Electricity Wins Most Important Invention Quiz
In a city survey on civilization’s key invention the responses spotlight the automobile and electricity. Participants include Tom Henton Tulsa who cites the automobile and Mrs Warren Babcock and Mrs Bill West who also praise the vehicle and electricity respectively. One respondent notes many inventions are vital. A photo hesitation by several women is noted as they refuse camera time. The reporter asks a baby about the most important invention and the mother answers pacifier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill West
N. Western
John Erickson
S. Rutter
Autumn warmth trends forecast in Kansas this weekend
In Topeka Kansas the Weather Bureau expects clear skies and mild daytime temperatures through Sunday. Highs range from the 70s in the east to the 90s in the west with Sunday peaking in the 80s east and 80s to near 90 west. Lows will be in the 50s each night.
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Weather Bureau
Reds Shell Units In Mekong Delta
US forces report heavy fighting as Communist mortars hit Mekong Delta posts near My Tho Can Tho and the Dong Tam base. Sixteen Americans wounded as B 52s and jets pound Red positions above Con Thien and Haiphong.
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Reds
Mekong Delta
Saigon
Mekong
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Haiphong
My Tho
Can Tho
Air Force
Dong Tam
South Vietnam
Hai Lang
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
Dmz
Car Stereo Recovered From Suspect Vehicle
A car stereo stolen from Midwest Auto at 122 E Main was recovered later. Two suspects ages 18 and 19 were questioned. one admitted taking the stereo. No charges filed yet. The theft was reported at 4 15 p m and suspects located at a residence nearby.
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Midwest Auto
E. Main
Driver Cited After Crash at Main and Lincoln
Police cited Nancy Beggs 19 of 501 N Evergreen for running a stop light and leaving the scene after a intersection collision at Main and Lincoln about 9 55 last night. A 1966 White truck owned by Trancon Lines Oklahoma City driven by Claude P Hensen 3¢ Del City sustained damage to fog lights right front panel and bumper. An object from the crash struck a 1950 Chevrolet owned by Joe Baucom of Pittsburg breaking its windshield.
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Main
Lincoln
Nancy J. Beggs
501
N. Evergreen
Trancon Lines
Oklahoma City
Claude P. Hen
Johnsons Offer Aims to Soften Policy Wording
AP dispatch notes President Johnson proposes halting bombing of North Vietnam if it spurs productive talks, while signaling no change in policy. Officials see aim to appear conciliatory to Ho Chi Minh and critics, with talks likely secret and at low level if begun. Kosygin earlier floated conditional openings.
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Johnson
John M. Hightower
Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
San Antonio
Tex
Ho Chi Minh
United Nations General Assembly
Dean Rusk
London
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Purple Heart To Savonburg Corpsman Morris
Kenneth R. Morris, son of J. O. and Mrs. Morris of Savonburg, was wounded in Vietnam on Sept. 12 while serving as a Navy medical corpsman with the Marines. He received the Purple Heart aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary after two hip wounds from pine mortar fragments. Morris is brother of Mrs. Tom Slater of 512 West Fourth.
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Kenneth R. Morris
J. O. Morris
Savonburg
Vietnam
Morris
Navy
Sanctuary
Tom Slater
Ft. Benning
Raymondville
Texas
Beulah
Mexico
U.S
Johnson
Rio Grande
Phone contact for Tribune carrier after hours
Instructions urge readers to call Tribune by dialing the carrier first and, if unavailable, HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The note emphasizes alternative contact when the primary number cannot be reached.
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Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Log Summary for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 2 fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday, 45 for September, 1967 total, compared with 472 for the year and 545 in 1966.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rio Grande Floods Across 200 Miles Near Gulf
Rio Grande floods stretch almost 200 miles from Rio Grande City to the Gulf, with Brownsville area residents bracing for crest near 25 feet as Beulah’s devastation continues. Cleanup begins as mud and silt fill Harlingen yards and streets.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande City
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Harlingen
International Boundary and Water Commission
Progreso
Lone Sniper Breaks Peace on Quiet Turnpike
A lone sniper fired five shots at a truck cab near Eaton Ohio, wounding driver Jimmy Acton of Lynn Indiana as a six week steel haulers strike neared end. The Pennsylvania Turnpike remained quiet with only rock throwing near the Ohio line reported.
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Pittsburgh
Eaton
Ohio
Jimmy Acton
Lynn
Ind
Pennsylvania
Ohio Line
Computer teaches humans to play pool with machines
Princeton RCA Laboratories marks its 25th anniversary with demonstrations showing humans interacting directly with computers via a pool table style display. Scientists project ball images on a screen and use a light beam to strike the cue ball while the computer calculates outcomes. Additional research includes spoken language recognition, increased computer memory through light written dots, and crystal color memory techniques.
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Princeton
N.J
RCA Laboratories
Radio Corp. of America
RCA
Driver Arrested After DUI on Highway 169 north of City
The highway patrol arrested Gerald J. Cheney, 33, of 719 N. Evergreen last night on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was being held at the city jail today. Trooper Roland Vogel put the arrest about 11 o'clock on highway US 169 one and eight-tenths miles north of the city limits.
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Highway Patrol
Gerald J. Cheney
N. Evergreen
Roland Vogel
Two Wichita Youths Die in Car Crash
Police report a one car crash in Wichita early today killing passengers Michael Delgado 21 and Roger Ramirez 20. The driver and another passenger were in fair condition at a local hospital.
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Wichita (Ap
Wichita
Michael Delgado
Roger Ramirez
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mystery Opens Quiet Archive
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha presents dated lines about pool play and a remark on youth. The note hints at nostalgia and a paternal tone while mentioning grandfather and expert pool playing as a sign of a misspent youth, ending with a signoff Yours.
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Granddad
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Tom Henton
Tulsa
Warren Babcock
N. Steuben
Tom Henson
Mrs. Warren Babcock
Mrs. Houston Jenkins
Houston Jenkins
Fredonia
Cyrilla Leis
S. Highland
David Manly
Mike de la Torre
N. Garfield
Printing Press
S. Central
Mrs
George Bartholomew
Evelyn Smith
Eric
Electricity
Humboldt
Television
Cepecas
Cobeceses Yea
Loweet
Purple Heart
Kathy Sloan
Kristin Skinner
Kathy
Chanute High School
Sam Barnhart
Ray Sloan
S. Denman
Kristin
CHS
Cometeer Club
Dean Skinner
S. Plummer
Gulf of Mexico
National
Cha
Yours
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