Kennedy Appeals for Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Pact
President Kennedy urged Senate ratification of the East West limited test ban pact as diplomats from about 30 nations sign in Washington London and Moscow. Senate approval by two thirds is expected in about a month with reservations on atmospheric and underwater blasts. Senator Jackson seeks scientific testimony on Soviet missile progress before voting. State Department notes 56 nations may join. France and China stand out as holdouts. Public hearings on political aspects begin Monday with Secretary Rusk as first witness.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
London
Moscow
Capitol
Boston
Otis Air Force Base
Howard Beale
State Department
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
China
Jackson
Senate House Atomic Energy, Committee On Weapons
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Kansas Orders 30 Percent Real Value Property Tax Rule
TOPEKA AP An order requiring all real property and tangible personal property in Kansas to be assessed at 30 percent of justifiable value was issued by the State Board of Tax Appeals. Chairman Sam Brookover said the order should not raise total state property tax. The measure follows a legislative move to equalize assessment at 30 percent and freeze levy limits to ease a five year readjustment.
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Kansas
State Board of Tax Appeals
Sam Brookover
Eureka
Brookover
Free Shodeo Fair Feature at Neosho County Fair
Erie hosts a four day fair opening with a free Shetland pony pulling contest tomorrow night at 8. Judging for open class and 4-H entries in home economics crops and garden, swine and sheep, plus woodworking entomology electricity and photography, is scheduled through the weekend. Exhibits run daily 9 to 5 at the fairgrounds near Erie with Bill Dickson as general superintendent.
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Erie
Neosho County
Bill Dickson
Weather notes show record heat in Kansas from AP report
Area forecast calls for generally fair hot humid weather through Friday with highs around 95 to 100 and lows near 75 tonight. Topeka reports scattered showers in western areas with Atwood 1.39 inches and Wichita 0.06 inches. Dodge City and Garden City trace amounts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Atwood
Bird City
Brewster
Osborne
Goodland
Dresden
Colby
Syracuse
Wichita
Dodge City
Garden City
Apparent Forgery Check Cashed at Local Market
An apparent forged check cashed at Foodtown Supermarket 101 W Main for 37.69 dated Aug 3 was returned no account. Payee listed as Robert Henderson with signer William H Reynolds. Hendersons Chanute post office box address is suspected fictitious. passer description not provided. Police took the case for investigation.
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Foodtown
W. Main
Bank of Commerce
Robert Henderson
William H. Reynolds
Bus Stop in Chanute by local theatre group opens tonight
Independence's William Inge comedy Bus Stop stages at the Senior High School auditorium at 8 15 tonight with a repeat showing Friday at the same time and place. The cast features talented Chanute and area residents who have spent weeks polishing the work for presentation. Refreshments and intermission chatter await playgoers.
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Independence
William Inge
Chanute Community Theater Group
Chanute and
Specialist Takes Over At Pecan Experiment
Chetopa Kansas AP Jack Winter a research specialist at Louisiana State University arrived to take charge of the Kansas State University pecan experiment field east of Chetopa The field was established by the 1961 Kansas Legislature to engage in research in pecans and other horticultural crops Winter and his family will move into a house on Pecan Street.
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Chetopa
Kan
Jack Winter
Louisiana State University
Kansas State University
Bond Posted For Kimpton On DWI Charges In County Court
Victor D. Kimpton of Thayer was released after posting bond on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. A hearing is scheduled for September 9 in the justice of the peace court. The highway patrol had arrested Kimpton yesterday on U.S. Highway 169 three miles north of Morehead.
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Erie
Victor D. Kimpton
Thayer R. 1
Justice of the Peace Court
Highway Patrol
Kimpton
Morehead
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log For Aug 1963
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday with August totals of 12. The 1963 toll is 328 compared with 344 in 1962, reflecting year to date fatalities and recent day counts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Union Heads Called In Case of Break For Rail Peace
Washington AP says 156 local officials of the locomotive firemen and enginemen union were summoned to Washington next week to join talks if rail labor dispute breaks. Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz urged their presence, while no solid proposal is disclosed. They may decide on a binding agreement to avert a nationwide strike set for August 29, potentially preventing job eliminations on freight diesels.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
J.L. Shattuck
Aflcio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Elton Klauman Cited by Police for Reckless Driving
Elton T Klauman 18 of rural Barston was cited on a charge of reckless driving after a collision at 518 N Lafayette about 11 o clock last night. A 1955 Chevrolet pickup owned by Louis Jordan was struck and parked in a Jordan residence driveway. Klauman’s 1953 Ford skidded 126 feet after a right turn from Ash south on Lafayette, causing $30 front damage to the Ford and $50 to the pickup. Hearing set for 4 p.m next Thursday.
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Elton T. Klauman
Barston
Lafayette
Louis Jordan
Jordan
Klauman
Ash
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in crime note
A clipped note echoes a coded intercept about a sensational mail train robbery valued at 2.8 million dollars. The message references Christine Keeler and Dr Ward in a sharp, era tone as a backdrop to the daring crime.
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Christine Keeler
Dr. Ward
Bandits Halt Mail Train and Loot £1 Million Plus
A gang of 20 to 30 masked robbers halted the Glasgow London mail train near Chiddingfold, bludgeoned the engineer, and fled with more than a million pounds in cash and registered mail. The heist lasted about 15 minutes, described by authorities as highly professional. a £10,000 reward was offered for information leading to arrests.
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Cheddington
England
London
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Reginald Bevins
Hatton Market
Jac Mills
Mills
David Whitby
Whitby
Supt
Malcolm Fewtrell
Buckinghamshire
Death Takes C. L. Hamsher
Chester L. Hamsher 62 longtime Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital business manager died at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. World War I II and Korean War veteran, retired Air Force master sergeant, survived by wife Grace, father William Hamsher, sister Iona Cotten, and three brothers. Funeral Monday at Koch Skinner Memorial chapel with burial at Fort Scott National Cemetery.
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Chester L. Hamsher
Southeast Kansas
Neosho Memorial Hospital
State Hospital
Parsons
Chester Lee Hamsher
Altamont
Air Force
American Legion
Chanute
First Baptist Church
Grace Phillips
Toledo
Ohio
William H. Hamsher
Iona Cotten
Emmett
Wichita
Ralph
McMinneville
Ore
Dix
Pittsburg
Calif
Koch- Skinner
Federal workers munch fudge bars to screen for diabetes
In a Public Health Service project, workers in Washington Dallas Denver Boston New York Kansas City Greenbelt Alexandria and Belle Mead consumed fudge bars during work hours to trigger a sugar intake test. An Auto Analyzer processed up to 60 samples per hour aiding rapid screening.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Public Health Service
Dallas
Denver
Boston
New York
Kansas City
Greenbelt
Alexandria
Belle Mead
N. J
Public Health Reports
Health Service
Haldeman Sentenced 18 Months for Obscene Mailings
Henry J. Haldeman, head of the Littl Blue Book Co. of Girard Kansas, is sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for sending and advertising obscene literature through the mails. Convicted in May on nine charges from 1961, he may appeal while remaining free on 2500 dollars bond. The firm, famous for Little Blue Books, publishes over 3000 titles.
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Topeka
Henry J. Haldeman
Little Blue Books
Haldeman
George Templar
Littl Blue Book Co
Girard, Kan
E. Haldeman- Julius
Judge Templar
Kennedy baby Patrick born premature at Boston hospital
President Kennedy rushed between Otis Air Force Base and Boston Children's Medical Center as his newborn son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, born premature, remained in serious but hopeful condition. Jacqueline Kennedy rested. physicians noted idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome. The birth marked the first time a serving president's wife had a baby in office in 68 years.
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Kennedy
Boston
White House
Patrick Bouvier
Children’s Medical Center
Air Force Hospital
Cape Cod
Salinger
Informa- Boston
Patrick Bouvier Tion
Ditson
Pierre Salinger
Otis Air Force Base
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hugh Auchincloss
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Patrick
Cleveland
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
Stork
John Jr
Palm Beach
Fla
Georgetown University Hospital
Bouvier
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Milt) Snyder
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Perry Owsley
County Boards of Equalization
Shodeo
Richard Weiner
Mra
Joe Weiner
Gumboldt
Betty Williams
Pecan Experiment
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Police
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Fice
Death
C. L. Hamsher
JFK
Otis Air Force Base, Mass
Boston Children’s Hospital
Maine
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