Seventeen Indicted in Chicago DNC Confrontations
A federal grand jury indicted 17 people in Chicago linked to disorder at the Democratic National Convention. Among the accused are eight demonstrators and eight police officers plus a woman NBC employee. Indictments cite conspiracy to incite violence and civil rights violations, with leaders among the demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S
Thomas A. Foran
James B. Conlisk
Grand Jury
New Left Movement
Enid Roth
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Democratic Platform Committee
NBC
David T. Dellinger
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bernard C. Davis
Thomas Hayden
Abbott H. Hoffman
Jerry C. Rubin
Lee Weiner
John F. Fraines
Eugene
Ore
Bobby G. Seale
Oakland
Calif
Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Hayden
Students Youth International Party
Yippies
Black Militants Lose in Motion in Wichita
Sedgwick County Judge Robert Stephan overruled a motion to drop two extortion counts against nine black militants charged with beating and threatening War on Poverty officials. They face one first degree robbery and three extortion counts in the March 24 trial, with defendants including John Manning and Harold Cole from Wichita and others from Topeka Lawrence and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Robert Stephan
Frank Carpenter
Chester I. Lewis
Carpenter-Blake
Lewis
Kansas
Stephan
Sedgwick County Atty
Keith Sanborn
Stephen
John Manning
Harold Cole
Samuel J. Hunt
Topeka
Leonard Harrison
Lawrence
Fred Johnson
Noel D. Newsom
Henry Davis
Richard Alexander
Vernon Pierce
Kansas City
Kan
Foot Race Not Used to Set Colbert Council Tie
Colbert Oklahoma voters produced a 118 118 vote tie for two candidates W W Brockett and Ollie Weger in a City Council race. The election board chair said ties must be decided by lottery not foot race, with the lottery type yet to be chosen. Brockett is 68 Weger 67.
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Colbert, Okla
W.W. Brockett
Ollie Weger
Weger
Harry Butcher
Bryan County
Truman Rail Car Returns to Missouri from Los Angeles Auction
The private railcar that carried Harry S. Truman on the 1948 campaign will go to Missouri. Kansas City builder Metropolitan Construction Co. bid $77,000, with total paid $80,850 including tax, to place the car in Bryams Ford Park, as owner Alex Barker plans a museum or park display.
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Truman
Harry S. Truman
Vernon
Calif
Harry
Vernon, Calif
Missouri
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Alex Barker
Robert F. Koste
Metropolitan Construction Co
Koste
Barker
Metropolitan
Bryams Ford Park
America
Shultz outlines Docking veto and union issues in Kansas
State Sen. Reynolds Shultz of Lawrence discusses Gov. Docking’s veto of Senate Bill No. 28 the highway tax hike and its impact on local funding and roads. He cites project shortfalls for Douglas and Jefferson counties and urges action on a Right to Work amendment and House Bill No. 1179 affecting federal reservations and union participation.
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Reynolds Shultz
Lawrence
Robert Docking
Kansas
Shultz
Douglas County
Jefferson County
Douglas and
Jefferson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Florida
North Dakota
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
Indri Lemur Compared to Tail-less Monkey
The indri, a lemur, is described as resembling a monkey without a tail. It highlights its tail absence and primate-like features.
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Joseph Ellis
del Mar
San Diego County Fair
NEI
Ivate Club
KPL
THE
Mansas
Sen. Shultz
University of Kansas Theatre
Minwa
Twilight
Murphy Hall
Experimental Theatre
Doug Clark
Red Dog Inn
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