Blazing Ship Sinks Off Bahamas As 88 Reported Missing
A fire destroyed the 5,002-ton Yarmouth Castle 110 miles east of Miami while bound from Miami to Nassau. Of 550 aboard, Coast Guard officials said 88 are missing, with 462 accounted for. Bahama Star and Finnpulp aided in rescues. 12 injured were taken to Nassau.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Yarmouth Castle
Miami
Bahamas
Nassau
Coast Guard
Finnpup
Charles Badeau
Baha
Mas Sea Rescue Auxiliary
Badeau
Finnpulp
W.R. Cooper
Ami
Bahama Star
Prince George
Princess Margaret Hospital
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
W. Cramp and Sons, Co
Philadelphia
Nova Scotia Steamship Corp
Boston
Nova Scotia
Mothers Protest as Nine Mothers Cited in Calipatria
Police checked reports of mothers whose sons were driving to high school class without licenses. Nine mothers were cited for driving without licenses. Police Chief Roy Courtney said mothers claimed they had licenses but forgot them in the rush to get children to school.
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Calipatria
Calif
Roy Courtney
Navy pilot Lt Patrick Myers listed as dead after training loss
Lt Patrick Henry Myers a navigator on a Ranger bound Navy plane is listed as dead after a training mission. He was 27 and from Chanute born and raised there a Chanute High School and Kansas State University graduate. He is survived by wife Hannah McNeal a 19 month old son Greg and his parents a brother in Odessa and a sister in Chanute.
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Patrick Henry Myers
U.S. Navy
S. Evergreen
Henry J. Myers
S. Highland
Myers
Ranger
California
Chanute
Chanute High School
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Hannah McNeal
Greg
Mike
Odessa
Tex
T. L
Mary Ann) Kneeland
Jefferson City Extends National Record with 67th Victory
Jefferson City High School extended its national record to 67 consecutive football wins by defeating Springfield Hillcrest 13 0. The Jays completed a seventh straight undefeated season and have not lost since October 30, 1958.
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Jefferson City
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha About Leafy Street Worry
An intercepted letter notes concern for a neighbor who began mowing a leaf covered lawn and reports the leaves are mostly gone now.
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Cha
Tornado Strikes Joliet Suburbs Leaving One Dead
A violent tornado ripped through Joliet area neighborhoods Preston Heights Sugar Creek and Channahon causing one death and 59 injuries across Illinois and Indiana. Over 200 homeless, 150 homes and trailers damaged, and emergency crews mobilized as Lt. Gov. Shapiro planned to inspect the sites.
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Preston Heights
Sugar Creek
Joliet
Channahon
Samuel Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Far East
Legally Defined as a Riot But More Like Mob Action
In Kalamazoo Michigan a Dawn post mortem cites the event as a riot by law but describes it as mob action. Damage hit 19 buildings near the downtown mall with 4 injured including two officers and 12 youths in custody. Window losses reach about 3500 dollars. The Friday night rampage began after a dance at Lincoln Junior High with attendees from Job Corps in Battle Creek. Eleven Job Corps members were detained.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Dean Fox
Kalamazoo
Fox
Lincoln Junior High
Job Corps Training Center
Battle Creek
Byrd's Son Is Named Senator
Harry Flood Byrd Jr. aged 50 and a newspaper publisher was appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Harry F. Byrd Sr. amid a sudden retirement. Governor Albertis S. Harrison Jr. announced the appointment Friday, just over one day after Byrd Sr. announced his retirement.
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Richmond
Harry Flood Byrd Jr
U.S. Senate
Byrd
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harry F. Byrd Sr
Suit filed for 425000 against motel promoters in Kansas
A federal suit in Kansas City seeks 425000 in damages from Byron E. Prugh of Mission Hills and Floyd L. Sherman of Stanley as principal promoters of the Southern Motel chain. Donald B. Clark trustee for Parliament House Motor Inns Inc. charges transfer of corporate funds for personal use and failure to restitution. The chain operates hotels in several states and has faced recent legal battles.
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Kansas City, Kan
Byron E. Prugh
Mission Hills
Kan
Floyd L. Sherman
Stanley
Southern
U.S
Donald B. Clark
Parliament House Motor Inns Inc
Prugh
Sherman
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Missouri
Traffic Fatalities Log Hits November 1965 In Topeka
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours to 9 am Saturday November 21 1965 listing 24 fatalities compared with 28 a year earlier and 24 hours earlier in 1964 showing a rise to 589 for the year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rev James Campbell Becomes Civil Defense Fire Corps Chaplain
The Rev James F Campbell assigned to the Diocesan Preparatory Seminary in Buffalo has been named chaplain of the Erie County Civil Defense Auxiliary Fire Corps. A former Buffalo fireman, he was ordained a priest last year.
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Buffalo
N.Y
James F. Campbell
Father Campbell
Erie County Civil Defense Auxiliary Fire Corps
Buffalo Fire Department
Viet Cong Heavy Casualties Reported in Two Actions
U.S. and Vietnamese forces say they inflicted heavy Viet Cong losses in two separate actions near Saigon. About 146 guerrillas were killed 40 miles north, and 141 were killed 40 miles southeast with as many as 300 estimated dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Break-ins Reported at Chanute Speedway and Nearby Site
Dennis DeMeritt, Chanute Speedway manager, told police a building at the track on West Main was broken into recently and an electric amplifier stolen. He added a tool shed linked to a local construction firm south of the city water plant was broken into Thursday night with a pair of new 36 inch bolt cutters missing.
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Dennis DeMeritt
Chanute Speedway
West Main
Talent winner in Grange finals in Topeka
Carol Mengel, 16, of Oatalaunee Grange Pennsylvania, won the talent finals at the 99th annual National Grange session Friday night. Mengel topped the competition with a vocal solo and musical comedy routine titled I Couldn't Say No.
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Topeka
Carol Mengel
Oatalaunee Grange
National Grange
Miss Mengel
Trial of Four on Bribery and Abortions Case in Wichita
Witnesses in the trial of four men accused of interstate bribe plots and gambling schemes identified bingo equipment found in a Wichita garage. A woman testified about buying pills to end a pregnancy and a man linked abortion services to doctors in Oklahoma and Kansas. Police also seized bingo cards, sterilizers, scissors and related medical items from a Dillon residence garage.
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Wichita
U. S. District Court
Kenneth Endicott
Sedan
Kan
Billy Eugene Dillon
North Carolina
William 0. Duggar
Mike Bartello
Detroit
Billington
Oklahoma
Kansas
Endicott
Oklahoma City
Jack Harwoods
Harwoods
Bartello
Michele
Dillon
FBI
Mattress Show Provokes Protest at New York Museum
Louis Dlugosz arrives at the Capitol in a toga with a lantern to protest the mattress display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He objects to the POP exhibit in the same building where he has two sculptured heads. An aide suggests he writes to museum officials as Governor Rockefeller is unavailable.
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Albany, N.Y
Louis Dlugosz
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Dlugosz
Capitol
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Weather outlook for Kansas through weekend
Partly cloudy and cool tonight and Sunday with lows 35 to 40 and highs 55 to 60. Skies mostly cloudy in Topeka with little precipitation expected. A north surge will lower temperatures Sunday while brisk northeast winds may make it feel colder.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dissent Emerges in Rhodesia Over Smith Declaration
Slim signs of dissension appeared among whites in Rhodesia over Prime Minister Ian Smiths unilateral declaration of independence. Civil servants with ties to Britain and some Rhodesian forces showed doubt while Smith moved to spend his first weekend as an independent leader. Demonstrations occurred in Dar es Salaam and Leopoldville with British officials impacted by the crisis.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Britain
Smith
Salisbury
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Leopoldville
Congo
David Hall
Humphrey Gibbs
Government House
Ike Spends Best Night as Eisenhower Improves
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, recovering from a second heart attack, shows improvement at Fort Gordon Army hospital. A bulletin says his temperature is normal, circulatory state stable, and he enjoyed a good breakfast and rest with doctors optimistic he may resume golfing in the future.
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FT. Gordon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Hospital
Gen. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Full Pardon For Dolan By LBJ
Elmer S. Dolan a 37 year old former St. Louis policeman who served two years in a federal prison for the missing 300000 dollar Green lease ransom has received a full and unconditional pardon from President Johnson. DOJ records show the pardon was granted last July 21 restoring his full citizen rights including voting rights.
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ST. Louis
Elmer S. Dolan
Johnson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Department of Justice
Dolan
Crossing guard recalls deadly schoolyard crash in Cleveland
Three children died and two were injured when a car struck pupils at a school crossing in Cleveland. Police arrested John H. Barnes, 41, who admitted driving, with witnesses saying the vehicle traveled at 60 to 70 mph despite his claim of 25 mph. Victims were Tracie Lewis, 5. Linda Lewis, 8. and Richard Gonda, 9.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lena Ragozzino
Ed John H. Barnes
Barnes
Tracie Lewis
Linda Lewis
Richard Gonda
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Illinois
Ill
Olga Horath
Herman Heisler
Indiana
Highland
U.S. 45
Munster
Veterans of Foreign Wars
R. Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kalamazoo County
Senator
Kansas City
James Campbell
John Caudell
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Caudell
Viet Cong
1St Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Robert W. Billington
Okla
Ellliott
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma Bureau
United Fund
Diogenes
Ike
LBJ
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