Community views on improving Kansas image in Yates Center
In Yates Center reporters asked locals how to improve Kansas image. Answers favored better food and service to attract out of state visitors, more publicity for best parts of the state, promoting scenic towns as points of interest, highway improvements, and adding more parks along routes.
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Yates Center
Kansas
R. E. Wilbur
Robert Koester
Ronald C. Claus
Sycamore
Pam Hubbard
Yohon Shepherd
John Yohon
Walter Shepherd
Intercepted Letter Highlights City Poverty Child Starvation
An intercepted letter to Cha discusses the starvation of a Kansas City infant, linking the harsh reality to the era phrase poverty pockets, underscoring urban hardship and family distress.
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Kansas City
New Weather Alert System Placed by Chanute Police
Chanute police chief Lige Matlock announced a new weather forecast and storm warning system. Five day forecasts arrive twice weekly from Mid-West Weather Forecasting in Kansas City by telephone and are posted publicly at Memorial Building and the city power plant.
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Lige Matlock
Kansas City
Chanute
Memorial Building
Freight derailment blocks main line at Onaga
Eighteen cars of a Union Pacific freight derailed on the westbound train at Onaga Kansas blocking the main line and a passing track. Five cars toppled but no injuries were reported as officials cited a broken wheel as the likely cause. Traffic moved on a third line while crews cleared the wreck.
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Onaga, Kan
Union Pacific Railroad
Onaga
Weather Summary For Area Forecast Tonight And Sunday
Cooler tonight and Sunday with some clearing. Low near 40 tonight. High Sunday in the 60s. Historical notes show yesterday's temperatures similar to values from 1930 and 1918. Relative humidity and barometer readings are noted but not specified in detail.
Johnson enjoyably frolics at White House in spring mood
Washington AP report says President Johnson, in unusually high spirits, teased reporters from the Truman Balcony and demonstrated his pitching with an imaginary ball. He welcomed baseball officials, warned about a rail strike delay, and noted a positive shift after a session with Farm Union Grain Terminal Association leader William Thatcher.
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Washington
Johnson
Truman
Washington Senators
Los Angeles Angels
William Thatcher
Farmers’ Union Grain Terminal Association
St. Paul
Thatcher
Starvation Ruled In Baby's Death
In Kansas City, a 3 month old girl died of acute malnutrition after weeks with no food. Parents Alfred and Anita Abernathy, both 24, are charged with manslaughter by neglect and held on $5,000 bond. Other children, ages one to five, placed with juvenile authorities. The mother reported minimal feeding and a bath before the baby’s death. Autopsy confirmed death occurred days earlier.
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Kansas City
Abernathy
Anita
Lon Tillman
Luci Johnson Hosts Schoolmates at White House Event
President's daughter Luci Baines Johnson, 16, serves as hostess for a junior class gathering at the White House. The National Cathedral School for Girls event includes a piano recital by David Beam of Oxford, Ohio, with cookies and punch in the State Dining Room after the concert.
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Washington
Luci Baines Johnson
National Cathedral School
Luci
David Beam
Oxford
Ohio
State
MacArthur Laid To Rest In Norfolk Memorial
Douglas MacArthur was interred at the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk after a full military funeral with Taps and a 19-gun salute. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy attended the service on behalf of President Johnson. The 84 year old five star general died Sunday, ending a half century of war and peace roles.
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Norfolk
Douglas MacArthur
Jean
Arthur
MacArthur
MacArthur Memorial
Navy Town
St. Paul Episcopal Church
Johnson
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Korea
City Hall Avenue
Craft Shop Fire at Don's Metal Craft Damages Building
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Don's Metal Craft, 27 S. Grant, yesterday afternoon. Flames spread from burning trash behind the building. a door charred and windows heated before crews stopped the fire. A second alarm reported a grass fire at 620 N. Forest, under control on arrival.
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Don
S. Grant
N. Forest
Gift by Pupils For Quake Aid
ANCHORAGE Alaska AP The letter from Jefferson Elementary School pupils in Carlsbad California includes 4.65 dollars from a circus proceeds. The Red Cross said the money would aid earthquake victims and the note signed by Karen Mike Woh Jeff Edwards Karen Kirt Joey Mary and Terri.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Jefferson
Carlsbad
Calif
Karen
Mike Woh
Jeff Edwards
Kirt
Joey
Mary
Terri
Red Cross
Mediators at Work On Railroad Knots
Federal mediators press to settle the railroad work rules dispute in talks at the White House with President Johnson presiding. Johnson urged a 15 day strike postponement while officials remain optimistic for a voluntary agreement and ready to consider emergency anti strike legislation if needed.
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White House
Johnson
Washington
Congress
Illinois Central
Children Return From Governor's Mansion Farm Life
Three Cade children aged 12, 11, and 8 left the Little Rock governor's mansion after four days with Gov Orval Faubus and were taken back to a 65 acre Arkansas farm. Their father Archie Cade Sr cites Bible teaching against medicines, while state law requires school attendance. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered foster care until vaccination and schooling, but arrangements allowed a temporary return pending a ruling. The family plans appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mena
Ark
Little Rock
Arkansas
Wayne Cade
Delia Marie
Linda May
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Alta
Wayne
Archie T. B. Cade Sr
Wesley Howard
Texarkana
Arkansas Supreme Court
Howard
State Welfare Department
Bruce Bennett
Cade
U.S. Supreme Court
Arkansas Court
Cude
Cudes
Lost Money Is Returned to Honest Local Workers
A $20 bill blown along E Main near Self Service Grocery is returned to Pete Smith after Eddie Chapman finds it and reports it. Smith had earlier lost $101 in pay, while Harvey Mueller of Humboldt turned in $80 found nearby. A $1 bill remains unrecovered.
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Eddie Chapman
N. Washington
E. Main
Cecil Meredith
R. 3
Pete Smith
S. Ashby
Harvey Mueller
Humboldt
Chanute
Deceptive Hole Swallows Engine in Colorado Road
In Englewood Colorado AP report Richard Elkins drove into a hole on a Friday, causing his compact car to lose its engine transmission and differential as the vehicle dropped into the gap.
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Englewood
Colo
Richard Elkins
Five Story Jump Ends in Net in Harlem Roof
A 16 year old girl named Ona Lee Fuller leaped five stories from a Harlem roof after refusing pleas from two priests her guardian and police for 45 minutes. She landed in a net before about 3000 onlookers and was taken to a hospital in shock. Fuller had come to New York seven months earlier from Ithaca New York to live with Lt Charles West of the Salvation Army at the Manhattan Citadel on East 125th Street.
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NEW York
Harlem
Ona Lee Fuller
Miss Fuller
Ithaca
N.Y
Charles West
Salvation Army
West
Manhattan Citadel
East 125Th Street
Death Beats Murder Rap In Tulsa Case
CHICAGO AP At Tulsa Oklahoma ex convict wanted in the death of Mrs. Jean Moritz 28 Addison suburb could not be prosecuted for murder the county states attorney says A warrant for Gene Thomas Webb remains but first assistant Edward J Egan notes the coroner reports the cause of Moritz s death is unknown and the tavern shooting may have been accidental Lubbes Oklahoma convict led authorities to the grave near Farmington Missouri where Moritz s body was found after Webb allegedly transported it following the 1961 Harwood Heights tavern shooting
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Chicago
Tulsa
Okla
Jean Moritz
Addison
Gene Thomas Webb
Edward J. Egan
Charles B. Lubbes
Oklahoma
Lubbes
Webb
Missouri
One Day Training To Become Pilot in St. Cloud
Harry DeVine completed all flying lessons in a single day at St. Cloud Airport. He logged 70 takeoffs and landings from 6 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Friday to qualify for two required solo flights and earn checkout.
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ST. Cloud, Minn
Harry DeVine
Devine
St. Cloud
Kansas Democrats Settle Into Leadership in Hutchinson
Kansas Democrats move to elect party officers and national convention delegates after a preconvention dispute. State Chairman Jack Graves plans to resign. interim leadership and a slate of officers are debated as Harold Hurd or Dale Saffels may become permanent chairmen. The party also reconstitutes its national committeeman and committeewoman posts and selects delegates for the national convention.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Jack Graves
Wichita
Richard Liebert
Coffeyville
Graves
Harold Hurd
Coldwater
Hurd
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
Committee On Organization
Theis
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
William Robinson
Georgia Neese Gray
Richland
Nell Blangers
Salina
Marie Vicker
Pratt
Ruby Harris
Democratic Women’s Federated Clubs
State
Young Democrats
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Wilbur
Shepherd Hines
Lester Shepherd
Eisenhower Museum
Carl Hines
Kress
Stewart
Jack Kress
Gerald Stewart
Claus
Miss Hubbard
Cha
Robert
John Hutchison
S. Wilson
Benny
Bill Johnson
W. 3Rd
Ray
Jess Collier
Plummer
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Spring Fever
City
Isaiah
Baby
Alfred Joseph
Luci Johnson
Son
George Reedy
Illinois Central Railroad
Chanute and
Smith
Death
Demos
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