175mm Shells Blast Town in Arkansas
A boxcar loaded with 175mm artillery shells exploded near Corning Arkansas at 2 48 a m. The blast crater 50 feet long 15 feet deep ruptured a gas line and forced evacuations as the 80 car Missouri Pacific freight train moved to Texarkana. One home destroyed several damaged. one injured not seriously. Fire crews halted the blaze amid gas leak fears. The cause remains undetermined.
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Corning
Ark
Arkansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Jess Watson
Missouri Pacific Lines
Red River Arsenal
Texarkana
Arkansas- Texas
Rescue at Oscar Stich farm frees trapped coon hound
A coon dog chasing a coon wedged itself between a combine's straw rack and shaker at Oscar Stich's farm near Chanute. Hutchinson humane officer Don Buster and farmer Earl True dismantled parts of the machine for about two and a half hours to free the hound. The dog owner, Earl True, receives the coon as a mate for his other hound.
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Oscar Stich
Chanute
Turkey Creek
Stich’s Place
Stich
Combine
Don Buster
The
Chanute Humane Society
Earl True
Buster
True
License Revoked Only in Tap Room
City commission revises revocation of the Tioga Hotel beer license to bar only the Tap Room. The hotel may continue serving beer in dining facilities after a Feb. 28 vote citing a minor served in the Tap Room.
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City Commission
Tioga
Commission
Zoning Board Sets Public Hearing On New Home Plan
The city board of zoning appeals schedules a public hearing at 7 p m March 17 for Mr and Mrs Jerry Phillips seeking an exception to zoning rules to allow a house at 718 West Beech The permit was denied over proximity to the east property line violating lot area requirements The hearing occurs at the Memorial Building.
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City Board of Zoning Appeals
Jerry Phillips
W. Beech
Memorial Building
Gemini 8 Tests Today Before Flight
Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott squeezed into Gemini 8 aboard a Titan 2 rocket for a crucial rehearsal with 11 simultaneous countdowns. Early morning to midmorning progress was smooth except for a minor pneumatic pressure issue delaying liquid oxygen loading on an Atlas rocket, officials calling it nonserious. The exercise was to run several hours as launch crews prepared for next Tuesday’s flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Armstrong
Scott
Intercepted Letter Praises LBJ Across Crime and Poverty
The note calls Lyndon B. Johnson a tireless fighter against crime and poverty and a steadfast backer of the flag and motherhood, described as a master politician and wartime stalwart in the communication.
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LBJ
Bank Plate Glass Window Damaged by BB Gun
The Bank of Commerce reported a plate glass window on the west side damaged by a BB gun over the weekend. Officers also investigated BB damage to a plate glass window at 405 E Main on Monday night.
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Bank of Commerce
E. Main
Bond defeat ends plan for two Goodland schools
In Goodland Kansas voters rejected an 820000 bond proposal for building two elementary schools by a 1061 to 784 tally. The outcome blocks the school district plan and leaves funding unresolved for new facilities.
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Goodland, Kan
Goodland
Weather overview Kansas mild and cloudy through Thursday
Area forecast calls for considerable cloudiness through Thursday with continued mild temperatures. Lows tonight in the middle 40s and Thursday highs near 60. Kansas remains mainly dry with scattered sprinkles in the northeast and a trace at Wichita. Top readings Tuesday ranged from 48 at Chanute and Pittsburg to 69 at Liberal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Pittsburg
Liberal
Goodland
Dodge City
Wichita
Firms Interviewed For Turnpike Study
Kansas Turnpike officials interview engineering firms to prepare a feasibility study for three proposed turnpikes. Two firms met in Topeka with plans for talks with at least two more firms. The study cost is expected to be about 240000 dollars. The routes would run north south along the eastern Kansas border from southeast Kansas to Wichita and from Wichita to the northwest portion of the state.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Turnpike
Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Fire Damages Gorham School
Fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged a public grade school in Gorham Kansas. Firemen arrived after 2 a.m. to find the blaze with a basement furnace room origin and spread upward. No injuries and no damage estimate reported.
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Gorham
Kan
Louis Jacobs
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log 1966
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday March 11 1966. Comparable figures show 95 deaths in 1966 versus 103 in 1965. Police reports note varying causes and locations across Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
Assault by VC Fails at Montagnard Camp Near Laos
In an action near the Laotian border, two Communist companies attacked a U.S. Special Forces and Montagnard outpost at Ashua Valley. The 300 Montagnard troops and 12 American advisers repelled the assault, while a C47 transport was shot down. three crewmen were rescued but dead were not recovered due to heavy fire. The Viet Cong disengaged by sunset as U.S. casualty tallies for the week showed shifts, with American deaths rising and Viet Cong losses mounting.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashua
da Nang
U.S
Ashan
Laos
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
South Vietnamese
Quang Ngai
Tax Break for College Parents Faces Senate Showdown
Administration efforts to defeat a tax break for parents of college students face a key Senate vote as Ribicoff pushes an amendment providing up to 325 dollars annually for college expenses. The measure could cost about 1 billion yearly and take effect in 1968.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Ribicoff
House
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
President Johnson urges intensified national crime drive
President Johnson calls for a three stage national strategy to fight crime. He seeks swift passage of pending bills and a blue ribbon commission to rewrite federal criminal laws by 1968. He requests increased Law Enforcement Assistance Act funding from 7.2 million to 13.7 million to modernize policing and training nationwide.
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Congress
Nation
Johnson
Law Enforcement Assistance Act
Justice Department
France says NATO reform impossible plans to quit
Paris reports France declares reform of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is impossible and that President Charles de Gaulle's government will proceed with withdrawal plans. The government still wants talks on other mutual defense arrangements with NATO allies.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Chinese hints of reversals in world mood ahead of US gains
The Peking People's Daily for a third time in a week hints at temporary reversals and possible American successes while warning of Chinese countermoves. It notes setbacks will occur again and says U S imperialism will be gradually destroyed as the international communist movement weighs Moscow’s coming party congress.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Peking People’s Daily
Peking
Cuba
Indonesia
Ghana
Communist Party
Mao Tze Tung
International Communist Movement
Moscow
U.S
Town mobilizes to save life through kidney machine drive
Mascoutah Illinois residents raised over 17000 for Mrs. John Votrain 38 wife and mother with Brights disease needing a home dialysis machine. Two church drives plus gifts from St. Pauls Waterloo and local groups funded a basement room and training. Doctors say the machine enables near normal life but monthly Barnes Hospital checkups continue.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Mascoutah
Ill
John Votrain
Votrain
Washington University Medical School
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Barnes
Herbert Lubowitz
Medical School
Neodesha approves bond for elementary school
In Neodesha Kansas voters backed a $570,000 bond issue by 875 to 772 to finance construction of an elementary school.
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Neodesha
Kan
Hutchinson Hikes Teachers Pay Raises
The Hutchinson Board of Education approved annual teacher pay raises averaging 280 dollars. Long serving teachers could gain up to 320 dollars annually. Starting salaries rose from 4800 to 5000 dollars per year.
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Hutchinson
Board of Education
Operator Killed as Road Grading Machine Overturns
AP report from Wichita says the operator Adair H. Farress, 46, of Woodbine, died in southwest Sedgwick County when his road grading machine overturned and crushed him on Tuesday.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Adair H. Farress
Woodbine
Brimmer Sworn In as Federal Reserve Board Member
Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer was sworn in today as a member of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. The report notes contact details for Tribune readers to reach the paper or its carrier after hours.
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Washington
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board
Family Planning Leaders Meet in Kansas Conference
About 125 nurses and social welfare workers from a 10 county area attended a conference on family planning here yesterday. Sponsors were the Kansas Department of Public Health and the Kansas Department of Social Welfare. Leaders included Carl Speckman of Planned Parenthood World Population, Dr Evalyn Gendel of the Kansas Health Department, and George Dixon of the Kansas Social Welfare Department. The meeting related to a new Kansas law allowing county welfare departments to fund Parenthood planning for public welfare recipients, effective July 1 after last session approval.
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Kansas Department of Public Health
Kansas Department of Social Welfare
Carl Speckman
Mideast - Midwest
Prince Philip Begins 10000-Mile North American Fund Tour
Prince Philip arrives in Miami with tight security to start a 10000 mile fund-raising tour across North America. He tours from Nassau Bahamas on a twin-jet flight and lands at a sealed airstrip amid high security.
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Miami
Fla
Prince Philip
Elizabeth II of
England
Nassau
Bahamas
Law Enforcement Seminar On Crime Recording Here
An area law enforcement seminar on crime records and reporting will be held March 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the state highway office building. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation FBI and University of Kansas Government Research Center sponsor the state series with local agencies, with sessions on crime reports police records uniform crime reporting and effective police record systems.
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State Highway Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
University of Kansas
Colby
Beloit
Garden City
Manhattan
Great Bend
Wichita
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