Adams Plans Atlantic Run After Pacific Solo Voyage
Sharon Adams near San Diego after completing a 6000 mile solo Pacific crossing becoming the first woman to sail solo to Hawaii in 1965. Her husband Al reports she is exhausted but already planning an Atlantic crossing once rested. She stitched a frilly pink dress aboard Sea Sharp II.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Adams
Pacific
Atlantic
Yokohama
Japan
Adams
Hawaii
Newlyweds Part of Wedding Prank Found by CHP
A service station attendant found a note under a car hood reading Help I am being kidnapped We re not married The couple then fled and were stopped 20 miles south of Ukiah California Highway Patrol officers released the embarrassed newlyweds after deeming the note a wedding prank and taking no names.
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Ukiah
Calif
California Highway Patrol
Here
Bread Day proposal for Nixon proclamation in October festival
A Senate joint resolution would proclaim an annual Day of Bread during a Harvest Festival in October. Sponsor Rep. Bob Dole set Oct 28 as 1969 Day of Bread and urged a global homage to wheat and its products. The measure also includes Sen. James Pearson among its sponsors.
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Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
Department of Revenue
Hodge
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Living Cost Up in June as Food Costs Lead Rise
The United States CPI rose six tenths of one percent in June led by sharp food price increases. The index reached 127.6, meaning $12.76 buys the same basket as $10 in 1957 59. Grocery prices jumped 1.7 percent in June and food costs for the year show a seven percent rate.
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Washington
Labor Department
Apollo 11 Nears Halfway Home on Perfect Course Toward Earth
Apollo 11 nears the halfway point of its return from the moon racing 3,663 mph and 118,321 miles from Earth and Moon. Mission control canceled an engine correction and weather looks favorable for splashdown about 1,200 miles southwest of Hawaii aboard the Hor net recovery group. Astronauts Edwin Aldrin Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong conveyed a sense of home as Earth fills the screen during a quiet day at mission control.
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Space Center
Houston
Pacific
Earth
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Neil A. Armstrong
Mission Control
Hawaii
Charles Duke
Aldrin
Duke
Crash Claims Life of Chanute Man on Highland Park Entrance
Jay Roland Criger aged 22 of 618 West Ash Chanute died after his 1964 Chevrolet struck a cement post at the Highland Park south entrance at 12:15 a.m. He reportedly missed a turn and did not brake. Criger had recently returned from Vietnam service and married Jane McGettrick last December. He leaves a wife, three brothers, two sisters, his parents, and a grandmother. Funeral arrangements are pending with Gibson Koch Funeral Home.
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Jay Roland Criger
Ash
Highland Park
Criger
Boyd Phillips
Phillips
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Vietnam
Chanute High School
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s Church
Wowman
N.D
Jane McGettrick
Robert L. Criger
Wichita
Don Criger
S. Ashby
Mark Criger
Tulsa
Virginia Criger
Michelle Criger
S. Forest
George Criger
J. R. Criger
Howard
Gibson - Koch Funeral Home
Lige Matlock
Partly cloudy with storms and winds in Chanute forecast
AREA FORECAST calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Thunderstorms with gusty winds tonight and early Thursday. High Thursday 90 to 95 and a low around 70. Precipitation chances 70 percent tonight, 50 percent Thursday. Chanute city housing authority meets at 7 30 p m in Memorial Building offices with an architectural firm briefing on housing programs and needs.
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City Housing Authority
Tonght
Chanute Area
Chanute boy writes Apollo 11 crew from Kansas
A 10 year old Chanute Kansas boy, Tommy Slater, sent a letter to Commander Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew thanking them for their moon mission. The letter was aboard the USS Hornet in the Pacific waiting with other mail. Delivery may be delayed by the astronauts 21 day quarantine.
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Moon
Chanute
Pacific Ocean
Punch
Tommy
T. E. Slater
W. 4Th
Comdr
Neil Armstrong
Associated Press
Kan
Tom E. Slater
Armstrong
USA
Te Space Agency
Murray Hills
Space
America
Earth
Tommy Slater
All-Star Game: National League Leads American League
The National League held a 3-1 lead over the American League after two innings in the All-Star game, with both sides showing early scoring and strong pitching.
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Washington
Jaycees Finish at City Park Invite Stop by Our Place
Intercepted letter notes the Jaycees finish at City Park and invites recipients to visit afterward at a nearby residence. The message emphasizes hospitality and a casual gathering following the event.
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City Park
Our
Park Jaycees Clean Northeast Entry at City Park
Safari Jaycees cleaned the park's northeast entrance over two Tuesdays. They cleared flower beds spread rock dug out sidewalks painted caps and curbings and refinished pole lamps. President Bob McGregor said they may adopt the park as a permanent project with city-supplied materials.
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City Park
Safari Jaycees
Bob McGregor
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