Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace Dies in Sleep
Alabama Governor Lurleen B. Wallace died in her sleep at 12:34 a.m. after a two year cancer battle. She was 41 and surrounded by husband George Wallace and their four children at the Executive Mansion. Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer became governor under succession. Funeral plans not announced.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen B. Wallace
George
Albert Brewer
Decatur, Ala
Alabama
Wallace
Ed Ewing
Ewing
Rescue Efforts Continue To Free Trapped Miners In West Virginia
Rescue crews press on at Gauley No 8 mine as water recedes guiding pumps 880 feet inside the mountain. Three groups totaling 25 miners remain trapped along two miles of passages while divers from Philadelphia join surface teams and emergency air shafts are drilled to reach them.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
West Virginia
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Gauley
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Philadelphia
Ottawa 290 Board Discusses Plans for New Elementary School
Ottawa Unified School District 290 board reviewed preliminary plans for a southwest Ottawa elementary school. Horst Terrill Karst architects presented five options. the favored design spans 15,540 square feet with six classrooms and a kindergarten. The board asked for additional plan variants and a May 13 budget discussion.
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Ottawa
Joe Terrill
Gary Karst
Horst-Terrill-Karst
Topeka
McClellan Readies to Expose Riot Plans in Campaign Probe
Sen John L McClellan says he will reveal un named party plans to turn the Poor People Campaign in Washington into a riot He accuses groups of intending to move in to provoke rioting and fighting as Congress weighs bills to curb camp ins Organizers expect up to 15000 demonstrators in Washington by May 20 with projections of larger crowds from southern states and Congress members weigh limits while SCLC led caravans gather in the capital
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Washington
John L. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Investigations
Senate
Congress
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Washington Montay
County Attorney Ends Moore May Bonanza
Franklin County ends the Moore Chevrolet Olds promotion after the county attorney received complaints from auto dealers. Since May 1 a daily changing car tag offered a $50 prize to the holder. Sheriff Joe Ferns photographed the display and pot as evidence for a possible warrant. Moore stops the giveaway.
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Franklin County
Lester Moore
Joe Ferns
Moore
Myron Steere
County Weather Forecast Amid Cloudy Cooler Conditions
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday with diminishing northwest winds. Low tonight in the upper 30s to low 40s, high Wednesday around 60. Monday high 67, low today 54. Year ago high 77, low 43. Record high 92 in 1934, record low 34 in 1931. Precipitation last 24 hours 0.23 inch. Hourly temps listed through 8 a.m. today with various readings. Barometer 29.80.
Indiana voters weigh image in tight Democratic primary
Indiana held a Democratic presidential primary with high turnout expected nationwide. Senator Robert F Kennedy led crowd size and polls, while Eugene McCarthy and Governor Branigin competed, as Republicans held a separate primary with Nixon the sole entry. The process hinges on cross over votes and later delegate assignment at the June 21 state convention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Hammond
Gary
Muncie
Terre Haute
Elkhart
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Greencastle
Eugene J. McCarthy
DePauw University
McCarthy
Johnson tax hike bill gains panel backing in party split
U S President Johnson pushes a $10 billion income tax increase with a required $4 billion spending cut. The Ways and Means Committee approved the tax measure 17 to 6, amid Republican criticism that the cut is too small. Byrnes calls the move a capitulation to White House pressure. The Senate backs a larger $6 billion cut.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
House Appropriations Committee
John W. Byrnes
Wis
Consin
Ways and Means
White House
Byrnes
Ransom Memorial Hospital Opens Third Floor Expansion
Sunday open house marks the hospital birthday and National Hospital Day as the 54 bed facility increases to 65 beds with a new wing including three 3 bed rooms a 2 bed room and three singles plus storage rooms a nurses station and patient dining area. Medically equipped and air conditioned the wing expands outpatient capacity and adds a large waiting area near X ray. The project cost about 142000 with 34000 from county taxes funded by the hospital reserve and endowment funds Sprigg Constructors Paola led a 120000 build with local sub contractors Underwood Plumbing and Wiggins Electric Ottawa. The auxiliary raised over 7000 last year and will guide tours during the 2 to 4 pm open house. The wing goes into operation Monday initially for Medicare patients. The hospital opened May 12 1931 with first patient Mrs Garland Richmond and her newborn son Gerald Cook Elliott.
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Hospital Reserve Fund
Sprigg Constructors
Paola
Underwood Plumbing
Wiggins Electric
Ottawa
W. C. Artinger
Robert A. Anderson
Milo Hewitt
Eckdahl
Davis
Depew
Topeka
Steve Lott
Medicare
Auxiliary
Garland Elliott
Richmond
Gerald Cook Elliott
Kentucky Derby winner Dancer's Image disqualified
Louisville report says Dancer's Image was dragged before the race at Churchill Downs and will be disqualified from first place. The horse is placed last and all winnings go to Calumet Farm, owner of runner up Forward Pass.
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Lousville
Churchill] Downs
Calumet Farm
Forward Pass
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