Indicted Vietnam draft resisters face conspiracy charges
Dr Ben Spock Yale chaplain William Coffin and three others are indicted in Boston on conspiracy to counsel youths to dodge the draft. The group faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine if convicted. The indictments cite 11 overt acts including a Boston church draft card burn and New York protests.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
U.S
Vietnam
Spock
New York City
New Haven, Conn
Marcus Raskin
Washington, D.C
Institute For Policy Studies
Mitchell Goodman
Temple
Maine
Michael Ferber
Harvard University
Raskin
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Sistant
National Security
FBI
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Justice Department
Arlington Street
Boseton
Washington
Department of Justice
Coffin
Goodman
Resist
Cambridge
New York
Johnson
Arctic chill grips Kansas as temperatures plunge
A brutal cold wave blasted Kansas with sub zero readings expected statewide. Northern areas face 10 below zero with zero for the south, while wind gusts 24 mph escalate wind chill to dangerously low levels. Snow ranges one to two inches, with hazardous travel warnings across Kansas Missouri and neighboring states.
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Weather Bureau
Topeka
Bureau
Otetawa
Kansas
Arctic
International Falls
Minn
North
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Earier
Missouri
Miinolis
Kentucky
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
State teachers push plan to double Kansas school aid
The Kansas State Teachers Association unveils a campaign to nearly double state aid to schools from 92.5 million to 169 million by 1970 71. Directors say bills will be explained to faculty statewide and a public relations firm may be hired. Ken Ogden of Wichita leads the effort noting Legislature actions depend on persuasion while suggesting funding could come from income or sales taxes and education be prioritized over highways.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
KSTA
Association
Ken Ogden
Wichita
Heart Patient Still Doing Fine
Dr. Philip Blaiberg, 58, remains in satisfactory condition five days after his heart transplant in Cape Town. Surgeon Christiaan Barnard said Blaiberg is enjoying life and expressed intent to perform another transplant on an African, despite ongoing racial segregation policies in South Africa.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan WN. Barnard
Barnard
Mullato
Blaiperg
Soviets condemn U S over Haiphong ship damage
The Soviet Union charges the United States with hypocrisy over damage to the cargo ship Pereslavl Zalessky during a Haiphong raid, criticizing a Pentagon reply as evasive while Tass cites a State Department denial of intentional damage and regret if inadvertent.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States Today
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Tass
State Department
Pereslavl-Zalessky
U.S
Haiphong
Robert J. McCloskey
Last Minute Postage Rates Change Near Garnett
Garnett: Postmaster Roger Hastert notes today is the final day to mail at old rates before Sunday’s increases. A nickel stamps to all states and territories, Canada, Mexico, or armed forces. Air mail stamps rise to 10c. many letters ride free with air mail. Delivery delays persist due to terminal congestion and removal of railway post office cars. Zip codes need improvement.
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Kenneth Mace
Garnett
Roger Hastert
Canada
Mexico
Hastert
de Gaulle
Kansas City
Kan
RPO
Ottawa
Rockefeller Reluctance Could Put Nixon In Spotlight
Washington GOP leader Rep. Melvin R. Laird says Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s hesitance to enter early 1964 race may hand the nomination to Richard Nixon. Laird notes Rockefeller’s binding pledge to support Romney could block a return in key primaries and leaves Nixon well positioned in New Hampshire Wisconsin Nebraska and Oregon. The filing deadline looms February 29 ahead of New Hampshire.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
House
GOP
Rockefeller
Sen
Barry) Goldwater
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Dick Nixon
New York
Laird
House Republican Conference
John W. Byrnes
Goldwater
Byrnes
CBS
Aways
Nixon
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Oregon
Miami
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Claims Office Is Optimistic About Economy
Ottawa employment office reports December unemployment benefit claims fell to 210 from 263 a year earlier, with three county area totals at 576 versus 634. Manager Cal Ewing cites mild weather and stabilizing job openings, noting more applicants from outside the labor market and increasing female participation. He cites tax increases and rising living costs as factors and mentions recruiting activity for the Job Corps and cooperation with Labor and Defense Departments.
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Ottawa Employment Office
Cal Ewing
Threee
Franklin, Anderson
Miami Counties
Ewing
Labor and Defense Departments
Army
Air Force
Bus confrontation ends with teen forced to turn off radio
A 17 year old in Kansas City Kansas says a man on a bus pointed a revolver at him and ordered him to switch off a transistor radio. The youth complied and listened as the assailant demanded silence. Police are investigating the incident.
Ottawa rink delayed by thaw to reopen Sunday
The new Ottawa skating rink in Forest Park will not be open today due to ice not yet frozen. A mild thaw caused officials to refill the rink and the surface remains unfrozen, but planners expect it to be ready and open Sunday.
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Ottawa
Forest Park
Federal judge uses youth act to lengthen bank robbery sentence
Ronald Monroe Jones, 20, along with two others, received ten years plus one to two years supervision for the $6,500 Quindaro State Bank robbery on March 9. Judge Stanley cited a less-used provision of the Youth Corrections Act to exceed the usual six year maximum. Jasper Hollis Rosemund, 19, is already serving 12 years for the robbery. Henry Thomas Kearney, 26, was released after a mistrial.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ronald Monroe Jones
Jones
Quindaro State Bank
Stanley
Jasper Hollis Rosemund
Henry Thomas Kearney
Youth Killed Struck By Truck On U.S. 56 West Of Dodge City
A youth was killed early today when struck by a truck on U.S. 56 about eight miles west of Dodge City Kansas. The victim’s name was being withheld pending next of kin notification. The patrol said he was trying to flag down truck driver Vernie Bates after a car with several youths stalled. Bates, of Wright Kane, said he slowed but saw no one on the highway.
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Dodge City
Kan
U.S. 56
Highway Patrol
Vernie Bates
Bates
Topeka Juco meets to block control of vocational schools
In Topeka on Friday more than 30 people formed a group to stop junior college takeover of area vocational technical schools. Merie R. Bolton was named secretary. Representatives from the state's 16 vocational technical schools adopted a resolution opposing any shift of control to junior colleges and urged keeping vocational education independent and able to cooperate with districts, colleges, and industry.
Kansas demands data sale ban in Polk contract
Kansas told R L Polk and Co Detroit any new vehicle information contract must bar sale to direct mail advertisers. Jack Morse, Kansas Highway Department counsel, said the state seeks higher payments for data, aiming at a rate matching the highest in the country, about $8-9 per 1000 names in New York versus Kansas's current $1.50.
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Topeka
Kansas
R. L. Polk and Co
Detroit
Jack Morse
State Highway Department
Polk
Highway Commission
Morse
New York State
Overland Park Lawyer Named Deputy Attorney General
Edward G. Collister Jr. of Overland Park was appointed Friday as assistant attorney general in the Alcoholic Beverage Control office. Agent Robert Landerholm announced the appointment effective Jan. 15, succeeding Sherman A. Parks of Topeka who moved to the attorney general’s office.
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Topeka
Edward G. Collister Jr
Overland Park
Office
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Atty
Robert Lonederholm
Collister
Sherman A. Parks
Turtleeneck sweaters arrive at Bub's Squire Shoppe
New stock of turtleeneck sweaters in orlon knits priced at $10 arrives at Bub's Squire Shoppe. Ad promotes value and fashion for the season.
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Builtv
Orlon
Bub
Squire
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