Centennial Promenade Draws Large Downtown Crowd
A hot summers evening in Wellington, Kansas saw a large crowd gather along Main Street for the Centennial Promenade in front of the Antlers Hotel. The event featured the Golden Agers, Mariachi Infantil from Monterrey, and a Kangaroo Court session with Judge Lloyd K. McDaniel.
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Antlers
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Mariachi Infantil
Monterrey
Mexico
Kangaroo Court
Julio Caudillo
Keystone Kops
Chris Hemmingsen
R. Bruce Brigden
Ted Clark
Francis Carr
Lloyd K. McDaniel
Walter Mumford
Joe Dwyer
Glenn Heartson
Cy Roth
Don Brownlee
Frank Malson
Centennial
Regina Cantrell
Connie Bales
Herman Zogimann
McDaniel
Cantrell
James C. Hill
Washington
Wellington
Senate Votes to Extend Draft and Increase Pay
The Senate approved a two year extension of the draft and a $2.7 billion pay increase for soldiers, with a plan toward Indochina withdrawal. The vote was 71 to 16, but final action before the current Selective Service Act expires next Wednesday may not be achievable.
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Washington
Senate
White House
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House Senate
Possible Link Between Earthquake and Tunnel Blast
A California mining official weighs a connection between the Feb 9 earthquake and a methane gas explosion in an underground tunnel. Seven bodies recovered, 10 missing. one survivor describes two explosions. The tunnel serves a water project by Lockheed, near Sylmar, with 18 workers at the time.
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Los Angeles
Gordon B. Oakeshott
California Division of Mines and Geology
Sylmar
Ralph Brisette
California
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co
Summer tops 100 as heat wave begins in 1936 region
Weather notes record first 100 degree day this season at 4 p.m. with a forecast of more blazing days ahead. The piece compares 1936 to this summer and recalls a 120 degree high on July 18 last year. A Mariachi Infantil concert at Centennial Promenade raised 131 dollars for Monterrey orphanage.
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Kley
Mariachi Infantil
WJHS
la Ciudad de Los Ninos
Monterrey
Mexico
Wellington
Mason
Iowa
Julio Caudillo
Ste Rose Parish
New Heroin Detection Test Rolls Out for Vietnam Troops
A Washington WRL led system claims 100x sensitivity over prior methods and can detect heroin up to five days after use. The rapid test screens over 2500 urine samples daily and supports treatment centers, with Army adoption in Vietnam cited as part of a wider anti narcotics push following a House inquiry.
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Frank Carey Washington
Vietnam
Washington Reference Laboratory
WRL
Bette Hamman
Lawrence H. Vineburgh
Defense Department
Robert H. Steele
R-Conn
Steele
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Morgan F. Murphy
South Vietnam
United States
U.S
South Vie
Wellington Banks Sees First 100 Degree Reading
The time temperature clock at First National Bank in Wellington hit 100 degrees at 2 03 p m Thursday marking the first 100 degree reading of the summer. A later reading at KLEY radio south of town reached 100 degrees by 4 p m with previous highs in the upper 90s and 97 degrees a week earlier.
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First National Bank
Wellington
Kley
Daily News
Patrick Deschaine
Heavy fighting around Fire Base Fuller in Indochina clash
U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed mortar crews in the hills below the DMZ as B52 bombers struck twice in support. Fuller was abandoned after 800 mortar shells. Sarge and nearby Alpha 4 and Charlie 2 bases were hit, with U S casualties and reinforcements dispatched.
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Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Dmz
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
U.S. Command
Sarge
Putzel
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Hue
da Nang
Quang Tri
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Vietnam
Docking Targets Drug Pushers With State Resources
Gov. Robert Docking announced Kansas will pool state resources to trace drug pushers and cut off supplies. He cited undercover busts and raids across cities of all sizes, with ages 18 to 25 most involved, and pledged continued cooperation among Atty. Gen. Vern Miller, the KBI, and local police.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Docking
Kansas
Vern Miller
Miller
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Deaths-Funerals Flora Moore Blanche Ball Edward Tatum
Notice of deaths and funeral arrangements for Flora Moore Blanche Ball and Edward Clinton Tatum. Details include dates and locations of services and burial plans as provided by family notices.
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Flora Moore
Blanche L. Ball Edward Clinton Tatum
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