Ruby Trial Opens as Ruby Pleads Innocent in Oswald Slaying
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby entered a formal not guilty plea as trial opened with testimony about his reaction to Kennedy's assassination. A Dallas Morning News secretary testified Ruby sat staring for two minutes after the news, while defense and state debated insanity versus normal conduct. Judge Brown temporarily stood in as jurists were seated and the Texas Supreme Court denied a TV viewership issue affecting juror eligibility.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Henry M. Wade
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kennedy
Joe B. Brown
Texas Supreme Court
Judge Brown
Texas
Austin
Dist. Atty
Brown
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
Instructions urge callers to reach Tribune via carrier and, if unavailable, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. The note specifies alternate dialing order and time for contact.
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Tribune
Snow White Leads Deer At City Park Zoo Expansion
City park workers used Snow White the nanny goat to guide deer into new pens at Santa Fe Park. Jody Orton donated Snow White to the zoo and later added a companion billy goat Bob White. The zoo now hosts nine deer five Caracal sheep two goats and contemplates future pens, bird enclosures and an overnight camping area near Brown-Wells Dam.
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Santa Fe Park
National Guard
Highland Park
Clem Keller
Keller
Jim Orton
Stark
Orton
Snow White
Jody
Bob White
Brown-Wells
State Highway Department
City
Two Chanute youths admit breaking car aerials and theft
Chanute police say two teenage boys confessed to breaking more than 30 radio antennas on cars Saturday night and to stealing a gum machine from the Sportsman's Bowl. One suspect, Bob Mayer, 17, faces destruction of property charges. the other juvenile was referred to juvenile authorities.
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Bob Mayer
S. Steuben
Mayer
Lucia DeLa Torre
Mike Mitchell
S. Larson
John Galemore
S. Highland
Alex Mih
Toll Road Study of Highway US 69 Toll Road Study
Kansas plans to rebuild U S 69 as a four lane toll road from Kansas City to Pittsburg within five years. A full feasibility study could cost 75 000 to 150 000 dollars. Witnesses urged fast construction and toll road options to meet needs.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Legislative Council
R. L. Peyton
Will Rogers Turnpike
Oklahoma
Peyton
Way Commission
Kansas Turnpike Authority
State Line Group
Frank Gilmore
Bomb scare at Vancouver motel defused after misidentified device
Police avoided crowds as a bomb squad safely rendered safe a suspicious mechanism behind a motel. An officer stated it contained nitroglycerine equivalent to 40 sticks of dynamite but a city analyst later identified the fluid as mineral oil. The motive and maker remain unknown.
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Vancouver
B.C
Davenport
Hoffa Convicted On Two Jury-Fix Charges in Tennessee
In Chattanooga AP report James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters was found guilty on two counts of attempting to fix the 1962 conspiracy trial jury. Acquitted on a third count. Co defendants Ewing King Thomas E. Parks of Nashville and Larry Campbell of Detroit were also convicted.
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Chattanooga
Slingshot Weapon Of Modern Cowboys
WHEATLAND Wyoming AP reports Bob Lukens markets slingshots to stockmen cowboys for moving cattle and horses from brush. He notes use in tranquilizing darts for livestock and subduing rattlesnakes, reflecting a tool of modern ranching.
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Wheatland
Wyo
Bob Lukens
Lukens
Traffic Fatalities Log Reports For Kansas
AP traffic death log notes 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday in Topeka shows March 3 1964 figures with 1963 comparison. An accident occurred Monday night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Old Man Winter Holds Ground In Breathing Space
The area forecast notes cold northerly winds with light snow or sleet this evening, windy and colder tonight, and fair but cold Thursday with lows near 20 and highs around 35 to 40. A weather bulletin warns of a developing southern storm bringing snow, sleet, and icy driving in parts of Arkansas and Missouri. Kansas sees Arctic air with highs 30s and lows 10 to 15 in the northwest, about 35 in the southeast, with minimal snowfall.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Goodland
Pittsburg
Hill City
Mrs. Gray Quits Democratic Post After 28 Years
Georgia Neese Gray resigns as Democratic national committeewoman after 28 years. She plans to campaign for President Johnson and step down at the August national convention, citing community duties in Richland and a desire to allow others to lead. Theis of Arkansas City also seeks another term amid multiple challengers.
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Associated Press
Georgia Neese Gray
Kansas
Gray
U.S
Johnson
Richland
Clinton
Richland State Bank
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Interstate toll road plan eyed for region
An intercepted letter argues for a crash program to build a Kansas Missouri state line toll road, with a preference to also support a four lane north south highway through the area and parallel tolls like Kansas City to Emporia, as a prudent use of time and money.
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Highway Department
Kansas City
Emporia
Montgomery Doctors Reject Kerr-Mills Program
Montgomery County physicians announced they will not participate in the Kerr-Mills medical care program as designed by Kansas state welfare officials. A resolution signed by 25 doctors preserves care for any patient seeking services and states eligible Kerr-Mills patients will be treated under the proposed fee schedule.
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Montgomery
Kansas
Kerr - Mills
Independence, Kan
Montgomery County Medical Society
Kerr-Mills
State Board of Social Welfare
Marvin E. Larson
Oakley P. Caldwell
Montgomery County
Tom Crossan
Independence
Paul Lamb
Caney
John Mitchell
Kansas Medical Society
Robert Moore
Congress
Welder Stolen from Oil Lease Site
Sheriff Neely said a welding machine valued at 750 dollars a helmet at 11 and new pipe dies worth 58 were stolen from an oil lease warehouse five and a half miles southeast of here. A winch truck was used to haul out the 750 pound welder. Lease supervisor James Kern reported the burglary.
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Here
George Neely
Neely
James Kern
S. Katy
J. B. Taylor Home Damaged by Fire
A grass fire spread to the kitchen wall at the J. B. Taylor residence at 722 S. Grant this morning. Firemen reported the wall caught from yard burnings as the crew responded at 9:05 a.m. before an approaching storm.
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J. B. Taylor
S. Grant
Coin Operated Car Wash Planned
Alan Rollow of Route 1 said a self service coin operated car wash will be housed in a new building under construction at 21st and Santa Fe. Opening date has not been set. A partner in the venture is Bill Allen of 1901 St Edith.
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21St and Santa Fe
Alan Rollow
Bill Allen
St. Edith
Tax Cut Benefits Arrive For Millions On Thursday
Federal tax cut benefits will show up in paychecks starting Thursday, affecting about 80 million citizens with an average 19 percent reduction. Employers report few payroll glitches as they adjust withholding from 18 to 14 percent, with some workers requesting unchanged or higher withholdings to avoid large year end payments. Major firms like General Motors, Mountain States Telephone, and Heinz report swift, routine changes while payroll staff compensate for varied requests from salaried and hourly workers.
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New York
Associated Press
Manley Eubank
Raleigh
N.C
Eubank
North Carolina
U.S
General Motors Corp
Salt Lake City
Mountain States Telephone Co
H. J. Heinz Co
Pittsburgh
Norman Reichert
Philco Corp
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Larry Mathews
Kansas- Missouri State Line Expressway Association
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Fayette Rowe
Columbus
H. T. Smith
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Hoffa
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Eisenhower
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Cleveland
Internal Revenue Service
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