Off Duty Cop Uses Gun To Halt Bronx Robbery Trio
New York AP report: Alfred Rivera, an off duty patrolman and cab driver, held three Bronx robbery suspects at gunpoint for 20 minutes after they attacked him and attempted to flee. A toy pistol was found. the three suspects Isaac Fisher Nathaniel Anthony Beverly were charged with attempted robbery and weapons offenses. Kansas City AP: Robert C Weaver, ex HUD secretary, argued for tax reform to aid the poor and fund housing and jobs programs to ease urban distress and racial tension.
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New York
Alfred Rivera
Rivera
Isaac Fisher
Nathaniel Anthony
Beverly
Bronx
Kansas City
Robert C. Weaver
The
Housing and Urban Development Department
Tremors Shake Emporia Area No Damage Reported
Emporia Kansas area jolted by two earth tremors from six miles west of the city. Reports indicate the quakes occurred three to four minutes apart and rattled doors windows and china with no damage reported.
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Emporia
Kan
KVOE
China
Fire Destroys Kansas City Stock Firm Office
A downtown Kansas City stock and bond firm suffered over 100000 dollars in damage after a fire started in the president John Latshaw's office and spread through a two story brick building. Firefighters fought the blaze for more than four hours after receiving the first report shortly after 1 30 a.m. and say it began about an hour earlier and burned unnoticed.
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Kansas City
Linkletter Blames LSD in Daughter's Death Murder Claim
Art Linkletter says his daughter Diane Linkletter was murdered by LSD sellers not by self harm. Diane, 20, fell from a sixth floor window as Ed ward Durston attempted to intervene. Durston says she sought help after a night of talking and drug concerns remain under police investigation.
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Hollywood
Art Linkletter
Newsmen
Diane Linkletter
Edward Durston
Linkletter
Durston
Tenants Union Declares Right to Habitable Housing
The National Tenants Organization wraps up its first convention by asserting it will lay claim to habitable living quarters for the poor due to government inaction. The resolution states the NTO will use right of notorious possession to secure housing as an urgent measure.
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St, Louis
National Tenants Organization
NTO
Onassis Flips Photographer in West 57th Street Scene
New York photographer Mel Finkelstein claims Jacqueline Onassis flipped him with a judo throw as he photographed her outside a cinema showing I am Curious Yellow. The doorman says he slipped while taking the shot during the visit with Aristotle Onassis amid media scrutiney.
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New York
Jacqueline Onassis
Mel Finkelstein
The
New York Daily News
Cinema 57
West 57Th Street
Finkelstein
John F. Kennedy
Onassis
Aristotle
Forecast: Near 40
The brief weather note projects near forty degree temperatures for the period. No precipitation details are given and no additional conditions are described.
Biblesta Parade Draws Thousands in Humboldt
Thousands filled Humboldt streets for the 12th annual Biblesta parade featuring 30 units with 17 floats and six marching bands. Chester E. Stovall, executive director of Human Resources Corp., urged unity and racial harmony after a Holy Land visit. grand prize float honored Revelation 19:16.
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Humboldt Bibles
Jesus Christ
Chester E. Stovall
Humboldt
Stovall
Holy Land
America
Human Resources Corp
Kansas City
Humboldt High School
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Humboldt First Baptist Church
Saul
Kill David
Humbolt United Methodist Church
Fiery Furnace
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Red Sea
Poplar Grove Baptist Church
Jesus
Koam-Tv
Pittsburg
Ambassadors Quartet
Beardstown
Wiggins
Newton
Chanute
Unemployment Surges in September to 4 Percent
The Labor Department reports September unemployment rose to 4 percent from August 3.5 percent, the highest in two years. A 365,500 monthly rise hit ages 20 to 24 hardest, with total unemployed about three million and growth slowdowns in construction and government sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Tory
Cool Dip For State Area Forecast
Temperature readings across Kansas show a cool pattern with lows around 35 in Salina and highs in the 60s. Showers and thunderstorms ended along the eastern border as a cool front moved through the state, with 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours in eastern areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salina
Weather Bureau
Svansas
Pittsburg
Thieu says Vietnam to replace bulk of U S fighting units in 1970
President Thieu states the Vietnamese people will aim to remove most U S combat units in 1970 but asserts that all American troops cannot be withdrawn while North Vietnamese forces operate in South Vietnam. The article also notes other AP items from Washington and beyond.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
South Vietnam
Intercepted Letter Warns Cha About Youth Dissent
A captured message declares only youth have strength to dissent while older people remain too weary to act beyond complaints. The note contrasts vigor with fatigue and hints at political or social tension behind the dialogue.
Chanute Firefighters to Speak During Fire Prevention Week
Fire Week events begin with Chanute firemen addressing several classes this week. Fire Chief John Erickson said Gov. Docking has proclaimed statewide observance. The theme Fire Hurts stresses preventing fires and eliminating fire hazards.
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Chanute
John Erickson
Robert Docking
Erickson
Young People Demand End To Vietnam War On October 15
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee mobilizes mass support across the nation for a October 15 protest against the war. Organizers say Nixon's stance fuels activism as donations and volunteer efforts surge at the Washington HQ. David Hawk notes October 15 marks the start of a sustained movement.
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Nixon
Washington
David Hawk
Hawk
Cornell
Slayings in Iola reveal brutal head injuries in two women
Autopsies show Sally Hutton, 15, and waitress Lou Cantrell were struck in the head with fatal blows. Cantrell died near Elm Creek after being last seen at a cafe where she vanished Tuesday. Authorities say the killings appear separate with no immediate links between the cases.
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Iola
Kan
Sally Hutton
Lou Cantrell
Elm Creek
Check Charge Bond Posted
David Webb of R 4 was arrested on a bad check warrant by the Neosho County sheriff's office. The complaint, signed by County Attorney John White, charges Webb with two bad checks to George Hawley of Elsmore for $500 on Aug 9 and $492.97 on Aug 20. Judge Richard Ashley set bond at $500 and a preliminary hearing for 3 p.m. Oct 13. Bond was posted.
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David Webb
Neosho County
Sheriff’s Office
John White
Tne
Webb
George Hawley
Elsmore
Richard Ashley
District 413 Board of Education Meets Tonight
A monthly meeting of the District 413 board of education will be held at 7 o'clock tonight in the board offices at Fourth and Evergreen. Agenda includes policy on student suspensions or expulsions, free lunches for students unable to pay, grants for a visual perception project and special education, and cooperative training programs.
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District 413 Board of Education
Fourth
Evergreen
United Fund Kickoff Sets Goal For Two-Week Drive
The United Fund launches its campaign at 10 a m in the First National Bank meeting room with Wilbur Allison as chair announcing a $24 615 goal and 18 divisional chairmen for areas including business industry and individual canvassing. The eight agencies supported are Red Cross Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Salvation Army Neosho County Mental Health Association Cerebral Palsy U S O and Kansas Children s Service League. The drive begins today with a two week target.
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United Fund
First National Bank
Wilbur Allison
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Neosho County Mental Health Association
U.S.O
Kansas Children’s Service League
Joe Giacoma
Robert McLaren
John Congdon
John Rubew
Leon Fink
Marion Cox
John Wilcott
Glen Dormois
Phillip Cooper
Howard Smith
Ed Ranz III
Royce Wells
Raymond Ingle
George McCune
Chanute Area
Allison
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Gene McCarthy
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