Woodbine Dam Plan Headed for Congressional Approval
Army Engineers urged Congress to approve the 17.6 million Woodbine Reservoir in Dickinson County Kansas as part of a Kansas River flood control effort. Local opposition noted by Rep Garner Shriver and state water board scrutiny cited. The project would require state Water Resources Board preapproval before planning funds are sought.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Congress
Woodbine
Dickinson County
Kan
Garner Shriver
R-Kan
Kansas River
Shriver
RS Wristoferson
House Public Works
Kristoferson
Lyon Creek
Smoky Hill
Junction City
Kansas
Kansas Water Resources Board
John Baldwin
R-Calif
State Water Board
State Walter Board
Robert Jones
Dela
Tuttle Creek
Baldwin
State Water Resources Board
Johnson health strong and active despite long hours
Navy doctor says President Johnson in excellent health with no evidence of the 1955 heart attack. He is comparable to peers in age and more active. Johnson keeps long hours, naps in the afternoon, and relaxes during visits to boyhood haunts and boating on his lake. Moyers quoted Johnson saying he is privileged to serve and proud of the nation's growth.
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Johnson
Navy
Johnson Ranch
Moyers
Attempted Break-In at Coast-to-Coast Store
The Coast-to-Coast store at 1832 Mass reported an overnight break-in attempt at the rear of the building. The attempt was unsuccessful but the rear entrance was slightly damaged.
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Mass
Bus Agency Expands With Two New 35-Place GMC Buses
Duane Ogle, president of the Lawrence Bus Co., announces the purchase of two GMC 35 passenger buses to augment the Lawrence fleet of 14 buses. The firm serves Lawrence routes and KU shuttle riders, plans a fall schedule with 20 minute downtown to campus departures, expanding transit since 1957 when Rapid Transit Co. left and Wichita Bus Co. began service.
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Duane Ogle
Lawrence Bus Co
Lawrence
Ogle
Rapid Transit Co
Wichita Bus Co
Cost of Living Rises in July
Washington AP reports July cost of living edged up ten percent, led by beef and potato price spikes. The CPI reached 110.2, with $11.02 typical July costs relative to the 1957 59 base. Tax cuts and lower clothing prices offset some increases.
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Washington
Labor Department
Asst
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Bureau
Aerospace
Aged Negro Dies After Beating in Greensboro
An 87 year old Negro man Perry Smaw died in a Greensboro hospital after being found beaten and mutilated for criticizing civil rights activities. He was discovered in a doorway last Sunday with a head injury and a cut out tongue. Deputy Sheriff Holloway said the death could hinder the investigation as two Negro men were questioned with one released and the other held without charge.
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Greensboro
Ala
Civil Rights Activites
Perry Smaw
David Holloway
Smaw
Holloway
Burglars at Morton's Building Materials
Burglars gained entry through an east window at Morton's Building Materials 900 S 15th St on Thursday. They carried out a fire safe containing about $12 in cash and rifled company papers, but nothing of high value was reported missing.
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Morton’s
S. 15Th St
Sewer Bids Submitted for 23rd Region Project
Bids were submitted to the Douglas County commissioners for a sanitary sewer main from 19th to 23rd along the Santa Fe Railway. No decision was announced pending study. Dan Scherrer Sewer Construction Co. of Kansas City bid the low figure at 66,685 with 5 percent bid bond and 180 days to complete. engineering estimate was 67,956.
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Douglas County Commissioners
East 28Rd Street
Santa Fe Railway
Dan Scherrer
Millionaire Sportsman Clark Dies at 57 in California
Wilbur Clark, multimillionaire hotel owner and Las Vegas gambling pioneer, died at 57 in Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, of a heart ailment. Born in Keyesport, Illinois, he left home at 19, worked in San Diego as an elevator operator and waiter, rose to head bell boy at the Knickerbocker Hotel, and built a chain of night spots and resorts.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Wilbur Clark
Scripps Clinic
Clark
Las Vegas
Nev
Keyesport
San Diego
Knickerbocker
Homecoming plans amid campus work and church burglaries
KU prepares Homecoming events with a tentative schedule and a new student chairman system as orientation week kicks off. Meanwhile three Lawrence churches report overnight burglaries with light cash losses and similar methods to August break-ins, with two juveniles previously linked to many local burglaries now in custody.
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Lawrence
First Methodist Church
Vt. St
First Baptist Church
8Th
Immanual Lutheran Church
17Th
First Baptist
Mass marriage rush as draft deadline looms nationwide
Young couples flocked to get married before a draft rule change took effect at midnight. President Johnson announced that married men aged 19 to 26 would face the draft like single men until they become fathers, to bolster Viet Nam War manpower. Las Vegas and Yuma drew crowds while other areas saw few weddings due to waiting periods. Mothers accompanied brides as fear of conscription spurred haste.
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New York
Johnson
Associated Press
Las Vegas
Nev
Yuma
Ariz
Providence
R.J
Gallatin
Air Force KC135 Crash in Wichita Kills 30
The Wichita Eagle cites a Pentagon source saying the Air Force cannot explain the cause of the KC135 jet tanker crash on January 16. The aircraft departed from McConnell Air Force Base and struck a residential area, claiming 30 lives.
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Wichita
Wichita Eagle Today
Pentagon
Air Force
McConnell Air Force Base
President Johnson Might End Red Wheat Shipping Rule
Reports say President Johnson may lift the 50 percent U S wheat sales to Soviet bloc shipping rule. An interagency committee will decide the method, with lawmakers pushing for removal via farm legislation or Taft Hartley repeal amendments. Senators McGovern Mondale and Mansfield weigh in.
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Washington
Johnson
U. S
Interagency
Jeader Mike Mansfield
Montana
John F. Kennedy
George S. McGovern
DL. D
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
McGovern
White House
Lawrence Teachers Association Leaders Outline 1965-66 Goals
The Lawrence Education Association held its first meeting with officers committee chairs building representatives and delegates from all 14 schools. President Roy Cropp and Vice President Betty Brune announced goals for 1965-66 and building reps will meet staff at 8:30 a.m. Monday at Lawrence High. Robert Wright of the Credit Union offered financial assistance to teachers. Arthur Wolf discussed the United Fund drive planned for early October. A hospitality hour was set for 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the LHS gymnasium.
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Lawrence Education Association
LEA
Roy Cropp
Betty Brune
Lawrence High
Robert Wright
Lawrence Credit Union
Arthur Wolf
Lawrence United Fund
Evelyn Graber
LHS
Brown spider bites may require surgery after delayed ulcers
Kansas State University entomologist Leroy Brooks explains that brown spider bites resemble mosquito bites at first but can cause a blister after about 24 hours followed by fever chills rash headache and joint pains. If untreated the blister may ulcerate and require surgery. Spiders target bathrooms bedrooms closets cellars and garages and are reduced by cleaning and vacuuming. Temporary control uses aerosol pyrethrins then 2 percent chlordane or 5 percent dieldrin sprays. exterior spray with lindane dieldrin or chlordane is advised.
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Leroy Brooks
Kansas State University
Brooks
Negro NAACP Leader Hurt In Natchez Car Blast
NATCHEZ Miss AP The local NAACP president George Metcalf was badly injured when his car exploded as he turned on the switch He had been directing a voter registration drive at the Armstrong Tire and Rubber plant and was taken to Jefferson Davis Hospital Metcalf condition not immediately known Charles Evers Jackson NAACP field secretary said trouble may follow with Negroes arming themselves and he planned to go to Natchez to oversee civil rights activities
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Natchez
Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
George Metcalf
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Lacy Williams
Metcalf
Charles Evers
NAACP
Jackson
Armstrong Tire and Rubber
Evers
Pirates Start Season Struggles With Slow 9 Wins in 33 Opens
The Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season poorly, securing only nine victories in their first 33 games. The slump highlighted early struggles for the team amid matchup challenges and mounting losses.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Turnpike sets July traffic record in Kansas
Lawrence reports record July traffic on the Kansas Turnpike reaching 648 122 vehicles up 9.47 percent for the month. L W Newcomer cites strong toll revenue aided by July 1 rate adjustments. In seven months tolls cover costs and 1.35 times interest. Also notes new Lawrence teachers meeting and National Guard unit anticipated homecoming from Camp Ripley.
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Kansas Turnpike
L. W. Newcomer
Turnpike
Tollway
Kansas University student Sharon Scoville wins $1000 award
Kansas City graduate theater student Sharon Scoville receives a $1000 graduate study prize at KU. She is pursuing children's theater and accepted the award during the American Educational Theater Association convention in Miami Beach Florida.
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Sharon Scoville
Kansas City
Kansas University
American Educational Theater Association
Miami Beach
Fla
Miss Scoville
India School Meeting Weighs Unification With Nearby Districts
Patrons of India School District No. 55 will meet at 8 tonight in the school auditorium to decide on unification with Eudora Lawrence or Baldwin. Director Delbert Richardson says the legal deadline to decide is September 1.
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Patrons of India
Wil
Delbert Richardson
Eudora
Lawrence
Baldwin
First Plant For Changing Water Opens
Freeport Texas hosts the nation’s first salt water conversion plant as researchers pursue large scale sea water purification. The plant, built in 1961, produced its billionth gallon in May and cost about 1.2 million dollars per 1000 gallons of treated water, with the process mirroring bottled distillation. Officials note taste is indistinguishable from conventional water, though expense remains a drawback and further methods are under study.
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Freeport
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Johnson
Harold Singleton
W. S. Gillam
Break-Ins Reported At Eudora Businesses
Two burglaries were reported in Eudora on Thursday evening. Douglas County Sheriff Rex Johnson said Carlson's Standard Service Station and Baldwin Motor Co. were entered after midnight with windows broken. No items were stolen from Carlson's, while Baldwin Motors reported a theft of eighteen dollars.
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Eudora
Douglas County
Rex Johnson
Carlson
Baldwin Motor Co
Baldwin Motors
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