June, 1964
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., younger brother of the late President John F. Kennedy, was hospitalized with a broken back today after a private plane crashed Friday night in an apple orchard taking two lives.
Cheerleaders Win Second at School...
Fort Scott cheerleaders took second place over 23 competing schools at cheerleaders school last week at Maryville, Mo., and also brought home four blue ribbons and one red. Among those attending were Ginny Anneberg and Mary Helen Ballbeck.
Finley Buys a Catfish To Go with Blue Moon...
Charles Finley has bought a Catfish for $75,000. But then last week he paid the same amount for a Blue Moon. No, the owner of the KC Athletics isn't about to spring some more gimmicks on the American League, he's merely indulging in baseball's battle of the dollar for the nation's top young prospects.
Dr. King Moved To Secret Refuge-St. Augustine, Fla.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., jailed for trying to integrate a restaurant, was moved to an undisclosed town today because of threats on his life, Sheriff L.O. Davis said. The sheriff said King was taken away from the St. Johns County jail during the night. He would not say where the integration leader was being held.
Four-Minute Mile Tumbles to 8 Men...Jim Ryun First High Schooler To Beat Barrier.
A record eight runners, led to the tape by Dyrol Burleson, cracked the once-fabled four minutes in the mile Friday night. Jim Ryun's, the Wichita, Kan., high school junior, time was 3:59.0. He thus became
the first schoolboy ever to break the four-minute mile
Mahanes Named Athletic Director.
Howard Mahanes has been named by Dr. R.E. Hicks, school superintendent, to the post of athletic director for the school year 1964-65.
Goldwater Vote Becomes an Issue...
Sen. Barry Goldwater's vote against the civil right bill was being used both for and against him today in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination.
Six Fort Scott girls attended baton twirler's camp at Monett, Mo. last week. Among those attending were Diane Miller and JoNelle Anderson.
"Wild-Eyed" Ruby Denies Any Ties with Lee Oswald...
A clean shaven but "wild-eyed" Jack Ruby told Chief Justice Earl Warren Sunday he had no connection with Lee Harvey Osward, whom he shot two days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This was reported by a reliable source after Warren spent more than three hours with Ruby in the Dallas County jail.
Details of the jail conference were not made public. However, it is known that Warren and Rep. Gerald Ford, R-Mich., a commission member, asked Ruby if he knew Oswald and was there a conspiracy involved when he shot him.
Johnson Girls Setting U.S. Fashion Trends...
Because White House females set fashion trends, it's safe to predict that many young American girls will go "long hair" before long. President Johnson's daughters, Lynda Bird and Luci Baines, will have been responsible. They showed up Friday at the inaugural meeting of "Young Citizens for Johnson" wearing upswept hairdos. Their coiffeur, Jean Louis of Washington, described the styles as "in the romantic line" with a chignon on top. He didn't need a hair piece to do it either.
Miss Gladys Carruthers has been appointed by 1964 Girls' State Governor Arlene Tjart to a state executive position. She will serve as a member of the board of Social Welfare at the Girls' State proceedings which end tomorrow at the University of Kansas.
Loren Todd is a candidate for governor at the week-long Boys' State program. Todd is one of 13 candidates for governor listed by the Nationalist Party. The opposition Federlist party named 15 candidates for the post.
Loren Todd of Fort Scott and Stephen Ridgway of Lawrence are the nominees for governor of Boys State. Todd was nominated from a field of 14 candidates and Ridgway was among 13 in the primary election Monday.
Delegates to Kansas Boys' State chose nine elective state officers Tuesday night. The Federalists won seven of the posts, the Nationalists the others. Stephen Ridgway of Lawrence, a Federalist candidate, was elected governor. He defeated Loren Todd of Fort Scott.
Elected officials of the 32 cities which make up the Boys' State were four Bourbon county youths. Tim Henry was named mayor; Don Pfeiffer, police judge and Ron Pfeiffer, councilman.
