traylor
Buffalo
Kenneth Thomas
R.2
Sol Mannoni
S. Larson
Frank Oberg
Clay Center
Coolest July 15 Morning Recorded In Kansas
The Topeka weather update notes a record cool July 15 morning in parts of Kansas with a warming trend expected. Scattered thunder showers were forming in western Kansas and were forecast to move eastward, with additional showers tonight in the west and tomorrow in western and central sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Newark Riots Toll Reaches Sixteen Dead In Violence
Exhausted Newark braced for more turmoil as the death toll from three nights of violence rose to 16, including a white policeman. National Guardsmen and police patrolled scarred streets seeking rooftop snipers while looters struck downtown with two major stores shuttered and curfews breaking only after dawn.
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Newark
City Hospital
Hiot
Bamberger’s
Ohrbach’s
Richard J. Hughes
National Guard
Silver coins fully transitioned to silverless issue
The Treasury announced the 1965 shift to silverless coins is complete. Future silver sales will be market priced up to two million ounces weekly. Dimes, quarters, and half dollars with 90 percent silver retain value at $1.38 per ounce, while silver dollars contain $1 of silver at $1.29 per ounce. The transition aims to keep coins in circulation. selling silver to domestic users ends. Illegal profits from silver coins remain punishable by up to $10,000 fine or five years in jail.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Commission On the
The
Injuries Fatal To Kansas Citian After Turnpike Crash
Clarence Perry aged 44 of Kansas City Kansas died from a skull fracture after an afternoon accident on the Kansas Turnpike. Driver David Lewis 59 suffered injuries when his eastbound station wagon crossed the median strip, overturned twice in the west bound lane, and rested on its wheels in a ditch seven miles southwest of the south Topeka interchange.
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Topeka
Kan
Clarence Perry
Kansas City
Kansas Turnpike
David Lewis
Lewis
South Topeka
Crash Fatal Near Galena
William A. Burnett, 52, of Joplin Missouri, died in a one car accident on K26 south of Galena when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, left the road and struck a bridge guardrail. He was alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Kan
William A. Burnett
Joplin
Here
Burnett
Farmers Die in Separate Kansas Harvest Accidents
In Lawrence a farmer Lloyd Hoffman was crushed to death Friday when a repair work on a falling combine failed. In Fowler Harold Love, 37, died when a rotary mower hurled debris into his throat at the Raymen Orr Farm, leaving a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence, Kan
Lloyd Hoffman
U.S. 59
Lawrence
Fowler, Kan
Harold Love
Love
Raymen Orr
Fowler
Docking Hails Erie's Centennial at 100th Anniversary Event
Kansas Governor Docking spoke to about 300 in Erie during the town's centennial celebration and the Old Soldier's and Sailor's Reunion. He praised roots, noted Erie’s planned growth from 1867 to 800 by 1869, and called Erie Beantown USA amid reflections on the next 100 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Jenkins
Kansas
Robert Docking
Erie
Docking
Gov. Docking
Eric
Da Nang Air Base Hit by Heavy Communist Rocket Attack
Saigon AP reports the Da Nang base suffered extensive damage from a five minute rocket barrage. Three US services lost planes and 173 were wounded with 42 aircraft damaged or destroyed. 80 million dollars in losses. Runways cratered, barracks damaged, and many wounded sent to hospital. Planes diverted to other bases.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Fiv
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Air Force
Robert Maloy
Coral Gables
Fla
South Vietnam
Thailand
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka and Kansas
Traffic death log shows totals for 24 hours to 9 am Saturday: July 30, 1967 and 1966 figures. For 1967 the fatalities count is 316 compared with 359 in 1966.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fighting Rages Along Suez Canal Renewed Air and Ground Attacks
The Associated Press reports renewed Israeli Egyptian fighting along the Suez Canal with dogfights over Ismailia and artillery duels for a third weekend. Jordan says a brief clash occurred near the Damiya Bridge. U N observers move in as both sides report casualties and international complaints rise.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Jordan
Radio
Cairo
Suez
U.N
Canal Area
Middle East
Amman
Damyia Bridge
Jordan Valley
U.N. Security Council
New York
Disturbances Logged in Chanute Area Police Reports
Police logged four disturbance reports from last night to today with no arrests. A 7 p.m. threat report involved two men. at 11:05 p.m. a noncommittal fight in the 200 block of North Lincoln. 1:05 a.m. four boys aged 17 to 14 denied disturbing a man on Main and were sent home with juvenile referral possible. 1:20 a.m. noise from dogs in the yard at South Allen noted as the cause.
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Chanute
North
Lincoln
Main
South Allen
Coffeyville Soldier Killed in Vietnam Action
Washington AP reports Army Sgt. Bradley C. Tillinghast of Coffeyville Kansas is listed by the Defense Department among the men killed in action in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William B Tillinghast of Coffeyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coffeyville, Kan
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
Bradley C. Tillinghast
William B. Tillinghast
Coffeyville
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Lavenburg
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S. Malcolm
Melvin Ard
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John A. Teague
Ottawa
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Charles Myers
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Jack Jordon
Craig Haugsness
John A, Teague
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Sis Ck Ocessons
Newark, N.J
St. Michael’s Hospital
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Yours
American Legion
Tribune
Ira White
Debra Mullen
U. S. Air Base
Seal Coast
Mideast
Great Bitter Lake
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Canal
West Bank
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