Averill Winners In Commissioner Races Near Final Tally
A close final tally in the race for Republican nominee for commissioner of the Second District prompted a safety check by County Clerk Bruce Spears. George Atchison led with 354 votes, Dale Bones 338, and L. O. Fabert 221. In the Third District, Donald Averill defeated Earl Sink 425 to 341. Velma Powers won the treasurer race 736 N. Main over LaVey Louk 983. State senator Fifth District saw William S. Bowers win with 3,123 district total, but losing Johnson County to Anderson and Skinner. Bowers carried Franklin and Miami counties decisively.
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Hollis Thomson
Robert Pinet
Floyd Coffman
Almeda Edwards
Velma Powers
Bruce Spears
George
Atchison
Richmond
Dale Bones
Princeton
Bones
L. O. Fabert
Ottawa
Suse Pense
Donald Averill
Wellsville
Earl Sink
RFC
Averill
Franklin
Sink
N. Main
LaVey Maxine Louk
Miami
Johnson County
William S. Bowers
A. Scott Anderson
Clifford O. Skinner
Spring Hill
Bowers
Anderson
Skinner
Franklin County
Miami County
Earl Link
RFC 4
Obermeier
Harry Timberlake
Leavenworth
William Taggart
Lawrence
Robert Sanders
Salina
Jake Wilson
Emporia
Frank Sullivan
Paul Shanahan
John Crutcher
Hutchinson
Keith Martin
Shawnee Mission
Edgerton
U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Ellsworth
R-Lawrence
LA Sar
Ottawa Herald
Kansas
Poverty Bill Moves to House Floor in War on Poverty
The 962.5 million LBJ War on Poverty omnibus goes to the House for three days of debate aimed at youth job corps community action projects works training loans to rural families and more Speaker McCormack predicts a Friday vote with Democrats optimistic and Republicans broadly opposing the measure They plan floor amendments to align with a Senate 947.5 million version amid criticisms from opponents
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Washington
John W. McCormack
Johnson
House
Senate
Avery and Wiles Win Kansas Governor Primaries
Franklin County backed Avery in the Republican governor race while Doty carried the county in the Democratic contest. Avery led statewide with 84 853 votes to 75 889 for Boyd, as Wiles trailed with 48 295 in the GOP. Absentee ballots and final tallies were pending with certification planned for mid August.
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William H. Avery
Harry C. Wiles
Kansas
Avery
McDill
Huck
Boyd
Phillipsburg
Paul R. Wunsch
Kingman
Wunsch
Sedgwick
Congress
US Planes Raid Viet Cong Bases No Immunity From Reply
Tokyo abreast reports North Viet Nam claims five U S aircraft shot down and three damaged with one pilot captured. Washington says two dozen PT boats destroyed, bases hit, four shore facilities damaged amid Johnson warning of limited, proportional retaliation. McNamara notes reinforcements as Stevenson to press UN Security Council. allies voice support, communists threaten retaliation.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
U.S
North
Johnson
Ticonderoga
Asia
New Evening Post
Hong Kong
County Forecast Fair Tonight and Thursday
Fair tonight, then partly cloudy Thursday. Continued hot with highs in the upper 90s. Lows around 75 tonight. Tuesday high 92, today’s low 71. Records: high 110 in 1934, low 52 in 1915. Precip total 0.30 inch in last 24 hours. Barometer 30.05 inches.
Swift Arms Buildup At Saigon Escalates Tension
U S rapidly sends six F102 fighters to Saigon as Vietnamese air force on alert and Da Nang base thrusts tanks forward amid rising Gulf of Tonkin crisis. North Viet Nam and Red China potential attacks loom. Da Nang air strip sees heavy activity while Delta Dagger jets fly in from Okinawa on 24 hour alert. Premier Khanh backs firm U S response as SEATO gathers in Bangkok to deter aggression.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
da Nang
Red China
Gulf of Tonkin
I Corps
Okinawa
Clark Field
Philippines
Garnett’ D. Page
Decatur
Ala
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Maxwell Taylor
Khanh
South Vet Nam
South Korea
Radio
Hanoi
America
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Seato Council
SEATO
Britain
Australia
France
New Zealand
Pakistan
U.S. Pacific
North Viet Nam
Night Of Crisis Spreads To White House Gates
Washington AP reports a night of crisis as Tonkin Bay flash triggers tensions with North Vietnamese PT boats attacking two American destroyers. McNamara leads emergency meetings in the tank while State and Capitol Hill react with urgent briefings and mass crowds form outside the White House gates. Christina Woke Adv.
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Washington
White House
Tonkin Bay
Pentagon
State Department
Capitol Hill
Potomac
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
House
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
National Security Council
Cabinet
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Two Civil Rights Workers Identified Among Bodies Found
In Mississippi two of three corpses found near an earthen dam south of Philadelphia are identified as civil rights workers Andy Goodman and Mickey Schwerner. FBI director Hoover announced identifications in Washington. a third body is identified as James Chaney, per SNCC.
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Jackson, Miss
Philadelphia
Miss
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Goodman
Schwerner
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Greenwood, Miss
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Jackson
Chaney
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Meridian
Meridian Star
Chancey
Olen Burrage
Oxford
Ohio
Mississippi
Elgin Right
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Ise
Tion and Labor Committee
Wiles
Huck Boyd
Jules Doty
Don White
Robert Sonderholm
Chasé
Crozier
Dohm
Ferguson
Myers
Demgev
Coffin
Doty
Hart
Henkle
Stewart
Bulletin
Constellation
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations Security Council
Maddox
Kennedy
Christina
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