Bombers Escape Two Enemy Missiles Over Saigon DMZ Actions
U S Air Force B52 bombers dodged two antiaircraft missiles during a major raid sweep near the DMZ and Saigon. Fighter bombers hit a missile site 13 miles above the DMZ as B52s returned to strike bases around Saigon. Allied ground troops uncovered multiple arms caches, including 110 rockets and launchers in a tunnel complex 33 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
John J. Hay
U.S. 1St Division
McCarthy and Humphrey Run Closely in Early Campaigns
McCarthy spoke in Corning Iowa urging support for higher farm prices and noting urban voters accept small food price increases as they do higher wages. Humphrey faced hecklers during a Philadelphia Independence Day address before continuing to Minnesota for a quiet weekend. Nixon and Rockefeller met Hawaiian delegates as Republicans campaign ahead of the convention.
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Associated Press
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Corning
Iowa
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka July 1968
Topeka AP reports a gas traffic death log recording 309 fatalities for July 1968 for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. Friday compared with 302 deaths for the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kangas
Intercepted Letter to Cha from Nute
A fragmentary letter appears to show an exchange with a sender identified as Nute writing to Cha. The note suggests timing around a Monday and includes casual closing remarks. The text is incomplete and offers minimal context about the relationship or subject.
Prisoner on airliner makes hijack threat in flight
John Hamilton Morris, a 48 year old prisoner being transported from Leavenworth to San Francisco, slipped from guards to threaten a Trans World Airlines flight with dynamite in a bag and two guns. The pilot diverted to Las Vegas, then resumed to San Francisco after Morris was restrained. He will face possible hijacking charges.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
John Hamilton Morris
Morris
Clark County
Fast Solution Of Theft Here
Police solved a money theft at Steffen's Dairy Drive in Chanute within minutes. A 14 year old boy admitted taking about $72 after entering with a self made key traced from an employee’s key. The boy returned the money and the case was referred to juvenile authorities.
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Steffen
W. Main
Chet Hale
Chanute
Hale
Fugitive's Long Reach Trails to Los Angeles
A Missouri fugitive named Austin Kenneth Tuey 44 called Cass County Sheriff from Los Angeles seeking Sheriff William James. He was arrested while on the line at a Los Angeles restaurant after deputies traced the call. Tuey and his daughter Betty Osborne 23 and son in law Gerald Osborne 30 face charges for stealing eight rifles and shotguns from a Cass County home on June 27. Osborne remains jailed on 5000 dollar bond while Osborne is still at large.
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Harrisonville
Missouri
Cass County
Los Angeles
William James
Melvin Browning
Los Angeles County
Austin Kenneth Tuey
Log Cabin
James
Tuey
Betty June Osborne
Gerald Dennis Osborne
Area Aid Program For Vietnam Town
Lt. Paul Johnson and his wife seek Chanute community aid for Thuan An refugees near Hue in South Vietnam. They describe poor but civilized villagers, many displaced by war, needing clothing toys soap and basic utensils as U.S. and South Vietnamese aid slowly arrives. A Catholic church run by local clergy and nuns oversees schooling and basic services for about 4 900 residents, with growth to 7 000.
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Paul
South Vietnam
Paul Johnson
W. 10Th
Vietnam
da Nang
Tan My
Johnson
Chanute
Karen Maxwell
E. W. Maxwell
Lt. Johnson
Roy Johnson
Chanute High School
Kansas State University
The
Tribune
Thuan- An
Hue
Demilitarized Zone
United States
U.S. Navy
Than Cong Khoi
Quiet Fourth Sees No Major Incidents in Chanute
Chanute observed a safe Fourth with several noninjury traffic accidents logged by police. Fire department responded to three minor runs. Notable crashes included Clyde Beeler’s pickup striking a parked Rambler at 1012 S. Santa Fe and Robert Storm’s left turn collision near 1016 W. 10th. Police cited both drivers for careless driving.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Highway Patrol
Tig
Clyde Beeler
N. Evergreen
S. Santa Fe
L. I
Robert J. Storm
S. Evergreen
George W. Madill
Madill
Storm
Allen
Olds
John Seeley
Yates Center
John T. Page
S. Lincoln
Evergreen
Main
Elm
Seeley
Page
Falcon
Nancy Bryant
Ford
Glen
Floyd Reynolds
Floyd Cushman
Thayer
N. Lafayette
21St Street
South Santa Fe
Tribune collection drive for Thuan An aid
The Tribune office at 15 S. Highland will host a one week collection for Thuan An South Vietnam. Open 8 to 5 Monday to Friday and 8 to 1 Saturday. Accept clothing for all ages, small used toys, soap, aluminum utensils, large cloth pieces, and small household items. Bundles should be wrapped and tied securely.
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Tribune
S. Highland
Thuan-An
South Vietnam
Death Toll Climbs During Holiday Weekend
National statistics show 216 traffic fatalities by mid-second day of the four day Independence Day holiday. The National Safety Council estimates 700 to 800 motor vehicle deaths may occur in the period, with boat drownings also reported including a Florida incident where seven children and a boat rider drowned on Lake Easy near Lake Wales.
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Associated Press
Lake Easy
Lake Wales
Fla
Weather roundup for Topeka area forecast
AREA FORECAST: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday with a low in the upper 60s and highs in the 80s. A ten percent chance of rain tonight and Saturday. Widely scattered thundershowers possible in northeast Kansas tonight and western areas. Overnight lows 57 to 64.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Wichita
Dodge City
Beloit
Abilene
Ottawa Woman Dies In One Car Crash
Pris cilla Carey, 20, of Ottawa died in a one car crash north of Ottawa along U S 59 near the state park. She was a passenger in a car driven by Barry Showhalter, 20, also of Ottawa, when the vehicle left the road struck guard rails and rolled over.
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Ottawa
Kan
Priscilla Carey
Highway Patrol
Barry Showhalter
U. S. 59
State Park
Two Kansas Citians Dead in Separate Fourth of July Shootings
In Kansas City two men were killed in July 4 incidents. Reginald Ford, 22, died after a gang fight at Ashland Park on the east side. Wade Harryman, 27, was shot following an argument with another man. Police were questioning Perry F. Jones, 38.
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Kansas City
Reginald Ford
Ashland Park
Wade Harryman
Perry F. Jones
Fourth of July Celebrations Amid Protests and Parades
Americans celebrated the nation's 192nd birthday with parades picnics and fireworks while antiwar protests occurred abroad in Sweden and Australia. A group of defectors interrupted the Stockholm celebration shouting antiwar slogans and U S embassy grounds in Melbourne faced violent protests by about 2000 demonstrators. President Johnson toured HemisFair in San Antonio and urged working families to pursue housing and education. Traffic deaths are projected at 700 to 800 before the end of the holiday period. Weather was generally fair with scattered showers in the Southeast and West.
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Associated Press
Sweden
Australia
U.S
Stockholm
America
Vietnam
Melbourne
Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
National Safety Council
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Yours
Hermosillo
Mexico
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Barron
Nevada
McCarran Field
TWA
Osborne
Kurtis Johnson
Michael
John
Ribune Photo Son and Sons
Tt. Johnson
Vietnam Demilitarized Zone
South China Sea
George Neely
Erie Country Club
Neely
Mark Rinehart
Humboldt R
US 169
Main and Steuben
Robert L. Wylie
N. Grant
Juan Serrato
S. Steuben
Wylie
Serrato
John Erickson
Forrest Clemings
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