Escapes From Viet Cong After Nine Months
An Army sergeant from Altus Oklahoma Kenneth R Gregory escaped Viet Cong captivity after about nine months and was picked up by a U S helicopter crew near Tay Ninh City Published reports say he was in good condition though he had lost weight He entered service in 1964 and landed in South Vietnam in 1967 He plans to spend time with his family before returning to the United States Also noted is the April 1968 rescue of Spec 5 Thomas Van Putten in Tay Ninh Province.
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Saigon
Altus
Okla
U.S. Command
Kenneth R. Gregory
Helen Gregory
P.O. Box
General Delivery
Gregory
Tay Ninh
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Long Binh
South Vietnam
U.S
United States
Thomas van Putten
Caledonia
Mich
van Putten
OHS Seniors Help At Indian Mission
Ottawa High School seniors David Salman Dan Perkins Sam Wright Gary Sheffield and Bill Anderson spent six days after finals volunteering at Anadarko Christian Center and the Wichita Indian Baptist Mission near Anadarko Oklahoma. They painted ceilings fixed windows laid cement for a tether ball court and cleared a road around the Western Oklahoma Association Campground. The trip progressed from a church discussion group to a 12 member volunteer team with support from First Baptist Church funding transportation.
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Oklahoma
Bill Anderson
Sam Wright
David Salman
Gary Sheffield
Dan Perkins
Ottawa
Anadarko Christian Center
Anadarko
Okla
Wichita Indian Baptist Mission
Christian Center
Ottawans
Tijerina plans citizens arrest of Burger for civil rights breach
Reies Lopez Tijerina, NM land grant claimant, declares he will arrest nominee Warren Burger during Senate hearings in Washington. He calls Burger’s confirmation a test of law, and vows to act despite police skepticism. Tijerina led the Tierra Amarilla raid in 1967 and was acquitted on several charges.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Warren E. Burger
U.S
Tijerina
Burger
Senate
Washington
Texas
Tierra Amarilla
Robert E. Krahling
Nixon Holds Conferences on Vietnam Peace Talks in Florida
President Nixon held a series of Vietnam peace talks with Secretary of State William P. Rogers in Key Biscayne Florida. Rogers had just returned from an eight day trip to South Vietnam Thailand and Pakistan as part of efforts to forge a unified front with South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu. Nixon outlined an eight point peace formula in a May 14 broadcast and spent Memorial Day relaxing at his waterfront home.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Julie
Washington
South Vietnam
Thailand
Pakistan
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Thieu
South Korea
Park Chung Hee
United States
Ottawa High School Summer Session Begins Monday
Ottawa High School announced the start of its summer session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. June 2 to July 11 with courses including art English laboratory math laboratory sewing social studies and typing Some courses offer credit Enrollment starts 8:30 a.m. Monday in the Cyclone Room.
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Ottawa High School
Rockefeller offers talks to prevent violence in Latin America
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller on a Latin American tour said he is willing to meet militant students to listen to grievances and seek nonviolent dialogue. In Quito he urged sincerity and explained the aim to improve U.S. Latin American relations while noting deadly clashes in Guayaquil and elsewhere.
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Quito
Ecuador
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bolivia
U.S
Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
New York
Guayaquil
U.S. Information Service
University of Guayaquil
Curacao Riots Prompt Dutch Marines In Caribbean Station
Royal Dutch Marines were called to quell disorders after 5000 striking oil refinery workers burned and looted stores in Willemstad. Troops fired on crowds, a labor leader was shot, and several others wounded. Two killed and 10 seriously wounded reported in Amsterdam. A curfew and fires across the city followed as cruise ships and tourists faced disruption. Telegraph lines to the Netherlands cut while Curaao links to New York and Caracas were affected.
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Willemstad
Curacaos
Royal Dutch Marines
Amsterdam
ANP
Netherlands Antilles
Venezuela
Curacao
New York
Caracas
Netherlands
Kansas Inmates Still At Large From Kanopolis Lake
Three state reformatory inmates fled Thursday afternoon from a work detail at Kanopolis Lake and remain missing. The stolen state department truck used for transport was found near Spivey in southern Kingman County after running out of gas and a nearby car was reported stolen. Inmates Dale Gaddis 21 of Atchison Leon Hazelhurst 24 of Hays and Roger McGinnis 22 of Warsaw Mo were all honor inmates. McGinnis faced parole June 9. They were part of a 10 man detail with one guard traveling daily from the Hutchinson reformatory to Kanopolis.
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Kingman
Kan
State Reformatory
Kanopolis Lake
State Department
Spivery
Kingman County
Dale Gaddis
Atchison
Leon Hazelhurst
Hays
Roger McGinnis
Warsaw
McGinnis
Hutchinson
Kanopolis
Kansas Toll Rises to Six in Holiday Weekend
The Associated Press reports six traffic fatalities in Kansas by Friday night over the Memorial Day weekend. A fatal crash on the Kansas Turnpike 11 miles west of Lawrence claimed Patricia Freund of Baltimore, Md. Her husband Charles A. Freund Jr. and three others in the other vehicle were injured and hospitalized in Lawrence.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Patricia Freund
Baltimore
Charles A. Freund Jr
Freund
Two Brothers Killed In Anderson County Crash Near Colony
A two car head on collision two miles north of Colony on US 169 killed Bowman L. Collins 66 and Warren B. Collins 73 both Colony residents and Robert E. Peters 37 of Kansas City the driver of the other car. Surviving brother Willard Collins of Richmond is listed as a relative.
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Colony
Bowman L. Collins
Warren B. Collins
Robert E. Peters
Kansas City
Collins
Willard Collins
Richmond
Black Lawyers Create Permanent National Conference of Lawyers
A group of about 250 black lawyers and students at the University of Chicago voted to establish the National Conference of Black Lawyers as a permanent organization alongside the National Bar Association. Delegates discussed professional problems and ways to serve low paid, poorly educated black communities amid concerns about the NBA and ABA approaches to civil rights issues.
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Chicago
National
Conference of
Black Lawyers
National Bar Association
NCBL
America
University of Chicago
Center For Continuing Education
NBA
American Bar Association
Weather Outlook for Kansas After Cool Front Passes
A cool front moving across Kansas will be followed by improved wether for Sunday and Monday. Eastern areas may see more showers and thunderstorms as the front sweeps east. Temperatures recorded include 89 high Thursday and 64 low Friday with 79 high Friday and 65 today. Precipitation was .81 inch in the past 24 hours ending 8 am. Hourly temps end at 8 am today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
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