Rowe Testifies 12 Shots Fired At Liuzzo Car In Slayings
FBI informer Gary Rowe testified he heard 12 shots fired at the Liuzzo car after the Selma to Montgomery march. He said Collie Wilkins Jr. emptied his revolver and another man emptied his, while Wilkins faces first degree murder charges alongside Eaton and Thomas.
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Rowe
Liuzzo
Hayneville, Ala
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Selma
Montgomery
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Matt H. Murphy Jr
United Klans of America Inc
Wilkins
Eaton
William Orville Eaton
Eugene Thomas
Bessemer
Murphy
Minnesota
Sam Sheppard Ordered Back To Ohio Prison
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Dr. Sam Sheppard remanded to the Ohio Penitentiary to resume his life sentence for the 1954 murder of his wife Marilyn. The 2-1 decision reversed Judge Carl Weinman and upheld state court process balancing due process with affirmations of the Ohio trial.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sam Sheppard
Marilyn
Appeals
U.S. Dist
Carl Weinman
Sheppard
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Clifford O'Sullivan
Harry Phillips
George Edwards
Weinman
Marines Kill Eight Viet Cong In Da Nang Area Attack
U S Marine infantry squads near Binh Thai village eight miles south of Da Nang conducted a hammer and anvil assault against Viet Cong units. Eight enemy dead with about 20 possibly escaping, two Marines wounded. Marines also found wounded Viet Cong in Le My village and reported earlier guerrilla deaths nearby. Phantom jets sunk two sampans on the Can Be River.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Infantry
Binh Thai
le My
2Nd
Marine Battalion
Can Be
Fighter Jet Crashes Near Tokyo Killing Two
A U.S. F105F jet crashed into an American housing area 20 miles southwest of Tokyo. Two people were killed and eight others injured, four houses and about ten cars damaged. All dead and injured believed American, though not confirmed.
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Tokyo
U.S
Graf
Driver Pleads Guilty To Reckless Driving
Erie 73 year old Walnut resident Fred Shoemaker pleaded guilty in justice court to reckless driving after an accident at Knotty Pine tavern involving his car and three parked vehicles. He was fined $25 plus $5 costs.
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Erie
Fred Shoemaker
Walnut
Justice of the Peace Court
Knotty Pine Tavern
George Neely
Shoemaker
Nash
James McGee
Stark
Robert Hoskins
Neely
Chevrolet
McGee
Charlie Hoskins
OAS Finalizes Truce Agreement in Dominican Crisis
The Organization of American States peace commission completed a final truce plan after talks with the civil war sides in Santo Domingo. U.S. Marines widened the refugee protection zone to include El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador embassies as part of the cease fire.
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Santo Domingo
Organization of American States Peace Commission
U.S
el Salvador
Guatemala
Ecuador
OAS Commission
Richardo M. Colombo
Argentina
Colombo
Crumrine Senior High elects president for 1965-66
Bob Crumrine was chosen student council president by Chanute High School students for the 1965-66 year. Eddie Ladd Lynette Davis and Linda Schultz won the other officer posts. campaigns featured skits and speeches and campaign managers are named. The new officers will be installed at a fall assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute High School
Eddie Ladd
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Bob Crumrine
Lynette Davis
Linda Schultz
Betty Earnest
Drumline
Danny Sparks
Ladd
Marilyn Tiegreen
Holly Harris
Bill Hutchison
Jeanne Guy
Monty Briley
Mike Ashley
Lynn Evans
Glenda Dormois
Mary Ellis
Steve Chandler
Voting Bill Modified in House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee altered the administration voting bill to speed voter registration for Negroes in covered states. By a 16-14 vote the panel removed a 90 day denial prerequisite for federal registration exams, a change opposed by Republicans. Civil rights groups urged the change as Senate leaders planned to curb debate next week.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U S Stands Firm at U N Over Dominican Crisis
In the United Nations the United States maintains troops in the Dominican Republic until the OAS designs a constitutional order. Delegates from Uruguay and France push for a quick end to intervention, while Bolivia and Britain back the U S and the OAS approach.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
United Nations
U.S
Dominican Republic
Adlai E. Stevenson
Security Council
Uruguay
Stevenson
Organization of American States
U S Troops in Dominican Republic Rise to 19363
The Defense Department reports 19363 U S troops in the Dominican Republic, including 12439 Army and 6924 Marines, with 6 killed, 52 wounded, one navy ensign missing, and over 3270 evacuated including 1897 Americans and 1373 foreigners.
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Department
Dominican Republic
U.S
Missing Hampshire pigs worry Fisher girls before fair
Two young 4 H members Sheila and Sherril Fisher report two Hampshire pigs escaped from their pen near the family home half a mile south of the airport. The girls, ages 14 and 11, hope for information on the missing animals as blue ribbon prospects for the county fair on August 5.
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Sheilia
Sherril
Travis Fisher
Hampshire
Rabies Positive Skunk Reported Near Shaw Farm
Chanute veterinarian Dr. Billy J. LaRue announces a skunk that bit two and possibly three dogs north of Shaw tested positive for rabies. With 58 Kansas cases by May 1, officials urge immediate medical and veterinary action and advise capturing animals for testing and quarantine procedures.
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Chanute
Billy J. LaRue
Shaw
Manhattan
LaRue
Kansas
Weather area forecast and Kansas shower relief spread
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Temperatures little changed with highs 80 to 85 Thursday and lows 60 to 65 tonight. Showers finally arrived across central Kansas west of Garden City to Wichita, delivering up to an inch. Stockton reported 2.25 inches of rain.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Frankfurt
Manhattan
Wichita
Hutchinson
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Stockton
Traffic Fatalities Log For May 11 1965 In Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday May 11 1965 with 2 fatalities. Comparable 1964 period shows 186 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Describes Talking Animals Claim
A young scientist believes animals talk, echoing a dog’s claim that he often acts like people. The note implies curiosity about animal speech and social behavior in a domestic setting.
House Approves $700 Million Viet Nam Fund Bill
The House backed a 700 million emergency defense appropriation to support President Johnson's Viet Nam and Dominican Republic policies. The bill funds guns and munitions for the remaining weeks of the fiscal year ending June 30. The committee noted authority exists to draw from available funds but urged enactment.
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House
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Senate
U.S
House Committee
United Fund Drive Head Is Dormois
Glen Dormois will head the 1965 66 Chanute United Fund campaign. Floyd Potter announced at a directors meeting. Kickoff target date is October 25. Dormois aided by Magnus Mowrey and John McMeekin with a slate of committee members handling budget publicity and admissions and treasurer Bill Young notes the second half payments to seven agencies will be made on schedule July.
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Glen Dormois
Chanute United Fund
Floyd Potter
Dormois
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Magnus Mowrey
John McMeekin
S. Wilson
Potter
Richard Crawford
Chauncey Fisher
Bill Young
Dale Steinman
Elizabeth Pieper
Colleen Ikenberry
Gladys Eaton
Dwight McCreight
New Execution Date Sought For York and Latham
The Kansas Attorney General asks the Kansas Supreme Court to set a new execution date for George Ronald York and James Douglas Latham, convicted in 1961 of the slavery of a western Kansas railroad employee. Their prior December 2 sentence was stayed during appeals after the U S Supreme Court denied certiorari on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Attorney General's Office
Kansas Supreme Court
George Ronald York
James Douglas Latham
York
Latham
Western Kansas Railroad
U.S. Supreme Court
Guinea pig student claims animals talk at science fair
John ny Scoville, 17, of Everts Kentucky, asserts his guinea pigs communicate with 11 distinct sounds. He demonstrated recordings and an oscilloscope to show hunger, mating, anger, contentment, and thanks before actions at the national science fair in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
Johnny Scoville
Scoville
Charles Scoville
Everts
United States
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Ala
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Bay Village
Edward Blythin
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
OAS
Crumrine
U.N
Fernando Alvarez Tabio
Fernando Ortiz Sanz
Radhakrishna Ramani
Malaysia
Roger Seydoux
Fense Department
Defense Department
82Nd Airborne Division
2Nd Marine Division
Pentagon
Sedgwick County
Labette
Cha
Appropriations Committee
United Fund Drive
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