United States Offers to Halt Bombing and Withdraw from Vietnam
United States proposes a partial cease of bombing in North Vietnam and phased withdrawal from South Vietnam if Hanoi agrees to de escalate the war. Ambassador Goldberg told the United Nations General Assembly that Washington will match de escalation steps and denies seeking permanent bases or alignment in South Vietnam. He urged North Vietnam to consider a time controlled, supervised withdrawal and noted Viet Cong negotiations remain solvable.
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United Nations
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United States
Goldberg
U.S
Johnson
Hanoi
Two MiGs Shot Down In North Viet Nam Air Battles
U S jet pilots downed two Communist MiGs over North Viet Nam in eight dogfights near MIG Alley northeast of Hanoi. One Navy F4B Phantom and one Air Force F105 Thunderchief were shot down by ground fire with crews missing. Marines seized Gia Binh after heavy fighting while reporting 160 enemy killed. Overall weekly combat deaths rose to 5 130 Americans and 722 enemy dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Mig Alley
Hanoi
Red Capital
North
Carrier
Coral Sea
Air Force
MI6
Ily
Gia Binh
Juco Elects Chester Day Council Head
The Straight Talk Party swept two of three student council posts at Neosho County Junior College in 1966 elections. Chester Day of Straight Talk was elected president with Bob Crumrine of Progressive as vice president and Margaret Sale as secretary treasurer, all Chanute residents. The vote total remained undisclosed, turnout reached 78 percent, and campaign posters received notable effort from party managers.
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Straight Talk Party
Neosho County
Chester Day
Bob Crumrine
Progressive Party
Margaret Sale
Straight Talk
Chanute
Bob Golay
Linda Campbell
Eric
Day
Miss Sale
Crumline
Wayne Benson
Living cost rise in August drives CPI to 1138
The Labor Department reported higher living costs in August with the consumer price index at 113.8, up 0.4 percent. Food led gains at 1.3 percent, while autos and medical care contributed to inflation as used car prices rose 1.5 percent amid a shift to older model sales.
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Washington
Labor Department
Crash Claims Life Near Russell On U S 40 Detour
One man died and another was seriously injured in a car truck collision early today on U S 40 detour four miles east of Russell. The deceased is George W. Cardwell 18 of Columbus Ohio the car’s driver.
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Russell, Kan
U.S. 40
Russell
George W. Cardwell
Columbus, Ohio
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Noted Tax Impact
The intercepted note argues the destruction of Surveyor 2 in its moon crash cannot be deductible for income tax and instead increases tax. It addresses a correspondent Dear Cha and discusses financial loss as a tax matter.
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Darling
Re-enactment of safe opening leads to appeals
Two men convicted of second degree burglary for re-enacting their attempt to open a Parsons, Kansas safe appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court. Jackie Bob Blair and Arlis Burt Blair, 26 and 27, were sentenced to five to ten years, doubled under the habitual criminal act, with Nov. 2 set for a hearing.
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Parsons
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Jackie Bob Blair
Commerce
Okla
Arlis Burt Blair
North Miami
Poynter Motors Inc
W. R. Poynter
GM Hikes 1967 Auto Prices Across 177 Models
General Motors raised prices on 1967 cars following Ford and Chrysler. Average increase is 56 dollars per vehicle with a top rise of 89 dollars, noting added safety features become standard. GM cites no wage or material cost recovery in the hikes. Ford, Chrysler and GM all align with wage price guidelines amid criticism from Johnson and Reuther.
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Arthur M. Ross
Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Johnson
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Receipts Surpass Estimates For Kansas General Fund
Kansas general fund receipts for July and August rose to 5.8 million dollars, about 15 percent above the Legislative Council estimates. The report, prepared by the council's research department and the state budget division, noted the early-year fiscal strength ahead of projections.
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Topeka
State General Fund
Legislative Budget Committee of
The
Legislative Council
Council
Research Department
State Budget Division
Weather: Fair, mild, cooler air across Kansas
The area forecast calls for fair skies and mild temperatures through Friday with highs around 75 to 80 and overnight lows 45 to 55. Cooler, drier air moved into Kansas Wednesday night with little cloudiness and no precipitation reported. Wednesday highs ranged from 78 in Olathe to 87 in Hill City and morning lows from 48 in Garden City to 59 in Wichita.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Olathe
Hill City
Garden City
Wichita
Court Action For Damages Involving Urbana Traffic Death
A district court action against Carl L. Cox of Chanute seeks damages for a September 15 1964 collision near Urbana that killed Frankie Leo Morrison. Plaintiffs Patricia Morrison Palmer as mother of two year old Franklin and Martha A Sweeney administratrix seek 25000 for Palmer and Franklin plus 472 for funeral expenses.
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Carl L. Cox
Chanute
Urbana
Patricia Morrison Palmer
Franklin Eugene Morrison
Martha A. Sweeney
Frankie Leo Morrison
Wichita
Cox
Morrison
Palmer
Sweeney
Meeting to Plan Halloween Program
A planning meeting for the annual Halloween night recreational program for youths will be held at 7 p.m. in the music annex of the high school. Representatives from clubs churches fraternal groups peace officers students and the school administration will participate.
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High School Junior College
Surveyor 2 mission ends in moon collision
Pasadena reports NASA officials say Surveyor 2 cannot land due to insufficient battery power. The tumbling 9,000-pound craft will crash into the moon as engineers feared loss of radar and landing capability. Retrorocket firing slowed tumble briefly but not enough to save the mission.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Central Bay
Powell Stripped of Power as House Committee Curbs Chair
The House Education and Labor Committee voted 27 to 1 to strip most powers from Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York as chairman. Powell agreed to limits after a heated closed session that sparked Republican protests and calls of a partisan gag.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Phillip Burton
D-Calif
Augustus F. Hawkins
Ayres
Puffing
House
John M. Ashbrook
Robio
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Goodell
County Dads Urge Safety On Neosho County Roads
Neosho county officials issue an urgent drive for safe driving and public help to maintain traffic signs after a rash of accidents. The commission notes last year’s safety award contrasted with poor current records and urges vigilance, sign protection rewards, and driver responsibility on 985 miles of county roads.
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Neosho County
Plane Blast Fatal to 24
An Australian airliner operated by Ansett- Australian National Airlines exploded and caught fire northwest of Brisbane, killing all 24 aboard. Two children were found among wreckage twelve miles from Winton, with the plane en route from Mount Isa to Brisbane. The disaster ranks as the second deadliest in Australian civil aviation history.
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Brisbane
Australia
Winton
Ansett- Australian National Airlines
Mount Isa
Mackay
Queensland
Kansas Traffic Deaths Log 1966 Update
Topeka Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Thursday September 1966. Compares 1965 totals with 472 deaths and 1966 totals with physical figure 514. Includes 51 deaths in 24 hours period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Juco
Chester Day Council
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cha
High Court
Parsons Sun
Blairs
Big Three
Reuther
Tribune
Bud Roberts
Lloyd Taylor
Evergreen
Lincoln
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