Rights Workers Arrested Near Indianola Fire at Freedom School
In Indianola Mississippi three civil rights workers James Dann Charles Scattergood and Willie Smith were jailed after attempting to pass a police cordon around a burning Freedom School. The one story building was empty and the cause was unknown. The COFO site housed voter registration and desegregation classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Miss
Council of Federated Organizations
James Dann
Charles Scattergood
Willie Smith
Bryce Alexander
Alexander
Five Die in Snowbound Santa Fe Mobile Homes Plane Crash
Five officials of Biltmore Mobile Homes Corp of Santa Fe Springs California were killed when their twin engine Constellation crashed in the Fairfax Industrial district at Kansas City Kansas after taking off from Kansas City Municipal Airport. Identified were Howard Kohler Lynwood Ed Gessler Edwin Mechsner Glen Watson and Bob Hite. The group had spent the day at the Carrollton Missouri plant en route home. The craft struck a parked aircraft and a woven wire fence. no fire occurred though witnesses spoke of an explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kan
Santa Fe Springs
Calif
Kansas City
Fairfax
Missouri River
Howard Kohler
Lynwood
Biltmore Mobile Homes Corp
Ed Gessler
Edwin Mechsner
Glen Watson
Bob Hite
California
Carrollton
Constellation
Industries
Ed Murrow Awarded Knight Commander by Queen
Ed Murrow, famed broadcaster from World War II London reports, is named Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. The honor recognizes his services in fostering Anglo American friendship. Murrow resigned from the U S Information Agency after lung cancer surgery and is in New York Hospital for a checkup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward R. Murrow
London
Britain
Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
New York Hospital
IBM Will Build A Colorado Plant Near Boulder
IBM will construct a 400000 square foot factory near Boulder Colorado to manufacture parts of the System 360 computers. The facility will employ about 1000 workers with deliveries planned to begin this summer. Site studies start immediately and construction is expected to finish in early 1966 with initial operations expanding from Denver locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Business Machines Corp
Boulder
Colo
Thomas J. Watson
IBM
Watson
Denver
Regents Seek 52.9 Million for KU Emergency Projects
The Kansas Board of Regents asked Gov. Avery for 2.9 million in emergency funds for Kansas University. The package includes 2.5 million for humanities building preliminary construction opposite Strong Hall, 200000 for Carruth O Leary hall renovation, and 200000 for planning. Construction could start after the new physical education building is finished next February. Robinson Gymnasium would be torn down and preliminary work would begin then. KU plans renovate Carruth O Leary to provide space for faculty from Fraser Hall, slated for razing this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas University
William Avery
Strong Hall
Carruth- O'Leary
Summerfield Hall
Allen Fieldhouse
Robinson Gymnasium
Old Fraser Hall
Mrs Harold Boehle and Others Named in Notices
A sequence of social notices lists multiple individuals with titles Prof or Mr and Mrs paired after each name including Harold Boehle G W Byers Paul Getto J M LeSeur Adrian H Lindsey Robert Lockwood Arthur Lonborg and Marvin Teplitz plus W Keith Weltmer.
Lawrence candidates Emick and Binns seek City Commission seats
Emick, active in Lions and Elks organizations and a KU supporter, campaigns on growth and lake prospects for Lawrence. Binns, a former Navy chief and Kansas University graduate, emphasizes citizen participation and public service while pursuing a City Commission post. Incumbents Owens Cooper Springer and school board members Altenhaus Jones Wilson will not seek re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th St
Ed Campbell
Arizona
Galen Patterson
N. H. St
Emick
Lawrence
Binns
Lawrence High School
Navy
Guam
Carl Knox
City Commission
Jesse Milan
Kansas City
Eunice
Glenn Dr
Donald
JoAnn
James Owens
Fred Cooper
Rusty Springer
School Board
Althaus
H. P. Jones
J. J. Wilson
Families Flee to Australia After Goldwater Defeat
Two San Diego families sail for Australia aboard the Iberia after Barry Goldwater's defeat. Robert Ansett and Peter Kemmsies, each with three children, say they flee socialism. Ansett's father Reginald meets him in Melbourne. Ansett is a bakery driver earning $175 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
San Diego
Australia
Barry Goldwater
Robert Ansett
Iberia
Ansett
Goldwater
United States
Peter Kemmsies
Mebourne
Reginald M. Ansett
Jet Crashes Near Topeka En Route to Offutt. Pilot Escapes
A T33 jet bound for Offutt Air Force Base Nebraska from Brookley Alabama crashed southeast of Topeka Kansas. Capt. R. J. Dodson of the 241st Combat Support Group was ejected five to six miles southeast of Forbes Air Force Base and taken to Forbes hospital. His condition was listed as uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Offut Air Force Base
Nebraska
R. J. Dodson
241St Combat Support Group
Malmstrom Afb
Montana
Forbes Air Force Base
Highway Patrol
Forbes
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
Offut
Lawrence School Prayer Practices Challenged as Unconstitutional
Harold Siegrist, chair of the Lawrence school religion committee, attends a session on prayer and Bible reading in public schools. The Freedom of Religion Committee report criticizes devotional activities from classroom grace to Christmas pageants and nativity scenes, urging correspondence and review by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Siegrist
Siegrist
Lawrence
Freedom of Religion Committee
American Civil Liberties Union
Reds Leading in India in Kerala special elections
In Trivandrum India AP report pro Beijing Communist groups held a slim lead over Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's Congress in Kerala State during the special elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trivandrum
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Congress Party
Kerala
Fire at Walter Brouner residence. cause undetermined
Firefighters, including Lt. F C Sanders and Assistant Chief John Kasberger, investigated a Thursday blaze at 1631 Ill. The fire started in a kitchen living area partition and spread to the basement and second floor, causing an estimated 6 000 in structure damage and 4 000 in contents. No one was home. neighbor spotted flames. Firefighters also handled two additional calls for a divan cushion fire at 1126 Hilltop and a fuse blown at the Phi Kappa Psi house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brouner
F. C. Sanders
John Kasberger
Kasberger
Brouner
Hilltop
Phi Kappa Psi
Kansas Council on Aging elects officers at 15th conference
At the 15th Annual Conference on Aging at Kansas University officers were elected. Re-elected chairman W. Mason Bridges of Topeka. vice chairman Bill Fridley of Crestline. secretary-treasurer Ruth G. Montieth of Kansas City Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Council On Aging
Conference On Aging
Kansas University
W. Mason Bridges
Topeka
Bill Fridley
Crestline
Ruth G. Montieth
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas House Approves Longer Truck Length Measure
The Kansas House passed 86 to 19 a bill to permit longer trucks on highways. Maximums would rise from 35 to 42 feet for single units, 50 to 55 feet for tractor semis, and 65 feet for two trailers on designated routes. A 60 foot limit would apply to motor vehicle or boat transport combos.
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Topeka
House
Kansas
Senate
Highway Commission
1965 Girls State Set June 13 20 On Mount Oread
The 23rd Sunflower Girls State, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary and University Extension, will run June 13 to 20 at Kansas University on Mount Oread. With Fraser Hall to be closed for new construction, planners consider Strong Hall or Hoch Auditorium for sessions if Fraser Hall is unavailable. About 400 delegates will stay in Joseph R Pearson Hall and dine in Kansas Union.
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Sunflower Girls
American Legion Auxiliary and
University Extension
Kansas University
Mount Oread
Sunflower Girls State
Old Fraser Hall
New Fraser Hall
James C. Canole
George B. Smith
Fraser Hall
Smith
Joseph R. Pearson
Kansas Union
Steel contract talks resume in Pittsburgh next Tuesday
In Pittsburgh AP reports the 11 major steel companies and the United Steelworkers Union will restart negotiations on a new labor contract next Tuesday after their first meeting in two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
KU Meds to meet Missouri in Allen Fieldhouse Saturday
Kansas University Medical School basketball faces Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse after KU meets Oklahoma State. Game times 1 30 p m for KU OSU and 3 45 p m for the Meds. At halftime Dr F C Phog Allen will award Scott Linscott the Allen Scholarship. Community World Day of Prayer service ends the observance at Plymouth Congregational Church with Rev C Garnett Henning speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Medical School
Missouri University
Allen Fieldhouse
F.C
Phog) Allen
Allen
Scott Linscott
Topeka
Harry Gibson
Phog Allen
Plymouth Congregational Church
Vt. St
C. Garnett Henning
St. Luke A.M.E
John Harris
Ninth Street Baptist Church
R. Edwin Browne
Wayne Replogle
Plymouth Congregational
Raw Radio Emergency Group elects three to board
At a Wednesday night meeting in the Police Fire Building the Raw Radio Emergency Group elected Pat Beedles of Baldwin Don Thiry and Ken Giffin of Lawrence to its board. President Bert Chandlee will also serve as a board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raw Radio Emergency Group
Pat Beedles
Baldwin
Don Thiry
Ken Giffin
Lawrence
Bert Chandlee
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Blaze
K.C
ED Murrow
Colorado
Wall Street Journal
Board of Regents
John A. Albers
Prof
Sam F. Anderson
R. H. Beamer
Harold Boehle
George I. Bullene
G. W. Byers
Jonathan B. Carter
H. E. Chandler
Dale L. Clinton
Robert C. Cook
Kenneth C. Dodderidge
Herbert J. Ellison
Ruth Gagliardo
John T. Garcia
Paul Getto
William B. Gorman
Frank R. Gray
William W. Hambleton
K. K. Hammig
Will H. Hayden
Lawrence J. Heeb
J. Knox Jones, Jr
Charles Kassinger, Jr
Fritz Koch
Paul B. Lawson
J. M. LeSeur
Adrian H. Lindsey
Robert Lockwood
Arthur C. Lonborg
B. Martin
Bill Mayer
A. B. Mitchell
W. A. Moore
Grace S. Nelson
Robert M. Nelson
Dan A. Palmquist
Robert D. Payne
Max L. Pitney
William H. Reeder
Mrs. Herold Regier
Edward
Robinson
Mae Ruble
Arlene R. Schaake
Mrs
George Baxter Smith
Judson Smoyer
Floyd Temple
Marvin Teplitz
W. Keith Weltmer
Emick, Binns
Rumsey Funeral Home
RC L
Alabama
George R. Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of
Omaha
Reds
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Bureau of Prisons
Estes
Harold Wilson
U.S
North Viet Nam
Labor Party
Frank Allaun
Anthony Greenwood
City Hall
Titl
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Ernest Pulliam
Jim Owens
Jim Schubert
Ray Wells
Ray Nichols
Vince Bilotta
Reynolds
Shultz
C. S. Arthur
Dick Wintermore
A. E. Woestemeyer
Chris Kraft
Dolph Simons Jr
Lawrence Memorial Co
Pence-Owens Garden Center
Lawrence Building & Loan
Lawrence Buildingaz Loan Association
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