King urges new civil rights laws after Alabama arrests
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. seeks a meeting with President Johnson to press for constitutional voting rights amendments amid Alabama protests and 3000+ arrests in three weeks. He was released on bond, plans actions in Montgomery and other counties, and warns of possible sustained demonstrations until registrars operate more than two days a month.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Alabama
King
Atlanta
Washington
Marion
West Alabama
Bama
Montgomery
W.B. Atkins Sr
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Charles C. Diggs
Dmich
Joseph T. Smitherman
Charles Mathias
Rmd
Ogden R. Reid
N.Y
Dangerous search in Vietnam for missing pilot brother
Donald C. Dawson, a 25 year old California man, journeys through Saigon Bien Hoa and Thai Hung in a risky mission to locate Lt. Daniel Dawson, missing since a Nov. 6 reconnaissance crash. He offers a 1300 dollar reward and hopes leaflets and talks with farmers and priests sway the Viet Cong.
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Daniel Dawson
Dawson
Rohnert Park
Calif
Saigon
U.S
Bien Hoa
Thai Hung
Red
Dong Nai
Stamps Redeemable For Bonds Legal in Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court ruled that state merchants may issue trading stamps redeemable for United States savings bonds. The decision allows a future ban by Legislature prohibiting redemption for anything of value. The case traces back to 1964 when former Atty. Gen. Ferguson ruled stamps for bonds legal before reversing stance.
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Atty
William Ferguson
American Stamp Co
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Salina
Chanute
Garden City
Hutchinson
Hays
Ferguson
Shawnee County
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
A brief public notice advises callers to contact the Tribune via the provided phone if unavailable. If the first contact fails, callers should dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. to reach a representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Intercepted Letter on Bank Embezzlement Doubts
A reader signs as Dear Cha and questions how a one man bank could determine who embezzled funds among the president vice president cashier or teller. The note surveys internal doubts about accountability in a small bank setting.
Delay Sentencing In Gambling Case
Three men convicted of conspiring to use interstate facilities to collect a $5,000 gambling debt face delayed sentencing pending a probation officer report. The jury convicted Joe E. Collins of Winfield Kan George Poulos of Wichita and William B. Sperry of Enid Okla after a weeklong trial. Defense plans include a motion for a new trial and appeal to the 10th Circuit.
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Wichita
U.S. District Court
Joe E. Collins
Winfield
Kan
George Poulos
William B. Sperry
Enid
Oklo
Warner Moore
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
George Templar
Oklahoma
Robert Green
U.S
Green
Donald R. Goodson
Langley
Okla
JayCees Enter Two In Competition in Wichita Event
The Chanute JayCees entered Dale Fairchild and Bill Carl in the state wide competition in Wichita for the Kansas JayCees Winter Board Meeting. Gov. William Avery will present state awards at the Awards Banquet presided over by Kansas JayCee President Bill Tucker.
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Chanute JayCees
Dale Fairchild
Bill Carl
Chanute
Wichita
Kansas JayCees
William Avery
Kansas JayCee
Bill Tucker
Cars Damaged In Highway Crash Near Neosho River Bridge
Carl Wortman superintendent of the city water plant and John K. Miller of Parsons escaped injury when Wortman’s 1952 Plymouth left the road and crashed into Miller’s 1964 Buick on highway K39 near the Neosho River bridge east of town. Wortman, 68, of 510 West Sixth, died?
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Carl Wortman
City Water Plant
Parsons
Neosho River Bridge
Wortman
John K. Miller
George Neely
Neosho County
Miller
Friar Alemany’s Bones Returned From Spain
Friar Joseph Sadoc Alemany the first Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco had his bones shipped back from Spain for permanent reburial in the city.
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Friar Alemany
Spain
San Francisco
Joseph Sadoc Alemany
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka for February 1965
AP log records Kansas traffic deaths over 24 hours to 9 am Saturday. February totals show 6 fatalities for 1965 compared with 48 for the comparable 1964 period, reflecting year over year changes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather summary for area with mild trend and low 40s
Partly cloudy to cloudy and continued quite mild through Sunday. Low tonight in the middle 40s. High Sunday around 60. Yesterday’s highs and lows show 62 and 44 with trace precipitation by 11 a.m. Relative humidity was 11 a.m. and barometer at 29.79 inches and falling.
Mild Kansas weather with cooler western temperatures
Topeka reports mild conditions across Kansas with cooler readings expected in the west. Drizzle or light rain began before noon in the southeast and moved northeast. Highs near 60, with lows 35 to 45. Friday brought 56 to 68 degree highs and 25 to 46 degree lows in various locales.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Hill City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Milwaukee trucker loses $60,000 in cash from home
Milwaukee AP report says 55-year-old truck driver Michael N. Malkovich Sr. discovered Friday night that his life savings of $60,000 in cash had been taken from his apartment after an out-of-town trip. He said he intended to deposit the money but never did.
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Milwaukee
Michael N. Malkovich Sr
Four Sailors Rescued From Sea Lab Drill Off Bermuda
Navy officials recount a 1964 Sea Lab I deep dive off Bermuda where four men reached surface after a 30 hour crisis. Chief petty officer Manning plugged a ruptured compression chamber hole with his thumb to prevent fatal bends, while a bent rope pin nearly doomed the rescue. The crew included Lt Cmdr Robert Thompson, Cpp Robert A Barter, and Gunnery Mate Lester Anderson. Scott Carpenter was sidelined by a broken arm. Plans for Sea Lab II envision 10 men at 250 feet for up to 30 days and eventual deeper, longer-term living at 600 feet within four years.
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Scott Carpenter
Bond
Cmdr
Robert Thompson
Cpp
Robert A. Barter
Lester Anderson
la Jolla
Calif
Attorney Appointed For Zimmer
A Wyandotte County judge refused the state's bid to finance Zimmer's defense. Hecht said Zimmer has placed property in his wife's name, including their home and savings, and the Shawnee County court has appointed counsel for Zimmer at his request.
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Zimmer
Kansas City
Shawnee County
Wyandotte County
Robert Hecht
McHale
Hecht
Shawnee
Missouri River Ice Jam Breaks Up
An extensive ice jam on the Missouri River upstream from Kansas City broke up during the night. The Weather Bureau warned of rises of six to ten feet downstream from Atchison Kansas. The stage in Kansas City climbed from minus 0.8 feet to about 5.8 feet between five and seven a.m. Large amounts of floating ice were expected to move downstream with the break.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Weather Bureau
Atchison, Kan
Penny Trimmer Finally Caught San Diego metal smith faces coin defacing counts
Llewellyn H. Slaff a 48 year old metalsmith from North Island admitted cutting pennies to dime size and using them to save 18 cents on ferry rides for five years. He was charged with two counts of defacing and passing U S coins. Each violation carries up to 10000 dollars fine and five years in prison.
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San Diego
Calif
Llewellyn H. Slaff
Secret Service Agen's
Slaff
North Island
U.S
Bank president charged with nearly $400000 theft
TYLER Texas AP a small bespectacled man known as the No 1 citizen of East Texas village faced charges for taking about 380000 to 400000 from Winona State Bank where he served as president and sole staffer The bank closed and directors posted a notice saying it was in failing condition FDIC planned to pay depositors up to 10000 each McClung 62 posted 10000 bond and was released after waiving preliminary hearing The charges allege false entries over several years in a town of 450 18 miles north of Tyler
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Butler McClung
Winona
McClung
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Wilton H. Bremer
Federal Bureau of Inves
Tigation
Kansas Votes in Congress
Washington AP report records Kansas senators voting on two roll calls. On confirmation of W. J. Driver for veterans affairs administrator, 75 to 7. Frank Carlson voted for, James B. Pearson did not vote. On passage of a bill to carry out U S obligations under the 1962 International Coffee Agreement, 56 to 23. Carlson and Pearson voted against.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
W. J. Driver
Veterans Affairs
Frank Carlson
James B. Pearson
U.S
Little Boy Found Huddled With Dog In Field
Three year old Robert Dale Simmons spent a frigid night outdoors with his dog in 20 degree temperatures. Found huddled in a ditch near his Due West home, he said he was not cold and had been out for a walk. About 100 Erskine students and 200 police, civil defense workers, and National Guardsmen searched the area through the night.
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Due West
S.C
Robert Dale Simmons
Erskine
World’s Fair records $17.54 million loss for year
New York World’s Fair reports a loss of 17.54 million dollars for the previous year and seeks to recover through higher attendance and cost cuts this season. Audited figures show cash reserves of 629,063 dollars as of December 31.
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NEW York
Californians to Abolish State Killings Campaign Launched
Los Angeles AP reports Californians to Abolish State Killings began a statewide drive to end the death penalty. San Quentin Chaplain Byron E. Eshelman announced the campaign at a Friday news conference in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Chilean Plane Crashes In Andes With 82 Aboard
A LAN Douglas DC6 with 82 aboard crashed in the Andes near La Valdes about 50 miles east of Santiago shortly after takeoff for Buenos Aires. Police said 75 passengers and seven crew were aboard. no survivors were reported. The flight left Santiago at 8 a.m. with planned stops in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
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Santiago
Chile
Andes
Buenos Aires
Chilean National Airlines
LAN
la Valdes
Montevideo
Uruguay
No 100000 For Italian Village
The village of Grimaldi Italy will not receive the 100000 bequest of John Nigro who died March 7 1963 In Los Angeles County Superior Court his son Frank 40 of Kansas City testified that the cobbler was under psychiatric care and irrational The estate goes to the son The elder Nigro aimed to fund a hospital for Grimaldi s 9000 inhabitants and left a 2000 undeveloped property to Esterina Fata age 14 the daughter of a friend
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Los Angeles
Grimaldi
Italy
John Nigro
Nigro
Frank
Kansas City
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Esterina Fata
Windfall to two Ohio schools from Christmas gift
Cadiz Ohio AP Thomas W Barr 69 a retired mail carrier donated 256 477 inheritance to Scio and Jewett village schools. He sold stocks to pay 54000 toward settling the estate then transferred 7615 shares his brother Harry had accumulated over 54 years of stock trading. Barr declined to estimate his holdings, citing a modest fortune and a postal pension of about 256 a month. He found a note from Harry desiring to aid village school children.
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Thomas W. Barr
Scio
Jewett
Barr
Harry
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Plac
Bill Jenkins
Lyle Rutter
Nicki
J. M. McGuire
W. 4Th
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Navy
G. F. Bond
Bermuda
Manning
William F. Zimmer
William H. McHale
Banks
Cadiz
Ohio
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