Casualties Rise To 100000 From The War In Vietnam
AP reports U.S. casualties in Vietnam have exceeded 100000 with 14,643 dead and 86,635 wounded among 101034 total. Heavy raids on Haiphong and nearby targets, losses of three planes, and 687 U.S. aircraft downed in the North mark intensified fighting as ground actions and air attacks continue across the region.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
North
Paola Firm Wins 117814 Bid For Hospital Addition
Sprigg Construction Co of Paola won the $117 814 bid to add an 11 bed addition to Ransom Memorial Hospital. Eight bids were opened at 3 p.m. by Don Depew. eight alternates raise total to $119 068. Subcontractors are Wiggins Electric and Underwood Plumbing of Ottawa. The new wing will house extended care for Medicare patients and be air conditioned.
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Paola Firm
Sprigg Construction Co
Paola
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sprigg
Wiggins Electric
Underwood Plumbing
Ottawa
Don Depew
Topeka
Ekdahl, Davis and Depew
Robert Clogston
Loyd Construction Co
Constant Construction Co
Lawrence
B.A. Green Construction Co
Bradley Construction Co
Salina
Dressler Construction
Machow Construction Co
Morris-Frazier Construction Co
Wichita
Medicare
Airecon
Hospital
County Forecast With Clouds and Showers Tonight
Considerable cloudiness and cooler tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Friday will be cloudy to partly cloudy and cool. Low tonight 55 to 60. High Friday in the 70s. Also notes include high 87, low 67 for today, and prior highs/lows from last year. Hourly temperatures end at 8 a.m. today.
Nice Try Boston World Series scalpers fail again
Two college boys ending a brief stint as World Series ticket scalpers faced Chief Judge Elijah Aciow in Municipal Court with no tickets and no profits to show for their efforts.
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Boston
Elijah Aciow
Governor Urges Efforts To Lure Better Policemen
Gov. Robert Docking urged expanding recruitment of law officers and support for a 120 hour training requirement at the O M Wilson Institute. He spoke to the Kansas Peace Officers Association in Topeka, noting crime control hinges on attracting trained personnel and backing a statewide conference in Wichita November 16 17 for better crime handling. He warned lawlessness is not yet Kansas level but education and reform are needed.
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Kansas Peace Officers Association
Topeka
Docking
Kansas
O. M. Wilson Institute
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
The
Kansas Bar Association
Wichita
Low-Cost Housing Denied Zoning Change in Highland Heights
Richard Underwood of Varecho Inc proposed a low-cost ranch style subdivision in Highland Heights Santa Barbara area seeking a zoning change to allow clustered homes. Ottawa Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial citing potential value depreciation and opposition from about 15 local property owners. Mayor Williamson advised resubmission with changes to the planning board rather than the city commission.
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Rosie Lister
Don Capper
City Commission
Ottawa Planning Commission
Highland Heights
Richard Underwood
The
Varecho, Inc
Santa
Poplar
Mulberry
Underwood
Otetawa
Shofner
Shofener
Charles Williamson
Planning Board
Democrats May Stage Late Convention 1968
The AP reports Democrats favor a post Labor Day nominating convention in 1968 to shorten the campaign. The site committee will vote on a convention city from Miami Beach Florida Chicago Illinois or Houston Texas with the national committee to finalize dates. Johnson may prefer Chicago to attract Midwest focus while avoiding renewed intraparty tensions. If Miami Beach is chosen Republicans begin Aug 5, prompting a delay that could influence Vietnam policy until Johnson’s official nomination.
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Washington
Johnson
Miami Beach
Fia
Chicago
Houston
Tex
John Connally
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Texas
Midwest
Allies and Foes Call for Halt to Vietnam Bombing
At the United Nations General Assembly, five NATO allies and 18 other nations urge an end to U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Britain backs the raids. Canada and France push for a halt as other nations urge peace.
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United Nations
N.Y
America
NATO
U.S
North Vietnam
Britain
General Assembly
Middle East
United States
Paul Martin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
France
Canada
George Brown
Assembly
Brown
Charles de Gaulle
Vietnam
Maurice Couve de Murville
Andrei A. Gromyko
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N
Parking Lot Charlie Land Costs $109000 Ottawa approves third merchant project
Ottawa city commissioners signed land purchase agreements for a new parking lot southwest of First and Hickory. The $109000 price will be shared by the benefit district and city, with $54500 each funded by the district and parking meter funds respectively. Downpayments ranged from $100 to $1000, with remaining balance due after the first payday in January 1968.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
First and Hickory
Margaret Sutton
J.W. Sutton
William Douglas
Noel Douglas
Abbie W. Zerbe
Dixie Lee Atchison
Maxine Frieze
Rex Zerbe
Margaret B. Nichols
Don Capper
Sutton
Douglas
Zerbe
Atchison and Friezeland
Nichols Land
Rockefeller Reagan Ticket Tops Gallup Poll in New Jersey
Gallup's Sept 15–19 survey shows the Rockefeller Reagan Republican ticket at 55 percent versus 41 percent for Johnson Humphrey, with undecided voters at 4 percent. Rockefeller, speaking in Ithaca, says he is not a candidate. Reagan’s aide in Sacramento downplays the poll’s impact on his campaign.
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Princeton
Gallup
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Panltaker
George Gellup
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Rockefellers
Reagan
Johnson-Humphrey
Reepublicans
George Romney
Michigan
Humphrey
Rockefeller
Ithaca
Sacramento
Calif
Paul Beck
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Hoa Lac
Kien An
Hanole Haiphong
Topeka AP
Robert Docking
Planning Commission
Donnybrook
Miami
Charlie Land
Come Mission
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leo Ferguson
City Sanitary Service
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
East Fifeteenth
Cuba
Syria
Afghanistan
Jakarta
Indonesia
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