Manhunt for Kansas youth in bank robbery case
Federal agents seek National Guard helicopters to search central Kansas for Duane Pope 22 of Roxbury after a Nebraska bank holdup that left four dead or wounded. FBI tracing handwriting, gathering Buick details, and widening the search from Salina to Larned as authorities prepare first degree murder and robbery charges.
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Salina
Kan
National Guard
Kansas
Nebraska
Duane Pope
Roxbury, Kan
Farmer's Con
Farmers State Bank of
Big Springs
Neb
FBI
Pope
Larned
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glenn Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
R. E. Richards
Duel County
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Break-in Reported at Chanute Speedway Concession Stand
A break-in at the Chanute Speedway concession stand on West Main was reported at 3 10 p m yesterday. Fifteen hot dog packages a case of pop and candy valued at 15 20 dollars were missing. Entry gained through an overhanging door. Police notified Neosho County Sheriff. Speedway operated by Mr and Mrs Dennis DeMerritt.
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Chanute Speedway
West Main
Neosho County
Sheriff's Office
Dennis DeMerritt
Supreme Court rules against televising criminal trials
The Supreme Court rules against televise coverage of criminal trials citing unfairness to the accused. The remark notes Perry Mason has not yet lost a case.
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Supreme Court
Perry Mason
Augusta Flooding Persists As Avery Seeks Federal Aid
Gov. William H. Avery pressed for SBA loans as floodwaters fall in Augusta Kansas where about 100 residents remain displaced. National Guardsmen guard restricted areas at high water. A window glass explosion at Peter Pan Ice Cream Center injured a dozen teens. cause under investigation.
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Augusta
Kan
William H. Avery
National
Red Cross
U.S. 54
U.S. 77
Plaza Shopping Center
Supreme Court Rules TV Trials Deny Due Process
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to bar televising criminal trials, ruling it denies defendants their due process. Justice Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion overturning Billie Sol Estes’s Texas swindling conviction, citing potential prejudice and harm from courtroom cameras.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Estes
Tyler
Tex
Spacemen McDivitt and White Return From Four-Day Flight
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II splash down in the Atlantic after a 97 hour 57 minute mission. They arrive aboard the USS Wasp in good spirits, despite a computer failure during orbit and a celebrated space walk by White.
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Houston, Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Earth
Chanute
Mission Control Center
Wasp
Atlantic Ocean
Mrs. White
MacDivitt
White
William McCormick
Air Force
McDivitt
Clarence 0. Fiske
Christopher Kraft
U.S
Chamber of Commerce Industry Committee Meeting
A chamber of commerce industrial committee will meet at 7 am tomorrow at the Tioga Hotel to discuss a current new industry prospect. City and chamber officials have already met with company representatives now operating in a neighboring state.
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Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Tioga Hotel
Fight for Boost In Military Pay By McNamara
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara urged Congress to approve a $446.586 million pay increase bill as fair to service members and taxpayers. He argued the plan raises base pay for officers and long service personnel while aiding retention and includes housing and food allowances and tax advantages. House Armed Services Chair L Mendel Rivers criticized the measure as inadequate and called for a 10.7 percent hike totaling about $892.474 million annually.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Con
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House Committee
Salary Hike for 3 State Top Officials
Topeka AP reports salary increases of 2000 dollars a year for three top state officials. Highway Director Addison Meschke and Administration Director Martin Kiger rise to 15000 annually, Revenue Director Wayne McCoy to 13000. Leonard H. Axe will replace McCoy this summer. Governor Avery approved the raises.
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Topeka
State Finance Council
Department of Administration
Addison Meschke
Martin Kiger
Wayne McCoy
McCoy
Leonard H. Axe
Pittsburg State College
William H. Avery
Avery
Meschke
Col
L. E. Hughes
Highway Patrol
Court strikes down antibirth control law in Connecticut
The Supreme Court today invalidated Connecticut statutes banning contraceptives and restricting birth control guidance. Justice William O. Douglas led the 7 to 2 ruling, upholding reproductive rights and medical advice access.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Connecticut
William O. Douglas
State Officers Elected by Eagles
Mac Findley of Wichita was chosen president of the Kansas Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Other officers include Victor Briet Garden City vice president Harley Keeton Paola chaplain David Higgins Lawrence treasurer Ervin Hindman Salina conductor and state trustees Clarence Grover Great Bend C R McBratney Kansas City Gordon Barber Lawrence Nick Williams Leavenworth Robert O Baxley Hutchinson Andy McMillan Kansas City The 1966 convention will be held in Hutchinson.
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Great Bend
Kan
Mac Findley
Wichita
Kansas Aerie
Order of Eagles
Victor Briet
Garden City
Harley Keeton
Paola
David Higgins
Lawrence
Ervin Hindman
Salina
Clarence Grover
C.R. McBratney
Kansas City
Gordon Barber
Nick Williams
Leave
Chest X-Ray Survey Planned Across Neosho County
A mobile chest X-ray unit organized by the Neosho County Tuberculosis and Health Assn and the State Health Dept will visit Stark Erie St. Paul Galesburg Thayer and Chanute through June 24. It conducts TB screening and checks for lung cancer and other chest diseases for adults 20 and older with consent required for under 20 or pregnant mothers.
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Neosho County
Stark
Erie
St. Paul
Galesburg
D. A. Finney
Plummer
Finney
State Department of Health
Margaret Wood
Wayne Harding
Clark Fleming
Louise Carter
L. K. Olson
Kenneth George
Thayer
City Halls
Bruce Burris
E. C. Sryan
Ira Barber
N. Lafayette
Memorial Hall
Weather Area Forecast For Topeka Kansas
Fair and warmer tonight with increasingly cloudy skies Tuesday. Widely scattered showers or thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon. Low tonight mid 60s. High Tuesday 85 to 90. In Kansas more showers develop western areas first then spread east ahead of a cool front in Wyoming. Flooding streams receding in many areas though some rivers remain above bank.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Smith Center
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Quenemo
Emporia
Cottonwood
Neosho
Neosho Rapids
City to run acceptance tests on two diesel power plant engines
City officials announce acceptance tests for the two Engine Plant No 2 diesel engines to be conducted this week. Engines have operated daily with remote control from the steam plant during turbine overhaul. After initial issue fixes the diesel operations are satisfactory and city power facilities are prepared for hot weather demand.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Garfield
Ash Grove Road
3Rd and
Santa Fe
Ottawa U Honors Four at Commencement
Ottawa Kansas AP four individuals received honorary degrees at Ottawa University commencement. Senator Frank Carlson was awarded an honorary doctor of laws for his Baptist lay leadership and public service. The Rev F Lowell Cormack and the Rev Roy E Paslay Jr received honorary doctor of divinity degrees, and Dr Harvey Stallard of San Diego a graduate of Ottawa was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree.
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Ottawa
Kan
Frank Carlson
Ottawa University
Carlson
F. Lowell Cormack
Prairie Village
Roy E. Paslay Jr
Topeka
Harvey Stallard
San Diego
Calif
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