Missouri inventor makes patch to fix pocket holes
W C Halcomb of Harrisonville Missouri starts a factory producing iron on patches for trouser pockets. After ten years of trial he developed a heat activated adhesive that bonds to cloth and withstands cleaners. In half a year the plant produced more than 2.5 million patches and he promises his wife a new waste basket with $5 bills when profits arrive.
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Harrisonville
W. C. Halcomb
Halcomb
Spencer Chemical Co
Three Area Educators Attend Topeka Session
Three area educators took part in the 15th annual workshop for presidents of local education associations in Topeka. Roy Cropp of Lawrence and Mrs. Faye Thomas of Douglas County joined 257 attendees as Dr. Carl S. Konx led a panel on professional negotiations amid talks on a unified foundation finance plan for 1965.
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Kansas State Teachers Association
Topeka
Roy Cropp
Lawrence Education Association
Faye Thomas
Douglas County Teachers Association
Carl S. Konx
Lawrence Public Schools
KSTA
Kansas
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Kansas Association of School Boards
State Department of Public Instruction
Big stalemate seen for Viet as CIA notes prolonged struggle
A CIA officer in a June report to newsmen says victory in South Vietnam seems unlikely and a prolonged stalemate may follow with ongoing U S aid. The memo cites potential political evolution or a negotiated settlement but U S officials reject talks now.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Willard Matthias
Board Chairman Says Draft Has General Approval
Sherman Kent, the board chairman, stated the document has general board approval though no attempt has been made to reach general agreement on every point of it.
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Tional
Sherman Kent
U.S. and Vietnamese raid breaks gold smuggling ring
In Saigon and Vietnam authorities said they had broken a gold smuggling ring arresting four U.S. Air Force enlisted men and eight Vietnamese. A U.S. spokesman said the airmen were charged as couriers between Hong Kong and Saigon. Names were withheld.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Hong Kong
Night Watchman Kills Robber in Downtown Store Break In
In Kansas City, a night watchman killed Aubrey Aaron after he and three others broke into a Western Auto store. Donald Whitaker, 24, fired three shotgun blasts at a fleeing car and captured the fourth suspect in a foot race. Three others were arrested later. all had police records. Aaron, 34, had a long criminal history.
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Kansas City
Donald Whitaker
State Auditor Sustains Broken Ankle on Trip
Newton Kan AP State Auditor Clay Hedrick suffered an ankle fracture while trout fishing near Camp Guernsey Wyoming on Saturday during a weekend visit with Kansas National Guard personnel. A Guard plane flew him back to Newton Sunday and he was in satisfactory condition at a hospital.
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Newton
Kan
Clay Hedrick
Camp Guernsey
Wyo
Hedrick
Kansas National Guard
National Guard
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Missouri
United States
Matthias
CIA
Night Watchman
Aubrey Aaron
Missouri Penitentiary
Radford Moore
Oliver Jefferson
Lawrence Worren
Spirals
Carter
Johnny
Mississippi
Zumms
Stokely
Dillon's
Wilderness
Cherry
Stokelys
Foner
San Rar
Gherries
Colorado Fresh Bartlett Pears
Colo. U. S
Elberta
Dillon
John Haddock
Ford, Inc
Vermont
ASE
RCA Victor
Lawrence Furniture, Inc
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