At Least 12 Killed In Minnesota Storm
A string of tornadoes swept the Minneapolis area killing at least 12 and injuring over 300 as debris and damaged homes spread across Lake Minnetonka suburbs. Gov. Rolvaag deployed National Guard units to restore order and aid emergency response.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mounds View
Karl Rolvaag
National Guard
Lake Minnetonka
Spring Lake Park
Norwood
Shorewood- Excelsior
Fridley
Minneapolis Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
Oklahoma
Patsy Caudell
Sentinel
Bozeman
Montana
Lost Trail
Chief Joseph Passes
Mangum
Seiling
Row
Hollis
Bradford
Ely
Nev
Wichita
Kan
Hurley
Wisconsin
KIOGA urges moves against two oil firms in Kansas
Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association urges Governor William Avery to halt state purchases of Sinclair Refining Co crude and to pressure Rock Island Oil & Refining Co to disconnect wells and stop sales. They accuse Sinclair and Rock Island of a price manipulation scheme to harm small producers and royalty owners.
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Kioga
Liam Avery
Sinclair Refining Co
Kansas Oil
Rock Island Oil & Refining Co
Rock Island
Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association
Tom Schwinn
Kioga Board
Kansas
Schwinn
Sinclair Crude Oil Co
Sinclair
Sinclair- Rock Island
$700 Million Okayed to Finance Vietnam War
President Johnson signed a $700 million appropriation in the White House East Room to fund the war in Vietnam three days after requesting the funds. He described the move as a message of American determination to resist aggression in Southeast Asia and said the money itself is secondary to the message.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
White House
Congress
Student Free Jobs Wanted Ads For Summer Work
The Tribne announces free two week in person or letter placed Job Wanted ads for high school and junior college students. Each ad up to 20 words with name age and address. One ad per student. Ads run six days unless employment occurs.
Wandering Hampshire Pigs Return Home After Six Days
AWOL pigs Penelope and Cooky, 4 H project pigs of Sheila and Sherril Fisher, wandered from a pen half a mile south of Martin Johnson airport. Found Sunday by William Craig, they were spotted in his pig pen and later returned to the Fisher home after neighbors sought them via lost and found notices.
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Cooky
Penelope
Sheilia
Sherril
Travis Fisher
Hampshire
Martin Johnson Air
Port
William Craig
S. Plummer
Craig
Une
Sherril Fisher
Johnson outlines six point Atlantic Alliance program
President Johnson delivered a live broadcast marking Germany’s surrender anniversary and urged unfinished and urgent business for the Atlantic Alliance. He called for eroding the Iron Curtain, expanding peaceful trade with Eastern Europe, and pursuing Soviet dialogue while warning against narrow nationalism in the West. His address emphasized unity and partnership across Western Europe.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
France
Congress
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
First Ladies Are Made Not Born at Southeast Kansas Event
A district Home Economics meeting in Municipal Auditorium featured Naomi Johnson of Kansas State Univ detailing color use in wardrobes. Mrs. L. K. Bishop shared insights on First Ladies with Smithsonian gowns, noting 35 presidents and 50 First Ladies, plus varied familial ties.
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U.S
Southeast Kansas District
Municipal Auditorium
Naomi Johnson
Kansas State University
Manhattan
L. K. Bishop
Kansas City
Chicago
Bishop
James Pierce
Ulysses S. Grant
Tom Millner
Cherokee County
Velma McGaugh
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Neosho
Montgomery
Wilson
Bourbon
Allen
Woodson
Dale Steinman, Jr
Charles Boaz
Ike Advocates Advancement Over Destruction on V-E Anniversary
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower marked the 20th anniversary of Europe’s World War II victory urging humanity to pursue advancement not destruction. From his Gettysburg farm he recalled May 8 1945 and the end of the war as Hitler’s era ended. He noted the UN founding as a step toward lasting peace.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
New
Eisenhower
Traffic Fatalities Rise in Topeka May 11 1965
Kansas traffic death toll reports 24 hours to 9 am Friday May 11 1965. The tally shows 0 fatalities for May and 191 for the comparable 1964 period, indicating a higher overall count in 1965.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jury asks for explanation in Ku Klux Klan murder trial
In Hayneville Alabama the jury deliberating the murder case of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr 21 interrupted to seek a legal explanation of accomplice liability and degrees of homicide The judge explained Alabama law treats principal and accomplice as equally guilty and stressed corroboration if the key witness FBI informant Gary Thomas Rowe Jr is considered an accomplice Rowe testified he held a gun while Wilkins fired the fatal shot
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Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
T. Worth Thagard
Thagard
McMurphy
Alabama
FBI
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Rowe
Wilkins
Exceed Blood Goal At Chanute Blood Drive
Blood donors in Chanute surpassed the goal with 172 pints collected, 22 over quota. Co chairs Mrs Bill Bodley and Mrs Ed Ranz led the Red Cross drive as Wichita office urged excess donations to rebuild supplies after a flu season dip. Notables Charles Edwards and Herbert Neely joined four gallon donors. several others reached two gallons or first gallon milestones.
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Red Cross
Bill Bodley
Ed Ranz
Chanute
Wichita Red Cross
Charles Edwards
Herbert Neely
Tommy Baughn
Bob Hamilton
Leo Umbarger
Hazel Jenkins
Robert Washburn
Jack M. VanWickle
Seth Gray
William T. Dever
Sterling Martin
Norma Jeane Stewart
Harald Burghart
Richard Pilcher
Joe Fox
Mrs
Melvin Baker
Billy Dean Beck
Floyd Strack
Weather outlook with warm windy trend and scattered storms
Mostly cloudy and warm conditions persist through Saturday with windy weather. Tonight and Saturday night bring scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows tonight in the mid to upper 60s, Saturday highs in the middle 80s. Area forecast notes a stalled western front moving east by Saturday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traveling Business Is Big In Topeka
Gov William Avery said travel contributions to Kansas totaled 410 million dollars last year. Tourists spent 216 million while traveling men used the rest. He urged promoting tourist travel and highlighted the proposed Prairie Parkway as a key attraction linking the state’s diverse landscapes and history.
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Kansas
William 4. Avery
Avery
Governor’s Conference On
Royster Junior High Boy Suspected in Shoplifting Cigarettes
Jack Bennett of Foodtown on West Main reported a Royster Junior High student caught shoplifting cigarettes. Police learned the boy sold cigars and cigarettes to classmates for 10 cents a pack. A second boy was implicated and both were referred to county juvenile officer Robert Geiger.
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Jack Bennett
West Main
Royster
Bennett
Ray Zumalt
Robert Geiger
Hutinett Injured When Pickup Crashes Into Bridge Banister
Frank Hutinett a 61 year old pipeline supervisor for Mid America Refining was injured when his company pickup struck a bridge banister on a county road two miles east of Shaw about 1015 p m. He was checking a pipeline pump near Erie when the crash occurred. The truck was a total loss and Hutinett remained under observation with contusions abrasions and a shoulder injury. He was reported in satisfactory condition.
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Frank Hutinett
S. Ashby
Shaw
George Neely
Hutinett
Mid-America Refining Co., Inc
Oscar Cunningham
Mid-America
Erie
Neely
Minor Injuries In Car-Bike Crash
John Zumalt a 9 year old boy suffered a head bump and scratches when his bicycle collided with a car at Forest and Walnut. He was treated and released from Neosho Memorial Hospital. The 1961 Comet driven by Linda Sparks 17 struck the bicycle causing minor vehicle and bike damage.
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John Zumalt
Ray Zumalt
N. Forest
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Forest and Walnut
Linda K. Sparks
R. 3
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Kansas Corporation Commission
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Commission
Craigs
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Shelia
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic
Western
Bird
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Ike
Hitler
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