Nigeria War Threat Triggers U.S. Evacuation Plan
U S Embassy to airlift about 700 Americans from eastern Nigeria as war looms between rebel Biafra state under Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu and central Gov Gowon forces. Evacuation begins Saturday by chartered DC4 planes, primarily from Port Harcourt, with support from Britain and Italy in withdrawing their nationals. Diplomatic talks required due to flight bans and Eastern isolation.
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Lagos
Nigeria
U.S
Elbert G. Mathews
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Republic of Biafra
Port Harcourt
Enugu
Ojukwu
Albion
British
Defense Ministry
Lonedon
Middle East
Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
Senators Rally Behind LBJ Israel Stand
Washington observers note bipartisan support for preserving Israel amid the Gulf of Aqaba crisis. Senators Gruening and Case urge Allied cooperation while not ruling out U S unilateral action to keep sea lanes open and honor security commitments to Israel. Mansfield envisions a Four Power accord if the U N stalls.
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Washington
Johnson
Israel
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Middle
Truman
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Clifford P. Case
Rep.j
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Middle East
Senate
Mexican Leader Near Death After Stroke
Adolfo Lopez Mateos former president of Mexico from 1958 to 1964 lay unconscious in his Mexico City home after a stroke. Doctors feared death imminent, with him kept under a special tent and cooled to slow circulation and metabolism to prevent further hemorrhage. An earlier operation in Boston addressed aneurysms in arteries. none were removed.
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Mexico City
Adolefo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Manuel Velasco Suarez
National Neuroelogical Hospital
Lopez Macteos
James Poppen
Boston
Seventh And Main Again Under Commission Scrutiny
City commission hears concerns over widening the Seventh and Main intersection as future Ke68 relocation plans may reduce traffic. Also discussed are requests for four new tennis courts, city funding timelines, and maintenance issues with existing courts and city facilities.
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James
Bob Winchester
Elath
Park Board
City Commission
Winchester
Williamson
Corlis
Don Capper
Capper
Weather Summary Worden May Rainfall and Temps
May rainfall at Worden totals 4.67 inches def 0.33. Year to date 14.74 inches excess 1.63. High 57 Wednesday. low today 54. record highs 99 in 1934 and 42 in 1907. Period precipitation 0.71 inches. Hourly temps reach 57 by late afternoon with readings from 55 to 56 across the day. Barometer 30.12.
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Worden
Walter Swarz
Cooperative Meteoroloegical Observer
Recreation chief pleas for return of uniforms
Orris Cox, director of the Ottawa Recreation Commission, asks all boys who were members of the Little League or Babe Ruth League now Junior and Senior Leagues to return their uniforms. He will be at the Youth Center, 115 W Fourth, each morning.
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Orris Cox
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Cox
Egypt Warns US To Stay Out Of Blockade Threat
Egyptian envoy Mostafa Kamel warned the United States against third party involvement in the Gulf of Aqaba crisis, saying it could escalate the Arab Israeli dispute. The warning followed a White House cabinet session amid reports of regional oil interests and a mutual defense pact between Egypt and Jordan. Ambassador Harman echoed the view that the Gulf of Aqaba is vital to Israel's access to Africa and Asia.
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Egypt
Washington
APY
United States
Gulf of Aqaba
Mostafa Kamel
Dean Rusk
Johnson
White House
State Department
Turkey
U.S
Middle East
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jordan
Hussein
George Christian
Kamel
Avraham Harman
Rabbinical Assembly of America
Harman
Israel
Africa
Asia
Turnpike Bond Plan Hires Gale Moss for Help
Gov. Docking announced Gale Moss El Dorado attorney and former turnpike manager will advise on bond sales for the Kansas City Galena toll road at 25 dollars an hour with no time limit He will work with Terry Scanlan and John Montgomery as the turnpike authority seeks up to 120 million in bonds and 40 thousand for a feasibility study The Finance Council lacks power to provide the 200 thousand funding as per Assistant AG Hoffman opinion
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Gale Moss
el Dorado
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas City
Galena
Docking
Moss
Terry Scanlan
Department of Administration
John Montgomery
Turnpike
Tom
Turnpike Authority
State Finance Council
Johnson County
Kanesas City
Mid-Continent
Leavenworth
Asst
Robert Hoffman
Finance Council
Paratrooper Dies in Drinking Ritual at Ft Bragg
Lt Ronald Reeves 23 of the 82nd Airborne died after consuming large amounts of vodka during a drinking ritual at Ft Bragg. A coroner’s report cites suffocation from vomit. Army leaders urged tighter supervision of alcohol at such events and require prior approval for future rituals at the base. Clemson graduate Reeves was stationed with the 82nd Airborne. his body was found the morning after the April 14 event.
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Washington (Ap
Army
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
Harold K. Johnson
Ronald Greer Reeves
Resor
Johnson
82Nd Aireborne Division
Ft. Bragg
Commission May Hear Longer Engineer Reports Soon
Newest commission member Harry Murphy challenged city engineer Steve James over weekly progress reports. Murphy cited public calls about sewer work, street repairs, and Willow asphalt surfacing, urging a detailed itemized update on projects from Laury Addition to West Fifteenth. James agreed to review each project, noting plans for sewer lines, paving costs, and future open meetings, while acknowledging delays and promising clearer updates.
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Harry Murphy
Steve James
Murphy
James
Commission
South Wale Nut
Laury Addition
West Fifteenth
Maple
Fifteenth
Westview
Ash
Cypress
State Board of Health
East Fifteenth
Murphy’s
West Tenth Street
Main
Locust
Charles Williamson
Willow
Murcphy
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Lyeman Corlis
Finance
Paul Wilson
Howe Apparatus Company
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Jim Kahler
Kaheler
Howe
Eugene Flaherty
Vern Wadkins
Rose Hanes
Art Jensen
St. Francis Hospital
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Junior
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