Betancourt Orders Nationwide Roundup of Communists
Venezuela President Betancourt announced a nationwide roundup of Communists and MIR members after foiled assassination plots. Two suspects were captured entering the archbishop's palace with dynamite and a timing device. a third escaped. He vowed indefinite detention for those jailed and pushed anti-terror measures amid looming November elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Carlos Andres Perez
MIR
Movement of the
Revolutionary Left
Harsh Trial To Jury In Busby Murder Case
In CLATHE Kansas AP report the jury in Lloyd Lee Harsh’s murder trial faces eight verdicts for Donna Lee Busby 17 shot to death. Possible outcomes include first degree murder with death or life imprisonment and second degree murder or fourth degree manslaughter with not guilty. Harsh also faces charges for wounding Busby’s fiancé Thomas Thorp 20 Endicott Nebraska with options of assault with intent to kill or endangering life or not guilty. The panel began deliberations at 2 45 p m and recessed at 5 p m.
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Clathe
Kan
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Donna Lee Busby
Clayton Brenner
Harsh
Miss Busby
Thomas Thorp
Endicott
Neb
Fire Near Buffalo Destroys Hay Bale Barn
A fire discovered this morning scorched the northeast corner of a large barn on Dale McKinsey’s farm six miles north of Buffalo. Fifteen bales of hay burned and a right front tire on a truck inside the barn was burned. No other damage occurred.
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Buffalo
Dale McKinsey
Death of Rev Edward A Pauli After Tree Fall
The Rev Edward A Pauli on Highland Avenue died this morning at Neosho Memorial Hospital after falling from a tree at his home. He was born September 3 1885 at Bern and married Edith Rubright May 6 1914 at Napperville Illinois. He served Evangelical United Brethren churches in Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas including Maple Grove Humboldt Center Ridge and Golden Valley and retired in 1956. He is survived by two sons Ohm W Pauli Bowling Green Kentucky and Ross I Pauli Manhattan four grandchildren one sister Minnie E Pauli Bern and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Roy S Gibson Funeral Home.
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Edward A. Pauli
N. Highland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Magdalena Pauli
Bern
Edith Rubright
Napperville, Ill
Pauli
Napperville
North Central College
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Maple Grove
Humboldt
Center Ridge
Golden Valley
Kimball Church
Chanute
Ohm W. Pauli
Bowling Green
Ross I. Pauli
Manhattan
Minnie E. Pauli
Roy S. Gibson
Scared Boy Saved In Bite Aftermath
In Liberal Kansas a frightened 12 year old boy from Walters Oklahoma was rushed to Epworth Memorial Hospital for anti rabies shots after being bitten by a cat. The cat died and tests showed rabies. The boy was amid a harvest crew traveling north when the Oklahoma trooper stopped their vehicle near the Oklahoma Kansas border and delivered him to care.
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Liberal, Kan
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Liberal
Stephen Branstetter
Walters
Okla
Lawton
Kansas
Jim Crawford
Oklahoma-Kansas
Beaver
B. L. Branstetter
Branstetter
Crawford
Epworth Memorial Hospital
Glen Van Slyke III Wins National Spelling Bee
Thirteen year old Glen Van Slyke III of Oak Ridge Tennessee won the national spelling bee on biliousness and equipage after a dramatic North-South contest with Elaine Piecuch of Winslow Maine. He earned a $1000 first prize and a trip to New York while Elaine received $500.
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Washington
Glen van Slyke III
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Glen
Elaine Piecuch
Winslow
Maine
New York
Elaine
Bolivia Withdraws From OAS Over Chile River Dispute
Bolivia leaves the Organization of American States council to pressure Chile on the Lauca River diversion dispute. The move follows bloodshed and a diplomatic rupture, though Bolivia will still participate in other OAS activities.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Council of the Organization of American States
Chile
Council
OAS
Zoning Hearing Approves South Main Block Rezone
City planning commission held a public hearing on re zoning the south side of the 900 block on West Main for business. Six or seven attended, all speakers supported re zoning with two visitors from outside favoring more business zoning. The commission adjourned to next Wednesday for further discussion and a potential action after a second public hearing on uniform Main zoning. Eleven members were present, with vice chairman Oscar Cunningham presiding in the chairman's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
W. Main
Main
Planning Commission
Marlin Blackstun
Oscar Cunningham
Blackstun
Librarians Gather for Midwest Conference at Baker University
Fifty librarians from 35 Midwest colleges will attend a two day conference on library use starting today at Baker University in Baldwin Kansas.
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Baldwin, Kan
Midwest
Baker University
Christian College Loan Announced for Dining Hall
Washington AP reports the Community Facilities Administration approved a $738000 loan to Christian College in Columbia Missouri to build a dining hall. An additional interest free loan of $1300 was approved to assist Cuba Kansas in planning sewerage facilities.
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Washington
Christian College
Columbia
Community Facilities Administration
Cuba
Kan
Third Night Of Disorder In Cambridge Integration Protests
Fires in three buildings and a brief fight marked the third straight night of integration demonstrations in Cambridge Maryland. Police said two fires were deliberate, one pot of burning oil thrown from a car into a grocery window, and a kerosene mop set in a bakery. Helen Waters, the sole Black Dorchester School Board member, reported threats and an attack on her home window after voting against a school integration appeal. Charles Cornish, the Black Cambridge City Council member, faced a brick through his window following a telephone threat. Police dispersed white bystanders who attacked two white demonstrators as about 120 Black marchers passed.
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Cambridge
Tidewater
Helen Waters
Dorchester County
Waters
Mr. Cornish
Charles Cornish
Accident Claims Thirteenth Victim
ESCALANTE Utah AP Marvin E Porschatis 29 Salt Lake City died Wednesday night as the 13th victim of a stake truck crash that also killed five adults and seven Boy Scouts. Forty six were aboard when the truck rolled backward down a steep grade and tipped into a ravine southeast of here near Hole in the Rock. He suffered a skull fracture and did not regain consciousness.
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Escalante
Utah
Marvin E. Porschatis
Salt Lake City
Here
Hole in-the-Rock
Porschatis
Arraignment Held On Forgery Counts
Albert Lesco of Coffeyville and Independence was arraigned in City Court on five forged appliance mortgage charges. He entered no plea, posted $50,000 bond, and a preliminary hearing was set for June 19 after Las Vegas arrest. district attorney said funds largely funded business and some went to gambling.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Coffeyville and
Independence
Kan
Albert Lesco
Las Vegas
New County
Bill Watson
Lesco
Tension Rising Over Evers Slaying in Jackson Miss
In Jackson Mississippi police and federal agents pursue a massive hunt for Medgar Evers killer after the NAACP leader is shot in his driveway. The widow appeals for nonviolence as anger and fear ripple through the city and a $24.35 reward is posted.
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Jackson
Miss
Medgar W. Evers
M.B. Pierce
Evers
Rights Meeting At White House
President Kennedy convened talks at the White House with former President Harry Truman 12 congressional leaders from both parties and about 200 labor leaders to discuss civil rights matters. Senate and House leaders from both parties joined in separate discussions.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harry Truman
White House
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hatcher
Bank Board Elects Jones as Chairman in State Meeting
Hugh T. Jones, chairman and controlling stockholder of the Bank of Commerce, was elected chairman of the State Banking Board. He has served on the board for two years since a May 1961 appointment by Governor Anderson. Jones also runs Chanute Lumber Co. and H. T. Jones and Sons Co., and serves on the Neosho Memorial Hospital board. A KU graduate, he holds a finance degree and served four years as a lieutenant commander in WWII. He and wife Doris Reeves have three sons.
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Hugh T. Jones
Bank of Commerce
State Banking Board
Jones
Anderson
Chanute Lumber Co
H. T. Jones and Sons Co
Neosho Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Kansas University
Navy
Doris Reeves
Dodge City
Todd, Jeffry
Gil
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log For June 21 1963
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours ending 9 a m Thursday in Topeka with June 21 as the date. The 1963 figure is 219 compared with 229 for the comparable 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Area Forecast For Topeka Kansas
AP forecast predicts generally fair hot weather through Friday with low nighttime temperatures in the 70s and highs near 95 to 100 in most areas. Kansas remains warm and humid with only light evening showers, clear skies in the east and variable clouds in the west, and temperatures about 10 degrees warmer in the east than midweek.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Goodland
Pittsburg
Tragedy on Vashon Island Fire Kills Kan San Family
A former Kansas man and his six children died when a frame home burned on Vashon Island near Seattle. Cecil Landers, 40, Cathy 12 Michael 10 Teresa 8 Patricia 6 Beverly 3 and William 9 months perished. Mrs Landers 36 escaped after sounding a car horn to summon aid. newspaper carriers spotted the pre dawn blaze and firemen retrieved the bodies as a Catholic priest gave last rites. The fire may have started from an oil stove. Landers had worked in a defense factory before moving to Seattle about a year ago. Ada Landers plans to travel for funeral arrangements.
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San
Cecil Landers
Mound City
Kan
Cathy
Michael
Teresa
Patricia
Beverly
William
Landers
R. H. Spencer
Robert Brownell
Vashon Island
Seattle
Puget Sound
Pleasanton
Culver City
Calif
Race Unrest At Flance Race Unrest At Flance
Cambridge Maryland third straight night of integration demonstrations sees fires flare in three buildings and a brief fight. Texarkana Texas Texarkan a Junior College admits two Negro women under federal court orders with no incidents on campus. about 200 youths burned a cross and staged an anti integration march downtown. Huntsville Alabama third Negro enrolls in white University of Alabama system. Governor George C. Wallace will not appear at Huntsville after Tuscaloosa protests. all quiet at Tuscaloosa as Negro students attend classes. Honolulu mayor program outlines civil rights plan by President Kennedy. Lexington North Carolina murder charge filed against 19 year old Negro for firing shots killing one white man and wounding another in race riot. New York acting Mayor Screvane says city will halt hospital project construction unless AFL-CIO unions end discriminatory practices. Danville Virginia mayor Stinson to name three man committee to negotiate desegregation demands. Savannah Georgia tense scene as Negro policeman arrests white man over alleged assault on a demonstrator. police reinforcements deployed. Chamber offers to mediate over segregated hotels and restaurants but Negro leader vows to continue demonstrations.
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Texarkana
Tex
Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
Tuscaloosa
Savannah
Chamber of Commerce
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Tommy Anderson
S. Central
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Lauca
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A. Charles Jones
Campbell College For
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Sweet Land of Liberty
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Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
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D-Minn
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D-Fla
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Illinois
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Iowa
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