Major quakes feared as microquakes swarm California faults
A UCLA AGU meeting reports storms of microquakes along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults while other faults show little activity. Researchers led by James Brune note the San Jacinto is the most active fault in Southern California, with uncertainty on implications for large earthquakes.
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Los Angeles
California
American Geophysical Union
University of California At Los Angeles
Brune
San Andreas Fault
San Francisco
Mexico
Palmdale
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
San Jacinto
San Andreas
Gemini 11 At Glance Launch Facts
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Here are the facts and figures about Friday's Gemini 11 launch Astronauts Navy Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr and Navy Lt Cmdr Richard F Gordon Jr both 36 Launch times Atlas to boost Agena at 8 48 a m Titan 2 to lift Gemini 11 at 10 25 a m Main Goals Catch and hook up with Agena during first or bit reach record altitude of 863 miles 107 minute space walk by Gordon attempt at flying formation by linking Gemini and Agena at opposite ends of a 100 foot cord and worlds first automatic re entry Length of flight 71 hours 8 minutes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Atlas
Agena
Titan 2
Gordon
Gemini
Gordos
Intercepted Letter Describes Quiet Economy Cooling
The memo from an adjacent desk notes a persistently slow economy with no recent boom and signals a prolonged cooling period. It conveys a private viewpoint on economic conditions rather than official data.
Jury Selected in $52,200 District Court Judgment Case
A jury was selected and testimony began in a $52,200 judgment trial in district court. Plaintiff Kathy Sue Turner seeks $50,000 plus medical costs for aggravation of a pre existing spinal condition after a two car collision at 12th and Highland on June 9, 1964. Defendant Aanetta Owen faces permanent injury claims. Turner was a passenger in Jackie Turner’s car while Owen drove the other vehicle.
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12Th and Highland
Kathy Sue Turner
Grant
Aanetta Owen
Miss Turner
Miss Owen
Jackie Turner
Pleads Guilty to Murder in Independence Arraignment
Joe A. Hill, 28, pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the April fatal shooting of his wife Gail Hill, 20, at district court. Sentencing set for Sept. 14 by Judge Warren B. Grant. He admitted two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill involving Delbert Potter, 31, a policeman, and Herman Maurice Bryant, 59, grandfather of Mrs. Hill. Bryant aided Mrs. Hill during a move after she filed assault charges against her husband. Strol man Potter was also present. The shooting occurred when Hill arrived at the home. Potter was shot in the right side and Bryant in the right arm.
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Independence
Kan
Joe A. Hill
Gail
Warren B. Grant
Hill
Delbert Potter
Herman Maurice Bryant
Coffeyville
November Draft Call Includes Forty Three Thousand Seven Hundred Men
The Pentagon announced a November draft call of 43,700 men and an October level of 49,200, 3,000 above prior figures. Induction standards will be eased starting Oct 1 to help meet Secretary McNamara’s goal of training 40,000 men who previously did not qualify.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Pole Breakage Reported After Auto Collision
A broken utility pole at 15 S Garfield was reported to police at 5 10 p m yesterday by a city electric department employee. Officers said a resident reported a car with several youths struck the pole then left after stopping to inspect the pole and the vehicle.
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S. Garfield
City Electric Department
BPW Clubs Declare War On Statewide Littering
The Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women launches a statewide drive to curb litter with civic participation chairwoman Mrs. Georgia Jones of Ottawa coordinating efforts. 134 clubs with 64 000 members receive guidance including block captains youth and men's groups partnerships and before and after newspaper photos. Ottawa BPW president Mrs. Ralph Loyd named honorary mayor for a week to boost the push.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women
Georgia Jones
Jones
Ralph Loyd
Ottawa Bpw Club
Fire Loss In August Below $100 In Chanute
Fire Chief John Erickson reports Chanute August losses under $100 with eight month total at $18,275. The department logged 12 runs in August including grass fires and various scattered incidents. Through Sept 1 this year runs reached 164, up from 96 the prior year.
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Chanute
John Erickson
Mail Fraud Indictments Involving Franklin Life Agents
Springfield based Franklin Life Insurance Co. agents Donald Lowery and Charles Vanderpool were indicted on 11 counts of mail fraud. They allegedly forged about 80 policy exchange applications for mortgage coverage life policies and earned around $5 000 in commissions.
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Springfield, Ill
Franklin Life Insurance Co
Springfield
Donald Lowery
Kansas City
Charles Vanderpool
Mission
Kan
Franklin Life
U. S
Richard Eagleton
Eagleton
Terrorism in Viet Nam escalate during election period
AP reports Viet Cong attacks across South Viet Nam including Binh Hoa where the village chief and several residents were killed. In daylight strikes six Vietnamese died and more than twenty were wounded as assailants aimed to disrupt the Constituent Assembly election and deter millions of South Viet Nam voters from casting ballots.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Binh Hoa
Sigon
South Viet Na
Weather Outlook for Kansas Bright and Warm Through Friday
Topeka AP Weather Bureau forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a slow warming trend. High Friday around 85, low tonight in the upper 60s, southerly winds, low precipitation with only scattered western showers possible this evening. No rain reported in Kansas recently.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Turkey Promotion Planned by Chamber Committee
A Chamber of Commerce retail committee meeting discussed a November turkey giveaway promotion for participating merchants. Planning targets a November 10 to 17 registration week with winners posted by November 18. Other items included a sidewalk bazaar for the Mexican Fiesta on September 17, Christmas decorations, and Jaycee Fall Festival prep.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gemini 11 to make dual launch Friday blastoff
Gemini 11 mission aims for a 71 hour flight with Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. aboard to rapidly rendezvous with the Atlas Agena target, reach 863 miles, and perform an automated re entry. Weather southern to launch area.
Truck and hay destroyed by fire at Clifford Edwards farm
A 1960 GMC truck and 188 bales of prairie hay burned at the Clifford Edwards farm near Erie. Valued at 2300 dollars, the truck belonged to Robert Fischer of Erie. Driver Johnny Sherwood, 19, with Jim Pierce and Linda Fischer, all of Erie, were aboard when fire started in the hay. Firemen arrived too late to save the truck, hay, house, garage, or two barns.
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Erie
Clifford Edwards
Here
Robert Fischer
Johnny Sherwood
Jim Pierce
Linda Fischer
Edwards Farm
Eric
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
Instructions to reach the Tribune via carrier. if unavailable call HE 1 3400 after 4 p.m. The note directs readers to alternate contact methods and specifies a time window for reaching the phone line.
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Tribune
Johnson calls cooling of boom economy and tax suspension
President Johnson urged Congress to suspend temporarily the 7 percent investment credit and related tax write-offs for 16 months. The move would delay the benefits until January 1968 with retroactive effect to September 1. He also called for reducing federal spending and asked the Fed and private banks to lower interest rates.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Spe
Cial
Federal Reserve Board
Lost radium capsule shocks health officials in US shipment
The Public Health Service reports a one inch long radium capsule weighing 50 milligrams has again gone missing after shipment from Seattle to Radium Chemical Co. in Long Island. Authorities in Washington Illinois and New York launched a search and warn of minimal radiation risk unless in direct contact with the body.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Seattle
Wash
Radium Chemical Co
Woodside
Long Island
N.Y
The
Chemical Company
Illinois
New York
Dallas
Tex
Radio Chemical
Crash Fatal East of Fredonia Claims Tractor Driver
A tractor and a car collided east of Fredonia Kansas on Tuesday killing the tractor driver 79 year old John L Jones of Fredonia.
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Fredonia
Kan
John L. Jones
Million Bond Plan Proposed for Yates Center Schools
A $1,045,000 bond plan would fund a new 60,000 square foot element ary junior high building for Unified School District 366. Architect W J Fisher and Co designed a circular complex with elementary middle and activities areas to replace two older structures. Voting runs 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day with polling places to be announced.
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Yates Center
Unified School District
W. J. Fisher and Co
Wichita
Circle
Unified
Woodson County
Toronto
Ok to Post Own Bond in Kansas County Courts
Kansas Attorney General says a person charged with a misdemeanor can post his own bond in county or magistrate court if financially able. The opinion, sought by Shawnee County Attorney Robert D. Hecht, aligns with a bar association push for a more flexible bail policy and means no professional bondsman is needed when the defendant can self pay.
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Topeka
Robert Sonderholm
Robert D. Hecht
Shawnee County
Sonderholm
Hecht
Ron Kull
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas Rights Job Offered to Homer Floyd
The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights will offer the director post to Homer Floyd, former KU football star and first director of the Topeka Human Relations Council. Floyd has not disclosed whether he will accept the Kansas position.
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Topeka
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Homer Floyd
Omaha Human Relations Council
Robert Watson
Kansas Agency
Floyd
University of Kansas
Kansas Commission
Topeka Human Relations Council
Flood
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas 1966 Update
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday with 15 fatalities for September. Comparable totals: 1966 477 versus 1965 444. note includes previously unreported fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Johnson signs farm bill amid spending limits and vetoes
President Johnson signed the 6.995 billion agriculture appropriation for the year starting July 1 but will not spend all the funds as Congress added 312.5 million to the request. He objected to a clause banning U S food aid with nations tied to North Viet Nam and to a measure limiting presidential control over the next budget for agricultural research.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Two Public Buildings Set For Sale In El Dorado
El Dorado Kansas AP reports two public buildings to be sold in coming months. The 79 year old city hall will be auctioned or bid by sealed bids on November 1. The Jefferson school built in 1917 and vacant since Butler County Junior College moved out will also be bid.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Jefferson School
Butler County Junior College
School Board of
Unified District 490
Neal McCoy Injured in Unusual Car Accident
Neal McCoy of the First National Bank sustained cuts and bruises but no serious injuries in an unusual car crash at Lavonburg Tuesday. A 1966 Plymouth was badly damaged after the undercarriage struck the rails while crossing a triple set of railroad tracks.
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Neal McCoy
First National Bank
Lavonburg
Allen County Sheriff's Office
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Everett Carter
Fay Clopine
Frances Jackson
Randall Bell
Paschal Grimes
Donnie Reeves
A. W. Burton
Marvin Fogelman
Thayer
Jay Samples
Albert Balfay
St. Paul
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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