No Trace of Trials Hard to Believe
Federal and state officers renewed an intensive search at daybreak for three missing civil rights workers in east central Mississippi. Dragging operations were planned in several water bodies as fear grew they might not be found alive. A highway patrol spokesman said searchers would check all buildings and recent excavations with no definite leads yet.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Art Richardson
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Grady Gilmore
Patrol
FBI
Edge of Swamp
Philadelpha (A
Moss Point
Marines Join Search for Three Civil Rights Workers in Mississippi
President Johnson orders 200 Marines to join the search for three civil rights workers missing in Mississippi near Philadelphia. Marines to replace naval personnel as helicopters and FBI agents, marshals, and state patrols intensify the hunt for Schwerner Goodman and Chaney, last seen Sunday night.
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Washington
Johnson
Mississippi
George E. Reedy
White House
Philadelphia
Miss
Meridian
Reedy
Danse Department
Naval Air Station
Defense Department
FBI
Allen Dulles
Jackson
Paul B. Johnson
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Gov. Johnson
Michael Schwerner
Andy Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Chaney
Magic About June in Kansas Tornado Trend
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas tornado activity shows a sharp decline after June 21. From 1879 to 1962 May was the peak month with 33 of 82 long-path storms, while June had 21 events in the first 21 days and only one severe storm in the last nine days. Climatologist A D Robb notes no theory explains the June drop.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Weather Bureau
Traffic Fatalities Report For Kansas June 1964
The Topeka AP traffic death log lists 55 fatalities for June 1964 and 285 for the year through 9 a.m. Thursday. The 1963 period shows 252 deaths. Includes two previously unreported fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Army Plane Crash Kills 7 Soldiers
Seven soldiers from Fort Benning Georgia were killed and 24 injured when an Army transport plane crashed on takeoff from a temporary airstrip northeast of Ridgeway South Carolina near midnight Wednesday. Nine soldiers on the ground were injured and two on the ground were killed. Names withheld pending kin notices. Survivors were airlifted to Fort Jackson Hospital.
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Ridgeway
S.C
Ft. Benning
Paul Timm
Ft. Jackson
U.S. Army
10Th Air Transport Brigade
11Th Air Assault Division
Woman killed near Mankato in car truck collision
A Randall Kansas woman, Lessie F. Easter, 59, was killed and her husband Floyd Easter was injured when their car collided with a truck at an intersection of two county roads about 12 miles southeast of Mankato Wednesday.
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Mankato, Kan
Randall, Kan
Mankato
Lessie F. Easter
Floyd Easter
Not Worth Extraditing Marylands Atheist Murray Family Finds Shelter
In Honolulu the Murray family seeks refuge after fleeing Baltimore amid a police clash at the wedding of Bill Murray to Susan Abramovitz. Maryland officials question extradition, while the Unitarian Church and a Congregationalist minister offer sanctuary.
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Delwyn Rayson
Maryland
Hawaii
Unitarian Church
Murray
Bonna Mays
John D. Mays Jr
Garth
Bill
Susan Abramovitz
Baltimore
Susan
Tobacco Labels Battle FTC Rule Sparks Legal Challenge
The tobacco industry denounces a new FTC rule requiring cancer and disease warnings on cigarette labels and ads. Lawmakers including Rep. Roy A. Taylor push to delay, proposing a Jan 1 1968 start date for enforcement.
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Washington
Tobacco Industry
Roy A. Taylor
D-N.c
Paul Rand Dixon
FTC
King Will Relive War Experiences With French Family
Chanute man Ernest King will travel to Washington by air for a reunion with a Paris family that aided Americans in World War II. He served as a B-17 gunner, was shot down over Belgium, spent nine months in the underground, and later endured 13 months as a prisoner of war. The visit includes a reception dinner and informal talks with the French family who provided food, shelter, and escape help to Allied soldiers. King will meet the jet in Missouri and reach Washington by 9 p.m. Friday for the events honoring their wartime cooperation.
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Chanute
Ernest
King
R. J. Eric
Washington, D.C
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
Air Force
Washington
Paris
United States
Belgium
Switzerland
Atheist Colony Plans Stall After Leader Flees
Stockton Kansas AP report says the Other Americans Inc atheist colony on 80 acres owned by Carl R. Brown is at a standstill after Madalyn Murray fled Baltimore for Hawaii amid fears for her family. Brown says donations are slow and funds scarce, leaving the project uncertain and any future timing unknown. Murray, vice president of Other Americans Inc, last visited in August 1963 to accept the deed.
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Stockton, Kan
Stockton
Baltimore
Hawaii
Madalyn Murray
Carl R. Brown
Ony
Other Americans, Inc
Brown
Murray
Kansas Governor Dedicates State Subway Car at World Fair
New York AP Gov. John Anderson Jr. leading Kansas World’s Fair delegation dedicates a state subway car at Flushing Meadow. He sprinkles wheat on the vehicle instead of champagne. An official party of 40 accompanies him for Kansas State Day at the fair. General William E. Potter among accompanying officials.
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New York
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
State of Kansas
Flushing Meadow
Anderson
Kansas Party
Waldorf Astoria
Baby Found Unhurt In Beloit Abduction Case
A 3 month old girl abducted from a Beloit home Monday night was recovered unharmed early today by police who found the infant in a car with a young woman and two men. Margaret Converse, 19, Beloit, faces a federal kidnapping warrant. Also present were David Hayes, 26, Shellsburg Iowa, and Jerome Kerrigan, 55, Ada Oklahoma, carnival workers, held as material witnesses.
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Beloit. Wis
Beloit
Howard G. Bjorklund
Kimberly Jo Wulf
Shirly H. Wulf
Margaret Ruth Converse
Madison
Miss Converse
Bjorkford
David R. Hayes
Shellsburg
Iowa
Jerome B. Kerrigan
Ada
Okla
Weather snapshot shows warm, fair area forecast
The forecast notes a fair sky with a slight warm trend tonight and Friday. Highs reach 90 to 95 degrees Friday, with lows tonight 60 to 65. Humidity and barometer readings are listed but unclear.
Mild summerlike weather returns to Kansas
AP reports Kansas enjoys clear skies and mild temperatures with light winds. Forecasters see no break in pleasant weather through week’s end.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter to Cha Reveals Personal Strain
An intercepted note addressed to Cha discusses a strained personal relationship involving the atheist Madalyn. The human connection appears troubled and failing to progress.
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Madalyn
Western Drill Sold to Chauncey in Chanute
Chauncey, of 111 N Steuben, announces purchase of full ownership of Western Drilling Tool and Supply, Inc., 1 W Walnut. The firm moved from Pennsylvania in 1903, started as a machine shop for oil industry, evolved into a supply business, and was owned by the Elliott family from 1903 to 1957 before incorporation. Chauncey, son-in-law of Paul Elliott, joined in 1946 and has been Western Drill general manager since 1958.
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Charles Chauncey
N. Steuben
Western Drilling Tool and Supply, Inc
W. Walnut
Chanute
Pennsylvania
Elmer
Frank Elliott
Paul
Elliotts
Chauncey
Paul Elliott
Jayne Elliott
Western Drill
Testimony Ends in Public Interest Injunction Suit Against Cemeteries
Closing arguments concluded in a district court public interest injunction case against nine privately owned cemetery associations led by Norman Anderson of El Paso Texas. The state seeks strict enforcement of trust fund provisions for perpetual care and questions whether pre need contracts and burial merchandise disclosures meet constitutional requirements and public protection goals.
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Public Interest
Norman Anderson
el Paso
Tex
Greenlawn Memorial Park
Dodge City
el Dorado
Garden City
McPherson
Hays Newton
Ottawa
Great
Lot Sale Trust Fund
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Justice Department
Rday
Mernidion
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John Hovorka
S. Larson
Jennifer Ann
Jeffrey Lee
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Hovorka
June
Jay
Jerry
J. al
The
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Federal Trade Commission
Ner
France
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Senate
Congress
Bowman Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
House
B. Everett Jordan
North Carolina
Albert G. Clay
Burley Auction Warehouse Association
Atheists Center Uncertain
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