Stolen Car Chase Ends in Fatal Crash in Kansas City
A police chase at night ended when a stolen car slammed into two other vehicles at an intersection. A woman, Mrs Harley J Wagner, 56, was killed. five others were hurt, including her husband who was listed as critically injured. The suspects, James Aldridge, 25, and Charles J Perry, 26, sustained injuries. Also injured were Donald Dawes, 46, and Hazel Dawes of Wasthena, Kan. Aldridge had just been released from a Missouri prison for burglary. The chase reached speeds near 90 mph over nine blocks before the crash.
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Kansas City
Kan
Harley J. Wagner
James Aldridge
Missouri
Aldridge
Charles J. Perry
Donald Dawes
Hazel
Wasthena
Fifty Nation Visit to Abilene by Army Officers
Army officers from 50 nations, all students at Fort Leavenworth Command and General Staff College, visit Abilene on Saturday. Sponsored by People to People Inc they will tour the Eisenhower Center Old Abilene Town and the National Coursing Association Hall of Fame.
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Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower Chapter
People To People, Inc
Army
Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Eisenhower Center
Old Abilene Town
National Coursing Association
Teacher Need At Pittsburg State College
Pittsburg Kan AP more than 200 recipients of graduate degrees were told at summer commencement that the need for well qualified educated teachers from pre school through graduate school is a national scandal. Dr Charles T Lester Emory University cited three competencies for a good teacher mastery of subject ability to communicate and evaluation. Four education specialists 196 MS and seven MA degrees were conferred by Dr George Budd college president.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Pittsburg State College
Charles T. Lester
Emory University Graduate School
George JF. Budd
Smiling Cat at Kansas Governor's Mansion
Gov Robert Docking confirms Smiley the 15 year old house cat at the executive mansion was the subject of a photo session this week. Photographer Jim Ryan, from Topeka Daily Capital and world record mile runner, took the pictures.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Manesion
Smiley
Jim Ryan
Capital
Elevator entrapment at Pickwick Hotel delays Panora teens
Fourteen to 19 year old residents of Panora Iowa were trapped for about an hour on the top floor of the Pickwick Hotel elevator after the car stopped six inches from floor level and the door sealed shut. Firemen pried the door and smelled smoke from a motor in the headhouse. The group, part of a Farmers Cooperative Elevator tour, grew faint with some needing aid to rooms. Firemen estimated rescue costs around 50 dollars for the motor and 450 dollars for the door.
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Kansas City
Panora
Iowa
Pickwick Hotel
Farmers Co-Operative
U S Warplanes Press North Vietnam in Heavy Friday Strikes
U S warplanes pressed the campaign with 145 missions after a record 197 strikes the day before. F105 pilots claimed at least 17 antiaircraft gun emplacements around Kep air field and railroad yard near Hanoi. Ground fighting continued in Mekong delta areas as Viet Cong attacks hit U S installations near Saigon, Lai Khe, and Nha Be. B52 bombers joined the effort with multiple missions over A Shau Valley and Long Khanh Province, while an accidental U S Army ammo transport downed near Quant Ngai City killed three crewmen.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Kep
Hanoi
North
Mekong
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Saisgon
U.S. Naval Base
Nhe Be
Long Tao
U.S. Marine
da Nang
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
South Vietnam
A Shau
Quant Ngai City
Indonesian Youths Storm Chinese Embassy in Jakarta Clash
A mob of about 300 Indonesian youths besieged the Chinese embassy in Jakarta, setting fires and clashing with troops. Three students and one soldier were seriously wounded as the Chinese inside fortified doors and walls, while Indonesian forces backed by tanks attempted to quell the outbreak. Earlier and later incidents linked to anti-Chinese sentiment and a prior coup attempt intensified the confrontation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Krawang
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Claud Myers
the Peoples National Bank
Burger
S. Main
Sun
Stuents
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Zhu Yen
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Tjui San Noel
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Optometrist
Olin G. Wollen, O.D
A. G. Madison
O.D
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Medical Directory
J. F. Barr, M.D
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D. C
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M.D
Dennis L. Smith, O.D
Frank A, Trump
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Louis N. Speer, M.D
Li McKelvey
D.C
Speersein
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S. M. Brockway
L. J. Matney
Chiropractic
East
Homer
Flora
Zellner
David L. Young
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Rex
W. Wilson
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David. G. Laury, M.D
R. A. Gollier
C. H. Strehlow
Victor J
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Sylva Lofgreen, M.D
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Henning Bros
Anthony Clinical Laboratory
Gladys Anthony
Ottawa, Kansas
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Willard E. Anderson
Cherry
Briscoe
Beauty Land Styling Salon
Eloise Milton
Shirley James
Marjorie Bennett
Sonja Peebles
Wiloma Babcock
Wilson
Everett’s Barber Shop
Everett Stark
John W. Rea Walkein
Ore
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J. Rodgers
I. Jones
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