Planners Approve Rezoning West Main Area
The city planning commission recommended rezoning the 1700 block of West Main from B-1 residential to B-2 business to align with an adjacent tract owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a new post home. The city commission action remains to finalize the change. The board also moved toward a minimum structures ordinance to require repair or removal of dilapidated or unsafe buildings and related conditions, drawing on Iola’s model. a city attorney draft will be prepared for consideration. Harold Williams chaired the meeting with members James Morris, Harvey Young, O. H. Cunningham, Bob Hembree, Mrs. Hugh Chapman, Mrs. Howard Galt, and R. W. Reynolds.
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W. Main
Veterans of Foreign Wars
City Planning Commission
Planning Board
City Commission
Iola
Weather forecast shows hot humid conditions with scattered storms
Area forecast calls for variable cloudiness and heat with a 30 percent rain chance tonight and 40 percent Friday. Isolated thundershowers expected tonight into Friday with little temperature change and highs near 90 to 95. A weak cool front may trigger scattered showers in western Kansas this evening spreading eastward, with no widespread storms expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Indian Crash Fatal to Six at Calcutta Airport
A Pan American Boeing 707 crashed on landing in monsoon rain at Calcutta international airport, catching fire. Six of 63 aboard were killed, including five passengers and a stewardess per Pan American World Airways. Survivors totaled 48 passengers and nine crew. Anglican bishop Gilbert Baker was aboard but unharmed. Nationalities of other passengers not released.
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Calcutta
India
Pan American World Airways
Hong Kong
Gilbert Baker
London
Intercepted Letter Heralds Flag Day Tomorrow
A brief intercepted note signals the upcoming Flag Day observance. The missive references the Stars and Stripes and marks the celebration as imminent.
Extradition ordered for James Earl Ray in King assassination case
UK Home Secretary authorized Bow Street proceedings to extradite Ray to the United States. If extradition is granted, he can appeal to the High Court and then the House of Lords. Investigators in London probe a contact man as Toronto police seek a heavyset man and a possible courier in Ray’s flight after the King killing.
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London
U.S
James Earl Ray
United States
Home
James Callaghan
Bow Street
Martin Luther King Jr
Frank Milton
Milton
Ray
High Court
House of Lords
Britain
Supreme Court
Michael Dresden
Scotland Yard
Jane Nassau
Toronto
King
The
Toronto Star
Manuel Reis
Star
Rooming House
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka June 1968
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities in Topeka for a 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday. The June 22 figure is 2, compared with 264 for the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Johnson hails nuclear nonproliferation pact at UN
President Johnson, visiting New York, congratulated the General Assembly on approving the treaty to curb nuclear weapon spread. He called the pact the most important disarmament accord since the nuclear age began and pledged rapid U.S. moves to sign, ratify, and implement it. Albania Cuba Tanzania and Zambia voted no. 95-4 with 21 abstentions approved.
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United Nations, N.Y
Johnson
United Nations
General Assembly
Albania
Cuba
Tanzania
Zambia
United States
Two Men Critical After One-Car Crash Near Earlton
Chanute residents James E. Woods 28 and Lester D. Woods 22 were listed in critical condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a one car crash south of Earlton on US 169 around midnight. The Buick station wagon left the road and overturned, both occupants were thrown out. driver unknown.
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Chanute
James E. Woods
Lester D. Woods
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Earlton
Highway Patrol
US 169
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Kissing A Killer Whale Trainer Keeps Bond With Kandu
Seattle AP report on Jerry Watmore, a former Sea World trainer, working with 13 foot killer whale Kandu at Seattle Marine Aquarium. Watmore trains Kandu with hand signals and fish rewards, noting the whale responds to gestures over spoken words and kisses are common after daily training.
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Seattle
James Coburn
Robert Goulet
Kandy
Seattle Marine Aquarium
Jerry Watmore
San Diego
Sea World
Kandu
Jerry
Mail Order Guns Rule Questioned
The National Rifle Association questions the legality of a Post Office rule to curb mail order gun traffic. Postmaster General Watson announced that packages containing guns require clear labeling as Fire arms and the local chief law enforcement officer will be notified upon delivery, likely keeping gun mail order houses operating unless Congress acts.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Post Office Department
Congress
W. Marvin Watson
Ban on sawed off shotguns and short rifles via mail
Watson announced a ban on sawed off shotguns and short barreled rifles in the mails unless sent to authorized law enforcement or military personnel. Harold Gardenswartz, a New Mexico sporting goods executive, questions the impact saying criminals may still obtain guns. A Post Office Department spokesman said the ban, announced at the National Press Club, would take effect immediately and cover guns 26 inches or less and concealable in nature.
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Harold Gardenswartz
New Mexico
Post Office Department
Watson
National Press Club
Motorcycle Found Missing From Pool Lot Recovered Near School
A Honda motorcycle belonging to Jeff Jordan of 209 N Plum Street, reported missing Tuesday night from the city swimming pool, was found near Hutton School. Louis Jordan said the transmission was damaged and the bike had been ridden and damaged days earlier.
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Jeff Jordan
N. Plummer
Hutton School
Louis Jordan
Threats of Attacks Raise Saigon Fear Amid Bombardment
Saigon faced rumors of a renewed ground assault and 100 rocket barrages as Viet Cong broadcasts warned of 100 consecutive days of shelling and nightly barrages. U S officials doubted the feasibility of such a sustained attack while other clashes occurred around the capital and highlands.
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Saigon
Liberation Radio
Confidential Talks Edge Toward Peace Talks In Paris
North Vietnam appears to drift toward confidential discussions with the United States on Vietnam peace issues while maintaining a Paris conference hold. Ambassador Xuan Thuy weighs a Harriman proposal to reduce propaganda after meetings and provide only general descriptions of talks.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Xuan Thuy
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Thuy
South Vietnam
A Fishy Situation At Park
Santa Fe Park faces a fish kill mystery with carp bullheads and crappie found in a creek pool near the lake spillway. Park officials say state fish and game protectors and the State Board of Health are investigating possible industrial contamination as a few fish have died while more remain in the lake.
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Santa Fe Park
State Board of Health
Clem Keller
Park Lake
Keller
Resolution designates Eisenhower Week in 1968
Sen. James B. Pearson joins a resolution to honor Dwight D. Eisenhower by designating the week of October 13 to 19 as Salute to Eisenhower Week. Eisenhower, born October 14, 1890, is praised as a former president and world leader.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
America
Pearson
Titan 3 launches eight jam resistant comms satellites
A Titan 3 rocket from Cape Kennedy lifts off at 10 04 a m EDT carrying eight jam resistant military communications satellites to form a spaced network around earth. After initial orbit insertion and complex maneuvers the satellites will be positioned about 20 900 miles high to relay urgent messages and reconnaissance data between the United States and Vietnam.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
United States
Vietnam
Defense Department
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Washington
Light on Shooting Mystery
Allen Ladd Polk, 19, was arrested on a murder warrant in the mystery ice cream vendor shooting in Kansas City. Michael J. Plaven, 21, a Kansas State Teachers College junior from Emporia, was killed by a .22 bullet after a youth demanded money and fired during the incident. Polk is held without bond.
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Kansas City
Allen Ladd Polk
Michael J. Plaven
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Plaven
Polk
Bond
Mae Baird Dies in Sun City Ariz Former Kansas leader
Mae Baird longtime Kansas State University extension home economics leader died in Sun City Arizona on June 7 from a heart attack. She retired from the Extension Service in 1967 after serving as state home economics leader since 1954 and earlier worked 17 years with Wyoming and New Jersey extension services.
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Manhattan
Kan
Sun City
Ariz
Mae Baird
Kansas State University
Miss Baird
Extension Service
Kansas
Wyoming
New Jersey
Tractor Accident Fatal for Roy
Russell County 12 year old Steven Zweifel was killed when the tractor he drove rolled over on a county road east of Waldo. Sheriff Jules Dumler said the machine struck sand in the road causing the overturn.
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Waldo
Kan
Steven Zweifel
Russell County
Jules Dumler
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