Miss America pageant contender tops Atlantic City lineup
Jane Kathryn Bair of Parsons Mississippi Kansas 1968 will join 49 other contestants in the Miss America parade late today arriving with chaperone Mrs. Carol Gabelmann Pratt. They flew Wichita to Philadelphia then to Atlantic City visiting crippled children’s hospitals as part of events.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Jane Kathryn Bair
Parsons
Kansas
Jane
Carol Gabelmann
Pratt
Wichita
Philadelphia
Viet Cong Attacks Kill Civilians in Saigon Area
Viet Cong terrorists launched two grenade attacks in Saigon injuring seven civilians including six AID workers. A second blast hit a bar in the Saigon dock area wounding four, while Viet Cong also struck Long Thanh district town killing 20 civilians.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Saigon Dock
Long Thanh
Labor Day Traffic Toll Sets New All Time Record
The extended Labor Day weekend caused 666 deaths nationwide, the highest holiday period traffic toll ever. The prior record for a three day observance was 636 in 1966. In Kansas, 63 year old Ethel Brewer of Ottawa died near Olathe, with her son Willard Brewer injured. Chester Doile and Nell Doile were involved. Chester was uninjured, Nell suffered a leg fracture.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Olathe
Kansas
Ethel Brewer
U.S. 56
U.S. 169
Willard Brewer
Chester A. Doile
Lee’s Summit
Nell
Quake in Iran Leaves Thousands Dead in Kakhk
Rescuers race through rubble after a massive quake in northeastern Iran. Official toll ranges up to 11,000 with about 31 towns damaged and thousands missing. Premier Hoveida tours the disaster zone as Red Cross and troops aid relief efforts and rebuilding plans begin.
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Kakhk
Iran
Great Dasht Kaveer Desert
Red Lion and Sun
Red Cross
Five Girls Hurt In Area Volkswagen Crash
Five girls riding in a 1965 Volkswagen were injured, none seriously, when it was struck by Myrel Morelan’s 1962 Mercury after Morelan’s car entered US 169 from a county road. The incident occurred three miles south of Chanute at 7:25 p.m. Saturday. Two girls, Paula Slease and Kathy LeGrotte, were admitted briefly to Neosho Memorial Hospital and released. The others, Nikki Jones, Linda Copeland, and Sherry Church, received treatment and were released. Damage to the VW was about 800 dollars. Morelan’s Mercury about 50 dollars.
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Chanute
US 169
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Paula Slease
Galena R. 1
Kathy LeGrotte
Mission
Nikki Jones
Eric
Linda Copeland
Wichita
Sherry Church
Newton
Myrel D. Morelan
S. Grant
Highway Patrol
Morelan
Weather outlook with showers and cooler conditions
The area forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight with occasional showers Wednesday. Cooler tonight and Wednesday with northerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Low tonight in the 60s. High Wednesday near 80. Rain likely tonight and Wednesday at 60 percent. A cool front moved into northwestern Kansas today expected to spread across the state with scattered showers reaching eastern Kansas this afternoon or evening.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief intercept note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha dated with a playful correction that it is Tuesday, not Monday, implying a mock misdirection in a correspondence. The fragment presents a casual, humorous framing typical of light feature items in a 20th century paper.
Prague Liberals Push for Early Soviet Troop Withdrawals
Czechoslovakia's liberal leaders map a cautious path toward ending the Soviet occupation. Comrade Alexander Dubcek tells the party central committee that Warsaw Pact concerns must influence the pace of political reform and withdrawal. The 21 member presidium, elected Sunday, met Monday with orders to pursue rapid troop withdrawal and to advance the January reform program.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Warsaw Pact
Central Committee
Senior High School Teens Injured In City Crash
A 1 p.m. collision near 5th and Highland sent six high school seniors to the hospital. Names include Danny Moore Ed Noland David Crawford Tom Kirkwood Wayne Morrison and Rita Barney. Noland Kirkwood and Crawford received emergency care at Glen Dormois Hospital.
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5Th
Highland
Danny Moore
Ed Noland
David Crawford
Tom Kirkwood
Wayne Morrison
Rita Barney
Barney
Glen Dormois
Noland
Kirkwood
Crawford
Dormois
Neosho County Junior College Opens On New Campus
Neosho County Junior College NCCJC opens its four building campus after bonds approved in 1965. The 50 acre site features science and liberal arts buildings, a business and fine arts block, a library with octagonal design, a gym to seat 2500, and a student union with food service. An expansion includes a distributive education program and an electronics language lab funded by the Snyder estate.
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Neosho County
Neosho Junior College
Snyder
Jewel W. Snyder
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