Atlas-Centaur Aims for Moon Ship Mock Mission
Cape Kennedy AP A test flight of the Atlas Centaur rocket succeeded with a dummy payload in a rehearsal for a late year lunar landing. Liftoff occurred on schedule at 9 31 a m EST and the Project Surveyor model was placed on course at about 23700 mph. Tracking data suggested the rocket stayed on target toward an empty spot 240000 miles away in roughly 63 hours.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Flight Control Center
Kansas Highway Commission approves several right of way acquisitions
The Kansas Highway Commission authorized Sedgwick County to acquire 4.2 miles of right of way for K251 improvements to Cheney Reservoir with state reimbursement. It also extended K105 by 1.8 miles across Toronto Dam and ordered right of way acquisitions for 2.8 miles on U S 24 near Osborne Rooks line and 4.5 miles on U S 24 in Rooks County. A payment of 6201 dollars to Fort Scott for U S 54 right of way costs was approved.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Sedgwick County
Cheney Reservoir
Toronto Dam
U. S. 24
Osborne Rooks County
Kansas City Man Slain in Robbery
Charles D. White, 65, was shot to death and robbed Tuesday near the Booker T. Washington School on 24th Street near Prospect. Bobby Holden, a custodian at the school, said one assailant fired twice and tore White’s wallet from his pocket.
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Kansas City
Charles D. White
24Th Street
Prospect
Bobby Holden
White
Construction Bill Passed by Voice
The House approved a $1.7 billion military construction appropriation by voice vote. Key projects include Kansas Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley improvements, McConnell AFB in Wichita, Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and upgrades at Richards-Gebaur AFB, Whiteman AFB, and related family housing.
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Washington
House
Kansas—Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Air Force
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Missouri—Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Richards-Gebaur Afb
Belton
Whiteman Afb
Knob Noster
Pressure Eases in Steel Market Despite Strike Deadline
Iron Age magazine reports buying pressure in the steel industry has cooled while a strike deadline remains three weeks away, signaling softer demand and potential market stabilization.
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Nework (Ap
Iron Age Magazine
Truck Death At Beech and Plummer Station
Floyd Osborn Jr. died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a gas station accident when his gasoline truck rolled down a grade and crushed him between the truck and a parked semi trailer. Police logged the call at 11 40 a m. The incident occurred at Beech and Plummer at the K39 station.
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Floyd Osborn
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Beech
GM Cleared In Car Suit
A Santa Clara County jury ruled General Motors not liable in a 1962 Merced crash involving a 1960 rear-engine Corvair. Mrs. Doreen Collins sought 400000 for the deaths of her daughter and fiancé, claiming defective design. The verdict, tied to some 500 Corvair suits nationwide, reflects claims from 1960 to 1964 models.
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San Jose
Calif
General Motors
Santa Clara County
Doreen Collins
Collins
Merced
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas This Week
AP report tracks Kansas traffic deaths over 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday. For August 1965 the tally is 379, with 381 for the comparable 1964 period. All fatalities were previously unreported. August total unchanged as these are counted in prior months.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Sparks Mixed Faith Reactions
A fragment from an intercepted letter reveals a discussion of faith that some readers find astonishing while others view it as controversial. The note hints at personal beliefs and possible tensions within a community.
Family Seeks Madrid Via Airport Vigil Commanded by Lord
In Kansas City a family of four adults and a child and a cat waited at Municipal Airport for 18 hours after arriving with $1,328 in Madrid reservations but no money. They said the Lord commanded them to wait for a flight to Spain and work there. Authorities considered loitering but not yet charged.
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Kansas City
Julius Victor
Pat Raynor
Raynor
Smokey
Municipal
Madrid
Spain
Ed Thomas
Victor
Victors
Raynors
Paseo
Armour Boulevard
New York
Kansas Wheat Crop 7th Largest Despite Rain and Disease
The USDA and Kansas officials estimate the 1965 wheat crop at 249 million bushels, seventh largest ever, with 9,950,000 acres harvested. Yield around 25 bushels per acre, down from July, rain and flooding plus rust reduced production. Other crops show records: soybeans and hay at all-time highs, sugar beets second largest. oats the smallest since the 1870s. corn up 16 percent from 1964 but below average. rye at its lowest since 1956. Pasture and range conditions are named best in three years with ample feed except in dry pockets.
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Topeka
Kan
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Weather forecast for Kansas brings warmup through Thursday
Clear and steadily warming weather will continue in Kansas through Thursday. Highs today range from the upper 80s in the extreme northeast to 90s to 95s in the southwest and near 100 in the extreme northwest. Lows tonight generally in the 60s. Highs Tuesday ranged 85 Topeka to 93 Goodland and Hutchinson with early lows 57 Abilene to 69 Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Hutchinson
Abilene
Hill City
Wilson Freight to Acquire Freight Ways in Expansion Plan
Cincinnati based Wilson Freight Forwarding Co announced a contract to buy Freight Ways Inc of Wichita Kansas as part of an expansion covering equipment terminals and territory. The deal seeks ICC approval and would extend Wilson operations to 14 terminals in Oklahoma and Kansas. The purchase includes 256 tandem diesel tractors 91 diesel single axle tractors and 80 semi trailers at a cost of 5.5 million dollars.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Wilson Freight Forwarding Co
Freight Ways Inc
Wichita
Kan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Oklahoma
Kansas
Leonard S. Shore
Senate OKs bill to create Housing and Urban Development
Senate passed a bill to establish a new Cabinet department Housing and Urban Development to oversee city problems. The measure upgrades the HHFA with 13,500 staff to Cabinet status, aims to preserve FHA functions, and names Robert C. Weaver as a leading candidate for secretary.
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Washington
Senate
Housing and Urban Development
Congress
Johnson
Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Robert C. Weaver
New York
John F. Kennedy
Weaver
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Housing Subcommittee
Federal Housing Administration
Sparkman
FHA
States Eye Poll Tax Suits Across Nation
Officials in Texas Virginia and Alabama study federal suits to abolish the poll tax while federal examiners begin registering Black voters in nine Southern counties and parishes. 1 144 Negroes registered on day one under the 1965 voting rights law amid lawsuits aimed at expanding voting access.
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Associated Press
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Austin
Tex
Federal District Court
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Carr
John B. Connally
Cycle Throws Two Youths in City Traffic Incidents
Police investigated two minor injury crashes. At 3 p.m. on Katy Street a 1965 Honda ridden by Bob Hotchkiss and Garry Johnson was struck when a light blue Falcon driver turned left without signaling. J. L. Mintz confessed to driving the car and did not stop. At 9:15 p.m. at King Drive In Wayne Norman's Falcon and Walter Anderson's Ford collided as Anderson backed from a space with $60 in damage total.
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S. Katy
Bob Hotchkiss
Garry Johnson
S. Lafayette
Katy
J. L. Mintz
Earlton
King Drive- In
S. Santa Fe
Wayne Norman
W. Elm
Walter Anderson
S. Edith
Avery Observes 54th Birthday
Gov. William H. Avery turned 54 today as staff surprised him with a cake during a news conference. A birthday greeting card from his youngest daughter Sue called him the state's No 1 salesman, echoing his 1964 campaign slogan.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Sue
Avery
Flood Bonds Voted Down in Great Bend Kans
Great Bend voters rejected a proposed 1.3 million municipal bond issue for flood protection by a 3 to 1 margin. turnout reached 1,829 with 1,363 voting no and 465 yes, amid a recent Arkansas River crest and a federal plan for a larger protection project.
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Great Bend
Kan
Walnut Creek
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Inquiries
The notice advises contacting your Tribune carrier. if unavailable, call HE 1 3400 after 6 p m for reachability and assistance.
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Tribune
Bill Signed Aims to Make Salt Water Fresh in Five Years
President Johnson signed a bill to develop practical salt water conversion within five years and ordered federal crisis teams into five Eastern cities to address a drought emergency. A related story runs on page 5.
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Washington
Johnson
Relief Force Reaches Duc Co Camp in Viet Nam
U S military sources in Pleiku report a large Vietnamese relief force reached the besieged Duc Co camp with little resistance from the Viet Cong. A two mile convoy had fought through ambushes and roadblocks for three days to break siege lines surrounding Duc Co, about 220 miles northeast of Saigon along Route 19. Route 19 remained cut in several places as the relief push closed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku
Duc Co
Central Highlands
Qui Nhon
South China Sea
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Welfare Protest Prompts Dickinson County Budget Hearing
In Dickinson County Kansas a welfare program protest builds as volunteers publicize aid costs. The Reflector Chronicle had published a six part series and the county budget hearing is moved to a larger basement auditorium to accommodate a likely crowd.
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Dickinson County
Abilene, Kan
Court House
Reflector Chronicle
Henry B. Jameson
Reflector-Chronicle
Dickinson
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