Docking Reaffirms Johnson Backing Despite Kennedy Visit
Gov. Robert Docking publicly restated support for President Johnson amid Kennedy visit crowds at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. He expects the Kansas 40 member delegation to back Johnson on first ballot at Chicago’s Democratic National Convention. Docking notes mixed adviser views and contemplates re election or Senate bid.
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Robert Docking
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Kansas
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Docking
Chicago
Kennedy
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Manhattan
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Bob
White House
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
County Forecast Weather Update Through Saturday
Variable cloudiness through Saturday with continued cold nights. Tonight's highs near 40s and lows around 20. Saturday should be generally fair and less cold with highs in the 40s. Thursday's high 43, tonight's low 19, a year ago high 76 and low 36. Record high 93 in 1910, record low 7 in 1955. 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am trace.
Nixon Moves To Solo Spot In GOP Planning
NEW YORK AP Nelson Rockefeller will not seek the Republican presidential nomination boosting Richard Nixon’s prospects. Nixon said a draft could occur at the convention if favorites fail to decide before it. Ronald Reagan and Paul Laxalt weighed in on whether a draft could shape the outcome and Rockefeller outlined four reasons for staying out.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Richard Nixon
Superintendent Picked For Pomona Schools
William S. Davison, current superintendent of Unified School District 358 in Oxford Kansas, is hired as superintendent of West Franklin Unified School District 287 in Pomona. He will start around July 1 replacing Phillip Arnett who resigns to further education. Davison has six years in Oxford and holds BS MS from Pittsburg State with graduate work at Western State College Kansas State University. He and wife Pat have two children Nancy and Alan.
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Oxford
Kan
West Franklin
Pomona
Davison
Phillip Arnett
Pittsburg State
Western State College
Gunnison
Colo
Kansas State University
Pat
Nancy
Pittsburg
Alan
Irish bartender Buried Alive 31 Days in London Coffin
Irish bartender Mike Mealey 33 completes over a month in a coffin eight feet underground in Kilburn London as part of the world burial championship. He drinks a champagne lunch via a plastic bottle and targets 61 days to beat a 55 day record. He speaks to his wife Alice and reads during confinement.
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Mike Mealey
Mike
Kilburn
Bill White
Austin
Tex
Bill
Frank Allen
Ripley
W. Va
Ballyporeen
County Tipperary
Alice
Ireland
Financial Times
Water treatment plant in Ottawa near replacement
Ottawa officials face aging city utilities as the east side sewer system and the west side water treatment plant near obsolescence. State health inspectors found the landfill drains do not threaten the water intake but urged planning for expansion. The water plant, dating equipment back to 1928, requires upgrades, while the Health Board supports current need but advises start of planning soon.
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Rosie Lister
Ottawa
Kansas State Department of Health
City
Don
Hamilton
City Water and Light Department
West Second Street
Commission
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
Riot Book Best Seller Sparks Broad Initiatives
New York AP report notes the paperback edition of the Presidents Commission on Civil Disorders is near a million in sales two weeks after release. Bantam Books ordered 70,000 more copies, totaling 810,000, with 300,000 sold in three days. Bulk orders pour in for church, business, and community projects including a Brooklyn diocese move to distribute 50,000 copies.
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Commission On Civil Disorders
Bantam Books
Pubishing House
Bantam
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bryan J. McEntegart
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