Marines Hold Off North Vietnamese At Hastings Front
Two U.S. Marine platoons fought for four hours south of the 17th Parallel covering a battalion withdrawal. About 500 North Vietnamese were killed or wounded, while the Marines suffered heavy casualties but remained in position as air and artillery strikes repelled the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Oficer
Hastings
Central Highlands
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Baden
17Th Parallel
Kansas drought disaster relief spreads to more counties
Seven additional Kansas counties have applied for drought disaster relief and Rep. Shubitz urged declaration of more areas. Gov. Avery said most counties have requests under review as the state disaster committee plans to meet in Manhattan to process filings. Livestock and hay relief under soil bank rules may be provided as farmers forego some payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
William H. Avery
Washington
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Kansas Disaster Committee
Kansas
Avery
Marshall
Jewell
Commodity Credit Corporation
Chautauqua
Elk
Greenwood
Morris
Wabaunsee
Osage
Wilson
Allen
Montgomery
Labette
Cherokee
Crawford
Neosho
Bourbon
Linn
Miami
Douglas
Shubitz
Lyon
Coffey
Woodson
Department of Agriculture
State Disaster Committee
Manhattan
Hay Named Area Planner for Southeast Kansas
Richard Hay, assistant professor of economics at Kansas State College Pittsburg, is named regional economic planner by the Kansas Department of Economic Development. He will oversee a nine county southeast Kansas planning program including Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson, Neosho, Crawford, Bourbon, Allen and Woodson. Hay, a Parsons native, holds a master's in economics from Kansas State University and is pursuing a doctorate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Richard Hay
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Kansas Department of Economic Development
William R. Yerkes
Hay
Kansas
Cherokee
Labette
Montgomery
Wilson
Neosho
Crawford
Bourbon
Allen and
Woodson
Parsons
Kansas State University
Intercepted Better Dear Cha
Weather quip notes Kansans would welcome cooler air and space strolls if temperatures fall. It playfully imagines joining astronauts for a breeze in the cosmos.
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Cha
Outer Space
Multiple Vehicle Collisions Reported in Local Areas
Police logs show a 1966 Dodge driven by Max Alter sustained $150 damage in the Santa Fe depot driveway when backed into by a 1966 Chrysler driven by O W Ivins with no damage to the latter. A Hertz Truck Rental truck hit a soft drink sign at Isl and Lincoln, valued at $225, owned by Legge Bottling Co. Car crashes also occurred at Main and Highland between John R Stout and Stephen B Ranz, with damage to Stout’s Buick and Ranz’s Olds, and a minor bump at Neosho Memorial Hospital where no damage was evident.
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Max Alter
S. Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Chrysler
O. W. Ivins
S. Evergreen
James W. Karstein
Hollywood
Calif
Island Lincoln
Legge Bottling Co
John R. Stout
Earlton
Stephen B. Ranz
S. Plummer
Main and
Highland
Stout
C. A. Parrish
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area In July 1966
Kansas traffic death log shows 37 fatalities for July 1966 and 358 for the year to date through 9 a.m. Tuesday. The 1965 comparison is 333, with previously unreported fatalities noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gov Avery Tours TB Hospital During Midwest Visit
Gov William H Avery and a seven member inspector team arrived at Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital in Chanute at 8 40 a m for a tour. He assessed efficiency morale and equipment with Dr James Brown guiding the visit and Mayor Fred Harris greeting the party. The group then planned aerial stops at Kansas State College Pittsburg and Parsons training center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Avery
Martin Johnson Airport
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Avery
Fred Harris
James W. Bibb
James C. Canole
Henry 4. Knouft
Walter F. Kuiken
Roy Shapiro
Kansas
James Brown
SEK Tuberculosis Hospital
Bill Jenkins
Sek
Robert A. Haines
Chanute
Gemini 10 astronauts salvage plan amid fuel shortfall
Cape Kennedy AP reports the Gemini 10 crew led by John W. Young with Michael Collins received a go for a stand up EVA after docking with the Agena. A fuel shortage forced cancellation of the final two dockings and削 deletion of several experiments on the three day mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
America
Collins
John W. Young
Navy
Air Force
Michael Collins
Trailer Mounted Boat Missing From Baucom Residence
Mrs. Lois Baucom reported a trailer mounted aluminum boat and motor stolen from 802 North Grant. A neighbor said a station wagon hooked the trailer and drove away. Police have not determined if the act was theft or a permitted borrowing.
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Lois Baucom
N. Grant
Baucom
Thayer Earlton Firms Are Looted in Break-Ins
Sheriff George Neely reports thieves broke into two Thayer firms between 10 30 p m and 6 a m, stealing change tires cigarettes candy bars and other items totaling over 30 dollars. Thayer Lumber yard was damaged by a broken window and door with a pinch bar found at the second burglary scene.
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Erie
Thayer
Earlton
George Neely
Thayer Lumber Yard
Erie youth held on felony check charge
Jim Mitchell, 19, of Erie was arrested on a felony check charge and remained in custody pending arraignment and bond. Damage to the lumber yard property was estimated at $50 by Sheriff Neely who investigated the break-ins. The thieves went next door.
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Jim Mitchell
Erie
Neely
Chanute Chamber Plans See and Sell Kansas Event
At the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce meeting officials stressed local turnout for two upcoming area meetings. The See and Sell Kansas travel conference at the Orchid Buffet runs 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a noon lunch featuring KDED director Jack Lacy. A second meeting July 26 promotes a direct US 169 corridor toll road from Kansas City to Tulsa. Also approved were 4-H shade o sponsored by Bit and Spur, 4-H fat stock sale at Neosho County Fair, a card dial phone for the office, a new folding machine, and Jaycees president added as ex officio director.
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Chanute Area
Governor’s Travel Promotion Committee
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Jack Lacy
KDED
Chamber
Kansas City
Tulsa
Kan
Jim Morris
Chanute
Humboldt
Iola
Neosho County
Jack Groves
Groves
Chamber Management Institute
Boulder
Colo
The
Chanute Jaycees
George McCune
Weather forecast for Kansas cools heat wave after 111 degree highs
AREA FORECAST calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with warmth and humidity tonight and Wednesday. A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight, little temperature change Wednesday, with lows in the mid 70s and highs near 100. In Topeka, the Weather Bureau expects relief from extreme heat within 24 to 36 hours as a weak cool mass moves in from Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Beloit
Lawrence
Nebraska
Purple Hearts For Trembly
Sgt. 1st Class Ralph C. Trembly, 38, left for Viet Nam April 24 and has been wounded twice, receiving two Purple Hearts. His wife Thelma, at 315 S Highland, and children Richard and Charlene, both nine, learned of the honors. Trembly serves in the mechanized branch of the 25th Infantry Division. his first shrapnel wound came in May in a tank, with the latest incident about 10 days prior. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Trembly, 223 W 6th.
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Ralph C. Trembly
States
Viet Nam
Thelma
S. Highland
Richard
Charlene
Trembly
25Th Infantry Division
Car
W. 6Th
Skubitz Urges Disaster Aid For Colleges In House Hearing
Representative Joe Skubitz urged amending a Senate disaster relief bill to include aid for junior and municipal colleges struck by floods droughts tornadoes and hurricanes. He cited recent tornado damage in Manhattan and Topeka Kansas as context for the proposal.
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Washington
House Public Works
Senate
Joe Skubitz
Kan
Manhattan
Topeka
Night of horror survivor nurse Amurao recalls eight deaths
Miss Amurao 23 an exchange student from the Philippines told Consul General Generoso Provido Monday night how the intruder Richard Speck killed eight student nurses in Chicago. She hid under a bed praying while the others were slain and she urged resistance but the others cautioned calm. She has not been allowed to meet anyone but officials as state authorities investigate.
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Chicago
Philippines
Corazon Amurao
Miss Amurao
Richard Speck
William N. Norcross
Speck
Miss Amazon
Provido
Amurao
Daniel P. Ward
Klein Testifies He Urged Dodd West Germany Trip
Public relations figure Julius Klein testified before the Senate ethics committee that he urged Sen. Thomas J. Dodd to travel to West Germany in 1964 to explain distortions about a foreign agents investigation. Klein, 64, said he could not recall when he first discussed the trip and noted he encouraged rather than ordered staff to push the visit.
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Washington
Chicago
Julius Klein
Thomas J. Dodd
West Germany
Klein
Senate
Connecticut
Democrat
Dodd
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Dodd
Benjamin R. Fern
Bipartisan Committee
Gemini 10 At a Glance
Gemini 10 shows flawless launch timings and near perfect orbits for the Agena and Gemini craft. Fuel use rises above plan risking some operations while docking proceeds with an additional Agena height record and Collins plans a hatch stand‑up depending on fuel.
One Bird Escapes
Newton Kansas reports Frank lin D Goertzen 33 swerved to miss two hen pheasants on a county road. The car skidded struck and killed one bird rolled over injuring Goertzen with a broken leg. The other pheasant reached safety.
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Newton
Kan
Franklin D. Goertzen
Goertzen
North Vietnamese to try captured U S pilots as criminals
Paris dispatch notes North Vietnamese ambassador Tran Du Vinh said the pilots captured in Vietnam would be tried as war criminals, not as prisoners of war, and that their fate would be decided by the Vietnamese people. The U S warns that Geneva rules apply and calls for caution amid possible repercussions.
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Paris
Peking
U.S
Tran du Vinh
North Viet Nam
United States
International Red Cross
Geneva
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
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Gov. Avery
Thayer, Earlton
Board of Directors
Agriculture Committee
Ag Committee
Marvin Wolfe
Bit and
Spur
Anna Lou Mattix
Washington, D. C
New York City
Bill Johnson
Hugh Chapman
Skubitz
Amarao
Gemini
Agena
Young
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