Greyhounds Fuel Abilene's Growing Dog Farms
Abilene Kansas emerges as a hub for greyhound breeding and training, with 24 kennels and a $500,000 industry. The National Coursing Association headquarters since 1946 oversees records for over 550,000 dogs nationwide. Biannual meets bring 500 to 1,000 dogs, prize money over $30,000, and yearly economic impact estimated at 15,000 to 65,000 dollars for the city.
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Johnson Forces See Victory By 5th Ballot
Washington AP Lyndon B. Johnson campaign backers say he will clinch the Democratic nomination by the fifth convention ballot. Oscar L. Chapman predicts a Johnson win despite Kennedy leading with 540 delegates to Johnson's 231 in the latest AP tally. Johnson plans no public moves until a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon.
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Murder in hospital bed ends in stabbing tragedy
In Memphis, 44 year old Charles Clifford Porter, an unemployed cook, used a butcher knife to fatally stab his former wife Ella Porter, 26, as she lay in a St. Joseph hospital bed. Porter was seized by orderlies after the attack as a divorce had concluded. Police reported multiple past spats between the Porters.
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