Humboldt Biblesta Plans Advance With Parade Entries
Plans for Biblesta on October 5 move forward as officials report twenty floats and five bands entered. Dean Robert M. Roelfs of the University of Arkansas will give the afternoon address at 1 45 from the reviewing stand. The parade begins 2 30 with judges Roger Swanson Charles Ross and Roger Neer. Evening entertainment features Elmer Childress Family and The Singing Wills. Free bean feed at 5 and trophies presented at 7.
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Humboldt
Robert M. Roelfs
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Roger Swanson
The
Kansas City Star
Charles Ross
Wibw Television and Radio
Topeka
Roger Neer
Koam-Tv
Pittsburg
Elmer Childress
Wichita
Wills
Texas
Dean Roelfs
Coupon King of the Bronx Charged with Mail Fraud
Harry Kronman 59 ran a coupon scheme from a Bronx grocery, buying discarded and stolen coupons, mailing them to manufacturers, and aided by supermarket workers. He netted about $2,000 weekly for 18 months, with 10,000 coupons seized. He faces five years and a $1,000 fine if convicted.
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New York
Harry Kronman
Bronx
Kronman
Fortas declines further testimony on Supreme Court nomination
Senate Judiciary Committee hearings reopened as Dean Tennery testified that Abe Fortas received 15000 dollars for a nine week summer law course funded by tax deductible gifts raised by former partner Paul Porter. Fortas refused to appear for new questioning on his nomination to replace Chief Justice Warren.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Paul A. Porter
B. J. Tennery
American University Law School
Earl Warren
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Four presidential candidates to appear on Kansas ballot
Secretary of State Elwin Shanahan said Kansans cannot write in a presidential candidate in November. The ballot will show Nixon, Humphrey, Wallace and Munn, with blank lines for state officers and federal offices, but no presidential write-in space per Kansas election laws.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Kansans
Elwin Shanahan
Coffeyville Journal
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
E. Harold Munn
U.S. Representatives
Kansas
Mystery candidate wins Lyon County treasurer nomination
Eugene Lingo 40, a real estate dealer, won the Republican nomination for Lyon County treasurer unseen by most locals. He announced via phone to Emporia Gazette and Topeka Capital Journal that he filed in good faith, then disappeared after a brief roadside interview, while the Democratic rival Lula Hunt vows a visible campaign and public presence.
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Garnett
Kan
Eugene Lingo
Lingo
Lyon County
Kansas
Topeka Capital Journal
Emporia Gazette
Leo M. Lingo
Gene
Lula Hunt
Farm Homes Are Robbed In Neosho County
The Neosho county sheriff reports two farm burglaries yesterday near Leanna and Odense. At the Hazel Priest home a .22 pistol a $25 cash a $102 Agricultural Stabilization check an old watch and a German camera were taken after a window was broken. At the Mable Thornton home a radio a flashlight and $16 cash disappeared. Priest entry occurred between 2 and 5:15 p.m. Thornton between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.
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Hazel Priest
Leanna
Mable Thornton
Odense
Neosho County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Thornton
Sheriff's Office
Priest
Telephone contact guidance for Tribune carrier access
Instructions direct readers to call the Tribune phone line or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p m if the carrier is unreachable.
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Tribune
Boy deprived of meals as disciplinary measure
A 13 year old Chanute boy turned himself in at 5 am as a runaway. Police learned he had been deprived of meals at home since the start of the week and had been eating only school noon meals. Officers contacted his mother and stepfather, who said he would return. The boy was given breakfast on a city voucher and placed under supervision while reports to authorities are prepared.
Two Topeka Men Held for Trial In Slaying Case
A witness testified that James Keating told of the August slaying of two Topeka women Patricia Ortega and Sally Lorraine Giles at a lake near Westmoreland Kansas. Keating and Dennis Hoffman both 22 were ordered held for district court trial. Roland Sackrider 20 was bound over for trial. A blood stained pair of jeans and other testimony linked them to the crime.
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Topeka
Wamego, Kan
James Keating
Westmoreland
Kan
Roland Sackrider
Dabeshiy
Keating
Hoffman
Lizette LaGrand
Tecumseh
Miss LaGreand
Giles
Ortega
Miss LaGrand
Kansas City
California
Shirley Stegall
Holton
Sackrider
Stegall
Kenneth Fairchild
Wamega
Keating and
Miss Giles
Miss Ortega
B. C. Pickering
Weekend Kansas forecast calls for sun with possible showers
The Topeka forecast predicts mostly sunny weather with a few scattered showers today tonight and Saturday. More widespread showers are expected Sunday as highs reach 80s in the east and near 90 in the west with lows 53 to 63 across several cities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Boat Sold For 60 Fish In Pensacola
A 12 foot plywood fishing boat advertised for 60 fish was clarified to be dollars. Ernie Crisp arrived and paid the price, receiving the boat for 60 gold fish.
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Pensacola
Fla
Ernie Crisp
Governor Docking Visits For Fiesta Events Tonight
Governor Robert Docking arrives this afternoon for the Mexican Fiesta at Santa Fe Park and a city tour. He will attend dinner at La Rosa de Oro and watch the Blue Comet football game before the fiesta and a public dance. The two day fiesta opens at 7 30 with the coronation of Vera Ortiz. Chanute merchants sponsor a sidewalk sale and a Kids Day program is planned on Main Street. The Junior Perales dance band will perform.
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Robert Docking
Santa Fe Park
Topeka
Schultz
Royster Stadium
Richard V. Cloke
S. Tennessee
Vera Ortiz
Chanute
Main
Highland
Santa Fe
Junior Perales
Hereford
Tex
Battle Near Cambodia Flares In Two Fronts
Allied forces clashed with North Vietnamese troops in two border areas near Cambodia. A 14 hour battle north and east of Loc Ninh left 113 enemy soldiers dead and 14 Americans killed with 60 wounded as Viet Cong mortared Loc Ninh airstrip. U S officials warned of possible enemy withdrawal across the border.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
32Nd Regiment
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Nixon calls halt to Vietnam allies trade and world respect
The Associated Press reports Republicans urge a halt in trade with North Vietnam allies and demand restored U.S. respect globally. Spiro Agnew concedes error over Humphrey label while Humphrey attacks the Nixon faction at a rally. Wallace faces civil rights walkout in Milwaukee as he vows to end anarchists after November 5.
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Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Spiro T. Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Nixon
American Independent
George C. Wallace
Milwaukee, Wis
Wallace
New City Installs Sewage Cleaning Machine
The city received a new sewer main cleaning machine early this week. It can clean eight to ten blocks daily under average to light service. City Manager R J Hayes said the old machine will stay for light duty tasks. The new machine cost four thousand one hundred fifty dollars.
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R. J. Hayes
Traffic Fatalities Log Report From Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Friday reports 1 death. For September 13 fatalities total 13 for 1968 and 426 for the year, compared with 467 in the comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gala Time in the Old Town Tonight and Tomorrow
Intercepted note references a gala in the old town occurring tonight and again tomorrow. The message is signed Dear Cha and closes with Yours.
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Old Town
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