Fat Albert debut boosts bombing campaign in Vietnam
The US Navy unveils a one ton video bomb Fat Albert improving accuracy over the Walleye. Six first tests scored direct hits, with four bridges and two supply buildings destroyed. U S pilots carried out 270 tactical strikes inside North Vietnam as ground action intensifies near Quang Tri. Saigon reports heavy fighting on the northern front with 20 000 troops driving to recapture Quang Tri Province. 114 North Vietnamese killed, 41 weapons captured. notable losses include a high ranking South Vietnamese officer in a helicopter crash.
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Saigon
US Navy
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Study Sites For Housing
East Central Kansas Housing Corporation discussed locating 72 rental units across Franklin County and nearby areas. Towns Williamsburg Princeton Osage City Carbondale Eudora Emporia Gridley expressed interest, with a revolving $750000 loan fund from Farmers Home Administration. Units planned for elderly handicapped and low income, targeting rents of 50 to 60 dollars.
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Joan Istas
East Central Kansas Housing Corporation
ECKAN
Bill Bronson
Franklin County
Williamsburg
Princeton
Ken Jones
Osage City
Carbondale
Osage County
Eudora
Douglas County
Emporia
Lyon County
Gridley
Coffey County
Everett Tomlin
Tomlin
Farmers Home Administration
McGovern vows unity as he accepts Democratic nomination
Democratic nominee George McGovern rallies Democrats in Miami Beach promising a people powered campaign to unite the party and defeat Richard Nixon. He names running mate Thomas Eagleton and weighs DNC leadership, while pledging to restore government to the people and not concede a single state to Nixon.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
White House
Nixon
South Dakota
America
McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
Thomas F. Eagleton
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Jean Westwood
Utah
O’brien
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Terry Sanford
Missouri
Richard Nixon
George C. Wallace
Eagleton
Historic Ottawa heat record recalled from 1954
Ottawa residents are reminded of a brutal heat spell from July 14 1954 when thermometers hit 118 degrees. The report notes 7 30 am readings of 98 and 9 am marks near the century, with forecasts calling for partly cloudy warm conditions and chances of thunderstorms later today.
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Ottawa
Antihijack Measures To No Avail
Washington AP report notes airline officials and the FAA are baffled by the ineffectiveness of hijack prevention efforts as airport security tightened since the start of the period.
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Washington
Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Hijackings Challenge Airport Security Measures
Two armed men commandeered a jetliner landing at a Dow Chemical airstrip in Lake Jackson Texas and surrendered to an FBI agent after 21 hours. Michael Green and Suseged Tesfa faced air piracy charges in Houston with bonds set at 1 million dollars. A second hijacking near Oklahoma City ended with Melvin Fisher surrendering to a stewardess after receiving 200000 dollars. FAA ordered an investigation as security lines and detectors face scrutiny.
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Lake Jackson
Tex
FBI
Houston
Michael Stanley Green
Washington, D.C
Suseged Tesfa
Ethiopia
Green
D.T
Dow Chemical Co
Melvin M. Fisher
Norman
Okla
American Airlines
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Rehabilitation Facility Uses Scrap Lumber For Tomato Stakes
Franklin County Rehabilitation Facility, run by director Fred Doyle, trains clients in diverse tasks from food prep to crafts and now sells tomato stakes made from donated scrap lumber. Stakes, one inch square and up to seven feet long, cost 10 cents each and are produced for community gratitude with outlets planned in Topeka and Kansas City garden shops.
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Linda Ostmeyer
Franklin County
Doyle
Topeka
Kansas City
Bill Timblin
Freddie Kerr
Boise Cascade
Earl Bond
Local Demos See Few Repercussions in County Races
Franklin County Democratic leaders weigh McGovern Eagleton ticket impact on local races. Eloise Andrews notes a moderating effect and unity aims, while some Democrats remain wary about fully backing the presidential nominee before the fall campaign.
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Ron Womble
George McGovern
McGovern
Franklin County
Dan Lickteig
Eloise Andrews
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
Enrollment For Adult Ed Soon
The Adult Education Center opens enrollment July 17 for courses in clerical practice, production typing, stenography, bookkeeping, office machines, business English and writing. Minimum 10 enrollments, two hour weekly classes, $15 fee plus textbooks except office machines. September offerings include English, reading and math with no fee or book.
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Adult Education Center
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Fat Albert
Navy
Marland W. Towsend
Kitty Hawk
Townsend
U.S
Radio Hanoi
Hai Hung
Hiep Ca
Nan Hung
Alvin Arnold
Franklin County Board of Directors
People
Roger Mudd
Archie Bunker
Eleanor
Martha Mitchell
GOP
John N. Mitchell
Pirates
Dennis Feldman
John H. Shaffer
Air Transport Association
James McCarthy
Fred Doyle
Mobile Home Company
McGovern-Eagleton
Kan
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