Four Injured in Early Morning US 169 Wreck
Four people were injured in an early morning crash at US 169 and Santa Fe Park entrance. Hess and Van Leeuwen were seriously hurt, Brady and Lewis moderately hurt. all were hospitalized. Hess transported to Mercy Fort Scott for specialist care. Brady faces drunken driving and careless driving charges.
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Melvin Brady
Cherryvale
US 169
Santa Fe Park
Brady
Lewis
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Hess
Mercy Hospital
Fort Scott
Police Cite Cycle Riders
Two motorcycle riders were cited for traffic violations. Monica Fox of Girard, 19, received a helmet ticket. Charles Harding of 1809 S Malcolm was cited for no helmet mufflers and no license tag with court set for Sept. 13. Hess faces failure to yield and Sept. 13 court. Van Leeuwen Hess and a car front seat were knocked to the pavement in a collision. Brady was pinned briefly but freed. both vehicles declared total losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monica Fox
Girard
Charles Harding
S. Malcolm
Hess
Brady
Weather Summary and Forecast for the Area
Temperatures at 1 p.m. 66 degrees with yesterday 78 and 61 year ago. Precip today .31 inch and yesterday 1.03 inches. Partly cloudy and cool tonight with east to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday partly cloudy and warmer with lows 60 to 65 and highs 80 to 85. Precip probability 20 percent tonight and 10 percent Saturday.
Guardsmen Depart for Summer Camp Friday
Company C of the 137th Infantry Kansas Army National Guard leaves Chanute armory Friday at 6 30 a m for Camp Ripley Minnesota for a 17 day summer camp Six officers and 135 enlisted men assemble an hour earlier for final preparations Movement to Camp Ripley by truck convoy Expected arrival 1 p m Sunday with overnight bivouacs at Clarinda Town and Fairmont Minnesota Return travel begins 6 a m August 13 arrival Chanute noon August 15 Camp week two at cantonment with daily exercises Parade August 6 reviewed by Governor Docking Capt Martin Garthwaite commanding officer
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137Th Infantry
Kansas Army National Guard
Chanute Armory
Camp Ripley
Minn
Clarinda
Town
Fairmont
Chanute
Kansas
Robert Docking
Martin Garthwaite
Apollo 15 Crew Refines Lunar Approach With Precise Burn
Apollo 15 astronauts led by a newly qualified commander completed a brief engine burn at 11:04 am EDT to adjust trajectory toward lunar orbit. The one second course correction aimed for a path within 65 miles of the moon’s surface later today while Scott noted a smooth burn after fixing a cabin water leak with a wrench.
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Space Center, Houston
Moon
Lunar
Scott
Spy Flights End Over Red China
New York report says the U S suspended all manned and unmanned reconnaissance flights over Communist China to avoid jeopardizing President Nixon’s planned visit to Peking. The move recalls the 1960 U2 incident and the Khrushchev summit cancellation.
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Red China
New York
United States
Communist
China
Nixon
Peking
New York Times
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Shoemaker Cleared in Fatal Cantrell Case at Iola Court
A district court jur y acquitted Iola resident Jack Shoemaker of first degree murder in the Sept 30 1969 Cantrell case after six hours and forty five minutes of deliberation. Shoemaker walked free Wednesday morning. Police promote Chester Hale to assistant chief. he will take the post Aug 1 and serve as Matlock's second in command.
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Iola
Jack Shoemaker
Allen County
Shoemaker
David Cantrell
Chester Hale
N. Highland
Police Department
Lige Matlock
Hale
Chanute
Matlock
Supreme Court to Hear Four Capital Cases Next Term
The Supreme Court will open the new term in October with four capital punishment cases as priority. Lawyers were notified to be ready for hearings starting October 12, and a decision could come by winter if justices are not split. Separately, police ordered four Cherry Street businesses to remove portable signs from the highway right of way per federal rules.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Cherry Street
Truck
Floyd Heath
Heath
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Noted in Dispatch
A terse note describes Ochs making it by the seat of his pants in a terse intercepted letter to Cha. The fragment hints at nerve under pressure and improvised risk in a moment of tension.
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Ochs
Flag Law Ruled Too Vague By Kansas Court
Johnson County District Court ruled Overland Park’s desecration of the flag ordinance too vague and overturned the conviction of 18 year old University of Kansas student Thomas John Ochs from New Jersey. Judge Harold Hammond said the law is broad and infringes free speech while noting the defendant may have been expressing dissent rather than committing a crime. City Attorney Crosette questioned the intent, suggesting he might have been repairing clothing.
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Clathe
Kan
Johnson County
Overland Park
Harold Hammond
Thomas John Ochs
University of Kansas
New Jersey
Ochs
United States
Hammond
Sheldon Crossette
Crosette
Secret War in Laos Growing Harder to Hide
The secret war in Laos is increasingly exposed as U.S. involvement expands. Reports reveal Thai and Cambodian troops backed by U.S. funds, CIA training, and bombing along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. As of Jan 27, 1971, 1,034 Americans are stationed in Laos with CIA and allied operations ongoing.
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Laos
Donald M. Rothberg
Washington
U.S
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Burma
United States
Nixon
Associated Press
Saigon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Congress
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Bolovens
Congressional
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
State Department
Agency For International Development
Air America
Continental Air Services International
CIA
No Deadline Proposal in Dochina War Pullout Debate
House negotiators offer a no deadline substitute to the draft bill on dochina war pullout but see little chance for an early break in Congress deadlock. Hebert declined to reveal details but notes the proposal omits the Senate nine month withdrawal deadline.
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Washington
House
Congress
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Senate
U.S
Drug Crackdown Funds Approved in Topeka
The Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration approved a federal grant of 24,967 dollars to aid Atty. Gen. Vern Miller in his narcotics crackdown. The money will be matched by 8,945 dollars from Miller's office, totaling 33,912 dollars for the drug war effort.
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Topeka
Kan
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Robert Docking
Vern Miller
Miller
Attorney General’s Office
Urban League Names Vernon Jordan Jr Leader in Detroit
Vernon Jordan Jr directed a sharp critique of the Nixon administration on minority affairs during the National Urban League Conference in Detroit. He succeeds Whitney Young Jr. as executive director effective Jan. 1 and spoke to about 5,000 delegates at the league’s 61st annual meeting.
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Detroit
National Urban League
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Vernon Jordan Jr
Jordan
Whitney Young Jr
League
Parole Denied for Berrigan Brothers in Danbury
The U S Board of Parole refused parole for brothers Philip and Daniel Berrigan. Daniel must finish his sentence for destruction of draft records in 1968 and could be released November 23 1972 with time off for good behavior. Philip will be reheard by the board in January 1973.
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Washington
U.S. Board of Parole
Brothers Berrigan
Federal
Danbury
Conn
Philip
Daniel
Catonsville
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Mosquito Threat Grows in California Irrigated Valleys
California officials warn a pesticide resistant Culex tarsalis mosquito is out of control in the irrigated valleys. The insect may carry a sleeping sickness form fatal to humans, though no cases have been reported this year. Health and agriculture representatives meet to seek new control methods.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Richard F. Peters
California Department of Public Health
Kansas moves to ban self service fuel stations
Self Service Topeka reports the Kansas fire marshal initiated a ban on self service filling stations with a public hearing set for August 9 and a potential January 1 effective date. Fire Marshal Robert W. Wolfe sought an emergency ban. the Rules and Regulations Board rejected that request and the Legislature could veto.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert W. Wolfe
Sedgwick
Wichita
Wolfe
State Rules and Regulations Board
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Reddick
Melvin K. Brady
Roy J. Lewis
Treece
William Hess
Humboldt
Debra van Leeuwen
S. Ashby
Miss van Leeuwen
John van Leeuwen
Elmer Hess
Neosho County
David Kern
Kansas Highway Patrol
Apollo
The
Times
High Court
Cha
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