Americans Fight North Vietnamese Near Da Nang Wreckage
North Vietnamese troops attacked US infantry near Da Nang while marines and air units searched for a helicopter wreck with eight Americans aboard. American casualties rose to sixteen dead and 26 wounded. one American infantryman killed and 14 wounded in subsequent fighting.
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Saigon
da Nang
Hiep Duc
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry
Central Highlands
Rockpile
Mekong Delta
Prague braces for anniversary as riot police patrol
Riot police and troops patrolled Prague on the invasion anniversary to deter anti Soviet protests. About 500 officers used tear gas to clear Wenceslas Square three times, with arrests and injuries. crowds remained silent, while an underground leaflet accused police and hard line Communists of provocation.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Wenceslas
Communist Party
Rancho Verde Hearing Set by Douglas County Commission
The Douglas County Commission set September 3 as a tentative hearing date to consider accepting the Rancho Verde Estates subdivision plat on Lone Star Road beside Wakarusa School. Controversy centers on septic systems and unpaved streets with ditches. Developer is Rees Jackman of Yale Road 2425. The panel also deferred action on an eight inch ammonia fertilizer pipeline north from Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn. until road crossing specifications are added.
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Douglas County Commission
Rancho Verde Estates
Lone Star Road
Wakarusa
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn
Commission
East Center gets new director and upgrades in Lawrence
City Commission approves a $2378 equipment package for the East Lawrence Community Center and creates a director position. Ken White, running ECKAN programs, serves as de facto director. council notes agreement expiration and city ownership of the center building.
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East Lawrence
City Commission
City Hall
East Lawrence Community Center
Kansas
ECKAN
Ken White
White
Ray Wells
Ecean
Wells
Ken
OEO
Utility President Forecasts Large Scale Power Expansion
The KPL unit outlines a plan to spend 115 million dollars over five years for capacity expansion. It notes rising power pooling among utilities and stricter pollution controls. In 2000 bulk transmission will mostly be overhead high voltage lines, though line sizes may shrink the total number needed. Residential use is expected to grow to about 25 000 kilowatt hours per year.
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Jeffrey
Fire halts naptha spill after truck crash at paint store
A soft drink delivery truck struck a can of naptha left in the alley behind the Sherwin Williams Paint Store at 936 Mass. St. Lawrence firefighters washed the naptha away. The incident occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday with no fire reported.
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Sherwin Williams
Mass. St
Lawrence
Auction of Breckenridge Firefighters Raises Funds
In Breckenridge Colorado an auctioneer sold 22 firefighters labeled as slaves for 1912 dollars to raise money for a new fire engine. Mayor Roger Gray bought in for 430 dollars and later washed dishes in a tavern.
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Breckenridge, Colo. Iap
Curley Borchert
Breckenridge Fire Department
Roger Gray
Highway priority ruling leaves road work to commission
The discussion centers on a priority system for roadway construction. Frizzell notes K-10 and U.S. 59 may not be in the priority listing. The law requires considering traffic volume safety records and economic needs, but the ruling effectively lets the highway commission decide when and where to build.
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Frizzell
Highway Commission
Irish Chief Under Pressure as Northern Ireland Crisis Deepens
In Belfast leaders from both Protestant and Catholic communities react to the Britain backed five point peace plan. Prime Minister James Chichester Clark faces calls to resign amid demands to unite with the Irish Republic. The plan places British army control over security forces and aims to end religious discrimination while proposing civil service advisers and an arms amnesty.
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Chichester-Clark
Northern Ireland
Harold Wilson
Chichester Clark
London
Tan Freeland
Ulster
Lawrence Leaders Hear From Kansas Power & Light Chief
Jeffrey KPL president spoke at a Ramada Inn luncheon stressing constant effort to improve service and noting equal opportunity hiring with a KU and KSU graduate exchange. Lawrence police investigated four Tuesday auto crashes with one $150000 property loss. City and county officials travel to Lincoln Nebraska to view a similar judicial complex and inspect new Thangars.
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Jeffrey
KPL
Austin Stedham
Kansas State
Manhattan
Dick Legree
Lawrence
Ray Wells
Rex Johnson
Gilbert Smith
Lincoln, Neb
Two Teens Receive Kidney Transplants In KC Area
Two teenage boys Vern L Cuppet Jr. 19 of Lavonburg Kansas and Paul F Wessing 17 of Brookfield Missouri recovered well after separate kidney transplants. Donor was a 27 year old man who died earlier at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Vern L. Cuppet Jr
Vern L. Cuppe Sr
Lavonburg
Kan
Paul F. Wessing
Donald Wessing
Brookfield
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mousetrap Halted by Power Outage in London
London AP reports an electrical fire at a nearby power station cut the Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s longest running play, after 16 years and 9 months with no missed performance. Show expected to resume the night after.
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London
Music from our Reuter Pipe Organ
Rumsey Funeral Home advertises a service feature featuring the Reuter pipe organ. contact VI 4-111 for details.
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Reuter
Rumsey Funeral Home
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Clark Morton
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Erhart Flying Service
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Schwarz Rd
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Erhart
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East 15Th Street
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East 11Th Street
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Kasold Drive
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Lone Star Lake
Journal-World
Belfast
James Chichester-Clark
Cash & Carry
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Lewe
Warren Mortuary
Lawrence, Kansas
Bal Jeffrey
Kansas Power & Light Co
Lincoln
Leo Kerschen
Beg
Julhe Hinkle
University State Bank
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