Registrars Sent Into South To Help Voters
Washington AP Government moves add 10 federal registrars to five counties in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana under the Voting Rights Act. New counties Jefferson Davis and Jones in Mississippi Perry and Wilcox in Alabama and Ouachita Parish in Louisiana.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Jefferson Davis and Jones
Perry and Wilcox
Ouachita Parish
4-H Fair Highlights Champions and Bake Sale Proceeds
The 4-H bake sale raised 80 dollars for exhibit building improvements. Champions included Jack Hund Leavenworth Hampshire pig and Florence Stein Leavenworth Suffolk ewe. others earned honors in swine fitting sheep fitting and showing horse fitting and showing and home economics divisions. Florence Stein led knitting and Fairmount 4-H Club ran booths.
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Raymond Coulter
Jack Hund
Leavenworth
Hampshire
Lloyd Slawson
Duroc
David Dehoff
Linda Denholm
Mark Oelschlaeger
Tonganoxie
Suffolk
Florence Stein
Zane Yaughans
Piper
Cheviot Ewe
Lyn Leimkuhler
Janet Murphy
Bonner Springs
Jane Lingenfelser
Cathy Millsap
Fairmount
Demonstration in Jerusalem as Nazi prisoners clash with police
In Jerusalem hundreds of concentration camp survivors and others clashed with police during a protest as West German Ambassador Rolf Pauls presented credentials to President Zalman Shazar. Demonstrators shouted anger and some children joined, while police used mounted units to push back the crowd.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Rolf Pauls
Zalman Shazar
Shazar
Alexander Toeroek
Pauls
Jellyfish Force Beach Closures Across Long Island
Portuguese man of war jellyfish prompted the closure of two Jones Beach sections on Long Island. More than 100 people have been stung since Sunday as the purplish gelatinous creatures with venomous tentacles spread from Montauk Point to Chincoteague.
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New York
Jones Beach
Long Island
Montauk Point
Jane Island
Chincoteague
Threats to Local Grocer After Store Vandalism
Kenneth Retter of 1401 Mass. St. reported a threatening call to police after a skunk skin and foul liquid were tossed through his store window. Police note the shop has been picketed recently and a plate glass window was broken in the same incident. The caller implied retaliation if Retter continued to buy wholesale groceries from Ottawa.
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Kenneth Retter
Mass. St
Retter
Ottawa
Birds Leave Local Family After Siege
Purple martins roosting at 1307 W 22nd St. have mostly departed after a large colony peaked at 1000 to 1200 birds Tuesday. KU Museum of Natural History curator notes a decline to 250 300 by Wednesday night and predicts migration. Mrs. Van Dyke jokes they can survive and complains of the odor while observers describe efforts to deter the birds with owls and improvised repellents.
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William van Dyke
22Nd St
Clayton White
Kansas University Museum of Natural History
White
Richard Johnston
Mrs. van Dyke
Johnston
van Dyke
Porter denies gun threat after Marina Oswald action
Kenneth Jess Porter jailed on a threat charge after Marina Oswald Porter swore out an affidavit claiming he slapped her and frightened her with a gun. Porter told reporters in custody he never carried a gun and might return to his wife depending on her wishes. Marina Oswald Porter, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, was married to Porter ten weeks earlier.
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Dallas
Tex
Kenneth Jess Porter
Lee Harvey Oswald
Porter
Marina Oswald
Missouri voters approve self succession amendment
Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment by a wide margin allowing a governor to succeed himself. The first governor eligible would be Warren E. Hearnes, 42, a Democrat and sponsor of the measure.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
GOP Fund Men Meet With Ike in Gettysburg
About 275 noted GOP donors and leaders gathered at Dwight D. Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm to discuss party finances. Lucius D. Clay, new GOP finance chairman, aimed to unify fundraising programs under one roof amid calls for party unity and coordination against splinter groups.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Free Society Association
Barry Goldwater
Lucius D. Clay
Finance Committee
Washington
Clay
McNamara Reveals Soviet U2 Shootdowns
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says Soviet air defense missiles have shot down several U2 reconnaissance planes in recent years. He notes Cuba era missiles were used against a high altitude U2. He testified in support of missiles over manned bombers and notes a 1960 U2 loss over Russia involving Gary Powers.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Cuba
McNamara
U.S
Gary Francis Powers
Left-Winger Tsirimakos Seeks Greece Government Amid Crisis
Elias Tsirimakos, a former left socialist, is formed to form a new government with ally Stephanos Stephanopoulos. He aims to win a parliamentary vote of confidence next week, claiming 154 supporters in the 300-member Parliament, despite opposition from ousted Premier George Papandreou.
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Athens
Elias Tsirimokos
Greece
Constantine
Tsirimokos
Stephanos Stephanopoulos
George Papandreou
Tsirimakos
Papandreou
Happiness Is Cracked Safe
Capt. Joseph Dussia head of the state police crime laboratory in Harrisburg is described as a top safe cracker and lockpicker. He explains his methods learned from early life and mentors, notes a home collection of locks, and mentions teaching at Indiana University Iowa and Western Reserve University.
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Harrisburg
Joseph Dussia
Dussia
State Police Crime Laboratory
Michigan State University
Harry Miller
Washington, D.C
Miller
Police
Dussin
Indiana
Towa
Western Reserve Universities
Diet Focus Marks Physicians Dinner in San Francisco
More than 100 physicians specializing in obesity studied the causes of fatness dined at the Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco. The meal included beef stroganoff shrimp cold cuts cheese chicken salad green salad potato salad butter and pastries.
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San Francisco
Mark Hopkins Hotel
Insurance Act Advances for Vietnam War Personnel
The Senate approved by voice vote a bill to provide $10,000 in free life insurance for American servicemen in Viet Nam and other combat zones, sending the measure to the House. The bill stems from insurers' reluctance to cover soldiers already in or ordered to Viet Nam.
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Washington
Viet Nam
House
Senate
Freeman Buys Rowland's Inc. Emporia Store
Dwight Freeman of Lawrence has purchased Rowland's Inc., a downtown Emporia women’s ready-to-wear shop. Freeman, a former J. C. Penney manager who resigned recently, is replaced in Lawrence by George Hess as Penney manager.
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Dwight Freeman
Lawrence
Rowland’s Inc
Emporia
Freeman
J. C. Penney
Penney
George Hess
16-Year-Old Sailor Completes California to Hawaii Voyage
Honolulu report says 16 year-old sailor Lee Graham completed a 2400 mile trip from San Pedro to Honolulu in a 24 foot sailboat named the Dove with two kittens for company. He called the voyage pretty easy and arrived ahead of schedule tied to a Coast Guard tow rope for safety. The trip marks the first leg of a planned two-year solo circumnavigation.
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Sailor Boy
U.s.-Hawaii
Honolulu
Lee Graham
California
California-to-Hawaii
Graham
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Calif
Fire damages home near K-10 injures child
An electrical short caused a house fire at the Gene Akins home one mile south of K-10 on Noria Road this afternoon. The Wakarusa Fire Department said a child was taken to a physician for burns, with no details on injuries or identity available.
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Gene Akins
Noria Road
Wakarusa Fire Department
Theater leader hired for Kansas City project
Barton H. Emmet, administrator of the Minnesota Theater Co., is hired to manage and help set up a resident professional theater in Kansas City. He will begin Oct 1 and project plans target a 1967 opening with a non profit fall and winter program costing about 2.5 million dollars.
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Kansas City
Barton H. Emmet
Minnesota Theater Co
Irvine O. Hockaday Jr
Emmet
Minneapolis
Tyrone Guthrie
Cancer Drive Aims 5000 Goal Seeks Community Support
The Douglas County chapter of the American Cancer Society sets a $5,000 goal for residential collection running from Wednesday to August 25. About 200 volunteers collect donations for cancer research and treatment and distribute educational material on warning signs and annual checkups. Kansas University received $40,000 for research and education this year, while the national ACS spent $2,500,000 on cancer research. Drive chair Don Fisher. publicity chair Charles Zook. treasurer Bob Georgeson.
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Douglas County
American Cancer Society
Kansas University
Drive
Don Fisher
Charles Zook
Bob Georgeson
Lawrences J J Ramsbottom discusses open space program
Lawrence officials met with J J Ramsbottom of Fort Worth Texas representing the Heard Housing and Home Finance Agency to explore recreation projects under the 1965 Housing Act open space program. He outlined funds and how to obtain federal grants covering up to fifty percent of park development costs.
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Housing and Home Finance Agency
J. J. Ramsbottom
Lawrence
Ramsbottom
Ft. Worth
Tex
Johnson
Six Nazi figures sentenced to life in prison
Six former Auschwitz guards and functionaries received life terms for mass murder or aiding it after a 20 month trial, the longest in German history. Eleven others were jailed 3 to 14 years, three acquitted as survivors watched.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Auschwitz
Hans Hofmeyer
Poland
Fast for Peace Minister Dies in California
Rev. George J. Strong aged 59 died in Butte County Hospital after fasting for world peace. He led Bethel African Methodist Church in Chico for 12 years and was rushed to the hospital by his wife Louella after a long period of fasting believed to be over 33 days.
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Oroville
Calif
George J. Strong
Butte County
Strong
Bethel African Methodist Church
Chico
Louella
Humphrey Warns On Negro Economic Crisis
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey warned that Negroes face a looming economic crisis as joblessness and training gaps widen. He cited July figures, noting nonwhite unemployment rose while overall rates fell to 4.5 percent, with many adults lacking basic schooling and skilled work. He urged focus on securing good jobs as key to Negro progress.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
White House
Logopedics Director Named in Wichita
Charles W. Worth aged 34 is appointed acting director of the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita, as reported by AP.
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Wichita
Charles W. Worth
Institute of Logopedics
Card of Thanks for Lulu North Edmondson
The family thanks friends and relatives for cards flowers food and sympathy during the illness and death of Lulu North Edmondson.
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Lulu North Edmondson
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