Chiefs Support Pact Minus Arm Twisting
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor testified that the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed to back the limited test ban treaty without pressure from Pentagon superiors. He said the JCS was consulted in advance, had access to Moscow-Washington cables, and supported ratification despite risks. Senator Jackson pressed for specific safeguards.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Taylor
Joint Chiefs
Moscow
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Group
Russell
Atheist Plans Center Sites in Stockton and Speed Kansas
Baltimore atheist Madalyn J. Murray announced plans to use Stockton and Speed in northwest Kansas for a center to propagate atheistic principles. The plan includes a radio station a college and a library with funding from private donations.
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Kansas City
Baltimore
Stockton
Speed
Kansas
Murray
Charles Willard
Hutchinson
Atheist Center Plan Emerges From Speed Kansas
Speed Kansas becomes the focal point as Mrs. Madalyn Murray plans an atheist project in nearby Stockton. Promoter Dave Cass found authentic office furnishings for Old Tucson in Speed. Local figures Carl Brown, 77, and supporters discuss deeds and site surveys as Murray journeys toward her 80 acre goal.
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Tucson
Ariz
Old Tucson
Old West
Dave Cass
Speed
Cass
Madalyn Murray
Kansas
Murray
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Stockton
Kansas Plains
Kansas City
Other Americans Inc
Carl Brown
Midwest Savings Conference elects Folda president
Richard G. Folda of Schuyler Nebraska was elected president of the Midwest Savings Conference succeeding Richard C. Wyatt of Sterling Kansas. The association of about 350 savings and loan officials is meeting at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Thomas L. Wilson of Topeka was elected secretary.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reflects Senate Testing Opinion
An intercepted letter dated to a nuclear test ban treaty debate shows the Senate real busy testing opinion. The fragment hints at intrigue and policy discussion without full context or location details.
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Senate
Weather Forecast For Kansas Warmer By Friday
Continued fair and warmer through Friday with highs in the 80s to lower 90s and night lows in the 60s. Topeka set a record low of 52 degrees, 1929’s record broken, while Goodland and Wichita saw 61 degrees. A drying warm front brings southerly winds and scattered showers late today and Friday, with possible thundershowers in western sections as clouds increase.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Wichita
Hill City
Concordia
Lawrence
Pittsburg
Bus window ask leads to theft on Chicago bus
Raymond Rice, 79, told police he was on a Chicago Transit Authority bus when a man asked him to open a window. As Rice opened it, the man bumped him and fled at the next stop, taking Rice's wallet containing $70. A Lawrence, Kane, lawyer may reconsider helping fellow travelers.
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Chicago
Raymond Rice
Chicago Transit Authority
Rice
Resolution Would Delay Rail Strike
Washington reports rising congressional support for a resolution to postpone the August 29 rail strike and have a special House Senate committee oversee renewed talks. No meetings are set between railroads and unions. The plan, championed by AFL CIO President Meany, seeks referral away from presidential arbitration to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sen Clair Engle introduced the measure with six Democratic backers on the Senate Commerce Committee. No committee meetings are scheduled in either chamber.
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Washington
House Senate
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Meany
Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
House Commerce Committees
Legislature Asked For Spanking Ruling
ATLANTA SAP The Georgia Legislature asked the State Board of Education to determine if spanking of unruly school pupils is effective in maintaining discipline and whether the law should sanction it. Board chairman James Peters urged a conscientious approach as members turned the issue over to a committee.
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Atlanta
SAP
Georgia
State Board of Education
James Peters
Lead Zinc Imports Hearing in Senate
A Senate subcommittee hears testimony on a bill to set flexible quotas for lead and zinc imports. Manufacturers and fabricators oppose the bill while western senators and domestic industry spokesmen back it. The minerals subcommittee will reconvene next Tuesday to hear federal agency testimony expected to oppose the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Byrd doubts tax cut passage this year
Sen. Harry Byrd doubts a tax cut bill will pass Congress this year due to Senate and House divisions and a jammed legislative schedule. He expects civil rights fights to stall progress, with filibusters possible and decisions delayed until Thanksgiving or later. Dirksen and Halleck offer cautious views on immediate action.
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Washington
Sen
Har
Inter
Byrd
Repub
Congress
Ington
Halleck
House
Senate
Virginia
Ett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A
Indiana
Dirksen
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Neosho Allen County Area Water District Is Approved
Neosho and Allen counties approve incorporation of a rural water district to serve Kimball Stark and Savenburg Elsmore areas. A six member board was elected with two directors per community, district plans a dam reservoir west of Kimball, with FHA financing and a $250000 project cost.
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Allen-Bourbon County
Elsmore
Neosho-Allen County Area
Erie
Neosho County
Kimball - Stark - Savenburg- Elsmore
Stark
Savenburg
Don Huffman
Jim Nelson
Willard Fox
Eugene Lee
Verle Nelson
Sam George
Lavenburg
Huffman
Fox
See
John Edwards
Altamont
George
Reiss and Goodness
Wichita
Dlofer
Savenburg City
Federal Farmers Home Administration
The
Water District
Neosho
Allen Counties
City budget hearing set for Memorial Building tonight
Public hearing on the proposed 1964 city budget will be held tonight at o o clock in the Memorial Building commission room. Citizens may attend to hear details and offer input on fiscal plans and allocations.
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Memorial Building
Two Arrests Linked to Great Train Robbery in UK
London AP reports two men, about 45, detained in Bournemouth after an attempted lodging pitch led to a police chase. A large sum, about 100000 pounds, was recovered in cars linked to the suspects, with further detentions in London. Authorities transport the men to Buckinghamshire, where the Glasgow London mail train holdup had occurred, netting 2.5 million pounds.
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London
Britain
Bournemouth
England
Cus
Tody
Buckinghamshire
County Board Amends 1964 Budget
Erie voters approved a two mill levy for a new county home and budget construction after a public hearing. The advisory committee urged the levy as a voter mandate, with bonds as an backup option, raising about 62 000 dollars annually and increasing the county tax rate to 37.21 mills.
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Erie
Board of Countying
Commissioners
Moncommissioners
Chanute
Neosho County
Wendell H. Bowyer
Kan J
24 Attend Farm Tour
Twenty four persons joined the Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee on its annual fall farm tour. Stops included Brazil grain storage near Chanute and three farming operations east of town. Dinner was served at Big Creek church after the tour. Arrangements were made by Glen McLaren and Jim Benton.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Brazil
Chanute
Ronald Cheyney
Kenneth Keas
Kenneth Brown
Big Creek
Glen McLaren
Jim Benton
Agriculture Committee
Beer License Is Surrendered At Ren dezvous Tavern
The retail beer license for the Ren dezvous tavern at 2112 E Main was surrendered voluntarily today by licensee Mary George. The city commission has an application for a new license under advisement as Mrs George plans to pursue other work.
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Rendezvous Tavern
E. Main
Mary George
Injuries Fatal Near Oberlin Kan Highway Crash
Keith Watts of Grand Island Nebraska died at Decatur County Hospital after sustaining injuries in a highway wreck at the north edge of Cedar Bluffs near Oberlin on the Nebraska line.
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Oberlin, Kan
Keith Watts
Grand Island
Neb
Decatur County Hospital
Cedar Bluffs
Kan
Nebraska Line
Oberlin
Correctional institution proposed for eastern Kansas
City officials received background on a proposed state correctional facility in eastern Kansas from the Kansas Economic Development Commission. The plan outlines a 600-bed youth jail with a 200 male staff, budget around 1.65 million annually, and a 3 year construction phase aiming to rehabilitate first offenders.
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Kansas
Kansas Economic Development Commission
Bob Martin
Bob Docking
KEDC
Robert J. Kaiser
Penal Institutions
Kaiser
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Kansas
AP reports Kansas traffic death tally for the 24 hours ending 9 a m shows August 24 with 1963 totaling 342 deaths. The year includes two previously unreported July fatalities and compares with 1962 period of 363.
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Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
House’ Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Atheist
Madalyn J. Murray
KWHK
Federal Communications Commission
God
Brown
Mrs. Murray
Gustav Broukal
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
St. Lukes Hospital
William J. Murray III
Garth Murray
Midwest Savings Post
Wendell Bowyer
Cha
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Harold Stroud
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