Airliner Crashes Into Sea Off Turkey Killing 66 Aboard
A BEA Cypriot operated Comet 4 jetliner on route London Athens Nicosia disappeared into the Mediterranean near Kastellorizon. All 66 aboard are presumed dead including British and Cypriot crew and passengers. Search teams and RAF planes joined the hunt.
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Nicosia. Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Royal Air Force
British European Airways
Cyprus Airways
London
Athens
Nicosia
Dodecanese
Kastellorizon
BEA
Millionaires Pay Goodly Tax Share
IRS data show average tax on 1965 millionaires with income of 1 million or more was 966838 dollars. Most income came from capital asset sales and dividends, with long term gains taxed at 25 percent. The 1965 average millionaire paid about 45 percent of adjusted gross income in taxes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Carlson Calls Farm Squeeze a Bear Hug at Kansas Meeting
Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas says farmers endure a bear hug as prices for outputs fall while input costs rise. Speaking to the Kansas stockholders conference of the Federal Land Bank, he urges a remedy to prevent agricultural disaster and argues higher farmer prices need not raise consumer food costs.
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Wichita
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
Kansas Stockholders Conference
Federal Land Bank
Road Official Airs Views On Fuel Tax
J Rex Dawe a Kansas Highway Commission member urged new highway revenue sources to back a 1400 mile freeway network funded by 40 year revenue bonds. He warned even half the plan would need 370 million in bonds and 18.5 million annually for a decade, amid concerns for existing roads. Docking opposes fuel tax increases and favors bonds.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
J. Rex Dane
Lucas
Kansas
Robert Docking
Dawe
Dowe
Duwe
Stockmen Criticized By Demo Chairman
Norbert Dreiling, Democratic state chairman, criticized the Kansas Livestock Association for demanding A. G. Pickett be reappointed state livestock sanitary commissioner. He accused the group of wanting to hand pick regulators and compared it to convicts choosing a penitentiary warden.
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Demo
Topeka
Norbert Dreiling
The
Kansas Livestock Association
A.G. Pickett
Dreiling
Livestock Association
Robert Docking
Cardinals Tie Series With 7-2 World Series Victory
Bob Gibson pitched a three hitter and homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston 7-2 in Game Seven to win the 1967 World Series. Julian Javier added a three run homer, Gibson’s third of the Series.
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Boston
Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinals
Julian Javier
Gibsons
Fire damages two story home on West Main
A fire of undetermined origin caused heavy damage to a two story dwelling at 1211 West Main. Mrs. Tom Keller and her two preschool children escaped unharmed while their dog died from smoke. Fire chief John Erickson noted the blaze began in a downstairs closet under the stairway and spread to the living room and kitchen.
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W. Main
Tom Keller
Aaron
Annie
Starway
John Erickson
Bert Endsley
Kansas
Menninger to Speak on Mental Health at Emporia Conference
Dr Roy Menninger president of the Menninger Foundation will discuss mental health in teacher education at the 18th annual Kansas College Conference on Teacher Education held Friday at Emporia State Teachers College. Other speakers include Dr Don Davies and Dr Merlin G Duncan.
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Topeka
Roy Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Famed Psychiatric Center
Kansas College
Emporia State Teachers College
Don Davies
The
National Commission On Teacher Education and Professional Standards
Merlin G. Duncan
Mankato
Minn
State College
Local firms named major contributors to welfare drive
The Neosho County Welfare Office list shows C. R. Calvert Co. Ward's Bootery Phil Cooper Agency Olson and Krone Wells Clothiers and The Chanute Tribune as 100 percent contributors.
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Neosho County
Blood shortage urged by Wichita Red Cross center
The Wichita Regional Red Cross blood center reports only 63 pints on hand while 250 pints are needed daily. Administrative Director Archie Williams outlined the shortfall to the local council. Mrs. Morris Pack urged donors to visit the bloodmobile by 6 p.m. today or 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Methodist church corner 3rd and Lincoln.
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Red Cross
Wichita
Red Cross Council
Archie Williams
Wichita Regional
Red Cross Blood Center
Morris Pack
Methodist
3Rd and
Lincoln
Newlyweds Travel by Raft. Missouri to New Orleans
A newly married couple, Mr and Mrs Mike McCurry, honeymoon on a 122 foot rubber raft starting in Great Falls Mont July 19. They travel 1800 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi rivers visiting friends in Kansas City before continuing Friday toward New Orleans due to arrive by December 10. McCurry hails from Caldwell Idaho and his wife from Utica New York. They wed July 8 in Murri Woods California.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Mississippi
Mike McCurry
Missouri River
Great Falls
Mont
Big Muddy
New Orleans
McCurry
Caldwell
Idaho
Utica
N.Y
Muri Woods
Calif
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka October 21 1967
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Thursday for October 21 1967 with 504 fatalities for the year, up from 569 in the comparable 1966 period and noting two previously unreported fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Thieu proposes air pause and talks with Ho Chi Minh
Thieu announces a planned one week bombing pause and intends to send an official letter to North Vietnam proposing direct talks with Ho Chi Minh after his inauguration. U.S. and South Vietnamese officials report a general war slowdown with reduced casualties and weather delays, while Red shelling continues at low levels.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
Thieu
U.S
Hoa Lac
Job-Seeking Women Boost Unemployment Over Nation
Washington AP reports a surge of women entering the labor market lifted unemployment to 4.1 percent, the highest in two years, while total employment stayed strong at 74.6 million. Negro men's jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent, the lowest since 1954.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
The
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Farm Bureau Probed Over Insurance Office Ties
Assistant Attorney General said Kansas Farm Bureau insurance executives are under inquiry after Rep. Resnick alleged improper ties with the state insurance office. Seaton said no further comment until a full report from Gov Docking’s investigation is completed.
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Topeka
Richard Seaton
Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-N.y
Kansas Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Seaton
Robert Docking
Resnick
Farm Bureau
Frank Sullivan
Sullivan
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Domestic Strife
An intercepted missive notes social pressure as husbands urge wives to leave home and seek work, signaling evolving gender roles and family dynamics in the period. The fragment implies tensions around work and independence among households.
Indians Reassemble Medicine Lodge Centenary Reenactment
About 250 descendents of Kiowas Comanches Apaches Cheyennes gather in Memorial Peace Park Medicine Lodge Kansas for a reenactment marking the 100th anniversary of the 1867 Medicine Lodge Treaty signed after federal negotiations led by a peace commission. The event recalls the 600 whites and 15 000 Indians who met here and the treaty's land allocations and promises.
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Medicine Lodge, Kan
Medicine Lodge
Anardarko
Okla
Memorial Peace Park
William T. Sherman
Federal Commission
Washita
Red Rivers
98Th
100Th Meridians
Arapahoes
Planners Hear Rezoning Bid for East School District Lots
The city planning commission held a public hearing on a rezoning request East of the school district bus barns at 903 W Ash. Bob Whyte of 126 S Larson led the proposal to reclassify multiple lots to B 3. No objections were raised though attendees sought more details. A formal protest period follows.
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City Planning Commission
W. Ash
Bob Whyte
S. Larson
Sug
Buford Fisher
Weather: Warm Today, Showers Possible Across Kansas
Area forecast predicts fair and warmer conditions tonight with Friday partly cloudy and a 20 percent chance of light showers. Topeka reports a storm system over the Dakotas moving into western Kansas bringing showers and cooler air, with highs in the 50s to 70s and lows from the 30s to 50s.
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Topeka
Dakotas
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Founder of FFA Dead at 78
Ray mond Lee Cuff 78 longtime director of the Midwest Livestock Loss Prevention Board and a founder of the Future Farmers of America died after collapsing in a downtown garage. He helped establish the FFA in 1928 and was honored at the 40th annual convention with a large tribute. He was born in Hortonville Wisconsin and lived in Kansas City for 40 years. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
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Kansas City
Raymond Lee Cuff
Midwest Livestock Loss Prevention Board
Future Farmers of America
General Hospital
Cuff
FFA
Vocational Agriculture Organization
Hortonville
Wis
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Conviction Affirmed By Circuit Court
The 101st U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed William J. Rothering Jr. of Waukegan Illinois, convicting him in Wichita federal court of making threats against President Lyndon Johnson. The threats were alleged to have been made to a police officer after his arrest for an attempted supermarket burglary.
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Wichita
101St
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William J. Rothering Jr
Waukegan, Ill
U.S. District Court
Lyndon Johnson
Rothering
Strike End Snag Voiced
Pittsburgh AP reports a National Steel Carriers Association spokesman rejects a governors' proposal to end the eight week steel haulers strike. Walter Mantho says the deal is not worth paper and cannot be legally agreed. carriers to decide Friday. Strike leaders say they favor the plan and would resume highway hauls if approved.
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Pittsburgh
National Steel Carriers Association
Walter Mantho
Detroit Free Press
Mantho
Columbus Day Observances Across U S Celebrate Discovery
The Associated Press notes Columbus Day as Americans honor Christopher Columbus with banquets parades and observances. NYC saw a Fifth Avenue march with 100000 people and 75 bands while Boston eyed the World Series game. Columbus Ohio hosted a four day observance with a Miss Columbus contest. Los Angeles opened a five day Fiesta Italiana at the Hollywood Palladium to support Casa Italiana with performers including Jimmy Durante.
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Associated Press
Christopher Columbus
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
Hollywood Palladium
U.S
Jimmy Durante
Casa Italiana
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U.S. Air Force Base
Katellorizon
RAF
Dr. Menninger
Emporia
Chanute United Fund
George McArthur
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
Chau Doe
Cha
Oklahoma
City Commission
Ners
Engin Artemel
Artemel
Kiene and Bradley
Jaco Construction
Marie Galt
Robert N. Allen
Allen
Johnson and Moore
Springfield
Circuit
Strike End
Snag Voiced
Mark Chris
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