Former banker jailed for falsifying bank books
H Howard Backs, 44, former executive vice president of Excelsior Springs State Bank, was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to manipulating bank funds and making false entries. Affected shortage was $400,000 to $500,000 with $258,000 in bad debts written off. Backs did not personally take any money.
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Excelsior’ Springs
Elmo B. Hunter
U.S. District Court
H. Howard Backs
Excelsior Springs State Bank
Presi
Newark Churches Weigh Merger Amid Declining Attendance
Three Newark Protestant churches plan a merger after an explor atory stage led by Rev. Guy O Walser of St John s and St Marks Episcopal Church The churches St Paul Centenary Methodist Forest Hill Presbyterian lie within five blocks of one another and face money and energy drains from maintaining large buildings All three support pursuing a unified future to sustain ministry and attendance
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Newark
N. J
Guy O. Walser
St. John’s
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Frederick E. Jenkins
John P. la Forte
Walser
Wedding Underwater First Church Cleric Marries Divers
The Rev. Mike Maxon wore a wet suit under his clerical collar to wed skin diver Jack Tyre and stunt girl Carna Day at Marineland of the Pacific. The ceremony took place inside a fish tank with sailfish and large windows as spectators watched.
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Los Angeles
Mike Maxon
Jack Tyre
Carna Day
First Church of Christ of San Fernando
Marineland of the Pacific
Judge frees Dockery after 10 months in jail mix up
Santa Monica AP reports Superior Court Judge David W. Williams ordered Sharman Pue Dockery released from jail after lapsing 10 months, saying this man has suffered enough. Dockery, 22 years old, had pleaded guilty to setting a fire in a vacant house and received probation. after mental exams he was returned to custody in December and forgotten, prompting his question to a guard. His probation ends next January 25, and he stated, I'm glad to be out.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Superior Court
David W. Williams
Sharman Pue Dockery
Dockery
Williams
California's finance director cites tax hike support
Los Angeles AP reports California finance director Gordon P. Smith says the largest tax increase in state history has drawn no resident backlash. He credits Gov Reagan for clearly explaining the need for higher taxes as he backed a 041-million tax program through the 1967 legislative session.
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Los Angeles
California
Gordon P. Smith
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Witty Correspondent Gilmore Dies in London at 60
Eddy Gilmore, AP correspondent famed for war reporting and postwar Moscow coverage, died of a heart attack at 60 in East Grinstead, England. Born in Selma Alabama, he worked for AP from 1935 after stints at The Atlanta Journal and Washington Daily News, won a 1947 Pulitzer for international affairs telegraphic reporting, and chronicled Stalin era life including his romance with Tamara Chernyashova amid wartime suspicion. He and Tamara married after Stalin’s death, an episode later dramatized in film and his book Me and my Russian Wife.
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London
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Stalin
Soviet Union
Rina
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
East Grinstead
Roswell Falkenberry
Selma Times-Journal
Eddy Lanier King Gilmore
Gilmore
Atlanta Journal
Washington Daily News
Washington
United Nations
Tamara Chernashova
Tamara
Wendell Wilkie
Kremlin
Dread Central Prison
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Chart Notice
Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates for trade area by mail: one month 1.00, three months 3.00, six months 5.00, one year 9.00. outside trade area by mail: one month 1.50, three months 4.25, six months 8.00, one year 15.00. editor Robert B. Wellington notes AP exclusivity for local news and AP dispatches.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Association Press
Associated Press
Space budget clash as Senate backs pared NASA funding
The Senate passed a 4.6 billion civilian space program for the current year by 60 to 5, boosting the House total by 95.5 million but still below Johnson’s initial request. Biden-era politics, Margaret Chase Smith urged NASA chief Webb to resign if support waned. The bill favors Apollo-related ventures, widening the rift with House plans.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Smith
GOP
Senate Space Committee
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Government cites drugs industry discrimination in hiring
Federal officials accuse the drug industry of racial bias in employment and plan action to compel firms to hire minority workers. An EEOC survey finds Negroes are underrepresented in manufacturing and clerical jobs, with only 5.3 percent of drug workers being Black while their metropolitan population share is 12.3 percent.
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Washington
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Commission
Clifford L. Alexander
Children find $114,000 on vacation trip
J W Stover of Martinez California a petroleum engineer told his children while vacationing to stay quiet and look for a sack of money and they unearthed $114 000 on Friday in Dallas Texas AP reported The children were searching during travel and discovered the large sum of cash on their trip.
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Dallas, Tex
J. W. Stover
Martinez
Calif
Stover
Audivox Hearing Aid Center Offers Free Information
If you're skeptical or unsure you may need an aid Audivox promises easier fitting with Computer Analysis. Audivox hearing aids are licensed under AT&T and Bell Labs patents. Send for free information to Audivox Hearing Aid Center 119 W 7th Topeka Kansas.
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Audivox
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Inc
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
Audivox Hearing Aid Center
W. 7Th
Topeka
Docking Sees Rockefeller Reagan Ticket As Tough 1968 Pair
TOPEKA AP Gov. Robert Docking repeated that Rockefeller and Reagan would form the toughest Republican ticket in the 1968 national election. He noted Rockefeller’s sincerity about not seeking the presidency and suggested a liberal conservative coalition. Docking voiced doubt about Johnson’s renomination and said Kansas has little appetite to abandon him for Kennedy.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Nelson Rockefeler
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Docking
Johnson
Humphrey
Rockefeller
Kansas
Reagan
Nixon
Robert Kennedy
Its Gonna Cost TOPEKA Highway Safety Act bill to Kansas
Gov Docking office estimates Kansas would spend about 634 million dollars over ten years to implement the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. Urban affairs specialist James De Coursey said the figure was sent to the U S Department of Transportation and anticipates potential department curtailment due to high costs. The estimate excludes existing state and local safety expenditures.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
U.S. Department of Transportation
Kansas
James de Coursey
Docking
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