House Viet War hearing adjourns amid self representation
The House Un American Activities Committee hearings on anti-Viet Nam activity saw witnesses insist on acting without lawyers after their attorneys walked out in protest. Jerry C. Rubin said he would represent himself as the noon deadline loomed for new counsel. Edwin Meese testified about witness groups while many seats remained empty.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Jerry C. Rubin
Berkeley
Calif
Alfred M. Nittle
Edwin Meese
Alameda County
Julian Bond
Georgia House
Bond
SNCC
U.S
Viet Nam
A.C. Roberts
Car Workers Press Bid For Immediate Raises In Opened Contracts
Production worker members of the United Auto Workers urge inclusion in any contract reopenings with GM Ford and Chrysler for wage increases. The UAW requests a 50 cent hourly raise for skilled tradesmen and demands a quick answer from the automakers. Demonstrations gathered at GM headquarters and a Chrysler plant shutdown occurred as pressure mounted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Ford Local
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler
Man Dies After Five Year Coma in Missouri
Edward John Kellhofer, 76, of Seneca, Mo., died at St. Vincent's Hospital in Monett after being unconscious for five years following a car accident on U S 60 in Newton County. He was struck by Oakley H. Lee, 64, of Lee's Summit, Mo., suffering a severe head injury and a broken leg.
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Monett
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Edward John Kellhofer
Seneca
Kellhofer
U.S. 60
Newton County
Oakley H. Lee
Lee’s Summit
Intercepted Letter Inspires Political Irony
An intercepted note to Cha suggests that a presidential cross-country speaking trip will avoid politics, though the idea highlights the tension between official appearances and political messaging. The line captures a public perception of delegated speech topics during campaign periods.
Monarch Cement plant sets long safety record
Humboldt employee Walter E. Headley posted a new plant safety mark of 2,361 days without a lost time accident on August 15. The prior plant record was 2,360 days from 1936 to 1943. Headley has more than 42 years of safety achievement, the longest among Monarch workers. The Monarch record ranks fourth in the U S cement industry.
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Humboldt
Monarch Cement Co
Walter E. Headley
Monarch
United States
Kansas Flyers Escape Injury in Low Altitude Crash
An Air Force lieutenant from Topeka and his two passengers escaped unharmed after a single engine Courier plane lost its left landing gear and damaged the fuselage on touchdown at a dirt airstrip on a plantation about 50 miles from Alexandria Louisiana.
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Alexandria
Topeka
Kan
Kenneth L. Gray
Courier Air Force
Pre Survey Meeting On Kansas Tourist Study Set
An orientation meeting for a Kansas tourist and outdoor recreation survey is planned for 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce Memorial building. Leslie Frazier of Kansas State University will lead the briefing and interviewers will receive training. Phase I, by Sept 1, targets out of state tourists at parks, motels and similar sites. Phase II runs Sept and Oct with random door knocking of residents to assess in state potential.
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Chanute Area
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Chamber
Jack Groves
The
Kansas
Leslie Frazier
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kansas survey to map outdoor recreation needs
A large Kansas study plans to publish findings from 8000 to 10000 interviews to guide outdoor recreation facilities for residents and visitors. Agencies involved include the Department of Economic Development, Chamber of Commerce boards, Forestry, Fish and Game, Parks and Resources, Highway Commission, and Highway Patrol. The goal is to assess current facilities, tourist accommodations, demand, and future citizen and visitor plans to guide public and private investment. Dr. Donald B. Erickson of Kansas State University emphasizes the information will help Kansans decide how to invest funds in recreational development.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Economic Development
State Chamber of Commerce
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commis
Sion
State Park and Resources Authority
State Highway Commission
State Highway Patrol
Donald B. Erickson
Kansas State University
Chairman Elected at United Utilities in Kansas City
Paul H. Henson was elected chairman of United Utilities Inc on Wednesday. He also serves as president and chief executive officer, succeeding C A Scupin. United Utilities runs the United Telephone System in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
United Utilities, Inc
Paul H. Henson
Henson
C. A. Scupin
United Utilities
United Telephone System
Atlanta Anti War Pickets Clash With Police at Induction Center
SNCC members led about 20 demonstrators in a protest outside the 12th U S Army Corps center in Atlanta. Police detained Twenty people and charged three men with creating a disturbance and resisting arrest. one officer was knocked down.
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Atlanta
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Power
12Th
U.S. Army Corps
Larry Fox
Robert B. Moore
Michael Simmons
Fox
Pick
Quickie Sortie by LBJ Scheduled over Weekend
President Johnson plans a weekend Northeast swing aimed at assisting freshman Democratic House members and potentially affecting governor and Senate races. The visit spans Buffalo Syracuse Ellenville Kingston and stops in Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire and Maine with a Sunday meeting alongside Prime Minister Pearson to discuss Vietnam among other topics.
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Washington
Johnson
Northeast
Democratic House
New York State
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Lester Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Ottawa
Viet Nam
Ebeneezer Plan Outlined For Lutheran Missions Drive
Wichita AP reports the 53rd Kansas District Missouri Synod convention delegates heard the Ebeneezer Plan, a $40 million initiative to fund Lutheran missions and higher education through a nationwide offerings program.
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Wichita
Lutheran Church
Kansas District Missouri Synod
Lutheran Missions
Kansas man claims false arrest by ABC agents
George W. Martin, a Kansas service station operator, alleges two Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agents stopped him after a Missouri purchase. He says they drew a weapon’s siren, claimed he was under arrest, and were shocked to find only soda in his trunk. He seeks an apology.
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Kansas City
Kan
George W. Martin
Kansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Martin
Southwest Boulevard
Missouri
State Line
ABC
Kansas
Fall River Grant Approved for Sewerage Program
The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration approved a 15000 dollar grant to Fall River Kansas to aid a sewerage improvement program and a 19200 dollar grant to Andover Kansas to aid an addition to the water treatment plant.
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Washington
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Fall River
Kan
Andover
Crews Walk Off Royster Junior High Site Over Labor Dispute
Construction workers from Laborers Local 550 and Carpenters Local 1926 stopped work at the Royster Junior High School site on West Main citing unsafe heat and inadequate water. Electrical workers joined the picket as talks with contractor N. F. English Co. of Hutchinson proceed with unresolved wage issues and conditions.
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Royster Junior High
West Main
Laborers Union Local
Parsons and Carpenters Union
Chanute
N. F. English Co
Hutchinson
Guard Plans Open House At Santa Fe Park
Kansas Army National Guard units from the 174th Quartermaster Battalion invite the public to view their training facilities at Santa Fe Park near Chanute. Commander 2nd Lt. Ronald R. Poor says the open house complements a field training exercise with units from Yates Center Fredonia and Chanute. Tours run 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, showcasing a mobile bakery motor section petroleum supply canvas and shoe repair laundry and bath and other quartermaster operations under real conditions.
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174Th Quartermaster Battalion
Kansas Army National Guard
Santa Fe Park
Chanute
Ronald R. Poor
Yates Center
Fredonia
Winds Ravage Kansas City Area
High winds and a heavy thunderstorm swept the Kansas City metro area late Wednesday night. Gusts reached 61 mph at the Municipal Air Terminal with funnel clouds reported in Kansas City Kansas Overland Park and Raytown Missouri. Damage included trees power lines windows and a roller coaster at Fairyland Park.
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Kansas City
Municipal Air Terminal
Kan
Overland Park
Raytown
Fairyland Park
Wellington
Lexington
U.S. 24
Missouri Highway Patrol
Poisonings in Kansas Vastly Involve Young Children
Wichita lead poisonings with 140 cases as 177 of 293 incidents in April to June involved children three years old or younger. Ray Miller of the Kansas Pharmaceutical Association urged parents to keep toxic medicines and other materials out of reach.
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Wichita
Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
Ray Miller
KPA
Miller
Guard at Lansing Arrested On Drug Possession Charge
Kansas penitentiary officials arrested prison guard Ernest Lowman Jr. on contraband drug charges after a large quantity of barbiturates and other drugs was seized. Lowman is jailed in Leavenworth County and faces arraignment. A separate Lansing guard, Edgar F. McRill Jr., 36, was previously convicted under the contraband act for attempting to smuggle nasal inhalers into the prison.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas Penitentiary
Sherman Crouse
Ernest Lowman Jr
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Lowman
Leavenworth
Edgar F. McRill Jr
Bus Crash Kills Nine Near Altavista Virginia
A passenger bus and a tractor trailer collided head on on U S 29 near Altavista Virginia killing nine people and injuring 32. Eight died at the scene and one died later at a Lynchburg hospital. Among the dead were Robert Lee Woodbury 25 Greensboro NC driver of the Railway Express Agency tractor trailer and Ralph J Carter Danville driver of the Trailways bus.
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Altavista
Virginia
U.S. 29
Lynchburg
Robert Lee Woodbury
Greensboro
N.C
Railway Express Agency
Ralph J. Carter
Danville
Trailways
Weather Toll of Storms Drenches Kansas Central to Northeast
The Weather Bureau logged heavy rain and violent storms across eastern Kansas and parts of Missouri. Ottawa saw nearly six inches, Olathe Carbondale and Greensburg over three inches, winds near 60 mph in Topeka and Kansas City, with widespread one to two inch rains and widespread power outages.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Abilene
Ottawa
Olathe
Carbondale
Greensburg
Kansas City
Missouri
la Cygne
Overbrook
Kinsley
Dodge City
Wichita
Goodland
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D-Mo
Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Willis
Louisiana
Arthur A. Kinoy
American Civil Liberties Union
Kinoy
Cha
Kansas Flyers
James D. Hittle
McCormick- Mathers Publishing Co., Inc
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Mary King
R. J. Eric
Melvin Owen
S. Allen
Harold Anderson
S. Rutter
First National Bank
LBJ
Buffalo
N.Y
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Syracuse
Ellenville
Catskills
Mountain Town
White House
Kingston
R.I
University of Rhode Island
Francis Horn
Burlington
Manchester
N.H
Brunswick
Lewiston
Northhampton
Campobello
Fall River Grant
Robert Beall
Logan Sanford
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