Pope Convicted in Midwest Bank Robbery Death Penalty Set
Duane E. Pope, 22, was found guilty by a 12-member jury in Lincoln Nebraska of slaying three bank employees during the Big Springs robbery. The court slated an execution for March 3, with appeals expected to stay the date. Pope admitted taking part in the robbery and shooting witnesses, one of whom survived to testify.
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Lincoln
Neb
U.S. District Court
Duane E. Pope
Midwest
Robert B. Crosby
Nebraska
Pope
U.S. Supreme Court
Big Springs
Crosby
Polentybert van Pelt
U.S
Earl J. Pope
van Pelt
State Penitentiary
Farmer's State Bank
McPherson
Kan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
West Coast
Mexico
Las Vegas
Nev
Kansas City
Eleven killed in Viet Cong bombing in Saigon
A Viet Cong assault on an enlisted mens billet and the Metropole Hotel in Saigon left 11 dead and scores injured. The attackers used a 250 pound device and fled into the night as U S and Vietnamese forces responded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Metropole
US Navy
U.S
Papal Likely Ends 1 100 Year Friday Meat Ban
Prospects said Pope Paul VI may lift the long standing Catholic abstinence rule forbidding meat on Fridays. A Vatican announcement could come soon during Vatican Council ceremonies. The change would end the sin prohibition while encouraging continued penance and gratitude for Christ's sacrifice.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Nicholas I
U.S
Induction Centers In Christmas Holiday
Norma Riedel wins a brief stay for her son with the Army suspending draftee transfers from induction to reception centers from December 22 to 27. She had pressed President Johnson and the 5th Army, calling it an answer to a mother’s prayer as her son ordered for induction on December 23 would be home for Christmas.
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Denver
Colo
Norma Riedel
Army
First Degree Murder Charged at Ft. Scott
Edward A. Young 50 is held for district court on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of neighbor Stanley Schnichels 35. Schnichels was shot with a 20 gauge shotgun on Thanksgiving Day, with Sgt. Floyd McCarty noting Young sought police protection from Schnichels the day of the shooting.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Edward A. Young
Stanley Lewis Schnichels
Schnichels
Floyd McCarty
Young
Schnicels
Dr Barbara Moore Battles Sewers On Her Land
London AP wired report details Barbara Moore 61 long distance walker who faced two High Court hearings Friday over installed sewers on her property. She sought injunctions to remove them but was denied. in a separate session she was ordered to stop interfering. Earlier she had cemented sewer pipes. Moore also dislikes drinking smoking proteins starch and sex.
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London
Barbara Moore
United States
High Court
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Tax Plan Hinge
An intercepted letter notes payroll deductions rising due to higher social security benefits and an easy state income tax payment plan. It mentions a planned cut in excise tax as a welcome move.
Neosho County Welfare Study Shows Higher Aid Use
Kansas Department of Social Welfare reports Neosho county at 44 public assistance per 1 000 residents, above state average of 36. Southeast Kansas counties show higher rates while Lane county has the lowest at 4 per 1 000. September figures detail case counts and costs across old age, medical aid, dependent children, blind, disabled and general assistance.
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Kansas
Neosho County
Kansas Department of Social Welfare
Neosho
Cherokee County
Labette County
Elk
Bourbon
Crawford
Montgomery
Woodson
Greenwood
Chautauqua
Wilson
Allen
Lane County
Countdown Begins For Gemini 7 14 Day Orbit
The final countdown started under overcast skies for Gemini 7 with Frank Borman and James Lovell Jr. A Titan 2 rocket was set to launch at 2 30 p m EST to send the astronauts on a 14 day voyage and rendezvous with Gemini 6. Weather was uncertain but forecast to be acceptable for liftoff.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space Agency
Air Force
Borman
Navy
Lovell
U.S
Trucker Foils Break-in at Lucas Auto Parts
Kansas City truck driver Levi McMurphy interrupted a break in at Lucas Auto Parts 214 E Main, alerting police. Descriptions led Iola officers to stop a car and arrest two Kansas City men ages 23 and 26 for questioning by a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent. The men were held for further inquiry.
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Kansas City
Lucas Auto Parts
E. Main
Levi McMurphy
Iola
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
MacMurphy
Army Seeks New Mosquito Repellant for Vietnam War
The Army searches for a new mosquito repellant to aid U S servicemen in Viet Nam. Current formulas are detectable by Communist Viet Cong guerrillas, risking exposure of U S jungle troop positions after dark.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Week's Toll in Kansas
Topeka AP reports a 24 hour period ending 9 am Saturday December 2 1965 with 2 fatalities. The 1964 comparison lists 2 fatalities for the same span, totaling 602 for the year to date versus 614 in 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
Worker Dies in Fall From KU Dormitory Construction
Er nest J. Perry aged 21 of Quenemo Kansas was killed when he fell from the top of an 11 story privately built dormitory under construction at the University of Kansas. He plunged from a shaft beside a temporary materials elevator. Perry worked for Allen Brothers and OHara Inc Memphis Tennessee, the dormitory builder.
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Lawrence, Kan
Ernest J. Perry
Quenemo
Kan
University of Kansas
Perry
Allen Brothers and O’hara Inc
Memphis
Defense seeks reactivation of 25 more WWII cargo ships
The Defense Department has asked for the reactivation of 25 additional World War II cargo ships to bolster supply lines in Vietnam.
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Washington
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Missing Brass and Bronze Bushings At Ash Grove Plant
Ash Grove cement plant alerted police that 2000 to 3000 pounds of brass and bronze bushings were missing from a warehouse on the plant grounds with a value around 2900 dollars. Police referred the case to the Erie sheriff. Separately George Dufek reported a one ton air conditioner missing from his garage at 609 North Grant.
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Ash Grove
Erie
George Dufek
N. Grant
Klansmen Guilty Angers Civil Rights Efforts Resonates Nationwide
President Johnson said the verdict against three Ku Klux Klan members in Montgomery for the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo offers hope for justice. The convictions came as a white juror panel also found Hubert Strange guilty in Anniston for killing Willie Brewster. King urged federal protection while praising the rulings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Arthur Hanes
Hanes
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield, Ala
Eugene Thomas
William Orville
South
Klan
Anniston
Katzenbach
Alabama
Atty
Richmond Flowers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Teamsters Union
Anthony Liuzzo
Weather area forecast shows unseasonably warm weekend
Dry mild weather continues through Sunday with daytime highs near 60s in Kansas. Overnight lows drop to the mid 20s to 30s, and Friday highs ranged from 56 in Garden City to 62 in Pittsburg with lows from 24 Topeka to 34 Great Bend and Salina.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Great Bend
Salina
United Fund drive nears goal with small remaining amount
The United Fund total reached 21,096 with 1,364 needed to hit 22,460. Residential drive contributions continue to arrive and push the campaign toward completion.
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United Fund
Teen charged after Main and Grant crash in Humboldt
Police cited Steven L. Simpson, 17, of 602 N Evergreen for failing to yield after a collision at Main and Grant around 3:30 p.m. The Simpson 1960 Chevrolet and Galen L. Smith 1965 Mustang sustained minor to moderate damage. A second minor parking lot dent involved A J Busse 310 S Malcolm and Darrell A Barnett 1960 Corvair.
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Steven L. Simpson
N. Evergreen
Main
Grant
Simpson
Galen L. Smith
Moran R
Main and
Plummer
A. J. Busse
S. Malcolm
Darrell A. Barnett
Humboldt
Judy Atkins
Barnett
Excise Tax Cuts Roll In For 1966 Budget Break
Nation to gain a $1.5 billion excise tax cut with a second phase in effect Jan 1. Local and long distance telephone tax falls to 3 percent saving about $640 million, with full repeal by 1969. Car taxes drop to 6 percent by Jan 1, 1966 and down to 1 percent by 1969. Cabaret and admissions taxes end at year end. other repeals include auto parts, private communications, stock taxes, club dues, and more, totaling substantial annual savings.
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Congress
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Cha
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Joseph Laitin
Justice Department
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