Big Bombers Blast Infiltration Routes In Vietnam War Update
U S B52 bombers struck North Vietnamese infiltration routes and bivouac areas in the demilitarized zone near the center of the six mile wide buffer zone. Marine forces moved through jungle terrain with light contact as Operation Prairie neared its 4th week. North Vietnamese deaths neared 1000 with 324B division losses and minimal prisoner captures. Air strikes continued on oil storage, barge traffic, and transportation facilities despite heavy anti aircraft fire and storms. An Air Force F4 Phantom was lost with two crew members missing. a Canberra bomber downed earlier was rescued and crew recovered near Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Guam
International Control Commission
Tiger Division
North Viet Nam
Air Force
U.S. Command
da Nang
Driver Cited After Crash Involving Three Cars
Police cited Phyllis Krone 20 of 418 West 2nd for reckless driving after a three car crash in the 100 block of North Grant at about 12 45 a m today. Her 1957 Oldsmobile veered right and struck a parked car then a city light pole causing total loss. Damage to the 1956 Mercury of Johnny Webb 22 was 25 dollars. the parked 1960 Ford of Mrs H A Morris sustained 250 dollars in damage.
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Phyllis Krone
North Grant
Johnny Webb
N. Steuben
H. A. Morris
N. Grant
Franklin
Chevrolet
Charles Jlabaugh
Eben Claus
Erie
Robert L. Carlson
Charate
Main and
Plummer
Cyclone Devastates East Pakistan Coast Killing Estimated Five Thousand
Unofficial reports from Dacca say about 5000 people died in a cyclone that hit low lying areas of east Pakistan and offshore islands. Pounding seas left some regions under eight to ten feet of water and widespread damage was reported.
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Dacca
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Amanche
Motul Izamal
Tixcocob
Telchac
Yucatan Peninsula
Inez
Guadeloupe
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cuba
Bahamas
Florida
Quake in Tokyo Rattles City Without Casualties
A rolling earthquake hit Tokyo and surrounding areas tonight with no reported casualties or serious damage. The tremor affected several wards but officials said structural safety remained intact.
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Tokyo
Intercepted Letter Mother Nature Busy With Paint
A playful note hints that nature is busy painting the landscape as spring nears. The message suggests a change in seasons and a lighthearted mood about weather and nature’s activity.
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Mother Nature
President Johnson backs U Thant in Viet Nam talks
President Johnson met U.N. Secretary-General U Thant in New York in a 50 minute session described as cordial and frank. The visit signals U.S. support for Thant and the UN role in Viet Nam peace efforts, with Thant stressing no optimistic or pessimistic outlook. Johnson asked Thant to remain as secretary-general beyond his term, underscoring U.S. gratitude for his leadership.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U Thant
Viet Nam
Johnson
Thant
U.S
September Fire Loss Totals $575 in Chanute
Fire Chief John Erickson reports September fire losses totaling $575 in Chanute. The department logged fifteen runs in September, with four tree fires and three each for car fires and marooned cars.
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Chanute
John Erickson
Johnson in good health on first anniversary of surgery
President Johnson shows no health concerns on the first anniversary of his gall bladder and kidney stone operation. No official medical update has been issued since an earlier excellent rating, and doctors report no serious health issues beyond a lingering kidney stone in his left kidney.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Weather forecast for Kansas weekend pleasant but with showers
Area forecast notes partly cloudy mild tonight and Sunday with little temperature change and a few showers early Sunday. Highs Sunday near 80, lows tonight around 60. In Topeka the Weather Bureau expects mainly sunny to partly cloudy conditions with scattered light showers in south central and extreme east, cooler in western Kansas late Sunday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
South Central
Inez Threatens Texas Coast As Hurricane Inez Heads North
A hurricane watch extended to the Texas coast as Hurricane Inez sharpened its winds in the gulf. The U S Weather Bureau said Inez as of now intensifying and moving west then likely turning northwest to threaten Texas with strong winds and heavy rain after devastating parts of the Yucatan Peninsula and Caribbean.
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Mexico City
Texas
Inez
Mexico
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Surveyor 1’s Weak Moon Signals Still Heard
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 1 remains alive with faint radio signals from the moon. JPL says power is severely dwindling as the sun sets, hindering new photographs though the mission is deemed an extraordinary success.
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Surveyor 1
Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Zip Code Week Opens In Chanute For Mailing Lists
Mrs. Florence Kelley, Chanute postmaster, announced Zip Code Week October 10 to 15 as part of a national program to expand zip code use. Mailers receive no postage needed cards to fill with street, city, and state for missing codes.
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Chanute
Florence Kelley
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Johnson
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area
A Topeka AP traffic death log reports counts for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday October 3 1966. The record lists fatalities across the Kansas region with numeric tallies and categories, reflecting the toll in the 1960s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ford declines Soviet bid to build Moscow car plant
Ford Motor Co rejected a Soviet request to construct a car and truck factory in Moscow. The talks occurred as Fiat of Turin signs a $300 million equipment deal for a Volga River plant, with Fiat handling $200 million more in foreign purchases.
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Moscow
Ford Motor Co
Fiat
Volga
Ford
Soviet Union
Italy
Renault
France
Detroit
Arjay Miller
Stalingrad
Turin
United States
U.S
Washington
Johnson
Very Frank Talk on Geneva Viet Nam Talks
The 1954 Geneva Conference co chairs reported a very frank 80 minute exchange after meeting at the Soviet U N mission in New York British Foreign Secretary George Brown declined to say if he asked Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to reconvene Viet Nam negotiations saying only that a meeting before he leaves New York is not excluded Brown heads to Detroit for a speech then Washington to meet President Johnson and Secretary Rusk Gromyko plans to visit Johnson and Rusk in Washington before returning to New York
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United Nations
America
United Nations, N.Y
Viet Nam
George Brown
U.N
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brighton
Brown
Detroit
Washington
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Gromyko
Rusk
Radio Theft Alarmed Chanute Ambulance Service
Bob DeBolt of Chanute Ambulance Service reported the theft of a two way radio from a 1951 Cadillac ambulance, with a $50 reward offered for information. Earlier yesterday, Homer Brink reported a stolen hubcap and chrome ring from a 1962 Olds, and Marilyn Sandage said $6 was taken from her billfold left in a car seat.
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Bob DeBolt
Chanute Ambulance Service
DeBolt
Homer Brinkman
Franklin
Marilyn Sandage
Beech
Panda pair in Moscow show early mating interest
London Zoo's Chi-Chi and Moscow's An-An spent their first night together but did not mate. Chi-Chi nibbled An-An's ears, described as a positive sign, while Desmond Morris noted no final mating. The pair will stay in a shared cage five nights, then Chi-Chi returns to London.
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Moscow
Chi-Chi
An-An
Zoo
London Zoo
Desmond Morris
Morris
China
Draft plan targets men over 26 in 1 A class
Selective Service chief Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey said about 70,000 men over 26 and classified 1 A will be drafted within 12 months. He noted roughly half may fail examinations and that draftees will be drawn from younger groups first. He also acknowledged the possibility of drafting married men with children if needed.
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Hershey
Self-Census Inaccuracies Blamed in Wyandotte County
Kansas City Kansas AP. County assessor Charles Sugar attributes census errors to the new self census law. He notes car owners list family size on license renewal cards, while enumerators cover non car owners. Attorney General handles the conflict with investigators while Sugar calls the charges politically motivated.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte County
Charles Sugar
Sugar
State Motor Vehicle Department
Topeka
Kansas
Robert Londerholm
Londerholm
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
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