Opening night pie melee mars San Francisco film festival
The 13th San Francisco International Film Festival opened with a pie-throw gag that splattered well-dressed patrons before the screening of The Secret of Santa Vittoria. Twelve people were arrested for disturbing the peace after the stunt.
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San Francisco
San Francisco International Film Festival
Masonic Auditorium
Santa Vittoria
Anthony Quinn
Virna Lisi
Anna Magnani
First body recovered from 1968 Charleston mine disaster
The unidentified body of one of 78 trapped workers was recovered from Console No 9 in West Virginia after 11 months. Gov Arch Moore cited the Mines Department, while the Bureau of Mines said the worker likely operated a machine and was found away from the main trapped area as teams work to reopen the mine.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore
State Mines Department
Console No. 9
Washington
Federal Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Beckett Wins 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature
Samuel Beckett, the Irish-born playwright living in France, is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature valued at 72800 dollars. The Swedish Academy praised his writing for novel and drama in new forms while noting Waiting for Godot and Endgame as popular US productions.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel Beckett
Swedish Academy
France
United States
Waiting For Godot
Laurie Downgraded From Hurricane To Tropical Storm
Laurie weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm as cold air cut its strength and pushed it southward. The National Hurricane Center lifted all warnings at 6 a.m. as Laurie veered toward the Gulf of Mexico coast. Forecaster Raymond Kraft said Florida danger was past unless an unforeseen drastic change occurs. Top winds near the center were around 70 mph with expected further weakening.
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Miami
Laurie
Florida
National Hurricane Center
Gulf of Mexico
Raymond Kraft
Kraft
KU Records Fall Enrollment At KU Lawrence Campus
KU reports a total of 19 001 students enrolled for the semester the largest in the university s 104 year history. Registrar Dr William L Kelly said 17 576 are at the Lawrence main campus and 1 452 at the Kansas City Kansas medical center.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
William L. Kelly
Kansas City
Lodge Refuses Speech at Vietnam Peace Talks Session
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge declines to address the talks saying invective blocks serious negotiations. He asks for adjournment and for the 40th session to proceed next Thursday with all four parties, an unprecedented move since negotiations began in May 1968.
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Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Outlook Dim for U.S. Cease-Fire Initiatives
Washington sources indicate a unilateral U S cease-fire is unlikely without firm enemy assurances. The Nixon administration weighs options including general or regional cease-fire plans around population centers and South Vietnam areas, amid Senate pressure and Paris talks discussions.
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Washington
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Senate
U.S
Laird
Proposal for Cease Fire Marks Policy Shift in Vietnam Talks
The idea of a cease fire as an end in itself would depart from Johnson and Nixon policy. Officials say a cease fire in a war with no fixed front is hard to implement. They argue U S aims since peace talks began are to end fighting and to make peace.
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Laird
Vietnam
Defense Department
Ziegler
U.S
Paris
State Department
Nixon
Johnson
Chanute Tribune Forecast Note
Forecast page from The Chanute Tribune indicates a single copy price of 10 cents. The brief lacks further context or local items.
Three Chanute Scouts to receive God and Country Award
Three Chanute Boy Scouts Tim Fairchild Scott Allen and Rick Davis will receive the God and Country Award at a Sunday morning service at First Baptist Church. Their parents are Mr and Mrs Dale Fairchild Mr and Mrs Buford Allen and Mr and Mrs Bill Davis. Scott and Rick are Life Scouts in Troop 100 Tim is a First Class Scout in Troop 225.
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Chanute Boy
Tim Fairchild
Scott Allen
Rick Davis
First Baptist Church
Dale Fairchild
W. 5Th
Buford Allen
S. Edith
Bill Davis
S. Rutter
Tim
Scott
Rick
Dale Sneeringer
First Baptist
Sneeringer
Nixon asks Congress for 10 year Merchant Fleet program
President Nixon urged a 10 year program to build 300 new merchant vessels with an estimated cost over 4 billion dollars. He proposed reducing subsidies from 55 to 35 percent as the plan shifts to new shipbuilding and revised operating support. Rep. Garmatz pressed for hearings to replace aging ships and speed funding.
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Nixon
Congress
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Senate
House
Edward A. Garmatz
Dmd
House Merchant Marine Committee
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England
Japan
Soviet Union
Liberia
Norway
Sergeants invoke Fifth Amendment at Senate hearings
Sgt. Maj. William C. Wooldridge and three others refused to answer questions about alleged involvement in a conspiracy to loot servicemen clubs. They claimed Fifth Amendment protection after identifying themselves, with attorney David L. Thomas saying they could not get a fair hearing.
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William C. Wooldridge
Senate
Wooldridge
William E. Higdon
Narvaez Hatcher
Seymour Lazar
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Vietnam
Germany
United States
David L. Thomas
Subcommittee
United Fund Hits Halfway Mark in County Campaign
The United Fund reports receipts and pledges totaling 12 361 70 toward a 24 615 goal. It supports eight county service organizations as the drive reaches its midpoint.
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United Fund
Speed checks on West Cherry as four speeders cited
Police continued radar checks during morning rush on West Cherry. Four speeding arrests were made at noon Wednesday: Robert Morrison Augusta 30 mph in a 20 mph school zone Donna Lassen 35 mph Wayne Mudd 30 mph Juanita Cheney 33 mph Bond posted for Morrison and Mudd. Chief Matlock orders twice daily checks while parents urged to use crosswalks and Owen outlines school safety measures.
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West Cherry
Cherry
Robert Morrison
Augusta
Donna Lassen
N. Grant
Wayne Mudd
W. 9Th
Juanita Cheney
Chanute
Alcott
Murray Hill
W. 3Rd
Owen
Nixon says desegregation of southern schools unreal
AP dispatches report the Nixon administration argues that instantaneous desegregation of southern public schools is unreal convincing lawmakers and judges the court faces a long process. The coverage notes the debate over school integration policy and federal action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Local Area Forecast Shows Light Rain Tonight
Occasional light rain expected tonight with partial clouds and warmer Friday. Lows tonight middle 40s, highs Friday in the 60s. Rain chances about 60 percent tonight and 30 percent on Friday.
Hundreds seized in Lebanese border raids by Al Fatah
Al Fatah guerrillas from Syria attacked two Lebanese border posts near Arida and Buqai, kidnapping more than 20 Lebanese border police as hundreds of armed men repelled a third raid. Israeli warplanes struck Egyptian and Jordanian targets in separate front actions.
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Associated Press
Syria
Lebanese Army
al Fatah
Lebanon
Suez Canal
Jordan
Arida
Buqaia
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Confines Crosswalks
An intercepted note complains that crosswalks are too confining offering little space between lines to dodge. The fragment hints at a personal message with a playful critique of urban signage.
Kansas Resolve Details on Reserve Mobilization Returns
Washington reports outline for demobilizing Kansas National Guard and Army Reserve units mobilized in May 1968. The 95th Maintenance Company Fort Hood Texas and several Ft Carson units will demobilize by mid December with personnel returning to hometowns. Kansas lawmakers express relief and gratitude as soldiers are reassigned and discharged after service in Vietnam and at home.
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Tex
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169Th
Ft. Carson, Cole
James Pearson
69Th
Garner Shriver
R-Kan
Keith Sebelius
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