Heavy Raid on North Vietnam Targets Rail Yards and SAM Site
American bombers conducted multiple raids across North Vietnam striking four rail yards north of Hanoi and a SAM launcher at Hai Duong soccer stadium. Navy Air Force and Marine pilots logged 133 missions with one aircraft lost. Hanoi's agency reports four planes shot down.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Hai Duong
Cmdr
Gene Lund
Biloxi
Miss
Navy
Air Force
Marine
U.S
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Governor alleges bogus list for brand commissioner post
Gov. Robert Docking accuses the Kansas Livestock Association board of submitting a non bona fide three name list for brand commissioner. Wayne Rogler declined the appointment by phone, saying he was not consulted or present during recommendations. Gupton holds the incumbency. Rogler was deemed most qualified by Docking.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
the Livestock Association Today
Docking
Wayne Rogler
Matfield Green
Rogler
Chase County
Republican
Francis Arnold
Ashland
Hade Gupton
Greensburg
Gupton
Livestock Association
Air Madagascar DC4 Crashes. Minister Among 55 Dead
An Air Madagascar plane crashed on takeoff near Tananarive killing Malagasy foreign minister Albert Sylla and 54 others. Officials said 22 survived as the piston engine DC4 went down about 900 feet from the runway while departing for Diego Suarez on the island nation’s north coast.
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Tananarive
Malagasy
Air Madagascar
Albert Sylla
Diego Suarez
Republic
East Africa
Intercepted Letter to Cha Describes Train Delays
An intercepted note to Cha reflects on train disruption with a switching maneuver causing delays but noting a rare moment of usefulness from the halt.
Last Chance Radiation Study For Moon Trip
Explorer 35 lifts from Cape Kennedy on a three day flight to orbit the moon for two to three years. It carries 10 experiments to measure cosmic dust, magnetic fields, and radiation. aims to assess shielding from the earth magnetic tail for Apollo astronauts.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Lunar Explorer
Earth
Apollo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo Project
Complaint Withdrawn and Charges Dropped in Evergreen Incident
Police court charges against Charles Fred Midcap stemming from the July 10 Evergreen incident were dismissed after Jim McGee withdrew the complaint. The case included assault, property destruction with McGee's wristwatch damaged. bond of 40 dollars was refunded after the complaint withdrawal.
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Charles Fred Midcap
R. 1
Evergreen
Main
Midcap
Jim McGee
Stark
McGee
John Sherman
Band Concert In Central Park Tonight
The Cha nute Recreation Commission hosts the final summer band concert at 7 30 PM in the Central Park Community Building. The Erie guest conductor Bob Stahl leads the Mexican number Juarez, with summer band director Chris Coots as trumpet soloist. Erie Centennial Band members participate as guest performers with Chanute's adult band.
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Chanute Rrecreation Commission
Central Park
Juarez
Bob Stahl
Erie
Chris Coots
Chanute
Lola Firemen To Operate Ambulance
The Lola city fire department will run an emergency ambulance service replacing the former commercial provider. Firemen on standby will answer all calls with a fee collected per call and ten dollars of each fee forming a special fund for driver and attendant distributions. A volunteer force will assist to offset fewer fire duty standby units. Police Chief Everett Shepherd will train the firemen in first aid as a senior Red Cross instructor.
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Tola
Everett Shepherd
Red Cross
Jetliner Collision Kills 78 Near Hendersonville NC
Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 with 73 passengers and a crew of five crashed after a midair collision with a Cessna 310 near Hendersonville North Carolina. Rescue efforts were immediate but officials reported no survivors and bodies scattered near Interstate 26.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Sheriff's Department
Interstate 26
Weather summary and Kansas rainfall report
Weather today partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer through Thursday with 10 percent precipitation chance tonight and Thursday. Western Kansas may see scattered showers, eastern areas sunny. Several towns reported Tuesday rainfall totals from 0.63 to 1.98 inches, with highs from the upper 60s to lower 80s and overnight lows around 59 to 66.
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Kansas
Conway Springs
Wichita
Sedgwick
Hutchinson
Kingman
Oxford
Atlanta
South Central
Goodland
Topeka
Leavenworth
Pittsburg
Record Heat Waves Across West and Southwest
The national high Tuesday reached 110 degrees in Needles California while Reno Nevada logged a nighttime low of 41 degrees. This marked extreme temperature swings across western states with intense heat in the afternoon and cool desert air after dark.
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New York
Needles
Calif
Reno
Nev
Arguments Rejected By Shawnee Court
Judge E. Newton Vickers of Shawnee County District Court overruled motions by firms accused of fixing liquid asphalt prices. The state of Kansas pursues damages against the defendants, with the ruling issued Tuesday and disclosed by the attorney general’s office.
Cairo Faces Renewed Racial Violence Prompting Guards
Racial violence flared again in Cairo Illinois prompting Gov Otto Kerner to deploy National Guardsmen early today. Lt Jerry Lebo reported guards cordoned an all Negro public housing project and warned they would return any sniper fire. The violence followed a Sunday night outbreak and spread to nearby areas including a Negro home in West Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Ill
Otto Kerner
Midwest
National Guardsmen
Jerry Lebo
West Baton Rouge
Viola Logan
all-Negro West
Railroads Move Toward Normal Service After Strike
The nation’s railroads resume near normal service as Congress ends the two day national rail strike with a back to work order. Missouri and Kansas report normal traffic while unions withdraw picket lines and prepare legal challenges in isolated cases.
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New York
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Johnson
Santa Fe Trains Roll Again Here
Trains are back in service in Chanute as Santa Fe Railway workers return from a weekend strike. Pickets return home after officials lift orders. freight late but normal by evening and passenger trains on schedule. Missouri Kansas Texas line unaffected. 175 Santa Fe workers affected in Chanute.
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Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Kansas City Southern
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Burlington
Frisco
Norfolk and Western
Katy
Santa Fe Railway
G. W. Allison
Allison
Tulsa
Chanute
Iola
Post Office Department
Railway Express Agency
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad
Kansas Traffic Death Log Lists July and Year Totals
Topeka AP reports 24 hour death toll reaching 4 to 9 am Wednesday. July total is 37. For 1967 the death count is 323 versus 367 in 1966, showing a drop compared with last year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arab leaders fail to win Soviet backing for action against Israel
Boumedi enne and Aref, latest Arab pilgrims to Moscow, return from Cairo without clear agreement on how to force Israeli withdrawal. They met Brezhnev and Kosygin but the communique signals discord on methods. Boumedienne pushes guerrilla tactics while Aref is seen as moderate.
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Associated Press
Houari Boumedienne
Algeria
Abdel Rahman Aref
Iraq
Moscow
Israel
Boumedienne
Aref
Cairo
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Noureddin Atassi
Ismail el- Azhari
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
New Sheriff For Wilson County Appointed
Don Armstrong aged 3 of Neodesha is named Wilson County sheriff, succeeding Hubert Harris who resigned June 1 to become police chief. Andy Kough remains undersheriff. Burris Lurber resigns as county clerk effective August 1 with a successor to be appointed by the board of county commissioners.
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Don Armstrong
Neodesha
Hubert Harris
Andy Kough
Burris Lurber
Board of County Commissioners
Posthumous Purple Heart to Pfc Charles R Greer
A posthumous Purple Heart will be awarded to Pfc Charles R Greer of Thayer in a noon Sunday ceremony at the Cicil J. Meeker Post 1654 VFW. A Fort Riley representative will present the medal to the Greer family. Greer, son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Greer, was killed in Vietnam on March 21 while serving with the 4th Infantry Division.
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Charles R. Greer
Thayer
Cecil J. Meeker
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. Main
Fort Riley
Greer
Robert C. Greer
Vietnam
4Th Infantry
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Oregon
101St Airborne Division
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Sion
196Th Light Infantry
Cha
Norman F. Ness
Lola Firemen
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Roanoke
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K.C. Smart
Piedmont
C.C. Collins
Seco
Weather Bureau
Cairo, Ill
California
Sigmund Arywitz
Los Angeles County Labor Federation
Congress
Cleveland
New York Central
Ben. C. Green
Collinwood
Carmen
Oilers
Greensboro
Frank Williams
J.R McBride
Clyde Webster
Plainfield
N.J
Santa Fe Streamliner
Tribune
Sam Barnhart
Wilson
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