Jackson air foreboding as Evers funeral nears
In Jackson Mississippi civil rights leaders prepare a March strategy while pursuing clues in the Medgar Evers slaying. FBI labs test evidence including a rifle fingerprint as the funeral in the Negro Masonic Temple looms and Arlington burial is planned. Police clash with demonstrators amid calls to press forward on desegregation efforts.
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Jackson, Miss
FBI
Medgar W. Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Evers
Arlington National Cemetery
Weather Today High Low and Forecast
Partly cloudy and hot through Saturday with generally dry weather. Widely scattered late afternoon and night time thundershowers likely. High Saturday 95 to 100, low tonight in the middle 70s. Relative humidity around 42 percent. Barometer 28.95 inches and falling.
Kansas Sees Nation's Hottest Temperatures Amid Warm Weekend Outlook
Topeka reports the nation leading heat with Russell at 103 and Chanute at 102 degrees. Highs range from 95 to 100 while lows dip into the 60s and 70s. Morning showers observed in extreme south central Kansas near the Oklahoma border. Ellsworth recorded 1.40 inches overnight. No relief in sight as warm, clear conditions continue through the weekend.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
Chanute
Dodge City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Topeka Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Ellsworth
Kanapolis
Central Plains
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log For June 23 1963
AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Friday June 23 1963 shows 2 fatalities. Comparison cites 1962 period at 230 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Soviet Premier says fifth cosmonaut in orbit
Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union has placed its fifth man in orbit aboard Vostok V with Lt. Col. Valeri Bykovsky, 29, near Moscow. Tass reported an 88 minute orbit, height 112 to 146 miles, weightlessness, and ongoing studies of long flight effects.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Valeri Fedorovich Bykovsky
Vostok V
Tass
Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Heavenly Twins
Nikolayev
Power use in Chanute peaks at 9400 kilowatts in late afternoon
Power demand in Chanute surged to 9400 kilowatts between 4 and 5 pm, the highest for the year, said power plant superintendent John Lofthouse. The city had 102 degrees official temperature, with humidity driving the spike as stores stayed open for late shopping. Prior records include 9700 kilowatts on Aug 23 and 8500 in June 1962.
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John Lofthouse
Mercury
Chanute
Lofthouse
Sick Boy Becomes U S Citizen Before Possible Death
Jimmy Yokley, age 4, was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in San Antonio after his German birth and brain illness. Federal Judge Adrian Spears waived residence requirements to allow the ceremony. The boy, who has undergone seven brain surgeries since July 1961, may die soon. his adoptive parents, Staff Sgt. Maurice Yokley and wife, say the baby would die an American citizen if he must. Tangie, 7, is the Yokleys’ daughter.
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Brooke General Hospital
Maurice Yokley
San Antonio
Adrian Spears
Jimmy Yokley
Scouts Prepare 100 Mile Hike Challenge at Philmont
Leavenworth youths James Skahan and Mike Bowman both 14 years old walk four to five miles daily in Leavenworth as they prep to hike 100 miles this month. They will attempt the trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
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Leavenworth
James Skahan
Mike Bowman
Philmont
New Mexico
Chanute Trucker In Accident In Wichita
A 43 year old Kenneth Dawson from Augusta Kansas was injured fatally in a collision between his car and a semi truck in east Wichita. Truck driver Lee Richwine of Chanute was uninjured. Dawsons car left the road into a ditch and his dog died. The hog laden truck overturned killing five hogs and freeing 152 hogs. a roundup is underway. It is Wichita s fourth traffic fatality of the year.
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Wichita
Augusta
Kanman
Kenneth Dawson
Lee Richwine
Chanute
Dawson
Flag Day observance and flag sale at Tribune
Flags marked the anniversary of 1777 when the Stars and Stripes became the national flag. The Tribune still has flags for sale for patriotic displays and occasions.
Boy From Kansas Drowns While Fishing at Lake
A seven year old Kansas boy, Justin James Haworth of Wilson, drowned at Dead Lake in Perham Minnesota after slipping from a dock while fishing. He vacationed with his parents Mr and Mrs James Haworth.
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Perham, Minn
Kansas
Dead Lake
Justin James Haworth
James Haworth
Wilson, Kan
Alfalfa Firm Plans Fall Construction
Bruce Cramb of Independence said construction will begin next fall after harvest, with a two-dryer plant, a pellet machine, and a 100 ton storage facility. The National Alfalfa Dehydrating mill, largest in the U S, will employ 14 workers and use hired labor from area farms, expanding regional alfalfa output and storage capacity.
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Thre
City
Katy
Na- Railroad
George Gregory
National Alfalfa
Bruce Cramb
Independence
National
Southeast Kansas Mills
Cramb
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Weekend City Rec plans bands and bike events
City Recreation reports over 50 junior high students and 35 adults in summer bands. first junior high concert set for Thursday June 30 at 8 30 p m at Central Park pavilion. Bicycle time trials return to City Park with 9 a m start at Monkey Island entrance. Dan and Pat Marks hold 1 07 time for 26 inch bikes. 24 inch trials tomorrow. A Bacardi Trio from Joplin to perform at Senior High Junior College dance in Launching Pad.
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Glenn Peak
Central Park Pavilion
Monkey Island
Dan
Pat Marks
Chanute
Bill Loy
Bacardi
Joplin
Bob Macy
Jack Wagner
Dave Robinson
Denver
Chicago
Change in Kansas unification law threatens local schools
The 1963 Kansas unification act aims to standardize districts for grades one through 12, with county planning boards and interim boards guiding first operations. In Neosho county Chanute leads a complicated shift as one of few districts to pursue unified status, while moratoriums and board restructurings loom, potentially dissolving several existing districts and reorganizing governance without immediate loss of facilities or tax levies.
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Chanute
Ed Rideau
Bob Law
Ward
Don Abbuehl
New Unification Times
Erie
Gray Area
Fication Board
Thayer
Galesburg
St. Paul
Stark
County Planning Board
Longside
Johnson County
Legislative Council
Can- Chanute
Neosho County
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Blair Street
John Salter
Flagstaff
Ariz
Salter
Ogy
Tougaloo
Allen Thompson
NAACP
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Kremlin
Wilson
Sick Boy
U.S
San Antonio, Tex
Jimmy Yakley
Yokleys
Tangie
Yokley
Jimmy
Ludwigsburg
Germany
Alfalfa
Tonal Alfalfa Dehydrating & Milling Co
National Alfalfa Co
National's Mills
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Peak
Royster Junior High
Ashe County
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