Democrats rally behind Kennedy action in Europe trip
About 4,000 Democrats gathered in Washington for a Kennedy support rally amid GOP attacks on his farm policy and new spending plans. The event featured top party figures including Vice President Johnson and Speaker Rayburn and posted tickets to help cut the party debt. Kennedy plans a multi country tour ending in Paris and Vienna with talks with Khrushchev. Republicans attacked his push to trade tractors to Castro for prisoners, accusing him of damaging prestige abroad. Most senators surveyed opposed the ransom idea.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Fi‘del Castro
Cuba
Castro
Latin America Joins Tractor Fund Drive
Fund raising efforts spread to 11 of 20 Latin American nations as U S groups led by Walter Reuther and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt seek tractors to ransom 1 200 Cuban prisoners. Castro has yet to reply to the offer while Detroit drives report early large contributions and more nations join the appeal.
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Venezuela
Yates Center Holds Centennial Old Settlers Reunion
A full day of Memorial Day events in Yates Center features an American Legion service at 10 a.m. in the cemetery, a basket dinner at noon, and a 1:30 p.m. program in the Armory with the Rotary Club in charge. Twenty seven seniors over 80 have registered for honors as the town celebrates the Kansas Centennial with games, boat rides, contests, a band concert and antique displays.
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Kansas
National Guard
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Woodson County
Rotary Club
Armory
Twentieth Century Study Club
Little Girl Lured Away at Baldwin Park
In Baldwin Kansas a man lured a 12 year old girl from a baseball diamond at Black Jack Park and took her to the park where he mistreated her. Witnesses described the suspect as a 35 to 45 year old man about 5 10 and 175 pounds with brown gray hair and a soiled brown shirt. He drove a dirty 1953 or 1954 Chevrolet two door with yellow plaid seat covers and likely had facial scratches.
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Baldwin, Kan
Black Jack Park
Baldwin
Pool to Open for Season Under Marings at City
The municipal pool, run by Mr and Mrs Keith Maring, opens tomorrow with hours from 1 to 9 p.m. The motion signals the start of another summer season at the community facility.
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Keith Maring
One Admits Part in Murder Of 2 Women
Plainfield police report Lorelle Parks 22 and Joseph Maxey 23 confessed to part in the double slaying of Mrs. Elliott C. Ewell and Mrs. Robert Tyson. Parks signed a statement after hours of questioning. both suspects faced murder arraignments. Bodies were found with their white Cadillac. Ewell was abused after being run over.
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Lorelle Parks
Joseph Maxey
Dunellen
Parks
Scotch Plains
Parks and Maxey
Elliott C. Ewell
Westfield
Robert Tyson
Ewell
Mack Truck Co
Tyson
New York
Mack
Ewells
Girl Finds Dynamite In Father's Car
Bonnie Peak aged 10 discovered dynamite wired to explode when the car lights turned on. Arthur Peak, 43, a city refuse worker, had driven the car about an hour before the girl alerted authorities. He removed her from the vehicle and police disabled the explosive. origin of the dynamite was not explained.
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Pittsburgh
Bonnie Peak
Arthur Peak
Peak
Cold Wave Batter South and Midwest as Frost Fears Rise
A spring cold wave toppled low temperature records across the eastern two thirds of the nation. Temperatures fell to 26 degrees in Michigan's Benton Harbor area and a second night of freezing weather threatened crops. Fort Lauderdale airport suffered 50 light-plane losses from a Friday squall with damages and 2 million dollars estimated. Florida recorded 60 knot winds and a waterspout near Sarasota. Rain up to 3.67 inches fell at St Lucie Docks. Memorial Day readings and Bethel cemetery services are noted for Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Benton Harbor Fruit
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Broward International
Sarasota
St. Lucie Docks
Stuart
Lake Okeechobee
Maceiva
Neosho Flood Crest and Weather Outlook Update
The Neosho River crested at 22.30 feet above normal after rising nearly three feet in 24 hours, with flood stage at 20 feet. Forecast calls for generally fair, windy and warmer today, then scattered storms Sunday. highs near 70s, lows 55-60, and rainfall light across western Kansas.
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Carl Wortman
Kansas
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Associated Press
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Marais Des Cygnes
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Dodge City
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Concordia
92 Year-Old Fends Off Thugs For $2 And Survives
Canoga Park, California. Byrus C. Davis, 92, fought two attackers who demanded his $2 and left him for dead in an alley. He survived with 54 stitches, losing about five pints of blood. After six days he is home and plans a quiet celebration for his 93rd birthday on June 19.
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Canoga Park
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Davis
Memorial Day Observance Across Chanute Area
Memorial Day will be recognized as a general holiday with offices closed and no Tribune issue. The Boerstler May American Legion post and local orders host a ceremony at Elmwood Cemetery Soldiers Monument starting 10 30 am with 30 minute school band performance, readings of Gettysburg Address and Lincoln order, wreath layings, Taps, and a memorial prayer by Rev. Waldron.
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Tribune
American Legion
Deaths Mounting In Holiday Traffic
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths rose as people traveled for the Memorial Day weekend. A 102 hour period from May 12 to May 16 counted 3410 traffic deaths along with 14 boating fatalities and 8 drownings, with total fatalities reaching 571 when including miscellaneous causes.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Bloodmobile sets 320 pint goal for two day visit
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit June 8 and 9, with a total quota of 320 pints. Mrs. George Corkle said blood collections will be at First Methodist Church, open from noon to 5 15 p.m. on June 8 and 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. on June 9, aiming 160 pints per day.
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Red Cross
George Corkle
First Methodist Church
Atlas Missile Delivers Second Success in 5,000 Mile Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP an advanced Atlas missile designed for heavier payload and greater range scored its second straight success on a 5 000 mile test flight Friday night. The Air Force had solved problems that troubled early Atlas E rockets after five of the first six launches failed due to a faulty hydraulics system.
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Fla
Air Force
Atlas
Man Rescued From 30-Foot Well After 16 Hours
Ralph W. Burgess a 19 year old father of two was rescued from a 30 foot well in Fredericksburg after spending about 16 hours trapped. Rescuers dug a new shaft and a slant tunnel reaching him as his mother and wife waited above. He was hauled to the surface on a rope and taken to a hospital in good condition despite mud and damp exposure.
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Fredericksburg
Ralph W. Burgess
Burgess
Staller
Lloyd Moss
Khrushchev Heads For Summit Meeting
Premier Khrushchev leaves by train tonight to meet President Kennedy in Vienna next Saturday. Diplomatic sources expect speeches in Czechoslovakia en route, with anti Western rhetoric possibly chilling the talks. Meanwhile Kennedy plans talks in Paris with French President Charles de Gaulle.
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Hyannisport
Mass
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Vienna
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Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Car Overturns North of Here Injuring Two Men
Two Kansas City men, L. C. Shade and George Wright, escaped serious injury when their 1955 Pontiac overturned on US 169 north of here about 11:25 last night. Shade claimed he fell asleep and was cited for reckless driving. vehicle listed as total loss.
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Freedom-Rider Hunger Strike Threat Looms in Deep South
In Mississippi 27 freedom riders convicted for breach of the peace chose to stay in jail rather than post bond or pay fines. Six riders in Alabama and additional detainees faced jail terms, while Yale and Eastern college participants posted bond and left for New York.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Deep South
Mississippi
Alabama
Jackson
James Spencer
Wiley Branton
Little Rock
Ark
Thhey
Montgomery
Ala
Yale University
New York
Ralph D. Abernathy
George B. Smith
Yale
Abernathy
Scouts Complete 35 Mile Hike From Pittsburg to Fort Scott
Seventy one Boy Scouts from southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri trek the old military road covering 35 miles by today with 17 miles logged Friday. The group camps near Arcadia and faces blistered feet but remains in good condition. National Guard kitchens fed lunch at Mulberry and dinner at Arcadia camp as 11 Earlton scouts join the hike, with two Sunday ceremonies planned at Fort Scott including a wreath laying at the National Cemetery.
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Missouri
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National Cemetery
Narrator Auditions Set For Centennial Pageant Next Saturday
Auditions to select narrators for the SeKan-O-Rama centennial pageant will be held next Saturday at the ceremonial headquarters 118 East Main. Casting chief Mrs. Quentin Nelson said sessions run 9 30 to 11 00 a m and 1 30 to 3 00 p m. Six narrators—three men and three women—will be chosen after reading a prepared script for continuity. The pageant runs six consecutive nights the week of June.
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