Goose theft at Ottawa frat ends with safe return of Gregory
Gregory the goose, snatched from the Salsbury pen by Phi Delta Theta members from the University of Kansas, was recovered about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Mrs. D. L. Salsbury said the goose is exhausted but unharmed and back by the Volkswagen, after the prank caused worry to the Salsbury family.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa Police Department
Gregory
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Ottawa
D. L. Salsbury
Salsbury
Herald
Williams to stay on as Kansas FmHA director
Kansas Farmers Home Administration director Morgan Williams announced he will remain in his post, despite prior signals of resignation to seek the 2nd District congressional nomination against incumbent Democrat Bill Roy. Williams cited commitment to serving Kansans and said discussions with community leaders led him to stay in state leadership.
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Topeka
Kan
Morgan Williams
Kansas
Farmers Home Administration
Williams
Congress
Bill Roy
Dhan
Kansas Farmers Home Administration
U.S
House of Representatives
D-Kan
Humphrey Campaign Gains Nebraska Labor Backing
Sen Humbert Humphrey of Minnesota opened the Nebraska primary day with labor support. Omaha AFB CIO president William Brennan announced the endorsement, calling Humphrey the friend of workers. Brennan cited a Kansas City regional vote showing 74 percent in favor. Humphrey pressed a busy weekend schedule including Ak-Sar-Ben events and Jefferson Jackson Day dinner.
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Omaha
Neb
Humbert Humphrey
Minnesota
Nebraska
William Brennan
Nebraska Afb
Brennan
Kansas City
Humphrey
Earl Oliver
Omaha Building Trades Union
Jack Train
Council of Industrial Union
Ron Miles
Communications Workers of America
Rain Returns to Kansas Ahead of Front
Rain in western Kansas overnight moved eastward across the state as a broad cool front. Clearing should begin tonight in the west with rain persisting in the east Sunday and ending by day's end. Friday’s high was 82 and the low today 60, with last year’s highs and lows noted as 93 and 65. records include 92 high in 1918 and 33 low in 1917.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Adviser Killed as Pleiku Battles Roil Vietnam
US adviser killed in hand to hand fighting at Pleiku base as enemy sappers and rockets attack military positions in central highlands. Saigon reports 80 government troops killed or wounded, with at least 27 dead overall. Fire base bunkers and surrounding bunkers heavily damaged.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Associated Press
David J. Paine
Highway 14
Michael Haynes
Columbus
Paine
Haynes
Kontum
Chu Pao
Kontum City
Hue
North Vietnam
U. S
Mekong Delta
Duc Thanh
Kissinger Tours Paris in Secret Vietnam Talks
Washington confirms Henry Kissinger met Hanoi's Le Duc Tho in Paris Tuesday in a discreet mission. White House criticized Communist negotiators as bad faith and referenced a broader risk to Moscow summit talks while noting possible Marine reinforcements and Tahkli base use amid Vietnam fighting.
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Washington
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Hanoi
le Duc Thio
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Kissinger
Saigon
Moscow
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Friedheim
7Th Fleet
Abrams
U.S. Air Force
Tahkli
Thailand
New Mexico
Bui Diem
Sky Pirates Hijack Two Jets Across Americas
An armed sky pirate extorted 303000 dollars from Eastern Airlines then bailed out over Central America. A second hijacked Western Airlines jet aimed for Hanoi but diverted to Cuba. The 21 hour spree began in Pennsylvania with multiple stops, ransom exchanges, and parachute drops. Later reports note a Northwest Airlines case from Thanksgiving.
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Associated Press
Central America
Eastern Air Lines
Cuba
Pennsylvania
Herman Vales Sosa
Merida
Mexico
San Pedro Sula
Honduras
Mexico City
British Honduras
Allentown
Washington
Dulles
New Orleans
Western Airlines
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Sky
Hanoi
U.S
Indochina
Dallas
Tex
Tampa
Fla
Havana
D.B. Cooper
Northwest Airlines
Lake Pomona Spillway Opens as Rain Floods Pool
Lake Pomona levels rose to 979.72 with the conservation pool about five and a half feet above normal after early week rains. The Army Corps of Engineers opened spillway gates releasing 50 cfs while upstream inflow was about 150 cfs. Water release could rise Monday if downstream areas can handle it.
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Conservation
Lake Pomona
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Melvern Lake
Pomona
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Fmha
Kathy Mowry
Manhattan
Riley County
Republican
Pochentong International
U.S. Command
South
An Loc
Kansas Highway Patrol
RHP
Curtis K. Sims
The
Sims
Ziegler
Sky Pirates
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