90 Mile Voter Crusade Resumed in Alabama
About 400 marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resumed the 50 mile trek from Selma toward Montgomery in 31 degree early morning. They planned to walk 14 miles today with guards and SNCC sentries securing the camp near the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Alabama
Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Montgomery
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Dr. King
Edmund Pettus
Sixth dynamite bomb found in Birmingham parking lot
A sixth homemade dynamite bomb was found in a parking lot beneath a panel truck at Poole Funeral Chapel in Birmingham. Army demolition experts disarmed it after five other devices previously uncovered around the city, all tied to a string of bombings since 1955. Police formed a 20 man team to pursue the case as guards rotated through the improvised camp.
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Birmingham
Ala
Steel City
Poole Funeral Chapel
Taylor
Jamie Moore
Jets Hit Radar Site and Sink Junks in North Vietnam
Eight USAF F105 jets attacked a radar early warning site at Vinh Son on the North Vietnamese coast 60 miles north of the 17th Parallel. They dropped 750 pound bombs and rockets, sank three Communist junks, and one jet was downed but its pilot was rescued by a US 7th Fleet amphibian plane. The raid was labeled highly successful and part of a four day series against radar sites, following a strike on Tiger Island on March 14.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South China Sea
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Vinh Son
17Th Parallel
North Viet Nam
Tiger Island
Driver Arrested in Humboldt On DWI and Reckless Driving
Police arrested Dewey L. Clements, 28, of Humboldt Saturday night on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He was released on $150 bond with a Wednesday hearing scheduled.
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Dewey L. Clements
Humboldt
Ranger 9 aims for exact lunar center landing site
Ranger 9 advances toward the moon center with high accuracy and cameras to capture landing site data for future manned missions. Alphonsus is selected for its potential smooth interior and 10,000 foot walls to shield against meteoritic debris, while earlier Rangers showed the need for course corrections. Virgil Grissom and John Young watched the Cape Kennedy launch as Gemini forerunners prepare for three orbit tests ahead of Apollo.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Alphonsus
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Gemini
Moon
Ranger 9
Mare Cognitum
Ranger 7
Ranger 8
Registration At Night Registration At Night
City clerk’s office extends hours to 9 p m tonight through Friday to register voters for the April 6 city election. Eligible registrants include those who did not vote in last November’s general election or who have moved or changed names, and anyone legally qualified who hasn’t registered. Regular daytime hours remain available. Three unified school district board members and two city commissioners will be elected.
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Unified School District Board
Burns Fatal for ThreeYearOld in Wichita Fire
Three year old Lane Batchelor died at a hospital from burns after her nightgown caught fire near an open gas heater at home on Saturday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Batchelor.
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Wichita
Lane Batchelor
Vern Batchelor
Astronaut Grissom Set for First Spaceflight
Intercepted letter notes Charles Grissom will pilot the ship as the first spaceman, but distant space plans face interference from unnamed backseat drivers in the ongoing mission narrative.
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Grissom
Outer Space
Weather Area Forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight then cooler Tuesday with a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 35 to 40, high Tuesday 55 to 60. Kansas to see a temporary lull before a new surge of wintry winds, with mild day temps 50s in the southeast and 40s to 50s in the northwest.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
Olathe
Dodge City
Garden City
Pittsburg
Senate Panel OKs 32 Percent Sales Tax Hike
The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee backed Governor Avery s proposed tax plan with a 6 to 4 vote to raise the sales tax to 32 percent from 2 5 percent, effective May 1, and extend the tax to participation sports with public access while exempting private clubs. The package also anticipates income tax increases to raise about 60.9 million in new revenue.
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Topeka
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
William H. Avery
Avery
Senate
Frank Hodge
R Hutchinson
Ernest Strahan
Salina
Kent Frizzell
Wichita
Charles Joseph
D-Potwin
Robert Bennett
Prairie Village
Steadman Ball
Atchison
Leslie Droge
Soaks Long Time But No Record at 60 Hours
Salina Kansas Wesleyan freshman Phil Mangee ended his 60 hour water soak after 48 hours when he learned two University of Arizona students had posted 80 hours. The Linden New Jersey student said he would not extend beyond his original 60 hour goal.
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Salina
Kan
Phil Mangee
Kansas Wesleyan University
Linden
N. J
University of Arizona
Bodley Controls Bank
W G Bodley gains controlling stock in The Bank of Commerce ending estate stake of Hugh T Jones Jr He has served as president since 1960 and is a USC graduate with prior work in oil and aviation plus a stint in cattle farming Board adds Robert L Hollis to fill Jones widow term. no staff changes or new building planned.
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Bank of Commerce
W. G. Bodley
Hugh T. Jones Jr
Bodley
F. E. Bodley
H. C. Bodley
Chanute
Peoples State Bank
Neil F. Jones
Frank F. Young
William Gough
Graduate School of Banking
University of Wisconsin
Robert L. Hollis
First National Bank of Kansas
Jaguar receives steel toothed crown treatment at Columbus Zoo
An adventurous dentist fits four jaguar fangs with cobalt steel crowns to restore strength after enamel loss from early malnutrition. Veterinarian Dr Lee Simmons coordinated the procedure with Dr Edward Jones, noting the 200 pound, two year old jaguar was immobilized for the work.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Zoo
Lee Simmons
Edward Jones
Jones
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area 1965
Kansas traffic death log records 48 hours to 9 am Monday March 25 1965. Comparable 1964 period shows 127 deaths versus 116 in 1965. Authorities report daily totals and note fluctuation in fatalities across the Topeka region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Holds Key to 2-Man Gemini Flight
Weather forecasts improved for Cape Kennedy and the Atlantic recovery zones as astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young prepared for a three orbit Gemini flight aboard Molly Brown. Officials said conditions looked good if weather holds, with recovery areas awaiting suitable visibility and ceiling.
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Space
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cape
Bermuda
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Grissom and
Young
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