House Panel Stalls SST Funding Pending New Design
The House Appropriations Committee votes to withhold new SST funds and rejects a $223 million request, delaying the supersonic aircraft’s development by at least a year. FAA air port grants are also cut as a revised airport aid program is awaited.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States
France
England
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Lights Broken at Highland Park Pool
Clem Keller city parks superintendent reported to police that eight of nine lights in the sunken pool at Highland Park were broken by vandals. The damage is believed to have occurred Tuesday night.
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Clem Keller
Highland Park
Boys report pellet gun fire at train near Katy crossing
Police were told yesterday by railroad workers of a boy firing at a train at the 7th street crossing around 2 15 p m Two boys aged 14 and 15 were found nearby with a pellet gun and a report to the county juvenile officer was filed
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Katy Railroad
7Th Street
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Traffic Log Update
Topeka Kansas AP reports 24 hour traffic death tally up to 9 am Thursday for June shows 46 fatalities for 1968 compared with 290 for the year 1967 period and 235 for the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
State C of C backs presidential primary in Kansas
The Public Affairs Council of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce recommended favorable consideration of a presidential preference primary. The council must have board approval to become policy. Council chairman John Peck of Concordia said proposed legislation would be outlined after surveys of other states’ primary laws.
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Topeka
Kansas
Public Affairs Council
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Chamber
John Peck
Concordia
Council
Photographer shoots presidential aspirant intercepted
A photographer aimed at a presidential aspirant and the shot was removed before causing harm. The incident is described in a clipped intercepted letter format, noting no injuries and no further details about the investigation.
Wallace bodyguard seizes ABC news film at Wallace rally
ABC reports former Alabama governor George C. Wallace ordered a bodyguard to seize and destroy footage of him shaking hands with Robert Shelton imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan at a fund raising dinner in Eutaw Alabama. Secret Service and state police stood by as the camera was wrested from cameraman Charlie Jones.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
Alabama
George C. Wallace
ABC TV News
Wallace
Robert Shelton
Eutaw
Ala
Charlie Jones
Sam Donaldson
Shelton
Tuscaloosa
Donaldson
Secret Service
KKK
South
United Klans
Riots in Richmond End With Police Sweep
More than 400 police cleared the streets in a swift confrontation with snipers and arsonists. Firemen put out a dozen fires as reinforcement from nearby cities, including 50 San Francisco officers, arrived. About 60 people were arrested in a second night of disturbances tied to the shooting of a Negro teenager by a reserve officer in North Richmond.
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Richmond
Calif
San Francisco
Oakland
Area Forecast Temperatures Warmth to Last Through Friday
The area sees clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions through Friday. Tonight's low 55 to 60 with a high Friday in the same range. A new record low was set for the second day in a row with this morning's 50 degrees beating the previous 58 from 1912 per Tribune files.
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Tribune
Kansas Sees Record-Low Dates Amid Cold Snap
Temperatures plunged across Kansas with readings mostly in the 40s and low 50s. Dodge City 52 broke 1892’s 54 record, Concordia 47 beat 50 set in 1892, Abilene 43 marked the lowest, with Salina 44 Wichita 41 and Topeka 49. Highs Wednesday ranged from 66 at Leavenworth to 77 at Garden City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Concordia
Abilene
Goodland
Salina
Wichita
Leavenworth
Garden City
U S Troops Leave Khe Sanh Base in Mobile Warfare Shift
U S troops abandon and bulldoze Khe Sanh base as part of a new mobile warfare concept. In the north, South Vietnamese forces report 125 enemy killed near Quang Tri and a major weapons cache found west of Saigon. Air war claims include downing a MIG 21 near the 19th parallel. Casualties: Americans 299 KIA and 2,220 WIA last week.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Winant Sidle
Quang Tri City
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Navy
Vinh
82 Tax Valuation Appeals Heard By County Board
Neosho county commissioners as a board of equalization reviewed 82 property valuation appeals from 62 owners after a countywide reassessment. Fifty appeals were unchanged, 31 downward, one upward, with one appeal to the State Board of Tax Appeals. Reassessed values will set this year’s taxes after a state mandated reappraisal by United Appraisal Co. in Chanute.
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Erie
Neosho
Board of Equalization
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ultimate Kansas Authority On
Neosho County
United Appraisal Co
County Board
Home Savings Assn
Chanute
Cars Damaged In Local Traffic Mishaps
Frankie Miller reported a minor collision on 4th street west Lincoln with her 1961 Tempest damaged at 7:45 a.m. She and Rick Winn may have damage to his 1963 Dodge station wagon after a backing truck hit and left Elm off Santa Fe. the truck driver was not found.
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Frankie Miller
S. Santa Fe
Rick Winn
W. Main
West
Lincoln
Francis Reed
N. Highland
Elm
Santa Fe
Legges Sell Firm Here to Coca Cola Bottling Co
Lawrence and Earl Legge announce the sale of the Dr Pepper Bottling Co at 14 N. Central to Coca Cola Bottling Co of Wichita. Effective immediately Coca Cola will maintain a local warehouse while the Legges continue distribution in Chanute under Wichita control. The Legges began bottling in 1933, totaling 35 years in business.
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Lawrence
Earl Legge
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
N. Central
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Wichita
Coca Cola
Legge
Lawrence Legge
Chanute
Evening sessions for Democratic convention approved plan
Democratic National Chairman John M Bailey said plans suggest only one daily session at the national convention in Chicago starting Aug 26, in the evening to fit prime TV time. He noted that convention developments will determine final adherence.
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Washington
John M. Bailey
Chicago
Wichita Proposes 1969 Budget With Tax Hike
Wichita city manager Russell McClure proposed a 40.8 million dollar 1969 budget requiring an 11.2 percent property tax increase. The plan calls for 25.8 million in tax supported funds, up over two million from this year, with a 33.498 mill levy and a July 23 public hearing before adoption.
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Wichita
Russell McClure
Scandia Home Evacuated Over Ammonia Gas Release
A ruptured hose at a fertilizer storage facility southeast of Scandia Kansas released about 1000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia. One injury, resident Clete Stroud treated for eye burns after fleeing the fumes. 17 rest home residents evacuated. Gas dissipated within two hours as residents sheltered on hilltops and later returned.
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Scandia
Kan
Kansas
Clete Stroud
Belleville
Stroud
Paul Kallman
Aresident
Ray in London hearing denies killing King
James Earl Ray testified at Bow Street Magistrates Court denying he killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He admitted being arrested at London Airport and confirmed fingerprints on a rifle and a sight and binoculars found after King's death in Memphis. The defense seeks to frame the case as political exile under the extradition treaty.
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London
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Raymond George Sneyd
Dr. King
FBI
George Jacob Bonebrafe
Ray
King
Lorraine
Memphis
Tenn
Bonebrake
Los Angeles
Bow Street Magistrates Court
Roger Frisby
Frisby
David Calcutt
U.S
London Airport
Bow Street
George Sneyd
Peter Hopkirk
London Times
Hopkirk
South
Missouri State Penitentiary
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U. S
Magiste
Frank Milton
Calcutt
Bow Street Court
Band Concert At Central Park Friday Evening
The Chanute Recreation Commission sponsors an adult band concert in the Central Park Community Building Friday from 8:30 to 9:30. Directed by Stan Purvis, the program features seven selections spanning popular tunes and marches.
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Chanute Recreation Commission
Central Park
Stan Purvis
Ie Nenaeart
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