Fulbright Urges Joint U S Soviet Ventures in Aid and Canal
Sen. J W Fulbright proposes cooperative U S Soviet aid and a joint canal operation to reduce tensions and replace rivalry with reconciliation. He envisions initial ventures under international agencies, potentially aiding development in India or similar nations, while stressing no threat to canal security.
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Washington
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Pennsylvania State University
U.N
Middle East
Congo
United States
India
Chanute Hosts Kiwanis Division II Training Conference
Chanute Kiwanis president Bill Wolfe announced the Kiwanis Division II spring training conference will be hosted at Tioga Hotel in Chanute tomorrow. Division III Lt. Gov. Al Wilburn of Coffeyville leads the program for officers on community projects with participants from Baxter Springs Coffeyville Chanute Erie Fort Scott Fredonia Independence Iola Pittsburg Parsons and Cherryvale. Kiwanis Governor Darwin Gervais will deliver the Sunday keynote. Attendees include over 100 Kiwanians and wives with plans for safari museum visit and social programs.
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Bill Wolfe
Chanute Kiwanis
Tioga Hotel
al Wilburn
Coffeyville
Baxter Springs
Chanute
Erie
Fort Scott
Fredonia
Independence
Iola
Pittsburg
Parsons
Cherryvale
Darwin Gervais
Kansas District
Safari Museum
Jury weighs Miller murder case verdict reached
In San Bernardino California Mrs Lucille Miller 35 five months pregnant waited as jurors found her guilty of first degree murder in the blaze that killed Dr Gordon E Miller 39 on Oct 8 The panel weighing accidental fire versus arson announced Guilty as charged triggering a possible sentence of life imprisonment or death and causing a courtroom reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Lucille Miller
Gordon E. Miller
Two Man Orbit Planned in March
Houston AP reports a Manned Spacecraft Center official says the United States will attempt to orbit two astronauts in one space vehicle later this month marking a milestone in crewed spaceflight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston, Tex
United States
Manned Spacecraft Center
Mummified Woman Found in Cuban Cemetery
A Havana radio report states a mummified woman, dressed in a white blouse, black skirt and high shoes, was found in Matanzas Municipal Cemetery in Cuba. The body is said to be perfectly preserved and believed buried a century ago, with the Cuban Academy of Sciences notified.
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Miami
Fla
Havana Radio
Matanzas Municipal
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Calvert Store Plans Back Door Entrance for Shoppers
Calvert's Petticoat Alley entrance in the works as Pierponts plan a rear entry at 115 E Main. A glass door canopy light and sign are requested as work begins inside the store beside the new city parking lot behind the business.
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Pierpont
New City
Calvert
E. Main
Weather summary for today and yesterday
Partly cloudy tonight and fair Sunday with cooler conditions. Low tonight 25 to 30, high Sunday near 50. Precipitation yesterday 0.03 inch. Area forecast notes temperatures and humidity not specified.
Kansas Weather Forecast Sunday Warmth With Light Snow Possible
Topeka AP reports generally fair weather with moderating temperatures in Kansas through Sunday. An Pacific front delays statewide snow. light snow and cold spots may appear in Nebraska's north, with highs in the 40s to 50s and 20s at night. Friday highs ranged from 35 at Olathe Chanute and Pittsburg to 51 at Liberal and Dodge City. Early lows were 21 at Goodland and 31 at Hutchinson.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pacific
Nebraska
Olathe
Chanute
Pittsburg
Liberal
Dodge City
Goodland
Hutchinson
Lenten Guideposts From Elna W. Daniel Pensacola
A personal narrative recalling Aunt Sarah who prayed standing and used wet cloths to help a gravely ill cousin. The author links faith and action, noting how prayers and practical care eased grief after her husband’s sudden death and guided her through family responsibilities. Her memory of Aunt Sarah inspires present prayer and service.
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Sarah
Wilson visits West Berlin in first 16 years
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson lands in Berlin for the first British head of government visit to the divided city in 16 years. He is welcomed by Willy Brandt and officials, then travels to Bonn for talks with Ludwig Erhard on the Rhine army costs and defense spending.
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Berlin
Harold Wilson
Wilson
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Frank Roberts
Bonn
Ludwig Erhard
Britain
Germany
Erhard
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Women Take Over In Salad Bowl Work In Salinas
In Salinas Valley California women are performing broccoli harvest work formerly done by Mexican braceros. A crew of 25 women for Mann Packing Co works seated in redesigned field machinery with radios and coffee breaks. The company plans more crews as it replaces braceros after the program ended. Production matches male crews and pay is weekly at 1.25 dollars hourly. County farmers foresee a need for up to 20 000 supplemental workers across crops including lettuce strawberries and celery.
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Salinas. Calif
Salinas Valley
California
Court Clears Ratner State
The Kansas Supreme Court dismissed a disbarment petition against former Gov. Payne H. Ratner and his son Payne H. Ratner Jr. The state board had accused them of soliciting cases and stirring up litigation in a complaint filed March 1961, but the court upheld special commissioner Jerry Driscoll's findings after a long hearing.
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Topeka, Kan
Payne H. Ratner
Kansas Supreme Court
Jerry Driscoll
State Board of Law Examiners
Payne H. Ratner Jr
Integrated Royal Oak Township police joins 19 man force
Officer Kenneth Thweatt, 23, becomes the only white on Royal Oak Township police, joining a 19 member force where all other officers and Police Commissioner James Anderson are Black. Thweatt says he has had no trouble, and Anderson praises his work. Royal Oak Township, a predominately Black community of about 8,000 people.
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Royal Oak, Mich
Kenneth Thweatt
Royal Oak
Thweatt
Detroit
James Anderson
Thweat
Anderson
Royal Oak Township
Bookmaker’s Coin Toss Ends With Free Car
AP reports London where bookmaker Peter Mortimer advertised his car for 1260 dollars and offered a double or nothing coin toss. Auto dealer William Costello accepted, tossed, Mortimer called heads, the coin landed tails, and Costello drove away with the car.
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London
Peter Mortimer
William Costello
Costello
Mortimer
Historians Seek Home Movie File in Kansas
Kansas historians urge residents to donate home movies from the last four decades to the Kansas State Historical Society. Editor Nyle H. Miller says these films will supplement still photographs and can depict farming, industry, picnics, and birthdays. The society hopes to save 1920s films before they are discarded.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society
Nyle H. Miller
The
Historical Society Mirror
Historical Society
Mock Bomb Runs Stir Coup Rumors In Saigon
Mock bombing runs over Saigon by air force sky raiders sparked coup rumors in the Vietnamese capital. Police were on full alert after reports that neutralist groups might stage demonstrations, though none had developed by evening.
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Viet Capital
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Accidents Reported In City Streets
Three minor traffic accidents were reported to police yesterday and this morning. At 1:06 p.m. yesterday a crash on East Main involved Mrs. Neil Moore and Farhad Azima with minor rear damage to a 1960 Dodge and no damage to a 1959 Chevrolet. At 9:15 p.m. yesterday on West Main in front of Royster Junior High cars driven by Carroll Adams and Mrs. Jack Laver sustained slight rear and front damage. At 7:15 a.m. today at 21st Street and South Santa Fe Mrs. Max Tharp and Willis Taylor reported slight damage. Tharp’s 1957 Ford had right front damage, Taylor’s 1962 Chevrolet pickup had none.
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E. Main
Neil Moore
S. Central
Farhad Azima
S. Evergreen
Sohrab Azina
W. Main
Royster Junior High
Carrol D. Adams
S. Tennessee
Jack Laver
Adams
Kerr McGee Oil Co
Tulsa
Laver
21St St
S. Santa Fe
Max Tharp
Willis Taylor
Taylor
New Trial Granted in Killing of Kansas City Officer
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed Vernon Gee's 1963 murder conviction for killing Kansas City police officer Vernon Hedrick. A new trial is ordered due to erroneous legal instruction. The court held a defendant with reasonable doubt of guilt must be acquitted or convicted of the lowest degree if multiple degrees are possible. Gee had faced execution last April.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court Today
Kansas City
Vernon Gee
Gee
Vernon Hedrick
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka March 1965 Log
AP reports Kansas traffic death log for a 24 hour period ending 9 am Saturday in Topeka. The March 4 figure relates to 1965 and compares with 1964 figures, noting a 108 count for the comparable period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Trouble Enough for Life In White Housing Travails
In Baltimore, Mrs. Elnora Walker, a 28 year old Negro mother of five, faced two failed attempts to move into an all white row house after white residents attacked her with rocks and stones. She finally moved into an all Negro apartment amid apologies from Mayor McKeldin for the treatment she endured exercising her right to choose where to live.
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Baltimore
Raymond Weinberg
Theodore R. McKeldin
City of
Doors Clang On Billie Sol Estes
Leavenworth inmates Billie Sol Estes entered the penitentiary as a 2,250th prisoner after a 15 year federal sentence for mail fraud and conspiracy tied to about 24 million dollars in fake fertilizer tank mortgages. The Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal from the El Paso conviction. He also faces an eight year state sentence appeals, and a Dallas jury acquitted him in a third trial on storage-contract fraud.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Federal
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
United States Supreme Court
el Paso
Tex
Tyler
Dallas
Drug Executive Harry L Small Dies In Kansas City
AP report states Harry L Small 65 founder of Associated Grocers Inc and longtime Parkview Drugs Inc official died Friday at Menorah Hospital after abdominal surgery on Feb 21. He served as executive vice president secretary and director of Parkview and helped build a 15 store chain in Kansas City plus branches in Topeka and leased departments in 20 states.
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Kansas City
Harry L. Small
Associated Grocers Inc
Parkview Drugs Inc
Menorah Hospital
Small
Associated Grocers
Parkview
Topeka
Nationalist China Begins Mourning Chen Cheng 67
Taipei observes ten days of mourning after Vice President Chen Cheng dies from liver cancer at 67. Thousands visit the Taipei funeral home where his body lies in state, marking a solemn national observance of the soldier statesman.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Chen Cheng
Viet Nam situation likened to ordering hash in a restaurant
The remark compares the Viet Nam situation to ordering hash in a restaurant, stressing the need for confidence in decision making. It reflects a metaphorical view of handling complex policy choices.
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Wilson County
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By Elna W. Daniel
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