Assassination of Kennedy Shocks Dallas City and Nation
News desk reports President John F Kennedy shot in Dallas while riding in a motorcade. Governor Connolly wounded, Vice President Johnson sworn in aboard Love Field. Kennedy dies at Parkland Hospital. rifle found on warehouse floor. national and global shock follows. Memorial services planned. city mourns with proclamations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
United States
Dallas
Texas
John Connolly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
U. S. District Court
Love Field
City and State Paving Programs For Kodiak Begin
The State Commissioner of Highways announced that S S Mullen Inc of Seattle had the apparent low bid of 1 543 760 for Kodiak paving, with state estimate 1 716 597. The project includes Benson Avenue from Alaska Street to the Mission Mill Bay Road connector, plus curbs gutters and sidewalks. City bids cover lower Mill Bay Road to Kashevaroff Street and Mission Road from Belmont to the hospital, totaling about one half mile within the city. the state program covers roughly two miles, with completion set for July 20, 1965.
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Stover
Mullen
Benson Avenue
Alaska Street
Main
Mission and
Mill Bay Road
Alaska St
7Th Avenue
Lower Mill Bay
Boat Harbor
Kashevaroff Street
Kashevaroff
Rezanoff
Mission Road
Belmont
Hospital
Death Claims Vera Wodlinger in McMinnville Oregon
Vera Wodlinger died Thursday afternoon in McMinnville Oregon as reported by her husband Larry. A longtime Ko diak resident and businesswoman she owned and operated the Town Child and was involved with Wodlinger Drug. After months of illness she will be buried in McMinnville with Macy and Co Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Vera Wodlinger
McMinnville
Oregon
Larry
Wodlinger
Kodiak
Macy & Co. Funeral Home
Kodiak Bears to Host West Anchorage Eagles in Back-to-Back Games
Kodiak High School bears host West Anchorage tonight and again Saturday as coach Terry McMullin leads a strong lineup. West aims to avenge last year’s 48 47 upset in the Western Alaska Tournament. Bears start same five from Navy All Stars game. JV games precede varsity.
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Kodiak Bears
West Anchorage Eagles
Kodiak High School Bears
West Anchorage
KHS
Anchorage
West
Bears
Marine Corporal Survives 600 Foot Fall From Barometer Mountain
Marine corporal Dennis M. Domino USMC 20 fell about 600 feet from Barometer Mountain last Sunday afternoon. He was found unconscious, sustained head and body injuries with no fractures, and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition at the Naval Station Kodiak Hospital. Domino and LCdr Robert C. Larsen had been hiking when Domino wandered from the path. rescuers credited a slight ledge as a crucial cushion before the fall. Larsen accompanied Domino to the foot of the mountain, where Domino was located about two hours after starting ascent and transported by ambulance to hospital.
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Naval Station
Kodiak
Dennis M. Domino
Usmc 20
Domino
Old Women’s Mountain
Lcpt
Robert C. Larsen
Marine Barracks
Larsen
Rivers To Visit Dinner Planned In Kodiak Visit
Congressman Ralph J. Rivers will be in Kodiak on November 25 and 26 spending the congressional recess in Alaska visiting communities. Mrs. Rivers will accompany him on the trip. A No-Host non-partisan dinner is planned for the congressman and his wife with time and place to be announced this weekend and reservations via Mayor Pete Deveau.
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Ralph J. Rivers
Kodiak
Alaska
Eight Days Left To Win 1300 in Alaska Centennial Contest
The Alaska State Centennial Commission reminds the public that eight days remain to submit slogan and emblem entries for the 1967 event. The contest closes November 30 and offers $1,000 for the emblem winner and $300 for the slogan winner. Executive director Bob Arnold says the official emblem and slogan will appear on medals pins and related Centennial publications.
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Alaska State Centennial Commission
Commission
Bob Arnold
Elk's dignitary to attend lodge session tonight
Walter W. Sipprell District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Alaska West will attend the Elks Lodge session tonight. A steak night runs 6 to 8 p.m. a class will follow and the deputy will speak. Sipprell, former Kodiak resident and Alaska Steamship agent, later led Lodge 1773 in Seward.
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Walter W. Sipprell
Alaska West
Elks Lodge
Sipprell
Kodiak
Alaska Steamship
Seward
Alaska Territorial Association
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Rev
Don Bullock
Nedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Parkland General Hospital
Parkland Hospital
Tion
White House
Washington
John F. Kennedy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John Marx
St. James the Fisherman Episcopal Church
Pete Deveau
Terry McMullin
Bill Wiltrout
Homer
Rivers
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