Rebels Down U S Spotter Plane Over Da Nang
Rebels shoot down a U S spotter plane over Da Nang as fighting rages in the city. Marines gain control of a Da Nang River bridge after negotiations while government forces close on a rebel pagoda and monks threaten self immolation to halt the advance.
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da Nang
Saigon
U.S
da Nang River
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang River Bridge
Lewis W. Walt
West End
East End
Marine Corps
Car Crashes Reported In Local Streets
Police logged two minor collisions yesterday. Farhad Azima 24 of 314 N Wilson damaged a 1961 Falcon by a left front fender at Walnut and Washington with a district bus. bus driver Joseph Maloun 57 of R2 reported no damage to the 1958 Chevrolet. A second collision at Elm and Kansas involved Ray Hames 319 N Kansas and Bill Johnson 208 N Lafayette with damage to a 1960 Chevrolet and a 1965 Dodge respectively.
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Farhad Azima
Joseph F. Maloun
R. 2
Azima
Walnut
Washington
Ray Hames
Kansas
Bill Johnson
Lafayette
Elm
Hames
Johnson
Weather recaps and Kansas temperatures with storms today
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy and cooler conditions tonight and Thursday with low 50s and highs in the mid 70s. Kansan reports cooled temperatures across the state with a band of light showers and Tuesday tornado funnels in Topeka Lawrence and Lacygne.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence
Lacygne
Edwardsville
Goodland
Olathe
Garden City
Pittsburg
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows May 20 1966 Toll
Topeka Kansas AP reports the traffic death log covering 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday May 20 1966, comparing to 213 deaths in the comparable 1965 period and listing 207 in the current period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Signals School Sendoff
Intercepted letter hints at final speeches as commencement speakers prepare farewell remarks and teachers ready for the windup. Ends with a cordial signoff.
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Cha
Johnson urges Viet Nam critics to unite for South Viet Nam
President Johnson called Viet Nam critics nervous Nellies and urged unity until South Viet Nam can choose its government. He said he wants fighting to stop and that Americans will stand united until every boy returns home safely. Secretary Rusk said the U S will press South Viet Nam leaders to unite and focus on war effort and political reform. Johnson reiterated willingness to negotiate with any government seeking talks.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
U.S
Mrs
136 Are Rescued From Missing Philippine Steamer Pioneer Cebu
Manila authorities confirm that 136 of 262 aboard the Pioneer Cebu have reached Bantayan island. The Diana picked up 136 survivors and two bodies, as Typhoon Irma drove the vessel aground. Survivors head toward Cebu by truck. fate of ship unclear.
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Cebu
Manuel San Jose
Line
Bridges Urged Toward China by McNamara speech
In Montreal AP report Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara urged steps to build bridges toward Red China to avoid war. He proposed balanced trade diplomatic contacts and even exchanges of military observers as part of a worldwide community of effort.
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Montreal
U. S
Robert S. McNamara
Red China
McNamara
American Society of Newspaper Editors
U.S
What Bait Did He Use
Humboldt Kansas AP report says clerk Earl Smith fishing at Buffalo Lake in Wilson County pulled from the water two clock radios a table radio a transistor radio and a flashlight likely part of the Brown Brothers General Store burglary loot at Miledge Kan April 9. He also landed several bass.
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Humboldt
Kan
Earl Smith
Buffalo Lake
Wilson County
Chanute
Brown Brothers General
Mildred
Smith
Explosion Near Pearson Shocks Ottawa Parliament
An explosion shook a washroom near the office of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in Parliament Buildings. One man was reported killed. The nearby office of foreign secretary Paul Martin was also close to the blast.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Paul Martin
Cravens Named KU Alumni National President 1966 67
Kenton R. Cravens, chairman of Mercantile Trust Co. of St. Louis, named national president of the University of Kansas Alumni Association for 1966-67. Cravens, Salina native, serves as KU Endowment trustee and received a 1955 citation for distinguished service.
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Salina
Cravens
K.U. Endowment Association
University and Alumni Association
Kidnaper Is Killed The Peggy Ann Bradnick Case Ends
A manhunt in the Tuscarora Mountains ends as William Diller Hollenbaugh is shot dead while attempting to flee with 17 year old Peggy Ann Bradnick. Deputy Sheriff Francis Sharp is wounded. the girl is unharmed. Larry Rubeck fired a shotgun slugs from his home aiding the deputies.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Bradnick
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Jack Conmy
William W. Scranton
Larry Rubeck
Hollenbaugh
FBI
Tuscarora Mountains
Harrisburg
Peggy Ann
Francis Sharp
Conmy
Sharp
Young Rubeck
Kansas awards $2.5 million in highway contracts
The Kansas Highway Commission announced contracts totaling 2.5 million dollars for highway work. Major awards include 13 miles on U S 81 in Sumner County to George H Myers Inc for 611 042 dollars and 12.3 miles on U S 183 in Pawnee County to Bruce and Smith Contractors for 345 145 dollars. Beachner Bros received 40 625 dollars for lighting interchanges near Hays Rusell and Colby. The package also covers 259 miles of bituminous sealing across 16 counties totaling 369 847 dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
U.S. 81
Sumner
South Haven
Wellington
George H. Myers Inc
el Dorado
Bruce and Smith Contractors
Larned
U. S. 183
Pawnee
U. S. 56
U. S. 156
Beachner Bros
Bailey seeks full pardon in long-ago crimes case
Harve Bailey 79 appeals for a full pardon from Governor William H. Avery. Parole attorney P A Townsend cautions the grounds are not sufficient. Bailey, released on parole since 1965, worked at Braeckel Inc in Joplin Missouri while serving a decades-old sentence from 1932 bank robbery and 1933 Urschel kidnapping conspiracy.
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Vey Bailey
Oklahoma
P. A. Townsend
William H. Avery
Bailey
Joplin, Mo
Braeckel Inc
Citizens National Bank of
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Lansing
Gemini 9 Flight Delayed To May 31 At Cape Kennedy
Gemini 9 rendezvous and space walk scheduled for May 31 at Cape Kennedy after Atlas Agena target rocket failure Tuesday. Investigation seeks cause of hardover engine event while crews prepare an alternate satellite plan and extend readiness for future Atlas launches and the Apollo program.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas O. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Agena
Vanderberg Air Force Base
California
Air Force
Retired Navy man receives partial artificial heart in Houston
Walter L. McCans, 61, of Woodinville Washington, became the second patient in three weeks to receive a partial artificial heart at Methodist Hospital Houston. The operation, performed by a cardiovascular team, aimed to aid the left ventricle in severe heart failure.
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Houston, Tex
Walter L. McCans
Woodinville
Wash
Methodist Hospital
McCans
Michael E. DeBakey
Marcel L. DeRudder
Illinois
DeRudder
DeBakey
Navy Hospital
Seattle
Mariam
Houston
Allen Improves After Heart Attack in Neosho
Ned Allen Malcolm 52 was reported slightly improved today at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a heart attack that struck him at work yesterday morning. Family members provided the update.
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Ned Allen
Malcolm
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Buffalo Fatal Crash Involving Train At Grade Crossing
53-year-old Thomas W. Haley of St. Louis died in a collision at a grade crossing on Acme brick plant road in Buffalo. Haley, a union labor representative, was driving west when his car hit a Missouri Pacific extra train traveling south about 6:50 a.m. The body was taken to Campbell Funeral Home in Yates Center as investigation by Trooper James Haynes and Wilson County Sheriff’s office continued.
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Buffalo
St. Louis
Thomas W. Haley
Missouri Pacific
Acme
Haley
Highway Patrol
Parsons
James Haynes
Yates Center
Wilson County
Kansas Leads In Job Training Program Participation
Kansas tops five Midwest states in on the job training under the federal manpower act with 1 929 trainees. Missouri has 743, Nebraska 640, Iowa 619, North Dakota 110 and South Dakota 76, per the U S Department of Labor report released Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
U. S. Department of Labor
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Jet tanker crash kills four crew and passenger at Amarillo
A KC135 tanker from the 909th Refueling Squadron crashed on landing at Amarillo Air Force Base. The jet dug a wing into the runway and cart wheeled in flames, killing all four crewmen and a passenger. The plane had been returning from a four hour local mission.
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Amarillo
Tex
Amarillo Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
909Th
Crash Near Fredonia Fatal To Retired Altoona Teacher
Funeral for George G. McCuistion 69 retired Altoona teacher killed when his car left Highway K47 near Fredonia and overturned. He retired from Altoona High in 1963 and served in World War I. Survivors include his wife Clara six sons four daughters and siblings. Burial at Altoona cemetery with Cason Funeral Home in charge.
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Fredonia
Altoona
George G. McCuistion
Gary Hemingway
Cason Funeral Home
Wilson County
McCuistion
K47
Missouri
Clara
Kenneth
Royal Oak
Mich
George C
Warrensburg
James P
David C
Mark W
Patrick J
Marcia Ella
Emporia
Sandra
Betty
Patty
Charles A
Modesto
Calif
J. H
Fowler
Colo
John
Denver
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Inter
Yours
Viet Nam
Chicago
Bridges
China
Defense Secretary
Peace Corps
McNamra
Parhad Azima
Santa Fe Park
Pearson
Kenton R. Cravens
Rubeck Farm
Larry
Fulton Medical Center
McConnellsburg
Chambersburg
Townsend
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Urschel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Allen
Altoona High School
Altoona Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
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