Bridge shooter paralyzed after long downtown stand
Robert Michniak, 22, perched 100 feet above the Allegheny River on a downtown bridge for more than an hour firing at police. He then shot himself in the head, was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in serious condition after brain surgery. His mother watched the event on television from Ohio as authorities restrained themselves.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Michniak
Michniak
Allegheny General Hospital
Arvella Michniak
Bethesda
Ohio
Beale AFB unit earns Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
Second Lieutenant Billie A. De Hoff of Tonganoxie Kansas, an avionics officer in the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, will wear the unit’s distinctive ribbon. The unit earned the award for its proficiency during the final SR-71 evaluation. De Hoff was commissioned in 1967 after Officer Training School at Lackland AFB.
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Billie A. de Hoff
Alvis L. de Hoff
Tonganoxie
U.S. Air Force
de Hoff
9Th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Beale Afb
Lackland Afb
Tex
Baker University
Kansas University
Air Force Commendation Medal Awarded to Local Sergeant
Master Sergeant Charles I. Gregg son of Mrs. W. C. Schroyer Rt. 1 Lecompton received the Air Force Commendation Medal at Elmendorf AFB Alaska for meritorious service as an illustrator at Offutt AFB Nebraska. He is cited for outstanding skill knowledge and leadership. Gregg, now with the Alaskan Command unit at Elmendorf, graduated Lawrence High School in 1948 and attended Kansas University. His father Harry S. Gregg lives at 925 Rhode Island St.
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Charles I. Gregg
W. C. Schroyer
Rt. 1
Lecompton
U.S. Air Force
Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
Gregg
Offutt Afb
Neb
Elmendorf
Alaskan Air Command
Lawrence High School
Kansas University
Harry S. Gregg
Rhode Island St
Marine Sgt Shepard Guards Vietnam Mission Milestone
Marine Staff Sergeant William H. Shepard of 741 North 7th Street and Mrs Karen L. Kimball of 527 California Street serves with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 in Vietnam. The squadron marked its 10 000th combat mission since June 1968 and logged over 11 000 flight hours while dropping more than 2400 tons of ordnance on enemy targets.
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William H. Shepard
E. R. Shepard
N. 7Th St
Karen L. Kimball
California St
Marine
Vietnam
Fire Controlman Michael K. Leib Assigned to USS Hoel
Fire Control Technician Se cond Class Michael K. Leib USN son of Mr and Mrs William F Leib of 1120 W 22nd St Ter serving aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Hoel. The San Diego based ship spent days in Seattle for port visit and anti submarine warfare training including test firing of anti submarine weapons as it prepares for a Western Pacific deployment this Fall.
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Michael K. Leib
USN
William F. Leib
W. 22Nd St. Ter
Hoel
San Diego
Seattle
Washington
Western Pacific
Visitors and reunions mark Village Eden weekend
Mr and Mrs Carl Kurtz of Eudora hosted visitors from Perry and Lawrence. Lucien Torneden and Louis toured with Mrs Minnie Gantz. William Torneden traveled to Chicago Philadelphia and New York on business then stayed with Roger Torneden in New York. A Pettengill family reunion honored Wendell Beam Susan Hebo Ore and Dean Wrightsman Renton Wash with about 48 attendees.
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Carl Kurtz
Eudora
Alfred Torneden
Lena
Louis Torneden
Minnie Gantz
Perry
Truman McHenry
Bill Moore
Fred Torneden
Lawrence
Harvey Morland
Ytica
Calif
William Torneden
William E. Torneden
Terri Lynn
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Roger L. Torneden
Harold Duncan
Howard Bernitz
Ruth Pettengill
Nate Pettengill
Denise
Joel Fritzell
Baldwin
Frank Pettengill
Linwood
Pettengill
Wendell Beam
Susan
Hebo
Ore
Dean Wrightsman
Renton
Wash
Plane Crash Kills 2 Kansas Youths
Two 17 year old Kansas boys Dennis Graber of Pretty Prairie and Bruce Bergkamp of Murdoch died when a single engine plane crashed two miles northeast of Kingman airport. The aircraft hit a telephone and power line before nosing into a field and bursting into flames.
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Kansas
Kingman, Kan
Kingman Airport
Dennis Graber
Victor Graber
Pretty Prairie
Bruce Bergkamp
Arthur Bergkamp
Murdock
University scholar warns on campus confrontation and anxiety
Prof William B Cameron of the University of South Florida spoke at Kansas University about student anxiety and militant conduct. He warned administrators that fighting students undermines university mission and that confrontation risks becoming ritual rather than dialogue. The talk tied mass media to youth behavior and stressed avoiding ritualized committee meetings.
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William B. Cameron
University of South Florida
Kansas University
Cameron
EU Department of Speech and Drama
Poetry Reading Held In Bryant Park By Lindsay
Mayor John V. Lindsay attended a public poetry reading in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library. About 300 youths welcomed him as the Parks Department sponsored the event. The piece recalls La Guardia reading the funnies for children over radio during a 1940s newspaper strike.
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Lindsay
NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Bryant Park
New York Public Library
City Parks Department
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