Noel Douglas Given Lie Detector Tests
The lie detector test on Noel Douglas Thursday showed he has no knowledge of the explosion source that wrecked his home March 24. Officials from the fire marshal, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Ottawa police and sheriff’s department reported the homeowner volunteered for the polygraph. Investigators said nitrates likely dynamite caused the blast. no detonating device type is yet identified. They continue testing scene evidence at a state lab and probing explosive sources and possible motives.
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Noel Douglas
Ottawa
Douge
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Sheriff’s Department
Douglas
McNamara Says Military Strength In Good Shape
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara states the military buildup has strengthened the armed forces though some Army divisions converted to training suffer temporary combat readiness losses. He asserts the program benefits both current and future national security.
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McNamara
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Thas
South Viet Nam
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Senate
Stennis
United States
Glatt withdraws resignation as Kansas civil rights chief
Carl Glatt informs members of the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights and the state personnel director that he is withdrawing his resignation as executive director. The commission accepted the resignation previously, signaling he is effectively through, despite Glatt’s attempt to retract the move.
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PERA
Carl Glatt
Kansas Commission On Civil Rights
Comemission
Physical Fitness Now Contagious
In Birmingham Alabama six attractive housewives jog daily through their neighborhood as a trendsetting fitness wave. The scene captures a growing local craze where exercise becomes a social habit and a healthy lifestyle choice among neighbors.
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Birmingham
Medicare Insurance Extended Senate Extends Medicare Signup Deadline
The Senate unanimously extended the Medicare sign up deadline by two months for the $3-a-month doctors bills program. Senator Russell B Long urged the extension, aligning with President Johnson's recommendation. He said the Finance Committee approved it in secret session before the president’s call. The move comes with few senators present.
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Washington
Senate
America
Russell B. Long
DeLa
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
Long
Plans Made For Hospital Growth At Ransom Memorial
A joint meeting of the county commissioners hospital trustees and medical staff approved forming a long range planning committee to study future needs for Ransom Memorial Hospital. The goal is to qualify for Hill-Burton funds with consultants from Herman Smith Chicago having outlined needed expansions including 88 beds and major renovations estimated at about 1.3 million dollars.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Board of County Commissioners
Hill-Burton
Stephen Lott
James Wallen
Board of
Trust Tees
Robert B. Wellington
George Atchison
Lott
Herman Smith
Hosepital Consultants
Chicago
County Commission
Longe Range Plansning Board
Hille Burton
Three Americans Die In Viet Cong Hotel Attack
In Saigon a predawn Viet Cong assault on the Victoria Hotel killed three U S officers and at least three Vietnamese, wounding 143 including 113 Americans. The blast damaged lower floors, created a crater, and sent water from a rooftop tank flooding the area while two gunmen fled on a motorbike. Authorities said the attack followed a pattern of small arms fire followed by a explosives vehicle.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Victoria Hotel
Henry Cabeot Lodge
Tran Hung Do
Beetween
Cholon
Metropole
Union Strike Order Appeal Denied By Federal Court
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling denying the appeal over a backer of work order against the railroad. The decision maintains the court action affecting labor disruption and labor relations, with the case centered in Washington. The ruling preserves the existing injunction and its impact on union activity and railroad operations.
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Washington
Weather and rail strike mix dark forecast and GM impact
Fair and cooler tonight with Saturday sun and a top near 70. Northwest winds gust to 25 35 mph. Overnight low mid 30s, high Saturday lower 70s. Weather data notes record highs and lows, hourly temps, and barometer readings. Separately the AFL CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen strike against eight railroads prompted a Court of Appeals ruling and heavy industry effects including GM plant shutdowns in Michigan, idling thousands of workers and broader supply chain disruption.
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Court of Appeals
H.E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Walter M. Bastian
Warren E. Burger
Order
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
David L. Bazelon
Joseph L. Rauh
Holtzoff
Rauh
AFL
New Society Comic Mocked LBJ With Superman Parody
New Society in New York debuts a comic book The Great Society ridiculing President Johnson as Superman. It features McNamara as Captain Marvelous Humphrey as the Shadower Rusk as the Phantasm and Dirksen as the Disagreein Hornet with Mrs Johnson as Wonder Bird and villains including a Frenchman and a Khru shchev type. The book mocks politics with sharp caricatures and a jarring line about an army.
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New York
Batman
the Great Society
President Johnson
Superman
New Frontier
John F. Kennedy
Businessman
U.S
Gaullefinger
Fu Man Lai
Dr. Nyet
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Captain Marvelous
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Phantasm
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
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Ft. Carson, Colo
Ala
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YMCA
Marion Phillips
Alabama
Turner
Ottawa High School
Oscar Turner
CIO Brotherhood of
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Francis Shea
General Motors Corp
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New Society
LBJ
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