Various Meanings for 4th of July
In a survey by an inquiring reporter children and adults share views on the holiday. Jay Allison aged seven calls it fun while Peggy Carlson aged 12 says it marks freedom. Darla Vincent 16 mentions freedom and Sharon Ikehorn 12 notes firecrackers. Allen Brooks five says shooting firecrackers. Mrs Cunningham of Elsmore says it means flying the flag and being patriotic.
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Jay Allison
Ronnie Allison
N. Forest
Darla Vincent
Joe Vincent
Stark
Peggy Carlson
Melvin Carlson
R. J. Buffalo
Sharon Ikehorn
Raymond Ikehorn
S. Highland
Allen Brooks
Joe Brooks
Fred Cunningham Jr
Elsmore
Weather update notes record low and high for Concordia
Forecasters expect warm conditions to persist with nights in the 70s. In Concordia this date saw a 76 year low of 47 degrees Thursday morning and a Friday high of 103 degrees, beating a 32 year record by one degree.
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Mercury
Concordia
Man Falls From Plane Over Missouri During Lion Club Flight
An Illinois man, Gerald Potter of Pontiac, fell from a chartered DC-3 door at 8000 feet over southwest Missouri during a Lion Club flight from Kankakee to Dallas. The plane landed near Springfield, was impounded for investigation by the NTSB, and Potter is presumed dead. The other 22 passengers continued to Dallas in a second aircraft.
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Rolla
Highway Patrol
Missouri
Illinois
Gerald Potter
Pontiac
Ill
Lions Club
Kankakee
Dallas
Miguel Raul Cabeza
Potter
Mis
Cabeza
Springfield
National Transportation Safety Board
Les Jones
Jones
Ure
Roy Bacus
Purdue Airlines Inc
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Viet Cong Kill 88 in Son Tra Village Atrocity
Viet Cong troops attacked Son Tra, a refugee village 345 miles northeast of Saigon, killing 88 people and wounding 103. The assault lasting about 30 minutes destroyed most of the village and involved Marines, militiamen, and pacification workers in a Combined Action Platoon effort.
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Saigon
U.S
Son Tra
Leatherneck
Dak Son
Sai- Os
Man Shot and Killed Aboard Bus in Wichita
A bus passenger was shot and killed after a struggle with Sheriff Miller and deputies during a search aboard a south Wichita bus bound for Denver. Marvin L. Fisher, 25, of Monmouth, Oregon, died after a deputy shot him as he pulled a pistol. Other suspects linked to a Missouri farmstead murder were detained. Edwin Frey, 71, of Wentworth, Missouri, was found shot four times and handcuffed to a chair at his home. Authorities pursue robbery motive. car with Oregon or Arkansas plates sought. The incident drew in police from Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Wichita, Kan
Vern Miller
Sedgwick County
Art Stone
Missouri
Wichita
Miller
Stone
Marvin L. Fisher
Monmouth
Ore
Edwin Frey
Went
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oregon
Frey
Newton County
Wentworth
Resurrection City costs near 250000 in federal funding
Interior Department estimates show federal expenses for Resurrection City totalled over 231000 with 145000 spent on police overtime and holiday pay and 36000 to repair turf from the Poor People’s Campaign shantytown. Solidarity Day and related actions added 14600 for police and cleanup. Police arrested 77 demonstrators on Capitol steps. Ross Anderson, 68, of Des Moines, a retiree, was among participants.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Capitol Steps
Ross Anderson
Des Moines, Iowa
Motorcycle Car Crash Injuries Reported at Main and Lafayette
Steven Spence 18 of 1301 W 4th sustained minor injuries when his 1964 Triumph motorcycle collided with a car driven by Mrs. Loana Matlock 15 of 529 S Santa Fe at Main and Lafayette about 1 05 p m yesterday. The Matlock Chevrolet 1968 received damage estimated at 350 while Spence’s motorcycle was a total loss. Also reported were minor incidents including a parked car collision at 115 E Main and a separate parked vehicle damage at 301 N Evergreen.
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Steven Spence
W. 4Th
Main
Lafayette
Loana Matlock
S. Santa Fe
Spence
E. Main
James Boerwinkle
S. Lafayette
Harley Williams
Joe Lockwood
S. Garfield
N. Evergreen
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mentioned in Memo Context
The note references an intercepted correspondence labeled Dear Cha and comments on covers from the previous night as looking ridiculous. It ends with a signoff from Nute.
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Cha
Break-in Report on Main Street Ends with Owner Involved
Police received a 7:45 a.m. call about a man breaking into a Main Street business with a crowbar. Officers found the suspect was the proprietor who said he forced entry to retrieve his keys left inside the building.
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Main
Independence Man Killed in Crash
An Independence Kansas man 25 year old Leslie D Amerine died when his car overturned on a Montgomery County road 2 1/2 miles north of Independence. The vehicle left the road and struck a ditch ejecting Amerine who died en route to Mercy Hospital in Independence.
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Independence
Kan
Kansas
Leslie D. Amerine
Montgomery
Amerine
Mercy Hospital
Wheat Harvest in Neosho Near 75 Percent Complete
Neosho county reports about 75 percent of the wheat harvest finished. Average yield spans 33 to 37 bushels per acre with some fields at 49 to 51 bu per acre where undamaged. Test weight 61.1 pounds, protein 10.3 percent, harvest moisture around 13.5 percent. most grain No. 1 with minimal dockage.
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Neosho County
Vernon Lohmann
Proposals For Severance And Franchise Taxes Considered
Rep Harriet Graham proposes a 5 percent severance tax on oil produced in Kansas to be collected at the state level and shared with counties and a 5 percent franchise tax on natural gas shipped out of the state. The plan aims to replace local oil property taxes and raise about 13 million dollars annually.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harriet Graham
Wichita
Senate
House
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
Graham
Shelby Smith
Marvin Cox
Kingman
Richard C. Lonz
Hugoton Field
Loux
St Paul Osage Village Set for Dedication Tomorrow
Osage Village Inc will dedicate a low rent housing project for the elderly in St Paul tomorrow. The five duplexes have eight of ten units rented and financing includes a Farmers Home Administration loan and FHA backing. A separate Erie project Neosho Village plans a $3,000 public drive with $1,900 raised toward a $97,000 FHA share. St Paul also seeks a $400,000 urban renewal plan to rebuild the business district with a two block U shaped center, mall, city hall, community building and a swimming pool.
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Osage Village, Inc
St. Paul
Farmers Home Administration
Erie
Neosho Village, Inc
FHA
Osage
Local gun control efforts yield sparse returns
AP survey shows meager responses to surrender guns in efforts to curb violence. Pasadena rejected gun registration 3 to 3, San Antonio failed for lack of a second, Chicago saw 1 211 guns turned in with 60 arrests for violations.
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New York
Associated Press
Congress
Board of
Pasadena
Calif
Sirhan
Bishara
Robert F. Ken
Nedy
San Antonio
Tex
Miami Beach
Fla
Chicago
Los Angeles
Otho Woods
Fiery Crash Fatal to Five Near Bristow Oklahoma
In Bristow Oklahoma a fiery two car crash killed Tom Matthews his wife Mary and their two young sons after they left a funeral for Mrs Belle V Matthews in Tusa. The other driver Donald Phillip Byers Sr. 38 of Tulsa also died. The victims lived at Point Harbor on Lake Keystone.
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Bristow
Okla
Tom Matthews
Mary
Oklahoma
Donald Phillip Byers Sr
Tulsa
Matthews
Tommy
Todd
Point Harbor
Lake Keystone
Belle V. Matthews
Tusa
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log For June 1968
Kansas traffic death log shows 49 fatalities in June and 293 for 1968 to date. The 1967 period recorded 283 deaths, highlighting a rise in year to date fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Ronald Muths
Mrs. Wayne Umbarger
Salina
Wayne Umbarger
S. Larson
Greg Krokstrom
Rosann Cunningham
Tom Krokstrom
S. Malcolm
Avene
Bureau
Northwest
Goodland
Russell
Gasconade River
Ozerks
Interior Department
Lincoln Memorial
Yours
Neosho
Lohmann
Paul Dyer
Barton County
Bernard Nordling
Hugoton
Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association
St. Paul’s Osage Village
Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Alioto
Benny Bufano
St. Francis
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Abraham Lincoln
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