Munich Olympic turmoil as three Arabs held after airport checks
In Munich police custody three Arabs including a woman were held while leaving by air as authorities probe the Olympic Village raid. Investigators found names from the slain four Arabs and five Israelis but offered no links to the attack. A separate gunfire report near the Moroccan quarters provoked a security sweep. no casualties were found.
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Munich
Olympic Village
Olympic Press Center
Klan activity in Kansas and Chanute area history
The 1920s Klan formed in Kansas with organizers from Texas and Oklahoma near the Oklahoma border. It peaked in 1924 with about 100000 members, facing lawsuits and a state crackdown led by Gov Henry Allen. William Allen White helped erode support by exposing the party in a high profile campaign, and Kansas outlawed the Klan in 1925.
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Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Henry Allen
Wichita Beacon
Klan
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
White
Kansas Supreme Court
David M. Chalmers
Chanute Public Library
Chanute Tribune
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha War Frame Shock
Intercepted note frames a peace offer as inadequate compared with a declaration of war signaling intense conflict. The wording hints at personal tension and broader political stakes.
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Cha
Fierro urges constant remembrance of heritage and culture
Manuel Fierro, chairman of the Institute for Minority Empowerment, spoke at the Mexican Fiesta urging Mexican Americans to preserve culture year round. He argued for equal treatment, education of whites, and active community involvement to overcome discrimination and misperception.
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Fierro
Manuel Fierro
The
Institute For Minority Empowerment
America
Yablonski charges miners leadership with stealing union funds
Joseph Chip Yablonski charged UMW leaders with stealing union money at a Crawford County meeting while campaigning for Arnold Miller and Mike Trbovich on the Refur Movement ticket. He urged miners to reclaim the union for the rank and file and promised to leave UMW politics after December elections.
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Kan
United Mine Workers
Joseph
Jock” Yablonski
UMW
Chip
Yablonski
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Patrick
Arnold Miller
Mike — ‘Trbovich
Clinton
National Union
Highway Survey Begins This Week for US169 Corridor
Highway survey crews will start data gathering this week for the 30 mile US169 segment from south of Earlton to Iola. The plan calls for an Earlton south start, west around Earlton, then northeast toward US54 near Iola, with night readings in hot weather to avoid heat interference. The work may take several months and will seek landowner permission for property access.
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Neosho
Allen Counties
Karl Brueck
Paola
Robert Docking
Brueck
Highway Commission
Earlton
Iola
Chanute
Gortaries
Humboldt
House rejects Army incentive funds cut in defense bill
Washington AP reports the House Appropriations Committee rejected plans to remove to cut civilian hiring and cigarette butt policing duties as an Army incentive. The $125 million cut would have come from a $74.6 billion defense bill slated for Thursday’s vote. SAIGON AP notes Viet Cong issued a peace statement demanding US withdrawal and Thieu removal, while US analysts assess if it adds anything new.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Saigon
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
BART Opens in Oakland Aimed at Deficit-Free Rail
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District unveils the first regional rapid transit system in America in 50 years. After 15 years of planning and eight years of construction, $1.4 billion in tax funds support BART as it seeks to run without a deficit through labor saving automation.
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Oakland
Calif
America
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
BART
Fairfield farmer Juan Corona goes on trial for 25 murders
In Fairfield California Juan Corona 38 faces trial on charges he killed 25 itinerant farm workers whose bodies were found in peach orchard graves along the Feather River beginning May 20 1971. He has pleaded innocent and some victims remain unidentified.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Feather River
U S veto blocks UN Security Council call on Israeli raids
The United States used its second Security Council veto to kill a resolution demanding a halt to Israeli reprisal raids without addressing Arab terrorism. The veto followed a day of debate over the Munich Olympic massacre and Israeli strikes against guerrilla positions in Syria and Lebanon.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Munich
Syria
Lebanon
Diplomat shot in Brussels cafe injures Israeli envoy
An Arab gunman wounded Israeli diplomat Zakok Ophir in a Brussels cafe on Sunday night. Ophir, 42, was hit by five bullets in the liver ear and shoulder. He underwent surgery and remained in danger as of the embassy report.
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Brussels
Zakok Ophir
Devastating Raids Hit Hanoi Suburbs and Bien Hoa
U S jets carried out major raids on Hanoi and its outskirts, damaging North Vietnam's largest bridge and four military sites covering over 300 acres. A separate Bien Hoa storage dump blast reportedly destroyed or damaged 70 South Vietnamese helicopters.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Bien Hoa Air Base
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Chanute High School
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Crawford County
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Yuba City
Marysville
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