LeLoup elder recalls town history and namesake origin
Lou Young, long time LeLoup resident born 1876 in Pennsylvania, recalls the town’s origins and family ties. He moved to LeLoup in 1880 with his parents, remembers a busy early town with stores, a bank, a schoolhouse, and large Woodman picnics attracting up to 10,000 people. He notes the name LeLoup from the French for the wolf and tells of a planter named Ferguson who influenced depot location.
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Bernice Holden Leloup
LeLoup
Ferguson
Lou Young
Young
Wolf Creek
Aaron Greg
Woodman Lodge
Livestock Commission
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Clara May Harrington
Ridgeway
Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
US Pilots Released By Korean Captors
PANMUNJOM Korea AP North Korean Communists released two American helicopter pilots Capt Ren W Stutts from Florence Alabama and Carleton W Voltz from Frankfort Michigan flown to Seoul in good condition The UN Command stated the receipt signed admitted espionage but called it meaningless The pilots on a mission to check aircraft warning markers south of the DMZ not spies and the release followed Johnson remarks of humanitarian aid efforts.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N. Command
United Nations Command
Ren. W. Stutts
Florence
Ala
Carleton W. Voltz
Frankfort
UNC
Dmz — Demilitarized Zone
Han
U. N
Washington
Johnson
Rockefeller Wins Oregon Primary Upsets Lodge
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller swept Oregon defeating Henry Cabot Lodge in a six candidate field. With 2,437 of 3,251 precincts counted Rockefeller led and earned 18 convention votes. Lodge trailed, while Goldwater Nixon and Scranton followed in the crowded Republican race.
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Portland
Ore
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
Henry Cabot Lodge
California
Lodge
Los Angeles
Rockefeller
Paul Grindle
Grindle
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Nixon
Smith
Scranton
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson to seek more aid for South Vietnam
President Johnson meets with Defense Secretary McNamara and Secretary of State Rusk to plan increases in military and economic aid for South Vietnam. He told lawmakers a larger U S commitment would be proposed, amid guerrilla raids and a Viet Cong victory that killed 54 and wounded 50, with ten missing.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
White House
U.S
Saigon
McNamara
Rusk
National Security Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Hague
Viet Nam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations
US S
Viet Cong
Cuban Exile Group Links CIA to New Landings in Cuba
Cuba lodged a United Nations protest accusing the CIA of orchestrating new landings near Port Pilon and along Cuba’s coasts. The Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba said the raids were diversions from a sugar mill attack and part of a plan to empower internal guerrillas. Raul Roa warned U Thant that the raids threaten peace, citing U2 flights from bases in Florida Puerto Rico and Central America.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
Raul] Roa
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Citizens Committee For A Free
Florida
Puerto Rico
Central America
Cuba
Police Fund Set For Garnett Race Riot Prevention
Lake Garnett Racing Association directors create a $2,500 police fund to hire trained officers for fulltime duty during the July 4 and 5 races. Mayor Gwin Shell says about 100 uniformed men will be on hand to maintain order, with coverage at all times after last year’s riot erupted at night.
Hoffa Union Fight Spurs Legal Cash Scrutiny
Six rank and file Teamsters sue James R Hoffa and top officials in U S District Court demanding reimbursement of union funds spent defending legal actions. They seek an injunction to halt further payments and cite hundreds of thousands already spent as Hoffa faces parallel trials for conspiring to defraud the union and a jury tampering conviction.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Chattanooga
Tenn
Philadelphia Group
Philadelphia
Stagecoach trek marks South Dakota statehood
Gordon Hanson reports from a 450 mile winter journey from Denver to Deadwood to celebrate South Dakota's 75th anniversary of statehood. He rides, sometimes shoots shotgun, bounces over rough trails, and reflects on the old-time stagecoach era and its pioneers.
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Gordon Hanson
Rapid City
S.D
Lusk
Wyo
Denver
Deadwood
South Dakota
Shotgun Ain’t Funny To Maintain Saddle Comfort On Trail
A humorous travelogue chronicles a 34 day stagecoach journey with rough saddle, hard food, leaky air mattress, and frontier camaraderie. The writer, out of shape, contrasts the physical toll with cowboy stereotypes while noting the rough camping life, improvised cooking, and constant trail hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
East German Reds stage mammoth youth rally in Berlin
East Berlin hosts a three day event for about 500000 youths organized by the Free German Youth under Walter Ulbricht. The Berlin Wall stands firm with roughly 10000 guards and reinforced border security around West Berlin.
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West Berlin
Free German Youth Organization
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Ulbricht
East Berlin
Testimonial from Kansas mother of 11 in divorce case
Deputy Ed Blagrave reported delivering a court restraining order to a mother of 11 in Mission Kansas. She refused service, set a fire with a match saying God is my witness, prayed during the blaze, then told him she would pray for him as he left. The scene ended with burnt fingers and a calm departure.
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Mission
Kan
Ed Blagrave
Closing Stations Approved Locally
Ottawa airport manager dismisses FAA plan to convert four Kansas flight service stations to remote control, saying it saves money but delays replies. He notes pilots must check in and out, and that Butler Missouri already operates remotely. Senator Pearson warns Kansas hosts busy flight service, urging retention of the skilled staff and service.
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Ottawa
Federal Aviation Agency
Kansas
Jack Kille
Kille
House Commerce
Goodland
Manhattan
Dodge City
Russell
Butler
Kansas City
James‘ B. Pearson
Rehan
Pearson
County Weather Update With Warm Humidity and Light Winds
Clear to partly cloudy conditions persist through Sunday with warm, humid air. Winds stay under 25 mph. Sunday highs in the mid 80s, overnight lows around the mid 60s. Friday high near 82, today’s low 63. Year-ago figures were 75/64. Record highs 95 in 1981 and lows 34 in 1907. 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am trace. Hourly temps through 8 am today.
Nothing New On Bomber
Osage County Sheriff Albert Vanderslice said no new leads in the Lyndon High School bomb threat probe. He said the origin remains near Vassar, northeast of Lyndon, with six calls from a likely mature female voice. Calls targeted the high and grade schools and private residents, one threatened Overbrook buses. officials view the caller as a mentally unbalanced prankster with no clear motive.
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Lyndon High School
Albert Vanderslice
Osage County
Vassar
Lyndon
Overbrook
Vanderslice
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E. Wilson
Sandy Shaw
N. Poplar
Main Street
Rocky
New Hampshire
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
William W. Scranton
Viet Aid
LBJ
Mittee
George Reedy
Philadelphia Teamsters
Teamster High Command
Edward Bennett Williams
Labor Department
Shotgun
Red Youth Rally
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