Viet Cong Battle Rages as Marines Hit Heavily West Tam Ky
U S Marines clash with Viet Cong five miles west of Tam Ky killing 140 enemy troops in the heaviest fighting since Colorado began. Air raids target Mekong Delta village while a Korean Tiger Division decimates a North Vietnamese battalion in the Central Highlands. Maj Kasler shot down. rescue efforts continue. Philippine Ky visits Manila as regional talks on an all Asian peace conference unfold with mixed prospects.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tam Ky
da Nang
Colorado
Air Force
Mekong Delta
Can Tho
4Th Corps
Highlands
Korean Tiger Division
Pleiku
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
James H. Kasler
Indianapolis
Hanoi
Kasler
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
Panhandle
Hanoi-Haiphong
North
Johnson
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Maj
Paul P. Curtis
Great Falls
Mont
Manila
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Thailand
Malaysia
Los Angeles Times
William Tuohy
Bangkok
Narciso Ramos
Soviet Union
China
Communist Party
Pravda
Thanat Khaman
Indochina
United States
Edwin O. Reischauer
Japan
Tokyo
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Russell Johnson
American Friends Service Committee
Sihanouk
Topeka Youth Killed in Montana Motorcycle Crash
In Ennis Montana a Topeka youth was killed and a Lincoln girl injured when their motorcycle left U S 287 on a curve about 35 miles south of Ennis. The dead is Mike W Byers 20 while Jeanette Hoffman 18 of Lincoln sustained serious injuries. Both worked in Yellowstone National Park.
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Ennis
Mont
Topeka
Kan
Nebraska
U.S. 287
Mike W. Byers
Jeanette Hoffman
Lincoln
Yellowstone National Park
Arkansas Democrat Jim Johnson Captures Governor Nomination
Jim Johnson a 41 year old segregationist and former State Supreme Court justice won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in a runoff. He defeated Frank Holt as the election focused on federal state relations. Rockefeller plans campaign kickoff as Johnson leads with 198 494 votes to Holt 179 981. Pryor wins 4th District congressional nomination in a runoff over Richard Arnold to face Lynn Lowe in a special election next month.
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Little Rock, Ark
Jim Johnson
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Alabama
George Wallace
Frank Holt
Johnson
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Holt
David Pryor
Camden
Congress
Richard Arnold
Texarkana
Pryor
Lynn Lowe
Oren Harris
Lowe
Lunar Orbiter Launched to Photograph Moon’s Hidden Face
The United States launched the Lunar Orbiter from Cape Kennedy at 1 26 p.m. CST to orbit the moon and image nine potential landing sites plus Surveyor 1. If successful, this could narrow the choice for the first U.S. manned lunar mission planned in two or three years.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
United States Today
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
U.S
Technician Honored At LMH Farewell Party
Calvin Gose chief x ray technician at Lawrence Memorial Hospital since 1956 was guest of honor at a hospital cafeteria farewell party. He has resigned to enter the rental business in the San Francisco area and today was his last day at LMH. James Pine, a 1961 Lawrence High School graduate and recent X Ray Technology School graduate at KU Medical Center, will be chief x ray technician at LMH starting Thursday. Pine has worked at Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka and joined LMH staff last April.
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Calvin Gose
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Gose
San Francisco
LMH
James Pine
Lawrence High School
Kansas University Medical Center
Pine
Santa Fe Hospital
Topeka
Negro Medical Leaders Back Demonstrations for Equality
At the Chicago convention of the National Medical Association, leaders including Dr. John L. S. Holloman and Dr. W. Montague Cobb urged continued demonstrations as necessary for equal opportunity. They stressed strategic action, expanded dialogue with whites, and the physician’s obligation to support the civil rights cause.
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Chicago
National Medical Association
John L. S. Holloman
New York City
NMA
W. Montague Cobb
Howard Medical School
Washington, D.C
Association
Washington
D.C
Selma
Ala
Cobb
Leonidas H. Berry
Alvin F. Poussaint
Tufts University Medical School
Boston
Holloman
Governor Cites Mellinger as Key GOP Figure in Kansas
Governor William H. Avery praised the late Sam Mellinger as a dedicated Republican asset who served the party unselfishly. Mellinger, a national committeeman, died in Emporia after a long illness, prompting the state committee to consider a successor. Avery noted Mellinger’s work across Democratic and Republican administrations and his focus on building party membership in the legislature.
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Mellinger
Sam Mellinger
Kansas National Republican
Emporia
San Francisco
Donna Addington
Wichita
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
GOP
Journal-World Photo
Topeka
William H. Avery
Republican Party
Kansas
Republican National
Avery
State
Republican Committee
National Committee
Oliver Hughes
George Docking
Sam
Bee and wasp stings hospitalize two residents
Two persons were treated in the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday after insect stings. Jack Wiseman, 37, of Baldwin, was stung on arms neck and back by a bee. Lawrence E. Gray, 22, of Redbud Lane, was stung on his right arm by a wasp.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jack Wiseman
Route 3
Baldwin
Lawrence E. Gray
Redbud Lane
Fire destroys vacant house on Wiggins Road near Martin Park
A vacant one story frame house on Wiggins Road about a mile northwest of Martin Park burned Tuesday night. Wakarusa Fire Department responded at 8 54 p m as the structure was engulfed. Owner Melvin Anderson estimated damage between 8000 and 9000 dollars. Fire cause undetermined. State Fire Marshal Lloyd Davies is investigating.
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Wiggins Road
Martin Park
Sheriff's Office
Peterson Road
Wakarusa
Melvin Anderson
Route 1
Lawrence Charity Horse Show gifts fund Achievement Place home
The 22nd Lawrence Charity Horse Show presented 3189 to Achievement Place, a proposed boys home at 23 E 11th St. The funds will finance plumbing, wiring, fireproofing materials, and remodeling as labor is donated locally. The plan anticipates six boys and two house parents with state support about 540 dollars monthly.
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Achievement Place
E. 11Th St
Three Youths Hurt In Area Traffic Mishaps
An eight year old and two Eudora teens were among four injured in area traffic accidents. Michael L. Jennings 18 and John Thatcher 17 were hurt in a one car crash on K 10 east of Eudora Bridge with injuries described as back abrasions and fractured ribs. An eight year old Mohammed Khan was struck by a car at 9th Street and Wellington Road and taken to LMH in good condition. The day saw additional minor injuries from collisions at 9th and N H Streets and near E 19th and Barker Streets with vehicle damages listed. Funeral service information for Lawrence Funeral Service Rumsey Funeral Home VI 3-5111avAdv.
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Eudora
Eudora Bridge
Michael L. Jennings
John Thatcher
Highway Patrol
Jennings
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Thatcher
Mohhamad Khan
Ali M. Khan
Crestline
Dr. Khan
9Th Street
Wellington Road
James E. Powell
LMH
John M. DeWalt
Ala. St
10Th and
N. H. Sts
Charles L. Jones
Route 3
DeWalt
Jones
E. 19Th
Barker Sts
Humphrey Dismisses RFK Replacement Talk
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey smilingly dismissed speculation that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy might replace him as President Johnson's running mate in 1968. He said liberals have room for new recruits and stressed his role as a team member who reflects administration policy.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Senate Chamber
Humphrey
Viet Nam
Hubert Humphrey
Europe
Asia
Enrollment Set For Tonganoxie Grade School
Enrollment dates announced for Tonganoxie Grade School kindergarten through eighth grade with sessions by last name. First day is Aug 29 with 9 am to 3:30 pm. labor day no school. Principal Lee A. Smith leads the school with experience from Waverly district and degrees from Kansas State Teachers College.
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Tonganoxie
Jarbalo
Lee A. Smith
Smith
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Bond Vote Delay Sparks School Building Concerns
Ramsey warns that bond passage may be delayed or revised with a second vote, risking a 1967-68 facilities shortage. Shaver rep and educators are drafting educational specifications for two new elementary schools. A workshop led by Centennial School principal Robert Lowther includes elementary advisors and Shaver's Bob Osmond, running Monday through Friday.
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Ramsey
Shaver
Robert Lowther
Centennial School
Helen Norwood
Harold Siegrist
Mary Gordon
Tessye Motley
Frances Cox
Carol Clark
Arlene Shaw
Louise Menzies
Mildred Brown
Bettie Butler
Robert Taylor
Bob Osmond
Official Tries To Fight Drive At ABA Meeting
Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach flew to Montreal for the American Bar Association annual meeting to oppose a push against the 1966 civil rights bill jury selection provision. William L. Marbury leads the drive to mobilize the ABA House of Delegates against the measure as a drafting committee considers amended language.
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Montreal
Nicholas Katzenbach
American Bar Association
ABA
House of Delegates
Association
William L. Marbury
Baltimore
Maryland Bar Association
Marbury
In Memoriam Charles H Hicks Jr 1959 obituary note
In loving remembrance of Charles H Hicks Jr who died seven years ago today August 10 1959. His wife Nola and sons Bert Leonard Melvin and family sadly miss him.
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Charles H. Hicks Jr
Nola
Bert
Leonard
Melvin
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