Rescue Flights Retrieve 59 Survivors From Ashau Camp
U S Marine helicopters braved Communist fire to rescue 59 survivors at the Ashan outpost along the Laotian front. Five rescued included two chopper crewmen shot down earlier. among the evacuees were Vietnamese and Montagnard troops, and three women dependents.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ers
Ashan
Tan Son Nhut
Binh Duong
Viet Nam
Navy
Air Force
Ashau
Haiphong Mining Ban Kept Under Review By U.S.
U.S. officials ruled out mining or bombing Haiphong now as it could widen war risks with China. About 200 congressional aides heard that no action against Haiphong is recommended, though targets could change if militarily necessary. The briefing, led by Humprey Rusk and McNamara, explained aims to bolster South Viet Nam morale, curb supplies, and deter North Viet Nam aggression.
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Washington
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Red China
State Department
Defense Department
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Haiphong Harbor
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Death of Student In K C Studied By Metro Group
Kansas City AP report details the murder investigation of 29 year old Robert L. Tinker, a UMKC law student and former bank teller, found dying beside his car on Northwood Road Riverside Missouri after claiming he stopped to aid two persons. A blood smeared razor blade was found in the vehicle.
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Kansas City
Metro Squad
Robert L. Tinker
Northwood Road
Missouri 45
Riverside
Tinker
Doug Seneker
Missouri River
Kam
Farmers Exchange Bank
Parkville
University of Missouri At
Kansas University
McPherson College
McPherson
Seneker
Elza Hatfield
Kan
Latham M. Tinker
Navy
Indianapolis
Japan
Spain
Weather Outlook for Northeast Kansas Mild With Showers
Cloudy and mild weather in northeast Kansas with scattered showers or storms tonight and cooler later. Tonight stray low in mid 40s, Saturday highs expected in the 50s. Temperature readings show varying daytime highs and nocturnal lows with past records noted.
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Kansas
Reneeeeaell
KU-SMU Game Televised In Lubbock This Evening
Kansas University faces SMU in the NCAA Midwest Regional semi final at Texas Tech Fieldhouse in Lubbock Texas with Channel 13 of Topeka carrying the game starting at 9 pm local time If KU wins the semi final the 9 pm Saturday final will also be shown on Channel 13 A crowd of about 9 000 is expected for the two NCAA games Pittsburg and Shawnee Mission North meet in the second game and Garden City versus Wichita East kick off the night Kansas supporters can watch one full game and part of the second on television before heading home
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Kansas University
Lubbock
Tex
Topeka
Jayhawks
SMU
Channel 13
Kansas
Texas Western
Cincinnati
Texas Tech
Allen Fieldhouse
Monte Johnson
Garden City
Wichita East
Pittsburg
Shawnee Mission North
Allen
Driverless truck dives into pool marks 1966 start
In North Haven Conn a water cooled, pool used at Louis Guyott's home started 1966 with a driverless truck rolling down the driveway and plunging into the pool. Open Bovine Sat, Sun at Hillcrest Bowl is noted in the fragment.
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North Haven
Sun
Hillcrest
Three DB Inmates Escape From Fort Leavenworth Wall
Three U S disciplinary barracks inmates armed with linoleum knives escaped over the south wall of a 20 foot barrier at Fort Leavenworth late Thursday night. The men Arthur E. Thomas Hilton Kansas George Bailey Lexington Missouri and Bloom B Lea sure Jr Wayne Michigan remained at large today.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kan
U. S
Arthur E. Thomas
Hilton
George Bailey
Lexington, Mo
Bloom B. Leasure Jr
Wayne, Mich
House Appropriations Approve Johnson Viet Nam Aid Plan
The House Appropriations Committee backed Johnson’s request for 13.14 billion dollars in emergency funds for military and economic operations in Southeast Asia. The measure, largely for Viet Nam, would raise military personnel and expand aircraft and ordnance production, with swift passage anticipated after a brief policy debate.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate
House
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Laos
Thailand
United States
Jorgenson Named Stone Successor
Kenneth L. Jorgenson named city building inspector succeeding Louis Stone who is promoted to project inspector in the engineering division effective April 1 City Manager Ray Wells announced Jorgenson 32 was building inspector at Atchison Curtis Neb native and Hastings College graduate Stone has served as building inspector since 1956 and will join the engineering division to provide full time inspections on city projects Wells said the move fills a long standing need and reflects Stone s decade of experience in the new role
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Kenneth L. Jorgenson
Louis Stone
Ray Wells
Jorgenson
Atchison
Curtis
Neb
Hastings College
Liberal Arts
Marlys
Victor
Randall
Richard
Stone
Department of Public Works
Wells
Spotty Season Nears As Measles Shots urged
Douglas County health director Dr. Dale Clinton warns parents to monitor children for red measles and other illnesses as schools return. He notes only measles vaccination exists, urges keeping kids home if sick, and cautions pregnant women about German measles during early pregnancy.
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Johnny
Jane
Dale Clinton
Douglas County
Top Job Due For Haskell Graduate
Robert L. Bennett, a Haskell Indian Institute graduate and current deputy commissioner in Washington, is expected to be named commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He would succeed Phileo Nash who resigned, saying it was time for a change after five years in the post. Bennett, Oneida from Kashena Wisconsin, studied at Haskell 1928 to 1931 and has held roles in Juneau Alaska and offices in Arizona and South Dakota.
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Robert L. Bennett
Haskell Indian Institute
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Phileo Nash
Interior Department
Nash
Haskell
Stidham Union
Bennett
Washington
Kashena
Wis
Juneau
Alaska
Indian Bureau
Arizona
South Dakota
Growers Reject Control for Barley Tobacco
Washington dispatch reports growers rejected a new tighter production control plan for barley tobacco, a major cigarette type, to the disappointment of Agriculture Department officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agririculture Department
Eudora Pool Seeks 200 Members for Loan Approval
Eudora Swimming Pool Inc aims to add about 15 more memberships to meet Farmers Home Administration loan requirements for a public pool project at 17th and Church Streets. About 185 members currently joined with 60 days to secure funding and begin construction.
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Eudora Swimming Pool Inc
Eudora
Mem
Berships
Leo Lauber
Farmers Home Administration
17Th
Church Sts
Lauber
Grave Crisis Looms As Sukarno Seeks Unity In Jakarta
Singapore reports troops and armored cars ring Sukarno palace while he confers with top officials on Indonesia’s grave crisis. Kuala Lumpur radio notes no detail, but Singapore sources speak of big changes in two days as anti-Communist students prepare for a D Day.
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Singapore
Sukarnos
Jakarta
Sukarno
Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia
Gemini 8 Flight Schedule Sets Astronaut Dockings and EVA
NASA outlined a three day Gemini 8 mission beginning Tuesday with Armstrong and Scott docking with an Agena upper stage on a 105000 mile orbit. Scott will conduct a 2 hour 40 minute space walk on a 100 foot tether while performing maneuvers and data collection.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Christopher Kraft
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Air Force
Scott
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Agena
Armstrong
Murky weather to continue over Lawrence Kansas
Skies were dull as the weather bureau kept predicting scattered showers and thunderstorms for the Lawrence area. The Kansas University station logged only a trace of rain Thursday with light sprinkles today and up to 14 inch in Olathe. Temperatures will cool to the mid-40s tonight, with Saturday's high in the 50s, not the 60s.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Kansas University
Olathe
Lud Strnad Elected President of Farmers Union Co Op
Lud W. Strnad of Brewster Kansas is elected president of the Farmers Union Co Operative Marketing Association. The notice mentions arrangements at Home or Away and lists Remsey Funeral Home contact VI 36111 ivy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lud W. Strnad
Brewster, Kan
Farmers Union Co-Operative Marketing Association
Remsey Funeral Home
Ivy
Meeting To Discuss New Kaw River Bridge Progress
State Sen. Reynolds G. Shultz arranged a 2 p.m. meeting in Topeka on March 23 with local and Kansas Highway Department officials to discuss a new Kaw River bridge between Lecompton and Lawrence. Douglas and Jefferson counties seek joint action as repairs to the Lecompton bridge show continued vulnerability and traffic demand grows with upcoming Perry and Clinton reservoirs.
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Reynolds G. Shultz
Kansas Highway Department
Kaw River
Douglas County
Lecompton
Lawrence
Douglas County Commission
Elmer Ousdahl
Ousdahl
Douglas
Jefferson
State Highway Department
Kaw
Massachusetts Street
Shultz
Jefferson County
Topeka
Ousdah
Perry Reservoir
Clinton
Here
Lawrence Kaw River
Highway Department
Tee-Pee
Perry
Iowa Street
Sixth
6Th and
Mass. Sts
Senate
Don Hults
Ag Hall of Fame approves new operations building
The Agricultural Hall of Fame executive committee authorized construction of an operations building a metal structure costing about 120000. They also ordered architectural drawings and floor plans for five additional exhibit halls on the 275 acre site near Bonner Springs Kansas. A 270000 building already exists on site and the new operations building will house farm machinery freeing space in the main hall.
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Kansas City, Kan
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
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Prince Philip of
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Ken Kleinknecht
NASA
White
James McDivitt
Eudora Swimming Pool
Hixons Studio
Mass
Lud Strnad
Sen. Shultz
Ag Hall of Fame
Gene Doane
Adv
Russell Stover
Rexall
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