Surprise Attack Near Saigon Wipes Out Viet Cong Unit
U S infantrymen surprised a Viet Cong company near the Cambodian border and nearly wiped it out with artillery napalm and air strikes. Eighty enemy troops were killed. U S losses included three dead and three wounded. Independent of the battle, U S fighter bombers pressed the air war on Haiphong and Cat Bi bases as monsoon weather approached.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Chi Lai
Hanoi- Haiphong
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Traffic Fatalities Mount Across Kansas Weekend
Six people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend. Eula Fitch died in a car truck crash near Norton. Mar vin Smith was injured. A Ft. Riley soldier Dwight Kehler and Jesse Dunn died in a Marysville crash. Phyllis Jessee perished on the Kansas Turnpike near Lawrence. David Boren and William Blau were others involved. ten more fatalities occurred on Missouri roads. Information from the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Norton
Eula Fitch
Lenora
Marvin Smith
Natoma
Ft. Riley
Dwight Kehler
Orangeville
Ill
Jesse Dunn
Falls City
Neb
Marysville
U.S
Kehler
Topeka
Lara Herr
Humboldt
Olmvier Herr
Jorene Herr
Seneca
Phyllis A. Jessee
Portland
Ore
Lawrence
Highway Patrol
William Eugene Williamson
St. Louis
Raymond Hum
Forbes Air Force Base
Kan
Williamson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Hum
David R. Boren
Kansas City
U.S. 67
Kansas 68
Paola
William Blau
Lou
Leot
Blau
Missouri
Halloween Program Night One At Chanute Schools
Two day supervised Halloween events for Chanute students start with a UNICEF drive by Royster Junior High at 3 PM. Evening shows run 7 to 10 30 PM at Peoples Theater for junior high. Admission by Honor Card only.
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Chanute
Unicef
Royster Junior High School
Peoples Theater
Peoples Theatre
St. Patrick's Gymnasium
Central Park Community
National Guard
Cosmos 186 and 188 Complete Automatic Orbital Docking
The Soviet Union announced automatic docking of two unmanned Cosmos spacecraft in orbit. Cosmos 186, launched Friday, and Cosmos 188, launched today, joined in orbit at 12:20 p.m. Moscow time in an unprecedented test of Soyuz type hardware.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Hostage Wound. Former Suitor Kills Self in Cleveland
In a third floor suburb, 23 year old Robert Batch wounded 19 year old Lida Caldwell at gunpoint over the weekend and then killed himself. Batch died at Doctors Hospital while Caldwell underwent surgery in reasonably good condition. Police said Batch had used Caldwell as a shield and warned he would shoot her and himself if anyone intervened. Mrs Caldwell’s mother had flown in from Johnstown, Pennsylvania to intervene.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Batch
Doctors Hospital
Lida Caldwell
Batch
Mrs. Caldwell
Mrs. Smith
Cleveland
Johnstown
Butch
Iowa Firm Buys Emporia Plant
Iowa Beef Packers Inc. agreed to acquire two Armour facilities, one at Emporia Kansas and one in West Point Nebraska, both currently not operating. Armour bought Iowa Beef Packers hog slaughter facility in Sioux City Iowa. The transaction was announced jointly with Armour acquiring one Iowa facility.
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Chicago
Iowa Beef Packers Inc
Armour & Co
Armour
Iowa Beef Packers
Dakota City
Neb
Emporia
Kan
West Point
Iowa Packers
Sioux City
Iowa
Death at Halloween Party in Van Nuys
Kenneth A Lindstrand a 32 year old salesman was killed at a private Halloween party in a Van Nuys apartment. Guests mistook the shooting for a skit and the assailant fled after two shots struck Lindstrand and a wall. Detectives questioned guests but had no killer identified.
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van Nuys
Calif
Lindstrand
Los Angeles
Bruce Cane
Cane
Gale
Spooks n Goblins Parade Announces Halloween Event
The Kiwanis sponsored Spooks n Goblins Parade set for tomorrow evening weather permitting. Children in K through 6th grade may join the parade starting 6 30 p m at Main and Forest with judging at six, route to Memorial Building for prize awards. Prizes pay 150, 100, and 50 cents.
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Main and Forest
Kiwanis Club
Main
Forest
Kiwanis
Highland
Memorial Building
Royster Junior High School
Congress urged to press Vietnam policy hearings in session
Three House members urge Congress to remain in session until it adopts a formal Vietnam policy. Rep Paul Findley and colleagues say adjournment would delay deciding war policy and propose hearings on Southeast Asia options. Senate leaders back UN Security Council action debates and an end to search and destroy missions is urged by Sen Morse and others.
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Washington
Congress
Vietnam
House
Paul Findley
R-Ill
F. Bradford Morse
R-Mass
William L. Hungate
D Mo
Congressional
Findley
Secretary of State
United States
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
U.N. Security Council
Council
North Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
U.N
Morse
Mansfield
Thruston B. Morton
Anew
U.S
Traffic Fatalities Log Sees Sharp Rise Over 1966
Topeka Kansas AP reports a 48 hour traffic death log showing 51 deaths for 1967 through 9 am Monday October 6 versus 534 for the comparable 1966 period and 617 for the 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
California brush fires force mass evacuations near Los Angeles
Wind driven fires sweep Lemon Heights and nearby foothill areas with about 15 homes destroyed and up to 1,000 threatened. Some 4,000 people evacuated as a major blaze expands toward Orange County while a second Riverside fire burns near Gilman Hot Springs. Santa Ana winds drive the disaster.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Orange County
Lemon Heights
Orange
Riverside County
San Jacinto Mountains
San Jacinto Valley
Gilman Hot Springs
California
Weather summary and regional forecast for Kansas
The weather report shows temperatures today with highs 50s to 70s across Kansas, cooler tonight with mid 30s to 40s, and a gradual warming trend for Tuesday. Precipitation totals include 0.67 inch today and notable rainfall in eastern and southeastern counties, with higher amounts around Pittsburg and Fort Scott.
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Altoona
Yates Center
Thayer
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Russell
Hill City
Fort Scott
Oswego
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Fire Fatal for 19 Month Old in Lee's Summit House Blaze
A 19 month old boy, Danny Leroy Stark, died in a hospital from burns and smoke inhalation after a fire at his home in Lee's Summit Missouri. He was trapped in a second floor crib when a water heater explosion sent flames through the home. a firefighter carried him down a ladder. The parents are Mr and Mrs Richard Stark who also have a three year old son.
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Kansas City
Lee’s Summit
Danny Leroy Stark
Richard Stark
Storm death toll rises in Gulfport city
Gulfport Mississippi reports at least two killed and scores injured as high winds from a tornado or waterspout strike the coast. Witnesses describe a restaurant and motels flattened and many mobile homes toppled with occupants inside.
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Gulfport
Miss
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Highway Patrol
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi City
Handsboro
Surgery for Pope Paul VI Faces Prostate Operation
Vatican doctors said after a weekend relapse the pope's fever is decreasing and he has begun a rest period to prepare for the prostate operation. The date remains unset and officials cautioned that the procedure could be delayed by the relapse.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Retail Committee Set To Meet At Chanute Chamber
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce retail committee will meet at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the chamber office to discuss Christmas season activities and November Turkey Day plans. Agenda includes state of extended hours for shopping and turkey giveaway details with registration from November 10 to 17 and winners announced November 18.
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Chanute Area
Couple Held Captive By Two Armed Men
Kansas City AP report details Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray held captive in their home by two armed men who forced their way in after asking to use a telephone due to car trouble. Gray, district supervisor of Household Finance Co., said the intruders ransacked the house seeking money.
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Kansas City
Robert Gray
Gray
The
Household Finance Co
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