Earl Higdon House Blown Up in Kansas City Area
A Kansas farmer Earl Higdon and his family faced a house explosion when an LP gas stove ignited. Higdon, 61, suffered first and second degree burns and was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital after driving himself to a neighbor’s home. The family plans to stay with relatives as investigators assess insurance and damages. Neighbors reported the blast while Higdon’s wife and children awaited news.
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Rossman
Higdon
George Stankard
Stankard
Earl Higdon
Lott
Higdons
William E. McCullough
Thailand
William Hughes
Vietnam
Pope
Davis
N. Cedar
Princeton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
County Forecast Notes Cloudy With Showers Possible
Considerable cloudiness continues through Friday with a chance of scattered showers tonight and Friday. Cooler tonight with lows around 40. Friday highs in the 60s. Record highs and lows for this date are cited from 1948 and 1901.
FBI Issues Warrant For Hs Mysterious King Suspect
MEMPHIS Tenn AP The FBI issued a fugitive warrant in Birmingham for 36 year old Eric Starvo Galt charged with conspiracy and murder in the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr The warrant cites a man alleged to be his brother as co conspirator and notes a 30 06 rifle linked to the case was bought in Birmingham March 30 FBI Hoover announced the civil rights conspiracy began around March 30 and a photo of Galt was released seeking public help in his capture.
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Memphis, Tenn
Eric Starvo Galt
Martin Luther King Jr
FBI
Birmingham
Ala
Galt
King
Memphis
Tennessee
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
U.S
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam presses Phnom Penh or Warsaw for talks
North Vietnam published in Nhan Dan that the United States must agree without delay to Phnom Penh or Warsaw as the site for preliminary peace talks and halt all bombing on the DRV. The piece faulted U S for lack of good will and tied bombing to delays in starting talks while Johnson blamed Hanoi in Honolulu address.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
United States
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
U.S
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Nhan Dan
Honolulu
LBJ Talks with Eisenhower After Hawaii Mission
President Johnson, en route to Texas, met Dwight D. Eisenhower at March Air Force Base after Hawaii talks with Park of South Korea. They discussed Vietnam, Korea defense, and peace negotiations, with Park endorsing Johnson’s bombing reductions and reaffirming U.S. commitments.
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March Air Force Base
Calif
Johnson
Texas
Pacific
Honolulu
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Strategic Air Command
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Chung Hee Park
Vietnam
United States
South Korea
Palm Desert
Air Force 1
Park
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Investigators fault Hutchinson Reformatory fund expenditures
A three member board found grossly improper spending from the inmates welfare fund at the Kansas Industrial Reformatory in Hutchinson. Purchases funded furnishings for the superintendent’s residence after a budget denial, with knowledge and direction by the prison director and superintendent. The findings followed staff dismissals amid misconduct allegations.
Animals Invading Ottawa Forest Park Tot Lot
Ottawa officials unveil a new Forest Park tot lot featuring a 14 animal aluminum menagerie for riding. The display includes a duck to two turtles, four on a teeter totter device, four on hobby horse mounts and other play equipment. Superintendent J B Reeves notes completion by Tuesday with weather affecting timing. city clerk Don Capper cites about 2800 dollars funded partly by federal park improvement funds. The project advances Ottawa park development toward new tennis courts in Forest Park.
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Nelson Peed
Forest Park
Ottawa
Don Capper
Docking Signals Broader Probe Of State Penal System
Gov. Robert Docking stated it is certain the investigation will broaden beyond the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory at Hutchinson to include other state penal institutions. He released a three man investigative board report citing grossly improper expenditures by inmates’ reformatories and indicated he believes penal director Charles McAtee should resign though he did not directly demand it.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Kansas State
McAtee
Ottawa to Welcome Psychedelic Night Spot by Pence’s Shop
Ottawa readers will see a new dance venue described as strictly psychedelic open Friday night at 534 N. Main. Operated by Bud McArdle and partners, the hall runs 8 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, closing at 11:45 to honor the city curfew.
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Ottawa
N. Main
Pence
Bud McArdle
N. Locust
Dance Hall The Purple Haze Opens Partners McArdle Gardner Trober
See Picture On Page 3 reports a new dance venue named The Purple Haze by Partners with McArdle Jim Gardner at 619 N Hickory and Bob Trober at 635 S Locust. The club targets ages 13 to 25 with adult chaperones, no alcohol, soft drinks and snacks, admission $1.50, featuring bands from Kansas and beyond, black light ambience and wall color slides.
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McArdle
Jim Gardner
N. Hickory
Bob Trober
S. Locust
Kansas
Bell Workers Plan Nationwide Strike Set By AP
About 3,000 equipment installers in District 6 of the Communications Workers of America were urged to join a nationwide strike against Western Electric Co. Picket lines were planned at 2 p.m. at job sites across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and part of Illinois. Paul Gray said roughly 60 percent of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co workers would honor the walkout, with locations to be determined as crews move between jobs.
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St, Loub
District 6
Communications Workers of America
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Western Electric Co
Paul Gray
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Rosie
Art Rossman
Richmond
Cambodia
Communist Party
LBJ
States
KSIR
Special Docking Group
Kansas Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Reformatory
Penal Institutions
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Robert Londerham
O.R. Stites
State Board of Probation and Parole
Ronald Baxter
Charles McAtee
Nora Stucker
Reformatory Superin
Docking
Hutchinson Institution
J. B. Reeves
Bell
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