Plane Crashes into Las Vegas Housing Tract Killing Five
Five people died when an F105 fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base plummeted into a Las Vegas housing development minutes after takeoff. Seven houses burned and 800 children nearby were in class as the jet exploded and scattered debris. The pilot 1st Lt Raynor L Hebert 26 of Port Arthur Texas and four residents perished. Authorities evacuated a 20 square block area after learning the plane carried practice bombs and 1 000 20 mm rounds.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nellis Air Force Base
Lincoln
Raynor L. Hebert
Port Arthur
Tex
Betty Lou le Dane
Teresa
Paul Lowry
Derwent
Josephine
Hebert
Boyd Hubbard
Nellis
Vincent Rohde
Air Force
Honeymoon Ends in Osage Beach Murder Case
John R. Abercrombie is charged with first degree murder after the shooting deaths of Cecil I. Bybee and his wife at the El Dorado Motor Lodge in Osage Beach. Abercrombie, 22, allegedly lured the couple, opened fire when they reached for a gun, and fled with Kathryn Ann Nance, 24, who had been traveling to a planned Tulsa wedding.
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Osage Beach
John R. Abercrombie
Kathryn Ann Nance
Abercrombie
E. L. Libby
Cecil I. Bybee
Hutchinson
Kan
Bybee
Bybees
el Dorado Motor Lodge
Osage Bach
Libby
Roach
Miss Nance
Arrowhead Lodge
U. S. 54
Bowman
Lynn Sorrel
Sorrel
Tulsa
Okla
Miami
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Eldon
California
Gilbert Pinkerton
Nance
Ed Popkess
Popkess
Outdoor Living Event Promoted by Lawrence Chamber
The Retail Merchants Division sponsors an Outdoor Living Sales promotion today through Saturday in Lawrence. Stores stay open until 8 30 this evening with an auto boat motorcycle bicycle show on Massachusetts Street from 5 to 3 30 tonight and displays at sidewalk stands after 5 p m today. Friday and Saturday hours end at 5 30 p m with gifts for Father and Graduates and a large selection at Diebolts AGV.
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The
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
McNamara urges expanded U S role as Viet Cong attacks rise
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told reporters in Washington that the United States must broaden its Vietnam commitment to counter a sharp rise in terrorist actions by Viet Cong guerrillas. He said more U S personnel and aid may be needed, with South Vietnam increasing regular and paramilitary forces and a 100 percent boost in Vietnamese pilots and aircraft. He warned the war will be long and hard with potential actions in North Vietnam only as a supplement to southern efforts.
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Washington
Robert S.mcnamara
United States
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Saigon
White House
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
U.S. Plans To Withdraw Its Forces In South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
China
Exile unit claims Cuba raid on Pilon sugar mill gains three hours
The Revolutionary Recovery Movement says seaborne commandos and hill guerrillas seized Pilon port and burned the sugar mill in an early morning raid. Exiles report no losses while Castro accuses U S mercenaries. the attack reportedly damaged 70 000 bags of sugar and strafed worker housing.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Recovery Movement
Pilan
Castro
Havana
Pilon
U.S
New Red Hotel Is Sans Plumbing
Dr. Leland J. Haworth, director of the National Science Foundation, and companions were the first guests at a new Dubna hotel near Moscow. They were told to bring sink stoppers to get water in a basin, and when used the water spilled as the pipe did not connect to the one below.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Leland J. Haworth
National Science Foundation
Haworth
Dubna
Moscow
Commissioner Suffers Heart Attack in Douglas County
Walter Kampschroeder 54 year old Douglas County commissioner was reported in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his Route 4 home. He announced a bid for a third term earlier this year and was first elected in 1956.
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Walter Kampschroeder
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kampschroeder
Clinton- Area
Board of Equalization
Leontyne Price Sings Tonight in Integrated Atlanta
In Atlanta, ticket demand for Leontyne Price’s Don Giovanni sold out, with Alfred D. Kennedy noting all shows are filled. Martin Luther King Jr and Mrs. King are invited guests as the city’s cultural scene has desegregated venues from theaters to hotels, while Mrs. King says progress will take time.
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Atlanta
Leontyne Price
Don McKee
Atlanta, Ga
Metropolitan Opera
Alfred D. Kennedy
The
Atlanta Music Festival Association Inc
Miss Price
Bess
Porgy
Laurel
Miss
Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mount Oread fairytale romance births three
Kansas University couple from the KU Children's Theatre starred in Alice in Wonderland and Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater. Caston and his wife now live atop Mount Oread at 1640 Cambridge Rd with three children Lisa eight Karen eleven and Johanna fourteen in a home described as a fortress against everyday ills.
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Clayton Krehbiel
Cambridge Rd
Holte Caston
Mount Oread
Kansas University
Holle Caston
Independence
Nancy Marcy
Scott City
Caston
Peter
Mrs. Caston
Miss St
Pumpkin Eater
Castons
Lisa
Karen
Johanna
Rain Tonight Forecast for Lawrence Area
The U S Weather Bureau Topeka forecasts a few showers tonight with a chance of Friday morning rain in the Lawrence area. Friday should be partly cloudy and cooler with a shift to moderate northerly winds. Tonight’s low near 60, Friday highs in the 70s after a Wednesday high of 74 in downtown Lawrence and 71 at the KU weather station.
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Lawrence
U. S
Topeka
Kansas University
Three Dead, Missing After Peabody Tannery Blast
An early morning explosion and fire at a Peabody tannery killed three employees and left a fourth and a contractor’s worker missing. Several others were injured as the six story plant of Gnecco & Grilk Tanning Corp. was damaged. The Larrabee & Hingston Co. said two of its workers were missing during repair work in the plant.
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Peabody
Mass
Edward P. O’brine
Larrabee & Hingston Co
O’brine
Gnecco & Grilk Tanning Corp
Owl Society Hootenanny Marks New KU Members
Kansas University's Owl Society held hoot day from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m with new initiates perched in tree limbs before Flint Hall. Seventeen new members were selected from 58 applicants led by Gary Gradinger and carry a 2 56 GPA.
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Owl Society
Kansas University
Flint Hall
John Allen
Wichita
Larry Bast
Topeka
Henry Bisbee
Toledo
Ohio
Clay Blair
Joplin
Phillip Easter
Thomas Elliott
Shawnee Mission
James Gossett
Glendale
Terry Hammons
Oswego
Dan Householder
Tom Jones
Kansas City
Pat McGrath
Prairie Village
Steve Munzer
Salina
Jeff Nichols
Stockton
Terry Oldham
George Pro
Leawood
Mike Vineyard
Liquor Tax Study Proposal Dies in Inaction
A proposal to study authorizing and taxing liquor by the drink was killed by the Kansas Legislative Council inaction. The request came from Sen. Joe Mc Dowell of Kansas City on Wednesday, officials said.
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Topeka
Kansas Legislative Council
Joe McDowell
Kansas City
Armed Forces Day Open Houses Planned at Fort Leavenworth Forbes and More
Area bases announce Armed Forces Day open houses with displays, demonstrations and tours. Fort Leavenworth offers mass paradrop and music, while Forbes AFB expects 10 000 to 50 000 visitors with C 130 aircraft and KC 135 tanker on display. Olathe NAS hosts open house Sunday May 24.
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Fort Leavenworth
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Olathe Naval Air Station
Leavenworth
Forbes
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Army
Air Force
Seward Afb
Tenn
Kansas National Guard
U. S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Topeka Civil Air Patrol
Washburn Rotc
Shawnee County Red Cross
Commerce Dept Tightens Cuba Food and Medicine Rules
The Commerce Department imposes licenses for selling food and medicines to Cuba, expanding prior rules that allowed these items without special permission. Gift parcels are the only exception. A spokesman says the move is not an embargo but adds surveillance.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Cuba
Department
U.S
Weather Forecast Northeast Kansas Sees Showers and Cooler Friday
A system brings a few showers tonight with partly cloudy and cooler conditions Friday. Winds shift to moderate and northerly tonight and Friday. Low tonight around 40. Temperatures show today with a high near 74 and a low around 45, records noted from 1944 and 1830. Friday sunrise at 5 07 a.m. and sunset at 7 28 p.m.
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Kansas
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