Supreme Court Protects Distributors of Spicy Books
The Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 to overturn obscenity convictions against distributors of spicy books and magazines, ruling the publications are protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The unsigned opinion cited differing views on obscenity and noted the rulings cover Arkansas Kentucky and New York cases. Justices Harlan and Clark dissented citing lack of ruling on knowledge of material.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harlan
Clark
Arkansas
Kentucky
New York
Stolen Items Recovered After Cafe Theft
Police recovered a woman's watch a coin purse with $1.81 and a key chain after a theft at Home Lunch 301 E Main. Bill Shepard 19 Chanute led officers to City Park where the items were found. watch was broken. Minnie Taylor, cafe employee, owned the items.
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E. Main
Bill Shepard
Chanute
City Park
Minnie Taylor
Indictment Involving Cassius Clay Charging Draft Evasion
A federal grand jury in Houston indicted Cassius Clay on a draft evasion charge. Conviction could bring up to five years in prison. Clay, also known as Muhammad Ali, had his world heavyweight title stripped after refusing induction on April 28.
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Houston
Tex
Cassius Clay
Armed Services
Clay
Houston Armed Forces Induction Center
Federal Courts
U.S. Dist
Ben. C
Car Stolen Near Elm Street From Kenneth Ogle Vehicle
A 1955 Plymouth sedan belonging to Kenneth L. Ogle of 0 2 E Elm was stolen yesterday from a parking area near that address. Ogle reported the theft at 10 PM and a highway patrol bulletin was issued. The green and black car has a black right front fender.
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Kenneth L. Ogle
Ogle
Highway Patrol
City Commission Meeting Tonight
A regular meeting of the city commission is scheduled for seven thirty this evening in the Memorial Building commission room.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
Farm Bureau Head Involved in Crash
Ray Frisbie president of the Kansas Farm Bureau and his wife escaped injury when their car collided at the intersection of Route 170 and U.S. 281 a mile south of Russell Kansas. The crash occurred today and involved no serious injuries according to authorities.
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Russell
Kan
Ray Frisbie
The
Kansas Farm Bureau
U.S. 281
Weekend Kansas roads claim nine lives in crashes
Over the weekend nine people died in Kansas traffic incidents across multiple counties. Victims included Kenneth Senneff 19 of Shellsburg Iowa in a U S 54 collision near Bucklin Gerald Hallbauwer 18 of Wellington in a one car crash on U S 81 plus four killed in a Osawatomie car truck crash and Dennis Rogers 16 of Kansas City Kansas in a rear end crash. Also Edna Grimes 38 of Parsons and her son Michael 12 died in a U S 166 pile up near Peru James Grimes 42 remained in critical condition. In Rogers Arkansas three people died in a two car crash Dorothy Williams 39 of Rogers Frances Ruth White 20 of Great Bend Kan and her six month old daughter Leticia.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas
Kenneth Dale Senneff
Shellsburg
Iowa
U.S
Bucklin
Kan
Wellington
Gerald D. Hallbauwer
Osawatomie
Kansas City
Dennis Rogers
Edna L. Grimes
Parsons
Michael
U.S. 166
Peru
Grimes
James Grimes
Phillips Hospital
Bartlesville
Okla
Rogers
Ark
Dorothy M. Williams
Frances Ruth White
Great Bend
Leticia
Liberal
Three Boys Die After Getting Trapped in Empty Fridge
In Dallas Texas three young boys crawled into a disconnected refrigerator while playing in an unlocked apartment. The door shut trapping Dennis Hill 5 Daren Gaither 3 and Donnie Warren 3. Firemen revived Donnie but Dennis and Daren died. Mattie Garner 40 and neighbors searched the low income district after the boys failed to answer her calls. The victims were linked as Dennis half brother to Dannie and children of Alice Neal and Johnny Lee Gaither.
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Dallas
Tex
Donnie Warren
Dennis Hill
Daren Gaither
Mattie Garner
Dennis
Dannie
Alice Neal
Daren
Johnny Lee Gaither
Wichita Woman Killed in One Car Crash
A 41 year old Wichita woman identified as Gwendolyn F. Clark died in a single vehicle crash in Sedgwick County west of the Butler County line. The station wagon she rode in alone ran off Central Ave and struck a bridge pillar on the Kansas turnpike.
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Wichita, Kan
Sedgwick
Butler County
Gwendolyn F. Clark
Wichita
Central Ave
Kansas Turnpike
Central
Senator Glee Smith Jr. to undergo ankle surgery
Kansas City Kansas report says Senator Glee Smith Jr. of Larned will have surgery at Providence Hospital for fractures in his right ankle. He was injured Friday night after falling while attempting to jump a water-filled gutter en route to a Kansas Bar Association meeting.
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Kansas City
Kan
Glee Smith Jr
R-Larned
Providence Hospital
Smith
Kansas Bar Association
Clock at Bank Runs Slow After Time Change
Greenville bank officials report the C and S National Bank clock appears two hours slow after Daylight Saving Time. Cashier Ben D. Harvey says the clock was set correctly and suspects a coincidence in the one hour forward and one hour back adjustment.
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Greenville
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Ben D. Harvey
Hiawatha Man Heads Kansas Elks Association
Cliff Lyon of Hiawatha was elected president of the Kansas Elks Clubs Association Sunday. W Harold Young of Salina was elected deputy president. Re elected were Fred Kelly of Salina secretary and Forest Link of Pratt treasurer.
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Wichita
Cliff Lyon
Hiawatha
Kansas Elks Clubs Association
W. Harold Young
Salina
Fred Kelly
Forest Link
Pratt
Weather figures and forecast for Topeka Kansas area
The bulletin shows today's 1 pm high 69 and low 55 with trace precipitation. area totals include Altoona 0.80, Thayer 0.70, Yates Center 0.35 inches. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and little temperature change through Tuesday with highs in the 70s and lows 50s to 55.
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Altoona
Thayer
Yates Center
Topeka
Kansas
Protestors Evicted From Rayburn Building In Draft Hearing Attempt
Washington AP reports college students protesting the Vietnam war were forcibly removed from the Rayburn Building by police during an effort to hold their own draft hearing. No injuries or arrests were reported as 60 others remained behind police lines. the group then moved to Lafayette Park to press the draft issue before House Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Rayburn
New York
Massachusetts
Lafayette Park
White House
House Armed Services Committee
Reds Hit and Fall Back After Con Thien Attack
About 1,200 North Vietnamese forces attacked a U S Marine camp near Con Thien in Leatherneck Square before retreating. The clash left 179 NVA dead and 35 Marines killed with 89 wounded, while South Vietnamese and allied units suffered additional casualties.
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U.S
Army
Special Forces
Seabees
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Lewis W. Walt
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Leatherneck Square
Camp Carroll
Gio Linh
Dong Ha
Eisenhower Improves at Walter Reed After Illness
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows improvement after weekend hospitalization for acute gastroenteritis. Hospital officials report a comfortable night and continued good progress, with Mamie at his side and no new bulletin expected until Tuesday.
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Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward J. Costello
Area C of C Activities This Week
Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce events include a retail committee meeting at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the chamber office. Debbi Bryant and Miss Kansas visit plans are discussed for Cha nute on May 20 under Jaycees sponsorship. The Ambassadors meet for breakfast at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Tioga Hotel to organize for the coming year. The chamber manager and others may attend the governor's travel conference in Topeka Friday.
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Chanute Area
Debbie Bryant
Chanute
The
Jaycees
Tioga Hotel
Jack Groves
Topeka
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log For May 1967
Kansas traffic death log shows 3 fatalities in the Topeka area for the 48 hours ending 9 a.m. Monday May 17, 1967. The report compares with 176 deaths in the same period in 1966 and 199 in the 1967 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weekend Traffic: Three Crashes Reported by Police
Police investigated three weekend collisions and a fourth was reported. At Ash and Western 16 year old John P Newton Jr. and 27 year old Alan D Johnson collided. Johnsons wife Fran was shaken with no serious injuries. Damages: Newtons 1959 Dodge $75, Johnsons 1964 Plymouth $500.
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John P. Newton Jr
S. Highland
Alan D. Johnson
N. Kansas
Ash and
Western
Johnson
Fran
Tulsa Man Loses Billfold At Santa Fe Park
A Tulsa man named Robert Corby realized after leaving Cha nute that he had left his billfold in the Santa Fe Park restroom. The billfold with $11 and papers was found by officers, who notified Corby. he said he would retrieve it in a few days.
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Tulsa
Chanute
Santa Fe Park
Robert Corby
Corby
Man Electrocuted on Kansas Farm Well
BELLE PLAINE Kansas AP Millard Price 55 was electrocuted accidentally in a farm well on Saturday. His body was found by a friend who arrived to help repair the electrically driven pump.
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Belle Plpaine
Kan
Millard Pricer
Price
Fort Scott Museum Damaged by Fire
Fire damaged the headquarters house of the old Fort Scott military reservation, now a museum built in 1842. Lt. James Tucker said possible arson evidence, blaze began on a rear porch, spread to the attic, destroying records and antiques. Fireman Jerry Baucum suffered shoulder and arm injuries.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Old Military Reservation
Congress
Old Fort
James Tucker
Tucker
Jerry Baucum
Scout-O-Rama Draws 2500 at City Park in Mission Trails District
About 2,500 people attended the Scout-O-Rama at City Park organized by the Mission Trails District of the Sedan Area Council. Nearly 300 scouts from Allen, Neosho, and Woodson counties displayed demonstrations, judged displays, and staged games and skits with 25 troops participating.
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City Park
Bob Shields
Allen
Neosho
Woodson
Mission Trails
Sedan
Sin laws under fire as crime commission urges reform
The crime commission urges fewer prosecutions under so called sin laws affecting sexual conduct gambling and abortion. It says resources should target violent crime and organized vice while decriminalizing or limiting enforcement of adultery sodomy prostitution and drunkenness. Abortion and drug issues require revised policies with stricter penalties for suppliers and better treatment for addicts.
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Washington
America
Crime Commission
Thurmond Arnold
Gam
Intercepted Letter Mentioning Books Hidden by Boy
A 12 year old in the neighborhood claims his hidden books are “okay by the supreme court” but his father disagrees. The note hints at a secret stash in a dark basement corner and reflects tension over adult views.
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The
Supreme Court
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