January, 1965
President Johnson and those here to whoop it up for his inauguration, got both good and bad news from the weatherman today. Today marked the official start of what could be one of the liveliest inaugurations since Andrew Jackson's. President Johnson returned Sunday night from a weekend in Texas, ready to celebrate his sweeping victory over Republican Barry Goldwater. Coming back from Texas, he brought along so many friends on the presidential plane his staff members were displaced and had to ride another aircraft. Curiously, Andrew Jackson away back in 1829, seems to have come closest to Johnson in inviting all his friends to come. Some 20,000 did, crowding into the White House and creating such suffocating confusion that Jackson eventually had to flee the too-friendly mob.
Band Uniforms
The band has received five new uniforms, addition of which the majorettes are especially proud. The majorettes, Jo Nelle Anderson, Gladys Carruthers, Susan Diehl, Elaine Hunsicker and Susan Pellett, met with the uniform salesman two months ago to plan and design their new outfits. The wool uniforms have black, long-sleeved jackets with silver panels and the letters F.S. in red on the front. The box-pleated skirts are black with red inserts.
World Awaits Somber Funeral Rites Sir Winston Planned for Himself...London (AP)
Sir Winston Churchill lay at rest today while the world awaited the somber magnificance of a state funeral he planned for himself. Churchill died shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday at No. 28 Hyde Park Gate, the London house in which he had lived since retiring from the premiership in 1955.
Wins Speech Award...Dennis Smith, a Fort Scott High School senior vocational agriculture student, placed third at the District Co-op speech contest Saturday at Humboldt. For his speech, "Youth, the Power of Agriculture," Smith was awarded an all-expense paid trip this summer to the Youth Co-op Camp in Missouri.
Fort Scott Annual Rotary Chili Feed-
Meet Maggie
Maggie Ireland is an English exchange student from West Kirby near Liverpool. She is attending Fort Scott High School and makes her home with Dr. and Mrs. Pratt Irby.
Reagan's Entry in Political Ring A Sharp Contrast. Los Angeles (AP)
Ronald Reagan's decision to run for the Republican nomination for governor provided California with a new style of politics today and touched off more bitterness in a heated Republican primary campaign. He conceded he was a political novice.
Why is the entire student body talking about the Tiger basketball member's legs? Jan. 25, all the classes met and each choose a basketball member to represent the class in a contest. Chosen by the seniors was Dudley Quick, whose female sponser is Diane Taylor; the juniors chose Leigh Hudson; and Craig Coyan was chosen by the sophomores. This contest is a drive for the polio fund.
District Debaters...Four Fort Scott High School students, coached by R.E. Eschliman, recently attended a district debate tournament held on the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia campus. The event was sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association with the first place team from each class going on to compete in the state tournament this weekend. Students pictured are Robert Eshelbrenner, Greg Akers, Sally Pollock, Robert Farmer and Coach R.E. Eschliman.
Find a Hidden Bomb, Americans Evacuated...Saigon, South Viet Nam, (AP)
American servicemen, their wives and children were evacuated from a large swimming pool today when Vietmanese police discovered a huge bomb hidden near the pool. The bomb, 40 pounds of TNT, was concealed in a large flower pot 10 feet from the normally crowded pool. Detonator wires had been led through holes in the pot so that a magneto could easily be attached. The swimming pool is operated by the U.S. Command and only American servicemen and their dependents are admitted.
Tigers Rip Columbus Titans 58-41; Jefferson Hits 30...Columbus, Kansas
A determined bunch of Tigers sent the Columbus Titans down to defeat here last night 58-41. The bengal's Bernard Jefferson hit 30 points in the game-14 field goals and 2 free throws. Bill Sailors was top rebounder with 12, followed by Jefferson with 11.
Viet Cong Strength Grows Dramatically...
No Longer Any Question: Viet Nam War Being Lost.
At an obscure village named Binh Gia, 200 bodies of South Viet Nam's best-trained, best-equipped and best-seasoned combat troops lay in the brush and rubble. In the last six days of 1964, they had faced the most powerful Communist onslaught mounted to date in the war in South Viet Nam. The spectacle of these bodies being removed on ox carts and litters was a fitting symbol of the decline in military fortunes for the goverment and the United States. As 1965 began, there was no longer was much question in the minds of any Vietnamese or U.S. officials here that the war was being lost.
Flee to Freedom...Four East Germans, including two 13 year old girls, fled across Communist minefields into West Germany during the night.
