Johnson asks FBI probe into McCloskey kickback claim
President Johnson has asked the Justice Department to urge the FBI to examine Sen. Williams charge that builder Matthew McCloskey paid a 35000 kickback on the DC Stadium contract, with 25000 allegedly funneled to the 1960 Democratic campaign. The inquiry aims to determine possible violations of federal law.
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Washington
Johnson
FBI
John J. Williams
Matthew McCloskey
DC Stadium
Fire Loss In August Hits $1,000 In Chanute
Chanute Fire Chief C W Brennan reports August fire loss at 1000 dollars, bringing year to date losses to 4495 dollars through Sept 1. The department logged 20 runs in August with diverse calls including automotive fires residential sheds and grass fires, a loaf of gas leak and a rescue for locked children.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Tioga
Big Creek
Danville
Wilson County
Clear Bill of Health For Gov. Anderson
Governor Anderson returned to his desk after a medical check at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Doctors gave him a clean bill of health and he joked he could serve two more terms, though he said this was not an announcement for 1966.
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Anderson
University of Kansas Medical Center
El Dorado consolidates five city departments into safety department
El Dorado Kansas merges five departments into a single Department of Public Safety. Police Chief Richard W. Colby was named director, guiding police, records and communications, civil defense and reserve units. City Manager Richard D. Thomas says the change will save about $3,400 this year.
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EL Dorado, Kan
el Dorado
Department of Public Safety
Richard W. Colby
Richard D. Thomas
Weather cools Kansas after record heat across state
TOPEKA AP Cooler air moves into Kansas expected by Thursday lowering temperatures 10 to 15 degrees. Tuesday highs ranged from near 0 at Manhattan to 102 at Hill City with night lows from 71 Goodland to 76 Hill City. Area forecast calls for fair warm windy conditions tonight and cooler, partly cloudy Thursday with lows around 70s and highs near 90.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Olathe
Hill City
Goodland
Dodge City
Boy, 3, Is Rescued From an Old Well
A three year old asthmatic boy named Jerry Bettencourt was rescued after a 25 foot fall into an abandoned dry well near his Fremont California home. Police and rescue workers used parallel shafts and two ropes to pull him to the surface after about three hours. The boy was conscious and breathing with an oxygen tube and taken to Washington Township Hospital for observation in good condition. His mother and father watched the rescue as priests prayed nearby, recalling older well rescues including Kathy Fiscus and Benjamin Hooper Jr.
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Fremont
Calif
Duayne Watson
Jerry Bettencourt
Washington Township
Watson
Jerry
Benjamin Hooper Jr
Manorville
N.Y
Bettencourts
Anna Marie
Joanne
Whisky Still in Pig Pen Raid Rocks Wichita
U S Internal Revenue Service agents raided a pig pen behind a Derby tavern on Highway K15 and uncovered a moonshine whisky operation. Roy Burleson, 43, was jailed in Sedgwick County on federal liquor law violations after driving a pickup to unload sacks of sugar and loading mash and water kegs for production. Emerson Hayden, Derby police chief, said fermenting mash and multiple kegs were found at the site.
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Wichita
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Roy Burleson
Sedgwick County
Emerson Hayden
Derby
K15
Burleson
Hayden
Ten-year-old finds diamond linked to store theft
In Kansas City Sharon Endsley found a shiny stone in a parking lot. Frank Marlin, Zale Jewelry store manager, pursued a thief who had stolen a 2-carat unmounted diamond, recaptured him, and the gem went missing again before being identified as the real diamond. The stone is valued at $4,650.
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Kansas City
Sharon Endsley
the Landing
Sharon
Mary F. Endsley
Zale
Frank Mallin
Car Assembly Lines Picking Up Speed
Detroit AP reports all U S car assembly lines operated this week as the industry accelerates 1965 output. More than 95,000 cars were built last week with potential gains this week amid auto labor talks and a possible Chrysler strike on Sept 9 if a new contract fails to be signed with the United Auto Workers Union. August totals are expected to show about 193,000 cars produced as 1965 model year production begins in earnest.
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Detroit
U. S
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Research Submarine Will Be Launched
GROTON Conn AP The privately owned Aluminaut a foot research submarine built to dive three miles beneath the waves Will be launched today The aluminum submarine is owned by Reynolds International Inc Builder of the 75 ton submarine was the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp The vessel will have a range of about 80 miles a cruising speed of 3 8 knots a maximum time submerged of 72 hours and a crew of a pilot and two scientists
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Groton
Sgt Alvin C York Dies at 76 Hero of World War I
Sgt Alvin C York, famed World War I hero from Tennessee, died at Veterans Hospital Nashville at 10:40 a.m. He killed 25 Germans and captured 132 in a single Argonne Forest day, earned the Medal of Honor, and became a lasting symbol of valor.
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Nashville
Tennn
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Argonne Forest
France
York
Veterans Hospital
Gasoline Bomb Threat Probed at Nursing Home
Police investigated a gasoline bomb threat reported yesterday at 4 10 p m linked to nursing home staff time reductions. The home operators alerted authorities after receiving a call claiming an attack.
Lightning strikes kill two cattle on Benedict land
Lightning killed two cattle on Paul Campbell’s land east of Benedict during a thunderstorm. A yearling and a 10-month-old calf died, standing about 200 feet apart. It is unclear if one bolt caused both deaths or if separate strikes occurred.
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Paul Campbell
Benedict
Health-Care Plan Advances in Senate Amid Debate
The Senate voted 49 to 44 to add a health care plan for the aged to the Social Security system, marking a rare Congress endorsement and a Johnson administration victory. GOP support was limited to five Republicans, with Sen. Dirksen skeptical about final passage. The plan, centered on the King-Anderson proposal, faces uncertain prospects in the House conference led by Rep. Mills, as leaders weigh funding and benefit structure.
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Senate
Senate House
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Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
King-Anderson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
John F. Kennedy
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kennedy
Dirksen
House
Dtenn
Russell B. Long
D-La
Gore
Long
Healthy Youths Crave Exercise After Bed Confinement
Four teen volunteers confined to bed for a month in a space study at USC ended the test craving movement and, secondarily, feminine company. The NASAsponsored project found no lasting physical harm from long confinement or retrorotation, and the exercises could aid rehab patients.
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Los Angeles
Hostage drama ends as bank robber flees with $5
In Dearborn Heights Michigan two housewives and three children were held during a $75,000 bank caper. The lone robber netted only $5 after a brief gun battle with Sgt Virgil DeGreace as police cornered him.
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Dearborn Heights
Mich
FBI
Detroit
Virgil Defrence
Monica Boczar
Janette
Jeffrey
Bernard
Michigan Bank
Boczar
Ark City Coach Carl Jackson Dies at 37
Arkansas City high school football coach Carl Jackson, 37, died of a heart attack Tuesday night after a decade leading the program. OSU alumnus who played center, he coached in Newsick Oklahoma and Syracuse Kansas before Ark City. His teams won four Ark Valley League titles. survivors include his widow and four children.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Carl Jackson
Arkansas City High School
Jackson
Oklahoma State University
Newsick
Okla
Syracuse
Intercepted Letter Seeks Exercise and Companionship
A censored note describes two desires of healthy men after a month in bed. First is exercise, second is feminine companionship. For middle aged men the imagined priorities include a long car drive and a game of gin rummy, according to the intercepted letter.
Motorcycle Car Collision At Third And Highland
A Honda motorcycle ridden by 16 year old Robert Erickson of 419 S Lafayette collided with a 1954 Ford driven by 15 year old Raymond Cameron of 1202 S Garfield at 7:45 a.m. at 3rd and Highland. Erickson escaped injury. Cameron was cited for failing to yield right of way after claiming he did not see the motorcycle.
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Robert Erickson
S. Lafayette
Raymond Cameron
S. Garfield
3Rd
Highland
Erickson
Cameron
Robert Arnett
Gretchen
Ola Lock
Ralph Caldwell
S. Larson
Ard
Power project advances completion of city’s $638000 upgrade
City Manager R J Hayes outlined progress on the power system expansion noting contracts for distribution work and the new diesel plant substation are finished. New transformer banks installed, diesel plant building near complete, fuel tanks painted, concrete work ongoing, and switch gear received. City has rising demand with July output up 592000 kWh from 1963 and a new peak demand of 12750 kW recorded August 4.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Chanute
Book by Kennedy To Be Published
Harper and Row announces a revised and expanded edition of A Nation of Immigrants, Kennedy's posthumous work. The book, tracing U.S. immigration history and Kennedy's critique of immigration law, will be published October 7 and stems from his 1958 Anti Defamation League booklet.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Harper and Row
Kennedy
Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith
United States
Stehwien Woman Dies From Sunday Collision Injuries
Mrs. Cora A. Stehwien, 73, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a two car crash near Claflin, following a Sunday collision in Hoilington Kansas.
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Hoilington
Kan
Cora A. Stehwien
Claflin
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