Marines Sweep Jungles and Fields for Reds in Vietnam Clash
U S Marines comb jungles and paddies in the northern war zone after turning the tables on a Red ambush and killing 92. In the Mekong Delta, South Vietnamese report 54 Viet Cong killed in the Tay Do battalion. American casualties total 115 dead and 382 wounded this week. Rockets found and destroyed by Marine pilots.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Tay Do
Delta
Tam Ky
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
da Nang
Rural Town Celebration At Elsmore
Elsmore Community Rari tan Club will host a Rural Town Day Sept. 16 with events at 1 30 p m including children activities an auction of donated items a free bean feed a band concert by the Jola City Band and an evening dance from 9 p m to midnight Club president Dave C Massey says the event aims to be annual if the response is strong.
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Elsmore
Jola
Massey
160 Enroll In Classes For Adults At Neosho County
Enrollment in adult evening education at Neosho County Community Junior College has reached 160, director Al Jones announced. Three classes are closed due to maximum enrollment: dressmaking and tailoring, furniture refinishing and upholstering, and welding. Open classes include accounting adolescent psychology creative art modern math shop math blue print reading family in society speech driver education nursing aide and structural steel drafting. Call HE 12560 or attend the first sessions starting Monday.
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Neosho County Community Junior
Jones
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
Historians note an odd discovery: insects accompanied humans in space, suggesting a long history of bugs with astronauts. The intercepted letter hints at scientific curiosity and the challenges of life beyond Earth.
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Cha
Court Ruling For Addington Is Studied
Sedgwick County Attorney Keith Sanborn says he will study a state Supreme Court ruling favoring grain dealer William H. Addington before deciding on further action. The court ruled 5 to 2 that Addington could not be tried in Reno County for issuing warehouse receipts for wheat. action deemed brought in the wrong county. The state seeks Sedgwick County filing and Reno County pursues a new embezzlement action involving about 4000 bushels of CCC wheat.
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Wichita, Kan
Sedgwick County
Keith Sanborn
Supreme Court
William H. Addington
Topeka
Addington
Reno County
Sedgwick
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
Sanborn
Richard Rome
Hutchinson
Commodity Credit Corp
Daniel C. Bachman
Wichita
Acquittal Request Hears For Former WSU Student
U S District Judge Frank Theis reviews a bid for acquittal or a new trial for James H L Ewan a 21 year old former Wichita State University student convicted in June on three counts of illegally possessing and selling LSD He was arrested January 14 while a student at WSU.
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Wichita
Wichita State University
James H. L. Ewan
U. S
Frank Theis
Evan
WSU
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Area Log
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hour toll to 9 am Friday with 1 new fatality. September 19 figure notes 1967 total 438, compared with 487 for the same 1966 period, including a previously unreported death.
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Topeka
Kansas
Top Labor Disputes Around the Nation
The Associated Press surveys major labor clashes nationwide. UAW strikes Ford amid stalled talks. Baltimore teachers threaten strike while Detroit and New York teachers face mass resignations. copper union actions press for wage gains. Youngstown and Des Moines public safety staffers protest for higher pay, with governors and courts weighing action.
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Baltimore
Detroit
New York City
Broward County
Fla
East St. Louis
Ill
McCracken County
Youngstown
Ohio
Parson plant hires surge as 9 500 seek 3 500 jobs
National Gypsum Co received more than 9 500 applications for about 3 500 jobs at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant east of Parsons. Plant officials expect women to hold half the production roles and note shortages in engineering and skilled trades. Full staffing reaches about 3 880. additional hires include 200 from E I Du Pont and 130 by the Army. Production begins next week with mortar shell output planned for October.
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Parsons, Kan
National Gypsum Co
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons
Joe Skubitz
Rkan
Robert E. Scifres
Skubitz
Scifres
National Gypsum
Kansas City
Tulsa
Okla
Springfield
Wichita
Robert F. Bowers
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Army
Miss Kansas and Miss Rhode Island win talent and swim suit
Miss Rhode Island Marilyn Cocozza wins the talent division and Miss Kansas Debra Barnes takes the swimsuit crown in the Miss America Pageant second round. Debra, a Moran, Kansas native and Kansas State College student, is a budding musician who enjoys baking and plans to become a college teacher. Her Moran supporters raised funds to attend the pageant as one more night of preliminaries continues.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Rhode Island
Kansas
Marilyn Cocozza
Debra Barnes
Moran, Kan
Debra
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Kan
Moran
State Council OKs Civil Service Pay Raise Plan
Kansas Finance Council approves a five percent bump for Civil Service pay steps effective February 1 if the Legislature adopts the changes. Minimum salary rises to 242 monthly, top pay to 1886 monthly, with total budget impact of 2.3 million this year and 5.2 million next year. The plan, urged by Sen. Theodore A. Sanborn and Rep. Bill Fridley, aims to close gaps with other states amid requests from several agencies. Nurses and technologists at KU Medical Center receive separate increases.
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Topeka
Kansas Finance Council
Theodore A. Sanborn
Bill Fridley
Kansas
Sanborn
Fridley
Finance Council
Bu Sanborn
State Social Welfare Department
State Board of Health
Office of
the State Livestock Commissioner
Ggov
Robert Docking
John Crutcher
Senate
Glee Smith
R - Larned
House
John Conard
Greensburg
University of Kansas Medical Center
Surveyor 5 Moves Toward Lunar Soft Landing
Surveyor 5 rides a precise Atlas Centaur from Cape Kennedy toward a 65 hour 221 575 mile flight to the Sea of Tranquility for a lunar soft landing. The craft carries a camera and a miniature chemistry lab to analyze soil elements as Biosatellite 2 launches with insects plants and bacteria to study space weightlessness and radiation effects.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Biosatellite 2
Weather winds bring mild temps across Kansas end week
Ground fog lingered over central and eastern Kansas as sunny, mild conditions persist into the weekend. Highs Thursday were 75 to 84 across cities like Garden City, Lawrence, Olathe, Wamego and Pittsburg, with overnight lows 49 to 66.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Lawrence
Olathe
Wamego
Pittsburg
Goodland
Kansas Shows Population Gain
The Census Bureau reported Iowa, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming lost population since 1960, while Nevada led growth. U.S. population rose 10.4 percent to about 197.9 million as of July 1, with Missouri 4.6 million, Kansas 2.28 million, Colorado up 12.6 percent, and Illinois at 10.89 million among others.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Iowa
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wyoming
Nevada
Bureau
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Illinois
Imprinter Found North of Town Turned In
A mechanical check imprinter found near the Neosho River north of town was turned in to police by Chanute resident Lester Marts. It is referred to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to aid tracing, possibly connected to a burglary.
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Neosho River
Chanute
Lester Marts
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mid-America Fair Opens in Topeka
The Mid America Fair opened in Topeka for six days with officials saying the exposition is 20 percent larger than last year. A country music group headlines the opening night. Jack Benny will host a variety show from Saturday through Tuesday with acts and Benny as MC. An automobile thrill show is set for the final night next Wednesday. Auto races are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
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Topeka
Jack Benny
Benny
Docking names Muth safety act coordinator for Kansas
Gov. Docking named Jerry Muth as coordinator for the federal highway safety act of 1966. Muth will leave his post as Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control director to take the new job on September 15, with John Ivan acting director in the interim and a successor chosen later.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Jerry Muth
Muth
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control
Docking
John Ivan
Ivan
Stolen Equipment Reported at Royster Junior High
School authorities told police a record player a floor sander and an electric drill were missing from Royster Junior High. The items were reportedly taken sometime during the summer, according to officers.
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Royster Junior High
Former Gov Harry Woodring In Fair Condition
Former Kansas Governor Harry H. Woodring, 76, is listed in fair condition at a Topeka hospital after Thursday admission for burns. Officials say a stove fire burned his right arm and chest when his pajamas caught fire. Woodring served as governor from 1931 to 1933 and as secretary of war in Roosevelt's cabinet.
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Topeka
Kansas
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Assistance
The notice directs readers to contact their Tribune phone for carrier help. If the primary contact is unreachable, dial HE 1-3400 after p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Evangelist Billy Graham Opens KC Crusade Tonight
Evangelist Billy Graham launches a 10 day Kansas City crusade at Municipal Stadium with a 5000 voice choir 2000 counselors and over a thousand volunteers. He urges urban reform parallel to Vietnam and space efforts and calls for personal change before societal change. Ruth Graham arrives and plans appearances with women groups.
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Kansas City
Billy Graham
Municipal Stadium
Graham
Kansas
United States
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