Near-Riot Erupts In St. Augustine Over Desegregation
A near riot erupted in St. Augustine Florida as six Black demonstrators entered a white pool at the Monson Motor Lodge sparking club swarming police and arrests. Dr Martin Luther King watched from across the street while a separate 50 person group including rabbis was arrested seeking service at the lodge restaurant. The events coincided with a grand jury probe into racial unrest.
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St. Johns County
Monson Motor Lodge
Martin Luther King
Lodge
Arkansas Tornado Injures Thirteen In Mountain Home Area
A tornado from a west of Mountain Home storm damaged a Lake Bull Shoals boat dock and a north farm home. Walter Troth, 42, hospitalized with back injuries, saved his 7-year-old daughter Cindy by gripping her hair as the dock collapsed. Several boats sunk. others injured suffered cuts and bruises.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Lake Bull Shoals
Walter Troth
Troth
Cindy
Rudolph Cowart
Cowart
Typhoid Troubles May End for Aberdeen City
Aberdeen health officer Dr Ian MacQueen announced that the typhoid epidemic has been contained after a month of trouble. Four hundred forty seven people remain under treatment and no new infection sources are evident. The quarantine was lifted and only one death was recorded thanks to antibiotics.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Ian MacQueen
MacQueen
Henry Bubb Voices Independence in Uncommitted Stance
Henry Bubb says he will vote for what he believes is best for country and party, placing country first. He notes no candidate offers him what he wants and predicts arriving in San Francisco next month as an uncommitted statistic despite pressure.
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Bubb
San Francisco
Civil rights bill provisions outlined for Senate passage
A Senate approved civil rights bill would bar discrimination in public services and employment, extend federal aid and enforcement, create a Community Relations Service, and extend the Civil Rights Commission while broadening its powers. It allows federal court action in school and public facility integration and presumes literacy for sixth graders voting in federal elections.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Commerce
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Lema and Pott Lead Open After Fast Start
Tony Lema and Johnny Pott shot two under par 33 for the opening nine holes to grab the early lead in the 64th National Open. Sam Snead stumbled with a four over par 39 after a double bogey on the fourth and three-putts.
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Washington
Tony Lema
Johnny Pott
Sam Snead
Snead
Lema
Congressional County Club
Buddhist Trouble Sets Back the War in Viet Nam
Gen. Paul D. Harkins, retiring U S commander in South Viet Nam, said the Buddhist crisis last year delayed the war effort against the Viet Cong by nine months. He will hand command to Gen. Westmoreland this Saturday and retire the same day. Harkins has been in Viet Nam since February 1962. His plan is to keep pressing and continue the pacification program to win.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Washington
Harkins
Viet Nam
54 in House GOP Body Light Aid From Barry
Washington AP Fifty four House Republicans say nominating Sen Barry Goldwater would help elect more GOP members to Congress. The statement came ahead of a Capitol meeting where Goldwater spoke with 51 GOP House members, most signers of the declaration. Rhodes said more Republicans support Goldwater but remain undecided. There are 178 GOP House members.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Capitol
Arizona
John A. Rhodes
Goldwater
House
Ex-Riley Soldier Receives 10 Year Slaying Sentence
A former Ft. Riley soldier and Army cook William Shorter, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for second degree murder in the death of his wife Teresa Shorter, 30. Judge A B Fletcher Jr. handed down the verdict after a nonjury trial last Friday. Shorter was convicted of beating and choking his spouse at their trailer home on August 21.
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Junction City
Kan
Ft. Riley
Willian Shorter
Tehresia Shorter
A. B. Fletcher Jr
Shorter
New Carrier Named USS John F Kennedy by White House
The Navy will name the 80,700 ton Forrestal class carrier USS John F Kennedy after the slain president. President Johnson approved the naming, with construction contract awarded April 30 to Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co in Virginia for the conventional powered attack carrier.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
White House
Johnson
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydocking Co
Newport News
May traffic on Kansas Turnpike hits record. 43 accidents
Lawrence report notes 530000 vehicles used the Turnpike in May covering nearly 30 million miles with 43 accidents. Of these 28 property damage, 15 injuries to 24 people, 3 fatalities. Economic loss pegged at 117660. Also mentions Mrs. Joe Wilson backing Scranton. KPL tax payment of 289845.29.
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Kansas Turnpike
Kansas Tollway
L.W. Newcomer
Joe Wilson
Hilltop Dr
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Calif
Austin Stedham
Kansas Power and Light Co
KPL
Stedham
Kansas Power and Light
Douglas County
Busy California Junket For President Johnson
President Johnson schedules a three day swing through California with two political speeches three dedication ceremonies and a military inspection. The tour begins Friday with a 55 minute briefing at Edwards Air Force Base before traveling to San Francisco and Concord to break ground for a rapid transit system.
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California
President Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Edwards Air Force Base
San Francisco International Airport
Concord
Hutch Teacher Seeks Throckmorton’s State Post
Hutchinson educator Bill Bornholdt age 39 declares he will pursue the Democratic nomination for state superintendent of public instruction currently held by Republican Adel F. Throckmorton. He criticizes political expediency in education and calls for decisive leadership for Kansas schools.
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Hutchinson (Ap
Bill Bornholdt
Hutchinson
Adel F. Throckmorton
State Department of Public Instructions
Bornholdt
Reynolds Shultz Declares Candidacy for State Senate
Douglas and Jefferson County farmer Reynolds Shultz announces a Republican bid for Kansas State Senate in the Sixth District. He will oppose incumbent Don Hults in the August 4 primary, seeking to represent Douglas and Jefferson counties and part of Shawnee County including Forbes Air Base. He says businessmen should take a stand in government.
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Reynolds Shultz
Douglas and
Jefferson County
Shultz
Don Hults
Kansas
Douglas
Jefferson
Shawnee County
Forbes Air Base
Local farmer and wartime veteran seeks district seat
Jefferson County resident and third generation farmer Shultz campaigns for office. He heads a family farming operation near Wellman Road and runs farms in Douglas County. A former 4-H leader and district co op council member, he holds multiple community roles and military service in World War II.
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Farmers Co-Op
Jefferson County
Wellman Road
Midland
Lawrence
Douglas County
Donna
Jefferson County Extension Board
Shu
Kansas University
Virginia
Williamstown
LHS
Guy E. Shultz
Marine Corps
Fourth Marine Division
United States
Marshall’s
Saipan
Chamber of Commerce
Rolfe Gjellstad to begin Peace Corps training in Hawaii
Rolfe Gjellstad son of Rev I M Gjellstad 802 Wellington Rd leaves Friday for Peace Corps training at Hilo Hawaii. He is assigned to a project likely to go to Thailand and will train at a Peace Corps Camp and Hawaii University branch. He graduates in May from Luther College Decorah IA with majors in Latin Greek and German.
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I. M. Gjellstad
Wellington Rd
Hilo
Hawaii
Thailand
Gjellstad
Peace Corps
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
United States
Lutheran Theological Seminary
St. Paul, Minn
Severe weather alert for Topeka area and harvest impact
Civil Defense operations were activated with local utilities hospitals and schools on alert. Radar reports will guide responders as storms move through with potential hail and high winds threatening wheat fields and harvest progress. Bell Weather data noted preceding signs and a new generator at the sheriff’s office enhances information flow during outages.
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Howard Lindley
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Kansas Power and Light
Lindley
Topeka Weather Bureau
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Fred Bates
Kansas University
St. Louis University
Baes
Two State Incumbents Seek Return to Capital
TOPEKA RP Two incumbent congressmen filed for Republican renomination Thursday. Joe Shubitz of Pittsburg seeks another term in the 5th District and Robert F. Ellsworth of Lawrence aims for reelection in the 3rd District. Ellsworth seeks a third term, Shubitz a second. Both have no Republican opposition. Two Democrats filed in the 3rd District and one in the 5th.
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Topeka
Joe Shubitz
Pittsburg
Robert F. Ellsworth
Lawrence
Ellsworth
Skubitz
Sth
TWA Plans to Add 33 Jets to 86-Plane Fleet
Trans World Airlines announces a $162 million jet purchase to expand its fleet by 33 aircraft from 86. Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. was approved by airline directors as the plan moves forward, with 20 of the planes unnamed two engine models seating around 70 passengers.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr
Get the Journal World at Your Summer Address
An advertisement invites readers to receive the Journal-World at their summer address and provides a phone number VI 3 1000 for subscription requests.
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Journal-World
Secret Service Chief Testifies On Kennedy Slaying Probe
Secret Service Chief James J. Rowley testifies before the Warren Commission as it nears its end. Questions focus on improving presidential security and agency performance during the Dallas visit. A June 30 report issuance date has been set by the commission.
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Washington
Secret Service
James J. Rowley
John F. Kennedy
Earl Warren
Rowley
Dallas
FBI
Stephen Young
Ohio
Fort Worth
Kennedy
John Connally
Texas
Johnson
Warren
Commission
McDowell Announces Run for Fifth Term in Kansas Senate
State Senator J Joseph McDowell a Kansas City Democrat and Senate minority leader says he will seek a fifth four year term. He had announced earlier this year he would not run but now has filed for the Democratic nomination in the new 11th District.
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PEKA
J Joseph McDowell
Kansas City
McDowell
Senate
Card of Thanks for Huelan Richardson and 50th Anniversary
The family expresses sincere appreciation for kindness and sympathy during Huelan T. Richardson's illness and death. Bertha Richardson and the family thank relatives and friends who remembered them on their 50th wedding anniversary, from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Plambeck.
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Huelan T. Richardson
Bertha Richardson
Huelan Richardson
Carl Plambeck
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