Four Hurt When Continental 707 Slides Off KC Runway
A Continental Airlines 707 carrying 60 passengers and 6 crew skidded off a rain slick end of runway at Municipal Airport Kansas City and broke into three sections. Four people were injured none seriously. Passengers and crew exited safely through emergency doors as the jet halted at a Missouri River dike.
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Kansas City
Continental Airlines
Municipal
Missouri River
Los Angeles
Lee Zerba
Alvin Litzschwager
Torrence
Calif
Harold Cameron
Bonnie Graler
Marine Pfc
Carl Wolford
Columbus
Ohio
Zerba
Col. Moses
Bud Jones
McConnell Air Force Base
Kan
Saigon
Col. Jones
Marsh Pollock
Income Tax Boost Enters Kansas Law Retroactively
Kansas applies higher state income tax rates retroactive to January 1 with 2% to 6% brackets and a 4% corporate rate up from 3% Many Kansans will see the change on 1965 returns next year A new withholding plan takes effect after January 1 1966 plus funds for state government and turnpike studies two new routes Kansas City to the Oklahoma line and a southeast Kansas to Hays path via Wichita Hutchinson and Great Bend Other measures tighten stamp trading bans require seat belts in new cars from October 1 1966
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Toppeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Oklahoma Line
Hays
Wichita
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Ethics Unit Set In Baker Probe's Wake
Senate leaders submitted recommendations for a permanent bipartisan ethics committee to oversee senators and staff. Three members from each party named. announcement delayed until the Baker probe concludes. The Rules Committee urged activating the watchdog body to prevent future conflicts of interest. Baker had invoked the Fifth Amendment and resigned in 1963.
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Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bobby Baker
Committee On
Mike Mansfield
Baker
Rules Committee
Pickens
S.C
California
Mansfield
Matthew H. McCloskey
Ireland
Kennedy-Johnson
District of Columbia
McCloskey
Philadelphia
Democratic
Don B. Reynolds
GOP
Reynolds
Johnson
Sec
RFK’s rugged family hits wild river rafting trip
Sen Robert F Kennedy and his wife Ethel take five of their nine children for a weekend rafting adventure down the Yampa and Green Rivers in Colorado and Utah. The family sports tradition spans football, mountain climbing, skiing, hiking, sailing, and skating, with Kennedy once climbing a peak named for his late brother. The Kennedys’ outdoor exploits date to JFK era hikes and 50 mile walks, underscoring a lifelong athletic family image.
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Supreme Court
Byron R. White
White
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Harvard
Sen. Kennedy
Ethel
Oregon
Yampa
Green Rivers
New York
Rockefeller Center
Gemini 7 crew named for upcoming flight
Houston AP reports Frank Borman and James Lovell Jr named prime crew for Gemini 7 mission. Edward White II and Michael Collins named backup crew. Flight planned for up to 14 days with possible further spacewalks as tests continue.
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Houston, Tex
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Edward White II
Michael Collins
Borman
Air Force
Lovell
White
James A. McDivitt
Collins
Space Agency
Robert Ruark Dies at 49 in London Hospital
AP reports novelist and Africa writer Robert Ruark died Wednesday in a London hospital at age 49 after a liver illness. His syndicated column once appeared on the Journal-World Opinion Page.
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London
Robert Ruark
Africa
Ruark
Journal-World Opinion
Watershed Meeting Held in Williamstown Area
About 50 Jefferson County residents gathered Wednesday night at Williamstown to learn watershed formation steps. Joe Schrader of the Soil Conservation Service outlined actions, and organizers Clyde Husted Ray Roberts Alfred Tenpenny and Vic Tootle were named to work with him on a feasibility study for roughly 1100 acres north east of Perry to the south.
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Jefferson County
Stone House
Jay Bird
Wild Horse Creeks
Williamstown
Lawrence
U. S. 24
Joe Schrader
Jefferson County Soil Conservation Service
Schrader
Clyde Husted
Ray Roberts
Alfred Tenpenny
Vic Tootle
Perry
Independence Day holiday schedule for Monday observed
With July 4 on a Sunday most banks, businesses, and Post Office observe a Monday holiday. Emergency agencies stay on duty. KU Summer School runs as scheduled. The Lawrence Jaycee Fireworks Display is Sunday night at Memorial Stadium.
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Lawrence Jaycee
Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Expected On Pool Program Review In Lawrence
Lawrence Board of Education and City Commission will review a joint agreement for a Lawrence High School public swimming pool this summer. The plan covers pool operation and financing with a firm architectural plan targeted by August 1. Bond election dates were discussed for September or October. The joint committee met at the Virginia Inn and will convene again next Thursday at 7 30 a m.
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Lawrence Board of Education
City Commission
Lawrence High School
Jim Schubert
School Board
Virginia Inn
Robertson and Ericson
Schubert
FDR Jr Drops NYC Mayoral Bid Opens Door to Governorship
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr withdrew as a possible New York City mayoral candidate but kept the possibility of seeking the governorship next year. He declared TV shall not enter the New York City primary at a news conference.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York City
Roosevelt
Rain adds .31 inch in Lawrence as July starts
Overnight rainfall of .31 inch raises Lawrence moisture total to 26.84 inches for 1965, following a June record. Kaw River remains within banks at noon with a 15.3 foot level, flood stage 18 feet, while more rain is forecast for northeast Kansas tonight.
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Lawrence
Kaw
Kansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Topeka
Tickets on Sale for July 4 Fireworks Show in Lawrence
The Lawrence Jaycees announce July 4 fireworks at Memorial Stadium Kansas University at 8 p.m. with a $1,850 display. Tickets 25 cents until 5 p.m. Sunday then 50 cents. A band concert begins at 7 p.m. Local Jaycee and Jaynes groups assist rest home guests with bus transportation.
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Tonganoxie Jaycee
Memorial Stadium
Kansas University
Jaycees
Jaycee Jaynes
Ford defends unwavering Viet Nam support from Republicans
House GOP Leader Gerald R Ford rejected claims Republicans waver on President Johnson's Viet Nam policy. He said any bipartisan doubt came from Democrats and urged not to yield to them. The remarks followed Senate Democratic Leader Mans field and Morse criticisms urging a stronger US push or ceasefire efforts through the United Nations.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Michigan
Viet Nam
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Johnson Administration
United Nations
Surgeons Transplant Kidney From Father to Daughter
In New Orleans a kidney from Alabama man John Henry Honeycutt to his daughter Jonnie Gail Honeycutt, 13, was transplanted in a four hour operation. Both patients are reported in good condition and the surgery succeeded.
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New Orleans
Alabama
Jonnie Gail Honeycutt
John Henry Honeycutt
Anniston
Ala
New Semester Starts Next Tuesday at Lawrence High
Lawrence High School opens enrollment for the second summer session on Tuesday July 6 with 7 am start times. Courses include American government world history biology English geometry algebra I II and continuing typing and shorthand. About 200 students enrolled in the first session, with numbers expected to rise. Final classes for the first semester conclude Friday.
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Lawrence High School
Max Stalcup
Lawrence High
Stalcup
Bank Holiday Delays Markets on 4th of July Week
Stocks edge higher as the 60 stock index closes at 319.7 up 1.3 points. The Banks of Lawrence announce a July 5th closure in observance of Independence Day Legal Holiday.
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Lawrence
Plans Revealed On the Future Of Fraser Hall
KU vice chancellor Keith Lawton announced plans to preserve memorabilia from Fraser Hall and raze the oldest Mount Oread building. Bids for razing Fraser are due July 13, with a new seven story Fraser Hall to start by August 1. Preservation targets include doors, railings, window glazing, theater beams, ironwork, stonework, chalkboards, fixtures, and other items for storage or reuse.
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Kansas University
Fraser Hall
Mount Oread
Keith Lawton
Fraser
Topeka
Old Fraser Hall
Lawton
Fraser Theater
Wilcox Museum
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas with Thunderstorms Possible
The forecast shows thunderstorms in about 30 percent of the area this evening, with partly cloudy skies through Friday. Winds shift southeast tonight, lows near 70 and a Friday high around 90. Temperature readings include yesterday’s high 84 and low 64, with a 0.3 inch rainfall.
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Lawrence
Stranger Creek
Tonganoxie
Kansas
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