Park plans near Lake Pomona aim to ease camping rush
Vassar State Park at Lake Pomona struggles with brush and empty campsite sites as Kansas Park Authority works to finish facilities. A 3,500 acre lake, incomplete marina, and soon a new 500 by 100 foot beach are part of a multi year effort to accommodate visitors, with grading and buoyed swim zones and lifeguards planned.
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Blaine King
Vassar
Lake Pomona
Ben Street
Kansas Park Authority
Streeter
Carbolyn
Goldwater pledges backing for civil rights law
Sen Barry Goldwater told the Republican Platform Committee in San Francisco that he would enforce the new civil rights law and not seek its repeal. He urged unity, said the president administers the law, and stressed a free society at home with strength abroad. He avoided attacking rival Scranton and defended his long held views on liberty and constitutionalism.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Legislative Branch
Harry S. Truman
Pennsyl
Vania
William W. Scranton
Arizona
Platform Committee
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Professors urge neutral Vietnam split in petition
About 5,000 university professors urged President Johnson and both major parties to back a plan to neutralize North and South Vietnam. The opposition view argued against deeper involvement and inaction. The National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy distributed the statement, with no immediate White House or Defense Department reply.
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Washington
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
National Committee For A
Concession Sites Open for Pomona Lake Dedication Event
Two concession sites remain at the Management Park area of Pomona Lake for the Sep 5 dedication. Non profits may operate stands with first contact by July 15 to Joyce Hitchings Osage City. Otherwise first come, first served. Concessionaires must serve food and drink soft drinks only, provide own utilities, and serve at least 3000 people. Rentals are 10 percent of gross sales except Carbolyn and Dragoon areas at 5 percent. Stands operate Sept 5–7. permits are free from Pomona Dam Corps of Engineers. rules require neat booths, fresh food, health standards, and ample trash containers.
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Pomona Lake
Joyce Hitchings
Osage City
La-8
Carbolyn
Dragoon
State Board of Health
Corp of Engineers
Pomona Dam
Weather outlook with variable clouds and storms tonight
County forecast calls for variable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday forenoon. Winds light to moderate tonight and Saturday. High Saturday in the upper 80s with low tonight mid to upper 60s. Record highs and lows listed. 24 hour precipitation reported as 0.05 inch. Barometer 29.99.
50 FBI Agents to Mississippi Office Opened
President Johnson announced 50 FBI agents would be permanently assigned to a new FBI office in Jackson Mississippi amid the Mississippi disappearance case. Hoover will lead the office as Johnson noted, while Democrats discuss potential running mates and national political shifts.
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FBI
Mississippi
Washington
Johnson
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Activ
Freedom Schools in Mississippi Aims and Reach
In Mississippi the Freedom Schools operate without grades or bells. Negro students attend via night classes from churches garages and homes taught by white teachers under COFO. At Hattiesburg a teacher shortage exists with about 575 students aged 8 to 82 enrolled.
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Freedom Schools
Mississippi
Council of Federated Organizations
Freedom
Hattiesburg
Voter Registration Totals Rise Before August Primary
One hundred residents added their names to the poll books for the August 4 primary, bringing city registration to 4,726. Registration runs through July 20 in the city clerk's office, with a special period July 20–24 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Don Capper notes registrations are light. Those who did not vote in November 1962 or who changed name or address must register to vote.
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Don Capper
Hearing Set On County Budget For 1965
The open hearing on the county budget for 1965 is set for 9 a.m. Aug. 3 in the commissioners room of the courthouse. It is open to all county officials and interested persons for discussion and explanation before final approval. The commission has received proposed budgets from all departments and agencies and will evaluate them with available funds. If the need for funds exceeds the levy limit they must seek state permission to raise it.
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Court House
Salary Boosts For Troopers On Way
Kansas Finance Council voted to raise civil service pay ranges by 10 percent effective July 1 1965 to allow budgeting for 1966. Trooper pay rises from 358 505 to 395 557 monthly, with other ranks increasing accordingly. The council also boosted salaries for Water Resources Board engineers and some Agriculture Board staff, approved raises for top water division officials, and set Dr Christopher E Barthel Jr director of the new Research Foundation of Kansas at 29000 per year. The move rejected relocating Highway Patrol radio division headquarters from Norton to Hays.
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Kansas Finance Council
State Water Resources Board
Christopher E. Barthel Jr
New Research Foundation of Kansas
Highway Patrol
Norton
Hays
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U.N
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Robert S. McNamara
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
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Henry Ford II
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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