Failure of Radar Delays 22 Orbit Trip
Cape Canaveral reports astronaut L Gordon Cooper Jr. postpones 22 orbit flight after Bermuda radar failure. Officials planned a Wednesday launch window between 8 and 10:30 am EST pending radar checks. Weather projected similar to today. countdown halted 12 minutes before launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Bermuda
Cooper
Walter C. Williams
Project Mercury
Outer Space
Williams
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
Globe
Weather forecast and past temps note for today and year ago
Partly cloudy warm and humid through Wednesday with widely scattered mostly nighttime thunderstorms. Low tonight in the middle 60s, Wednesday high in the upper 80s. Also notes 1 p.m. humidity and barometer reading 28.89 inches and falling. Year ago today high 86 low 69. Highest on record 89.
Kansans To See Showers By Wednesday From Front
A cold front that cooled the state Sunday stalls in Oklahoma and returns with warm moist air by early Wednesday. Showers are likely in western Kansas today and spread eastward, with highs near 90 in the west and 80s elsewhere. Sprinkles were reported in Garden City and Goodland as radar shows local showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Garden City
Goodland
Intercepted Letter Addresses Wheat Referendum Controversy
An intercepted letter from a correspondent to Cha notes planting a square foot of wheat while unsure of legal boundaries and signals strong interest in the wheat referendum planned for May 21. The message frames the issue as a legal controversy with civic stakes.
Guidelines for RR firemen removal in rail dispute
A three man presidential panel outlined broad guidelines for gradually removing most firemen from freight and yard trains in a dispute that could trigger a nationwide rail strike on June 12. Kennedy urged serious consideration of the recommendations and offered government aid. The panel noted that resolving the issues within 30 days would impact collective bargaining nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G AP
Kennedy
United States
Samuel I. Rosenman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Clark Kerr
University of California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Traffic Fatalities Report Topeka Kansas May 25
Kansas traffic death log shows 3 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday for May. The 1963 total is 155, up from 1962’s 184 in the comparable period, with two previously unreported deaths added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
X Ray Unit Visitation Schedules Across Kans Towns
The Kansas State Board of Health mobile chest X ray unit will visit Galesburg and Thayer today and tomorrow, then Chanute for a 12 day stay starting Thursday. Hours are 12 30 to 5 30 p m at both Galesburg and Thayer high schools.
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Galesburg
Thayer
Kansas State Board of Health
Chanute
Soldier admits solo role in Missouri killing case
AP report from OLATHE Kansas states Private Randy L. Miksell 22 of Sand Springs Oklahoma confessed to a murder and robbery of Maurice E. Mosher 35 a Springfield sporting goods manager near Gardner Missouri. Miksell claimed no accomplice and planned a preliminary hearing Monday at the Nike missile base south of Gardner. He stabbed Mosher nine times after he asked directions to Lawrence and was found in Mosher's bloodstained station wagon with $15 and articles from the vehicle. He phoned sheriff at 4:30 am Sunday reporting bloodied items.
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Olathe
Kan
Springfield
Gardner
Randy L. Miksell
Sand Springs
Okla
Maurice E. Mosher
Miksell
Mosher
Sporting Good Department
Holton
Edward Moore
Lawrence
Nike
Sheriff's Office
City Dads OK 701 Plan For Federal Aid
City commission approves a 701 resolution to pursue federal cost sharing for a two phase community planning study to be led by John Welker of Burgwin and Martin. A shell building bid process for industrial promotion is analyzed with Berthoz Cha nute LaForge Budd and Archie K Lynch bids over 30 000. Passing street improvement resolutions, the panel targets blocks on South Central and a West Cherry tract project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Highland
City Commission
John Welker
Topeka
Burgwin and Martin
Burgwin
Martin
John N. Sherman Jr
Shell
West Cherry
Berthot Construction Co
Chanute, LaForge and Budd Construction Co
Parsons
Archie K. Lynch Construction Co
Wichita
Berthoz
Glen McLaren
West Main
Lafayette
McLaren
City Planning Commission
Raymond Owen
The
Asembly of God Church
Tractor Accident Kills 47-Year-Old Harold Weidenhoff
In Glen Elder Kansas a 47 year old farmer Harold Weidenhoff died when his tractor tipped, pinning him beneath it on his farm 42 miles southeast of Glen Elder. The incident occurred late Monday on Main from Western to Plummer and Lincoln from Main to Walnut.
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Glen Elder
Kan
Harold Weidenhoff
Main
Western
Plummer
Lincoln
Walnut
Central
Evergreen
Highland
Troops Ready To Halt Birmingham Violence
Birmingham tensions rise as 3,000 combat troops stand by after rioting injures two. Police arrest two Negroes over Sunday clashes. Kennedy orders federal action vs Wallace opposition. MLK calls for nonviolence. FBI and Army leaders establish a Birmingham HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ivory
B. F. Walker
Erskine Browning
Walker
Ivory
Jack N. Spivey
R. E. Lambert
Gaston Motel
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Yates Center Crash Fatal to Wichitan
A three car crash west of Yates Center, Kansas, killed Olive Betts, 70, of Wichita. Injured are Earl Gregory, 59, and Ann Gregory, 59, of Albuquerque, and Walter Buchman and wife of Council Grove, Kansas. The incident occurred Monday.
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Yates Center
Kan
Wichita
Olive Betts
Earl Gregory
Ann Gregory
Albuquerque
Walter Buchman
Council Grove
Lettuce Lawn Surprise in Salina Front Yard
Norman Lamer of Salina Kansas seeded his front yard two weeks ago and now sees a yard full of lettuce. He suspects the seed mix up or mislabeling caused the unusual growth, saying he does not know what happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina, Kan
Norman Lamer
Lamer
Iola Jury Frees Gridley Man in Drive-In Shooting
Harlan Lueker 24 of Gridley Kansas was acquitted by a district court jury on a felonious shooting charge involving Charles Hays 19 of Colony Kansas. Hays was wounded by a .22 bullet at a Iola drive in restaurant on February 16 during a quarrel. Judge Spencer A Gard warned Lueker to be careful while noting a prior Woodson County incident.
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Iola
Kan
Harlan Lueker
Gridley
Charles Hays
Colony
Hays
Lola Drive
Spencer A. Gard
Lueker
Woodson County
Debate on two price wheat plan draws 400 in Iola
About 400 heard a Moran farmer Frank Boyd and Mrs. Carl Conger discuss the May 21 wheat referendum. Boyd argued against the administration plan citing less government in agriculture. Conger urged caution, noting market needs and potential gains, and favoring voluntary retirement plans. The event was sponsored by the Lola Kiwanis Club with Angela Scott moderating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola
Kan
Frank Boyd
Moran
Farm Bureau Federation
Main Street
Carl Conger
Lola Kiwanis Club
Angela Scott
Lola Register
Joseph
Egypt
Conger
Boyd
Congress
Farm Bureau
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Mercury
Lincoln and
Elm
Post Office
Frank Tichenor
Elmer Robinson
Jackhammer
Lester Seamster
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Cha
Yours
Soldier
City Dads OK Federal
South Central
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Sherman
R. D. Wilson
Group Insurance
League of Kansas Municipalities
Edith
Felix Bouray
Katy
Dannen
Rex Niver
Birmingham
Ala
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley Authority
Jackie Robison
Floyd Patterson
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Army
Justice Department
Wichitan
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