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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1965
Page
8
Charles Lynch reports from Harbin and Peking on the use of human labor to haul loads with three wheeled cycles and rickshaws. The article contrasts grueling toil with revolutionary ideals, noting long hours, heavy burdens, and the stark dignity or hardship seen in the faces of the workers.
Queen Elizabeth II and Mrs Kennedy attend a dedication on Magna Carta ground at Runnymede. The seven ton Portland stone memorial to John F Kennedy becomes American property as Caroline and John Jr., Robert and Edward Kennedy, and Mrs Lawford attend.
The Senate debates and seeks a vote on an Ervin proposed amendment to the voting rights bill. It would preserve literacy test qualifications for all citizens while allowing a federal takeover of voter registration in select Southern areas. Civil rights advocates and Southern opponents criticize the leadership amendments as unclear.
Washington AP report says a zeroshour compromise in the dispute over the Pentagon Reserve merger was signaled. Rep F Edward Hebert and Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara plan a joint news conference Saturday to face the press on an unsettled subject. Hebert has charged McNamara with bypassing congressional authority in merging Army Reserve units into the National Guard.
Police searched the home of School Superintendent Jardine after a bomb threat tied to firing 360 striking teachers. Jardine delivered notices ending contracts while the American Federation of Teachers voted to keep the boycott, citing the right to negotiate. The strike hinges on pay scales from the district and federation demands.
A tattered group of five adults and eight children journeys north from Texas aiming for McBride British Columbia. Misinformed by locals and juvenile officers over schooling, they travel in two improvised wagons with animals, hoping to homestead in Canada while avoiding school mandates and state scrutiny.
AP dispatch from Saigon notes government forces pulled from near Bac Lieu after trapping five Viet Cong companies, with 215 Viet Cong killed. To the north Viet Cong guerrillas killed one Marine and wounded several in attacks west of Da Nang. U.S. forces reported air strikes on North Vietnam with no new strikes on the north. The Bac Lieu battle left 18 South Vietnamese killed and 77 wounded. four Americans wounded. The operation yielded a large haul of Communist supplies including Soviet guns.
Franklin County population climbs to 21,084 for 1965 per agricultural statistical report by Bruce Spears. Ottawa up to 11,817 from 11,195 in 1964. Williamsburg and Princeton also show slight gains in county totals.
Mrs. Maxine Cornish of Pittsburg Kansas was awarded 110000 damages by a U S district court jury in a case against Sterling Drug Inc Winthrop Laboratory division maker of Aralen for arthritis She claimed partial blindness from 1958 to 1962 following physician advised use and a Kansas City eye specialist found the drug caused vision loss and warned of further decline The suit charged negligent testing marketing and failure to warn the public about eyesight risks
Oklahoma City AP Gov Bellmon seeks replacement for State Supreme Court justice Napoleon Bonaparte Johnson found guilty of bribery and ousted after 16 years. Johnson faced two bribery accusations tied to 1957 tax appeal and 1959 oil lease cases. Bellmon will appoint a temporary justice until the 1966 general election.
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