U S Air Force B52s Hit Mangrove Swamps Near Saigon
U S Air Force B52s dropped 100000 pounds of explosives on mangrove swamps 18 miles southeast of Saigon as Marines advance toward the capital. The strike targeted a suspected jungle mine factory amid the mangroves. Jets and carrier planes also attacked other Viet Cong targets across Tay Ninh Province and the Mekong Delta. In the central highlands, U S Cavalry units found tunnels and trenches near the frontier and engaged nearby enemy forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Guam
Tay Ninh
National Liberation Front
Viet Nam
Magia Pass
Mekong Delta
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Little Boy Found in Greensburg Ditch
A naked or lightly dressed infant, likely 18 to 20 months old, was found alone in a drainage ditch along a rural road three miles east and a quarter mile south of U S 54. Sheriff Hogan named the boy Mike and took custody with welfare officials seeking relatives.
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Greensburg
Kan
Bill Hogan
Cecil Hubert
Hogan
Mr. Hubert
Cecil
U. S. 54
Weather warms with fair skies into Tuesday
Topeka AP reports generally fair and warming weather across Kansas through Tuesday. Highs today 55 to 60 degrees with lows in the 30s, a touch warmer tonight and Tuesday. Some clouds may form Tuesday but no moisture is expected after Sunday snow melted in the Kansas City area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Traffic Death Toll Rises in Kansas through Monday Morning
Kansas traffic death toll stands at 43 for March through 9 am Monday, with 128 deaths in 1966 and 126 in the comparable 1965 period.
Astronomical Observatory Launch Set For Space Test
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports the United States will launch the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory and follow with an Atlas Centaur test. The OAO weighs 3900 pounds and aims to study young stars, while the Centaur double ignition tests a hydrogen upper stage for future lunar missions.
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Fila
Space Agency
OAO
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
United States
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Surveyor
Mariner
Space
Moon
Apollo
Four Die In Kansas Weekend Traffic Toll
Four persons were killed in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Gaylord Spangler of Salina died from injuries Friday collision near Assaria. Theron Gray of Wichita died Saturday in a city intersection crash. driver William Ingram of Wichita was hospitalized. Savino Saldano, 19, of West New York New Jersey, was killed Saturday on K 99 near Emporia. A 17 year old Manhattan student, Michael Kershner, was killed Friday in a one car crash on a road at the south edge of Manhattan. another occupant Mike Morran Jr. of Ogden was injured amid a 50 foot embankment plunge.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Gaylord Spangler
Salina
Assaria
Theron B. Gray
Wichita
William Ingram
Gray
Nazarene Church
Emporia State
Savino Saldano
West New York
N. J
Emporia
Manhattan
Michael Bryan Kershner
Mike Morran Jr
Ogden
Truck Overturns No One Injured Near Erie
A 1964 International truck rolled onto its side on a gravel road 2.5 miles north of the K39 US59 junction. Driver Dwight E. Foust, 33, and passenger Jerry Houghton, 19, both of rural Erie, were uninjured after the vehicle partly left the road and overturned while attempting to regain control.
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Erie
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Dwight E. Foust
Jerry Houghton
Foust
FBI arrests 13 Klan members over Mississippi fire slaying
FBI agents rounded up 13 Ku Klux Klan members in Mississippi and Houston early today on civil rights charges connected to the Jan. 10 arson and the death of Vernon Dahmer a Black civil rights worker. Sam Holloway Bowers Jr. remained at large.
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FBI
Ku Klux Klan
Mississippi
Houston
Tex
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
Imperial Wizard of the
Mississippi Klan
Laurel
Miss
Vernon F. Dahmer
Dahmer
J. Edgar Hoover
White Knights
Bowers
Cecil V. Sessum
Ellisville
Cyclops
Jones County
Klavern
Howard T. Giles
High Court Approves Federal Action in Civil Rights Killings
The Supreme Court unanimously allows federal prosecutions in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi and revives charges in the Lemuel Penn case. Justice Fortas notes due process and nonofficial defendants. Justice Stewart cites interstate travel as a constitutional right and requires specific intent to interfere, with proper jury instructions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Miss
Abe Fortas
Hugo L. Black
Fortas
Mississippi
High Tribunal
Potter Stewart
Penn
Stewart
Phone line directs Tribune readers to contact carrier
Notice instructs readers to call their Tribune phone carrier and, if unavailable after 6 p.m., dial HE 1-3400 for assistance.
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Tribune
Weekend spree of thieves and vandals hits town
Police reports show multiple incidents over the weekend. An attempted halt shot was fired near Anderson's Grocery. the suspect escaped. A 1958 Pontiac was stolen from Bud Edwards’s garage and found nearby. Peoples Cleaners suffered a cash theft, and Chappy's glass was damaged by BB shots. A filling station restroom mirror was broken Saturday night.
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Anderson’s Grocery
S, Highland
Bud Edwards
N. Evergreen
Senior High
Seth Gray
Peoples Cleaners
N. Highland
Hugh Chapman
Chappy's
S. Santa Fe
Howard Carder
N. Linicoln
Pickles Wins by a Nose in World Cup Theft Drama
London AP flashback tells how Pickles the mongrel dog uncovered the stolen gold Brazil 1962 World Cup in a South London garden. David Corbett and wife Jeannie found the bundle wrapped in newspaper and alerted police. Dock laborer Walter Bletchley was later arrested.
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London
Pickles
David Corbett
Corbett
Brazil
Jeannie
Joe Mears
English Football Association
Houses of Parliament
Britain
Walter Bletchley
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief intercepted note notes March arriving sluggishly like a lamb then racing by like a horse and ends with a light tone about the month’s rapid passage.
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Cha
March
Romney Visits With Kansas Republicans
Michigan Governor George Romney travels to Topeka and Kansas City meeting Kansas Republicans. He discusses governance philosophy and mutual goals with leaders including Alf Landon and William Avery, as a broader 1968 political venture is contemplated.
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Topeka
Michigan
George Romney
Kansas
Romney
Alf M. Landon
Kansas City
Landon
Press Association
Avery
Classified Ads Showfront News Highlight
A front page feature announces National Want Ad Week and notes an historic surge in classified submissions for The Tribune. The piece explains the shift to larger classified type to boost readership and ad impact amid competitive circulation.
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Want
Seek Rights Head topeka search for new Kansas Civil Rights director
Gov. Avery said a search will start for a new director of the Kansas Civil Rights Commission, following the resignation of Carl W. Glatt. The commission chair and Wichita attorney Robert Watson said plans come from Topeka member William Rinner. Avery hinted the new director should be of a minority race if possible but won't press the commission.
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Topeka
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
William H. Avery
Avery
Carl W. Glatt
Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Robert Watson
Wichita
William Rinner
City Commission Meeting Tonight at Memorial Building
A regular city commission meeting will be held tonight at the Memorial building starting at 7 30. The session will address municipal matters before the council votes on agenda items.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
Neosho 4-H Days winners claim blue ribbons at county event
At Neosho High School the Neosho Valley Busy Bees and other clubs swept top blue ribbons across demonstrations talks dramatics and novelty and stunt numbers during the Neosho County 4 H Club Days second day. More than 200 people attended and standout performers from several clubs earned spots to Regional 4-H Days in Altamont April 16.
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Erie
Neosho Valley
Busy Bees
Neosho County
Altamont
Sharlene Parker
Jacquetta Edwards
Atom
Blue
Bob Neely
Steven Sommars
Connie Neely
Larry Paulie
Willing
John Alford
Jolly Go Getters
David Zumalt
Red
Cindy Booe
Dorothy Edwards
Donald
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