Signal Mixup Causes Harbor Collision and Fire
NY AP report details a collision in New York Harbor involving the Alva Cape and Texaco Massachusetts with two tugs and a fatal fire. Coast Guard lists 20 dead, 71 survivors, and a likely signal miscommunication as trigger. Harbor pilot Donald Baker cites signal mixup as cause. Capt Richard F. Pinder among the dead.
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NEW York
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Port of
Congress
Newark Bay
Alva Cape
Texaco Massachusetts
Austin J. Tobin
Kill van Kull
Staten Island
New Jersey
Texaco
Constitution
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Marine Board of Investigation
Esso Vermont
Donald Baker
Richard F. Pinder
Clarksboro
N.J
Quiet signals on Viet Nam morale with no peace move
U S officials report faint signs of weakening Communist morale in Viet Nam but no indication from Hanoi of peace talks. Canadian envoy Ronning met Ho Chi Minh in March, while talks on a three nation Southeast Asia control commission continue.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Chester Ronning
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Ottawa
Charles S.A. Ritchie
Dean Rusk
Robert J. McCloskey
Canada
Ritchie
Ronning
Ho Chi Minh
Control Commission
Southeast Asia
Poland
India
Indochina
Pope Paul Expands Bishops Power In Church Law
Pope Paul VI issues a broad decree enlarging bishops powers to make exceptions to general Church laws without Vatican approval. He retains sole authority to modify core rules on marriage ages beyond minimal cases and to lift celibacy for priests or deacons, while enabling bishops to handle individual subdeacon cases locally.
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Pope Paul
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Paul
Caldwell High principal quits after two years
Sumner County reports Caldwell High School principal David L. Monson resigned at a recent board meeting saying he would not return this fall. Monson taught four years at Caldwell High before becoming principal two years ago and has a position lined up in Nickerson Kansas. No successor has been named.
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Caldwell
David L. Monson
Caldwell High School
Nickerson
Kan
Monson
New Dry Cleaning Shop Set to Open in Belle Plaine
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stinnett of Wichita plan a new dry cleaning business in Belle Plaine with the shop to be located at a leased space. They anticipate renting a storefront and starting operations soon.
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West Fifth Ave
Beryl Martin
Stinnetts
PM Cleaners
Paul and
Margaret
Belle Plaine
Paul Stinnett
Wichita
Sunday dinner guests in South Haven visit
Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Paul rlewell were Mr and Mrs Bill Craig and Shelley of Wellington and Mr and Mrs Medie Popplewell, Angie and Eddie.
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South Haven
Paul Rlewell
Bill Craig
Shelley
Wellington
Medie Popplewell
Angie
Eddie
Mulvane Class to Receive Honors for 49 Students
Harry Lippincott son of Mr and Mrs George M Lippincott is among a class of 49 students who will receive an award or recognition in the upcoming ceremony.
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Mulvane
Harry Lippincott
George M. Lippincott
Oxford Administrator Chosen for NEA Institute Study
Bill Davison superintendent of Unified School District No. 358 Oxford has been selected to attend the 1966 NEA Institute for Administrators at Manhattan. He was chosen from a five-state area for the seminar the week of June 27 to July 1.
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Oxford
Bill Davison
Unified School District No. 358
N.D.E.A. Institute For Advanced Study
Manhattan
Argonia Library Association Aims High With Art Talk
The Argonia Library Association met June 3 with Mrs. Dennis Callaway presiding. New officers were installed by Mrs. Callaway. Miss Helyn McMillen spoke on creative hands and Letha Rinehart showcased Kansas art and discussed her paintings.
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Argonia
Cernan recounts lonely space walk and visor fog
Apollo era tale from Manned Spacecraft Center Houston covers Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford describing the June 5 Gemini 9 spacewalk. Cernan details visor fog, overheating, and a near abort while highlighting radar aided rendezvous lessons for future moon missions.
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Thompson Aerospace
Mannedspace Center
Houston
Tex
Eugene A. Cernan
Cmdr. Cernan
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Manned Spacecraft Center
Stafford
Cernan
Harvesting Again Halted By Showers
Rain delays wheat cutting across Kansas with showers, cool weather, and cloudy skies slowing harvest. Areas like Caldwell and Hutchinson report slow progress, while Goodland and Dighton expect starts later in the week or next week as moisture and ripening affect readiness.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Employment Service
Abilene
Bucklin
Caldwell
Concordia
Cimarron
Ellsworth
Great Bend
City
Dighton
Goodland
Greensburg
Hays
Monda Hill City
Hutchinson
Jewell
South
Johnson
Kingman
Kinsley
Liberal
Lyons
Minneola
Minneapolis
Mississippi marchers press on through Greenwood without violence
In Greenwood Mississippi protesters walked through town as a Ku Klux Klan song played during the Mississippi civil rights march. Police cleared the roadside while more than 400 marchers faced patrols and local residents. A rattling snake found in a news truck box heightened tension as leaders urged voters to back change.
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Amu
Greenwood, Miss
Mississippi
Greenwood
Chidren
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Paul Johnson
James Meredith
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
King
George Smith
Greenwood Woter
le Flore County
J.R. Johnson
S.L. Hilton
Hilton
Ted Alexander
Pas Alexander
Capitol to undergo long overdue facelift on west front
Washington AP reports a major renovation of the Capitol to replace the marble west front and repair its cracked sandstone facade. The project, expected to cost about 34 million dollars and take four years, follows years of study and planning.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
Capitol Hill
Pre
New Manager At Tower Loan In Wellington
Ronald L. Yates replaces N S Vickery as Wellington Tower Loan manager after transfer from Excelsior Springs Missouri where he served as assistant manager. Ronald and his wife Ton have two children and reside at 907 North PF Street amid St Anthony's Catholic Church ties. Vickery moves to Cape Girardeau Missouri to lead the Tower Loan office there.
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Ronald L. Yates
N. S
Vic) Vickery
Wellington
Yates
Excelsior Springs
Ronald
Ton
Kelly
Kristie
North PF Street
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Vickery
Cape Girardeau
Tower
Reporting Mainstreet by Eddie J. Shaw notices and events
Goin fishin next week and no daily appearance. A new Nancy Hatfield from Lawrence joins Extension Council as Junior Assistant Home Economics Agent until August 5. Fathers Day events at Elks include Hawaiian luau with dinner 5:30 to 11 pm, music by Herb Remington and The Beachcombers. Also mentions building updates and various local birthdays and anniversaries.
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Rural Extension Council
Nancy Hatfield
Lawrence
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kay Buffington
Elks
Herb Remington
Federal Building
Berva Julia Almack
Vern D. Livengood
Suzanne Roth
Otis Myers
Ronald Macklin
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Edoardo Magri
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Leonard Craig
Mulvane Unified
Ira Hall
Conway Springs
Janet Johns
Arthur W. Johns
Rt. 1
Francis Hospital School of Nursing
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Pixies
By Wohl
Delta Country
James H. Meredith
Santeena Aubrey James Norvell
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Wellington City
Jim Marsh
William Williams
Wichita State University
Williams
Bill
W. E. Williams
Daily News
Tower Loan
Eddie J. Shaw
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