Johnson Kosygin meet in cordial summit at Glassboro
In a relaxed first meeting at a Glassboro home, President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin shared informal talk that avoided major concessions. They discussed nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament while noting progress and planning further talks. The session highlighted common grandparent bonds amid broad policy disagreements.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Los Angeles
Luci Johnson Nugent
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Glassboro youths cheer Kosygin and LBJ at summit
Glassboro New Jersey residents, led by students and parents, cheered Soviet Premier Kosygin and President Johnson during a historic summit. Children waved banners praising peace while the town welcomed the leaders at Hollybush and city crowds milled cheerfully around the campus.
Amphicar owner recalls flood ride and amphibious car details
Ottawa man Monte Made recounts warning a couple who drove into a flooded Lincoln Street. Their Amphicar plowed through water toward Turtle Creek Reservoir. The 2800 pound vehicle runs 85 mph on land and 12 mph in water, gets 20-35 mpg, and carries marine features.
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By Monte
Ottawa
Lincoln Street
Jim Graham
Eloise
Turtle Creek Reservoir
Grahams
Graham
Topeka
Lake of the Ozarks
West Berlin
Tuttle Creek Reservoir
Triumph
Rain Slows Old Marys Fall After Night Rain
The Topeka Weather Bureau reports rainfall of three quarters to 1.4 inches along the Marais des Cygnes watershed but says Ottawa’s river level at 9 am is 32.45 feet and still falling. Flooding persists at several spots, with Creeks rising near Garnett and Osawatomie, while most creeks ease below flood stage as rain subsides and clearing is expected by Sunday.
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Topeka Weather Bureau
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Melvern
Quenemo
Osawatomie
LA Cygne
Trading Post
Pottawatomie Creek
Garnett
110 Mile Creek
Highe Way
Salt Creek
May Help On Area Flood Bill
Federal aid may cover area flood damage exceeding 1.5 million dollars in eight counties. Franklin County engineer Bob Lister says the figure will likely pass that amount and relief may be 100 percent or 50-50. Kansas authorities will file requests to a US Bureau of Public Roads emergency relief office. federal survey teams will assess in Franklin Osage Anderson Douglas Doniphan Jackson Shawnee and Jefferson Counties. Lister notes flood damage appears lighter in Franklin with two bridges and two grading projects washed out, but a firm total awaits river recession.
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Bob Lister
Franklin County
Lister
Kansas
US Bureau of Public Roads
Denver
State Highway Department
Franklin
Osage
Anderson
Douglas
Doniphan
Jackson
Shawnee
Jefferson
Reid Ward Burned In Boat Blast
Osage Beach Missouri Reid Ward president and general manager Baldwin Ward Manufacturing Ottawa was injured Friday night in a fire and explosion on his 31 foot cabin cruiser as he cleaned the gasoline sediment bowl and recharged the motor. He was thrown from theboat and the craft sank. Neighbors rushed him to a Camdenton hospital and later to St Luke s Hospital in Kansas City where he remained in satisfactory condition.
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Osage Beach
Reid Ward
Baldwin Ward Manufacturing Co
Ottawa
Ward
Camdenton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
First Wheat In Despite Rain Near Princeton
Ralph Smith, a northeast Princeton area farmer, delivered a 300 bushel load of wheat to the Princeton Elevator on Friday. The grain tested 13.41 percent moisture, yielded 35 bushels per acre, and weighed 61 pounds per bushel, representing the elevator's first good load from an 8 acre patch.
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Ralph Smith
Princeton
Smith
Weather Summary For Friday And Past Comparisons
High Friday 89 with a low of 67, matching last year’s 89 and 67. Record highs 104 in 1924 and 50 in 1961. Precipitation for the 24 hour period ending 7 am totaled 1.43 inches. Hourly temperatures conclude at 8 am today.
Tornado Kills One and Injures Fourteen in Garden City
A Garden City tornado left one dead and at least 14 hospitalized. Civil Defense reported 125 homes with major damage and hundreds with minor damage as the storm moved east across the city.
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Garden City
Kan
Garden Cit
Civil Defense Headquarters
Richard Rohleder
Mamie Largent
St. Catherine’s Hospital
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Don Nugent
White House
Power
Alexei Kosygin
Hollybush House
Glassboro State College
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Alexei
Robert R. Spillane
Holelybush
Thomas E. Robinson
Glasseboro State College
Secret Service
Spillane
Glassboro State
Hollybush
Garfield School
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Mike Fitzgerald
Marion Fitzgerald
Mulberry
JaNean Burke
Clifford Burke
S. Mulberry
Donna Geldern
Richmond
Lonnie Chambers
Dale Gilloghy
Lon Mishler
Harold Guy
Hosspital
Briar Hill Nursing Home
Methodist Church
National Guard Armory
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