Two Killed in Humboldt Freeway Crash with Semi
Two young men from Chanute and Erie died in a fiery collision when Richards driving a 1968 Ford Mustang northbound crossed onto the shoulder and struck a southbound 1966 Diamond T semi. Wikel died at the scene. Richards died during surgery. Johnny Austin, driver of the semi, survived with minor burns. Blood tests and witness statements are pending. drug and vehicle factors are under review. The highway remained closed about three hours as crews cleared the wreck and investigated contributions.
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Chanute
Erie
Humboldt
Richards
Wikel
Vogel
Len County
Iola
Highway Patrol
Johnny Litchenburg
Chanute Civil Defense
Neosho County
Gary Wikel
S. Evergreen
James Richards
R. J. Erie
Holiday Closings Across City for Veterans Day Parade
Downtown stores close Monday until after a 10 a.m. parade honoring Veterans Day sponsored by local veterans groups. Family specials follow the parade. All city and state offices close. mail not delivered. The Tribune will not publish with interruption.
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the Tribune
Food Prices Dip in September Report
Washington AP says consumer prices rose only 0.3 percent in September with food prices dropping 0.1 percent the first decline since December. Economists warn the slowdown may not last as inflationary pressure remains a concern for the Nixon era.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
City officials visit New Mexico to inspect asphalt mixer
City Commissioner John Schultz Mayor John Schultz and John Orozco along with Kenneth Sanborn and John Duff traveled to Clovis New Mexico to view a turbulent mass mixer as a potential asphalt plant alternative. A Tribune reporter and two SISCO reps joined the trip with travel and meal expenses covered by SISCO. The mixer was deemed unsatisfactory for city needs.
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New Mexico
John Schultz
John Orozco
Kenneth Sanborn
John Duff
Clovis
N.M
Tribune
State Industrial Supply Co
SISCO
Wichita
Schultz
Pedestrian Struck by Car in Neosho Intersection
A 65 year old man, Enoch Ranabargar of Route 2, was listed in good condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital after being struck while crossing Cherry Street at Kansas. He suffered fractures to the wrist and ankle and various cuts. Driver Eugene Theilenhaus of Route 4 said to be not speeding and not charged. The impact may have occurred due to sun glare as Ranabargar stepped from the north curb, into an eastbound car.
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Johnny H. Austin
Columbus
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Vogel
Austin
Cherry and
Kansas
Enoch Ranabargar
Gene Theilenhaus
Ranabargar
Cherry
Theilenhaus
Intercepted Letter About City Spending Sparks Frustration
An intercepted letter complains that city officials are not misusing funds but are ungrateful penny pinchers. The informal note questions governance and budgeting while accusing officials of tightfistedness.
Area Forecast Silent Skies Clear Tonight Warmer Saturday
Area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a slight cooling tonight and Saturday. Lows tonight expected in the upper 40s to low 50s with highs Saturday reaching the upper 70s to low 80s. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph this afternoon becoming light and variable tonight.
Nixon to Ask For Funding for Israel Aid
President Nixon will send an emergency appropriation bill to Congress requesting more than 2 billion dollars in extra military aid to Israel. Officials say the request tops some estimates but falls short of the 3 billion dollar equipment costs cited by others, signaling the high U S costs of full support to Israel.
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Nixon
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Israel
U.S
United States
Dean pleads guilty in Watergate investigation
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III pleads guilty to conspiring to obstruct the Watergate inquiry and agrees to cooperate with prosecutors. He faces up to five years and a ten thousand dollar fine, with sentencing delayed. Dean testified earlier that the president may have known of the cover up and admitted arranging hush payments.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Sirica
Dean
Democratic National Committee
Ings
Nixon
Immunization Clinics Set for Unified School District 413
The district schedules next week clinics for kindergarten and new students to complete required vaccines. Preschoolers may attend with a parent. additional clinics will be announced for December and January.
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Unified School District 413
Kansas
Margaret Wood
Beth Christiansen
Unified District 413
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
John J. Witte
Sen
Rosemary Brown
Chanute School of Practical Nursing
Alcott School
Lincoln School
Royster Junior High
Fairfield School
Murray Hill
Hutton School
Roosevelt
Hutton
Wood
Christiansen
Special Services Center
Israeli Tank Battles Reported Along Suez and Syria Fronts
Across the Suez Canal area Israeli forces pressed attacks on Egyptian positions in the Sinai and near the west bank bridgehead. In the Syrian sector Israeli units repulsed a combined assault by Syrian Iraqi and Jordanian infantry and tanks with unspecified losses on the attackers. Damascus issued no statement.
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Israel
Suez Canal
Damascus
Sinai Desert
West Bank
Canal
Tropical Storm Gilda Aims For Miami As It Strengthens
Tropical Storm Gilda grows stronger as it moves toward the Bahama islands and Florida coast. Forecasters warn it could become the season's fifth hurricane and pass near Miami tonight with Nassau and other Bahama towns bracing for winds up to 75 mph after Cuba endured 60 mph winds causing mass evacuations and power outages.
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Miami
Gilda
South Florida
Bahama Islands
National Hurricane Center
Nassau
Cuba
New Hong Kong Flu Type B Identified For Winter
The CDC reports isolation of a new Type B influenza virus dubbed B-Hong Kong 572, signaling a winter strike but not a nationwide epidemic. Dr. Robert Rubin noted the two main influenza types A and B and recalled the 1968-69 Hong Kong flu’s toll of about 27,900 American deaths and widespread illness.
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Atlanta, Ga
Center For Disease Control
Hong Kong
Robert Rubin
Pipeline Accord Clears Hurdles for Alaska Oil Route
House and Senate conferees reached agreement on a Trans-Alaska pipeline bill. It would permit immediate construction across 789 miles of Alaskan wilderness and block lawsuits by environmentalists. The line would move crude oil from the North Slope to Valdez.
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Washington
House
Senate
Valdez
Mandatory energy conservation program eyed by officials
Washington AP reports administration officials discuss a possible compulsory energy saving plan in response to a threatened Arab oil cutoff and winter heating oil shortage. Proposed measures include lower highway speed limits, fewer airline flights, and shorter television broadcasting hours.
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