Pentagon Soldier Indicted For Russian Spying
A Pentagon assistant radio operator and Air Force sergeant, Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt, 24, is indicted for conspiring with Soviet diplomat Aleksey Malinin to obtain defense secrets. The case links to Lt. Col. William H. Whalen, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to obtain defense secrets for the Soviet Union. Whalen’s espionage charge was dropped at the government's request. Boeckenhaupt faced possible death if convicted.
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Alexandria
Pentagon
Herbert W. Boeckenhaupt
FBI
March Air Force Base
Riverside
Calif
U.S
Army
William Henry Whalen
Lodge In States Reports To LBJ on Vietnam Progress
President Johnson received from Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge a progress report on Vietnam and a forecast of gains in 1967. Lodge, back from Saigon for holidays, briefed newsmen at the White House after talks with Johnson and advisers. He warned Hanoi shows no peace signs yet while predicting headway across four wars in Vietnam, with pacification lagging.
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Washington
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Lodge
Saigon
White House
Hanoi
U. S
China
Asia
Korea
Burma
America
County Forecast: Mostly fair and mild with light winds
County forecast notes mostly fair and mild conditions with light westerly winds tonight and Sunday. Overnight low in mid 20s and Sunday high near 50. Friday high 50, today’s low 23. Year ago highs and lows listed as 43 and 20. Record highs 70 in 1939, record low 5 in 1982. Barometer 30.06.
Parsons Man Jailed Here For Cruelty To Animals
Ray Chase a 47 year old Parsons man is jailed in Ottawa on cruelty to animals and a violation of the Green River Ordinance. Ottawa police say a dog in a truck with five dogs was chained without water and food and that Chase claimed dogs were kept on short chains to prevent fighting. He was arrested after a report of a man matching his truck trying to buy a German Shepherd in Ottawa. Although he claimed to have left Parsons for Leavenworth to sell dogs to the government he was denied bond and taken to jail. The five dogs were placed at the Franklin County Humane Shelter.
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Ray Chase
Parsons
Green River
Eugene Flaherty
Ottawa
Chase
Flaherty
Main Street
Leavenworth
Franklin County Humane Shelter
Ottawa High Faces Turner In EKL Semi Preview
Ottawa High School hosts Turner at the OHS gym after a narrow semi final win over Olathe in the East Kansas League tournament. Game begins at 8 30. Ottawa University defeated Kansas Wesleyan in Ottawa last night. Details on Page 10. Also today a EKL tournament photo page on Page 4.
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Ottawa High School
Turner
OHS
Olathe
Ottawa
Kansas Weseleyan
Canned Air New Christmas Canning Craze Hits Stores
New York AP reports a quirky holiday trend where items from dresses to nails and even air are sold canned. Franklin Simon and Wippette Sportswear lead the fad with Le Canned Dress selling in multiple cities. prices around 25 dollars with hats extra. Wise notes teenaged, playful items dominate. stores boast a canning machine and even salvage requests for preserves are considered.
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New York
Wilmer Wise
Franklin Simon
Wise
Ben Wechester
Wippette Sportswear, Inc
Canada
London
Paris
GOP Governors Say 1968 Victory Won’t Rely On Johnson Popularity
Republican governors including Michigan’s George Romney and New York’s Nelson Rockefeller warned that 1968 will hinge on fundamental policy change rather than Johnson’s current dip in popularity. Rockefeller doubted polls, noting he once scored lower than Johnson yet won reelection. Iowa’s Harold Hughes, after criticizing Johnson, said dissidents expect a meeting with the President after Christmas at his Texas ranch.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Johnson
Michigan
George Romeney
Vietnam
Washington
Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Harold K. Hughes
Iowa
Texas Ranch
Atom smasher could probe quark secrets and new energy
Washington reports the proposed 375 million dollar atom smasher may reveal quarks, subnuclear particles theorized as matter’s building blocks. Weston, Illinois was chosen as the site, with a four stage accelerator chain feeding a one mile ring synchrotron. The device would be heavily shielded and off limits to the public within 500 feet.
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Washington
United States
Weston
Atomic Energy Commission
Outer Space Treaty Heads for UN Approval
United Nations General Assembly committee was set to approve a historic treaty banning space warlike weapons. President Johnson praised the accord as the most important arms control step since the 1963 Moscow nuclear tests ban, with delegates hoping it signals broader limits on the arms race.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
Johnson
Space
U.N
Earth
Ottawa Statute Book Revised
Ottawa moved to reorganize its statute book with a first reading of an ordinance to adopt certified ordinances of the city of Ottawa Kansas. The revision updates a 1950 printed book with League of Municipalities guidance to remove deadwood and align with modern policy.
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City Commission
Ottawa
City of
Kans
Jim Kahler
League of Municipalities
Ottawans
League
Kahler
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Whalen
Boeckenhaupt
Aleksey R. Malinin
Wash
March
Sacramento
W. E. Wright
LBJ
South Vietnam
Red River Delta
Air Force
North Vietnam
Haenoi
Clyde Johnson
Bill Wheeler
Outer Space Treaty
Czechoslovakia
David Rehman
Bay City
Mich
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