Hoa Lac MIG base west of Hanoi out of action
Five U.S. air strikes in two weeks have left the Hoa Lac MIG air base about 20 miles west of Hanoi nonoperational. A spokesman said no MIG activity was detected after nine Thunderchief missions, as U.S. planes logged 121 missions over North Vietnam and one plane was reported lost and listed as missing in action.
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MIG
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
Hoa Lac
U.S. Command
Thailand
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Kep
Navy
Enterprise
Haiphong
Vietnam
Jobless Rate Edges Up as Employment Rises
Washington AP The Labor Department reports unemployment ticked up slightly last month while total employed rose by 885000. Retail trade services and government led gains offset declines in manufacturing and slow construction. The jobless rate increased to 3.7 percent as the labor force expanded and unemployment fell 300000 to 2.7 million.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau
Cars Collide In An Alley In Highland Evergreen Block
Police investigated an alley intersection collision on Main First street in Highland Evergreen. A 1951 Dodge driven by Zelda Norman and a 1961 Pontiac driven by Blanche Ladd were damaged with front and right front areas affected.
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1St Street
Highland-Evergreen
Zelda Norman
Iola
Blanche Ladd
S. Rutter
Norman
Ladd
William Nutt
Ashby
2Nd and
Young’s Welding
Beech
Three Dogs Honored For Saving Boy's Life
In Marble North Carolina three dogs were honored with a plaque by the North Carolina Humane Federation for saving their 10 year old master during an overnight snowstorm. The boy and his dogs were lost in a mountainous wooded area as temperatures fell to 10 degrees.
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Marble
N.C
North Carolina Humane Federation
North Carolina
Three Gunmen Rob Motel In Kansas City Heist
Three youths held up the Holiday Inn in downtown Kansas City Kansas forcing customers to lie on the floor. Mrs Willie Webb reported a robber took her watch and forced her to open her purse as others collected jewelry and cash. All wielded revolvers.
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Kansas City
Kan
Holiday Inn
Willie Webb
Intercepted Letter Question On Tax Checkoff Funding
The note ponders who would finance presidential campaigns if an income tax checkoff were approved. It asks who benefits by maximizing checkoffs just before tax paying time.
Big Hill Construction Funds Asked by Regional Delegation
A 100 member Missouri and Kansas delegation urged the House appropriation subcommittee to approve 63.686 million for water projects in those states and for Rathbun Reservoir in Iowa and Little Nemaha River planning in Nebraska. They seek funding for Clinton, Big Hill and Fort Scott reservoirs in Kansas and outline several other reservoir and planning allocations across the Arkansas and Missouri River basins.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Rathbun Reservoir
Iowa
Little
Nemaha River
Nebrasska
Johnson
Marais Des Cygnes-Osage
Arkansas
Clinton, Big Hill
Fort Scott
McArk
Mississippi Valley Associations
Melvern
Osawatomie
Gavett
Hillsdale
Arkansas River Basin
Marion
Big Hill
el Dorado
Cedar Point
City moves toward widening East Main between Central and Ashby
Wider E Main project advances as City Attorney prepares a resolution outlining steps for the street widening. Property owners petitioned for the improvement and costs would split 65 percent city 35 percent owners excluding city wide costs. Lighting not included yet expected later, and protest provisions will be in the plan.
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East Main
Central
Ashby
John Sherman
Commission
City Commission
Main
Steuben
Pete New
Seth Gray
Leonard Brazil
Martin Ro
Ambulance Cost Up in Chanute Subsidy Debate
Chanute ambulance service seeks a raise from $600 monthly to $1,000 with the city county and hospital to meet May 22. Bob DeBolt said rising insurance, vehicle and payroll costs strain finances and contracts allow 60 day notice, with possible termination.
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Chanute Ambulance Service
City Commission
Bob DeBolt
S. Santa Fe
Neosho County
DeBolt
Eisenhower's Condition Improves
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows continued improvement at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors provisionally diagnose his illness as acute gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach lining and small intestine.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Apollo to Launch Manned Flight Early Next Year
NASA Administrator James Webb announced the first manned Apollo mission will fly early next year. The crew includes Navy Captain Walter Schirra Jr. Walter Cunningham and Major Donn Eisele. A fireproofed spacecraft and redesigned systems aim to prevent a repeat of January’s Cape Kennedy fire. Webb cited a moon landing target by late 1969 and a project cost near 22.7 billion dollars, with possible extra 200 to 500 million if lunar ambitions slip.
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Washington
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senate Space Committee
North American Aviation, Inc
Webb
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Walter R. Cunningham
Donn F. Eisele
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
NASA
Oklahoma Approves Three Eastern Turnpikes
Oklahoma Governor Dewey Bartlett signed legislation approving three new turnpikes with eastern Oklahoma ties. The 220 mile Industrial Parkway Turnpike would run along the Arkansas border from Will Rogers Turnpike to near the Texas line. Also approved are a Ponca City to Tulsa corridor and an 8 mile Will Rogers to Kansas City Galena link. Sponsors argue the Industrial Parkway would boost eastern Oklahoma’s economy and preempt Arkansas rivals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dewey Bartlett
Arkansas
Kansas and
Missouri
Texas Line
Red River
Ponca City
Tulsa
Wichita
Kan
Will Rogers
Kansas City
Galena
Electric Shock Fatal to Two at Liberal Oil Well
Two Liberal men died from electric shock at an oil well 12 miles west of Liberal. George W. Womack, 47, a Tri-State Service Co. partner, and Larry J. Hood, 19, were killed when Hood stepped from a boom truck touching an overhead line. a companion narrowly escaped.
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Kan
Here
George W. Womack
Tri-State Service Co
Liberal
Larry J. Hood
Seward County
Hood
Highway Efficiency Study Approved for 42000
TOPEKA AP The State Finance Council authorized 42000 for an efficiency study of the Highway Commission. Highway Director John Montgomery said after the session he would seek permission for such a study.
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Topeka
State Finance Council
Highway Commission
John Montgomery
Averys Move To Wichita
Former Gov and Mrs William Avery expected to move from Topeka to Wichita in June. Avery joins a world wide food program run by Willard Garvey of Wichita and travels in Africa on business. Real estate agent Nestor Weigand Jr says they will close on a $50,000 one story ranch with 10 rooms four baths and a swimming pool in early June after Avery returns from Africa.
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Wichita
Kan
William Avery
Topeka
Avery
Willard Garvey
Africa
Nestor Weigand Jr
Averys
Walter Schimmel Sr
Governor’s Office
Close Vote Looms On Campaign Finance Checkoff Plan
The Senate prepared for a decisive vote on Gore’s plan to halt the current campaign finance checkoff allowing up to 30 million for each major party unless Congress revises it by September 15. Leaders say passage or repeal could decide the fate of the seven week dispute as final action nears on the business tax incentive bill.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Gore
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Graf
Weather Outlook for Kansas Today and Wednesday
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight in the upper 50s, highs Wednesday in the middle 80s. Kansas forecasters expect southerly winds 10 to 20 mph with a chance of showers eastern Kansas tonight or Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Dodge City
Olathe
Concordia
Buffalo stag wedding raid ends with charges dropped
Buffalo police broke up a social stag wedding dinner attended by 36 men, including six linked to the Cosa Nostra, but Judge James B. Kane Jr. dismissed the charges after defense argued the arrest information did not show intent to breach the peace. A man identified as Matthew Billiteri was rearrested after allegedly kicking a photographer. The dinner honoring Joseph Todaro, 43, was said to be social and Todaro’s anticipated marriage noted. FBI noted Todaro’s alleged elevation into organized crime in the area.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
James B. Kane Jr
City Court
Joseph Todaro
FBI
Washington
Todaro
Cosa Nostra
Matthew Billiteri
Marine from Salina Killed in Action in Vietnam
Defense Department lists Kansas Marine Pfc. William R. Beller Jr. and Missouri Marine Pfc. Chares G. Davis as killed in action in Vietnam. Army Pfc. George R. Stamp of Paris, Missouri is cited as killed by non-hostile causes.
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Washington
Defense Department
Kansas
Missouri
Vietnam
William R. Beller Jr
William R. Beller
Salina
Kan
Chares G. Davis
Etta J. Willis
Bethany
Army
George R. Stamp
James Stamp
Paris
Pentagon
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka For May 20, 1967
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday in May 1967. The report lists 179 deaths for the comparable 1966 period with one previously unreported fatality included. Includes Topeka area totals and overall state figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nut Woos Teens Cars and Jilts Hunters of the Wheel
Detroit AP report says Prof. Jeffrey OConnell told the American Psychiatric Association that the auto industry feeds dangerous driver instincts with ads. He cited names like Wildcat and Mustang and warned ads excite teen readers to drive aggressively.
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Detroit
Jeffrey O’connell
American Psychiatric Association
Fessor
Wildcat
Cougar
Mustang
Barracuda
Genghis Khan
O'Connell
Psychiatric Association
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Cha
Big Hill Construction Funds
Kirby Stanislaus
S. Lin
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Lisa
Robert Leper
S. Lincoln
Janet Ellis
Tunno
Floyd West
Community Recreation Commission
VFW
Little League Program
Santa Fe Park
Jim Blessing
Recreation Commission
Archery Range
Ross, Inc
Highland Park
Kansas Gas and Electric
Ralph Toland
City Civil Defense
Sherman
R. J. Hayes
District Court
William J. Baldwin
The
Evangelical United Brethren Church
University of Illinois
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