Docking taps Republican for park board amid party switch
Gov. Robert Docking named a Republican to the State Park and Resources Board while a Crawford County Democrat, William Niggemann, had switched to GOP on July 6, three days before his reappointment as chairman. The July 6 deadline affects the Aug. 6 primary. A second item notes a United Steelworkers conference in Pittsburgh ahead of a potential strike with 388,000 mills workers affected. A Topeka report warns Kansans with 1967 Plymouth, Valiant, Belvedere, and Newport policies may get insurance refunds due to using retail price lists instead of manufacturer lists.
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Crawford County
William T. Niggemann
Niggemann
Park Board
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Committee
Sullivan
Medal for Heroism for Hillsboro Dog Smokey
Smokey the German Shepherd will receive a heroism medal from the German Shepherd Club of St. Louis for saving 13 year old Marie Myers from a copperhead. The boy, son of a Jefferson County deputy sheriff, was knocked down when the snake struck near his Hillsboro home. Smokey bit by the snake, received an injury but recovered. The ceremony is set for Saturday.
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Hillsboro, Mo
Smokey
Marie Myers
Jefferson County
Hillsboro
German Shepherd Club of
St. Louis
FBI Turns 60 With Quiet Anniversary
The Federal Bureau of Investigation marks its 60th birthday today, facing a modest milestone with no planned celebration as 16,000 employees continue normal duties amid its early political challenges.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
FBI
Czechoslovak Leaders Remove Critic From Party Post
Prague area dispatch reports Communist leaders ousted a critic of Soviet policy from his party post as Moscow presses its propaganda war. The presidium ordered Lt Gen Vaclav Prohlik back to army service and abolished the political department he headed, which controlled army security police and judiciary. In Missouri, Mrs Mary Jane Black testified she drove fast to ease tension after a collision and was fined $50 plus costs with a doctor’s advice to seek treatment changes.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Pravda
Communist Party
Vaclav Prohlik
Joseph
Mary Jane Black
Atchison, Kan
Cleveland Peacekeeping Volunteers Face Tough Proof
In Cleveland groups of peacekeeping volunteers debate whether coercive tactics are needed to calm Negro crowds. Volunteers cite language barriers and fear of police actions while Mayor Carl Stokes backs the plan to clear streets. The focus centers on teenage crowds cited by leaders like Ronnie Stephens.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Ronnie Stephens
France
Carl Stokes
Kansas and Missouri retail firms face 3 percent sales tax
Attorney General Robert Londerholm said that retail firms operating in Kansas and Missouri owe a three percent sales tax on back taxes that cannot be waived by the revenue director. He instructed James Mc Donald to halt agreements allowing large Missouri firms with Kansas outlets to avoid back taxes.
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OPERA
Robert Londerholm
Kansas
Missouri
Londerholm
James McDonald
Neosho River Flood Watch Amid Storms In Kansas
Neosho River near Neosho Rapids hovered near flood stage at 19.8 feet with crest forecast at 22 feet above normal. Widespread rains in northeast and south central Kansas triggered flash flooding and river readings rose across Topeka area while flood risk remained local.
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Neosho River
East River
U.S. Weather Bureau
North River Bridge
Wichita
Neosho
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Associated
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Emmett
Madison
Gridley
Dam systems ease Neosho flood fears after heavy rainfall
Intercepted letter notes that John Redmond Council Grove and Marion reservoirs will halt and delay runoff in the Neosho River watershed after a cloudburst and Wednesday night rains. The message credits the dams for preventing serious flooding in the area.
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Neosho River
John Redmond
Council Grove
Marion
Neosho Falls
Missouri Orders U.S. 71 Upgraded After Toll Plan Collapse
Missouri Highway Commission orders its chief engineer to push plans and right of way acquisition for improving U.S. 71 from Harrisonville south to the Arkansas line. Initial projects include bypasses at Nevada and Butler and general improvements along the Harrisonville to I-44 connection. Governor Hearnes halted toll road move, paving way for renewed U.S. 71 planning.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Commission
M. J. Snider
Harrisonville
Arkansas Line
Snider
Nevada
Butler
Carthage
Warren E. Hearnes
Highway Commission
Hearnes
Terrorists Strike In Saigon Again
In Saigon the Viet Cong attacked for the second time this week, blasting the Chinese language newspaper A Chau Van Quoc in Cholon. The blast damaged the three-story building with no reported casualties, as four attackers fled the scene.
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Saigon
Chau van Quoc
Asian Daily News
Cholon
Kien
Sion
Kien Quoc
A Chau
Lagion
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
South
Vietnam
Air Cavalry Division
Hue
Imperial Capital
Demilitarized Zone
Kennedy withdraws from vice presidency race
Sen Edward M Kennedy of Massachusetts ends any bid for the Democratic VP nomination saying it is impossible this year. He calls the decision final and cites family reasons as the basis for removing himself from consideration.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Car Damage Reports and Traffic Fatality Statistics
Three vehicle damage reports were filed with police for backing accidents on Central and Santa Fe streets. A city refuse truck reportedly struck a garage, with driver Bill Riley to contact the owner. Kansas traffic deaths for the 24 hours ending Friday reached 34, with 332 for 1968 year to date. Senator Edward Kennedy declined a vice presidential bid after discussions with party leaders and family.
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H. C. Miller
S. Central
Hillard Blume
Kansas
Miller
Blume
Central
Island Main
Harold Arthur
S. Lafayette
Lillie Snodgrass
Iola
W. Main
S. Santa Fe
Frank B. Fuller
N. Highland
Bruce Anderson
S. Highland
Anderson
Fuller
Safe Cracked and Cables Stolen in City Night Burglary
The Dale Stemple filling station at 30 W. Main was entered at night and the safe robbed, with over $100 taken. Police were notified at 7:35 a.m. A city garage welding truck nearby had two 125 foot cables cut and stolen, weighing about 400 pounds in total.
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Dale Stemple
W. Main
Stemple
Pete Dalton
Cleveland gripped by curfew as riots spread in East Side
National Guardsmen and police patrol troubled Cleveland districts after a curfew night that produced 30 arrests. Fires and looting caused 1.5 million dollars in insured losses. Mayor Stokes kept vigil at City Hall as he weighed a second curfew and police reports cited 39 looting incidents.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
City Hall
Glenville
Stokes
East Side
Harvard-Lee
Joseph C. Boggins
The
Insurance Board of Cleveland
Benjamin Weiss
Senators Blast Clark Over Fortas Comments
Three Republican senators condemned Atty. Gen. Ramsay Clark for linking Fortas opponents to anti civil rights stances. They urged apologies and criticized his remarks as press blackmail and reprehensible. The debate followed calls to withdraw Fortas nomination amid controversy over his obscenity rulings. Separate police reports noted two youths damaged property with BB guns and a car windshield was broken by a sting shot.
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Washington (Ap
Abe Fortas
Atty
Ramsay Clark
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Senate
Clark
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Miller
Fortas
S. Malcolm
Fred Gerardy
S. Lafayette
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Pittsburg, Kan
Robert Docking
State Park and Resources Board
I. W. Abel
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Frank Sullivan
Marie
Margaret Young
Linda Venhaus
Linda
Tribune
L. B. Venhaus
W. 3Rd
East River Bridge
Antarctica
U.S. Station
United States
National Science Foundation
Cha
U.S
U.S. 71
Missouri Supreme Court
Jack Stapleton Sr
Ted Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Hyannis Port
Sen
Jack Miller
Iowa
Johnson
Earl Warren
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