Four Die In Fiery Crash Near Pittsburg Kansas
A Sunday night crash near Pittsburg left four dead and nine injured as a convertible struck a power pole and gas meter, catching fire. Victims include Rev. Thomas Colgan 36 and Mary Nickolaisen 16 among the killed. Barton and Ford families among the injured.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Chicopee
Thomas Colgan
St. Mary’s High School
David Ford
Patricia Nikolaisen
Peter J. Nikolaisen
Grantwood Village
St. Louis
Wyman Barton
Colgan
Nickolaisen
Mary Kuhn
Carol Briece
Kuhn
Katy Kuhn
Father Colgan
Virginia
Rhonda Ford
Highway Patrol
Niklaisen
Briece
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Barton
David
Richard
Rodney
Mary Ellen
Jean
Cheryl
Coffeyville
Larry Hugenin
Plainville
Kansas
Damar
Dennis Harrison
Kenneth Kaltenbaugh
Stilwell Son Missing On Pacific Flight From San Francisco
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Jr. is aboard a missing twin engine DC3 flying from San Francisco toward Honolulu. His mother confirmed he was co pilot on the flight as a search of a 500 mile wide area west of San Francisco continues. The plane reported engine trouble early Sunday and has not been seen since. Coast Guard ships planes and Navy forces are involved in the search. Stilwell, 54, was en route from Fort Bragg to the West Coast for speeches and leave.
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San Francisco
Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
Army
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Honolulu
Gen
Joseph W. Stilwell
Carmel
Presidio of
Stilwell
Hal Grimes
Grimes
Islands
General Stilwells
Coast Guard
Yorktown
Navy
Air Force
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Missile Silo High School Proposed At Netawaka Site
Voters approve a 685000 bond to build a modern high school in an abandoned Atlas missile silo between Netawaka and Holton. The 250 pupil school will replace Circleville Netawaka Soldier and Whiting high schools, on U S 7 about 30 miles north of Topeka. Construction bids expected February 1967.
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Netawaka
Kan
Unified School District No
Jackson County
Holton
Topeka
Circleville
Soldier
Whiting
Body Found In Missouri River Bridge Painter Fatality
The body of Gerald Ersehl Howell 24 of Bonner Springs Kansas was recovered downstream about a mile from the Liberty Bend bridge where he fell from a scaffold Thursday.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Gerald Ersehl Howell
Bonner Springs
Kan
Liberty Bend
Crash in Viet Nam Fatal to 7 Soldiers
A U S Marine transport plane crashed on take off from Da Nang air base. Seven of the 30 aboard were killed and 23 were hospitalized. All aboard were Marine or Navy personnel and no identifications were released pending kin notification.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang Air Base
Walnut Man Injured in Intersection Collision Near Walnut
Charles Ludlum 28 of Walnut R1 suffered a broken leg and elbow dislocation when his pickup struck a car northwest of Walnut at about 3 p.m. Saturday. Injured others include Stephen Ashcraft 12 Craig Daling 8 and Kevin Duling 5. Ludlum and Ashcraft were hospitalized. the Duling children were treated by a Fort Scott doctor. Ludlum’s 1962 Chevrolet and the Duling 1962 Ford were total losses.
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Walnut
Charles Ludlum
Walnut R
Here
Stephen Ashcraft
Parsons
Craig Daling
Kevin Duling
Walnut R. 1
Duling
Thomas Duling
Ashcraft
Ludlum
Labette County
Fort Scott
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
Tribune Phone Contact Carriers Instructions
Public notice advises readers to contact the Tribune by phone for service after hours. If the primary number is unreachable, callers may dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Rail derailment scatters 19 MoPac cars near Benedict
A northbound Missouri Pacific freight derailed about noon yesterday three miles southeast of Benedict, with 19 cars, mostly aluminum ore, derailed. Crews from Coffeyville El Dorado Garnett and nearby cities worked overnight to clear the track and three night freights were detoured via Chanute. The cause was a burned journal on one axle. no loss estimate given.
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Benedict
Here
Missouri Pacific
Coffeyville
el Dorado
Garnett
Fureka
Congress Moves To End Airline Strike Amid Stalemate
Senate leaders push for action to halt the 18 day airline walkout. Republicans back a back to work plan with arbitration while labor union negotiators and the White House await a federal response. Negotiations at the labor department are stalemated as talks stall without congressional action.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
White House
Montana
Johnson
International Association of Machinists
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Own
Speck Faces Grand Jury For Eight Nurses Murders
Chicago prosecutors convene a Cook County grand jury to indict Richard Speck on eight murder charges connected to the July 14 nursing student killings. Chief witness Elizabeth Chan and Corazon Amarao, a Filipina nurse who survived, appear as hearings begin. Speck remains in jail hospital under treatment. doctors say his condition is satisfactory.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Office of State
Daniel Ward
Elizabeth Chan
South Chicago Community Hospital
Speck
Cook County
Corazon Amarao
Miss Amurao
Mrs John F Kennedy Returns to New York After Hawaii Trip
Mrs John F Kennedy and her two children arrived in New York from a seven week Hawaii vacation. The family then headed to Newport Rhode Island for the wedding of Janet Auchincloss, the former first lady's sister.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Hawaii
Hottest Stretch Tests Marathon Hike Across Death Valley
French adventurer Jean Pierre Marquant, 28, continues a 100 mile trek across Death Valley entering the hottest section from Panamint Mountains toward Shorty’s Well and Furnace Creek. He reports heat from 100 to 130 degrees as the first half passes with the second half uncertain.
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Jean Pierre Marquant
Death Valley
Marquant
America
Panamint Mountains
Shorty
Devil’s Golf Course
Furnace Creek
Stove Pipe Wells
Intercepted Letter on Candidate Campaign Struggles
An intercepted letter notes a key issue for primary candidates on Aug 2 finding willing supporters. It highlights campaign apathy and the challenge of securing interest from potential backers amid a crowded field.
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log shows 48 hours to 9 am Monday with 10 fatalities. For July the count is 48, for 1966 it is 369, compared to 346 in the comparable 1965 period. three fatalities were previously unreported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather today forecasts hot humid conditions in Kansas
The forecast predicts temperatures well into the 90s with increasing southerly winds. Partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms through Tuesday. Highs 90 to 95, lows 70 to 75, with limited rainfall chances.
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Topeka
the Weatherman
Kansas
City Commission Meets Tonight for Safety Award Presentation
The City Commission will convene at 7:30 tonight in the Memorial building. The meeting includes the presentation of 1965 state traffic safety awards to the city by Jim Cowan, Kansas Highway Commission safety consultant.
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Jim Cowan
Kansas Highway Commission
Vehicles Damaged In Collision Here
A 1959 Studebaker driven by Susan Erickson 17 of R 2 was a total loss after a crash at Lincoln and Oak about 8 50 a m. A 1959 Chevrolet driven by James H Tallman 17 of 325 S Kansas struck the Erickson car from behind as it slowed to turn left. Both cars were southbound on Lincoln. No injuries. Tallman car damage estimated at 150 dollars.
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Studebaker
Susan Erickson
Lincoln
Oak
James H. Tallman
S. Kansas
Erickson
Blazing Weekend Of Fighting Near North Viet Nam Border
North Vietnamese regulars faded into jungles near the border after mauling a U S Marine company in a blazing week of fighting in South Viet Nam. Battles and casualties were reported as U S and enemy forces clashed along the frontier.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Trials Not Sighted Ho Chi Minh Replies to CBS
State Department withheld comment on Ho Chi Minh's four word English reply to CBS asking if airmen would face trial. Hanoi had threatened trials as war criminals, while Harriman urged caution and discussed prisoner exchanges and efforts to free captives in South Vietnam. Navy and Air Force missions continued against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese targets near Saigon and the DMZ.
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Washington
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Hanoi
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Harriman
Meeting of the Minds
WRC
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Gulf of Tonkin
Super Road Meeting Tomorrow
The third in a series of area meetings promoting a direct limited access highway between Kansas City and Tulsa will be held at the Chamber of Commerce offices at 8 p.m. Communities seek large representation as attendance is open to all area residents. The meeting will address formal organization and highway financing, with twenty one towns invited to send delegations.
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Kansas City
Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce
Golfer Lema Dies in Plane Crash On Indiana Illinois Line
Tony Lema 32 known as the Champagne Kid died with his wife Betty and two others when their light plane crashed on the Lans ing Sportsman's Club course after departing Arkton Ohio. Other victims were Mrs Doris Mullen Joliet and Dr George Bard Kankakee.
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Lansing, Ill
Tony Lema
Continents
Lema
Betty
Doris Mullen
Joliet
Ill
George Bard
Kanka
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Pacific
MoPac
Chanute
Santa Fe
Iola
Independence
Russ Corbitt
Missouri Pacific Railway
Labor Department
Labor
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Death Valley, Calif
Cha
City Commission
Tallman
Laos
Guam
17Th
Golf
Scotland
Craggy Old St. Andrews
Nicklaus
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