Kansas State to Dedicate New 35000-Seat Stadium
Kansas State University will dedicate its new 35,000 seat stadium in a Saturday ceremony before the Wildcats play Colorado State. Gov. Robert Docking and KSU President James A. McCain will speak. Sen Frak Carlson will present an American flag flown over Washington and the student body president will present an official KSU Stadium flag. The project cost is 1.6 million dollars, replacing memorial stadium which seated 15,000 and 22,000 with bleachers.
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Hijacked jetliner taken to Havana
An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 720 with 53 aboard was hijacked en route from San Juan to Miami and diverted to Jose Marti Airport in Havana. The flight, EAL 950, landed at 9 45 a.m. EDT after veering off course at 9 12 a.m. No radio contact was reported by the pilot. The passenger and crew counts vary between 39 aboard and 32 passengers seven crewmen and 14 Eastern employees. Captains and crew identities were named. hijacker details were not known. Officials sought return of passengers and awaited information from the returning crew. Police reported another crime incident in Topeka with a 17-year-old girl involved. referred to juvenile authorities. Kansas traffic death log listed zero deaths in the past 24 hours.
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W. J. Richardson
Wooten
Eastern
State Department
Allies Drive Off Enemy Attacks In Saigon Area
Allied forces repelled two major assaults by about 600 North Vietnamese northwest of Saigon with 67 attackers killed and nine South Vietnamese militiamen dead, while other fronts near Da Nang and the Mekong Delta saw heavier losses for U.S. and South Vietnamese units. U.S. pilots downed a MIG jet in seven weeks, and a Thunderchief was shot down with the pilot missing. The ground war continued around Saigon and Thanh Nua provinces as intelligence noted a possible Saigon attack planned for Monday, though no movement was confirmed.
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FBI Reunites Kidnapped Boy in Oak Brook Case
FBI agents recovered 7-year-old Hillard Willis Marks unharmed after a Wednesday abduction. Authorities arrested Daniel Pieter 3 Robert Marin 24 and Ethel Marie Marin 26 on charges tied to the plot. The boy praised his captors as nice and his parents planned a belated seventh birthday celebration.
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Weather dictates mild winds and warm temps ahead
Temperature highs today reach 87 with a 58 low. yesterday was 86 and 56. Area forecast calls for fair skies, windy and warmer tonight, with Saturday partly cloudy and warm. Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph, low in the middle 60s, ten percent rain chance. City commission meets 7:30 pm at Memorial Building. session date altered due to League of Kansas Municipalities meeting in Wichita.
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League of Kansas Municipalities
Wichita
Soap Lady Recycles Grease Into Laundry Soap For Refugees
Mrs. C. F. Kelley, 87, has made 7 564 pounds of laundry and toilet soap in the past year using 5 012 pounds of waste grease. She gathers scraps from Chanute area motels and sends much of the soap to devastated regions via a church group aiding South Vietnam refugees. The cold process uses grease lye ammonia water and is easier than her mother’s method.
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South Vietnam
Kelley
Ordinary girl sparks Wall Street stampede on subway route
Fran c ine Gottfried a 21 year old IBM operator from Williamsburg Brooklyn drew a crowd of about five thousand brokers bankers and clerks along her 1 30 pm subway march to the Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co as photographers swarmed and police guided her to safety. She stands 5 foot 4 inches with measurements 43 25 37 and calls the scene crazy insisting she is just an ordinary girl.
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Wall Street
Financial
Lower Manhattan
Francine Gottfried
IBM
Gottfried
Young Lady
Chemical Bank of New York Trust Co
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha from Nute
An intercepted letter—dated content appears as a personal note from Nute to Cha—mentions Wall Street and hints at concerns beyond money, conveyed in a brief, period-voice fragment.
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Muskie campaign ties crime talk to nightstick stance
Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine used a Kansas stop to warn that some candidates equate crime solutions with a nightstick. He urged focus on social conditions behind crime and avoided naming the backers of the approach. He spoke at a Topeka news conference after breakfast with Gov. Docking, then addresses Wichita State University and a Kansas City reception.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Democratic
Muskie
Kansas
Forbes
Neill Blangers
Virginia Docking
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