Sirhan Sirhan gets three week plea delay in Kennedy murder case
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was granted a three week continuance to enter a murder plea. Security at Los Angeles County Central Jail is heightened as a chapel courtroom handles the case amid threats. Deputies report arrests outside the jail of four young men on explosives and marijuana charges, none tied to Sirhan.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Russell E. Parsons
Superior Court
Richard Schauer
Los Angeles County Central
Sirhan
Parsons
Paul Schrade
United Auto Workers Union
Hall of Justice
County Board of Supervisors
Robert Glass
James Neal de Augustine
Redondo Beach
Robert Young
Torrance
Glass
Parsons Girl Crowned District Dairy Princess
Deborah Ann Willson of Parsons R 1 was crowned district dairy princess at a Parsons dinner. Linda Fox of Walnut represented Neosho County with Julie Harr as alternate. other candidates included Louise Peoples, Sue Finley, Jolene Charvat, and Bonita Roger. Willson will compete for state title at Hutchinson in September. Fox was sponsored by St Paul Community Club. twenty two St Paul residents attended. Jack Groves of Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce attended with his wife.
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Deborah Ann Willson
Parsons R
Parsons
Linda Fox
Lawrence A. Fox
Walnut
Neosho County
Julie Harr
Girard R
Louise Darlene Peoples
Sue Finley
Altamont
Jolene Rose Charvat
Independence R
Bonita M. Roger
Caney R
Miss Willson
Hutchinson
Miss Fox
St. Paul
Intercepted Letter on Stassen Guarding
Intercepted message discusses Charles A. Stassen and warns he must be surrounded by a heavy guard and that no word should leak about him. The note reflects wartime security concerns regarding political figures and restricted communication.
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Stassen
Costs Edge Higher as Living Prices Queen Nudge Up
Living costs rose three-tenths of a percent in May at an annual rate exceeding four percent, with clothing and food posting the largest gains. Average nonsupervisory wages reached a weekly record of 106.03 dollars, though purchasing power lagged last year amid rising prices. The CPI hit 120.3, and official said the 10 percent surcharge tax would slow price increases only after several months.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arnold Chase
Bureau
Chase
Abernathy to Appeal Poverty Campaign at National Conventions
From jail Reverend Ralph David Abernathy leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference says the Poor People’s Campaign will seek stands on poverty from the Republican and Democratic national conventions. He spoke at a jailhouse news conference after a 20 day sentence for demonstrating on Capitol grounds and noted he will fast on fruit juice and medicine for spiritual strength.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Capitol
Oil boom story hides in Yates Center wildcat tale
In spring 1967 Tom Smith convinced Dale McKinsey of a 1923 well on Smith’s farm failed at completion. TEC Drilling later struck a gusher two miles east of Yates Center producing 100 barrels a day. McKinsey’s leased land yielded “discovery number one” Oct 20 and the Owl Creek field grew with multiple wells and leasing activity.
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Tom Smith
R. 3
Yates Center
Dale McKinsey
R. 2
Smith
McKinsey
Deed Stockebrand
TEC Drilling Company
el Dorado
Waterloo
TEC
Owl Creek
Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka June 1968 Update
The Topeka area reports 47 traffic deaths for June through 9 a.m. Friday. For 1968, total fatalities reach 291, compared with 287 in the same period in 1967. The AP United Press report presents the latest traffic death log figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mrs Keith Maring Finalist In Mrs Missouri Contest
Mrs Keith Maring of Lexington Missouri is among eight finalists in the Mrs Missouri pageant representing Lexington. She is wife of math instructor Keith Maring and mother of four, managing Chanute pool and has lived in Chanute. The contest runs in Kansas City and the coronation airs on KMBC TV.
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Keith Maring
Chanute
Ed Breiner
S. Ashby
Maring
Lexington
Wentworth Military Academy
Chanute High
Kansas City
Kmbc-Tv
Channel 9
America
Marlene Cochran
Missouri
Minneapolis
Minn
Viet Cong possibly massing near Saigon as alert issued
Saigon braces for a major Viet Cong push with full alert in the capital. Leaves canceled and troops confined to quarters. U S and South Vietnamese forces bolster defenses as intel links a planned late June or early July attack to Hanoi negotiations.
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Saigon
U.S
Cholon
Gia Dinh
Hanoi
Paris
Hau Nghia
Kansas Delegation Backs Humphrey 38 Votes for Nomination
Kansas delegates to the Democratic National Convention decided to give their 38 votes to Vice President Hubert Humphrey on a unit basis after a two hour discussion. Gov. Robert Docking said 37 voted immediate commitment, one favored delayed McCarthy, and four leaning to Humphrey preferred delay.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Docking
Humphrey
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Docking
Gates
United States
Johnson to Sign Monday Holidays
President Johnson signed a bill to make four national holidays fall on Mondays for long weekends. The change takes effect in 1971 and affects Washington’s Birthday Memorial Day Columbus Day and Veterans Day, with Washington’s Birthday on the third Monday in February and Memorial Day on the last Monday in May. The law targets federal employees and the District of Columbia, with states expected to follow. Travel groups praised the move as boosting travel and production by reducing absenteeism.
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Washington
Johnson
District of Columbia
Clarence A. Arata
National Associaion of
Congress
Weather update for Topeka and Kansas areas
Temperatures rose into the 90s across western Kansas with Liberal at 98 and eastern areas in the 80s. Tonight and Saturday bring cooler air with a 20 percent rain chance tonight increasing to 40 percent Saturday as unsettled weather and scattered showers persist.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Liberal
Leavenworth
Weather Bureau
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