Allies Push in Viet Nam Presses Heavy Toll Near Coast
U S air cavalry and allied forces press a tough campaign against a battered Communist force along central Viet Nam coast. Over four days 637 enemy troops killed or captured, with 443 killed and 194 captured since Sunday. B52 strikes and helicopter missions continue amid weather limits.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Tiger Division
U.S
North Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Chau Doc
U.S. Command
North
Push for settlement in GE and Norris Thermidor labor disputes
Federal mediators push efforts to avert a nationwide strike by about 120000 GE workers affecting aircraft engines radar gear and other military hardware. Talks moved from Los Angeles to Washington with AFL CIO IUE and UAW officials to narrow union demands amid postponed strike.
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Washington
Viet Nam
General Electric Corp
Norris Thermidormidor Corp
Los Angeles
Defense Department
General Electric
Norris Thermidor
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Paul Jennings
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Johnson
Kenneth Norris Jr
Norris Thermidor Corp
Paul Schrade
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Election Year Wit
A brief, paraphrased excerpt describes a man at the next desk noting one allowance of an election year. It mentions strangers visiting, shaking hands, and expressing concern for welfare in a brisk, observational tone.
Turkey Creek Bridge Work Progresses
Neosho County funds finance the project as W M Poor of Chanute handles grading on a new straight 150 foot section 25 feet above the stream. The old bridge was removed and the site shifted 2 1/2 miles south of Chanute on Plummer.
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Turkey Creek
W. M. Poor
Chanute
Plummer
Neosho County
Ding Burton, Inc
Kansas City
Car on Rails Cut Driver Vanishes
Police traced a 1961 Chevrolet driven on Main and later found hung on Santa Fe tracks near Forest east of Star Drilling Co. A youth leapt from the car as switch engine approached. owner Merle Venus, 1014 S. Rutter, said their son had been driving and warned someone had taken the car from a parking spot between Main and Iston Evergreen. The vehicle was left for daylight removal and police continued the investigation.
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Santa Fe
Forest
Star Drilling Co
Merle Venus
S. Rutter
Downs Couple Named Honorary Parents at KSU
Mr and Mrs Verdes A Brown of Downs were chosen as 1966 Honorary Parents at Kansas State University. They will attend Parents Day activities and the Kansas State Missouri football game as guests of President James A McCain.
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Manhattan
Kan
Verdes A. Brown
Downs
Kansas State University
James A. McCain
White House says no U S bombing in eastern DMZ
The White House said no American bombing is underway in the eastern sector of the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam. Officials cited an ICC investigation into alleged violations of the 1954 Geneva Treaty and a potential easing of combat as factors behind the pause.
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Washington
White House
Viet Nam
Canada
Bill D. Moyers
ICC
International Control] Commission
Moyers
Control Commission
India
Poland
United Nations
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Demilitarized Zone
International Control Commission
Paul Martin
United States
North
Ruby death penalty reversed by Texas appeals court
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jack Ruby’s 1964 death penalty for the Oswald murder and ordered a retrial in a different county. The court ruled that police conversation testimony in custody was an inadmissible oral confession of premeditation and prejudiced the trial. Dallas prosecutor Henry Wade said a rehearing would be sought.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
President Kennedy
Dallas
Ruby
Dist. Atty
Henry Wade
Court of Criminal Appeals
Drafted Just Under the Wire
Eugene Watkins of Newton, married four years, was among draftees sent from Wichita to a Kansas City induction center. He turns 25 tomorrow and calls the draft a birthday present as he awaits boarding the bus with his wife. Watkins notes he took a physical in April and his employer had moved him to Newton believing he wouldn’t be drafted by 25.
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Wichita
Eugene Watkins
Newton
Kansas City
Watkins
Draft Board
Rusk and U Thant Meet on Viet Nam Deadlock
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and UN Secretary-General U Thant conferred at a luncheon and Thant was reported to be taking an active role in breaking the Viet Nam stalemate. A Thant aide said concrete steps are being pursued but details were not disclosed. South Viet Namese foreign minister Phan Huy Quat visited Thant prior to the luncheon.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Viet Nam
Diem
South Viet Nam
Rusk
MoPac Approved to Seek Santa Fe Control
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a request by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to block Missouri Pacific’s plan to take control of the Santa Fe and its subsidiaries via stock purchase. The ICC said dismissal of MP’s application would be premature and unwarranted.
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows October 1966 Totals
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic deaths over a 24 hour period ending nine am Wednesday October 7 1966. The log lists 546 for October 1966 and 495 for the comparable period in 1965.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hurricane Inez stalls near Florida keys as threat grows
Hurricane Inez, growing meaner over warm Gulf waters, stalls after hitting the Dry Tortugas with gusts up to 126 mph. Forecasters expect it to remain stationary 24 hours before moving again, possibly toward Florida or Central America. Key West endures 90 mph winds and a power outage as residents brace for a renewed onslaught.
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Miami
Fla
Inez
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Key West
Gulf Coast States
Florida
Central America
Tropics
Caribbean
Florida Keys
US 169 Route Study in Kansas Progressing Toward end year
US 169 route study from Olathe to Garnett aims to complete by year end. Highway Commissioner Robert Hartley notes heavy traffic and high priority. Survey crews gathered data for plans for the Kansas freeway designation, with no plans to route via I 35 and U S 59 through Garnett. The toll road feasibility study near US 69 remains separate and due later this year.
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Osawatomie
Kan
Olathe
Garnett
Robert Hartley
Hartley
Ottawa
U.S. 169
U.S. 69
Weather forecast notes moderating temperatures into Thursday
The area forecast calls for fair weather with a gradual warm up through Thursday. Tonight’s low 40 to 45, Thursday highs in the mid 70s as scattered frost occurred in northern Kansas with Abilene at 30 degrees. High pressure over Kansas and southern Nebraska drove the cool start and drying, drifting toward a slow warming trend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Abilene
Nebraska
Fall From Tree Fatal to Archer in Green Point
In Green Point Pennsylvania a 25 year old Lebanon man Robert L Shelly died after falling from a tree while deer hunting with a bow and arrow. He dropped his quiver and bled to death, state police reported.
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Green Point
Robert L. Shelly
Lebanon
Harmony bid sparks clash in Galena council dispute
At a Galena Kansas council meeting Clyde Hayes proposed a harmony plan to stop firings and protect Mrs. Mavis Williams in office while pursuing no new term conflicts. The majority ruled Daley out of order and moved to the district courtroom as minority members stayed away. Betty Chestnut named city clerk and Dorothy Chandler resigned after a prior appointment. A Cherokee County grand jury was charged to investigate Galena city government, with hearings starting Monday.
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Galena, Kan
Galena
Clyde Hayes
Mavis Williams
Jim Shaw
Paul Daley
A. M. Moeller
Betty Chestnut
Dorothy Chandler
Three Drivers Cited After Pair of Local Accidents
Police cited three drivers in two accidents yesterday. A 1956 Chevrolet owned by Ellis Motors of Iola driven by Donald J. Shrum 20 and a 1953 International pickup driven by William T. Tharp 74 collided at Main and Western. damage totaled about 100 dollars. Shrum cited for failing to reduce speed. Tharp for failing to yield right of way. About 5:15 p.m. a collision at 7th and Wilson involved Thomas G. Dicks 16 and Mrs Reynold Huffman 46. damage estimated 150 dollars to the Dicks car and 300 to Huffman’s. Dicks cited for careless driving.
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Main and Western
Ellis Motors
Iola
Donald J. Shrum
N. Evergreen
William T. Tharp
W. Oak
Shrum
Main
Tharp
Thomas G. Dicks
Gretchen
Reynold Huffman
7Th
Wilson
Huffman
Chamber officials attend regional development seminar
Hugh Chapman president of the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce and Jack Groves chamber manager attended a Central Plains community development seminar in Topeka. The event featured four panel discussions and an address by Robert P. Gerholz of Flint Michigan president of the U S Chamber of Commerce. Over 200 businessmen and public officials from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Oklahoma attended.
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Hugh Chapman
Chanute Area
Tribune Phone Contact Details Advise Call
The notice directs readers to contact the Tribune via phone if the carrier is unavailable. If the person cannot be reached, dial HE 1 3400 after 16 p m.
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Tribune
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Bud Roberts
The
Canadian Press
International Truce Supervisory Commission
South
W.A. Morrison
Wade
MoPac
Archer
Hayes
Williams
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