House Unit Dissects Data Taken During Klan Probe
The House Un American Activities Committee ends five months of hearings with 4300 pages from 190 witnesses. The record shows violence against civil rights, but some witnesses defend the Klan. Contempt citations issued for seven Klan leaders who failed to produce records.
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House
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Joe Pool
Dtex
Ralph E. Pryor Jr
Wilmington, del
Delaware Grand Dragon
Daniel Wagner
Onlve
Johnson
South
D-Ga
Pool
Weltner
McCarran
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Committee
Congressional Committee
Robert M. Shelton
The
United Klans of America, Inc
Congress
Alabama Attorney General Files Candidacy for Governor
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers declared his bid for governor appealing for both black and white votes. Mrs. Wallace announced she would stand in for her husband, who would run the office if elected, as the race tightens among Democrats and a strong Republican field.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richmond Flowers
Alabama
George Wallace
Flowers
Wallace
Bob Gilchrist
Hartselle
Ryan deGraffenried
State House of Representatives
Carl Eliott
James E. Folsom
John Patterson
Barry Goldwater
A. W. Todd
Charles Woods
Sherman Powell
C. Rex Scott
Ralph Price
GOP
James D. Martin
Gadsden
Douglas County Employment Totals Edge Up Despite Seasonal Drops
Walter T. Johns reports Douglas County non farm wage and salary employment dipped 425 from mid January but stays 800 above a year ago. Seasonal losses in contract construction and inclement weather affected totals. unemployment mid January around 2.5 percent. Forecasts expect gains in construction and nondurable goods manufacturing with steady overall non farm employment.
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Douglas County
Walter T. Johns
Johns
Kansas State Employment Service
Medallion Demand Threatens Shortage Before Centennial
Kansas University Centennial medallions with the first 100 years symbol on bronze began selling at the Kansas Union Book Store for five dollars. About 100 of the 500 medallions have sold in two weeks, suggesting they will be sold out by mid April as the centennial celebration unfolds.
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Kansas University
Kansas Union
Pledges Initiated In Baker U Sorority
Seventeen pledges were initiated into Alpha Chi Omega at Baker University. Named pledges include Cammie Alley Liberty Missouri Brazier Kansas City Missouri Carol Carder Kansas City Missouri Deanna DuCharm Westmoreland Jane Gentry Independence Missouri Linda Hayes Lawrence Patricia Jones Osawatomie Sylvia Kelso Nevada Missouri Lanell McCann Kansas City Missouri Susan Schroeder Independence Joanne Soper Plattsburg Missouri Stephanie Thompson Joplin Missouri Valerie Vance Florissant Missouri Christine Vandever Fredonia Joy Warner Arlington Virginia Sue Walden Prairie Village Cynthia Wyatt Kansas City Missouri
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Liberty
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Kansas City
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Deanna DuCharm
Westmoreland
Jane Gentry
Independence
Linda Hayes
Lawrence
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Osawatomie
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Nevada
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Susan Schroeder
Joanne Soper
Plattsburg
Stephanie Thompson
Joplin
Valerie Vance
Florissant
Christine Vandever
Fredonia
Joy Warner
Arlington
Sue Walden
Prairie Village
Cynthia Wyatt
Government Voices Support for Police Questioning Rights
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to allow immediate police questioning as a vital law enforcement tool. It asked courts to assess each case individually for constitutional violations rather than publish universal rules.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
High Court
Department
James Carey to Lead Labor Outreach for United Nations Group
James B. Carey former AFL-CIO president and resigning figure in an election fraud scandal will take a $21,000 yearly post directing labor activities for the United Nations Association of the U.S.A. The AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department approved a broader labor role in citizen groups backing the United Nations.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James B. Carey
Carey
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
United Nations Association of the
U.S.A
Illinois Rejects Title Fight
Illinois Attorney General William G. Clark ruled the Cassius Clay Ernie Terrell title bout cannot be held legally on March 29. He cited Section 12 of the Illinois Sports Act, which bans matches by a corporation with fewer than 50 members, noting National Sports Promotions Inc. has only two members.
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Chicago
William G. Clark
Illinois
Ernie Terrell
National Sports Promotions, Inc
Illinois Sports Act
Kansas Player Connie Myers Finalist in Sport Magazine
Lawrence picks Connie Myers of Newton as one of five finalists in Sport Magazine Coed of the Month. The 19 year old KU sophomore majoring in radio TV appears in the March issue photo and Fence Club to close season with Air Force Academy meet at Robinson Gym.
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Kansas University
Connie Myers
Newton
Sport
Miss Myers
Radio-Tv
Air Force Academy
Robinson Gym
Air Force
Kansas
Mike Munson
Mike Hill
Bob Dillman
Esam El-Shafey
Dick Courter
Mike Weaver
Steve Carson
Bob Kroeker
Chuck Hewins
Munson
Two Sunflower Boys Safe After Rat Poison Incident
Two Sunflower boys Raymond Dyer aged 2 and John Meineke aged 2% were released this morning from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after spending the night for rat poison ingestion while playing at Sunflower. They were admitted at 5 p.m. Thursday. Other emergency room patients treated and released Thursday included Shelby Ramsford 2 with aspirin overdose Penny Fendley 7 with facial cuts from a fall at Eudora Grade School and Gerald Easum 16 with a cut above the eye from a fight at Lawrence High School parking lot.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Raymond Dyer
John Meineke
John R. Meineke
Shelby Ramsford
Penny Fendley
Eudora
Gerald Easum
Lawrence High School
Kansas House approves annual general sessions plan
The Kansas House of Representatives approved a proposal 87 to 33 to establish annual general sessions for the legislature. The plan would extend the 30 day budget session to 60 days and would allow general legislation in both odd and even years, with changes heading to the Senate for a November vote.
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PEKA
Kansas
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Four Gunmen Hold Up Georgia Store Then Flee by Plane
In Eulonia Georgia four armed men robbed a rural general store. Three escaped in a small aircraft as state patrol closed in. one was captured near the airport in Darien. Storekeeper Olney Jenkins described resisting one bandit while between 300 and 400 dollars were missing.
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Eulonia
Georgia
Olney Jenkins
State Patrol
Darien
Jenkins
Eight Count Indictment for Robert Annenberg Heir
New York AP reports an eight count indictment including two counts of first degree manslaughter against Robert Friede 25 heir to the Annenberg publishing empire. Friede nephew of Walter Annenberg editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer faced homicide charges in the narcotics death of Celeste Crenshaw 19 found in the trunk of a car Friede was driving Feb 7. He pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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New York
Robert Friede
Annenberg
Friede
Walter Annenberg
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Celeste Crenshaw
Philadelphia
Moses L. Annenberg
Unusual Flu Outbreak in California Cited
Officials report a flu outbreak in California tied to the A2 Asian flu variant. Schwegler notes the name stems from the 1957 virus isolation in Asia. Medical authorities state flu injections offer 75 to 80 percent effectiveness in prevention.
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California
Schwegler
Asia
Husker Governor to Attend Big Rivalry Game
Kansas Governor William Avery announced in Topeka that Nebraska Governor Frank Morrison will join him for dinner and attend the KU vs NU basketball game in Lawrence before a 17,000 crowd. Avery, KU graduate, and Morrison, a Kansas State alumnus, recall last season's NU rout of KU. Kansas is favored.
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William Avery
Kansas
Topeka
Frank Morrison
Nebraska
Lawrence
Morrison
Avery
Kansas State University
Local Grain Elevators See No NFO Sale Activity
Kansas and local grain facilities report no unusual buying or selling connected to the National Farm Organization's claim of a possible 50 million bushel grain sale. Supervisors Roy Vandeventer of Derby Grain Inc and Cecil Robinson of Farmers Elevator Co in Eudora say activity is normal and markets show only slight price fluctuations.
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National Farm Organization
Journal-World
Roy Vandeventer
Derby Grain Inc
Vandeventer
Kansas City
NFO
Chicago
Des Moines
Cecil Robinson
Farmers Elevator Co
Eudora
Academy to pick five to ten semifinal atom smasher sites
An NAS spokesman said a report naming five to ten semifinal sites for the planned 348 million atom smasher is not ready, with final recommendations not expected before the first or second week in March. The committee narrowed about 85 competitors in 43 states for final AEC review, and denied any selections had been made.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Atomic Energy Commission
Academy Committee
Abuses blamed in Nkrumah ouster in Ghana
Ghanaian military leaders say they ousted President Kwame Nkrumah for abusing individual rights and mismanaging the economy. The National Revolutionary Council was announced as troops seized power, Parliament was dissolved, and Nkrumah’s party outlawed amid street celebrations and calls for swift reforms.
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Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Radio Ghana
National Revolutionary Council
Nkrumah
Radio
Peking
Usher Fort
Ghana Radio
J. A. Ankrah
Col
E. K. Kotoka
People’s Party
Kansas House Faces 1967 Seat Loss Under Reapportionment
AP reports that 38 Kansas House incumbents would lose their seats if a reapportionment bill passes without changes. A survey of the 125-seat plan shows 62 incumbents in 24 new districts, with six Democrats and at least 22 Republicans certain to go. Several districts mix rivals, including six districts pairing two Republicans, four districts with two or more incumbents, and several mixed party districts.
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PEKA
Kansas House
Handling Details at Home or Away Burmey Funeral Home VI 3-5111
The notice lists Burmey Funeral Home contact for handling details at home or away with VI 3-5111. It appears as a brief public notice or classified item indicating service arrangements.
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