Divided roads cut traffic deaths on major highways
An Associated Press survey finds divided highways such as turnpikes and interstates show far lower fatality rates during the Memorial Day period and year round. Steel medians and barriers reduce head-on crashes, with recent gains from New Jersey and Pennsylvania turnpikes and other expressways installing dividers.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
United States
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Michigan
Ohio
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Columbus
New Jersey Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Wagner Decision Triggers Scramble for Demo Mayoral Nomination
New York May 1965 Mayor Wagner declines a fourth term triggering a Democratic scramble for the nomination. Harlem Rep. Powell promotes Roosevelt Jr. for the ticket while Sen. Kennedy signals party fate depends on the city contest. A Democratic primary set for Sept. 14 could see three factions vying for control.
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John V. Lindsay
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Wagner
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Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Kennedy
Reform Movement
Grasses: Vital Plants for Soil, Food and Ecosystems
Grasses are essential flowering plants with roots preventing soil erosion, feeding grazing animals in caves, and seeds serving as grain consumed by people worldwide. This highlights their global ecological and nutritional importance.
Cape Buffalo Kills Oklahoma City Welder at Zoo
Ernest G. Williams, 56, a city employee, died after a Cape buffalo trampled him at Lincoln Park Zoo while Williams and a coworker were repairing a fence. The animal escaped from a nearby barn and investigators probe how the barn door became unlatched.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Lincoln Park Zoo
Ernest G. Williams
City
Zoo
Phil Ogilvie
Williams
Kansas Legislature Revises State Budget Requests
Kansas lawmakers raised the 1965 66 state expenditure totals by 4.22 million while cutting revenue projections by 18.2 million. The current year budget rose 1.22 million to 440.68 million and 1966 climbed 2.99 million to 511.65 million with large boosts for state schools and higher education. The sales tax rate was set at 3 percent instead of 3.25 percent and the aged property tax credit was not adopted.
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Topeka
Kansas
William H. Avery
Avery
Kansas University
Formal opening for Agricultural Hall of Fame near Bonner Springs
The Agricultural Hall of Fame near Bonner Springs will have a formal opening at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Turnpike exit site. The board of governors met there with members expected to attend. The grounds cover 275 acres adjoining the new 350-acre Wyandotte County Park.
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Agricultural Hall of Fame
Bonner Springs
Turnpike
Lawrence
Board of Governors
Wyandotte County Park
New Style Developed By California Artist
Claremont California AP artist Adolph A Garza 26 creates a bas relief portrait by hammering nails into a board without oils He used finishing nails for detail roofing nails for shadow and aluminum nails for highlights The idea came from the sun's glow on rusty nails on a weathered board
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Claremont
Calif
Adolph A. Garza
Garza
Banker in Texas Fends Off Ex-Convict Robber
In Grand Saline Texas banker W L Garland II fought off an ex convict William Pippin who tried to rob First National Bank. A shot fired wounded Pippin as Garland and bank staff wrestled with the gun. Pippin, 33, has a police record dating to 1955 in Rawlings Wyoming.
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Tex
Grand Satine
First National Bank
W. L. Garland II
William Pippin
Rawlings
Wyo
Garland
Pippin
East Texas
Fellows
W. L. Garland Jr
Bank robbery attempt ends with arrest of Richard Rusk
Richard Rusk, 24, a parolee, was arrested near Dallas after fleeing in a white station wagon. Sheriff Bill Decker identified him and noted a young woman with him. The car held pistols shotguns rifles and ammunition. Pippin was charged with attempted bank robbery and jailed in Van Zandt County Canton.
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Dallas
Bill Decker
Richard Rusk
Decker
Rusk
Pippin
van Zandt County
Canton
Iowa Patrolmen Deliver Purse After Relay Find
Des Moines AP report says Iowa Highway Patrol ran a 125 mile relay with a missing purse and recovered it near the Amana colony. Mrs. Tom Rogers of Hiawatha Kansas praised the officers after they delivered the purse and its contents intact.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
Tom Rogers
Hiawatha
Kan
Rogers
Amana Colony
Cedar Rapids
Ottawa Awarded National Safety Council Merit for Traffic Safety
Ottawa received the National Safety Council award of merit for outstanding traffic safety achievements. The honor recognizes Ottawa for its well balanced traffic safety program, the second highest award given by the council.
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Ottawa
National Safety Council
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