City firemen call off walkout after salaries settled
Jefferson City firemen remain at work after a Thursday city council meeting approved a revised salary plan. A 7-3 vote blocked seven paid holidays, but a 10-day moratorium on the walkout was adopted to allow negotiations on holidays to continue. No future talks are scheduled, with a council meeting set for Monday.
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Jefferson City
George Coulter
John G. Christy
Coulter
Perry W. Hawes Jr
Vince Borgmeyer
Anthony Hiesberger
Kenneth Wildhaber
Lawrence Haake
Riner
Hawes
Witnesses recount Kennedy slaying and range firing
Grand jury details testify Sirhan Sirhan rapid fired a .22 pistol at Kennedy near the Embassy Room after victory celebration. Witnesses describe three bullets hitting Kennedy and a sick smiling killer stepping from a mystery girl. Several hotel staff and gun club witnesses place Sirhan at the scene and identify his revolver as an Iver Johnson.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sirhan Bishasa Sirhan
Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
New York
California
Embassy Room
Carreon
Iver Johnson
Montellano
Dodd labels Pearson a monster after column attack
Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut called columnist Drew Pearson a monster and a molester of children in response to a Pearl article accusing him of stifling a juvenile crime study. Dodd defends the subcommittee report released Oct. 27, 1964 after hearings with 56 witnesses.
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Washington (Ap
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Drew Pearson
Dodd
Pearson
Senate
Subcommittee
See Dodd
Kennedy cancels Missouri Young Demo talk
Senator Edward Kennedy will not address the Missouri Young Democratic Convention in Jefferson City on June 21. A Kennedy aide in Washington said he will not make the trip and has not decided when he will return to national politics. The spokesman dismissed suggestions he might quit national politics after the assassinations of his brothers. Replacement for Kennedy as speaker is being considered and may be announced next week.
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Carreon
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Dmass
Jefferson City
Kennedy
Washington
News-Tribune
Missouri
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
George Burrus
Young Democrat
Congress mail heavy on gun law
A surge of letters, telegrams, and calls to Congress pushes for stronger federal gun control after Kennedy’s assassination. Urban districts lead, but rural East, Midwest, South, and Rocky Mountain states show rising support for curbs, with Johnson seeking to extend mail order handgun bans to rifles and shotguns.
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Washington
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Associated Press
East
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
Johmson
Johnson
Harris A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Newark
Williams
Cooler Jefferson City and Central Missouri Weather Brief
Showers ending tonight with cooler air sweeping across Jefferson City and central Missouri. Tonight will be fair to partly cloudy and cooler on Saturday and Saturday night with an outlook for Sunday fair and mild. Low tonight near the low 60s. Precipitation probabilities are low tonight with improving conditions through the weekend.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Rocket Attacks Threaten Paris Peace Talks
Western diplomats warn that a sustained Viet Cong rocket offensive on Saigon could derail the Paris talks. U S officials say Harriman warned that attacks could have serious consequences. Saigon residents shielded by sandbags as officials weigh possible responses and North Vietnamese actions.
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Paris
Saigon
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Harriman
Thuy
Johnson
Ausion
South Vietnam
North Vietnamese missiles captured by allied troops
Saigon reporters recount a sweep by 12,000 allied troops that yielded 32 enemy missiles and 26 guerrillas killed in Saigon’s rocket belt. Despite the haul, four rockets hit Tan Son Nhut airbase, killing one American and damaging four planes as Saigon dodged a third straight day of attack. The largest cache, 122mm Soviet rockets, was found northeast of the city by the U.S. 25th Infantry Division.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Lat Infanty Dines
Thess
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Annexation Petition Filed For Area B In Jefferson City
A petition seeking annexation of Area B into Jefferson City was filed in Cole County Circuit Court. City Attorney Thouar Rose and annexation attorney Robert Hawkins, on city council approval, said the 1,540 acre area includes about 900 residents, with assessed value near 1 million dollars, located south of US 50 West and west of Stadium Boulevard.
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Jefferson City
Cole County
Chief executive’s tribal role as White Eagle described
A biography fragment notes Warren Hearnes once served as an Indian guide and was involved in the Indian Guides program on Hunter Street in Charleston. The Governor’s father Earl B. Hearnes joined Warren in early meetings where boys chose names like Silver Heels and Sleeping Bear reflecting their tribal club experiences.
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Hunter Street
Charleston
Earl B. Hearnes
Little Warren
Indian Mounds
Sone
Warren
Silver Heels
Sleeping Bear
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