Air War In Vietnam Brings Heavy Losses And Soviet Like Confusion
Reports detail night battles near Pleiku and Chu Pong as the 1st Cavalry fights North Vietnamese forces with air support and ground troops. U S losses include pilots missing and planes down north of Hanoi while raids target depots bridges and bases across North and South Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Inney Pede
U.S
North Viet Nam
Mredenice
Mekong
North
South
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
1St Cavalry
Airmobile) Divison
Chu Pong
Plei Me
Marine
Navy
Ft. Devens
Mass
Ta Drang
MK O
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Airmobile
I Bed
North Vietnam
U. S. Coast Guard
Oriskany
Air Force
Tonkin Gulf
U. S. Marine
Guam
Hanoi
Red River
Thich
Tri Quang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Kansas House Democrat to resign Aug 31
Gov. Avery said Stan Barnhill will resign from the Kansas House August 31 as he moves to Missouri. Barnhill, a Junction City Democrat, represented the 41st District Geary County. The Geary County Central Committee will recommend a replacement to the governor.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Stan Barnhill
House of Representatives
Barnhill
Junction City
Avery
Missouri
Geary County
Gov Avery Accuses Opponent of No Election Positions
Gov Avery says his opponent Robert Docking has failed to take a positive stance on election issues. WIBW offered a one hour joint discussion with Avery and Docking in mid October, though all but Avery have accepted.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
WIBW
Robert Docking
America
Thad Sandstrom
Avery and Docks
James D. Pearson
J. Floyd Breeding
Avery
Television Sets Stolen From Harris Appliance Store
Nine television sets valued at 850 dollars were taken from Jack Harris Appliance and Furniture at 13 East Ninth Street. Store manager Orville Cary reported the Sunday theft, indicating the items disappeared between Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
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Jack Harris
E. 9Th St
Orville Cary
Whitlam Sees End to War in Vietnam Within Years
In Saigon during an inspection tour Australian opposition leader Edward Gough Whitlam urged a stable South Vietnamese government to win public support and enable economic development, while noting military victory alone cannot end the conflict. Riot police in Kuala Lumpur used tear gas on about 200 Chinese leftist demonstrators protesting U S service visits and warship calls in Viet Nam. A South Vietnamese official reportedly seeks ouster of the military government and is consuming only a dextrose and distilled water preparation.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
U. S
Viet Nam
Edward Gough Whitlam
Labor Party
Australia
Saigon
Liquor Firms Must File Prices Under Court Order
About 35 major distillers and wineries must file basic price lists with Kansas AB C by Sept 1 under a U S Supreme Court order. The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a 1961 law requiring wholesalers to sell at the lowest price charged anywhere in the continental U S The distillers appealed, while other Kansas liquor businesses have already filed their minimum pricing affidavits.
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Topeka
State Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control
U. S. Supreme Court
Attorney General’s Office
John F. Davis
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Kansas Supreme Court
United States
Kansas
Marine Chief Denies Viet Nam War Projection
General Wallace M. Greene, commandant of the Marine Corps, disowned reports from Vietnam claiming the war would stretch eight years or five if troops rose to 750,000. He said he would not speculate on troop numbers or war duration and criticized Saigon meeting reports as incorrect. He stressed optimism, saying the United States can and will win the war.
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Washington
Wallace M. Greene
U.S
Viet Nam
Greene
Pentagon
Saigon
Aviation course offered at Central Heights High School
Richmond Kansas the Central Heights High School will offer a basic aviation course next year. The program aims to introduce students to aviation rather than produce pilots though graduates may qualify for an FFA ground school test required for a private pilot license.
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Richmond
Kan
Central Heights High School
Kansas
Leo E. Laird Jr
Neighborhood carnival fundraiser for muscular dystrophy in Lawrence
A Lawrence neighborhood carnival begins at 1 p m Thursday on a vacant lot in the 1000 block of Kentucky Street to raise funds for muscular dystrophy victims. Ringmaster Kelley Harnar is assisted by Jeff Harnar Jeannie Brandt Mark Stiles Mary Kathy Dan Jamie and Mike Loehr. About 70 law enforcement officers are slated to attend the State Line Peace Officers Assn dinner at 7 p m at the Little Banquet in the Malls Shopping Center. Officers from Kansas and Missouri will discuss enforcement techniques and practices. Merchants from Lawrence Baldwin and Eudora donated door prizes.
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Kentucky Street
Kelley Harnar
Jeff Harnar
Jeannie Brandt
Mark Stiles
Mary
Kathy
Dan Jamie
Mike Loehr
State Line Peace Officers Assn
Little Banquet
Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Douglas County approves 1967 budget with levy rise
The Douglas County Commission passed its 1967 budget today without objections from 40,400 residents. The hearing in the Courthouse made the budget official with a 21.14 mill levy, over 10 percent higher, and total expenditures of 3,295,890.29, about a 9 percent increase.
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Douglas County Commission
Famous Editor Brinkerhoff Dies at 81
Fred W. Brinkerhoff, famed Pittsburg editor and publisher of the Headlight and Sun, died at 81 from a heart attack. Funeral set for Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church with burial in Highland Park Cemetery. He led Kansas journalism for decades and received the William Allen White Foundation award in 1956.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Fred W. Brinkerhoff
Kansas
First Presbyterian Church
Highland Park Cemetery
Brinkerhoff
Sun
Pearl
William Allen White
Kansas University
Kansas Press Association
Kansas Associated Press
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Ottawa University
University of Kansas
Ottawa Herald
Fort Scott Republican
Chanute Tribune
Kansas City Star
Kansas Day Club
Headlight Sun
Franklin County
Ottawa
Henry J. Allen
U. S
Pittsburg Publishing Co
Mirza Temple
Chinese Labor Aids Viet Nam Supply Lines Report
U S authorities say about 50 000 Chinese workers are aiding North Viet Nam to keep rail and road supply routes open as bombing continues. They may increase if needed with Hanoi facing political and military pressures along with Laotian routes and Haiphong inbound cargo.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
China
Hanoi
North
Laos
Ma Gia Pass
17Th Parallel
North Korea
U. S. Air Force
Red River Valley
Kunming
Burma
Lang Son
Indochina
Korea
Haiphong
United States
Reds
Flood Clean Up For Nebraskans
Residents in the Loup River Valley begin cleanup after weekend flooding may total several million dollars in damage. Gov Morrison toured the area by air and called losses to highways bridges and public property in the many millions. Crop damage described as very extensive and federal aid sought for appraisal. Livestock losses run into thousands of dead as towns along the Loup and Platte Rivers brace for downstream flooding. Civil Defense evacuated Two Rivers recreation area near Omaha.
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Columbus
Neb
Loup River
Nebraska
Frank B. Morrison
Loup
Platte River
Schuyler
North Bend
Fremont
Two Rivers
Omaha
Two K State Students Die In Car Crash
Odess a Mo AP two Philippine exchange students killed and a third critically injured when a car plunged over an I 70 embankment and burned. The victims were Mrs J L Demeterio and Raymundo Ganiron both of Manhattan Kansas students at Kansas State University. Demeterio's husband was hospitalized with multiple fractures. The trio were returning to Manhattan from Chicago when the car landed on railroad tracks and burned.
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Odessa
Highway Patrol
J. L. Demeterio
Raymundo Ganiron
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Demeterio
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Chicago
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Harold
Chiropractor
Hillcrest
Viet
Cooper-Warren Mortuary Home
New Hampshire
Romesey Funeral Home
Lawrence Memorial Co
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New York Stock Exchange
Tennessee
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