Right to Work Debate Opens in Congress
Republican Rep. William H. Ayres argues unions prompt relocation to the South while claiming right to work laws shield workers from freeloaders. Secretary W. Willard Wirtz testifies that repeal of Taft Hartley Section 14B does not create a mandatory union shop and would only allow union contracts in states banning them.
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Washington
South
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Ayres
W. Willard Wirtz
House Labor
Wirtz
Johnson
Congress
Subcommittee
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
Weather area forecast and Kansas rainfall highlights
Cloudy warm humid tonight and Tuesday with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Low tonight 65 to 70 high Tuesday around 80. Extreme western Kansas drenched by weekend rains totaling about 8.65 inches easing drought strain, with Bird City area recording 4.65 inches Saturday and 4 inches Sunday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bird City
Bullfrog tops long jump at Calaveras frog contest
In Angel's Camp California the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Contest crowned a Lafayette frog named Hops as overall champion after a 14 foot 9 inch leap earning its owner $300 The foreign frog contest featured Impala from South Africa while Nevada's Nuclear Ned claimed a 102 foot leap in the Nevada California clash amid festival revelry.
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Lafayette
Calif
Leonard Hall
South Africa
Piem Fourie
T. Botha
Germiston
Angel's Camp
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
California
Edmund G. Brown
Angel’s
Missing ROTC instructor Sgt Doyle Caudle In Flight Search
Search efforts resumed in Missouri and Arkansas for Sgt Doyle Caudle a 33 year old ROTC instructor from Kansas State University missing since Wednesday after departing Manhattan Kansas to McCrory Arkansas. Ground teams and planes extended the search from Bolivar Missouri into Arkansas where Caudle paused briefly Wednesday night. He aimed for a McCrory grade school where his 12 year old daughter Janet Lee attends while flying a Cessna 140.
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Springfield
Doyle Caudle
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Kan
McCrory
Ark
Bolivar
Arkansas
Caudle
Janet Lee
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka May 29 1965
Kansas traffic death log details fatalities in a 48 hour window ending 9 a.m. Monday May 29 1965. The report compares figures to the comparable period in 1964.
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Topeka
Kansas
Viet Cong Ambush Kills Adviser and 35 South Vietnamese
An American adviser and 35 South Vietnamese troops die after a Viet Cong ambush 150 miles south of Saigon. One American adviser and 25 Vietnamese are missing. In two Saturday ambushes near Ben Cat and Song Be, four Americans are killed and one wounded, with five South Vietnamese infantrymen killed at Song Be and 19 missing. The weekend toll brings U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam to 382 since December 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ben Cat
Song Be
Viet Nam
Plastic Pattie ls Designed As Space Age's Tin Lizzie
London AP reports designer John West unveiled a repair it yourself car described as the world’s first. Seven feet long, about 560 dollars, 65 mpg, seating five, with a life sealed engine that can be swapped in 10 to 15 minutes. Fiber glass body and impregnated color reduce maintenance.
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London
John West
Canberra
Mrs Gardner Delivers Daughter During Commencement
Mrs Gene Gardner expected to receive her degree at Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia but gave birth to a daughter at 7 42 p m just as the commencement exercises began. Her parents were invited to attend.
Intercepted Letter Sparks Widening Main Crowd Appeal
A cryptic note mentions the crew widening Main attracting large crowds and hints that merchandise may profit from a Construction Days sales promotion. The fragment implies local commerce ties to the event drawing interest.
Prophet Daniel as Life Model for Chanute Class of 1965
The Chanute High School Class of 1965 heard a sermon by Rev. Floyd Thuston at the Memorial Auditorium baccalaureate service attended by about 1,300. He linked Daniel’s attributes to modern youth, noting belief in God, dedication, fitness, and intelligence used to better oneself and others. Buford E. Fisher, superintendent, presided.
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Prophet Daniel
Chanute High School
Floyd Thuston
Memorial Auditorium
Thuston
Daniel
God
Buford E. Fisher
Doyle Frazier
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Co
Galveston
Houston
Chanuter
J. M. Osborn
S. Central
Floyd Osborn
G. Edwin Weber
Santa Fe
John Welch
National Barge Lines
Erie
Chanute
Jim Clemans
Kansas City
Acme Brick Co
Buffalo
Hub Hill
Fort Worth
New Orleans
B. C
Launch Systems
Aero Space Division
Boeing Company
Joe
Anetta Harris
S. Ashby
Verne O. Clements
Brown & Roos, Inc
Red Hayes
John Lofthouse
Bailey R. Chaney
Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Action Flurry Brightens Cape Kennedy Launch Schedule
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports a busy space week with Saturn 1 first night launch on Tuesday to send Pegasus 2 meteoroid satellite into orbit. A Friday interplanetary probe and June 3 four day flight of McDivitt and White loom as weather permitting.
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James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Florida
Five injured in Galesburg area car crash
A one car collision four and a half miles south of Galesburg sent five members of the Thomas Mills family to Parsons hospital. Mills 30 and his wife Lillian 31 with a 10 year old daughter were hospitalized. an 11 year old son and an eight year old daughter escaped the crash and walked to a farm house for help after the 1962 Ford struck a cement bridge head on.
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Galesburg
George Neely
Thomas Mills
Mills
Lillian
Parsons
Neely
Holiday traffic toll eyed at 430 to 510 lives
Chicago AP report cites National Safety Council estimate for Memorial Day weekend traffic toll. The period spans 6 p.m. May 28 to midnight May 31 local time, with potential fatalities ranging from 430 to 510.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Kansans on Safari for Business
Editor notes Fred Harris reports on a Kansas delegation led by Gov. William H. Avery visiting New Orleans and Houston to promote Kansas industries and agriculture. The trip featured harbor cruises, personal meetings with business and public leaders, and aims to expand interstate and international ties.
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Fred Harris
City Commission
Dave Evans
Kansas
Bill Avery
New Orleans
Houston
Gulf Coast
William H. Avery
New York
Chicago
Jack Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
KEDC
Scandia
Wakefield
Wichita
Kansas City
Topeka
Sharon Springs
Colorado
Missouri Line
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