Waiting For ICC Action Delays Baldwin Line Opening
Santa Fe reports no word from the Interstate Commerce Commission on reopening the Baldwin Ottawa line. The line is weed checked with missing rails in spots and a few switch needs. If approved, Baldwin would gain quicker access from Ottawa via the main Santa Fe line, speeding shipments. Officials say they are ready to run with final authorization.
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Supreme Court
US Pilot Klusmann Escapes Laos for U S Flight home
Lt Charles F Klusmann a US Navy jet pilot shot down by Laotian Communists three months ago escaped from Laos to Thailand today. He boarded a US Military Air Transport Service plane and was flown toward the United States after receiving medical aid and basic needs at Udorn Thailand. His wife in San Diego expressed elation at the escape and noted his survival training.
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Calif
Sarah
Navy
One Month In Bed Creates An Urge
LOS ANGELES AP reports a NASA sponsored USC study found four teen healthy men confined to bed a month show strong urge to move and desire for exercise. They also noted craving for feminine companionship after rest. Participants faced dizziness on standing and later after centrifuge exposure but showed no lasting ill effects and completed tasks as before.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Steven Ellickson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John P. Meehan
USC
Earth
Meehan
Reds Bicker Over Border Dispute with China
Moscow charges China with expansionist aims through maps claiming over 500,000 square miles of Soviet land and historic claims to Burma Viet Nam Korea Thailand Malaya Nepal Bhutan Sikkim and plans to turn Mongolia into a Chinese province. Pravda calls it a war against world Communism.
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Thailand
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Sikkim
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Mongolia
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Carl Cayot Dead At 75 Ottawa Banker Dies
Carl D. Cayot 75 of 514 Ash Ottawa longtime First National Bank employee died Tuesday at Ransom Memorial Hospital after six weeks of illness. He served as assistant cashier and cashier, was a WWI veteran, and a former Drum and Bugle Corps member. Surviving wife two daughters Joan Cayot and Mrs Gene Nelson two grandchildren and a brother. Funeral Friday at Dengel and Son Mortuary with burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials suggested to the Leukemia Research Foundation at KU Medical Center.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Germany
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Drum and Bugle Corps of
Gene Nelson
Tonganoxie
Joan Cayot
Kansas City
Lynn B. Cayot
Alhambra
Calif
Leukemia Research Foundation
Weather County Patchy clouds with a few storms likely
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a few thunderstorms. Cooler Thursday with low in the lower 70s and a high in the 80s. Today high 91 and low 73, with a year ago high 99 and low 70. Record high 105 in 1959 and record low not shown. Barometer 29.96.
FBI Enters Baker Case To Study New Charge
Washington AP Johnson asks Justice to seek FBI probe into Williams claim that Matthew McCloskey paid a 35000 kickback on the DC Stadium contract. Williams says 25000 went to Baker for a 1960 campaign contribution. White House cites routine inquiry as campaign year pressure rises. Senate leaders discuss reopening Baker case as Dirksen and Mansfield weigh action.
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Bobby) Baker
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Senate Votes Health Plan Into Social Security
The Senate approved a health-care plan for the aged as an amendment to a Social Security bill by 49 to 44. It marks a historic endorsement in both chambers and a Johnson administration victory, though prospects for final passage remain uncertain as a House-Senate conference shapes the measure.
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Senate
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Senate House
Johnson wins AFL CIO endorsement amid solidarity doubts
In Washington the AFL CIO General Board unanimously endorsed President Johnson for a first elected term and then visited the White House to deliver the news. The question remains how faithfully about 12 million rank and file members will follow union leaders in backing Johnson.
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Backlash Fails To Show In Primary
DETROIT AP Rep John Lesinski the only Northern Democrat who opposed the civil rights bill was defeated in Michigan's primary by Rep John Dingell in a reapportioned district where white backlash did not materialize. Meanwhile Elly Peterson won the Republican Senate nomination as Gov George Romney extended his renomination margin. Detroit voters approved a homeowners rights ordinance amid housing debate. With 4,851 of 5,209 precincts, Romney leads Higgins and Hart leads Staebler, while Dingell trailed Lesinski early before returning to lead by 29 799 to 24 805 in the district tallies.
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John Lesinski
D-Mich
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John Dingell
Elly Peterson
U.S. Senate
George Romney
Lesinski
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Romney
George Higgins
Neil Staebler
Peterson
James O'Neil
Edward Meany
U.S
Philip Hart
Dingell
York Is Dead After Long Illness in Tennessee
Alvin C. York, World War I hero famed for 25 Germans killed and 132 captured in a single Argonne Forest day, died at 76 in Nashville. He had been hospitalized for a urinary tract infection and related illnesses, with funeral plans pending. His wife Gracie and all seven children kept vigil as York, a farm man from Pall Mall, Tenn., faced final days.
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Tennn
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Argonne Forest
France
Gracie
York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Cumberland Mountains
Negroes Offer Aid as City Prepares for Riots
Baltimore leaders and civil rights groups pledged help to police and National Guard after a warning that out of town agitators planned violent disturbances among the city's 358,000 Negro residents. The Interdenominational National Ministers Alliance and groups like the NAACP and Congress of Racial Equality signaled readiness to mobilize task forces in likely trouble spots.
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J. Millard Tawes
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Frank Williams
Alliance
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Urban League
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Lindsey family ends 16 year Ottawa Herald route in Pomona
After 16 years the Lindsey children retire from delivering the Ottawa Herald in Pomona. John Lindsey began at age 11 with about 60 subscribers. Janet, Barbara Jo, and others shared duties, recalled dangers and barefoot days, as Neal Baker takes over the route in Sept. 1.
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Pomona
John Lindsey
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Janet
Barbara
Pomona High School
Bailey’s Cafe
Emporia State Teachers College
Neal Baker
Neal
John Baker
Poumona
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