Astronauts Return After Gemini 8 Flight Turbulence
Neil Armstrong and David Scott landed at Cape Kennedy after an eight and a half hour flight from Hawaii. They discussed the near disaster and planned three days of NASA briefings to solve why Gemini 8 linked with Agena began tumbling, ending the mission prematurely.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Triumph
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Hawaii
Armstrong
Scott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena
Far East
Gunman Killed After Four Hours of Family Terror
In Eugene Oregon police killed Harvey LeRoy Baker 33 also known as David LeRoy Lathman after he held three Keeler family members hostage in their home and led a downtown chase wound a bystander Milton Seligman 29. Baker died at Sacred Heart Hospital from head wounds.
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Eugene
Ore
Marvin Keeler
Harvey LeRoy Baker
Keeler
Baker
David LeRoy Lathman
Sacred Heart Hospital
Modesto
Calif
Salem
Milton Seligman
Martin
Fag Firm Cancels Price Hike After White House Pressure
New York AP report says Reynolds canceled a 40 cent per thousand cigarette price rise and restored Camels to 8.80 with a 2 percent discount. Winston, Salem, Brandon, Tempe and Cavalier returned to 9.00 less discount. Stocks fell for Reynolds and peers American Tobacco Lorillard Liggett & Myers amid price rollback.
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New York
White House
R.J. Reynolds Co
Reynolds
Winston, Salem
Brandon
Tempe
Cavalier
United States
Johnson
New York Stock
Intercepted Letter: Will There Always Be a Wall Around China
An intercepted note from Nute to Cha questions the permanence of a wall around China. The fragmentary exchange hints at political or strategic concerns without detailing context or date.
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China
Officers Hunt Two Suspects After Shop Break-In
Leavenworth sheriff s deputies searched a wooded area east of Leavenworth for two men who burglarized an Easton television repair shop and triggered an alarm. The pair fled in a car, wrecked it, and disappeared into brush. Atchison County officers lined the county border.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Easton
Atchison County
Traffic Fatalities Log Hits 1966 3 March Update
Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday March 3 1966 show 3 fatalities. Comparable 1965 data report 116 deaths versus 113 for 1966. Authorities note date and count changes in the ongoing statewide tally.
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Topeka
Kansas
Spend Less Not Tax Says C of C Chief Economist
The U S Chamber of Commerce economist urged Congress to curb inflation by reducing government spending rather than raising taxes. Dr Carl Madden criticized the $1.8 billion budget deficit as speculative and said restraint is needed now. He supported keeping the investment tax credit as a permanent feature of the tax system.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Madden
Bombs Crush Captured Ashan Camp In Vietnam War
U S Air Force B52 bombers struck the Ashan Special Forces camp near Viet Nam after intelligence showed Americans were accounted for and surviving Vietnamese forces extricated. Ground actions near Saigon and Da Nang yielded modest contact while Navy carrier pilots pressed weather aided strikes against Viet Nam routes to the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashan
Guam
Laos
Honolulu
U. S
Bich Nam
da Nang
Air Force
Navy
Vinh
Panhandle
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Crash Near Fredonia Fatal to Wichita
Rudolph H. Mieth, 35, of Wichita, was killed in a two car collision nine miles southeast of Fredonia on Kansas 96. The other driver, James Alumbaugh, 47, of Goodman, Missouri, was hospitalized with facial cuts.
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Wichita, Kan
Rudolph H. Mieth
Wichita
Fredonia
Kan
Kansas
Mieth
James Alumbaugh
Goodman
Alumbaugh
Fredonia Hospital
Alvin Plays Heroic Role in H-bomb Recovery Mission
Washington AP reports Alvin the two man submarine, built by the Office of Naval Research, found the missing H bomb off the southern coast of Spain after a B52 and KC135 collision on January 17. Commissioned June 1964, Alvin had a 6000 foot depth record last July in the Bahamas, costing 575000 and named after Allen Vine of Woods Hole.
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Office of Naval Research
Alvin
Air Force
Massachusetts
Spain
Irish Scholar’s St Patrick claims spark wide protest
Detroit AP Irish-American scholar John Mahoney argues two Patricks existed and St Patrick is a big legend. He cites early Palladius as an earlier Patrick and notes fierce reactions from readers across the country. Mahoney plans to publish in Dublin to provoke debate next St Patrick’s Day.
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Detroit
John Mahoney
St. Patrick
New York
James Sweeney
Cleveland
Mahoney
Margaret Donohue
Mahoneys
Donhues
McCarthys
University of Detroit
Patrick
Palladius
Patricius
Dublin
St. Patrick’s Day
Tribune Phone Contact Guideline
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone contact, instruct to reach the carrier. If the contact is unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
China Hearings Drift Into Tug of War Over Balance
Senate Foreign Relations hearings on China grow contentious as Republicans demand broader viewpoints. Witnesses urged by Sen Hickenlooper favor more U S dialogue with Beijing while Sen Morse pushes for Galbraith joining the panel. Experts Eckstein Griffith Halperin warn escalation risks and support UN membership talks.
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Washington
Senate
China
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Samuel B. Griffith II
Morton Halperin
Harvard
Alexander Eckstein
University of Michigan
U.S
Peking
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Eckstein
Griffith
Halperin
Johnson
United Nations
Weekend forecast for Kansas and Topeka region
The Topeka forecast calls for mostly fair and warmer weather this weekend with highs in the 60s and Sunday’s top in the 65 to 75 range. Winds will be brisk and a system may bring some rain by Monday morning. Lows tonight around 40, with earlier lows from 24 to 41 across Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Hutchinson
Wichita
Abilene
Chanute
Benton Discharged After Heart Attack Stay
Thom Hart Benton, hospitalized at Menorah Medical Center since February 16 after a heart attack, was discharged today to return home. His doctor forbade visitors.
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Kansas City
Thomas Hart Benton
Menorah Medical Center
Sheriff’s deputy rescues woman from burning California home
Sheriff’s deputy Bart Natsin said he heard a scream from a smoke-filled house and crawled inside to find the woman outside in the backyard uninjured. Catsun, 31, survived the fire and was recovering from smoke inhalation.
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South
EL Monte
Calif
Bart Natsin
Natsin
Catsun
Chanute Hosts Catfish Contest Talk With Neighbors
Representatives from Chetopa and Burlington met in a Chanute café to map a joint catfish contest between the towns. Four men from each town attended, while the café owner provided no further details, highlighting Chanute’s bid for the catfish capital title alongside Chetopa and Burlington.
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Chetopa
Burlington
Chanute
Case Against 2 Protectors Dropped in Wilson County
Wilson County attorney Donald Vossburgh announced the dismissal of a criminal case against two game protectors from the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission for killing six hunting dogs pursuing a deer. The agency will suspend dog-killing policy pending an attorney general opinion, with orders to halt such killings until then. A civil action by dog owner Beryl Gray resulted in a $500 judgment split between the defendants.
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Fredonia
Kan
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Donald Vossburgh
Wilson County
Bill Hill
Yates Center
Jack McNally
Eureka
Beryl Gray
AWOL Soldier Found in Tunnel
FBI agents apprehended James Richmond 20 hiding in a tunnel dug in the cellar of his mother's home in Old Hanover Township near Wilkes-Barre. The tunnel entered through a rock and measured 4 feet wide 12 feet long and 3 feet deep. Richmond had been absent without leave since June 11.
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Wilkes-Barre
FBI
James Richmond
Old Hanover Township
Dorothy Andrejko
Gold Medal Tribute To Sam Rayburn
In Bonham Texas relatives of Sam Rayburn received a half pound gold medal authorized by Congress in tribute to the late speaker. Sen Ralph Yarborough said Rayburn would have been chief architect of the Lyndon B Johnson administration. The medal will be kept in the White marble Rayburn Library in Bonham.
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Bonham, Tex
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Bonham
Sam” A
Congress
House
Rayburn
AEC Reports Ninth Nuclear Test This Year at Nevada Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced its ninth weapons related nuclear test of the year occurred Friday at the Nevada test site. The test yielded a low to intermediate yield, estimated between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
AEC
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Joint Economic Committee
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Russ Corbitt
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Allyn Vine
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Hollywood
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Walter Judd
Minnesota
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