Apollo 7 crew to fly home to Houston today
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham leave Cape Kennedy at 12 30 p m CDT for Ellington AFB near Houston to reunite with families Cunningham last saw his kin Oct 7 Schirra and Eisele have not seen their families since Oct 7.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Houston
Tex
Space Agency
Ellington Air Force Base
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Soviet Cosmonaut Beregovoi Orbits Nation in First Manned Flight Since 1967
Tass reports Col Georgy Beregovoi aboard Soyuz 3 has begun the flight as the 12th Soviet cosmonaut in orbit. The mission follows Soyuz 1's deadly crash in 1967. Beregovoi is described as hero of the Soviet Union with a record of prior firsts in space exploration.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Georgy Beregovoi
Beregovoi
Vladimir Kommarov
Alexei Lepkov
Kommarov
Christmas Seal Post For Dr. J. L. Morgan
Dr. J. L. Morgan of Emporia was named the 1968 honorary Christmas Seal chairman for Kansas. Announcement came Friday from Dr. Charles Pokorney of Halstead, president of the Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Dr. J. L. Morgan
Topeka
J. L. Morgan
Emporia
Kansas
Morgan
Charles Pokorney of
Halstead
The
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association
Salvage Efforts After Fire At Lawrence Home
Smoke smell lingers as Mr and Mrs Tom Lawrence rebuild after a October 17 fire at 504 W 9th caused by gas from a water heater pilot light. Fire left ruined clothing and uninsured furnishings. Red Cross coordinates aid and lists needed groceries linens bedding and cleaning supplies.
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W. 9Th
Tonda
Tommy Lawrence
Barbara Deane
Tom Lawrence
S. Ashby
Lawrences
Weather snapshot and area forecast
A morning weather summary shows BS 40 at 10 30 a m with yesterday 70 33 year ago 64 37 and record highs 91 lows 23. The area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies winds turning north and colder tonight with lows in the 40s. Sunday looks fair and colder with highs in the 60s.
Two Waive Preliminary In Jail Break Case
Darrell Sherwood and Robert Moore both of Chetopa waived preliminary hearing in city court on jail break charges and were bound over to the Erie district court for trial. Recaptured in Parsons after escaping Erie county jail Tuesday. They face five counts of burglary and larceny tied to October break-ins and escape. Bond set at 2000 dollars each.
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Darrell Sherwood
Robert Moore
Chetopa
Erie
Parsons
Chastain Named General Manager Mechanical at Santa Fe
Henry N. Chastain, general assistant in the mechanical department of the Santa Fe Railway, was appointed general manager mechanical department with headquarters in Chicago, effective November 1. He succeeds T. T. Blickle who retires October 31. Born in Chanute, Chastain attended Baker University and joined Santa Fe in 1936 at Newton.
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Henry N. Chastain
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kans
Chicago
T. T. Blickle
Chanute
Chastain
Baker University
Baldwin City
Santa Fe Service
Newton
Plane Crash Kills 32 Near Hanover in Dense Fog
An Northeast Airlines DC-3 carrying 39 passengers and 3 crew crashed in fog on Moose Mountain near Hanover New Hampshire. Thirty two died and 10 survivors were evacuated by helicopter. Captain John A Rapsis 52 was among the dead. Injured include Betty Frail Robert Kimball and Dr Richard Veech in satisfactory condition at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
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Hanover
N.H
Northeast Airlines
Northeast
John A. Rapsis
Nashua
O.H
Betty J. Frail
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Winthrop
Mass
Robert Kimball
Tuck Business School
Dartmouth Collge
Richard
Dartmouth College
Dennis J. Cooney
Parmly R. Wills
Lebanon
Wills
Boston
Montpelier
Moose Mountain
U S Troops Repulse Strong Red Attack Near Saigon
U S infantry 1st Division repelled a heavy Viet Cong assault 59 miles north of Saigon amid ballooning enemy casualties. About 200 attackers backed by a mortar barrage hit a bivouac post near the Cambodian border, with 80 enemy bodies found after fierce fighting. U S losses were five dead and 28 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. 1St Division
Katum
Daylight Saving Time Ends Across Most of the Nation
The Associated Press reports clocks set back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as Daylight Saving Time ends in most areas. The change follows the Uniform Time Act of 1966 requiring DST from late April to late October unless a state opted out.
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Associated Press
Londerholm Criticizes Docking Over Tax Enforcement
Atty. Gen. Robert Londerholm asked the state to appeal a Johnson County tax assessment ruling to the Kansas Supreme Court. The court refused, keeping a district court decision that Johnson County should ignore a recent re appraisal and tax this year based on the prior appraisal.
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Topeka
Robert Londerholm
Friday
Johnson County
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Johnson County District Court
Londerholm
Sonderholm
Ron Dwyer
Robert Docking
Docking
Attorney General's Office
Gatorade Fight Over Rights Enters Court Action
U S government claims rights to Gatorade developed at University of Florida under federal grant. The university waived rights and now seeks profits while Stokely Van Camp controls rights and sells to teams and retailers. Government plans legal move to deny patent. eight test cities already selling the drink.
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University of Florida
U.S
University
Stokely— van Camp Corp
Associated Press
Charles Brown
Patents
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington
Brown
Stokely
van Camp
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Atlanta
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Kansas City
el Paso
E. J. Mooney
Stokely’s
Political rivals clash on Vietnam and peace goals
In Kansas City AP report, Democratic Humphrey urges student support for peace within two parties, Muskie warns of wealth gaps, Nixon asserts Johnson will not politicize Paris talks, Agnew scolds young radicals, Wallace challenges Nixon to face voters, LeMay vows to pressure North Vietnam. Also, construction worker Thomas Cook dies in a 60 foot fall at Hawthorne power station in Osawatomie Kansas.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Edmund S. Muskie
America
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Paris
Spiro T. Agnew
Kansas City
Thomas Cook
Hawthorne
Cook
Osawatomie
Kan
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha and Weekend Weather
A clipped note mocks fans watching games on TV as the weatherman notes another grand football weekend. The letter opens with Intercepted Letter Dear Cha and suggests fans stay home to view broadcasts rather than attend in person.
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Tommy
Lynda Bird Robb
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Charles
New York
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London
U. S
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Cardinal Cushing
Earlton
Neosho County
Murray Hill
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Henry Chastain
Santa Fe Department
South Vietnam
Neosho
Nelda Wall
Selective Service Board
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Carmen I. Colston
Kenneth L. McCoy
James L. Smith
Galesburg
Gatorade
Gainsville, Fla
Florida
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