Postal Carrier Never Sick in 45 Years of Service
Hotchkiss C. Morgridge, a Longton Kansas rural carrier, retires after 45 years with no sick days and 460 days of unused sick leave. He delivered to 185 boxes for 200 families in the 1920s, now covers 135 families in 125 boxes. Morgridge, WWI veteran, received a safe driver award and plans to move to Wichita with his wife Neva Crumrine Morgridge Familie.
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Kan
Hotchkiss C. Morgridge
Rue Val
Post Office Department
Morgridge
Wichita
Central States
Morsgridge
Tos Day
Pony
Ford
Neva Crumrine
Crumrine
Majorie Shidler
Sheridan L. Morgridge
Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
Crumline Funeral Home
Morgridges
Hotchkiss Morgridge
Five Men Live In Sealed Isolation For A Month
Five men endured a 30 day isolation experiment using a shared air system and a purifier while drinking water reclaimed from their own waste.
Amish Must Send Kids To School
Hutchinson Kansas AP district judge James Rexroad ruled Amish father Leroy Garber violated state school law by not ensuring his 15 year old daughter Sharon attended a public or denominational school. The judge suggested making the Amish school a parochial school or advocating home instruction. Sharon attends one morning weekly in a rural class taught by Amos Bontrager. The ruling notes the school does not meet six hours daily five days a week and that religious belief does not excuse compulsory attendance. Garber’s attorney plans a motion for a new trial with potential appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court. no fine was set. The misdemeanor case highlights tension between Amish religious practice and state education requirements.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
James Rexroad
Leroy Garber
Sharon
Sharon Garber
Amos Bontrager
Rexroad
Garber
E. Dexter Galloway
Kansas Supreme Court
Garbe
College Looking Less Safe
Selective Service directors meeting in Stewart Georgia debated draft quota methods and agreed college deferments will tighten. Tennessee said draft cards must be met by tightening deferments and lowering requirements as manpower runs short. Lt General Wise and Hershey led the regional conference noting effort to leave qualified students in college while examining deferments.
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Stewart, Ga
Selective Service
Tal
Tennessee
Erbon W. Wise
Louisiana
Lewis B. Hershey
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Puerto Rico
Mrs Johnson to receive Whooping Crane Award for conservation
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson has championed conservation from the White House and will receive the Whooping Crane Award plus 2000 dollars at tonight's banquet. The event honors her effort within a 150000 dollar push to boost beautification and natural reserve protection nationwide, backed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Sears Roebuck Foundation.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
America
The
National Wildlife Federation
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Romney Seen In Strong Position As Michigan Gov. Race Neares
Governor George Romney solidified his standing ten months before the 1966 gubernatorial race as Michigan enjoyed a rising economy and broad legislation. Democrats, though controlling the legislature, could not derail his image, with major measures in education, aid to seniors, and unemployment benefits approved while Romney claimed 70 to 75 percent of his programs passed.
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Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Senate
U.S
Patrick McNamara
Rayemond Dzendzel
Detroit
Dzendzel
Johnson
Romhey
Panamanians burn flag at canal riots anniversary
Demonstrators in Panama burn the U.S. flag for the second time in two days during a rally marking the second anniversary of the Canal Zone riots, signaling ongoing tensions with American authorities.
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Panama
U.S
Paneama Canal Zone
Jerusalem coalition formed amid party blend in Israel
Prime Minister Levi Eshe kel forged a new coalition from Mapai and Achdut Avodah with Mapam and In dependent Liberals supported by the National Religious party. In Santa Ana Plaza a small crowd heard leftists condemn the United States and show solidarity with Fidel Castro and Mao Tze-tung as a banner warned the new Panama Canal treaty will not pass. The 1964 Panama Canal zone riots left 21 Panamanians and 4 Americans dead.
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Jerusalem
Israeli Sector
Levi Eshekel
Mapai Labor Party
Achdut Avodah
National Religious Party
Mapam
Independent Liberals
Santa Ana Plaza
Students’ Union
United States
Fidel Castro
Mao Tze-tung
Spanish Seamen Rescued By American Freighter
Surviving crewmen from the Spanish freighter Monte Palomares report the ship sank after grain cargo shifted in heavy seas near Bermuda. They say the captain and several crewmen drowned, while 18 others were seen alive in a lifeboat and raft. The Steel Maker carried four survivors and reported sighting a small boat while two other ships joined the search for the other distressed freighter Lampsis. The Monte Palomares and Lampsis faced a brutal storm as Coast Guard cutters and aircraft aided rescues, with 25-foot waves and winds up to 33 knots.
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New York
Coast Guard
Steel Maker
Bermuda
Monte Palomares
Penetellina
Thuro Maersk
Escanaba
Soviet congratulate Albania on China's 20th birthday
Moscow reports a terse formal note from the Soviet government to Albania congratulating Communist China's European ally on its 20th birthday. The Soviet presidium sent cordial congratulations and voiced conviction that friendship between our peoples endures.
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Moscow
Albania
China
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Photographs Show Viet Cong War View in 1965
In 1965 war images from Viet Nam reveal how the Viet Cong depicts its own struggle. U.S. 101st Airborne captured a batch of photos in Gia Dinh near Saigon showing Viet Cong fighters and wrecked armor. Captions reveal the National Liberation Front stamp and the enemy’s perspective amid battlefield chaos.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
New Zealand
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
National Liberation Front
Cholon
Gia Dinh
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