Medal of Honor Hero Williams Speaks on Night in Vietnam
Charles O Williams, 32, a Green Beret lieutenant, received the Medal of Honor for defending a Dong Xoai outpost during a nightlong Viet Cong assault on June 9 10 1965. He led his detachment after his commander was wounded, endured wounds himself, and credited his men with the defense while noting he would go again if ordered. His wife Anita and their children accompanied him to Washington for the ceremony.
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Washington
America
South Viet Nam
Charles O. Williams
Army Special Forces
Manding
Dong Xoai
Williams
5Th Special Forces Group
United States
Viet Nam
Johnson
White House
Southeast Asia
Pop
Special Forces
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Anita
Truce Crumbles as Florida Riot Reignites Violence
In Pompano Beach a fragile peace collapsed after a day of chaos as more than 200 rioters gathered in the Negro district. Riot police in helmets and carbines cleared the streets, no arrests were made, and minimal damage reported. Arthur Marks, 42, faces assault charges over an alleged incident with a 10-year-old boy, prompting leaders to call for a moratorium until his trial.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Pompanoese Negro District
Arthur Marks
Marks
Hammondville Road
Miami
Tornado watch and rain signs concern spring garden notes
A tornado watch looms as gardeners hope for rain after Tuesday's severe weather warning. Elihu Allman sensed rain with a rain crow and other signs. Farmers report wheat setbacks from earlier freezes and drought, yet some harvests yield 30 bushels per acre.
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Elihu Allman
Captain Tyson to Head Highway Patrol Sixth Division
Captain Robert R. Tyson of Salina arrives in Garden City to assume leadership of the Highway Patrol Sixth Division. He replaces Captain Kenneth Nelson, transferred to Hays. Tyson’s family plans to join him next week. he has long service in patrol work and recent training in police science. Local forecast: partly cloudy, mild tonight. highs in the 80s with a 20 percent chance of storms.
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Robert R. Tyson
Salina
Garden City
The
Highway Patrol
Tyson
Kenneth Nelson
Hays
Virginia Boling
Muncie
Candice Sue
Jeffrey Alan
Patrol
Atchison
Bonner Springs
Kansas City
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City Ag
Goodland
Hill City
Rusgell
Topeka
Wichita
Garden Sass Gas Garden figures that the first of America's natural resources to be exhausted will be the average taxpayer
The piece argues that the earliest depleted resource in the United States is the financial capacity of the average taxpayer, framing taxation as the primary burden amid rising energy costs. It critiques policy choices and warns of shrinking public funds as a political issue.
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Gas Garden
America
New Street Lights for Part of Main
City reports new vapor type streetlights along N Main north of the drainage ditch and in downtown areas, plus East and West Kansas and Fulton corridors. Wiring upgrades extend west of Taylor toward Pearl to back Wheatland power. Water main work planned along Fair Hamline and Downing. Drake construction to start on Chestnut Center link. drainage ditch liner to aid flood control. Foreseeable fleet upgrades include surplus military equipment for fire use and six jet fuel containers. Santa Fe signal crew to install arms at Main Street crossing. FAA plans a VHF-UHF direction finder antenna at the airport. field site investigation finished. Praise for Police Chief Hal Kane at the inter-governmental relations school. City Clerk Peebles enrolled.
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Main
Kansas
Deane Wiley
City Commission
N. Main
Fulton
Taylor
Pearl
Wiley
Chestnut
Center
Bruce Construction Co
City Water Department
Fair
Belmont
Downing
Hamline
Eastwest
Finnup Park
Extension Forestry Service
Santa Fe Railway
Federal Aviation Agency
Commission
Hal Kane
University of Kansas
Kane
Charles Peebles
Meredith Plans Return To Canton March Route
James Meredith said he will rejoin civil rights marchers in Canton, Mississippi, on Friday after flying from New York to St. Louis and proceeding to Mississippi. He will join when the march returns to Highway 51, the site of his June shooting near Hernando. The 33 year old law student has been recovering in New York. Barbara Rondelli of Pittsburgh, a Kansas native, is among four Americans and 14 finalists in the Tchaikovsky International Vocalists Competition, with the final round on Sunday.
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New York
James Meredith
Canton
Miss
Meredith
St. Louis
Mississippi
Highway 51
Hernando
Moscow
Kansas
Barbara Rondelli
Pittsburg
Tchaikovsky
Speech Therapist Milks Brown Swiss Cow On Station Visit
Jean Lange reports on Catherine McShane a Logopedic Speech Clinic teacher from Gardendale who after a Rotary Club remark was invited to Garden City Branch Experiment Station to try milking a Brown Swiss cow. Despite stares and a tail swish she filled a cup with milk and enjoyed the warm unprocessed dairy as a novelty experience.
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Catherine McShane
Gardendale
Rotary Club
Andy Erhart
Garden City
Miss McShane
St. Louis
E. Chestnut
Font Bonne College
Financed Dorm Feasible For Garden City Juco
Garden City Community Junior College faces a possible 450000 revenue bond financed dormitory and student union, not a tax levy. First Securities Co. presented the plan showing 80 beds, 5 percent annual enrollment growth to 721 by 1975, and a 310.50 semester room and board charge based on peer Kansas campuses.
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Garden City
Hutchinson
el Dorado
McCoy
Kansas
Butler County Community Junior College
Garden City Jaycees Install New Officers
Garden City Jaycees installed new officers at a special meeting led by Roland Warden who became president. Warden installed Tom Elson as first vice president, Bob Austin as secretary, Thayne Mellick as treasurer, and Harley Blake Joe Rich Kenneth Buck and Sterling Smith as directors. Approximately 60 Jaycees and wives attended at the Luau Inn with Gilbert Elliott and Lou Warren as co chairs.
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Garden City Jaycees
Roland Warden
Clayton Carroll
Doug Rowe
Ulysses
State Jayces
Warden
Tom Elson
Bob Austin
Thayne Mellick
Harley Blake
Joe Rich
Kenneth Buck
Sterling Smith
Luau Inn
Gilbert Elliott
Lou Warren
Weather Watch For West Kansas Tornado Threat
AP reports a tornado watch issued for western Kansas from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with a threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms bringing large hail and damaging winds. The greatest risk lies along a corridor from Dodge City to Norfolk Nebraska, within 60 miles on either side.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Dodge City
Kan
Norfolk
Neb
Mayor Lindsay cancels dinner for King Faisal over insult
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay canceled a dinner planned for visiting King Faisal after a remark said to insult the citys large Jewish population. Following protests, Lindsay, in Washington, said it would not be feasible to proceed with the dinner and that he would not greet or meet the king.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Wahington
Dean Rusk
Washington
Israel
Lindsay
Woody Klein
Rusk
Klein
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Wiliams
Florida
E Ig
Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Nolan Howell
L. C. Crouch
Stevens Park
Root
Southern Police Institute
University of Louisville
Louisville
Kansan
Russia
Ed Bartley
Loft
Deerfield
Dave Catron
Hugoton
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Telegram
Jean Lange
Erhart
Blanchard and Vanderweide
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Frank Carlson
Crouch
Federal Housing Office
Fort Worth
Howard Blanchard
State Supreme Court
Raymond Morris
Larry Shea
Omaha
West Kansas
King
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