Oldest Actress in U S Claims 112 at Birthday Party
Los Angeles AP reports Paiute Indian actress Tatzumbie DuPea claimed she is 112 at her birthday party with son Edwin noting 120 years old. Born July 26 1849 in Lone Pine California she appeared in numerous Western films and received birthday greetings from President Nixon at a Los Angeles convalescent home.
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Los Angeles
Tatzumbie DuPea
United States
DuPea
Lone Pine
Calif
Nixon
Alka-Teen Conference in Norton Kansas
The first annual Alka-Teen conference for ages 12 to 18 will be held in Norton on August 7 and 8. Sponsored by Valley Hope Alcoholic Treatment Center and the Kansas Association for Alcoholic Treatment, the event aims to foster understanding of alcoholism and related issues. Speakers include physicians mental health authorities and Valley Hope staff. Valley Hope has treated over 600 people for alcoholism and related addictions since its founding less than two years ago.
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Norton
Kan
Valley Hope Alcoholic Treatment Center
Kansas Association For Alcoholic Treatment
Valley Hope
Valley Hope Treatment Center
Strike Averted at Beech Aircraft in Wichita
Machinists union members will vote this week on ratification of a tentative agreement that averted a strike against Beech Aircraft Co. The old contract expired at midnight Sunday and the proposed agreement was reached late Sunday. The contract covers more than 5,000 in Wichita and smaller groups in Salina Liberal and Boulder. Union officials said members were voting overwhelmingly Saturday to reject offers up to then.
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Wichita
Beech Aircraft Co
Salina
Liberal
Boulder
Colo
Beech Aircraft
Escape from Leavenworth leads to Nebraska capture
William Roberts, 32, walked away from the Leavenworth federal prison honor farm Sunday morning and was captured hours later in Beatrice, Nebraska, in a stolen Atchison, Kansas truck after first stealing and wrecking a car in Leavenworth. He served five years for interstate auto theft. Two other inmates, George Glover, 42, and John E. Matchett, 40, also escaped Sunday night.
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Leavenworth, Kan
William Roberts
Leavenworth
Beatrice
Neb
Atchison, Kan
Roberts
Kansas City
Honor Farm
George Glover
John E. Matchett
Matchett
New Jersey Hairdresser Charged In Heroin Ski Pole Smuggling
George A. Roupinian of Middlesex New Jersey, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested after allegedly delivering two kilos of heroin at a Manhattan coffee shop and investigators found 10 more kilos in 200 West German ski poles shipped from France. Durkin said the poles remained in crates at Roupinian’s apartment amid the federal probe.
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New York
New Jersey
William Durkin
U.S. Justice Department
S Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
George A. Roupinian
U.S
Middlesex, N.J
Roupinian
47Th Street
Second Avenue
Durkin
France
Two Accidents Hit Boys in Kansas on Weekend
Nine year old Tony King of Coffeyville is in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after two accidents. He first fell under a car driven by his mother Mrs Greg Buie in Coffeyville Friday night and then the ambulance taking him to the hospital was involved in a crash on Interstate 35 in suburban Shawnee.
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Tony King
Coffeyville
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Greg Buie
Young King
Interstate 35
Shawnee
Tribune
Las Vegas
Nev
Chanute
Hardy Brunell
Bob Brunell
Virgie Bockover
Hardy
Mars Probes Set to Return First Detailed Images Soon
Pasadena AP Scientists plan to begin receiving data from Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 as they approach Mars. Mariner 6 will start television pictures Tuesday night from 771 500 miles away with 33 far encounter images to follow, while Mariner 7 starts Friday from 1.14 million miles out.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner 6
Earth
Mariner 7
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kustom Group Moves R D Dept to Chanute Kansas
The research and development department of Kustom Electronics will relocate from Kansas City to Chanute within two to three months. Nine engineers will move to the Kustom plant with John Aker of Olathe named vice president in charge of engineering.
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Kustom Electronics
Kansas City
Chanute
Kustom
John Aker
Olathe
King Radio Corp
D. L. Dorman
Dorman
Pleasant summer weather continues in Kansas through Tuesday
Topeka reports clear to partly cloudy conditions with mild temperatures. Tonight the lows fall in the 60s from the Northwest around 50 to the Southeast near 60, and Tuesday brings a high near 90 as a light warming trend develops across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha About Mars Men Truth
A fragment features an intercepted note from Nute to Cha joking about space and discovering the truth about the men from Mars alongside plans to visit the moon. The snippet evokes curiosity and speculative space imagery.
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Moon
Mars
Nute
Safari Jaycees to Hear FHA 236 Project Feasibility
Chanute Safari Jaycees meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Tioga Hotel ballroom to discuss eligibility as non profit sponsor for a Federal Housing Administration 236 low market rate housing project here. Dan Ranbow of Urban America will explain the program.
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Chanute Safari Jaycees
Tioga Hotel
The
Jaycees
Dan Ranbow
Urban America
Ford Foundation
Safari Jaycees
FHA
Topeka
Fatal racial assault at Camp Lejeune Marines base
Cpl. Edward Bankston 20 of Picayune Mississippi died from a skull fracture after a July 20 beating involving 14 white Marines and black and Puerto Rican servicemen. A Marine Corps spokesman said he died Sunday in Portsmouth Virginia Naval Hospital. A New York congressman planned to seek a congressional inquiry into perceived security risks from subversive infiltration at military installations.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Edward Bankston
U.S. Marine Base
Bankston
Picayune, Miss
Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
New York
Marine Base
Congress
Nixon Arrival in Bangkok Marked by Security Scares
President Nixon’s Bangkok stop opened with two security scares as a bottle-thrower and a pistol-bearing man were arrested near the royal reception. The incidents occurred as Nixon and King Bhumibol received the keys to the city at Phansa Pavilion, with Nixon stressing US commitments to Asia and reassurance over Vietnam-era policies.
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Bangkok
Nixon
Thailand
Bhumibol
Phansa
King
Manila Chronicle links murder to possible Nixon plot
In Manila a man killed in a gun battle with police near a Nixon visit site is tied by police to a possible assassination plot. The Chronicle claimed the suspect Batac was held four hours earlier. police deny the story, saying initial accounts stand but acknowledge a possible threat. Nixon departed the Philippines without hearing of the report.
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Nixon
Huk
the Chronicle
Alberto Batac
Batac
Power firm seeks hike in Kansas City area rates
Kansas City Power and Light Co asked state and regional commissions for a rate increase. The move would raise about $7.3 million in annual revenue, a 7.23 percent rise, in 1968 sales. About $3.3 million would go to the company, $4 million to taxes, and residential bills would rise roughly 4.5 cents per day for a typical user.
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Kansas City Power and Light Co
Missouri Public Service Commission
Jefferson City
Kansas Corporation Commission
Topeka
Robert A. Olson
Olson
Vandalism hits Hope Cemetery in Neosho County
Neosho County sheriff reports vandals damaged grass and spun car wheels at Hope Cemetery on Saturday night. They stole the flag pole rope but caused no damage to head stones. No injuries reported.
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ST. Paul
Hope Cemetery
Neosho County
County sheriff laments staffing in Neosho County
Neosho County Sheriff George Neely says the county is in the horse and buggy era of policing and seeks an additional fulltime deputy to handle court papers and allow more crime investigation. County commissioners cite an $8,000 to $10,000 annual cost and prefer local funding decisions for towns like St. Paul and Thayer.
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George Neely
Neely
Kenneth Casper
St. Paul
Thayer
Chanute
Labette County
Oswego
Chetopa
Parsons
John White
Lige Matlock
Topeka
Sesson
Kansas Sheriff's Association
White
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