Ellington Wins Tennessee Governor Nomination in Tight Race
Buford Ellington, a Johnson ally, narrowly defeats a Kennedy-linked rival for the Democratic nomination for Tennessee governor. In the Senate primary, Frank Clement unseats Ross Bass after late counting as Baker wins the Republican senatorial nod. Haywood County sees two black farmers elected to County Court amid racial tensions.
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Nashville, Tenn
Buford Ellington
Johnson
Tennessee
Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Frank G. Clement
Ross Bass
Clement
Bass
Howard H. Baker Jr
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Ellington
John J. Hooker Jr
Baker
Kenneth Roberts
Haywood County
West
Dan Nixon
A. D. Powell
Hooker
Shelby County
Memphis
Estes Kefauver
House
Senate
East Tennessee
Roberts
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Johnson Administration
Office of Emergency Planning
National Security Council
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-Y
Justice Department
Robert Kennedy
Tom Murray
Robert A. Everett
Everett
Murray
House Post Office Committee
Lawrence Country Club selects architect for rebuild plan
The Lawrence Country Club Building Committee completed architect interviews and plans to choose a firm by Monday. A proposed layout aims for an October stockholders meeting with costs estimated at 400 000 for a new clubhouse 75 000 for a pool and dressing rooms and 12 000 for tennis courts. The plan also includes a modified 1 hole golf course with a practice fairway greens rebuilding and fairway improvements.
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Lawrence
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Hunter Kansas
A Chico California veterinarian Dr Robert Erickson his wife and their two daughters Barbra 19 and Kathy 13 were killed when their light plane crashed on W E Kadel farm northeast of Hunter Kansas The flight had departed Manhattan bound for Sidney Nebraska around 433 am local time Firefighters extinguished the flames after the crash in a field near the Kadel residence Rain squalls were reported at the time Hunter lies about 50 miles northwest of Salina Kansas.
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Hunter, Kan
Chico
Calif
Hunter
James Barrett
Robert Erickson
Barbara
Kathy
Manhattan
Kan
Sidney
Neb
Ericksons
Salina
Kansas
Six Treated At Hospital After Emergency Visit
Six persons were treated and released Thursday and today in the emergency room of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. John Henderson, 12, 810 Randall Rd, fish hook in finger. Corinne Owens, 41, Tonganoe neck and head soreness after auto accident. Charles Powers, 36, Eu dora bruise on left elbow. Diana Gerard, 11, 1220 Wagon Wheel Rd, cuts on chin head and chest from fall. Scott Scales, 12, 1416 Tenn St, scalp laceration from fall off bike. Beth Boardman, 18, Shawnee abrasions and lacerations of knees and ankles.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John Henderson
Randall Rd
Corinne Owens
Tonganoxie
Charles Powers
Eudora
Diana Gerard
Wagon Wheel Rd
Scott Scales
Tenn. St
Beth Boardman
Shawnee
Dartmouth Sophomore Ted Nixon Leads Hitting
Sophomore outfielder Ted Nixon topped Dartmouth hitters this season with a .3 percent batting average, leading the team in batting during the spring.
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Ted Nixon
Dartmouth
Whitman family mourns as funeral rites conducted
The Whitman family held a 15 minute Rosary service at a funeral home chapel for the sniper and his mother. C A Whitman shown distress as he viewed the bodies and later smiled during the service. Burial is planned in a family plot in West Palm Beach Florida. A drug analysis from the autopsy was not noted in the grand jury report.
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Whitman
Thomas Anglim
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
C.A. Whitman
Eugene Quinlan
Whiteman
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jerry Dellana
Austin Justice of the Peace
Polar bear hunt yields record skull measure for Topeka hunter
McKinsey and companions chased a polar bear across Arctic ice on March 12 1963 firing from two Piper Super Cruisers. After a long pursuit the bear was felled at close range and measured by skull length and width for a record. The hunt followed extreme cold and a 100 mph wind with the Air Force aiding a rescue later. The hunter and his family reside in Topeka where he works as an insurance broker.
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McKinsey
Marshall
Arctic Sea
Air Force
Topeka
Baldwin
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University of Alaska
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Tex
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