Bloodmobile visit rescheduled in Wellington for June 10
The Sumner County Red Cross Blood Program changes Wellington bloodmobile date to June 10 and hours from 1 to 6 15 p.m. due to Wichita district scheduling. Chairmen Schalk and Winger urge advance appointments at 11244 N. Washington by calling FA 6 3161 to boost the goal of 160 pints and accommodate donors with work commitments.
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Raymond Schalk
Sumner County
American Red Cross
Wichita
Schalk
Dick Winger
Red Cross
Schak
Changing Times
Red Cross Bloodmobile
American Legion
Washington
Bybee slayer is sentenced in Missouri case
John R. Abercrombie 23 of Tulsa pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to life in Jefferson City penitentiary for the Lake of the Ozarks double slayings of Cecil I. Bybee and wife. Kathryn Nance faced an accessory charge. charges later withdrawn. Police tied the .38 revolver to the killings with ballistics confirming the weapon.
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Camdenton
John R. Abercrombie
Tulsa
Okla
Jefferson City
Abercrombie
Cecil I. Bybee
Hutchinson
Kan
Lake of the Ozarks
Bybees
Bybee
Kathryn Nance
Miss Nance
James Roach
Oswald Widow Plans Marriage In Durant Oklahoma
Marina Oswald widow of Lee Harvey Oswald underwent a blood test in Durant Oklahoma before marrying Kenneth J. Porter, a Dallas technician. The Haney Clinic confirmed results would be ready about 2 p.m. with no waiting period due to both being of legal age.
Soaking Rains Drench Kansas With Flood Fears
Torrential downpours across central and eastern Kansas produced unofficial rainfall up to 7.90 inches near Beaver and five inch plus totals at Claflin and Yates Center. Flash flooding was seen on Cow Creek and Smoky Hill River areas while Marmaton near flood stage was forecast at Fort Scott. Temperatures rise to the low 80s with lows in the 60s.
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Topeka
Barton County
Central
Kansas
Beaver
Kan
Claflin
Yates Center
Cow Creek
Lyons
Smoky Hill River
Lindsborg
Mentor
Fort Scott
Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Garden City
Emporia
Wichita
Pittsburg
Aged Caldwell Resident Ana Marion Leslie Dies
Mrs Ana Marion Leslie 86 of 806 South Main Caldwell died Monday in Wellington Hospital. Born April 10 1879 in Phillipsburg she lived in Caldwell 50 years. Survived by two daughters Mrs P L Myers Austin Tex and Mrs Clarence Leyverly Caldwell two sisters Mrs Clifton Littig and Mrs Joe Daniels Ft Worth eight great grandchildren one great great grandchild. Graveside service 10 am Wednesday Caldwell cemetery Rev Ben Walker Caldwell Presbyterian Church officiating Schaeffer Funeral Home Caldwell in charge.
H S bands to start rehearsals
Wendell Mercer band director says summer bands begin Wednesday. The Junior High band meets at 9 a.m. in the Senior High band room, and the Senior High band gathers a week later at 7 30 p.m. All Junior High participants from last year are welcome.
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Wendell Mercer
GOP group updates 1964 platform in Washington session
The Republican Policy Coordinating Committee meets to update the 1964 platform. It will discuss federal state relations human rights job opportunities and foreign policy with Eisenhower Dewey Nixon Goldwater attending. House members push for spending cuts and tax reductions while sidestepping Taft Hartley repeal. They back Viet Nam and Dominican Republic policy.
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Washington
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Johnson
Ray C. Bliss
GOP
Coordinating Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard M. Nixon
Barry M. Goldwater
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
House
Republican House Policy Committee
Congress
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
France Signals Cautious Support for NATO Nuclear Plan
France indicated a cautiously favorable response to a U S proposal for a nuclear executive committee in NATO. Defense Minister Pierre Messmer said Paris would study Secretary McNamara’s plan to share nuclear control with allies via a four to five member committee, signaling no outright rejection and aligning with De Gaulle’s tripartite directorate aim.
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Paris
France
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pierre Messmer
NATO
Robert S. McNamara
Charles de Gaulle
McNamara
America
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
Memorial Day Weekend Observances and Gemini Flight Hype
Memorial Day weekend in Caldwell featured heavy highway traffic with no accidents reported. A miner accident occurred in city limits while residents paid respects at Prairie Lawn Cemetery. Veterans of Foreign Wars held a memorial service, and rain briefly dampened events. Local Navy Ensign Skip Brandon awaited the Gemini 4 launch at Cape Kennedy with his family hopeful for a successful mission.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Caldwell
Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Skip’ Brandon
U.S. Navy
Harry Brandon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skip
Chaveston
S. C
Wellington Area Weather Forecast Through Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness with scattered thunderstorms developing mainly in the afternoon and night through Wednesday. Temperature trends show lows 60 to 65 degrees and highs around 80 to 85 degrees.
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Wellington
Three More Deaths On State Highways
Three deaths on Kansas highways during the Memorial Day weekend raised the state total to eight. Nathan C. Ballou, 59, was crushed when his tractor overturned on a county road near Parsons. Helen Moore, 48, of Wichita, died on the Kansas Turnpike near El Dorado after a rain, skidding across the median and into another car. William E. Taylor, 42, of Lawrence, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a wagon accident on wet Kansas 10 east of Lawrence.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Nathan C. Ballou
Oswego
Parsons
Helen Moore
Wichita
Supreme Court consensus on state reapportionment cases
The Supreme Court held firm on state reapportionment principles in a series of orders. It declined to block New York's special legislative election under a lame duck plan, sent Illinois reapportionment guidance back to state courts, affirmed California Senate redistricting deadlines, and rejected intervention in Idaho. Justice Harland dissented in part, urging closer scrutiny of the court’s prior reapportionment rulings.
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Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago
California
Senate
Idaho
U.S. District Court
Illinois
District Court
Illinois State Senate
State Senate
John M. Harland
Harland
Tom C. Clark
Petter Stewart
Harlan
Arthur J. Goldberg
Samuel H. Rifkind
Aluminum labor pact sets industry pattern as unions settle
Aluminum Co of America and three AFL-CIO unions reach agreements on the eve of a possible industry strike. The 50.1 cent hourly raise over three years includes a new pension option for 30 year employees. Price increases are described as partial restorations affecting most fabricated products.
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New York
Aluminum Co. of America
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
United Auto Workers
Aluminum Workers ' International Union
Aluminum Workers
Reynolds Metal
Alcoa
Aluminum Workers International
Reynolds
Kaiser Aluminum , and Chemical Corp
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ormet Corp
Steelworkers’ Union
Gemini veterans brief rookies on four day flight
Astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Young prepare James McDivitt and Edward White for a four day Gemini mission. Young, who authored a 50 60 page postflight report, warns of fire in the hole shock and other unpredicted challenges as Grissom stresses tough experiences ahead.
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Harold R. Williams
Houston
Tex
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Grissom
Young
Earth
McDivitt
White
Astronauts McDivitt and White Clear for Space Flight
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White underwent detailed medical exams in Cape Kennedy as countdown to the Gemini 4 mission began. The 97 hour flight aims to study effects of prolonged weightlessness and include a 10 to 12 minute spacewalk tethered 25 feet from the craft.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
James McDivitt
Edward White
McDivitt
White
Christopher C. Kraft
Project Gemini
Charles A. Berry
Space Agency
Berry
Air Force
Wasp
Dalton Farmer Seriously Hurt In High Voltage Accident
Howard Slack, 36, of Dalton, was seriously injured Monday morning at Ashton when his head contacted a 10 000 volt power line as he released a ground wire while moving a grain storage tank. He fell 25 feet and was admitted to Arkansas City Memorial Hospital with a brain concussion skull fracture and hip fractures.
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Dalton
Ashton
Arkansas City Memorial Hospital
Howard Slack
Slack
Rabid Skunk Found in Sumner County Case Report
Dr. Charles R. Roquemore announced that a skunk sent for testing tested positive for rabies. The animal, which bit a dog on the McBride place in the Anson community, was killed Thursday by Dean McBride. Fire and police numbers listed.
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Sumner County
Charles R. Roquemore
Dean McBride
Anson
McBride Place
Wide Open Letter to Democrats in Frayed Address
A political letter titled Wide Open Letter to Democrats circulates with a frank taunting tone. The writer named Duke criticizes party figures and urges listeners to resist cliché accusations by opponents.
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