Storm Inez Lashes Puerto Rico Hitting Guadeloupe
Hurricane Inez pounds Puerto Rico with 120 mile winds threatening Dominican Republic as Judith forms far east. At least five killed in Guadeloupe, widespread damage reported including flooded homes and wrecked boats. Schools close. forecasts warn of potential disaster if path holds.
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San Juan
P.R
Inez
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
Dominican Republic
Judith
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Fla
Virgin Islands
Overseas Ministry
Paris
Santo Domingo
Mexican teen stowaway rides wheel well home from Colombia
A 17 year old Mexican boy Francisco Cuevas Garcia rode in the wheel well of a four engine jet from Bogota to Mexico City. He traveled about 2000 miles and landed exhausted but unharmed. Mexican immigration officials later confirmed his citizenship.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Colombia
Francisco Cuevas Garcia
Francisco
Mexico
Bogota
Ramon Watkins
Avianca
Watkins
Scott City Crash Fatal to Two Killed Near Scott City
A 19 year old Scott City woman Mrs. Willard Sanders and her 2 year old niece Cora S Rokusek died Tuesday in a county road collision about 16 miles northwest of Scott City.
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Scott City
Kan
Willard Sanders
Cora S. Rokusek
Truck Recovered After Theft From Manley Dock
A pickup stolen Monday night from the Manley Transfer Co. dock on North Santa Fe was found in Coffeyville and turned over to the Manley terminal there. The vehicle was abandoned with a flat tire and no damage beyond that.
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Manley Transfer Co
North Santa Fe
Coffeyville
Manley
Intercepted Letter Reflects Old World Influence
A brief intercepted note quotes a proverb about the hand that rocks the cradle shaping the world and hints at influence over food marketing through signaling power and social norms.
Two U.S. Planes Miss Target In Montagnard Village Bombing
In Quang Ngai Province a pair of Marine planes dropped 500-pound bombs about 3000 yards from their target destroying 120 homes in Hon Ba village. The friendly fire incident killed 35 and wounded 16 as relief teams moved in.
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Saigon
U.S
Hon Ba
Quang Ngai Province
Demilitarized Zone
France urges U S troop withdrawal from South Viet Nam at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly France’s foreign minister Maurice Couve de Murville called for a U S commitment to withdraw troops from South Vietnam and return to Geneva principles, urging evacuation of foreign forces. He cited De Gaulle’s Cambodia pledge on timely repatriation and questioned Red China’s UN seating prospects.
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United Nations, N.Y
France
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
de Gaulle
America
Red China
United Nations
Couve de Murville
Peking
Suit Attacks Loyalty Oath Across Kansas Unis
Subpoenas were served on the leaders of Kansas state universities in a case brought by Dr. Gerald Ehrenreich and 12 faculty members challenging a loyalty oath statute. Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe was served while at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Gerald A. Ehrenreich
W. Clarke Wescoe
University of Kansas
Kansas University Medical Center
Rioters in San Francisco after fatal police shooting
In San Francisco rioting by African Americans erupted after a white patrolman killed Matthew Johnson, 16, fleeing a stolen car. Police imposed a curfew, 2,000 National Guardsmen were called, and two districts Hunters Point and Fillmore saw fires, looting, and brick-throwing before curfew lifted. Eleven people treated at Mission Emergency Hospital with no serious injuries reported.
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San Francisco
Hunters Point
Fillmore District
Mission Emergency Hospital
Shipyards
Candle
Matthew Johnson
Alvin Johnson
Weather Summary for Topeka Area Expected Warm Days Ahead
The area forecast calls for fair skies and a warming trend through Thursday. Tonight’s low near 50, with Thursday high in the upper 70s. Kansas outlook: mostly cloudy Tuesday with traces of precipitation, highs from 64 in several cities to 83 at Hill City, overnight lows from 39 to 53. Local sunrise 6 15, sunset 6 10.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Dodge City
Emporia
Hill City
Abilene
Goodland
Nettels resigns from Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Gov William H Avery announced the resignation of George Nettels from the Kansas Civil Rights Commission. The move was effective Monday. Nettels had been elected Republican state chairman last month.
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Topeka
William H Avery
George Nettels
Kansas Civil Rights Commission
Avery
Nettels
Housewives Cite What They Want in Favorite Supermarkets
Kansas housewives at the ninth annual Kansas Food Retailers Conference on Kansas State University campus said courtesy, quality meat, good prices, and ample parking drive satisfaction. They urged reliable stock of sale items, local shopping, and clear grocery lists for husbands.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Housewives
Kansas Food Retailers
Kansas State University
Kathryn Sughrue
K-State District
Housewives Fight Groceries Meet Esther Peterson
Leaders of a 4000 member housewives group seek Esther Peterson’s view on lowering grocery prices. The bread boycott gains and fades as groups debate government taxes and farmland held by the state.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Esther Peterson
Johnson
Peterson
C. Richard Kresse
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Wis
Washington, D.C
Two Chanute Boys Returned From Train Runaway
Two Chanute juveniles believed running away were removed from a train in Independence by the Montgomery county sheriff's department at authorities' request. They were returned to Chanute, placed in the city jail under juvenile court orders, and a man with them was not charged. Items reported stolen and recovered include a knife, a .22 rifle and ammunition, a radio, a canvas bag, a quilt, a rope, and whiskey bottles found with the boys.
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Chanute
Independence
Montgomery County
Sheriff's Department
Ray Zumalt
Neosho County
W. Beech
Ash Grove
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log records fatalities from the prior 24 hours up to 9 a.m. Wednesday September 73 1966. The log lists cases and numbers for Topeka and nearby areas reflecting 1966 traffic safety data.
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Topeka
Kansas
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