McCarthy Wins New York Delegates in Primary Shakeup
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy wins a walkaway delegate victory in New York boosting his presidential bid. Paul O Dwyer defeats Nickerson and Resnick for the Democratic Senate nomination. Contention over convention leadership arises with Hoover hawk Boggs and Albert named to top roles.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Paul O'Dwyer
Eugene H. Nickerson
Joseph Y. Resnick
Jacob K. Javits
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Emanuel Cellers
House Judiciary Committee
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hale Boggs
Louisana
Boggs
Albert
Johnson
Blair Clark
Youth Discovers Comet in Summer Project
Bishop high school junior Mark Whitaker, 16, found a new comet on June 14 with a home assembled 4 inch telescope. The Whitaker-Thomas comet is named for him and Norman G. Thomas of Lowell Observatory. Whitaker confirmed by Smithsonian and Harvard observers.
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Bishop, Tex
Bishop
Mark Whitaker
Whitaker-Thomas
Mark
Norman G. Thomas
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Thomas
Harvard Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian
Whitaker
Intercepted Letter Notes 1967 Tax Deadline
The message mentions tomorrow as the deadline for paying 1967 taxes and notes it is the longest day of the year. It references an intercepted letter to Cha with uncertain connection.
Health Workers Seize Control Of Kansas Institutions
Kansas Health Workers Local 1271 AFL CIO claims administration of state facilities. Atty Gen Sonderholm moves to file in Shawnee County District Court to bar interference. Five workers removed from Topeka State Hospital grounds. police called at Kansas Neurological Institute. Union cites abdication of management and seeks reform and direct community control.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Health Workers Local 1271
Afl-Cio
Robert Sonderholm
Shawnee County
Robert Haines
Division of Institutional Management
Topeka State Hospital
Haines
Kansas Neurological Institute
Kansas Mental Hospital System
Union
Robert Docking
Eisenhower Shows Heart Beat Irregularities Responding to Therapy
Army doctors reported that former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, has recently experienced occasional irregularities in his heartbeat. The bulletin noted these changes are responding satisfactorily to appropriate therapy after his major heart attack Saturday night at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Wichita Soldier Killed in Crash
A 19 year old Army man home on leave was killed in a one car crash on Interstate 235 in Wichita. The Highway Patrol identified him as James Rogers of 8516 Travis Drive.
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Wichita
Interstate 235
The
Highway Patrol
James Rogers
Travis Dr
Induction and Pre-Induction Examinations for Neosho Youths
Steven P. Allen of Chanute will report to Kansas City for induction into military service as a volunteer. A Neosho county group will report for pre-induction exams, with several named men from Chanute and neighboring towns listed for early travel and processing.
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Steven P. Allen
Chanute
Kansas City
Selective Service Office
Neosho County
Paul L. Davis
Dwight M. Wicker
Jimmie L. Quinn
Ronald D. Hurt
David J. Newcomb
Barry L. Gerken
Cambridge
Mass
James Paul Harris
Charles E. Meeks
Parsons
Athens
Donald K. Rice
Kendall L. Clevenger
Galesburg
Douglas J. Huffman
Eric
Dewayne A. Miller
Thayer
August Draft Call Sets 18 300 Men for Army
The Pentagon announced an August draft quota of 18 300 men for the Army, up slightly from July’s 15 000. The move aims to maintain approved force levels and provide replacements as service terms end, following a peak induction of 48 000 in April and after July marked the lowest month since May 1967.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Weather Today Forecast for Kansas Warm Humid with Thunderstorms
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm humid conditions through Thursday with a 10 percent chance of night showers tonight and 20 percent Thursday. Western Kansas expected the most showers with potential for locally heavy rains. A tornado damaged La Crosse and additional funnel clouds were reported across southwest Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Dodge City
Two Parsons Youths Held for Break-In at Thayer Drug Store
Neosho county Sheriff George Neely announced the arrest of James J. Prosser 18 and Ronnie Steven Beasley 19 both Parsons residents in a Thayer Drug Store break-in. Prosser remained in Neosho jail Erie for further proceedings while Beasley faced an unrelated charge in Labette County. Loss valued over $100 with $27.24 cash recovered portions of the merchandise and appliances.
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Thayer
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
James J. Prosser
Ronnie Steven Beasley
Parsons
Prosser
Erie
Beasley
Labette County
Marines Press Khe Sanh Area As 128 NVA Reported Killed
U S Marines, artillery and aircraft pursued North Vietnamese regulars through bomb scarred valleys south of Khe Sanh. The clash left 128 enemy dead and 11 Marines killed with 30 wounded. A major operation followed a prior four day series of battles near the base.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Highway 9
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Geneva Pact Backed by United States in Vietnam
U S Ambassador Harriman said Washington seeks peace in Vietnam based on the 1954 Geneva accords and does not oppose eventual unification by free expression, provided no force is used. He linked Geneva terms to easing the current deadlock and outlined steps toward a demilitarized zone behind the 17th parallel. A Hanoi broadcast branded U S demands for restraints as absurd.
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Paris
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Harriman
Hanoi
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows 34 Killed In June 1968
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log counts 34 deaths for June 1968. The log records fatalities across the state with 278 deaths in 1968 to date and 276 for the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brandt makes surprise eight hour visit to East Berlin
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt conducted an unexpected eight hour visit to East Berlin meeting East German officials and Soviet ambassador Pyotr Abrassimov. The trip challenged East German travel rules and underlined tensions over Berlin access and West Berlin economic ties.
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Brandt
Bonn
Willy Brandt
West Germany
East Berlin
Moscow
East Germany
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Pyotr Abrassimov
Berlin
Social Democratic Party
Abrassimov
Soviet Union
Remember the Pueblo protest by crew families in San Diego
Mrs. Rose Bucher wife of Cmdr Lloyd Bucher speaks out on the Pueblo seizure urging faster diplomacy, criticizing Defense and State departments, contacting families and organizing supporters in San Diego. Committees plan to picket the State Department and bring Pueblo relatives to Washington to demand action.
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San Diego
Pueblo
Rose Bucher
U.S
Washington
State Department
Remember the Pueblo
Car Train Collision Kills Three Near Atchison
Three young people died in a car and Missouri Pacific freight train crash near Atchison, Missouri, four miles east of the city. Victims were Larry Wayne Pierce 21 De Kalb Missouri and Kathy Bennett 19 and Shirley Wyer 19 of Atchison.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
Missouri
Larry Wayne Pierce
de Kalb
Kathy Bennett
Shirley Wyer
Poor People March Reaches Lincoln Memorial in Washington
Thousands march from the Washington Monument toward the Lincoln Memorial to press for greater government action on poverty. Walter Reuther leads a major group, police estimate 27 500 in area, Ossie Davis cites 35 000 and rising toward 50 000. The event caps the Poor People Campaign demands for jobs housing education and welfare benefits.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Resurrection City
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
John B. Layton
Ossie Davis
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