Train Enthusiast Bows Out Over 1899 Locomotive Bid
Shinzo Murakami, a 49 year old machine shop owner in Tokyo obsessed with trains, raised 24166 dollars to bid on an 1899 Krauss locomotive the oldest in Japan's active service. He chose family harmony over the purchase as the machine failed to meet payment by the deadline, with the locomotive going to the next bidder at 17108 dollars.
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Tokyo
Shinzo Murakami
Murakami
Krauss
Japan
Smog Hazard Warned as Central New York Endures Heat
ITHACA N Y AP authorities say hot humid air and inversion create a serious smog hazard across central New York. Dr Robert H Broad Tompkins County health commissioner urges residents to avoid outdoor fires and barbecues as temperatures edge toward 90s in Albany officials note cooler weather may come soon.
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Ithaca
N.Y
New York
Robert H. Broad
Tompkins County
Albany
Weather Bureau
British rower Fairfax nears landfall on transatlantic voyage
John Fairfax in the 24 foot Britannia paddled a orange shoe shaped boat up the Gulf Stream toward a possible landing in Miami or Fort Lauderdale after six months at sea. He was spotted 120 miles south of Miami by a Coast Guard plane as winds and currents favored a landfall.
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Miami
John Fairfax
Gulf Stream
The
Coast Guard
Fairfax
Fort Lauderdale
Secret report closes inquiry into Evans Melbourne collision
The U S Australian naval board ended its probe into the June 3 collision in the South China Sea and sent a secret report to the two navies. Rear Adm Jerome H King praised heroism and actions beyond duty by members of both ships as the Evans sank after the Melbourne sliced through it, with 74 Americans lost.
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Manila
Naval Board
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
U.S
Jerome H. King
Evans
South China Sea
Dissenter Freed in Induction Refusal Case
John N. Allan a 25 year old from North Kingston was freed pending Supreme Court action on a Boston ruling that draft deferments favor religious grounds over moral objections. Allan had pleaded no contest to refusing induction and was sentenced to two years in Danbury Federal Prison.
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Providence
R.I
Boston
John N. Allan
North Kingston
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Charles E. Wyzanski
Allan
Danbury Conn. Federal Correctional Institute
Raymond J. Pettine
Pettine
Wyzanski
Supreme Court
Soviets Assure Luna 15 Won’t Interfere With Apollo 11
Space Center Houston reports USSR assures that Luna 15 will not intersect Apollo 11's trajectory. Luna 15 remains in lunar orbit for two days or until Saturday with no expected collision risk. Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare to enter the lunar module Eagle and test systems after liftoff to the moon.
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Space Center, Houston
Soviet Union
United States
Frank Borman
Soviet Academy of Sciences
M. V. Keldysh
Earth
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Columbia
Keldysh
Borman
Armstrong
Aldrin
Eagle
Cannot Produce LSD from Lab Chemicals Says Instructor
Russell Kern a chemistry instructor at Neosho County Junior College says LSD cannot be made from chemicals stolen from the lab after checking with other chemists. He suggests thieves aimed for grain alcohol but could not find usable precursors and notes nothing in the lab could yield LSD.
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Russell Kern
Neosho County Junior College
Kern
Girl Scout Day Camp Ends At Chanute VFW Lake
Sixty Brownie Junior and Cadette Girl Scouts completed a week long Chanute Day Camp held at the VFW Lake south of Chanute. Under Mary Fehring of Meadowlark Council, aided by 15 Chanute women leaders, the session focused on camping skills with fishing archery hiking and nature crafts.
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Chanute
VFW
Mary Fehring
Indepenence
Meadowlark Council
Stabbing Victim Dale Washburn In Fair Condition
Dale Washburn 21 was reported in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after a stab wound to the abdomen following a tavern dispute in Kansas City Kansas. His father Wayne Washburn said police had detained a youth suspected of the stabbing.
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Dale Washburn
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Wayne Washburn
S. Malcolm
Dale
Air Force
Washburn
Herbert Washburn
Intercepted Letter to Cha Shown in Brief
An intercepted note addressed to Cha notes readiness of astronauts for a holiday. The fragment hints at a personal correspondence with a spaceflight context.
Neosho County Records $966 339 Jump in Valuation for 1969
Neosho County tax valuation climbs to 40 790 417 for 1969, up 966 339 from 39 824 078 in 1968 as listed by county clerk Virgil Lowe. Chanute Unified District 413 rises to 22 718 292, District 101 to 17 222 221, and Chanute city to 12 625 201, with several towns posting gains while Earlton declines. Total city valuations rise to 16 655 970 and rural township totals fall to 24 134 447. officials say rechecks are underway and gains stem from new construction and inventory.
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Dwight Wallingford
ERIE
Neosho County
Virgil Lowe
Chanute Unified
Chanute
Earlton
St. Paul
Thayer
Galesburg
Stark
Lowe
Government Offices To Close Monday Observes National Day of Participation
Federal state and county offices will close Monday in honor of the National Day of Participation proclaimed by President Nixon commemorating the lunar landing. Neosho County offices close after state holiday declaration by Gov Docking. Chanute post office to shut with no carrier service. Summer school at Neosho Junior College canceled. District 413 education offices closed. City officials undecided on city office closures.
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Erie
Richard Nixon
Neosho
Robert Docking
Chanute
Nounced
Neosho Junior College
Board of Education
District 413
R. J. Hayes
Nixon proposes free birth control advice for poor women
President Nixon asks Congress to expand federal family planning with five year goal of free birth control guidance for low income women of child bearing age. He estimates 5 million women lack adequate access and outlines initial funding of 60 million dollars plus annual increases to reach 150 million in year five.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Robert H Finch
Finch
If Govern
Heat Expected Across Kansas With Mostly Sunny Weekend
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with a 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms. Temperatures dip to the 60s to 70s tonight and rise to the upper 80s to upper 90s by Saturday and Sunday across northern to southern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
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