Forrestal Limps Into Subic Bay After Fire Disaster
The USS Forrestal limped into Subic Bay Philippines with a new fire on board as crew assess casualties. The carrier earlier suffered a catastrophic blaze in the Gulf of Tonkin causing 129 deaths and many injuries. Marine operations in the DMZ area continued with heavy casualties reported among Leathernicks forces.
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Saigon
Forrestal
Subic Bay
Philippines
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
U.S
Three Drown In Kansas In Separate Incidents
Three men died while boating and swimming in Kansas on Sunday. Joseph W. Rick 20 of Hope drowned in a farm pond northeast of Hope after swimming with three companions. his body was recovered about four hours later. John Hernandez 31 of Scotia drowned at Scott County state lake when a canoe capsized. his wife and four children were present. Charles J. Shridge Jr 17 of Kansas City Kansas drowned while swimming with four brothers in Pomona reservoir near Ottawa. his body recovered within an hour.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Joseph W. Rick
Hope
Abilene
John Hernandez
Scoti
Scott County
Hernandez
Ignacio Martinez
Charles J. Shridge Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Pomona Reservoir
Ottawa
Four Area Youths Inducted Into Army in Kansas City
The selective service report says four local youths will be inducted into the Army in Kansas City. Named are Joe Anderson of 420 S. Rut ter, Dennis Matthow of 423 S. Steuben, Edward Ammann of Parsons, and Carter Bohling of 215 N. Franklin.
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Selective Service
Kansas City
Army
Joe Anderson
S. Rutter
Dennis Matthow
S. Steuben
Edward Ammann
Parsons
Carter Bohling
N. Franklin
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Delivers Playful Hint
The note suggests Monday holidays are logical yet create two Mon days in a row since the day after a holiday often feels like Monday. The writer uses a light wordplay to discuss the calendar quirk.
Dispute Delays Reopening At Parsons Army Plant
Pipe fitters and operating engineers kept off the job at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons for a fourth day as 480 workers stayed away. The walkout centered on hours overtime and assignment of machinery with 57 engineers and 130 pipefitters involved amid tensions with contractor Martin K. Eby Construction Co. and sub contractor Kendall Inc. Dispute claims include regional layoffs and alleged bias against southeast Kansas residents. The plant, previously scaled back, was nearing reopening with 380 on duty today from 860 total when disputes began.
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Parsons
Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Operating Engineers Union
Martin K. Eby Construction Co
Eby
Joe Pucci
Pittsburg
Area Forecast Sees Warmth With Scattered Thunderstorms
Today and Tuesday bring little temperature change with partly cloudy skies. Tonight and Tuesday may see a few widely scattered thunderstorms, increasing late tonight into Tuesday morning. Lows tonight in the 70s, highs in the mid 90s. Kansas forecast notes 95 to 102 high with 68 to 72 low and 20 percent rain tonight, 10 percent Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Earthquake Toll Mounting in Venezuela Sets Toll Near 300
Venezuelan officials reported 55 dead as rescue workers pulled five more bodies from rubble after a massive quake. Gov Valera warned the final toll could reach 300 as searchers comb ruined apartment blocks. U S citizens among the dead and missing, with six named victims and several others unaccounted for.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Raul Valera
Cadacas
U.S
Emilio Cabrera
Macuto Sheraton
Eduardo Parra
Keith Allan Kaplan
Lyn Kaplan
Alicia Kaplan
Moose cartoon strips begin today in The Tribune
The Tribune adds Bob Weber's Moose to page 6 joining other popular features. The family and friends bring light humor and wide reader appeal as the strip debuts today in the newspaper.
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Bob Weber
Tribune
Cartoon Comics Today
the Tribune
Riots flare across nation amid Milwaukee violence
A Milwaukee shooting left a policeman and a woman dead as riots spread through Negro neighborhoods nationwide. 53 hospitalized, 70 fires, 180 arrests. Detroit troops withdrawn, National Guardsmen patrol. Authorities declared emergencies in Milwaukee and city leaders blamed agitators while weather and curfews helped ease tensions.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Detroit
Wichita curfew imposed after vandalism by NE Wichita clashes
Acting Mayor A Price Woodard imposed a 1 am curfew after vandalism in northeast Wichita. Police reported groups up to 150 blacks, two fires from bombs, a car windshield shattered, and eight arrests. Fire damage was minor. two officers assisted. Five men faced resisting arrest charges.
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Portland
Terry D. Schrunk
San Bernardino
Cleveland
Florida
Palm Beach
Robert Winmann
Wichita
A. Price Woodard
Kan
National Guard
Woodard
Clarence Vollmer
Boston
Mass
D. W. Knowles
Robert Peach
17Th and Groove
Oil Price Hike By Mid-America Refinery Co
Mid-America Refinery Co. raises crude oil prices by 7 cents with a top of 3.15 per barrel for 40 gravity crude effective tomorrow. Average 30 gravity crude rises from 2.76 to 2.83 per barrel. plant lies north of Chanute near US 169. Oil production is a key local industry.
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Mid-America Refinery Co., Inc
O. H. Cunningham
Cunningham
Mid-America
Chanute
US 169
Kansas
Monday Holidays Move in Congress
Aiming to create three to four day weekends, a House Judiciary subcommittee schedules Aug 16 17 hearings on bills to move Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day and Veterans Day to Mondays. Thanksgiving could join. Opposition comes from traditionalists. enactment would affect only federal activities.
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Washington
Congress
House
Three Climbers Die on Mt McKinley Missing Four Feared Dead
An Anchorage AP report says a rescue party near Mt McKinley found at least three climbers dead as a storm halted the search for four others missing for nearly two weeks. A seven to twelve man party battled altitude and wind from 15,000 to 17,900 feet before radioing headquarters. Stephen A. Taylor of Chicago was confirmed dead at the 17,900 foot camp after the others reached the south peak July 18. The six companions who reached the top reported all was well before communications ceased as nine days of storms enveloped the peak.additional climbers named include Jerry Clark Mark McLaughlin John Russell Henry Jones Dennis Luchterhand Walter Taylor.
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Subic Bay
Forrestal
North
South Vietnam
Anchorage
Alaska
Mt McKinley
Park Headquarters
Stephen A. Taylor
Chicago
Stephen Taylor
Jerry Clark
Mark McLaughlin
John Russell
Eugene
Ore
Henry Jones
Lafayette
Ind
Portland
Dennis Luchterhand
Scarsdale
N.Y
Walter Taylor
Three Die In Kansas Traffic Crashes Weekend
Two youths died Sunday near Kansas City when a car ran a street intersection in Wyandotte County, plunged 17 feet into a creek after an embankment. Victims were Carolyn Peterson, 17, and Michael Grose, 21. On Saturday Jerome Frye, 61, of Louisburg, perished when his milk truck collided with a car on U S 69 in southern Johnson County.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Carolyn Peterson
Michael Grose
Topeka
U.S
Johnson County
Jerome Frye
Louisburg
Billfold Found Belongs to Local Man
Billfold belonging to Melvin E. Steward of Bronson was turned in to the police after being found by David Embry of 215 North Garfield and Brad Berg of 417 North Grant. They found it along the Santa Fe railroad tracks behind 9 South Santa Fe. The billfold held a $40 check and personal papers. the owner is being notified.
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David Embry
N. Garfield
Brad Berg
N. Grant
Melvin E. Steward
Bronson
S. Santa Fe
U S Envoys Booed In New Zealand
In Wellington a crowd of about one hundred students and adults booed Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Clark Clifford as they arrived for talks with New Zealand officials on Vietnam. Police detained one youth who displayed a banner opposing the war.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Maxwell D. Taylor
Clark Clifford
Vietnam
Johnson
United States
Traffic Fatality Totals in Topeka and State Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 62 fatalities for July, 348 in all of 1967, 394 for the 1966 comparable period, and 3 deaths in the 48 hours to 9 a.m. Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Meeker Quits County School Post in Erie
Mrs Hazel Meeker resigns as Neosho County superintendent effective tomorrow. W J Han named to replace until July 10 1969 under 25 year token salary. Courthouse space leased to Unified District No 101 for the new office. records stay in county office available to the public.
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Erie
Hazel Meeker
Ray Coder
Board of County Commissioners
Meeker
Board of Commissioners
W. J. Han
Kansas
Romney blasts White House over Detroit troop delay
Detroit Gov. George Romney alleges the White House distorted his handling of federal troop requests during last week's Detroit riot. He says Cyrus Vance quoted by the White House misrepresented his stance and accuses Ramsay Clark of pressing a political rather than legal request, as Romney positions for 1968 presidential considerations.
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Detroit
George Romney
White House Today
Romney
Cyrus Vance
White House
Michigan
Johnson
Atty
Ramsay Clark
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McKeesport
Bonnie Spiller
Houston
Tex
Tania Braun
Andes
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Cyrus R. Vance
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