U S Troops Close On Trapped VC in Vietnam Battle
Fierce combat raged in central Viet Nam as U S air cavalrymen pressed on a trapped Communist battalion. Command reports 141 Viet Cong killed, 30 captured, 307 rounded up. Operation Davy Crockett ongoing. Air losses included two Navy planes and one Air Force plane.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry
Bong Son
China Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Air Force
Navy
Dien Bien Phu
Dong Hoi
Strategic Air Command
Guam
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
U. S
Guilty Plea By Kienlen In $6,300 Bank Robbery
Maurice Anton Kienlen, 24, of Humboldt, Kans., pleaded guilty in U S District Court to the $6,300 Dec 9 Piqua State Bank robbery. Sentencing was deferred after his Iola arrest the day after the heist. John Edward Stowell, 18, of Chanute, Kans., already pleaded guilty and is serving seven years.
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Kansas City, Kan
U. S
Piqua
Kan
Maurice Anton Kienlen
Humboldt
Iola
John Edward Stowell
Chanute
Two Children Die in Tunnel Cave-In in Hutchinson
In Hutchinson Kansas a tunnel collapse under a house claimed the lives of 11 year old Robert Leon Hase and 7 year old Jo Anna May Hase. Their father Harry Hase a construction worker was building a basement in his spare time. The children were tunneling into a wall when sand gave way and buried them. Neighbors and county firemen recovered the bodies after Mrs Hase found the cave in. The family’s 15 year old son Sammy Hase was fishing nearby.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Robert Leon Hase
Jo Anna May Hase
Harry Hase
Hase
Sammy Hase
Senators Probe Discarded Military Equipment Turned Over Abroad
Senate subcommittee investigates the giving away of used but repairable military gear. Marines would repair Jeeps bulldozers cranes and use them in South Vietnam while AID defends supplying and reselling surplus. The inquiry notes $300 million in equipment over six years.
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Washington
Senate
U.S. Foreign Aid Agency
Joseph Lippman
Marine Corps
South Viet Nam
Lippman
Agency For International Development
Pentagon
Army
Viet Nam
Japan
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Defense Department
Foreign Aid Agency
No Developments In Erie Hit and Run Injury
Neosho county sheriff reports no new developments in yesterday’s hit and run that injured 76 year old Erie resident Charles Deshazer. Deshazer remains critically injured at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons.
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Erie
Neosho County
Charles Deshazer
Deshazer
Labette County Medical Center
Parsons
Weather Forecast: Warm, Mostly Fair Through Saturday
Area forecast calls for mostly fair and warm conditions with daytime highs in the upper 80s to near 90. Tonight's temps in the upper 50s. Kan sas to expect sunny skies with northeast clouds possible Saturday and highs around 85 to 90 across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Hill City
Goodland
Wamego
Packing Plant Planned For Mankato Kansas
A beef packing plant costing 1.2 million dollars will be built in Mankato Kansas. It will employ about 75 people and process 400 cattle daily. Milton Peterson Jr of Omaha is president of the operating company with 2 million dollars authorized capital. Richard W. Long of Mankato is secretary treasurer. The Mankato Commercial Development Association Inc will supply 80 acres of land at no charge northeast of the city. The city will build a 1 million gallon water storage tank to serve the plant and extend distribution. Financing approval came from lenders including the Small Business Administration and Jewell-Mitchell Co-Op Electric. Bids open May 26.
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Milton Peterson Jr
Omaha
Richard W. Long
Mankato
Mankato Commercial Development Association Inc
the Development Association
The
Small Business Administration
Jewell-Mitchell Co-Op Electric Co. Inc
Fredonian Heads Medical Technicians
Sister M. Carmel Heffern of Fredonia was elected president of the Kansas Society of Medical Technicians. Phyllis Boyle of Kansas City named president elect, Paula Quinley of Topeka secretary, Lillian Zuercher of Newton treasurer. Dr Frank A Mantz Jr of Kansas City elected president of the Kansas Society of Pathologists. Dr Charles Hermann of Topeka named president elect, James Good of Fort Scott vice president, G T Hinshaw of Hutchinson secretary treasurer.
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Wichita
M. Carmel Heffern
Fredonia
Kansas Society of Medical Technicians
Phyllis Boyle
Kansas City
Paula Quinley
Topeka
Lillian Zuercher
Newton
Frank A. Mantz Jr
Kansas Society of Pathologists
Charles Hermann
James Good
Fort Scott
G. T. Hinshaw
Hutchinson
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka In May 1966
In Topeka a Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Friday for May 4, 1966, compared with 203 fatalities in the comparable 1965 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Heart Machine Gift to Neosho Memorial Hospital
The hospital auxiliary donated a $1 485 electrocardioscope package to Neosho Memorial Hospital as another step in ongoing support. Proceeds from the auxiliary Snack Bar fund equipment and furnishings, with last year’s gifts including an EKG machine and a lobby television. Since opening in 1951 the group has contributed hundreds of dollars in equipment and thousands of volunteer hours, aided by prior donations from the Bank of Commerce in 1962.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Pital
Bank of Commerce
Jobless Rate Dips Lowest in 12 Years
US and Kansas labor data show unemployment falling in April. The national jobless rate dropped to 3.7 percent, the lowest in over 12 years, with total employment rising to 73.1 million. In Kansas, the insured unemployment rate stood at 1.3 percent with $168,049 in benefits to 4,384 claimants.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Labor
Labor Department
Jiffy the hippo finally tricked into crate shipment
AP reports Jiffy the hippo at Kansas City zoo was compelled into a crate bound for Topeka to join a new mammal house. Director William T. A. Cully and assistants used a 1 foot chute to lure her while she rested in a pool. Jiffy weighs 4600 pounds and had resisted prior efforts.
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Kansas City
Jiffy
Hippo
Topeka
Kan
William T. A. Cully
Kansas City Zoo
Cully
Mammal House
Trial Interrupted by Outburst in Maryland Child Murders Case
The trial of Mrs. Denver D. Hargis, charged with murdering her four children, paused as she screamed I told you I was guilty. The court recess followed her outburst in Prince Georges County circuit court while Lt Rowland testified about bullets found near the victims.
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Upper Marlboro
Denver D. Hargis
Prince Georges County
Tor
Hargis
Arthur A. Marshall Jr
Denver
Spring Grove State Hospital
House signals Mohole funding cut to pressure China
An intercepted letter suggests Congress will cut Mohole funding to pressure China, while proponents believed the project could open access to inner China. The note reflects strategic use of space exploration funding in Cold War diplomacy.
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China
Snake Bite Fatal For Grenola Tot
Funeral services were set for an 18 month old girl who died after a snake bit her in Sedan city hospital Tuesday night. The child, Juanita Lynn Paasch, was playing in her yard when she picked up what she thought was a stick and was bitten on the leg.
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Grenola
Kan
Sedan City Hospital
Freeda Paasch
Juanita Lynn Paasch
Elevator Operator Receives 250000 From Will
Ella Veronica King 85 who died March 24 left most of her estimated 300000 estate to Christopher T. Kenny of Teaneck New Jersey the elevator operator in her Manhattan building Kenny said he was stunned but does not expect a major change in his life
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NEW York
Manhattan
Ella Veronica King
Christopher T. Kenny
Teaneck
N.J
Kenny
Helpful Tribune Phone Guidance
If you cannot reach your Tribune by phone contact your carrier first. If still unreachable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
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United Nations
Kienlen
Agency For International Development (Aid
Mankato, Kan
Fredonian
Hos
Chauncey Fisher
Lois Erickson
Glen Dormeis
Harold Goldstein
Bureau of
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Johnson
United States
Bureau
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