Escapees Caught After Dent of Patrols Near Lawrence
Three men who escaped a Topeka diagnostic center were tracked across Douglas and Leavenworth counties. Howard Lee Allen, 28, of Lawrence, was captured in the Globe area. Clifford Bright, 32, of Keene, and Robert E. Elam, 30, of Wichita, were brought to Douglas County Jail on suspicion of a truck theft from Kaw Dehydrating Co. near Lone Star. Police swarmed the area with Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Bureau of Investigation personnel.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Leavenworth County
Howard Lee Allen
Globe
Rex Johnson
Allen
Douglas County
Clifford Bright
Kecn
Robert E. Elam
Wichita
Enworth County
Kaw Dehydrating Co
Rt. 2
Leo Smith
Lone Star
Douglas and Leavenworth Coun
Kansas Highway Patrol
Douglas and Leavenworth County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Johnson
Diagnostic
Richland
Shawnee County
Douglas
Osage
Shawnee
Franklin
Diagnostic Center
Attorney General's Office
Kansas University
The
Highway Patrol
Lawrence and
Moon memorial plaque honors fallen space explorers
Apollo 15 crew members David Scott James Irwin Alfred Worden announced a plaque bearing 14 names and a silver astronaut figure placed on the moon near their rover memorializing astronauts and cosmonauts who died in space exploration. They urged permanent lunar bases and restoration of Apollo 18 and 19 missions.
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Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
Moon Mountain
James B. Irwin
Scott
Moon
Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Lunar
Pacific Ocean
Manned Spacecraft Center
Tex
Commandane
Alfred Worden
Driver Charged After Fatal Head-On Crash in Amarillo
A 17-year-old Lawrence Kansas youth Monty Barnard died in a head-on collision in Amarillo. He rode as a passenger with Beverly Keller 20 of Seattle Washington. Keller's husband Stanley 22 was seriously injured. David Szilagyi 30 of Albuquerque New Mexico was charged with murder without malice and held on $15000 bond.
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Amarillo
Tex
Lawrence, Kan
Monty Barnard
Barnard
Beverly Keller
Seattle
Wash
Stanley
David L. Szilagyi
Albuquerque
N.M
Cattle Lead Wild Chase Through City Streets
Two young Shorthorn cattle escaped a truck around 12 10 p m Wednesday near the North Second Street underpass and roamed for about two hours. They butted cars and a motorcycle, crossed the Kansas River Bridge, and drew a crowd before officers and citizens corralled them. One heifer struck patrolman George Temple and another dented a patrol car. injuries were limited to a rope burn and a leg bruise to a woman. The cattle were later taken to the Lawrence Sale Barn and then to the Olathe area.
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Lawrence
North Second Street Railroad
Central Park
Kansas River
Lawrence Sale
East 11Th
Elwood Wiggins
Jim Springer
Fall from 90th Floor Kills Chicago Woman
A 29 year old Chicago woman Lorraine Kowalski fell nearly 1000 feet from the 90th floor of the John Hancock Center in the Near North Side. Police said she shattered a window in a man’s apartment and did not see what happened. The building is the second tallest in the city after New York’s Empire State Building.
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Chicago
John Hancock Center
Lorraine Kowalski
Near North Side
Empire State Building
World Trade Center
New York
Butterflies swarm over Mount Shasta towns in hazy highways
Monarchs and other species blanket Mt Shasta region as swarms clog radiators on routes near Mt Shasta Dunsmuir and McCloud. Local naturalists note a three year cycle but this year’s abundance is unusually high with sightings from Mt Shasta forests to U S 89.
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MT. Shasta
Calif
California
Dunsmuir
McCloud
U.S. Forest Service
John Wilczynski
North Vietnamese Attacks End Vietnam War Lull
Saigon reports a DMZ outbreak with seven rocket and mortar strikes and three ground assaults. At least 15 South Vietnamese and 26 North Vietnamese killed, plus 2 U.S. advisers wounded. Cam Lo district HQ suffered the heaviest damage as sappers breached defenses.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Dmz
U.S
Cam Lo
Riots Rage in Londonderry as Troubles Continue
Reports say religious clashes spread through Londonderry as Protestants celebrate a historic victory while Belfast endures its quietest night since the fighting began. Five people were killed in Belfast as British troops clashed with snipers, raising the weekly NI death toll to 23 and prompting mass displacement and widespread destruction.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Equipment Sent Home From Vietnam as U.S. Drawdown Advances
The U S mission announced that several million dollars in excess government equipment are being shipped back to the United States for reuse by U S agencies. The first shipload valued at about 8 million dollars includes heavy earth movers and office supplies and began loading at Saigon on Wednesday. Much equipment, largely military gear, has been turned over to Vietnam as the U S withdrawal continues, with unusable items sold for scrap.
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Saigon
United States
U.S
Wallace May Enter Primaries as Tests
Gov. George C. Wallace considers running for president and may enter Florida North Carolina and Tennessee primaries to test his strength. He stressed no decision has been made and cited school busing and integration as a potential issue influencing a return to a third party bid.
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Wallace
Florida
North Carolina
Tennessee
Little Change Due On Friday Weather Forecast
A stable weather picture is forecast for Lawrence through the weekend. The National Weather Service predicts temperatures near today's for Friday with lows tonight in the 60s and a Friday high in the low 90s. Winds will be southerly at five to 15 mph and rain chances are 80 percent tonight and 10 percent Friday.
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Lawrence
National Weather Service
Dollar Slips Across Europe As Frankfurt Dollar Dives
In London a quiet market saw the dollar weaken slightly while Frankfurt hit a record low of 3.3890 in early trading. The dollar opened near 3.3930, down from 3.4035 on Wednesday, and the pound cost $2.4195 in London, up from $2.4193. European central banks continue interventions to bolster confidence in the dollar.
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London
Frankfurt
Europe
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Henry W. Kile
Kansas City
Kan
Kash Cattle Co
Union Pacific Railroad
TeePee Junction
Levy
Bernadine Rocker
George Temple
Temple
Vermont
Del
William Garrett
Garrett
Lawrence High School
Gayle Cox
Rt. 1
C. D. Martin
Olathe
Russell Stover
Key Rexall
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Nannesceneese
Jack Gillespie
U.S. 89
Irish Republican Army
Harry Tuze
IRA
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