Arkansas River Flood Rages Across Kansas As Expects Crest
Arkansas River flood continues to devastate Kansas with widespread evacuations. Up to 3,000 more residents near Great Bend prepare to move as rain intensifies, while Dodge City and Garden City endure dust storms and the worst floods in local history. Colorado officials call the disaster the greatest natural calamity in state history and weigh special relief sessions.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Kansas
Great Bend
Colorado
Kansas Food Region
Jetmore
Dodge City
Larned
Rozel
Lars Ned
Garden City
John A. Love
Marine Jet Pilots Describe Support for Combat Troops
Four Marine Phantom jets fly missions near Da Nang to aid government troops pinned by Viet Cong. Pilot Sullivan of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 338 discusses targeting, bombing runs, and the urgent push on the hill, while others note the dangerous, impersonal nature of their wartime role and the high tempo of air support.
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Jobn
DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Michael Sullivan
Beyay Hills
Calif
Sullivan
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 338
Viet Nam
A.S. Marine
John Cowell
Cumberland
Maine
U.S
Maj
Keith Smith
Moses Lake
Wash
New Apartment Construction Project Signed at Swan and Pine
A $100,000 apartment project will start at the northeast corner of Swan and Pine Streets. Owners Irisella and Jim Duncan announce contractor Richard R. Beach. The two-building, one-story block construction will house seven units: four two-bedroom and three two-bedroom plus two one-bedroom, each with built-ins and a range and refrigerator.
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Swan and
Pine Streets
Jrisella
Jim Duncan
Richard R. Beach
Beach
Dick Rogers Joins Bayard Firm as New Associate
Richard C. Dick Rogers has joined Copper Insurance and Realty Company of Bayard as an associate of Jack Lee. He joined last March and specializes in auto and home owner policies. Rogers, son of Charles and Mrs. Rogers, is engaged to Barbara Reese, daughter of Ben Reese. They reside at 707 Styskal Street, Bayard, and attend Silver City Lutheran Church.
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Richard C
Dick) Rogers
Copper Insurance and Realty Company
Bayard
Jack Lee
Rogers
University of New Mexico
Charles Rogers
Barbara Reese
Ben Reese
Silver City
Bayard Jaycees
Elks Lodge
Bayard Chamber of Commerce
Glenwood Woman Amy Keeney Dies at 75 in Hillcrest Hospital
Amy Grace Keeney a Glenwood resident 75 died yesterday at Hillcrest Hospital. Survivors include her husband James M. Keeney a son James Keeney of Grants two daughters from Mesa and Glenwood a sister in Post nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 12 a.m. Thursday Curtis Morway chapel with Rev James Wayne officiating burial in Silver City Masonic Cemetery.
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Amy Grace Keeney
Glenwood
Pat
Hillcrest Hospital
James M. Keeney
James Keeney
Grants
Darren Calwell
Mesa
Ariz
M. W .Keller
W. H. Self
Post
Tex
Curtis Morwary Chapel
James Wayne
First Methodist Church
Silver City Masonic Cemetery
Fighter-Bomber Penetration Deepens North Viet Nam War
U S fighter bombers penetrated beyond the Hanoi line for the first time pouring bombs on Son La and the Van Nuoc Chien depot. Thunderchiefs dropped 17 tons on barracks and ammo depots while escorted by fighters. A separate strike near Dien Bien Phu targeted the ammunition complex with light to moderate damage reported.
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Edwin Q White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Son la
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
North
da Nana
South
Tran van Dang
Dang
Two Cattlemen Missing At Raton After Record Flood
Sheriff’s officers search for two Raton men after their cattle truck was found buried in mud in Crow Creek along U.S. 45. The truck’s cab filled with mud, swept off the road five miles north of Maxwell during last week’s flood. A. H. Lockhart and T. M. Mauldin were last heard from in Maxwell Thursday night. no sign of the men yet.
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Associated Press
Raton
Crow Creek
U.S. 45
A. H
Andy) Lockhart
T. M. Mauldin
Maxwell
Dick Lockhart
Las Vegas
N. M
Ruidoso
Hondo Valley
John W. Flynn
George Hastings
Office of Emergency Planning
Denton
Tex
Rindosa-Condo
New Mexico
Flynn
Jack Campbell
Hastings
Mora County
Springer
Miami
Cimarron
Antelope Valley
French Corners
Santa Fe Railway
Raton Pass
la Junta
Colo
Confessed Killers Of Seven Die On Gallows In Kansas Prison
Two young men York and Latham who boasted of killing seven were executed at Kansas Prison after four years of appeals. York 22 from Jacksonville and Latham 23 from Mauriceville had shown repentance. They admitted killing four men and three women during a cross‑country crime spree. They donated their eyes to KU Medical Center.
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Kansas
Lansing
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
York
Heaven
Edgar Meissner
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Kaw
U.S. Supreme Court
William H. Avery
Sherman Crouse
University of Kansas Medical Center
Wounded Vietnam Girl Wins Sympathy Of World
A 12 year old girl Gian Thi Yen wounded in the Dong Xoai battle becomes the focus of global sympathy after a AP photo. She is in a Saigon hospital her mother Le Thi Gai 31 refuses adoption. Yen longs to stay with her family and father.
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Vietnam
Jy Emannania
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Gian Thi Yen
Dong Xoai
Yen
Associated Press
Horst Faas
van Bang
Thi Lien
le Thi Gai
United States
Viet Nam
Com Tunists
Supplementary Books On Exhibit At TEC
Supplementary reading for children from kindergarten through the 8th grade may be seen this week at the Teacher Education Center on the Western New Mexico University campus. More than 500 copies represent the best literature for these grades and may be inspected by teachers, parents, or interested persons during school hours from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
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Ire
Western New Mexico University
Partly cloudy with showers forecast this week
Partly cloudy conditions with a 50 percent chance of afternoon and evening showers. Highs near 35.90 and 39.0, lows around 53 to 58. A 24 hour report shows a high of 87 and a low of 52 with trace precipitation. Airport data records a high of 91 and a low of 54 with trace precipitation.
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Bob Porter
Bayard Chamber of Commerce, Center
Matin
Dave Porter
M. L
Dick Rogers
Bayard Firm
Hanoi Line
Ho Chi Minh
Land Dang
Gia Dinh
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Quang Ngai
Inp 2
London
China
Britain
Nigeria
Ghana
Trinidad and Tobago
Washington
Moscow
TEC
Chou En-lai
Tanzania
Julius Nyerere
Dar Es Salaam
Chou
Congo
Peking
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