Gemini 4 Astronauts Near Halfway Mark in Long Flight
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II approach the mid point of their Gemini 4 mission in orbit above the Earth. Mission Control reports both pilots in excellent condition as they conduct routine tests and monitor unidentified satellites. White awakens for a medical check while family news and Little League scores reach the astronauts aboard.
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Houston, Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
America
U.S
Mission Control
White
Eddie
McDivitt
Mike
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Space Twins
L. Gordon Cooper
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas Dark Cloudiness and Thunderstorms
Vari able cloudiness and little temperature change this afternoon through Sunday. Thunderstorms over 60 per cent of the area this evening and tonight. Possibly recurring in the extreme east Sunday. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph this afternoon through tonight. High this afternoon and Sunday low 80s. Low tonight upper 60s.
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Kansas
Kansas University
U.S. Weather Bureau
Topeka
Gunmen Target Deputy's Home in Bogalusa Shootings
In Bogalusa Louisiana gunmen fired six bullets into the home of Chief Deputy Doyle Holliday as investigators press a terrorism style murder case. A white man Ernest R McElveen was returned to Louisiana after waiving extradition in the Moore case.
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Bogalusa
Doyle Holliday
Washington Parish
O’neal Moore
Ernest R. McElveen
Louisiana
Tylertown
Miss
Holliday
FBI
State Crime Laboratory
Central Kansas Weather Toll as Storms Sweep Region
Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds hail and heavy rains lashed central and eastern Kansas into Missouri. At least 11 people died in highway crashes amid floods and evacuations. Highways flooded from Wichita to Kansas City with up to six inches of rain. National Guard units aided evacuations near El Dorado and along the Medicine River.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
National Guard
el Dorado
Kan
Walnut River
North Side
U.S 77
Medicine River
Medicine
Lodge
Shawnee
Richland
Topeka
Camp Creek
Matfield Green
Emporia
Melvern
Quenemo
Burlingame
Lyndon
U. S
Salt Creek
Reading
Osage City
Haven
Derby
Indian Creek
103Rd Street
State Line
Wornall Road
Bannister Road
Weather Bureau
Cathe
Naval Air Station
Olathe
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Bull Creek
Paola
Oklahoma Jury Hears Bribery Ties to Supreme Court
A witness testified at the Oklahama City perjury trial of former mayor O A Cargill Sr that Cargill helped fund his campaigns for 20 years in return for votes on the state Supreme Court. He named current justices and former members implicated in a widening scandal.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Supreme Court
High
N. S. Corn
O. A. Cargill Sr
Cargill
Corn
Roy W. Harper
St. Louis
Harry L. S. Halley
Denver Davison
W. H. Blackbird
Earl Welch
N. B. Johnson
Welch
Johnson
Senate
Supreme Court
Bank killer hunt widens across two states
A gunman killed three bank employees and wounded a fourth at Farmers State Bank in BIG SPRINGS Nebraska. Sheriff Floyd Stahr led a vast posse with state troopers FBI and local police scouring western Nebraska and eastern Colorado fields for the suspect, described as a 35-year-old man in a dark suit.
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Big Springs
Neb
Nebraska
Colorado
Floyd Stahr
Stahr
FBI
Denver-to-North Platte
Robert Richards
Farmers State Bank
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glenn Hendricksen
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Andreas
Denver
Main Street
Kjeldgaard
KU Commencement Weekend Opens With Alumni Registration
Kansas University begins activities with alumni reunions as over 2,750 degrees and certificates are expected to be awarded at the 1965 commencement. Terry Miller of Baxter Springs becomes KU’s first Marshall Scholar to England in chemistry. Chancellor Wescoe, Gov. Avery and Arthur H. Cromb will speak brief remarks.
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Kansas University
Mount Oread
Campanile Hill
Terry Miller
Baxter Springs
Marshall
England
Cambridge
W. Clarke Wescoe
William Avery
Arthur H. Cromb
Shawnee Mission
Kansas Board of Regents
Henry Bubb
Topeka
Capital Federal Savings
Mahlon H. Delp
Merriam
Peter T. Bohan
Department of Medicine
KU Medical School
Warren P. Moon
West Orange
N. J
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Ralph L. Smith
Palm
Poignancy and memory mark KU grad reunion in Lawrence
Rev. A. Pender Cummins, class of 1915, returns for Kansas University reunion activities in Lawrence. He notes the sadness of losses yet celebrates being part of both Southwestern and KU 1915 classes. The retired minister, living in Colorado Springs, recalls threshing days at MacLouth and harvest bees with fond humor.
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A. Pender Cummins
Colorado Springs
Kansas University
Lawrence
Journal-World Photo
Will Hess
Rev
Wescoe
Cummins
Southwestern
Winfield
Central Kansas
MacLouth
Fraser Hall Saving Effort Moves To Topeka Campaign
Fraser Hall at Kansas University faces planned razing. A Douglas County Historical Society symposium formed a three-pronged strategy to seek a stay of execution. A committee will meet the governor while alumni and locals press for preservation with letters phones and telegrams.
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Kansas
William H. Avery
Fraser
Kansas University
Douglas County Historical Society
Mt. Oread
Historical Society
Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Historical Society Board of Directors
National Trust For Historical Preservation
Ted Kennedy
Charles Rankin
Walter J. Meserve
Bernard Frazier
Charles Stough
The
Kansas Board of Regents
Carruth-O’leary
Kennedy
Angus McCallum
Kansas City, Mo
American Institute of Arch
Wakarusa Flood Threatens Lawrence After Heavy Rainfall
A second heavy rainfall deluge drenched the Lawrence area with up to 4.5 inches. The Wakarusa River rose toward flood stage prompting evacuations in Richland and widespread basement flooding from storm runoff. Kaw River remained below flood levels though high water affected eastern Lawrence basements.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Lone Star Lake
Dutton Bridge
U. S. 59
Louis Holcom
Wakarusa Valley
Kaw
Bowersock Dam
6Th and
Mass. Sts
Richland
Shawnee County
Camp Creek
Steve Crockett
Andy Gray
Wakarusa
Gray
Michigan
Arkansas
Forecast Warns of Thunderstorms Over Northeast Kansas
Weather prospects for Kansas University graduation weekend look unsettled as the U S Weather Bureau in Topeka predicts thunderstorms over 60 percent of northeast Kansas tonight and Sunday. Expect variable clouds with little temperature change and southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Temperatures: high in the low 80s today, low tonight in the upper 60s, high Sunday in the low 80s.
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Richland Ils
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Hillcrest Bowl
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