Military Plane Crash Kills 84 Aboard at El Toro
An MATS Boeing 707 jet transporting Marines bound for Okinawa crashed after takeoff from El Toro California. All 84 aboard died, including 72 Marines and 12 crew. Wreckage scattered across Santa Ana foothills, authorities searched by helicopter as fires burned and next of kin were notified.
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EL Toro
Calif
Military Air Transport Service
Okinawa
Here
Honolulu
Marine Air Base
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Mountains
Far East
Boeing
18Th Air Transport Squadron
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
el Toros
Santa Ana
Nice Quiet Vigil as Arkansas River Threatens Nickerson
Nickerson residents brace for flood as Arkansas River waters loom over streets and homes. Mayor cites about 60 percent of 1100 residents evacuated to Hutchinson with Red Cross disaster center ready. Bridges, roads affected, debris risk grows, Bull Creek deemed a secondary peril.
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Charles Slifer
Nickerson
Hutchinson
Red Cross
Here
Sterling
Highway Department
Bull Creek
Larry Thode
Reno County
Two Blasts Kill Dozens At Saigon Floating Restaurant
Two explosions rocked the My Canh floating restaurant on the Saigon River killing many, with authorities counting 17 dead and 24 wounded at first. Investigators suspect a Claymore mine and a bomb on a bicycle. many victims were Americans and Vietnamese.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
My Canh
Neosho County Hosts Large Chest X Ray and Tetanus Clinic
More than 700 people were X rayed by a state mobile unit in Neosho county in the two week chest X ray survey ending at Memorial building. County total 4836 with Chanute 3572 and other towns 1264. Tetanus boosters served 1211 at Chanute Second Methodist Church, 367 in Erie, with ongoing clinic 7 to 9 p.m. at St. Paul Legion Hall, part of a statewide effort to curb lockjaw.
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State Mobile
Memorial Building
Neosho County
Chanute
Mobil
Stark
Erie
St. Paul
Galesburg
Thayer
Methodist Church
Legion Hall
Kansas
E. C. Bryan
Eric
Margaret Wood
Dale
State Health Department
Topeka
Helen Larson
Verda Jones
Mmes
Dewey Maghe
Dean Skinner
Merle Ruggles
Charles Lesher
Red Cross
Intercepted Letter Discusses Arkansas River Dams Aid
An intercepted correspondence suggests western Kansas could receive foreign aid funds to construct dams on the Arkansas River, highlighting potential development plans and regional water projects.
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Kansas
Arkansas River
Kansas unemployment rate ticks up to 1.9 percent
The Employment Security Division reports a rise in the state jobless rate to 1.9 percent for the past week. Insured unemployment holds at 1.9 percent, with benefits totaling 222,086 dollars paid to 5,565 individuals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dvision
Five Day Teamster Strike Breaks Up in Philadelphia
Wildcat strike by Teamster drivers waned as Local 107 members ordered chain store trucks to deliver perishables. In dawn actions over 100 Food Fair Acme A and P and Penn Fruit trucks left warehouses for supply-starved Philadelphia area stores, ending the first hours of disruption.
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Philadelphia
Teamster
Food Fair
Acme
Penn Fruit
Landmark Kay Hotel Demolished For Chanute Parking Lot
Old Oriental Hotel built in 1888 on Main and Highland Nederland? The Kay Hotel builds history as seniors recall a steeple and two-story porch. A. F. Leverenz owned since 1935, remodeling and leasing to Floyd Kelly then Safeway and Fawcett China. City buys site for a three-site parking plan.
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Main and Highland
Kay Hotel
Chanute
Oriental Hotel
The
Leverenz
D. H. Fisher
Oriental
Floyd Kelly
Kelly's
Safeway
Loren Fawcett
Fawcett China
Earl Olson
Gambles
Johnson Urges UN Help for Viet Nam Peace and Global Alliance
President Johnson marks the United Nations birthday in San Francisco and urges the U.N. to foster peace in Viet Nam and to lead an alliance against poverty, the arms race, and population growth. He frames the appeal as support for any effective UN action, not a formal Viet Nam bid. Johnson then travels from Kansas City to address UN anniversary ceremonies.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
Southeast Asia
World Organization
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
White House
Missouri
Muehlebach Hotel
Neosho Rest Home Plans Are Tabled
Neosho County considers delaying a second county rest home as population declines and private nursing homes expand. County officials cite Tioga and Ladore shifts, aging populations, and nearby private homes, with Erie site rejected and funds invested from a two mill levy.
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Neosho
Neosho County
Board of County Commissioners
Ray Coder
Kenneth Casper
92 Year Old Doctor Still Practicing Medicine
Dr William Bentley Griggs 92 remains active in medicine after 71 years in practice. He plans geriatrics study and refuses retirement citing sharp mind and value of experience. A public meeting at Hahnemann Medical College will honor him with praise from across the country and abroad.
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Philadelphia
William Bentley Griggs
Hahnemann Medical College
Dr. Griggs
Jefferson Medical College
Hahnemann
Berlin
Griggs
Irene Smith
Fall From Horse Is Fatal to Boy
An 11 year old Overland Park Kansas boy died after a horse fell on him during a family ride behind the home. George Van Voorst IV was injured Thursday night and died in surgery at a hospital.
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Kansas City
Overland Park, Kan
George van Voorst IV
George van Voorst II
Weather area forecast and Kansas rain pattern update
Partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered thunderstorms mainly late afternoon and night. High near 90, low 70s. In Kansas a persistent rain pattern continues with showers about 20 percent of the state and a west to east push later today. Rain concentrated in central and southwest sections with the heaviest totals. Reports include Lindsborg 2.36 inches, Jamestown 1.46, Abilene 1.33, Conway 1.70, Halstead .85, Wichita .11.
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Kansas
Lindsborg
Jamestown
Abilene
Conway
Hesston
Wonseva
McPherson
Halstead
Oswego
Pittsburg
Concordia
Wichita
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log Shows June Total
Kansas traffic death log lists 1 fatality in 24 hours to 9 am Friday. The June tally reaches 39, with 1965 year total at 274 and 1964 period around 290.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Pentleton
South Viet Nam
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D. A. Finney
County Survey
Finney
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Cha
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A. F. Leverenz
S. Evergreen
Kay
Main and
Highland
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
N. Highland
Elm
Dominican Republic
Tioga
Ladore
Neosho Manor
Tioga Township
Jenkintown
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