Railway Clerks Strike Halts Santa Fe Freight Network
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks struck the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, halting freight operations as 9,000 members walked out at 6 a.m. CST. Mediation was sought and picket lines formed nationwide, with limited service only on an eastbound passenger run 212 operated by supervisory crews.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co
National Mediation Board
Washington
Santa Fe
Associated Press
C. L. Dennis
Mediation Board
Carmen
Chanute
Union
of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Santa Fe Railway
Claud Gibbs Jr
W. Main
R. R. McCready
Hearing Tomorrow On Dropping Oil Flyer From Santa Fe
A District Court hearing in the Memorial Building will decide whether Santa Fe Railway may discontinue the Oil Flyer, Tulsa to Kansas City with stops including Chanute. The night train has lost over 320000 in 30 months. the Tulsan daylight service will remain to serve current riders.
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Santa Fe Railway
Tulsa
Kansas City
Chanute
Memorial Building
Phillips Hotel
Oil Flyer
Chicago
Associated Press
Leonard M. Olsen
Topeka
Santa Fe
Claim 300 VC Killed In Ia Drang Ambush
American cavalrymen say at least 300 North Vietnamese were killed when a Communist ambush hit U.S. forces in the Ia Drang Valley. The 1st Cavalry Division suffered heavy losses, with one company virtually wiped out. B52 strikes supported the Amer ican troops as they held the battlefield after six hours of combat. Dozens of wounded crowded aid stations in Pleiku.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ia Drang
Viet Nam
Saigon
Pleikum
Wife Who Has Everything Granted a Divorce Too
Leona P Jeske 60 of Hayward obtains a divorce from Carl 68 in Alameda County Superior Court. She says he did everything for her including cooking washing ironing and tucking her in every night. She claims this treated her like a child and caused grievous mental suffering. Judge Lyle E Cooke calls it one of the strangest forms of mental cruelty.
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Oakland, Calif
Leona P. Jeske
Hayward
Alameda County
Carl
Kansas Weather Brightens With Warmer Friday Forecast
Fair to partly cloudy skies bring warmer temperatures across Kansas. Tonight near 40 with Friday highs in the 60s. Topeka reports sunny skies and mild conditions as a weak front is expected to move eastward late today, with temperatures settling toward normal tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Shows Seaf Square Interest
Intercepted correspondence mentions Eve in her seaf wardrobe as conservative in views on next year's bathing suits. The fragment hints at fashion opinion tied to seaside style and public impressions.
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Eve
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log for 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday November 28, 1965 showing 562 fatalities, compared with 595 for the same period in 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
Psychiatrist Joins Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
Dr Loyd C Brannon has been added as full time psychiatrist at the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center in Humboldt serving Allen Neosho and Woodson counties. The center operates from a Humboldt residence and plans expansion into a Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center.
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Humboldt
Loyd C. Brannon
Southeast Kansas Medical Health Center
Dr. Brannon
Center
Allen, Neosho
Woodson Counties
Eugene Myers
Iola
Allen& Neosho Counties
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
Kansas
Brannon
United Fund Thermometer Milestones Shown
A United Fund thermometer displays progress with amounts listed at $22,460 $20,000 $17,500 $15,000 and $12,500, indicating current tallies toward the campaign goal.
United Fund Drive Progress Report
The United Fund total rose to 18354 dollars today, climbing 8134 dollars since the start and leaving another 0 dollars to reach the 22460 dollar goal.
Bare Bathing Suits Dominate California Designer Preview
Beverly Hills AP report on California fashion creators showing resort and spring wear with nearly bare swimsuits. Highlights include denim carpenter aprons over bikinis, knee length ruffled trousers called long jammies surf britches, windbreaker jackets in assorted fabrics, and topless or strapless styles inspired by earlier trends. Elisabeth Stewart presented ladylike suits with natural cling and accessorizing coverage.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
California
Catalina
Tahiti
Death Takes Wallace 77 in Danbury Hospital
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace dies at 77 in Danbury Hospital after months of illness. Hospital spokesman said he died late this morning and the cause was arterial sclerosis.
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Danbury, Conn
Henry A. Wallace
Danbury Hospital
Neosho County Consolidates Voting Precincts in Five Townships
County commissioners announce a resolution consolidating Big Creek Centerville Chetopa Grant and Lincoln townships into single precincts reducing total precincts from 29 to 24. Tioga and Erie keep multiple precincts. Estimated annual savings about 920 dollars. voters may travel 3 to 8 miles to vote.
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Neosho County
Big Creek
Centerville
Chetopa
Grant
Lincoln
Tioga
Erie
The
Tribune
Kenneth Casper
Ray Coder
L. W. Thurman
Coder
Casper
West
Chetopa — Thayer
Urbana
Grant — Kimball
Stark
East
Tools Taken By Burglar
Jayhawk Truck Supply in Erie reported a burglary last night. A mechanic's tool box was emptied of tools theft, plus about 10 gallons of gasoline, under $2 in change, and a case of soda from a cooler. Entry was by prying a back door. records were scattered. Sheriff George Neely and Undersheriff Don Harding investigated.
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Jayhawk
Erie
George Neely
Don Harding
Space Experts Foil Youths Try at Hijacking Jetliner
A 16 year old Thomas Robinson attempted to hijack Los Angeles to Miami Flight 30 over the Gulf of Mexico. Electronics executive Edward Haake and Gemini program leaders Chris Kraft and Paul Haney helped subdue him. Robinson fired eight shots into the lounge floor but no one was seriously injured. He was held on 50 000 bond in New Orleans pending a hearing Friday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Robinson
Cuba
New Orleans
United States
Edward C. Haake
Seabrook
Tex
Brownsville
Haney
Chris Kraft
U. S
Globe
Robinson
Los Angeles
Chris
Kraft
Haake
Civer
Hawke
Havana
Charles Berry
Orleans Parish
Nancy Taylor
Miami
William G. Robinson
Gemini
Charles Mathews
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M. M. Mowrey
Tulsan
Mowrey
Tulsa Supervisory
Chanute Su
L. S. Lawrence
E. L. Kesner
G. W. Allison
H. A. Jones
BRC
Santa Santa FE
Eastern Lines
Charles Escola
Kansas Corporation Commission
Earl Curb
Assis
Tant
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
W.L. Finnegan
Missouri Public Service Commission
Jeskes
Cha
Psychiatrist
N. 7Th
Leila N. Myers
H. K. Johnson
Allen
Neosho
United Fund
Talina
Cole of California
Elisabeth Stewart
Jean Harlow
Wallace
Trim
Ury
Paul Haney
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