Viet Cong Attacks Kill 80 Civilians in Delta
Viet Cong guerrillas struck two hamlets 110 miles southwest of Saigon before dawn killing 19 civilians and wounding 41 while militia suffered heavy losses. Dragon Ships supported with flares and Gatling guns as U.S. air activity continued against Viet Cong probes in the delta. A second attack at Tan An was repelled with air support. One USAF Sabre jet was downed in Pleiku.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Delta
Can Tho
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tan An
Dragon
Pleiku
1St Corps
Vietnam
Pileiku
U.S. Air Force
South Vietnam
Justice ruling sparks Tampa race riots and nationwide flare
Florida State Atty. Antinori ruled the white patrolman Calvert acted justifiably in fatally shooting Martin Chambers 19 as he fled burglary. Two nights of fires looting and gunfire followed in Tampa Negro slums. In Cincinnati 800 guards patrolled after 100 fires and heavy stoning.
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Associated Press
Florida
Paul Antinori
Tampa
Antinori
James R. Calvert
Martin Chambers
Chambers
Calvert
Cincinnati
Ohio
Eleven Cities Back SPA Power Line Plan Across Kansas
Representatives from Coffeyville Chanute Chetopa Altamont Erie Garnett Neodesha Ottawa Iola Osawatomie and Kansas City Kan vote to back a 161000-volt transmission line from Neosho Mo via Coffeyville to Kansas City to supply peak power to more than 20 municipal systems. They seek a $50000 federal planning appropriation for 1968 with SPA to build the 215 mile line at an estimated $7.05 million, target completion in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas Cities
Neosho
Kansas City
Kansas
Chanute
Chetopa
Altamont
Erie
Garnett
Neodesha
Ottawa
Iola
Osawatomie
U.S
Southwestern Power Administration
Tulsa
Oklo
SPA
Department of the Army
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Texas
Louisiana
Quindaro
Kaw
Congress
Kansola
Kansas Gas and Electric
Kg&e
J. W. Kensett
R. J. Hayes
John Lofthouse
Searchers recover body from river near Milan Kansas
Rescue teams pulled the body of Hugh Eaton 35 Sedalia Missouri a Power Constructors employee Topeka from the rain swollen Chickaskia River near Milan Sumner County. The drowning occurred Tuesday during the storm, authorities said.
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Milan
Kan
Missouri
Chickaskia
Sumner County
Hugh Eaton
Sedalia
Power Constructors, Inc
Topeka
Traffic Fatalities Log Report for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour reading ending 9 a.m. Wednesday June 26 1967 with 24 hour total of 261 and prior year 281 for comparable period. Public safety officials track fatalities to assess road conditions and trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lansing Prison Graduation Boasts Largest Class
The State Penitentiary in Lansing will honor 65 inmates with high school diplomas, five with eighth grade diplomas, and 36 vocational certificates. Ages range 22 to 58, including three life terms and one former death row inmate now life. Ralph Wilson of Leavenworth public schools will speak.
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Lansing
Kan
Ralph Wilson
Leavenworth Public Schools
Deadline Approaching For 1966 Tax Payments
Erie county treasurer Marion Showalter announced tax payments are rising as the second half deadline nears. Tuesday is the final day to pay the last half of 1966 taxes without penalty, with about 80 percent of the tax roll already collected.
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Erie
Marion Showalter
Neosho County
Showalter
No Dealer In Drugs In LSD Trial
James Ewan, a 21 year old former Wichita State University student, testifies in U S District Court that he told a federal agent he was not a dealer in LSD. He faces charges of possession for sale of LSD and possession of marijuana as the trial unfolds with defense questions about an undercover agent posing as a graduate student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
James Ewan
Wichita State University
U.S. District Court
Russell Schultz
Ewan
Curtis Dixon
Kansas City
U.S. Bureau For Drug Abuse Control
Dixon
Richard Curtis
Iowa State University
Neo- Americas Church
Ames
Iowa
California
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
Instruction to reach the Tribune by calling a carrier for contact. If unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. This brief note provides an alternate contact method and time.
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Tribune
Weather outlook for Kansas with heat and scattered storms
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with wind and heat through Thursday. Highs 90 to 95, lows upper 60s to low 70s, 10 percent precipitation risk tonight and Thursday. In northeast Kansas flooding risk eases as rivers drop. rainfall yesterday included .77 inch at Trading Post and .27 inch at La Cygne.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Trading Post
la Cygne
Goodland
Garden City
Dodge City
Salina
Cha nute Area Chamber of Commerce Open House
The Cha nute Area Chamber of Commerce will host an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on June 25 to view its newly remodeled office. Invitations were mailed to members. the office is on the Memorial Building’s second floor.
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Chanute Area
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Turon Man Killed In Wichita Crash
Olaf Prentice, 55, of Turon, Kansas, was killed in a sideswipe collision on Interstate 235 southwest of Wichita. Earl Mill, 47, the other driver, was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Wichita
Olaf Prentice
Turon
Kan
Earl Mill
Dodd Defends Himself in Senate Ethics Debate
Sen Thomas J Dodd denied any wrongdoing addressing fellow senators on the Senate ethics committee report that he misused 116083 in political funds and double billed travel expenses The Connecticut Democrat urged colleagues to expel him only if they find him a thief and blamed sloppy bookkeeping by ex employee Michael V O Hara for some errors
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
United States Senate
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Bipartisan Committee
Michael V. O'Hare
O'Hare
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Bipartisan Ethics Committee
Soviets Push for Emergency UN Session on Israel
In New York the Soviet Union presses for an emergency General Assembly session to address Israel's Arab war actions as Security Council debates a ceasefire resolution. diplomatic calls for mediators and potential Kosygin attendance fuel speculation at the UN.
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United Nations, N.Y
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Security Council
Middle East
A. Thant
U.N
Thant
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gromyko
Moscow
Kosygin
New York
U.S
Johnson
Jamil M. Baroody
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Covers for Parking Meters On Special Days Studied
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce committee studied covering meters on special days as a trade inducement. Members named were Charles Pillot Gene Orr and Stu Hoofnagle. The group discussed promoting the Safari Museum and upcoming events including Rainbow Girls assembly Rotary dinner Legion baseball tournament and Mexican Fiesta camping group. A three day outdoor living promotion is planned for June 29 to July 1 with a July Madness event on July 20. Next meeting set for July 11.
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Chanute Area
Jack Groves
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Chanute
State Assembly of Rainbow Girls
American Legion
John Congdon
Strict Oil Import Controls Backed by Compact
The Interstate Oil Compact Commission affirmed support for strict oil import controls amid the Middle East crisis but did not pledge Congress action. A late modification proposed limiting imports east of the Rocky Mountains to a 12.2 to 1 ratio to domestic production as a compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Middle East
United States
Oil and Gas Conservation Body
Congress
Rocky Mountains
Commission
Interior Department
Planning Board Sets Tonight Meeting At Memorial Building
The city planning commission will meet at 7 o'clock this evening in the Memorial building to review proposed revisions to the city zoning ordinance.
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City Planning Commission
Memorial Building
Mariner 5 Heads Toward Venus in Space Probe Race
The United States Mariner 5 launched from Cape Kennedy to Venus to probe cloud layers with electronic sensors and assess Venus as a possible habitat. Its 35 million dollar craft carries radiation, atmospheric, and density instruments while competing with the Soviet Venus 4 mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Venus
Soviet Union
U.S
Mariner
Allen E. Wolfe
Mariner 5
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Wolfe
May Reports At Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho Memorial Hospital reported 286 in patients in May with 182 medical 87 surgical and 17 obstetrical cases. Outpatients totaled 229 with 61 X ray 30 lab and 138 ER visits. Occupancy 61.2 percent for adults and pediatrics 13.6 percent nursery daily average 62.4 adults and pediatrics 1.9 infants. The board approved asphalt surfacing of parking and north drive approximate 9000 dollar cost and a retaining curb extension. Dwight Wallingford chaired the June meeting with Ed Naanes Virgil Mix R2 David German and John McMeekin present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Earl Gehrt
Board of Trustees
Dwight Wallingford
Ed Naanes
Eric
Virgil Mix
R. 2
David German
John McMeekin
Four-county Share of Kansas Cigarette Tax Revenue
Four counties share the quarterly cigarette tax receipts from the Kansas Department of Revenue. Allen receives 8195 dollars, Neosho 9604, Wilson 7108, and Woodson 2566. total state distribution equals 1,093,867 dollars.
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Allen
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
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Robert Gilder
National Guard
Cha
Sen. Dodd
Yours
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Lord Caradon
India
U Thant
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Terry Golden
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ethics Committee
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