Johnson vows to work for freedom during Texas tour
President Johnson pledged to go anywhere talk to anyone and discuss any subject for peace and freedom as he toured Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with stops in El Paso and Oklahoma City after joining Mexico's Lopez Mateos to celebrate the Chamizal treaty. He urged prudent government fast river development and warned against waste while stressing strength against the Soviet bloc.
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Johnson
Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Barry Goldwater
United States
Goldwater
Lopez Mateos
Rio Grande
Eufaula Dam
Oklahoma City
Soviet Union
Europe
Moscow
Queen Elizabeth signs proclamation ending longest peacetime Parliament
The queen at Buckingham Palace ended the long peace era Parliament after 58 years, inaugurating a general election slated for October 15. Churchill ends his epic political career at 90, not seeking re election, as Alec Douglas-Home fights to shore up Conservative hopes amid Reform scandal and spy cases. The Conservatives trail or tie with Labour as campaigns begin in earnest.
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Elizabeth II
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Buckingham Palace
House of Commons
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Alec Douglas- Home
Harold Macmillan
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Churchill
Cops Free Convict After Eight Month Probe in St Louis
Capt. F. J. Vasel and Det. Jack Patty led an eight month inquiry freeing Willie Lee Fingers from a $79 suburban holdup conviction. They faced bias and risk as white officers probing the Negro underworld to secure the exoneration. Fingers, 30, is now released and seeks work with Vasel promising help.
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F. J. Vasel
Missouri Penitentiary
St. Louis County
Jack Patty
Willie Lee Fingers
Vasel
Fingers
Capt. Vasel
Patty
Jackson
John M. Dalton
Grain Road Rates Down in Kansas Transport Action
TOPEKA AP Kansas Corporation Commission chairman William L Mitchell announced railroads may cut grain rates effective Oct 15 on all grain products. Reductions apply to standard and previously unchanged rates, with a minimum of 12 cents per 100 pounds. Country-to-market or gathering rates drop 10 cents, e.g., Salina to Kansas City from 34 to 24 cents and Dodge City to Kansas City from 39 to 29 cents.
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Topeka
William L. Mitchell
Kansas Corporation Commission
Mitchell
Salina
Kansas City
Dodge City
Fund Drive Set Oct. 12 in Ottawa 1964 kickoff
The Ottawa United Fund 1964 advance drive begins with a kickoff breakfast on Oct 12. Downtown drive starts Oct 19 and residential campaign Oct 26, aiming to complete by Oct 31. Drive chair Charles Barnes reports plans include a fair share appeal for employees to donate one hour per month. A large thermometer will display totals on the northwest court house square. Other officers include Ed Haley Steve Lott Bob Pence and John Dodd.
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Ottawa United Fund
Charles Barnes
Drive
Court House Square
Sides Barnes
Ed Haley
Devance
Weather County Forecast Partly cloudy and warmer
County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions tonight and Saturday. High on Saturday expected in the 80s with lows tonight in the 60s to mid 60s. Thursday will reach about 75 with today’s low near 49, and a year ago high 81 with a low of 62. Record highs and lows dated 1904 and 1907 are noted. Hourly readings through midnight show temperatures from the mid 50s to mid 70s with a barometer around 30.03.
Nation's Drought Bill Estimated At 300 Million
AP survey shows farmers face drought costs nearing 300 million in crop damage with total losses possibly exceeding 500 million. Corn, soybeans, sorghum, and wheat hardest hit. dairies suffer from dried pastures as silos run low. Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania among hardest states.
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Associated Press
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Ottawa Schools Celebrate Frances Willard Birthday With Film
Ottawa schools mark Frances Willard birthday under Kansas law requiring temperance instruction. The highlight is a 15 minute WCTU supplied color film Food For Thought shown to elementary students. University of Kansas film library notes many alcohol education films exist and Sept 28 is a busy date for such screenings.
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Ottawa
Frances Elizabeth Willard
WCTU
Food For Thought
Frances Willard
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Kansas
Miss Willard
University of Kansas
Warren Report Stir Across Europe Sparks Doubtful Theories
European reaction to the Warren Commission on Kennedy's assassination is split by belief in a lone gunman versus conspiracy theories. Leftists in several nations push the rightist plot idea, while Italian and French outlets question a simple one man killing and note potential cover ups by authorities. Additional skepticism appears in Belgium Norway Sweden Denmark and West Germany amid serial and book discussions. $100.00 to $25 000 loans CH 2.4969. Adv.
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Hans Habe
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Belgium
Norway
Dagbladet
Buchanan
Orientering
People’s Socialist Party
Sweden
Denmark
UAW Strikes GM After Contract Deadline Missed
United Auto Workers walkout at General Motors plants nationwide at 10 a.m. EST after failing to reach a new three year pact by the union deadline. About 260,000 GM production workers likely idled as negotiations stalled over non economic issues and workplace standards.
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United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
UAW
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
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Ohio
Framingham
Mass
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Leonard Woodock
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
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Dallas
Norwood
Los Angeles
Wilmington
Del
Kansas City
Janesville
Wis
Lansing
Pontiac
Grand Rapids
Flint
Mich
Fremont
Calif
Mother Of Quints Adds A Daughter In 10-Pound Birth
ABERDEEN SD AP A 10 pound 7 ounce baby girl born Thursday night to Mrs Andrew Fischer 31 joins a family of 11 children and quintuplets born a year ago The child weighed 2144 inches and mother and baby are reported well At St Luke's Hospital Andy Fischer 39 was at the hospital and declined comment The quints ranges from 2 14 to 4 pounds and were kept in isolettes The family also includes four girls and one boy ages 4 to 8 Mary Ann Fischer had been hoping for a boy since the 14d8 were outnumbered two to eight The new baby comes as the Fischer quints gained world fame and fortune The mother also captains a bowling team in the Women’s International Bowling Congress with scores 154 161 and 176.
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Aberdeen
S.D
Andrew Fischer
St. Luke’s Hospital
Andy Fischer
Mary Ann
Richard
James Hovland
James Berbos
Berbos
Fischer
Quints
Minneapolis
Kids Back Home After French Kidnapping Dubious Hope
Paris AP reports three French schoolchildren Joel Biet Patrick Guillon and Christine 6 found safe near Bordeaux after being kidnapped last Monday. Police mobilized 100000 officers, set up roadblocks and alerts at airports and frontier posts. The children aged 5 and 6 were unharmed aside from fleas with no confirmed ransom payment. Two letters allegedly from kidnappers threatened merchants in Poitiers to pay by 1 p.m. EST. The trio were located by a woman recognizing them from police descriptions and notifying gendarmes at Carbon Blanc near Bordeaux.
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Paris
Bordeaux
Roger Frey
France
Nicole
Joel Biet
Patrick Guillon
Patrick
Christine
Poitiers
Marnay
Carbon-Blanc
Miller cites own covenant and Johnson contrast in California
Rep. William E. Miller disclosed his Bethesda Maryland home once bore a Negro sale ban, bought in 1958 after a 1946 covenant ban. He contrasted with President Johnson’s 1945 covenant in a separate property. Miller spoke in Bakersfield and Fresno as part of a two day California campaign tour. He told 5,000 at Bakersfield airport that Republicans must win California. He condemned Democratic charges that Goldwater is a warmonger, accusing the party of waging war four times this century.
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William E. Miller
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Miller
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New York
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U.S. Supreme Court
Bakersfield
California
Merced
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San Francisco
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