Ten-year-old saves crippled colt from oncoming train
Chanute, Kansas, boy Jon McCoy, 10, grabbed a limping six month old colt as a train approached on Village Creek rail line. He rolled both the boy and animal into a ditch, escaping unharmed while onlookers aided. Colt and boy survived. owner Earl Wertz praised the daring rescue.
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Jim McCoy
Velma McCoy
S. Lafayette
Earl Wertz
Lafayette
Village Creek
Chanute
Wertz
Larry Oliver
Colt
Boy
Wrecks and Vandalism Highlight Weekend Reports
City officials investigate unusually high power plant phone bills with cooperation from Southwestern Bell. Traced to a Paola number dialing into Chanute and Lawrence McCoy home leading to Phillip McCoy arrest. Also reports Chanute resident fined 125 for DWI after a Sunday early morning one car crash. Memorial holiday period saw 200 moving violations arrests by the Highway Patrol with four DWI and 21 reckless driving cases.
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Chanute
North River Bridge
Gage
Wayne Ray Gage
E. Main
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Fourth Highway Division
Rockefeller Begins Public Test Period
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller returns to public affairs and starts a testing period that could map his path in the 1964 GOP presidential nomination contest.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Court Rejects State Plan For Racial Transfers
The Supreme Court ruled that two Tennessee public school transfer plans, used in Knoxville and Davidson County, promote discrimination and are invalid. The programs allowed students to transfer to avoid minority schools, drawing objections from Negro students and support from local boards. Justice Clark delivered the unanimous decision, citing Brown v. Board of Education standards.
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Supreme Court
Tennessee
Knoxville
Davidson County
Nashville
Knox County
Clark
Brown
Colonel Thompson Dies in Washington
AP reports Col. Robert L. Thompson, on the staff of Representative Joe Skubitz, Republican Kansas, died in Washington on Saturday.
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Iola
Kan
Robert L. Thompson
Joe Skubitz
R-Kan
Washington
Traffic Fatalities Log Report for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 9 a m May 5 1965 total fatalities for 48 hours. Earlier fatalities from 1963 214 compared with 1962 214. Data notes indicate previously unreported deaths are included.
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Topeka
Kansas
Death of Pope John XXIII Declared by Vatican
Vatican announces Pope John XXIII has died at age 81 after a long battle with illness. The final illness stemmed from a stomach tumor with hemorrhaging and peritonitis, ending at 7:49 p.m. EST. The pope was described as serene and ready, famed as a healer of unity and peace.
TV Conviction Overturned in Televised Murder Case
The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling by Justice Stewart, overturned the murder conviction of Wilbert Rideau of Lake Charles Louisiana. He was 19 at the time of the 1961 bank robbery and killings where clerk Julia Ferguson died and two other employees were wounded after being forced into a car.
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Supreme Court
Wilbert Rideau
Stewart
Clark
Harlan
Rideau
Southgate
Gulf National Bank
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Julia Ferguson
Dora McCain
Jay H. Hickman
Ferguson
Civil Rights Meeting Held
President Kennedy met with Democratic congressional leaders on civil rights amid indications a new legislative message may be sent to Congress soon. Senator Humphrey said administration civil rights proposals will be presented later this week with a Wednesday travel date for Kennedy.
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Kennedy
Congress
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
House
Humphrey
Wallace Bar Delay Deepens as Judge Hints Written Ruling
Federal Judge Seybourn Lynne postponed immediate ruling on a Justice Department bid to bar Gov. George Wallace from blocking enrollment of Negroes at the University of Alabama. A memorandum is planned by Wednesday morning. Wallace did not attend. witnesses testified about his May 2 remarks and a “stand in the door” plan. Police guarded a tense campus as pickets demonstrated outside amid large security.
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Chambers
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Montgomery Radio
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US. Dist
NBC
Meet the Press
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Miss
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Fla
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N.C
Soldier Charged With Tots Reported Incident
In Waynesville Mo a serviceman admitted holding a 3 year old girl against her will and raping her after heavy drinking at a farewell party Sp 4 Calvin Palmer 20 of Ft Leonard Wood charged with reported incident and to be prosecuted Urbanski 25 of Ft Wood questioned released. girl Marie Watson in serious condition at hospital near Waynesville Manor incident details and arrests noted.
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Ft. Leonard Wood
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Eugene Urbanski
Ft. Wood
Palmer
Urbanski
Marie Watson
Helena Watson
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Michigan City
Ind
Little Falls
N.Y
DuBois Wins Weekly News Tip Award
Mrs J L Dubois of 1025 S Central was named last week's $3 tip winner for reporting a near strangling incident in which David Kaemmerling dangled from a rope in his yard at 1030 S Evergreen and was rescued by nearby street department workers. The Tribune notes tips from Chanute area residents.
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S. Central
DuBois
David Kaemmerling
S. Evergreen
Tribune
The
Chanute
the Tribune
Earnings Tax Doubt Cost to Local Kansas Schools
The chair of the Legislative Council Assess ment and Taxation Committee voiced grave doubts that an earnings tax can replace property tax for Kansas school districts. Rep. Lawrence Slocombe said the earnings tax proposal could be more inequitable. The committee studies a plan by the Kansas Livestock Association to tax district residents by income rather than real property, with a levy on the income base to fund local school support.
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Topeka
Legislative Council
Kansas
Lawrence Slocombe
Marion
Kansas Livestock Association
Dorothy Brown Becomes Somebody At UNC Woman's College
North Carolina teen Dorothy Brown, once pulled from school to babysit, earned a degree at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. The former rural New Rebell County girl rose to national fame after being featured in a story with pictures by Tom McKnight. Now 22, she plans to teach elementary school in Mecklenburg County and says she still wants to be somebody who can help others.
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Greensboro
N.C
McKnight
Dorothy
Charlotte Observer
Woods
Dorothy Brown
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Woman's College
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Showers Possible as Warm Humid Weather Persists
Prospects remain favorable for scattered showers or thunderstorms through Tuesday as the weather bureau notes continued warmth and humidity. Highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s to around 70 are expected across western to eastern areas with reported rainfall from several towns including Nickerson Partridge Moundridge Coldwater Kiowa Kingman Pretty Prairie Hutchinson and Lindsborg.
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Weather Bureau
Missouri
Nickerson
Partridge
Moundridge
Coldwater
Kiowa
Kingman Pretty Prairie
Hutchinson
Lindsberg
North Central
Garden City
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Goodland
Olathe
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
If you cannot reach your Tribune, contact your carrier. If unavailable, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Fires in May Boost Losses
Fire losses for May 1963 totaled about 3 600 dollars, lifting the year to 8 970 dollars on 134 alarms after 19 runs in May. The May report notes three car fires, three home fires, and incidents in Tioga township, Urbana, Big Creek, a cafe, a turned off gas, a trash fire, a downed electric wire, a garage fire, a flare and a false alarm, with two smoke scares.
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Bill Brennan
Tioga
Big Creek
Urbana
U S to Resume Haiti Relations
The United States will resume normal diplomatic relations with Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier after suspending ties when his term allegedly expired on May 15. State Department officials stated they do not approve of Duvalier but recognize he remains in control and that resuming relations serves U S interests.
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Washington
United States
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
U.S
State Department
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