Housewives Boycott Spreads to Six More Cities
NEW YORK AP The housewives boycott widened as shoppers in Daytona Beach El Paso Hobbs Carlsbad Roswell Albuquerque and Phoenix joined or supported actions against high prices. Organizers in Van Nuys Calif and other cities expanded reach while Denver's price war potential prompted Kroger like stores to cut prices in Cincinnati amid calls for broader participation and petitions in El Paso and Phoenix.
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New York
Daytona Beach
Fla
el Paso
Tex
Hobbs
Carlsebad
Roswell
Albuquerque
N.M
Phoenix
van Nuys
Calif
Housewives Voice
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Houston
Arlington
Dallas
Denever
Cincinnati
Lloyd King
King Soopers
Denver
Alber
E. L. Withers
Withers
Betty Webba
Ariezona Group
Los Angeles
Post Office Recruits Workers For Rush
Washington AP The Post Office Department will hire 50 000 temporary workers to handle the Christmas mail surge and aims to add many to the regular 700 000 staff by November. O'Brien cited earlier hiring to prevent delays seen in Chicago and said overtime may be used to clear backlogs.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O’brien
Viet Nam
O'Brien
Chicago
O’brien
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Richmond Man Killed on 59
Edward A Hull 30 of Richmond was killed when his 1960 car struck a bridge on US 59 near Coats Corner 1.4 miles SE of Princeton at 1 25 a m en route to Ottawa for a snack. Brother Gale 23 a passenger suffered head back and leg injuries and was treated then released. Vehicle demolished. body taken to Dengel and Son Mortuary. Funeral home details pending.
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Edward A. Hull
Richmond
Coats Corner
Princeton
Highway Patrol
Hull
Ottawa
Gale
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Funeral Home
Harry Byrd Sr Dies At 79 In Virginia Home
Former U S Senator and Virginia governor Harry F Byrd Sr died at his Berryville home at 8 25 a m after a prolonged coma from a malignant brain tumor He retired from the Senate in 1933 and his son Harry F Byrd Jr succeeded him at the end two of his sons and a brother in law were present at his bedside
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd Sr
U.S
Virginia
Byrd
United States Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
B. Beverley
Richard E
J. Gray Beverley Sr
Ky patching up cabinet rift amid dissident resignations
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky moved toward healing a split with southern civilians in his cabinet. Two of seven southern dissidents refused to withdraw resignations, while Ky suggested Deputy PM Nguyen Lau Vien would lead in Saigon during the Manila conference. Unconfirmed reports said five southern officials would stay, leaving no clear end to the North Viet Nam influence dispute.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Manila
Nguyen Lau Vien
Ment
Viet Nam
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Nguyen van Truong
Vo Long Trieu
Jewish Authors Win Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm AP reports two Jewish authors shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in literature. Samuel Joseph Agnon of Israel and Nelly Sachs, a German resident of Stockholm, were honored for distinct narrative and lyrical works. It marks only the second joint Nobel in literature since 1901, previously awarded in 1917 to Danish writers K. Gjellerup and H. Pontoppidan.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel Joseph Agnon
Iserael
Nelly Sachs
Swedish Academy of Letters
Agnon
Miss Sachs
K. Gjellerup
H. Pontoppidan
County Forecast Highlights Windy, Fair for Next 2 Days
Mostly fair and windy tonight and Friday with southwest winds 25 to 35 mph. High near 70 Thursday, low in the 40s. Today’s high 59, low 33, after a year ago today high 71 and low 49. Record highs 88 in 1947, record low 20 in 1925. Hourly temps ending at 8 a.m. today.
Johnson Wins Warm US Welcome In Australia Visit
President Johnson arrived in Canberra to a 21 gun salute and crowds as he began a trip seen as a mission of hope for peace. He urged patience and effort, noting peace cannot be achieved by miracles and stressing unity with allies in Southeast Asia. He spoke en route to Manila about hunger, ignorance, and disease and recalled his World War II visit with Prime Minister Harold Holt.
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Canberra
Australia
Johnson
New Zealand
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Camberra
Harold Holt
Manila
Garnett Pilot Noses Plane Into Sand Landing
Garnett resident Michael L. Gray and passenger Julius Reife escaped a private plane mishap near Hutchinson Municipal Airport when a cross wind and rough ground forced an emergency landing in a sand field. Gray, son of former Garnett police chief Bill Gray, described the maneuver as minor and said the aircraft touched down with one wheel before stopping within 300 feet.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson Municipal
Michael L. Gray
Garnett
Gray
The
Harvest Brand Co
Pratt
Bill Gray
Garenett
Julius Reife
Iuka
Breeding here blasts Pearson in Kansas Senate race
Democratic candidate J. Floyd Breeding campaigned in Ottawa stressing the need to sell American agriculture at home and abroad. He spoke at the North American Hotel, then toured the town with his wife Sue, outlining his farming and political background and criticizing opponent James Pearson’s record on farm issues and votes.
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J. Floyd Breeding
U.S. Senate
Ottawa
Breeding
Sue
Kansas
Congress
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ramsas
James Pearson
Pearson
Senate
Sen
Frank Carlson
Carlson
George Lister
Kenneth Andrews
North American Hotel
Bids Received for Parking Lot Demolition Project Bravo
City commission opened bids for the 100 block South Walnut demolition for parking lot Bravo. Coffman and Son Contractors of Lawrence were low bidder at 6225 dollars. other bids ranged to 17780, 10240, and 22175 dollars.
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City Commission
South Walnut
Bravo
Coffman and Son Contractors
Lawrence
Steve James
Champney Wrecking Company
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N. Y
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Topeka
Harley Blayelock and Sons
Olathe
C. S. Ehinger
Kansas City
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Police Department
Wichita
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Charles Williamson
Flaherty
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Vern Wadekins
Harry Gilliland
Junior Diamond
Gilliland
Otetawa
James
James and
Wallace Beasley
Larke In and Associates
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