Highway Blinker a Stopper In More Ways Than One
Kansas Highway Department tests a bright orange five light blinker on I 35 east of Ottawa. A transport truck hit the device, wrecking it and causing a minor jackknife. Driver Emil Ludolph II of Waverly, no injuries reported. Police investigate possible charges.
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Kansas Highway Department
I-35
Ottawa
Department
Chanute
Elmer Alexander
Marais Des Cygnes
Alexander
Emil B. Ludolph II
Waverly
William Frey
Westphalia
Kansas City
Highway Patrol
Dirksen Defends Johnson Nominations Amid Cronyism Charge
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois challenged critics who call President Johnson’s Supreme Court picks cronyism naming Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry. He warned the “lame duck” label is improper while the Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nominations.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Lincoln
Truman
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Johnson
Dirksen
GOP
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Griffin
Abe Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Terrorist kills U S soldier in Saigon amid raid fears
In Saigon a terrorist shot a U S soldier near the presidential palace, raising fears of a Viet Cong raid on the capital. Extra guards were posted at the U S Embassy and key sites as police go on high alert. Reports said raids could mark a third Viet Cong offensive of the year, with authorities awaiting confirmation.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Boss Collects Telephone Wire Insulators As Hobby
Vernon Chesbro president of the Kansas Telephone Co. keeps about 150 insulators in his office. He notes many insulators date back more than 100 years and come in colors from brown to violet. Prices range from one to seventy five dollars and catalogs exist, though he has few in his hands.
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Vernon Chesbro
The
Kansas Telephone Co
Chesbro
Midwest
Kansas
Scott Harris
Kenneth Harris
S. Oak
Kansas City
Harris
Vietnam
Sgt
Ottawa High School
Air Force
Missing bull and two unmanned cars cause separate mishaps
A missing black bull or cow was cited after Bruce A. Breithaupt, 18, Wellsville RFD 2, struck it near Wellsville on K-33. He escaped injury with $350 damage. A parked Bennett car rolled from 321 W. 3rd and hit another parked car on Elm, both without occupants, causing extensive damage to the second vehicle while Bennett’s suffered minor damage. brake release described as cause.
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Bruce A. Breithaupt
Wellsville
Breithaupt
South Elm
Jane D. Bennett
Elm
S. Elm
Rex
Judy Murphy
Wilson
Cherry
Bennett
C. O. Johnson
Humphrey Pushes for Wider Contacts With Red China
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged broader U S engagement with Red China and said the United States should seek to replace conflict with cooperation when possible. He warned the path to normalizing relations in the coming decade may be difficult. The remarks, intended as a San Francisco speech, were released as a policy paper while he rested at home. McCarthy criticized the administration over hunger amid poverty in the country.
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Washington
Hubert J. Humphrey
Red China
United States
U.S
Humphrey
San Francisco
Weather county forecast shows clouds and storms tonight
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and early Saturday. Saturday will be partly cloudy and hot with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs in the low to mid 90s with tonight’s low near 70. Thursday’s high 95 and today’s low 69. Record highs and lows on this date are 117 in 1954 and 50 in 1898. Barometer 29.96.
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Eeeertecen
Garrison credits foreign help in Kennedy case
New Orleans AP report says District Attorney Jim Garrison exchanged information with a European foreign intelligence service he calls crucial to his claim that Kennedy was killed by CIA elements. He cited detailed evidence from the foreign agency and said a month of contact involved high-level officials.
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New Orleans
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Times-Picayune
Garrison
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Foreign Intelligence Agency
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Allen Winchester
Vern Chesbro
Bull
Max Gilmore
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
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Hickory
Grant
Grant and
Mulberry
Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dallas
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