Demonstrations in London and space news from Moscow to Washington
London saw the largest antiwar protests with about 30 000 participants and a small attack on the U S Embassy repelled without nightsticks while the John F Kennedy Memorial near Runnymede suffered damage from an explosion. In Moscow an unmanned Soyuz 2 landed as Soyuz 3 circled in orbit awaiting a possible link up.
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London
U.S
Runnymede
Grosvenor Square
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Georgy Beregovoy
Beregovoy
Earth
New York
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Chet Huntley
Halloween Program Finalized by Youths
A joint planning group from Chanute area schools and St. Patrick's Catholic School has finalized the Halloween program for youths. Activities run Tuesday through Friday with an Honor Card system, a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF drive, a street dance, a spook movie showing, a parade for children, and a Friday trip to a football game plus theater visits. Don Noland leads the student council as general chair.
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Royster Junior High
St. Patrick's Catholic School
St. Pat’s
Unicef
Tusday
Freda Betts
United Children’s Fund
People Theater
Chanute Safari Jaycees
Don Noland
Susan Kensett
Janell Barnow
Royster
Martin Savedra
U S Trade Surplus Rises to 1968 High in September
The Commerce Department reports a September foreign trade surplus of 282.2 million dollars, the best since 1967. Exports reached 3.25 billion while imports were 2.96 billion, with nine month surplus at 834.3 million. Chartener cited strike fears and fundamental factors in the trend.
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Washington
Commerce Department
William H. Chartener
Chartener
Gulf Coast
Six Die In Kansas Weekend Crash Near Girard
A sixth person died from injuries in a two car crash on K57 near Girard, raising the weekend Kansas fatalities to 12. Victims include Noah H. Hall and the Garrett family, with others injured and hospitals named.
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Associated Press
Girard
Kansas
Noah H. Hall
Cherokee
Pittsburg
Garrett
Janie
Jimmy
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Martha Wood
Ellsworth
U. S
Garry L. Blankenbaker
Goodland
Roger L. Heinz
Louis C. Donecker
Dighton
Kan
Wayne T. Leonard
Nathaniel Ware
Topeka
U.S. 24
Rossville
Vietnamese and North Regt clash near Saigon
South Vietnamese infantry smash into Dong Nai Regiment forces north of Saigon. Officials report 32 North Vietnamese soldiers killed and 13 captured, with 21 weapons seized and two ammunition stockpiles found. Six South Vietnamese killed and 20 wounded. US forces kill 38 more and seize 27 weapons in two dumps south of the capital.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Dong Nai
U.S
Airline fires stewardess for marrying in charge of loyalty
Celeste Lansdale, a United Airlines stewardess of seven years, was fired after marrying, saying the airline allowed cohabitation but not marriage. She and husband Richard plan to seek unemployment pay while alleging discrimination. United cited a rule that a married woman cannot be her first allegiance and noted her marriage caused termination.
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Kansas City
Florida Industrial Commission
Frank Preissle
United
Atlanta
Lansdale
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Receives Mock Campaign Visit
A local man reports several political candidates knocked on his door during trick or treating. The note describes an intercepted letter and mentions an early campaign outreach in the neighborhood.
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Centralia, Ill
First State Bank of Centralia
First Christian Church of
Centralia
Teachers’ Union
Albert Shanker
Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
John V. Lindsay
Board of Education
Prague
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Hanoi
Hong Kong
Radio
Army
Pentagon
First Assembly of God Church
Gordon Norris Jr
Tommy Oliphant
Wesley Norris
Billy Oliphant
David
Rick Willis
Steven Pruitt
Tribune
Speak Out
Main
Lincoln
Highland
Chanute Police Department
The
American Legion
Central Park
Forest
Kiwanis Club
Blue Comet
Parsons
Peoples Theater
Royster Gymnasium
Knights of Columbus
VFW
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
New York State
New York Daily News
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Chanute United Fund
Robert E. Garrett
Betty
Kenny
Helper
Louis Kokel
Flossie Edwards
McCune
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Concordia
Dodge City
Liberal
Red
Miami
Fla
Celeste Lansdale
United Air Lines
Mrs. Lansdale
Cha
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