Maddox Cafeteria Closed After Civil Rights Ruling
Lester Maddox, the Atlanta segregationist, locked his cafe and put it up for sale after U.S. District Judge Frank Hooper held him in civil contempt for continuing to refuse Negroes service. A lone Negro visitor prompted the shutdown as Maddox vows to fight the Civil Rights Act and appeals the contempt ruling to the Supreme Court.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Ga
Maddox
U.S
Frank A. Hooper
Jack Googer
U.S. Congress
Johnson
Lester Maddox
Hooper
Restaurateur
Supreme Court
Presidential Prayer Breakfast and Washington tour notes
Garden City editor recalls attending the Presidential Prayer Breakfast at the Shoreham Hotel with lawmakers and diplomats. He describes traffic woes in Washington, a lunch near the Russian and Moroccan ambassadors, and a rapid transit suggestion. Also reports an eagle electrocuted by a farm fence near Pierceville and Garden City School Board plans. Snow falls in Phoenix area for the first time in three years.
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Washington
United States
Severa
Shoreham Hotel
Cong
Howard Robison
New York
Kansas
Frank Carlson
LBJ
Harold K. Johnson
U.S. Army
Garden City
Fountain of All. Knowledge
Joseph Tydings
Virginia
Marvin Crone
Pierceville
Finney County
Sesson
Keller
Phoenix
Ariz
Gas Garden Struggles Over Demand and Supply
Gas Garden acknowledges uncertainty among customers while admitting real wire shortages hinder inventories. The outlet notes some patrons do not know what they want, reflecting broader supply constraints and market ambiguity amid ongoing demand pressures.
King Plans Washington Visit for Voter Drive Action
SELMA ALA AP Dr Martin Luther King Jr says he will go to Montgomery to press for more voter registration activity before Washington talks with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Atty Gen Nicholas Katzenbach. Bevel criticizes Judge Thomas and says Negroes will try to register today as demonstrations are planned in Marion. Thomas amends the injunction to allow more peaceful lines with no sheriff interference while restricting daily registrations to 100 previously.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Als
Washington
King
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
James Bevel
U.S
Thomas
Johnson shows caution as new Viet Nam crisis unfolds
President Johnson volleys strong language while signaling restraint in Viet Nam after Pleiku attack. He orders evacuations and moves missiles, but limits strikes to southern North Viet Nam as advisers debated broader retaliation. He has long warned against a land war with China and urged scaling back commitments.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Johnson
Vie, Nam
South Vet Nam
South Viet Nam
Thhe Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
U.S
China Sea
Saigon
Viet Nam
Asia
Manchester
N.H
United States
Delayed Snow Covers Southwest Kansas Briefly
A delayed snowfall arrived this morning across Southwest Kansas, leaving 2 to 3 inches in most areas and 2 inches at Garden City airport by noon. Roads were slick and hazardous from packed snow and ice, with sleet and freezing rain in eastern sections. The snow is expected to move southeast tonight as clouds persist and little warming is forecast.
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Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Oakley
Kansas Highway Patrol
Weather forecast shows light snow and cool temperatures
Intermittent light snow possible Tuesday with northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows reach upper teens, highs in the 30s. Drought city data shows trace to light precipitation in several locations including Dodge City and Garden City with minor accumulations.
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Buirise
Bunset
Dodge City
Taupoka
Garden City
Trace Goodland
Hill City
Trace Russell
Trace Ballina
Trace Topeka
OL Wichita
GPW to Close Office in City Garden City
Great Plains Wheat, Inc announces its headquarters will move to Kansas City Kansas around May 1 quitting its Garden City base where the office has operated since 1959. Andrew Brakke says the move improves access to grain centers and facilities for market research promotion and trade expansion.
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Garden City
Great Plains Wheat, Incc
Kansas City
Kan
Great Plains
Andrew Brakke
Regional
Wheat Market-Promotion Association
Brakke
Brak+ke
Washington, D.C
Latin America
Europe
Asia
Campbell
8Th and Miller
Walters
Vogue Shop
Oll Brown Recreation
Wnder
Cong
Clifford R. Hope
Howard Hardy
North Dakota
Two Wichita Men Injured In One-Car Crash East Of Garden City
Dennis E. Biggs 20 and Carl D. Gordon 20 were hurt in a single vehicle crash east of Garden City. Biggs lost control while passing another car, the car overturned in a ditch, both were thrown out. Gordon is in critical condition at St. Catherine Hospital. Biggs has a broken leg and is at Wesley Hospital in Wichita.
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Wichita
Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Carl D. Gordon
Dennis E. Biggs
Biggs
USSO
Highway Patrol
Gordon
Wesley Hospital
Air strikes broaden Vietnam crisis drawing White House meeting
U.S. and South Vietnamese planes struck North Vietnam for a second time in two days. Brig. Gen. Ky led South Vietnamese planes with 16 propeller aircraft and four U.S. F100s, reporting heavy antiaircraft fire and high destruction. Pleiku and Dong Hoi targets took damage. one U.S. jet was lost, pilots unhurt. Johnson convened the National Security Council and ordered withdrawing 800 military dependents and 1,000 civilian dependents from South Vietnam while deploying a Hawk missile battalion.
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Washington
U.S
North Viet Nam
National Security Council
White House
Johnson
McGeorge Bunty
South Viet Nam
Saigon
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dong Hoi
U.S. Navy
Bundy
Pleiku
Soc Trang
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Adlai £. Stevenson
2Nd Corps
South
Viet Nam
Chop Chi
Nha Trang
Washington T Jme
Security Council
Ranger
Hancock
Cora Sea
Coral Sea
China
Radio Hanoi
Pentagon
Hanoi
Hawk
Pacific
Kansas Traffic Log Topeka Report 1965 Traffic Deaths
Kansas traffic death log lists figures through 9 am Monday with 48 hours and February tallies. The AP note records counts for February 11 1965 and compares with 1964 period, outlining a periodical update.
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Topeka
Kansas
Johnson proposes nationwide program to preserve America's beauty
President Johnson asked Congress for a broad plan to clean air and water, expand parks, and remove blight from highways. He urged a national effort with local government, business, and private groups, proposing open space and land and water conservation programs, landscaping funds, and grants for historical sites and scenic rivers.
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Washington
Johnson
Ameria
Congress
America
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Assateague Island National Seashore
Maryland
Virginia
Tocks Island National Recreation Area
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Cape Lookout National Seashore
North Carolina
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Michigan
Indiana Duney National Lakeshore
Indiana
Oregon
Great Basin National Park
Nevada
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Texas
Spruce Knob
Seneca Rocke
West Virgina
Big Horn Anyon
Montana
Wyoming
Flaming Gorge
Utah-Wyoming
Whiskeytown Shasta
Trinity Recreation Area
California
Stewart L. Udall
Redwood National Park
National Forest System
Secretary of Commerce
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Hubert Humphrey
Morraco
International Christian Leadership
Oon Pleiku
Telegram
GPW
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Council
Robert S. McNamara
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Peking
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