McAtee Won't Quit Over Hutchinson Reformatory Probe
Kansas officials clashed over a board inquiry into expenditures from the inmates recreation fund at Hutchinson’s Kansas State Industrial Reformatory. Director Nora Stucker and former superintendent John Munns Jr. disputed the report’s charges that funds financed furnishings for the superintendent’s residence. Governor Docking urged McAtee to resign. he refused to quit his candidacy for attorney general and to resign as director of penal institutions.
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Topeka
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Reformatory
John D. Munns Sr
The
Nora Stucker
Stucker
Munns
Robert Docking
Charles D. McAtee
McAtee
Penal Institutions
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
O. R. Stites
Hanoi stalls on another US peace site offer
Tokyo AP reports North Vietnam rejects the U S proposal for Vietnam talks arguing the sites proposed by U S Secretary of State Rusk are biased or nonneutral. Hanoi accuses U S of stalling and of a war of aggression while calling for neutral venues and broader participation.
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Hanoi
Tokyo
Dean Rusk
United States
U.S
Vietnam
D.R.V.N
North Vietnam
U.S.A
Rusk
Ceylon
Japan
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Nepal
Malaysia
Italy
Belgium
Finland
Austria
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
South Vietnam
US Officials Press Hanoi for Quick Peace Contact Sites
Washington indicates impatience over the deadlock on initial peace talks with North Vietnam. The United States proposes 15 potential locations including many Asian sites and European capitals, while Hanoi resists the Geneva venue due to past perceived bias. Secretary Rusk urges a serious response as bombing limits are kept in place to spur talks.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Paris
Alexei N. Kosygin
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Asia
Laos
Burma
Indonesia
India
Ceylon
Japan
Afghanistan
Nepal
Malaysia
Europe
Italy
Belgium
Finland
Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
Vietnam
Indochina
South
Docking Sets May 11 as Election Plans Announcement
Gov. Robert Docking told a news conference he has tentatively scheduled May 11 to announce whether he will seek another term as governor or pursue the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
U.S. Senate
County Weather Forecast cloudy with showers and storms
Cloudy with possible showers or thunderstorms, heavy tonight. Cooler tonight. Saturday partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s. Tonight’s low mid 40s. Thursday high 75, today’s low 59, year ago high 72, year ago low 45. Record high 85 in 1898, record low 31 in 1943. 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a.m. trace. Hourly temperatures ending at 8 a.m. today.
Telephone Workers Strike Proves Highly Effective
The AFL CIO Communications Workers said their major 21 year high strike was 90 percent effective in most areas today with near normal service overall. Pickets formed lines in sunny weather as management replaced some jobs while Bell System networks stayed largely intact though cables were cut in several places including Oberlin Ohio at a FAA control center. FBI was asked to probe the Ohio cable cut, with additional damage reported in Indiana and Florida and a separate issue in Seat tle.
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Washington
AFL
CIO Communications
Missouri Prison Escapee James Earl Ray Identified
The FBI identified Erick Star ve Galt as James Earl Ray, the Missouri State Penitentiary escapee wanted for the King assassination. Ray, missing since April 23, 1967, had a 20 year sentence for armed robbery and motor vehicle theft. He became a federal fugitive July 20, 1967 after an escape charge filing.
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Washington
FBI Today
Erick Starve Galt
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Ray
State Hospital
Fulton
FBI
Missouri
Local strike has no effect here says phone officials
The Western Electric Co and the Communication Workers of America strike has not been felt locally with no Western Electric employees working in the area and Southwestern Bell not involved in the labor dispute.
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Western Electric Co
Communication Workers of America
Western Electric
Southwestern Bell
Nationwide telephone strike spreads after long walkout
The union backed wage demands as a nationwide telephone strike began in most areas on Thursday afternoon, the first such action since 1947. No talks occurred Friday between management and union officials, but mediation chief William E Simkin said parties are in close touch and hopeful to meet soon.
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Wiliam E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
OU CRC To Offer Scholarship
An anonymous donor funds a Civil Rights Commission scholarship at Ottawa University to aid entering or returning Negro students. The Martin Luther King Jr foundation Memorial fund starts in 1968 69 with at least two $500 awards yearly for 50 years, managed by a five member board and an officer. Brochures and forms arrive in about a month. Contributions will come from private donors and the OU CRC.
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The
Civil Rights Commission
CRC
Ottawa University
Martin Luther King Jr. Foundation Memorial Fund
OU Crc
Pastors Set Exchanges Among Five Ottawa Denominations
Five Ottawa churches will exchange committees of three to six laymen to attend each other’s Sunday services on May 5 as part of a local arm of the national Consultation on Church Union. Each denomination will visit the other four, then pastors will compare impressions and report findings to the national body. Denominations include African Methodist Episcopal, First Christian, First Presbyterian, Westminster Presbyterian, Trinity Methodist, First Methodist, and Grace Episcopal.
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Ottawa
Church Union
African Methodist Episcopal
First Christian Church
First Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian
Trinity Methodist
First Methodist
Grace Episcopal Church
Hedge Post Trade Driven by Hedgewood Demand in Plains
Charles Follmer of Altoona Kansas operates a fence post yard selling more than 50,000 hedge posts annually. Hedgewood from local hedge trees remains in demand for corner posts and cattle shed framing in western Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska.
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Kenneth D. Mace
Charles Follmer
Altoona
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Buffalo
Follmer
Neodesha
Ramada Inn regional meeting opens in Hutchinson
A five state Ramada Inn roadside hotel managers meeting began in Hutchinson with inns from Arkansas Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Tennessee represented. Regional manager Bob Taylor of Tulsa said Ramada operates 11 Kansas units with two under construction and will have 202 inns nationwide by the peak 1968 tourist season.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Ramada Inn
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Bob Taylor
Tulsa
Okio
Ramada
Arizona
Liberal woman convicted of third degree manslaughter
Myrtle Mae Ward, 25, of Liberal Kansas, found guilty by a district court jury of third degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Joseph S. Joyner Jr., 24, at a Liberal tavern. Ward claimed self defense after Joyner slapped her. sentencing deferred and she has five days to seek a new trial while awaiting sentencing on a prior weapon conviction.
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Liberal
Kan
Myrtle Mae Ward
Joseph S. Joyner Jr
Ward
Joyner
69th Infantry Brigade mobilization sites revised
The 69th Infantry Brigade National Guard will mobilize at Ft. Carson Colorado instead of Ft. Campbell Kentucky and the 995th Maintenance Company will mobilize at Ft. Hood Texas instead of Ft. Lewis Washington. All units except 311 Battalion of the 137th Infantry report for active duty May 13 and will train at Kansas armories before transfer to their mobilization stations for an undetermined period.
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137Th Infantry
Kansas
Wichita woman elected first vice president of Kansas League
Elected at the Kansas League of Women Voters convention Mrs. Enzo Luzati of Wichita becomes first vice president. Mrs. Charles Kinzle of Parsons is treasurer, with Mrs. John Chalmers of Manhattan and Mrs. J.C. Martin of Brookville named two year directors and Mrs. David Edmonds of Mission a one year director. About 150 attended the two day event. Next year’s meeting will be in Kansas City.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Enzo Luzati
Wichita
Kansas League of Women Voters
Charles Kinzle
Parsons
John Chalmers
Manhattan
J.C. Martin
Brookville
David Edmonds
Mission
Kansas City
Meets Cancelled Delays at Ottawa University and High
Weather postpones OU Interdenominational Relays at Cook Field with 13 colleges, now set for Tuesday at 4 30 p m Ottawa Highs Argentine Relays in Kansas City rescheduled to Monday with preliminaries in afternoon and finals at night
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Ottawa University
Ottawa High
Cook Field
Kansas City
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U.S.S
New Jersey
Bell System
American Telephone & Tele
Ion
Joseph A. Beirne
Galt
King
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