Halt Fails as El Salvador Honduras Clash Worsens
The two nations brief cease fire collapses as El Salvador and Honduras resume fighting on multiple fronts near Ocotepeque and El Amatillo. OAS mediators press for a negotiated settlement including observer presence and Salvadoran troop withdrawals amid refugee displacement and reported casualties.
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el Salvador
Honduras
Organization of American States
Tegucigalpa
Francisco Jose Guerrero
OAS
Galo Plaza
Washington
Holguin
San Salvador
Red Cross blood center to stay open despite holiday
Lawrence center will operate 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday while the Red Cross office closes due to Gov Docking's holiday. Lawrence Memorial Hospital Board budget meeting moved to 7 p.m. Tuesday July 29 at the hospital. A copy of the new budget must reach City Commission before Aug 12. Eudora CPA Picnic opens tonight with rides and Will Mercier entertainment at 7:30 p.m. plus a parade and square dance Saturday. A rock thrown from a passing car injures a 15 month old baby. no EMS needed. Frank Belford Reid Jr. injured at Hamm's Quarry Inc.. minor mouth injury. Municipal pool dedication includes swimming, a triangular meet, and public swim at 6:30 p.m.
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Red Cross
Robert Docking
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
City Commission
Eudora
CPA
Will Mercier & Co
Karl Edwards
Frank Belford Reid Jr
Frank B. Reid Sr
Hamm’s
Kansas
Apollo Recovery Crewmen Face Shark Challenges at Sea
On the USS Hornet during Apollo 11 recovery in the Pacific, sharks outnumber previous splashdowns. A 26 foot wooden whaleboat with armed sailors will protect spacemen and swimmers as NASA officials monitor the hazard. If sharks persist, plans include firing to deter them, though risks of attracting others and blood-induced feeding fever exist.
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Pacific
Hornet
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sing Out NE Kansas plans 100 voice city invasion
More than 100 high school and college age members of Sing Out Northeast Kansas plan a Lawrence visit this Saturday. The group, part of Up With People, aims to address youth problems with positive action and music. They perform at malls and end with a 630 pm poolside concert.
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Lawrence
Sing Out
Northeast
Kansas
Jefferson
Doniphan County
Topeka
Cloud County
Gardner
Lawrence and
Kansas University
Moon Simulated In Dry Lake Bed
In Flagstaff Arizona the U S Geological Survey built a 640000 square foot moonscape at Cinder Lake using Lunar Orbiter 2 imagery. Two nearby Forest Service campgrounds let visitors pretend to walk the lunar surface a role astronauts would play.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
U.S. Geological Survey
Cinder Lake
Coconino National Forest
Forest Service
Air Control Area Okayed By Federal Government
A nine county interstate air quality region around Kansas City was approved by the federal government. Missouri counties include Jackson Clay Platte Cass Buchanan and Ray plus Wyandotte and Leavenworth in Kansas. Douglas County is excluded. Governors attend to set air quality standards within 90 days, with final approval by the National Pollution Control Administration, aiming for completion in fall 1970.
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Kansas City
Buchanan County
Missouri
Douglas County
Kansas
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jackson
Clay, Platte
Cass
Buchanan and
Ray
Wyandotte, A
Leavenworth
Arthur Heck
Heck
National Pollution Control Administration
County Offices to Close Monday for Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Douglas County government offices will close Monday in observance of the Apollo 11 moon landing. President Nixon and Governor Docking issued proclamations, with essential services kept running and overtime or day off for city workers. Banks and many private businesses considered open, while Kansas University and schools delayed activities.
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Douglas County
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Robert Docking
Docking
Spiro Agnew
Jim Schubert
Area Retail Trade Development Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Hallmark
Robert Payne
15 Turnabout for Iowa Murder Case Puts Johnson Back for New Trial
The U S eighth circuit court en banc ordered Iowa to grant Gale H Johnson a new trial or release him after 35 years in prison for the 1934 Burlington police officer slaying. An alibi instruction to the jury shifted the burden of proof and violated due process, prompting a six month window for retry.
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ST. Louis
U. S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
State of Iowa
Appeals
Gale H. Johnson
Burlington
Iowa
Johnson
Des Moines
Oscar Hale
Circuit
Appeals Court
Power outage urged in heat wave in New York
Con Edison urged New Yorkers to cut electricity use during a severe heat wave. A fire at a generating station Thursday night and other mechanical problems reduced capacity, straining supplies across the East Coast as the four day heat wave continued.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Co
Don Edison
East Coast
Con Edison
Missing sax sparks campus police report at KU Hoch Auditorium
A $650 baritone sax belonging to David A. Archer, a Midwestern Music and Art Camp student from Chelsa Oklahoma, was reported missing at Hoch Auditorium on the KU campus. KU police were notified around 10 a.m. Thursday. Separately, Robert R. Patterson reported his car burglary in the X Zone lot with four stolen credit cards and a tampered ignition switch sometime Tuesday or Wednesday.
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David A. Archer
Chelsa
Okla
Hoch Auditorium
Robert R. Patterson
W. 19Th St
Car tire blowout leads to ditch crash near 23rd Street
Edward R. Meyer, 16, of Tonganoxie, swerved to miss a dog on Haskell Avenue Extension when a tire blew causing the car to skid into a ditch. The Douglas County sheriff reports the 2:30 p.m. Thursday accident left about $400 in damage.
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Edward R. Meyer
Tonganoxie
Meyer
Douglas County
Haskell Avenue
23Rd Street
Steady Wheat Flow Masks Slow Harvest Delays in Lawrence
The rush on area elevators remains steady rather than heavy as wet fields slow harvest. Paul Gabriel of Farmers Co op Association notes grain quality mostly No. 3 and 4 with small No. 2 and rare No. 1. If weather stays favorable, harvest could finish in about a week, with yields around 30 to 35 bushels per acre and many farmers pushing to harvest despite a month’s delay.
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Old Man River
Paul Gabriel
Farmers Coop Association
Lawrence
Gabriel
Road Repairs Advance Amid Weather Delays
City public works director George Williams reports improvements on 9th Street and progress on storm sewers in Rockledge subdivision and Prairie Meadows. Louisiana Street is finished while Jasu Missouri and Arkansas streets near completion with grading at Bardeth Court. Paving starts on the parking lot north of the police station as asphalt work continues weather permitting.
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George Williams
City Public Works
9Th Street
Williams
Rockledge
Prairie Meadows
Louisiana Street
Jasu
Missouri
Arkansas
Bardeth Court
Vermont Street
Marion Springs Clinic Reschedules to Tuesday
The Marion Springs Well-Baby Clinic, run by the Douglas County Health Department, will now be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the school. The change moves it from Monday morning due to Monday being debated as a holiday commemorating the moon landing.
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Marion Springs
Douglas County
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Unified School District 497
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Iowa State Penitentiary
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