Fiery Day Destroys Home and Barn in Franklin County
Lightning struck multiple structures Thursday in Franklin County. The Cook residence in Pomona, a 30 minute blaze that re ignited at 11 p.m., was a total loss with contents insured. Nearby, Donald Poss’s barn in Richmond was destroyed, with 75 volunteers at the scene in minutes. Fire damaged Ernest Cleaveland’s home near Princeton due to faulty wiring, burning 35 to 40 percent of the structure.
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Joan Istas
Franklin County
Everett Cook
Pomona
Cook
Poss
Larry
Richmond Township
Ernest Cleaveland
Princeton
VC Raiders Hit Refugee Camp
Viet Cong sappers attacked South Vietnam's Da Nang refugee camp under heavy rain, killing 20 refugees and wounding 94 while leaving 200 families homeless. They struck Camp Books and two militia outposts, then escaped with no reported casualties. Air losses rose to 88 planes downed since March 30, with 97 airmen missing. Some Vietnamese prisoners surfaced at a government outpost in Kien Giang province.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
Camp Books
Phuoc
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Defense Department
U Minh Forest
Mekong Delta
Kien Giang
Area Weather: Partly cloudy weekend with chances of storms
Topeka area forecasts a partly cloudy weekend with scattered thundershowers in the south today shifting east Sunday. Temperatures will reach the upper 70s to 80s then fall to the 60s overnight. Rain chances extend Monday night through Wednesday. Dodge City reports 1.43 inches in 24 hours. Wichita 0.57, Chanute 0.23, Wamego 0.18, others trace. County forecast calls for remaining unsettled with showers or thundershowers east half tonight and Sunday.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Dodge City
Wichita
Chanute
Wamego
Mideast Sea and Air Battles Kill and Wound
The Associated Press reports three Syrian and two Israeli planes shot down over the Golan Heights amid a broader clash across Lebanon and Syria. Israel claimed all its planes returned. a Palestinian boat battle with an Arab guerrilla craft was also reported. Lebanon’s death toll rose to 18 from Friday air strikes, with 31 wounded as Israeli warplanes hit targets in Lebanon and Syria. A separate Olympic shot put final saw Poland's Wladyslaw Komar win gold with a new record, the US not winning gold for the first time in 36 years.
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Associated Press
Golan Heights
Syria
Israel
Damascus
Munich
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Beirut
Kasimeyeh
Tyre
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Wafa
Palestine News Agency
Nahr el Bared
Munch
Wladyslaw Komar
Poland
George Woods
Warden
Ill
Harmut Brieseneck
East Germany
United States
Ottawan Heads Mo-Ark Flood Control Group
Russell Crites of 810 W. 5th was chosen Friday night as the new president of the Mo-Ark flood control organization in Kansas City. Crites said Mo-Ark is made up of private individuals who volunteer their efforts to manage flood control projects.
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Russell Crites
W. 5Th
Mo-Ark
Kansas City
Crites
Bloodmobile in Ottawa Falls Short of Daily Quotas
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile completed a two day drive in Ottawa with 139 pints collected versus a 145 pint per day goal. Officials blamed weather and poor publicity for the shortfall while noting support from U S Army Corps of Engineers and Congress in flood control and conservation efforts in Missouri and Arkansas basins. Crites highlighted Mo Ark's role with the Corps and praised reservoir recreational value alongside flood control. A related Herald story appears on Page 3.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Ottawa
U S. Army Corps of Engineers
Houses
Congress
Missouri
Arkansas
Crites
Marais Des Cygnes
Mo-Ark
Corps of Engineers
Truman
Herald
State ASDs Banded In A Common Effort
Kansas' 12 largest districts formed a coalition to push eight basic school finance principles after a judge ruled the current system illegal. Leaders from Wichita Kansas City Topeka Johnson County Hutchinson Lawrence Manhattan Salina Leavenworth Junction City Derby and Turner met to advocate equal effort and state funding tied to pupil counts and costs. The effort aims to inform legislators and officials about a fair funding framework across districts.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas City
Topeka
Johnson County
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Manhattan
Salina
Leavenworth
Junction City
Derby
Turner
Urban Coalition of
O. L. Plucker
Plucker
Phillip Woodworth
Urban Coalition
Ottawa Chamber Backs ECKAN Retention in Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce directors endorsed keeping East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation in Ottawa after Franklin County Commissioners withdrew support. ECKAN’s new director Terri King warned offices may move to Emporia Osage City or Lawrence with about 28 local employees facing relocation and roughly $300000 in federal funds at stake.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation
ECKAN
Ottawa
Franklin County
Terri King
Chamber
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Everett
Quang Tri Province
U.S. Command
Vinh
Saratoga
Mideast
U.N
The
Security Council
Suleiman Franjieh
Iskander Ghanem
Saeb Salam
Komar
Woods
Brieseneck
Ottawan
Mo-Ark Group
Asds
Emporia
Osage City
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