Remarkable Young Cowgirl Dominates Kansas Horseshows
Laura Osburn, age nine, has entered 39 events since April and placed in 33, including 15 firsts. She leads Kansas’s 400-strong junior horseshow circuit, placed among 14 finalists in the American Royal senior Western Pleasure, and has earned multiple awards from Kansas City Saddle and Sirloin Club and other venues across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Monte
Laura Osburn
Kansas
Kansas State
Laura
Amererican Royal
Kansas City
Mid East Flareup on Suez Canal Dogfight and Casualties
Israeli jets shot down an Egyptian MIG21 near the Suez Canal as a daylong clash left at least 31 dead and 66 wounded. UN observers prepare to deploy to halt fighting along the cease-fire line while both sides accuse the other of starting hostilities.
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Associated Press
Suez Canal
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Ismailia
East Bank
West Bank
Port Ibrahim
Israel
Egypt
U.N
Odd Bull
Bull
Suez City
el Qantara
Suez
Port Taufiq
Israel Defense
Moshe Dayan
Lawrence Farmer Killed In Kansas Field Accident
Lawrence farmer Lloyd Hoffman was killed when a repair faulty combine fell and crushed his head in a field off U S 59 ten miles south of Lawrence. Born September 25, 1912 near Overbrook he was a farmer and mechanic for Mad Implement Co Baldwin. Surviving are his wife Thelma Coons two sons a stepson four daughters ten grandchildren and many brothers and sisters.
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Lawrence, Kan
Lloyd Hoffman
U.S. 59
Lawrence
Hoffman
Overbrook
Ben and
Grace (Bragg) Hoffman
Mad Implement Co
Baldwin
Thelma B. Coons
Robbie Hoffman
Lloyd R. Hoffman Jr
The
Kenneth Coons
Kansas City
Weather Summary: Friday High 80 Low 51 Record Lows
Friday brings a high near 80 and a low around 51 with no precipitation. Daytime readings trend warmer than last year when the high reached 85 and the low 76. A record high of 110 set in 1936 and record low 50 in 1930 remain on the books. Barometer reads 30.11 inches.
Da Nang Air Base Hit by Major Communist Rocket Attack
SAIGON AP A major Communist rocket strike on Da Nang air base kills eight Americans and wounds 173, crippling 42 aircraft and causing about 80 million dollars in damage. The five minute barrage damaged barracks and runways, with 50 rockets fired including 120mm and 140mm types.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Air Force
Robert Maloy
Coral Gables
Fla
Newark Braces For Third Day Of Riots In Turbulent Newark
Exhausted residents and authorities prepared for more violence as Newark entered a third night of riots. Police and National Guardsmen patrolled scarred streets while curfews, gunfire, and fires raged in the Negro neighborhood. The death toll reached 16 with 15 dying at City Hospital from gunshot wounds or a crash linked to the unrest, including two youths.
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Newark
City Hospital
St. Michael’s Hospital
Richard J
Hughes
Johnson
New Jersey National Guard
Watts
Los Angeles
West Coast
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Kennedy Airport
New York
London
Leroi Jones
Fred Toto
Fire at Ottawa High School damages workshop area
A morning fire at Ottawa High School began outside the workshop and spread into the shop area. Smoke filled the student building as firefighters worked to ventilate. An unidentified man reported the blaze from the nearby home of Mr and Mrs Robert Coleman at 10365 Olive. Damage extent is unknown.
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Ottawa High School
Ene
Robert Coleman
Olive
Surveyor 4 Flight Seen Most Accurate Yet
Pasadena scientists reported Surveyor 4, en route to the moon, appeared to be the most accurate launch yet. If the in flight correction works, the 2,290 pound craft could land about 80 miles from its target in a rugged lunar area, with a 50 50 chance of a gentle touchdown to study iron in soil.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sinus Medii
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Guards Return Home From Field Training
The Ottawa and Garnett contingents of the First Howitzer Battalion 127th Artillery Group return to Kansas after two weeks of field training. Convoys limited to 35 mph except on speedways, likely arriving in Ottawa Sunday. They will resume inactive duty for 12 months and end their tent life tonight. The Ottawa unit earns the Metcalf Trophy for high inspection rating, unit strength and drill attendance.
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Ottawa and Garnett
127Th Artillery Group
Kansas
Ottawa
Metcalf
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
David H. Johnson
First Howitzer Battalion
Stanley Fritts
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Princeton Road
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Roodeo Arena
Dixie
Houston
Dallas
Lawrence Farmer
Wilma Donadio
New York City
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Maidonna Lesdom
Myrtle Eggert
Bisbie
Ariz
South Main
9Th
Earle C. Blair
Tremont
James R. Bickerstaff
Rantoul
Blair
Bickerstaff
da Nang Air Complex
Surveyor Flight
Earth
Guernsey
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