Esquire critique questions Capote murder tale credibility
An Esquire essay by Phillip Tompkins questions differences between Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and trial testimony drawn from Garden City witnesses. It notes omissions of Sheriff Earl Robinson, County Attorney Duane West, and Asst. Police Chief Richard Rohleder, arguing Capote’s portrait omits key figures and actions. The piece argues the article won’t shake the book’s popularity or Capote’s standing.
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Esquire Magazine
Truman Capote
Esquire
Garden City
Phillip Tompkins
Earl Robinson
Las Vegas
Smith and Hickok
Duane West
Asst
Richard Rohleder
Letter to the Editor: In Cold Blood divides Garden City readers
Peter Harris of Garden City writes amid Telegram coverage praising Capote’s In Cold Blood as a great book while noting some object to its sensational fortune. He recalls meeting the author, seeing his picture, and comments on a letter opposing a local film adaptation and its potential impact on the Clutter case memory.
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Garden City
West
Clutter
Peter Harris
Rafferty
Los Angeles
Calvert
American Book Company
Local woman fined 25 cents for bike registration and double riding
Police chief clarifies the incident: bike found on a sidewalk, unregistered, 25 cent registration fee, a child passenger warned about safety. Riding a passenger on a bike built for one on streets is against state law and city ordinance, not a hardship but for safety. Also notes downtown biking ban and officer’s protective role.
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Hal Kane
World Today Switches in GOP Circle by James Marlow
The piece explores how NY Governor Nelson Rockefeller Barry Goldwater and former Vice President Richard Nixon repeatedly flip their stance on running for the Republican presidential nomination. It traces Rockefeller and Goldwater reversals from 1959 to 1968 and Nixon’s repeated pivot from 1960 onward. It notes Goldwater’s cautious 1968 outlook and Nixon’s long pattern of public stance changes and drafts.
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Associated Press News
Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Nixon
Johnson
Senate
John F. Kennedy
California
Edmund G. Brown
Mob Stones Batters Bus In Bakersfield Disturbance
A Kern County Junior High School bus was stoned and battered by about 59 people in the Lakeview Avenue area, injuring the driver and several students. No arrests were made as authorities say calm was restored after a major disturbance the previous day, with fire damage estimated at 15,000 dollars and 14 alarms. Deputies and California highway patrol arrested 45 persons, 22 of them juveniles.
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Calif
Lakeview Avenue
Robert Holland
Kern County
Felice
Sheriff’s
California Highway Patrol
Oklahoma Regents Raise Fees At State Colleges
Oklahoma regents voted to raise student fees at state colleges and universities by 1 to 3 per semester hour, effective in September. The plan targets a 7,398 enrollment rise and aims to generate about 5.75 million dollars for the 1966 67 year, with out of state students facing higher enrollment and tuition rates.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Regents For Higher Education
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Ed Lewis Strangler wrestler now blind and living in Tulsa
Ed Lewis, once known as Strangler in professional wrestling, resides in Tulsa Oklahoma and is described as blind.
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Ed. Lewis
Strangler
Tulsa, Okla
Johnson wary as Dodd inquiry veers toward FBI files
President Johnson keeps a wary eye on the Thomas J. Dodd investigation and has asked for FBI summaries. The episode includes a complaint about a missealed mailing of Dodd documents, with postal inspectors and PBS agents mentioned in Washington.
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Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
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Dodd
Jack Anderson
Connecticut
Washington, D.C
Larry O'Brien
O’brien
Hartford
Senator Dodd
Anderson
PBS
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