Americans Cut Up Battling an Ambush in Vietnam
In the central highlands a U S Army company of about 150 men fought off a North Vietnamese ambush. Five Americans were killed and 46 wounded, with battlefield reports suggesting about half the unit killed or wounded. North Vietnamese casualties were around 71. The fight lasted three hours as Marines also engaged nearby, helicopters were shot down, and air and artillery support helped pin down the attackers.
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Saigon
U.S
4Th Division
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Budets
John Wheeler
Highlands
Pleiku
Wheeler
Clean Water Rules Aimed For Emergency Kansas Action
Kansas Board of Health officials seek emergency rules to curb water pollution from agricultural wastes. Atty. Gen. Sonderholm endorses authority. rules could run until Jan. 1 with hearings and formal adoption needed to extend. Waste controls target livestock feedlots as industry and public seek solutions.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Health
Corbett
Kansas
W. Lee Mayes
Environmental Health Services
Mayes
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha On Memorial Day Safety Note
Intercepted missive urges care as over 550 people plan Memorial Day activities and risk becoming traffic statistics. The message ends with a call to drive carefully and always.
House Approves Draft Deferments For Undergrads
The House voted 362 to 9 to extend four year draft deferments for college undergraduates amid a marathon session. The bill differs from a Senate proposal on presidential authority and lottery selection, with a conference to resolve. Debates featured sharp clashes and criticisms of the process as lawmakers argued about Vietnam era casualties and deferment scope.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Johnson
Senate House
Paris
Saigon
National Manpower Resources Board
Motorcycle Crash Fatal in Wichita Park
Harold M. Garrett Jr. 22, an aircraft plant worker of Wichita, died when his motorcycle hit a curb and skidded into grass in a southeast Wichita park. Passenger Marcella S. Hayes, 17, was hospitalized with injuries. A passing motorist alerted authorities. no witnesses were reported.
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Wichita
Harold M. Garrett, Jr
Harold Garrett
Independence
Kan
Marcella S. Hayes
$100000 Loss In 32 Car Fires
An arsonist in Santa Ana set 32 cars ablaze prompting a $100000 loss. The fire department received a telephone claim from the suspect who said he had matchbooks and later indicated he was done for the night. Investigators pursued the incident as arson with multiple vehicle fires.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Cumings Leads Chanute American Legion Post Installation
Kenneth Cumings 711 S Allen was installed as commander of the Chanute American Legion post for the coming year. Other officers installed include Herb Washburn first vice commander Kenneth Summers second vice commander Homer Moody sergeant at arms and more. Marion Lowery and Kenneth Jerome presided with a chicken dinner served after.
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Kenneth Cumings
S. Allen
Chanute American Legion
Herb Washburn
Kenneth Summers
Homer Moody
J. W. Kerby
Bill Roberts
Fred L. Johnson
Gene Dunaway
Lige Matlock
Marion Lowery
Moline
Legion 38Rd District
Bill Dever
Kenneth Jerome
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows May figures in Topeka
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Friday with May total 5 and year totals 47 for 1967. The 1966 period shows 242 fatalities, including one previously unreported death.
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Topeka
Kansas
Middle East Crisis Updates Reach From Cairo to Moscow
Semiofficial Cairo paper says Egypt achieved goals and warns Israel would start new war if needed. Moscow calls on Western powers to restrain Israel while George Brown urges defusal. Beiruti and Tel Aviv movements show regional tension as Abba Eban pressures Johnson on Gulf of Aqaba access.
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Washington
Abba Eban
Johnson
United States
Gulf of Aqaba
Man Arrested on Check Charges in Chanute Case
William E. Edwards surrendered to Neosho County sheriff George Neely after consulting an Idaho attorney. He faces a felony based on three checks under 50 dollars each totaling about 65 dollars, passed in Chanute. Edwards posted a 1000 dollar bond in city court and awaits a preliminary hearing.
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William E
Bill) Edwards
Eric
Neosho County
George Neely
Ida
Neely
Chanute
Edwards
Egypt claims objective achieved in confrontation with Israel
Egypt asserts it has accomplished its aims in the Middle East crisis and warns Israel must initiate any war. The Cairo editor and Soviet officials urge Western powers to pressure Israel to halt provocations as regional tensions rise. By AP reporting from Aqaba and Beirut, Israeli jet fighters reportedly engaged by Egyptian antiaircraft fire, while foreign states pursue possible peace efforts.
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Aqaba
Elath
Gulf of Aqaba
Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
Israel
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Moscow
Kremlin
Syria
Cairo
al Ahram
Mohamed Hassanian Heikal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Heikal
Associated Press
Hanns Neuerbourg
Gulf
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brown
France
Damascus
Middle East
Nasser
U.S
Rome
Athens
Greece
Storms Hit Northeast While Midwest Sees Heat Wave
A nor’easter battered the New England coast with gusts up to hurricane force, high tides, heavy rain, flooding, and power outages across multiple states. Meanwhile a Midwest heat wave posted 100 plus in the Plains, with mixed damage and evacuations reported.
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Associated Press
New England
North Atlantic
Nantuckey Island
Midwest
Plains
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Cape Cod
Portland
Connecticut River Valley
Cape Cod National Seashore
Provincetown
Navy plane may have crossed border into China during Vietnam mission
The Defense Department said a U S Navy aircraft possibly crossed the Chinese Communist border while operating against targets near Kep North Vietnam. The plane returned safely to its carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin and no other details were released.
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Washington
Defense Department
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Pentagon
Kep
Hanoi
U.S
Kan-Do Kansans to Attend Trade Meeting in New York
Thirty-eight Kansas leaders will join Gov. Robert Docking in New York June 7 8 to promote Kansas exports. The trip, coordinated by the Economic Development Commission, carries a $325 share per person with no stated limit on participants. An ambassadors group named Kan-Do Kansans is to be formed from the trip. Participants include L M VanDoren Thad Sandstrom and Jack Lacy of Topeka.
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New York
Topeka
Robert Docking
Jack Lacy
Department of Economic Development
Lacy
Kansas
Ticipants
Europe
Africa
East Asia
Economic Development Commission
Docking
L. M. van Doren
Thad Sandstrom
Weather forecast cools Kansas with showers and storms
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms, a 30 percent chance, and cooler turning temperatures. Highs in the 80s, lows near 60 tonight. Topeka reports a cool front advancing southeast across Kansas with possible eastern thundershowers and a low pressure center in Minnesota.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Minnesota
Memorial Day Observances Across Chanute Area
Memorial Day events are planned in Chanute and neighboring towns with services at Elmwood Cemetery led by the American Legion and attended by multiple veterans groups. Speakers include Ray Hames and Kenneth Cumings, with wreaths and Taps to close. Similar services occur in Erie Humboldt Yates Center and Vilas, honoring local veterans.
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Chanute
Erie
the Tribune
Tions
Elmwood Cemetery
American Legion
Ray Hames
Legion Post
Kenneth Cumings
Bill Roberts
Wendall Wilhite
Soldiers’ Monument
Daughters of the American Revolution
Grand Army of the Republic
American Legion, Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Auxiliary
Disabled American
the Legion
VFW
Bethel Cemetery
East Hill Cemetery
Alvin Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Humboldt
Vernon Cravens
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Charles H. Minsch
Ralph Baxley
Humboldt Post
V. C. Buttermore
Evangelical United Brethren
Air Force Reserves Chaplain Corps
Yates Center
Howard Newland
Veterans’ Organizations and
Ministerial Alliance
Vilas Bethel
Man Held After Slaying Near Independence
Ray Blakemore 27 faces first degree murder charges in Independence area after Kenneth Meloy 21 was shot outside Blakemore’s home. Witnesses say Blakemore remained inside with doors locked as Meloy and others tried to enter. a second shot followed a nearby truck driver’s aid attempt. Blakemore surrendered when ordered to come out.
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Independence, Kan
Ray Blakemore
Kenneth Meloy
Meloy
Blakemore
Independence City
Art Shenk
Fred Briscoe
Shenk
Glen Montgomery
Ottawa
Kan
Regulation Haircut Sparks Burglary Swing at Texas School
David Minnick, 15, was sent home with a regulation haircut as part of a school order. Neighbors misidentified him as a burglar, prompting four squad cars to respond before he was finally released.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
David Minnick
Minnick
Tom Browne
David
Installing Antenna Fatal to Three in Arlington
Daniel T. Poston 31, his wife, and their son Danny 10 were electrocuted while installing an amateur radio antenna. The antenna touched a 72 000 volt power line.
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Arlington, Tex
Daniel T. Poston
Danny
$17 Million Suit Filed In Hutchinson
Wesley C. Miles Sr. of Hutchinson Kansas sues Hutchinson police officials and the Kansas Penitentiary warden for a total of 17.12 million dollars claiming violations of constitutional rights and false arrest. He seeks 12.12 million from police leaders and 5 million from the penitentiary warden for alleged rights violations and false imprisonment. Miles was discharged from the penitentiary in 1966 after a 1962 sentence of 121 years for statutory rape.
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Topeka
Federal District Court
Hutchinson, Kan
Hutchinson
Kansas Penitentiary
Wesley C. Miles Sr
Carl Spriggs
Duane Goering
Melvin L. Sumner
Kansas
Sherman H. Crouse
Kansas Penal Institutions Office
Miles
Driving lessons for first graders in safety program
California may start driving safety training for first graders. Russ Walton, assistant state transportation administrator, told 6,000 conference delegates that six year olds could use tiny cars in playground drills to instill lifelong safety habits starting in kindergarten.
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Los Angeles
California
Russ Walton
Walton
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