Contract Talks Open for 480000 Steelworkers
National union and the Coordinating Committee of Steel Companies begin negotiations covering about 480,000 workers at 11 major steel producers in New York. The talks follow recent aluminum industry settlements and come after White House involvement in prior contracts.
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New York
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Coordinating Committee of Steel Companies
White House
United Steelworkers
Alcoa
Reynolds
Aflcio Aluminum Workers Union
Aluminum Co. of America
California Primary Shapes 1968 Nomination Contests
The Associated Press reports Kennedy and McCarthy urged joint action against Humphrey after California votes. McCarthy accuses Kennedy of scare tactics amid a televised clash. Delegates indicate Humphrey leads in Michigan and Missouri counts, while Nixon and Rockefeller campaign in key states.
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Associated Press
California
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Kennedy
Humphrey
South Dakota
Democratic Organization
New Jersey
Montana
Alabama
Michigan
Missouri
Richard M. Nixon
Florida
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wisconsin
Oregon
Chanute C of C committees schedule this week
Three Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce committees meet this week. Safari Museum group meets tonight at 8 in the chamber office, Retail Committee at 3 PM tomorrow in the office, and Agriculture Committee at 7 AM Thursday at the Tioga Hotel. Mid-America Inc. meets Thursday in Iola with board at 4 PM follow by a general meeting at 6:30.
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Chanute Area
Boy Drowns In Kansas Farm Pond
A 15 year old boy named Frank Meiwes died in a pond on the family farm northwest of Moran Kansas late Sunday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs George Meiwes. Authorities reported the accident and are investigating the drowning.
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Iola
Kan
Moran
Frank Meiwes
George Meiwes
Intercepted Letter Sparks Mothers Takeover of Schools
A leaked note suggests mothers are stepping into roles previously held by teachers, signaling organized community action. The letter outlines aims to support student learning and fill staffing gaps in the school system. Local officials say investigations are ongoing into the letter’s origin and intent.
Riots at University of Rome as rival student groups clash
In Rome rival student factions battled at the barricaded gates of the University of Rome as police, few in number, attempted to separate fighters amid rocks and flaming rags. Nearly 300 anti leftist students faced about 2,000 pro Chinese and anarchist supporters for the third day, while Premier Aldo Moro prepares to resign after the election.
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Rome
University of Rome
Aldo Moro
Christian Democrats
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log covers 48 hours to 9 am Monday listing 7 fatalities for June and 244 for 1968, compared with 250 for the 1967 period. Data reflects Topeka area incidents and totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
First Aid Class Meets Tonight at Red Cross Office
A public standard first aid class will be held tonight at seven o'clock in the Memorial Building Red Cross office. The class was previously scheduled for Wednesday night.
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Red Cross
Memorial Building
Boy Keeps Bobcat as Pet Near Earlton
Nine-year-old Randy Stout shows The Tri bune a pet bobcat named Bobbi found with its siblings near Benedict. Bobbi wears a red collar and walks on a leash, enjoys milk and dog food, and resides in a wooden wire cage while the two family dogs avoid the intruder.
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Randy Stout
Randy
Bobbi
Tribune
Stout
Earlton
Ray
Benedict
Memorial Day traffic toll in Kansas rises with weekend deaths
The long Memorial Day weekend brought 9 fatalities on Kansas roads plus 37 boating deaths nationwide. Among the victims were Elizabeth and William Fulton of Abilene in a Marion crash, Eugene Brady of Springfield Illinois, soldier Karl Thoreson of Natick Massachusetts, Neletah Willison of Ponca City and 10 year old Clyde Balman of Rozel.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth E. Fulton
William H. Fulton
Abilene
Marion
U.S. 54
Meade
Eugene D. Brady
Springfield
Ill
Ft. Riley
Karl E. Thoreson
Natick
Mass
Weather forecast for Kansas with warm, sunny day
The AP reports bright sunny weather for Kansas with highs in the lower 90s today and lower 60s tonight. A frontal system will reach northwest Kansas by late Tuesday bringing showers and thundershowers, followed by cooler conditions midweek. statewide highs to mid 90s Tuesday and warmer nights in the middle 60s.
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Topeka
the Weatherman
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Radio Operators Join in Search for Rabid Cat Case
Police enlist local citizens band radio operators Saturday to aid a wide search for a California man with a CB radio in his car. He is sought after a cat bite in Texas led to a rabies diagnosis. the man was later reported located in Kansas City.
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California
Texas
Kansas City
Misfiring Rocket Trigger Probe in Saigon Crisis
The US Command opens a full-scale probe into a misfired rocket from an American helicopter gunship that killed six South Vietnamese officials. The incident adds strain to US Vietnam relations as fighting around Saigon reaches ten days with 600 to 800 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops slipping into Gia Dinh suburb. American casualties include six killed and 32 wounded amid a week of heavy combat.
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Saigon Daily News
Gia Dinh
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam envoy joins Paris talks amid calls for halt to bombing
Le Duc Tho arrives in Paris to join the Peace Conference as U S officials weigh broadening talks beyond de escalating aims. Hanoi signals willingness to proceed if Washington ends attacks and eases obstinate stance. Saigon rocket strike kills several officials and wounds others, prompting U S orders to restrict air strikes in Saigon pending approval.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Moscow
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Tho
Pravda
U.S
North
Lincoln man buys turkey livers for fishing trip
A Lincoln man bought a carton of turkey livers hoping to use them on a fishing trip. His wife found the livers, fried them, and served them for dinner.
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Lincoln, Kan
Lincoln
Abby Becomes Hurricane Aims At Tampa Bay
Tropical storm Abby intensified to a hurricane near noon and heads for the Tampa Bay area with 75 mph gusts. Forecasters place Abby 170 miles south-southwest of Tampa, moving north at 15 mph, after crossing Cuba and causing evacuations in Pinar del Rio and Isle of Pines.
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Miami
Fla
Abby
West Florida
Tampa Bay
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Tampa
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Robert H. Simpson
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Isle of Pines
Explosion Kills Three at Utica Mohawk Textile Plant
An early morning explosion at the Utica Mohawk textile plant of J.P. Stevens & Co in Clemson South Carolina killed three workers Edward Whitman George Matthis and Samuel Cobb all residents of Seneca and injured nine others. Fire crews from across the region fought the blaze as investigators suspected a gas line or furnace caused the blast which created a 100 foot hole in the coating and collapsed a wall.
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Clemson
S. C
Utica-Mohawk
J.P. Stevens & Co
Oconee County
Raymond Williams
Edward W. Whitman
George Matthis
Samuel Cobb
Seneca
South Carolina
Man Wounded During Quick Draw Near Airport
Herbert Wagner of Wichita was shot in the right thigh while quick-draw practice about 1.5 miles west of the Chanute airport. He was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Police logged several non injury crashes and a fatality occurred Friday night north of Iola involving a Chanute resident’s car.
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Chanute
Herbert Wagner
Wichita
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Beth Ann Hottenstein
Tulsa
Roy A. Williamson
E. Main
Lincoln and
Main
Iola
Charles Croan
Kincaid
C. F
Pete) Disney
Disney
Clarence O’brien
O’brien
Kansas City
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