Kansas Democrats Start To Choose Delegates Today
Kansas Democrats hold their state convention to finish selecting 40 delegates and 36 alternates for the national convention in Chicago. Delegates to the state convention pick 10 delegates and six alternates at large, most reserved for party leaders, with 30 delegates and 30 alternates already chosen by district conventions across five districts. The convention is expected to adopt a unit rule binding the delegation.
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Topeka
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Chicago
Crossovers loom in Wisconsin presidential primary
Republicans who plan to vote in Democratic contests worry about crossovers deciding the Johnson McCarthy race. Governor Docking and aides weigh party unity while the convention shapes delegate picks and a $5 banquet. Docking to speak, reception at the Mansion, Young Democrats dance to follow.
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UN Meets On Fresh Crisis In Mid-East
The UN Security Council was convened in urgent session in New York amid a renewed Arab Israeli clash on the Jordanian front. Jordan and Israel pressed for council action after air and artillery exchanges, with casualties reported on both sides and Israeli jets claimed to have struck Jordanian positions. The crisis follows recent cross Jordan River fighting and troop buildups, prompting urgent requests from both nations and condemnation of cease-fire violations.
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El-Farra
East Bank
Security Council
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Dog Clinic Set For Tuesday
A dog care clinic will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ottawa Sale Barn, half a mile north of Ottawa on US-59. Dr. Charles Lingle of Kansas State University and Dr. W. H. Hay of the Hay Veterinary Clinic will present a two hour session covering feeding, care, parasites, key dog diseases, recognition, first aid, emergency steps, and health tips for dogs. All adults and youngsters are welcome.
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Ottawa
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Charles Lingle
Kansas State University
W. H. Hay
Hay Veterinary Clinic
Memorial services for Ottawa lawyer Pierson and Gingerich
Memorial services for the late John B. Pierson Ottawa lawyer and the late George W. Gingerich district court stenographer will be held at 1 30 p m Monday in the courtroom at the Franklin County Court House. The public is welcome.
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Ottawa
George W. Gingerich
Franklin Counery Court House
Pearson Seeks Expanded Congress Oversight Office
Washington Senator James B Pearson urged a Senate subcommittee to create an office of government procedure to scrutinize federal agencies and ensure laws are administered as Congress intends. He proposed an independent watchdog arm of Congress to monitor executive and independent agencies and said he has introduced a bill to establish such an office.
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Mourning for Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at Kremlin Wall
Thousands of tearful Russians watched as an urn with Yuri A. Gagarin ashes was laid to rest on the Kremlin Wall facing Red Square. The funeral procession honored the first man in space and Col. Vladimir S. Seryogin who died with him in a MIG trainer crash.
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Pause in bombing of North Vietnam hinted by House leader
Washington officials offered no firm decision after Rep. Melvin Laird suggested President Johnson seriously weighs a 30 day bombing pause. Laird, head of the House Republican Conference, said the pause could be announced at the highest levels to test the idea.
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House Republican Conference
Weather Summary For Friday And Daily Extremes
Reported high 82 and low 54 for Friday and today respectively with record highs 82 in 1943 and record low 14 in 1964. Precipitation measured 0.04 inches in the past 24 hours. Hourly readings show temperatures peaking near 81 and dipping to the mid 50s through the day with steady barometer around 29.90 inches.
Memphis Calm as National Guard Maintains Control
Memphis remains under National Guard oversight with rifles on patrol after a Thursday protest violence that left one dead. Despite a 6,000-strong march and ongoing strikes by largely African American garbage workers, business downtown and liquor sales are curtailed while Beale Street and Main Street see heavy troop presence. MLK Jr promises to return for further demonstrations as local leaders seek a resolution to the 48-day strike over union recognition and wages.
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German-born Dengler begins flight training in Kansas City
Navy flier who escaped a North Vietnamese prison camp starts training as a commercial pilot in Kansas City. Dieter Dengler, 29, native of Germany, enrolls at a training center and will graduate in four months as a Boeing 707 flight engineer for Trans World Airlines. He recalls being shot down over the Laos border in 1966 and eluding capture for a day before his crash landing.
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Dieter Dengler
Germany
Trans World Airlines
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North Vietnam-Laos
Fatal Fall at KU Medical Center in Kansas City
John E. Reynolds, 75, fell to his death from a fourth floor window at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Friday night. Reynolds was a patient at the hospital and suffered from a chronic illness.
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Kansas City
Kan
John E. Reynolds
University of Kansas Medical Center
Reynolds
Noted Escapes Mark Long Criminal Career of Scotty Hanks
Sentence records show Scotty Shirley Hanks received an additional five years for multiple jail escapes from Wyandotte County jail and Leavenworth federal penitentiary and for jumping bond in U S court He led a three man breakout last May overpowered a jailer Hanks was recaptured and later got 25 years for robbing Armourdale postal substation He escaped again Oct 9 from a federal penitentiary in a trash truck and was recaptured His history includes escapes from Jackson County jail Missouri General Hospital Kansas City Police guard 1952 1957 jail breaks through 1960 and 1953 flight from deputies and hostage use by the sheriff s wife and daughter.
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Scotty Shirley Hanks
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
U.S
Hanks
Armourdale
Federal Penitentiary
Jackson County
Missouri
General Hospital
Bates County
Kansas fraternities taxed for household furnishings at KU
Judge Frank Gray in Douglas County District Court ruled that KU fraternities and sororities cannot be classified as families or households and their house furnishings are used to produce income, imposing personal property tax. Fifteen Greek groups had paid the tax under protest since 1965, totaling nearly $13,000.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Frank Gray
Douglas County
Kansas
Gray
Manhattan Senator to announce bid for lieutenant governor
State Sen. Charles Arthur of Manhattan is expected to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor next week. Arthur has scheduled news conferences in Topeka and Wichita next Wednesday, April 3.
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Kan
Charles Arthur
Leuetenant
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Topeka
Wichita
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