Seven Children Die of Poisoning in Florida Family
In Arcadia Florida seven siblings of James and Annie Richardson died after ingesting agricultural insecticide poisoning. Dianne age 3 died first followed by six others who ate a lunch flavored with hogs head pieces. Investigators seek toxin sources while autopsies implicate parathion or malathion.
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Aracadia
Fla
James and
Annie Mae Richardson
Dianne
Richardson
DeSoto County
Frank Cline
Millward White
Sarasota
Cline
Asst
John Treble III
Meeting To Discuss Services Across Chanute and Townships
A joint meeting of Chanute and Neosho county officials with Tioga and Danville townships convened to discuss intergovernmental services. Topics included fire protection ambulance solid waste disposal and broader cooperation. No policy decisions were made. Attendees included Chanute commissioners Mayor J W Kensett R J Burkman E J New city manager R J Hayes city clerk Mrs Bonnie Moffatt city attorney John Sherman and county attorney John White. County officials Kenneth Casper Ray Coder John White. Township trustees W A Strean Harley Roberts Tioga William G Neely Charles Sommars John Waltermire Canville.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Tioga
Danville
J. W. Kensett
R. J. Burkman
E. J. New
R. J. Hayes
Bonnie Moffatt
John Sherman
Kenneth Casper
Ray Coder
John White
W. A. Strean
Harley Roberts
William G. Neely
Charles Sommars
John Waltermire
Canville
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter addressed to Cha notes adjustments for daylight saving time. It states darkness-saving time begins Sunday and, as a result, headlights will not be needed on the Monday morning commute.
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Cha
Reagan argues tuition help pay for services at KSU lecture
California Governor Ronald Reagan told Kansas State University faculty and students that higher education costs require user fees. He said good tax policy charges those who receive a service and defended tuition increases as necessary when public funds lag. Reagan spoke at the Landon Lectures series and noted his tour while denying any candidacy.
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Manhattan
Kan
California
Ronald Reagan
Kansas State University
Reagan
Landon
Arl M. Landon
Kansas
Tarzan
Jane
City Officials to Attend Kansas Municipal Utilities Meeting
Several Chanute city officials and employees will attend the Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities annual meeting in Kansas City Kansas from Sunday through Tuesday. Attending are Dr. J. W. Kensett and Dr. R. J. Burkman of the city commission, City Manager R. J. Hayes, City Clerk Bonnie Moffatt, and electric department staff John Lofthouse George Eaton and Felix Bouray.
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Chanute City
The
Kansas Assn. of
Kansas City
Kan
J. W. Kensett
R. J. Burkman
City Commission
R. J. Hayes
Bonnie Moffatt
John Lofthouse
George Eaton
Felix Bouray
Electric Department
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Reachability
The notice directs readers to contact their Tribune phone if the carrier cannot be reached and provides an alternative dial after 4 PM by calling HE 1 3400. The message emphasizes late afternoon access.
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Tribune
Miss America 1968 Debra Barnes Visits Kansas Towns
Debra Barnes arrives in Wichita then Pratt for a 3 p.m. parade and public reception. She attends a Pratt Municipal Auditorium dinner and Topeka Statehouse reception with Gov Docking. A Moran parade and 6:30 p.m. Debbie dinner follow before a Pittsburg parade and Union Building events concluding the weekend.
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Moran
Debra Dene Barnes
America
Atlantic City
N. J
Dwight O. Barnes
Pratt Municipal Auditorium
Statehouse
Topeka
Debbie
Fred Steffen
Pittsburg
Kansas State College
Union Building
KSTC
Two Men Killed Near Coffeyville
AP report from Coffeyville Kansas details a one car crash near Jeffer son northwest of Coffeyville that killed Dennis Jackson Ballew and Clarence Ray Smallwood and left three others injured including Ballew's son Charles Dennis Ballew Merril Stevenson a Coffeyville patrolman and Steven E Clark all trapped for about 22 hours before aid arrived.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Jefferson
Dennis Jackson Ballew
Deering
Clarence Ray Smallwood
Ballew
Charles Dennis Ballew
Merril Stevenson
Steven E. Clark
Highway Patrol
Filibuster Threat Lingers Over Civil Rights Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the administration civil rights bill despite Republican leaders signaling a possible filibuster. The measure imposes penalties for interfering with voting, school attendance, jury service and other constitutionally protected rights. Senator Scott aided the final margin after a White House flight from England. The House previously sent a similar bill, 326 to 93.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Ate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Judiciary Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Ervin
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
White House
England
House
Long Is Cleared By Senate Ethics
The Senate ethics committee finds no basis for misconduct hearings against Sen. Edward V. Long D Mo after a closed inquiry into Life magazine allegations. The panel, aiming to draft a code of standards for senators and staff, may submit it before adjournment. Long calls the report a vindication and says his honor has been questioned for the first time. The Life piece alleged $48,000 in legal fees in 1963 64 from Morris A Shenker.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Long
John Stennis
D-Miss
Congress
the Ethic Panel
The
Life
Morris A. Shenker
St. Louis
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Three Prisoners Escape Butler Mo Jail
Three inmates escaped the Bates County jail in Butler after overpowering the sheriff and locking him in a cell. Identified fugitives were Sherman McEntiney, 24, of Clinton Missouri Earl Combs, 19, of Clinton and James Cole, about 38, of Osawatomie Kansas.
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Butler, Mo
Bates County
Sherman McEnthiney
Clinton
Earl Combs
James Cole
Osa
Watomie
Kan
Power Plant Hit By U S Warplanes Near Hanoi
U S Navy bombers attacked a Hanoi area power plant and downed a supersonic MIG 21 south of the capital. The raid marked a third straight day of intensified strikes on bridges rail yards and MIG bases around Hanoi and Haiphong with ground fighting ongoing in the South.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Oriskany
U.S
Haiphong
Phuc Yen
North Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Doumer Bridge
Cost of Living Rises Slightly in September
Government data show consumer prices up two tenths of a percent in September, the smallest rise in six months, with boosts from housing clothing and transportation offset by a 0.9% drop in groceries.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Ross
Weather Roundup Partly cloudy windy and colder
AREA FORECAST calls for partly cloudy skies with wind increasing tonight. Low 35 to 40, high Friday mid 50s. Topeka notes considerable cloudiness across Kansas with clearing this afternoon and eastward tonight as a cool front moves through. northerly winds 20 to 25 mph and lows in the 30s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Gears Up to Return to Standard Time
All Kansans will set clocks back one hour from daylight saving time at 2 a.m. Sunday. If you go to bed Saturday on daylight time you will wake at 7 a.m. Sunday and gain an extra hour of sleep by turning watches back to 6 a.m.
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Kansas
Traffic Fatalities Rise in Topeka Logs for October 1967
Kansas traffic death log shows 41 fatalities in October, 524 since January 1967, compared with 607 in the same 1966 period. The Topeka report notes daily totals through 9 am Thursday, reflecting a year to date rise.
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Topeka
Kansas
Missing and Presumed Dead Youth Returns Home
Bruce Burkan 19, who was missing and presumed dead for two months, walked into his Parsippany home saying he could not recall his whereabouts after leaving Asbury Park with his fiancée Valerie Schnetzer. He remembered being in Asbury Park and Newark, facing cuts on his face, while his mother and three brothers reacted with shock. A remembrance book documented memorial services, and more than 200 locals attended the scene.
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Parsippany
N.J
Bruce Burkan
Bruce
Theodore Burkan
New Jersey
Valerie Schnetzer
Asbury Park Beach
Asbury Park
Newark
Barry
Lee
Wayne
U N Concludes Violations But Reduces Threat in Suez
U N Security Council condemns all cease fire violations after an artillery duel across the Suez Canal. Fires at Nasr and Suez refineries under control, eight civilians and eight troops killed, 60 civilians and 32 troops wounded. Al Ahram cites extensive damage to an asphalt factory and fuel storage.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Suez
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
Israel
United States
U.N
U. N
A. Thant
Security Council
Cairo
al Ahram
Nasr
Hamid Mahmoud
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Joe Fowler
Fort Scott
Senate Ethics
Tass
Paul Doumer
North
South
South China Sea
U. S
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