Atlantic 3 to launch as Intelsat satellite for Olympics relay
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Atlantic 3 the most powerful commercial communications satellite yet built is scheduled to launch at 8 09 p m EDT aboard a three stage Delta rocket. If positioned at 22 300 miles over the equator it will relay Olympic coverage from Mexico City to Europe and Japanese networks. The ABC which holds U S Olympic rights plans to relay signals by microwave rather than satellite.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
Intelsat
Equator
Brazil
Mexico City
Europe
American Broadcasting Co
U.S
Atlantic
Pacific
Dr Sheppard Sued Over Two Wrongful Death Actions
Two wrongful death suits totaling more than 1 million dollars name Dr Samuel H Sheppard and the Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital. Martin L Duffy, Liberty Township fire chief, seeks 685000 for his wife Marys death after an operation, while Marcia Lopez seeks 530000 after her husband died following a spinal operation by Sheppard.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
Martin L. Duffy
Mahoning County
Sheppard
Marcia Lopez
Samuel
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
Cleveland
Infiltration Totals and DMZ Tensions Reported in Vietnam
North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam was estimated at 20,000 men for August, with May 30,000, June 20,000, and July 30,000. U S sources cited possible reasons for the dip including saturation of forces, air strikes, and monsoon floods. Three North Vietnamese divisions near the DMZ were readied for a possible new push, while B52 raids and U S infantry actions continued to blunt the effort.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Defense Department
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Local Girls Named National Merit Semifinalists
Vicki Kidwell and Christine Nelson, both 16 and from Chanute and Midway high schools, were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists for 1968-69. They join about 15,000 nationwide semifinalists competing for roughly 3,000 Merit Scholarships next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Nelson
Kenneth Nelson
Vicki Kidwell
Richard L
Kidwell
Richard L. Kidwell
W. 4Th
Christine L. Nelson
Commerce Dept predicts GNP surge in third quarter
The Commerce Department said the GNP will show a substantial increase in the third quarter and that second quarter growth was larger than first reported. Revised data raise the Q2 rise to 21.5 billion dollars, surpassing prior estimates.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Office of Business Economics
Elderly Couple Reveals Hidden Cash Stockpile in Parson s Home
Police recovered nearly 140000 in cash from the Parsons Kansas home of W. J. Wilson 82 and his wife after an altercation report led to a wide search. Cash was found in multiple hiding spots and taken to a savings and loan for safekeeping. an administrator may be appointed.
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Parsons
Kan
W. J. Wilson
Parsons Savings and Loan Association
Frank Washburn
Wilson
Joe Wilson
Altamont
Washburn
City Officials Address Paving Quality on South Allen
An early morning meeting near the South Allen paving site addressed contract specs, inspection sufficiency, joint leveling, and cracks. City Engineer Paschal Grimes said a qualified inspector is on site, cracks are expected, and joint quality meets typical city standards though could improve. He noted curbing alignment results from land plot lines and lack of an easement from the junior college. Present were city officials Hayes Burkman Kensett and local residents. Mayor New was away.
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South Allen
Junior College
Paschal Grimes
Highway Department
Grimes
Allen
R. J. Hayes
Reuben Burkman
James Kensett
E. J. New
Report Advises Wide Changes In Health Work
Kansas Legislative Council set to receive a Booz Allen report urging major reorganization of the Health Department to improve access to services. Proposals include trimming the board from ten to five with three lay members, shifting environmental and consumer protection programs, and planning for future medical schools and mental health consolidation. The study costs about 187000 dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Kansas Health Department
Kansans
Council Committee On Public Welfare
Rex R. Bergen
Asherville
Chicago
Booz, Allen, and Hamilton
Board of Health
Department of Health
Food Service and Lodging Board
State Board of Pharmacy
Board of Agriculture
Department
Kansas
Kansas University Medical School
Health Department
Peace Talk Gap Widens in Vietnam Talks
Paris American and North Vietnamese envoys traded bitter accusations about war aims and failed to make progress in a two hour session. Ambassador Cyrus Vance said Hanoi seeks to terrorize and coerce South Vietnam into communism, while Xuan Thuy accused the United States of masking escalation to perpetuate Vietnam’s partition.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus Vance
U.N
U Thant
North Vietnam
Vance
Thant
Johnson
National Liberation Front
NLF
South
Xuan Thuy
United States
Vietnam
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Excerpt
An intercepted letter mocks police skill in tracing money and invites officers to visit their residence. The casual taunt appears in a brief, tongue in cheek note. The text hints at tension between law enforcement and illicit funds.
Weatherman Forecast Warmer Kansas Through Thursday
AREA FORECAST says partly cloudy and warmer weather through Thursday with southwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs today mostly 70s, 80s in the west, overnight lows 39 to 55. Some eastern Kansas showers reported with varying precipitation amounts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Concordia
Salina
Liberal
Bancroft
Centralia
Clinton and
Lecompton
Dynamic Dr Lynn Taylor Leads Chanute Crusade at First Presbyterian
Dr Lynn Taylor chaplain of Deane College Crete Nebraska will lead the New Chanute Crusade at the First Presbyterian Main and Steuben with a ministers workshop Thursday and Friday for about 15 Chanute area pastors. The crusade sessions feature sermons Stop the Church I Want to Get Off From Drowning in the Punch Bowl Holy Hippies and Youth Night with special music by Chanute church choirs and Mr and Mrs Slater.
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Lynn Taylor
Deane College
Crete
Neb
First Presbyterian Church
Main and Steuben
Myron Slater
Sterling College
Slater
Taylor
Chanute
Kansas
Michael Novak
Martin Marty
Harvey Cox
Michael Taylor
Presbytery
Chanute Churches
Dr. Taylor
Carl F. Burke
High School
Stan Purvis
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Soviet Union
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State Department
West Germany
Bonn
Robert J. McCloskey
Federal Republic of
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McCloskey
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Lawrence
Lawrence, Kan
Dr. Sheppard
Vicki
Chanute High School
Christine
Midway High School
Kansas City
Hudson Oil Co
Independence Avenue
Brighton
C. P. Snow
Kenneth A. Spencer
University of Kansas
Lord Snow
Ministry of Labor
Cha
Crusade
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