Murder trial ends in jury deadlock in Alabama
Alabama Attorney General says Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. will be tried again after a 12 jurors deadlock on first degree murder for the killing of a Detroit civil rights demonstrator. Ten jurors favored conviction, two favored acquittal. mistrial declared. Other Klansmen face September term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Ala
T. Worth Thagard
Wilkins
Edmund Sallee
Flowers
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Selma
Montgomery
Rowe
Thomas
Eaton
Pointblank
Dan Lee
Fort Deposit
Billy R. Cheatham
Lee
Cheatham
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Birmingham
Letohatchie
Sallee
Murphy
OAS Approves Armed Force Plan Amid Debate
Latin American delegates said the OAS voted to create an armed force for use in the Dominican Republic. Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay opposed. Venezuela abstained. Fourteen nations backed the proposal with delegates denying any pressure or rewards from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
U.S
Rodrigo Jacome
Ecuador
OAS
Chile
Alejandro Magnet
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Toilet damage reported at Bow Mor Lanes and North Lincoln
Police report two Parsons girls damaged a toilet at Bow Mor Lanes on Santa Fe. Families agreed to cover the damage. Also reported last night, boys in a car took a flush box lid from a toilet at North Lincoln Service Station on Lincoln Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Bow Mor Lanes
S. Santa Fe
North Lincoln
Lincoln
Twin Cities Twister Leaves 13 Dead and Massive Damage
Richard A. Tyson survived a Mayhem twister that tore through Minneapolis suburbs leaving 13 dead and over 400 injured. About 280 mobile homes and 200 other residences were destroyed across Fridley and surrounding areas as six twisters hit 24 locations. Insurance estimates exceed 10 million dollars. President Johnson extended wind disaster status seeking federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Richard A. Tyson
Tyson
Fridley Terrace
Lori Asa Abraham
Johnson
60 Story Skyscraper Planned for Pittsburgh
AP reports a $50 million plan for a 60 story skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, to become the city's tallest building. John W. Galbreath of Columbus Ohio, Pirates president, announced the project. The Gulf Building currently stands as the tallest at 44 stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Steel City
John W. Galbreath
Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburgh Pirates
Gulf
Policemen Wave to Kids in Kansas City Program
In Kansas City 16 officers visited schools to show friendly police images with a wave back to children. Meanwhile 400 other officers did not participate as Chief Clarence Kelley issued the order to wave back when waved at by youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Clarence Kelley
Seven Seamen Feared Dead After Mackinaw Strait Collision
Rescue efforts continued for seven missing seamen after Friday's freighter collision in fog over the Straits of Mackinac. Three bodies had been recovered, and crews, including boats and planes, searched the frigid waters between Michigan's peninsulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinaw City
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Michigan
Murrow Leaves 950000 Estate to Widow and Son
Edward R. Murrow, famed newsman and former USIA head, died April 27 of lung cancer. Probate papers show his estate valued at about 950000, all left to his widow Janet Huntington Brewster and their son Charles Casey Murrow, a Yale freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward R. Murrow
United States Information Agency
Janet Huntington Brewster
Charles Casey Murrow
Yale University
Traffic Fatalities Log from Topeka May 11 1965
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday May 11 1965 reports 200 fatalities compared to 195 in 1964. Includes contact guidance for Tribune phone and after hours line HE 13400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Bomb raids hit North Vietnam in major air strike
More than 160 U S Air Force and Navy planes staged five raids dropping 230 tons of bombs on North Viet Nam targets including the Vinh air field. A Marine was killed near Da Nang as Viet Cong guerrillas attacked hamlets while U S forces encountered mines and heavy fire in central Viet Nam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Viet Nam
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
North
Coral Sea
Midway
Vinh
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
da Nang Air Base
U.S. Army
Western Kansas Hit By Heavy Rains And Tornadoes
Reports from Topeka say heavy rains hail and tornadoes touched off in parts of Kansas Friday night. Garden City saw 4 to 6 inches in about 90 minutes causing street and basement flooding. an unconfirmed tornado was reported nearby and another near Kalvesta injured a man in a trailer wreck. Weather Bureau logged 2.3 inches at Garden City airport and forecast scattered thunderstorms through Sunday with highs in the 80s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
the Weather Bureau
Quinter
Collyer
Hill City
Court Rules S O B Can Be Jovial Not When Heard On TV
An appeal court in Los Angeles upheld a $7,500 verdict against Frank Valenta. He called a rival car dealer's lot on live TV in 1961, arguing the words could be playful. The court ruled the remarks were not intended in an endearing way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank Valenta
E.L
Lee) White
White
Valenta
District Court of Appeal
V E Day Celebrated Across Iron Curtain in 20th Anniversary Observance
Soviet Premier Kosygin and other leaders gathered in East Berlin for a large V E Day parade marking the 20th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. Kosygin and foreign officials attacked U S actions in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic while urging peace with West Germany and unity in the Communist world. Leaders in London Paris Bonn and Washington weighed wartime legacies and European unity as commemorations spread across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
China
International Communist Movement
United States
Congo
Dominican Republic
Repub
Lic
Viet Nam
West Germany
Berlin
East Germany
Willy Stoph
Charles de Gaulle
Dominican junta forms new government of national reconstruction
A five member military civilian council in Santo Domingo named Gen Antonio Imbert Barrera president and urged Col Francisco Caamano's leftist rebels to aid peace. Caamano rejected coalition government, vowing to uphold the constitution after nearly a thousand deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano
Antonio Imbert Barrerra
Imbert
Caameno
Caamano
Julio Pospigo
Juan Bosch
Carlos Grisolia Poloney
Donald Reid Cabral
Alejandro Zeller Coco
Col
Pedro B. Benoit
Air Force
Supreme Court
Julio Acuello
Tony
Rafael Leonidas
Thieves Strike Fisher Motor Co Used Car Lot
Thieves invaded Fisher Motor Co used car lot at 102 S Evergreen to remove and steal a transmission two radios and other items. Officer Johnnie Quinn checked the lot at 3 40 a m and had Orville Moulton call for closer inspection. Items stolen included a 1960 Chevrolet three speed transmission radio antenna air breather from another 1960 Chevrolet accelerator pedal from a 1960 Olds radio from a Chevrolet station wagon seven cigarette lighters from Fords and Chevrolets and one broken left wing glass. Three wrenches were found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Motor Co
S. Evergreen
Johnnie Quinn
Fisher
Orville Moulton
Chevrolet
Recreation Meeting Taken Up By Southeast Kansas Leaders
Wendell McMurray announces a district meeting at the Orchid Buffet from 10 a.m. to noon Monday. Larry Heeb will discuss changes in the recreation enabling act from the 1965 Kansas Legislature. Cities invited include Caney Cherryvale Emporia Eureka Fort Scott Girard Humboldt Ottawa Osage City Parsons Williamsburg Coffeyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell McMurray
Chanute Recreation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hayneville, Ala
FBI
Klan
White Citizens Council
Hooded Order
Twister
Minnesota
Gregory Magsam
Mounds View
Jennie Bell
Island Park
Lake Minnetonka
John Iverson
Roger Latterle
State Insurance Department
Chanute Tribune
Charles Blanchard, Jr
Dick Guinotte
Charles Blanchard
S. Highland
James Guinotte
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Charles and
Chanute
Lynn Hazen
Erie
Chuck Hill
Stark
Ed Murrow
Kalves
Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Goodland
Manhattan
Iron Curtain
Kosygin
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
London
Harold Wilson
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Heinrich Luebke
Bonn
Erhard
Norway
Moscow
Prague
Junta
Area Recreation Meeting
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!