Bloodmobile Returns to Franklin County for Holiday Drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile visits the First Baptist Church Educational building from 12 30 to 6 15 p m on Tuesday as part of a holiday drive running December 7 to January 4. The American Legion Post 60 assists in donor solicitation while aiming to collect 143 units for VA and military hospitals.
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Gary Jordan
Franklin County Red Cross
Harold Bundy
Ottawa American Legion
Ottawa
First Baptist Church
The
American Legion
Red Cross
Franklin County
Veterans’ Administration
United States
Jordan
Viet Cong battles, Cambodian drive, and missing planes update
Helicopter borne South Vietnamese troops killed Viet Cong 15 miles from Saigon as 2500 marines and rangers push a fresh offensive into Cambodia. In Parrot's Beak fighting, 15 enemies killed. Saigon says 3 killed and 7 wounded for marines. U.S. forces report only a single skirmish near the DMZ. A 7000 man Vietnamese force enters U Minh Forest. two Viet Cong arms caches found. Phnom Penh reports a bridge destroyed on Highway 4 hindering access to Kompong Som. northern front pressure near the capital continues. A week-long search for two missing U.S. C123 planes proceeds with 8 days and 1 Sunday disappearance courts.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S
Highway 4
Kompong Som
Cross Pays Tribute To Laporte In Quebec Kidnapping
British Trade Commissioner James R. Cross bids Canada farewell after a moving tribute to Pierre Laporte, killed during captivity. Cross spoke at a Montreal airport news conference in French, recalling his own 60 days in confinement and noting his captors were fervent revolutionaries. He boarded a government plane to London, awaiting reunion with his wife.
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Montreal
James R. Cross
Goodby
Canada
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Cross
London
James Cross
Robert Bourassa
Cuba
CP Oto
Rescuers Find Two Survivors In Fogbound Vietnam Crash
CAM RANH BAY Vietnam Army rescue helicopters plucked two badly injured U S Air Force sergeants from a fogbound mountainside six days after a C123 crash that likely killed 42. Aldredge Navarro and Fairbrother were flown to Cam Ranh Bay hospital with Aldredge in fair condition and Fairbrother seriously ill and infected knee fracture.
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Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Gary Lee Aldredge Navarro
Calif
Vincent Fairbrother
Riverside
R.I
Aldredge
Fairbrother
Air Force
United States
U.S. Command
Saigon
Cooling Off In Kansas As Front Moves Through
Temperatures across Kansas were cooler today after a fast moving cool front swept the state. The Weather Service noted a week of unseasonably mild weather and forecasts indicate continued mildness for several days. Highs ranged from the mid 40s in the northwest to the upper 60s in the southeast with teens to 20s tonight. Winds were north at 15 to 30 mph. Sunday's outlook shows some warming with most highs in the 50s. Morning lows spanned 19 at Goodland to 48 at Pittsburg. Friday highs were 58 at Lawrence to 60 at Garden City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Lawrence
Garden City
KC Firefighters Protest City Hall Pay Gap
About 200 Kansas City firefighters marched around city hall to protest plans to pay police more than firefighters if a proposed earnings tax increase passes. Officials cite a $112 monthly police advantage and a 19.2 percent higher pay for top firemen.
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Kansas City
Rat Olympics at American River College Final Tonight
Dozens of laboratory rats race in the Rat Decathlon at American River College near Sacramento to raise about $10,000 for scholarships. Teams from Vietnam, Utah and four California colleges compete in maze dash, rope climb, high jump, high wire and long jump. finals tonight. Governor Reagan lit the Olympic torch and joked about politicians being called rats. Spectators pay $1 to view as rats trained up to three months in the Rat Olympic Training Village.
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Sacramento
Calif
Vietnam
Utah
California
American River College
Jack Badaracco
Capitol
Ronald Reagan
Bucher says Pueblo raid could have freed crew
Navy Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher, aboard in San Diego after Navy schooling, believes a raid on a North Korean prison camp could have freed his Pueblo crew in 1968. He notes success would require sympathetic locals and would have carried high risk due to inland location and guard strength.
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Calif
Navy
Lloyd M. Bucher
U.S
Pueblo
North Korea
Bucher
Naval Reserve
Lth
Lth Naval District
North Vietnam
The
Monterey
Greek claim denial of U S bases in Cyprus sparks tension
A Cypriot newspaper claimed U S planes are flying observation missions over Egypt from British bases in Cyprus, with officials in Washington and London denying the report. Egypt called flights over Suez an aggressive act while NATO officials discussed resuming talks with the Soviet Union on a Middle East peace settlement.
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Associated Press
U.S
Egypt
Cyprus
British High Commission
Middle East Command
Washington
State Department
Department
Phileleftheros
Nicosia
United States
Makarios
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Soviet Union
Middle East
Golden Eagle Continues Fight Over FAA Air Taxi Certificate
Oklahoma City firm Golden Eagle Aviation escalates its bid for an FAA air taxi certificate after revocation tied to a Wichita State football airplane crash in the Colorado Rockies that killed 31. Attorneys appeal NTSB rulings, charging due process concerns and alleged impartiality at the crash hearing.
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Golden Eagle Aviation
Federal Aviation Administration
Wichita State
Golden Eagle
Colorado Rockies
National Transportation Safeg Board
FAA
Able
Jon M. Mee
Wichita
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Crosse
Antes ST Lam
John L. Taylor
Ottawa High
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H. K. Stevens
OHS
Bill Frear
Gee
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