FBI Questions Officers in Kennedy Case Linked to Tramps Photo
The FBI, at Rockefeller Commission request, questioned local police near the Kennedy assassination site about a photo of three “tramps” on a railroad track. J. Gordon Shanklin noted no current plans to reopen the probe though actions could change, and Shari Angel, tied to Jack Ruby, was also interviewed.
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Dallas
UPI
FBI
Jack Ruby
John F. Kennedy
J. Gordon Shanklin
Rockefeller Commission
Kennedy
Shanklin
Washington
Dallas Times Herald
Los Angeles
Shari Angel
Ruby
The
Times Herald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Piqua Farmers Co op reports strong year and board review
The Piqua Farmers Co op gathered about 400 members at its annual meeting. Officers remain Louis Gerritzen as president Lloyd Specht as vice president and Paul Frevert as secretary treasurer. The cooperative posted assets of 922180 sales of 2777000 and member savings of 178000.
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PIQUA
Piqua Farmers Co-op
Louis Gerritzen
Lloyd Specht
Paul Frevert
Leavenworth prisoner may have got away
Warden Gary McCune reports Harvey Dale Webb 23 possibly escaped the U S Penitentiary by hiding in a cardboard box on the loading dock. Webb who arrived December 1970 faced robbery and a 75 year rape sentence and may still be at large within the prison.
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Leavenworth
Kan
UPI
Gary McCune
Harvey Dale Webb
U. S
McCune
Webb
Huntsville
Tex
Okemah
Okla
Houston
Kansas Supreme Court to hear contract scandal briefs
Three briefs have reached the Kansas Supreme Court in the architectural contract scandal. Defendants including Norbert Sidorowicz and Burgess Latimer Miller challenge the indictment which accuses 18 individuals and five firms of conspiring to trade a 30000 contribution for a 500000 design contract at KU Medical Center. The state appeals a ruling that the Shawnee County grand jury was improperly selected.
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Topeka, Kan
UPI
Kansas Supreme Court
High Court
Norbert Sidorowicz
William Burgess
William Latimer
Robert Miller
Ralph Preston
Elton Plaster
Robert Sommers
Burgess, Latimer
George R
Dick’ Docking
Robert Docking
Docking
Jay Sullivan
Shawnee County
Gas curtailments threaten Kansas wheat harvest fuel supply
Kansas fuels coordinator Harold Wills warns natural gas curtailments may force industry and utilities to switch to diesel, competing with farmers for limited diesel during the June 2025 wheat harvest. He notes irrigation pumps cannot convert and emphasizes broader regional concern through August for corn and milo as well.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas
Harold Wills
Wills
Texas
Nebraska
Energy Office
Storms Hit Kansas Tornado Damages In Mankato
A line of storms across Kansas included a brief tornado that damaged homes and trees in Mankato, Jewell County, with no injuries. Pilot Cliff Donnelly escaped minor injuries after his light plane overturned during gusty winds at Wichita’s McConnell Air Force Base.
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Mankato
Kan
Cliff Donnelly
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Tulsa firm wins contract for Kansas Army plant building
Parsons-Cowen Construction of Tulsa is awarded a $2,069,862 contract to build an explosives loading and packing facility at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant east of here. Work should start in three weeks and take about a year, a Cowen spokesman said.
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Parsons — Cowen Construction
Tulsa
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Here
Cowen
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