Two Garden City youths tour western Europe by bicycle
Jack Penny and Brice Warner, sons of Gordon Penny and Mr and Mrs Car Warner, travel by bicycle staying at youth hostels. They expect to reach Paris soon to pick up mail at the American Express office. Penny says they will stay until funds run out, which may be soon.
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Garden City
Jack Penny
Brice Warner
Europe
Jack
Gordon Penny
Paris
American Express
Bruce
Car
Warner
Gordon
Marshall Echoes Plea of RFK
The Justice Department civil rights chief urged Congress to pass legislation ending racial discrimination in public accommodations. Burke Marshall said the measure would remedy evident injustice through normal law processes. The administration launches a congressional civil rights campaign as hearings begin on related bills.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Burke Marshall
Senate Commerce Committee
Marshall
Robert F. Kennedy
House
Anthony J. Celebrezze
House Judiciary Committee
Food for Peace Chief Praises Wheat Role in Lat in America
Leonard Wolf director of the U S Food for Peace program in Brazil says there is no shame in producing wheat and other surplus foods for Latin America He notes the program builds goodwill by paying wages in food and funds community projects in 140 countries He praises Great Plains Wheat and Lima Peru work while warning supplies must be used wisely. A separate New York AP report cites burglars stealing about 85 dollars from Headquarters tavern over the weekend with an untouched 10 dollar dystrophy collection box nearby.
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Leonard Wolf
Food For Peace
Brazil
America
U.S
Wolf
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Iowa
United States
Harlan Parkinson
Scott City
Great Plains Wheat
Lima
Peru
Parkinson
Food For Peace Program
Wolfe
Unicef
Washington
Great Plains
South America
New York
Wirt
JFKs Rail Settlement Drive Aims To Stock Plant
An intensified drive for cattle consignments to a proposed beef packing plant in Kansas starts Wednesday. Fourteen two man teams will seek 40 000 head yearly commitments from feeders across western Kansas and nearby states. The effort includes selling common stock for Producers Packing Company, with Cooperative Association of Kansas City backing the plant. Earlier meetings have produced 20 000 head consigned, with average 200 per consignor.
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Kansas
Producers Packing Company
Cooperative Association of
Holly
Cole
Trenton
Neb
Larned
Guymon
Okio
GCA
Pilotless Navy jet crash kills seven at Willow Grove
A pilotless Navy FJ Fury jet crashed on a Willow Grove Pa day camp field during a rainstorm, tearing through a bathhouse and killing seven people at a family picnic. Four children were among the dead. The pilot escaped uninjured. Twelve of the 125 or more attendees were hospitalized with injuries. Names of the deceased include Jennie Klein and Jeanne Arnold, all residents of Philadelphia. Navy officials cited an electrical system malfunction as the likely cause.
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Willow Grove
Abington Memorial Hospital
Jennie Klein
Sandra
Harvey Klein
Jeanne Arnold
Judy Arnold
Emanuel Millen Fine
Caroline Hershfield
Philadelphia
John W. Butler
Boiling Springs
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Navy
Riot Ends Grand Prix Night as Garnett Seethes
In Garnett Kansas a violent riot by hundreds of youths marred the Grand Prix sports car races, killing Police Captain Robert Cowdin and injuring many. Over 140 reinforcements arrived, 26 youths jailed for disorderly conduct, and townspeople debated continuing the event amid calls for tighter policing.
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Garnett
Kan
Kansas
Gwinn Schell
Robert C. Cowdin
Ottawa
William Gadelman
Anderson County
Negro Becomes Minister of Tucson Church
Racial tensions flare nationwide as two churches pursue integration. In Tucson Arizona the White Plains Church welcomed its new pastor Reverend Wilbur Johnson, a Negro, as the all white congregation approved his installation. In Richmond Virginia Reverend Robert W. Hare, a white pastor, began first service at a Negro Presbyterian church amid ongoing desegregation efforts. National Guard troops ordered to Cambridge Maryland as violence flares before demonstrations resume.
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New York
Baltimore
Bronx
Jack Cippolla
Cippolla
Congress of Fracial Nauality
CORE
White Castle
Woodlawn
Tucson
Arig
Richmond
Publo Gardens Methodist Church
Wilbur Johnson
Robert W. Hare
National Guard
Cambridge
Jeadura
J. Millard
Awes
Beckwith Pleads Not Guilty in Evorea Slaying Case
Byron de Beckwith, charged with the 1963 murder of Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers, appeared in Jackson court and pleaded not guilty. A Forrest City grand jury indicted Beckwith last week. attorneys planned to schedule a trial date.
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Jackson
Miss
Byron Do
Beckwith
Mississippi
Medgar W. Evora
Greenwood
Leon Mendrick
Bill Waller
Berkwith
Ciizens Council
Winds County
Beckwich
Garden Sass Gas Garden Says The Wine Guy Wins
A fragmented note cites a wine expert as the most popular figure in a local scene. It emphasizes the wine guy’s correctness and appeal, suggesting strong sway among tastemakers.
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Gas Garden
Zebra Contest Entries Roll in at Telegram Office
Entries pour into the Telegram for Rotary Club Nama the Zebra contest as crowds view the new zebra at Lee Richardson Zoo. Forty-one entries from Garden City and nearby towns flood the office. postmarked by July 18. The Rotary Club once helped graze the zebra herd, and the winner gets 25 dollars.
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Rotary Club
Heough Tha Yuars
Lee Richardson Zoo
Garden City
Ingalls
Deerfield
Scott City
Holcomb
Sublette
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Switchmen’s Untor of
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City Square
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Topeka
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Rickart Hotel
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Gait
Negro
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Pete
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