Iola girl to receive free burns treatment in Galveston
A one year old Iola girl with third degree burns on about 25 percent of her body will be treated at the Shriners Burns Institute in Galveston Texas. The Abdallah Temple Shriners of Kansas City provided funds for transport and costs will be covered. The child and her mother left for Galveston by plane.
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Kansas City
Kan
Richard Hoffman
Galveston
Abdallah
Denver
Colo
United States
John C. Bailor III
National Cancer Institute
Bailar
Missouri toll rises to 1000th traffic death this year
Mrs Alva Morris 42 of near Marshall was killed when her car collided with a 2.5 ton truck on a Marshall highway about 3 PM Wednesday. The truck was driven by Eldon Gatty 33 of Marshall. State Patrol records show Missouri’s traffic fatalities surpassed 1,000 this year, compared with just over 900 at this time last year.
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Jefferson City
Alva Morris
Marshall
Missouri
Troops seize University of Mexico amid Olympic tensions
Troops control the 80 000 student University of Mexico to deter dissident students who threatened to block the Olympics. Wartime ring of the campus with several thousand soldiers blocked campus buildings. Some arrests reported. no violence.
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Mexico City
University of Mexico
Insurgentes Boulevard
Americans Jab To Keep Off Viet Offensive
American forces pressed near the DMZ along the McNamara Line blasting North Vietnamese troops. The 1st Brigade of the 5th Mechanized Infantry killed 29 enemies in a two hour clash near Con Thien. Three Americans wounded. Elsewhere Americal Division skirmishes south of Quang Ngai City left 10 Americans dead and 15 wounded. 43 NVA killed near Tam Ky in an all night fight. Dr Kenneth E Anderson resigns as KU education dean effective July 1 1969 after long tenure.
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Saigon
5Th Division
Con Thien
Dmz
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Americal Division
Quang Ngai City
Tam Ky
Weather forecast and Kansas traffic death log summary
Area forecast calls for fair and warmer weather tonight and Friday with low near 60 and high in the 80s. Topeka forecast: southwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph, highs around 80, overnight lows 50s to 60s, similar Saturday. Kansas traffic death log reports 1 death in 24 hours to 9 am, 21 for September, 434 for 1968, 470 for comparable 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho Memorial raises room rates and salaries Oct 1
Neosho Memorial Hospital will raise semi private room rates from 21 to 25 dollars and private rooms from 26 to 30 daily on October 1. Nursery charges rise to 12 dollars, emergency room to six dollars plus supplies, and staff salaries increase bringing monthly payroll to about 50 thousand. The plan covers 177 employees including 21 registered nurses with shift differentials.
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Neosho County Memorial Hospital
Glen Dormois
Dormois
Dormoise
Neosho County
Parsons
Coffeyville
Fort Scott
Kansas City
Board of Trustees
Planners Overhaul Proposal Revisions Move Back to City Panel
The city planning commission refined its minimum structures ordinance after removing any reference to a housing code found to exist since 1965 per Harold Williams of the planning board. Changes include occupancy floor area standards and a revised cost of repair value trigger from 30 percent of value to 200 percent of assessed value to ease calculations.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
Harold Williams
Planning Board
Williams
League of Kansas Municipalities
Planning Commission
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
The note echoes concern over possible desire among children for a Delta rocket for the Fourth of July, reflecting wartime or postwar era anxiety about new weapons in civilian sights.
Dutch freighter Johannes Frans sinks in heavy Atlantic seas
The Coast Guard reported the 18,000 ton Johannes Frans sinking 650 miles east of New York as heavy 10 to 15 foot seas prevented towing. A rescue plane carried four pumps while a cutter and the Hess Louisiana merchant tug stood by. crew numbers were unknown.
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New York
Coast Guard
Johannes Frans
Atlantic
Here
Delta's $11 Million Blast Ends Orbit Bid at Cape Kennedy
A Delta 10 story rocket exploded high above the Atlantic 83 seconds after liftoff wrecking a $11 million attempt to orbit the Atlantic 3 satellite. NASA officials cited a likely in flight failure in the gyroscope steering system and launched an investigation.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Atlantic
Robert Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Gray
Neosho County Team Wins 4-H Home Improvement Judging
The Neosho county team won first place at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson in the 4-H home improvement judging. Members listed include Diane Lassman Chanute Rebecca Long Eric and Lois VanCleave Gales.
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Hutchinson
Neosho County
Associated Press
Diane Lassman
Chanute
Rebecca Long
Eric
Lois VanCleave
Galesburg
Aid cuts: House panel backs 45 percent reduction
The House Appropriations Committee approved a record 45 percent cut in new financing for the foreign aid program. The panel endorsed a $1.619 billion bill for the next fiscal year, $1.3 billion less than President Johnson requested and $355 million below an earlier ceiling, while arguing the funds will still support a reasonable level of effort.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
House
Conference
White House
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Yates Center Businesses Change Ownership
Yates Center sees two local businesses change hands on October 1. News buyers are Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Clasen from Florence, taking over from Mrs. May Covert and Mrs. Madeline Johnson who led the paper for 26 years. The Woodson Hotel and Norma's Catering Service are bought by Mrs. Virginia Massions of Wichita, who will continue catering and open a coffee shop.
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Yates Center
Yates Center News
Woodson
May Covert
Madeline Johnson
Richard W
Dick) Clasen
Florence
Virginia Massions
Wichita
Norma
Bill Kress
Covert
Harry L. Covert
Woodson County Post
Toronto Republican
Clasens
Clasen
Florence Bulletin
Burns News
Rob
Kathy
Shari
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