Yeggs Crack Safe At Elks Club In Early Morning Burglary
Police report the Elks Club at 321 E. Main was entered through the alley service door and a safe in the office pried open. Loss estimated over 3000 dollars including silver, with an investigation by local police and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Janitor Chester Henderson found the unsecured door at 5:30 a.m., after another employee closed the club around 12:15 a.m.
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Elks Club
E. Main
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Chester Henderson
Roy F. Dannelley Jr
S. Lafayette
Allen County Census Shows Slight Decrease
IOLA The county clerk's annual census reports a population drop of 176 in Allen County. The total is 16,469 this year, down from 16,645 last year. Iola, Humboldt and Elsmore fell, while Moran and Savenburg gained. Moran rose to 596, up 27.
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Iola
Allen County
Humboldt
Elsmore
Moran
Savenburg
Imports Control Dispute Between Officials and Oil Group
A government official and the Independent Petroleum Association of America spar over the effectiveness of the oil import control program. The association cites exemptions pressures while the interior undersecretary cites a 92 percent domestic share of the petroleum demand increase since 1929.
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Washington
F. Allen Calvert Jr
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Charles F. Lee
Interior
Calvert
Locke
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Luce
Rocky Mountains
Johnson proposal on younger draftees wins first test
The Senate Armed Services Committee backed calling up 19 year olds first and rejected broad regional boards while giving limited support to a lottery plan. It suggested delaying college deferments until graduation or age 24 and reentering the pool with younger eligibles.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Moon mission note hints at Surveyor 3 imagery
An intercepted letter discusses Orbiter 4 transmitting a Surveyor 3 image from the moon. The message frames the scene as a work crew with a worker and a supervisor, implying a staged or planned view of lunar activity.
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Orbiter 4
Surveyor 3
Moon
Social Security payments rise in Kansas this year
Kansas Social Security district manager Richard Deck reported a 9.5 percent increase in benefits in the state over 1966. Benefits went to 283,290 recipients totaling 251,659,000 dollars. monthly payments averaged 19.8 million. About 2 million was paid to 31,000 young widows and children under the program.
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Topeka (Ap
Richard Deck
Kansas
Social Security District
Deck
Kansas Reports 13 New Manufacturing Industries Open
The Kansas Department of Economic Development said 13 new manufacturing industries began production in March and April. Locations include Coffeyville Colby Columbus Elkhart Greensburg Harper Hesston Lawrence Newton Ottawa Salina Wakeeney and Wichita.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Kansas
Coffeyville
Colby
Columbus
Elkhart
Greensburg
Harper
Hesston
Lawrence
Newton
Ottawa
Salina
Wa- Keeney
Wichita
Three Die In Car Train Crash Near Paola Hillsdale
A train car collision in Hillsdale north of Paola killed Mrs. Lester McCoy 24 and her two children Alice Sue 4 and infant Lester Eugene 2 months. The accident happened Thursday, authorities said.
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Paola
Kan
Hillsdale
Lester McCoy
Alice Sue
Lester Eugene
Lunar Orbiter 4 Aims To Map 96 Percent Of Moon
Pasadena shows Lunar Orbiter 4 speeding toward mapping 96 percent of the moon after a 254,519 mile, 89 hour flight from Cape Kennedy. The Atlas Agena rocket mission aims for 1,650 to 3,800 mile altitude with 400 plus pictures of front and back lunar sides.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Canopus
Orbiter
Orbiter 4
Lunar
Girl Faints At Stevenson's Grocery Ambulance Responds
Ambulance was called to take Pam Anderson to Neo Sho Memorial Hospital after she fainted at Stevenson's Grocery 317 West Main. Police said she had come to the store following an arm injury at 313 West Main when a storm door failed to open and caused a deep cut.
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Chanute Ambulance Service
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Stevenson’s
W. Main
Pam Anderson
N. Evergreen
E. M. Barr
Rainy Interlude Boosts Kansas Crops and Ponds
Area wide rain moved through this morning with 1.51 inches at the airport by 1 p.m. Measured totals ranged from a half inch to over an inch across towns and are expected to continue into Saturday. Temperatures will hold in the 50s to 60s with low 60s highs and overnight lows in the upper 40s to 50s.
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Chanute
Elsmore
Humboldt
Erie
Altoona
Thayer
Yates Center
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Hill City
Bellville
Neosho Hospital Auxiliary Raises Funds for Therapy Department
The Neosho Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presented $1,600 at its annual meeting to support a planned physical therapy department. A two year project aims to furnish and equip a therapy room at about $6,000. Mrs Gordon Barker retires as auxiliary president and Mrs Daisy Jordan succeeds her. Since 1951 the auxiliary has bought $11,500 in equipment and furnishings, including major items and a $6,500 Snack Shop fit out. Volunteers logged 6,785 hours with 2,479 in the Snack Shop. Red Cross hours totaled 3,640 for 1966.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Hospital Solarium
Gordon Barker
Daisy Jordan
Porto
Red Cross
Henry Myers
Barker
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka May 1967
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 a.m. Friday listing 5 fatalities in May and 8 for 1967. The comparison shows 4 deaths in the same period of 1966 and 197 in total.
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Topeka
Kansas
Biggest Catfish Contest Starts in Chanute Area
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors a Big Catfish Contest running May 1 to November 1. First prize is a $50 savings bond plus various merchandise prizes. Open to all, with no residence restrictions. fish must be state-caught by legal means and weighed at an official station. Registration at local bait shops, sporting goods stores, and filling stations. Phil Cooper and Fred L. Johnson oversee the event. entries limited to catfish. Contact chamber for weighing stations or co-sponsorship.
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Chanute Area
Phil Cooper
Fred L. Johnson
Chamber
Temporary Custody For 2 Chanute Boys
Two Chanute youths aged 14 and 15 were taken into temporary custody by police at 5:55 p.m. on a shoplifting complaint. They allegedly took eight phonograph records from the Ben Franklin store valued at 29 and four from the press store worth 18. They were turned over to juvenile authorities and released to their parents. Investigations into two other shoplifting incidents led to merchandise recovery.
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Chanute
Ben Franklin
No Loss By Fire In April In Chanute
Chanute reports no fire losses in April per Fire Chief John Erickson. Four month total estimated losses reach 3930 dollars, down from 2300 in the same period last year. The department logged 11 city runs in April, including resuscitations, lawnmower and trash fires, barn and truck fires, alarms, and a Chetopa township farm blaze. A lightning injury to 7-year-old Marvin Cheney prompted two heart-related runs.
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Chanute
John Erickson
Swayne Dudley
Junior Raida
Chetopa Township
Marvin Cheney
N. Garfield
Vehicles Damaged In Crash at Erie
A 1966 Buick driven by Earl Beeler Sr. 77 of Erie struck the rear of a parked 1954 Chevrolet pickup owned by Harold Smith. Beeler was not injured. Estimated damage: Buick about 500 dollars. Chevrolet pickup more than 100 dollars. The accident occurred around 2 a.m. in Erie.
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Erie
Earl Beeler Sr
Harold Smith
Beeler
Cremated Remains Stolen From Maple Grove Mausoleum
Police seek a thief who broke into Maple Grove Cemetery mausoleum Wednesday night and stole an urn with the cremated remains of Mattila Hart Taylor. Three other caskets were untouched as officers noted an unlocked outer door and a crypt stone removal to access the urn.
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Wichita, Kan
Maple Grove
Mattila Hart Taylor
Telephone Contact for Tribune
Instructions urge readers to call their Tribune phone or, if unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. to reach the carrier. The note emphasizes alternative contact after business hours.
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Tribune
Marines Seize Hill 881 North in Vietnam Peak Drive
Marine units secured Hill 881 North after a two week campaign that cost about 1,000 Allied casualties and inflicted heavy losses on North Vietnamese forces. The capture followed light resistance and suggested enemy withdrawal across the Laotian border.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
861
881
North Vietnam
325Th Division
Demilitarized Zone
Wall Falls At Atomic Plant Injures Eight Workers
State police say a wall 30 feet high and 70 feet long collapsed at a Cordova area atomic power plant under construction. Eight men were found injured with unknown severity, initially reported as potential fatalities. Commonwealth Edison and Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric described steel section failure and several workers hospitalized in Moline.
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Rock Island, Ill
Cordova
Ill
Commonwealth Edison Co
Chicago
Moline
Iowa-Illinoois Gas & Electric Co
Davenport
Iowa
Salina eyed as civilian SST training hub
Dr George Decker of HEW says Salina once hosted SAC jets could become a civilian aviation training center for SST technicians. He cites Schilling Institute, Salina vocational school, and Boeing as potential partners in a program to train about 80 000 workers over the next decade.
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Salina
Kan
Strategic Air Command
United States
George Decker
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Decker
Schilling Institute
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina Area
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Lebanon Hill City
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Jewell
Stockton
Webster Dam
St. Peter
Goodland
Pittsburg
Neosho Hospital
Sam Barnhart
Glen Dormois
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South Vietnam
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Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
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