Two Men Held in Rare Coin Theft in Salina Case
Two men arrested in Omaha were arraigned on second degree burglary charges for a Salina August 11 theft of $1,400 in rare coins and currency. Billie Ray Keegan and Jerry Lee Porter faced bonds of $25,000 each as investigators linked the suspects to similar Kansas burglaries.
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Salina, Kan
Omaha
Salina
Billie Ray Keegan
Vancouver
Wash
Jerry Lee Porter
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Keegan
Porter
Saline County
Charles Francis
Francis
Niehouse
Kansas Population Rises to 2,180,533 in 1963 64
Kansas population increased by 8,237 to a record 2,180,533 between January 1, 1963 and January 1, 1964. Wichita remains largest city at 265,366. Overland Park leads county gains. Johnson County shows the biggest county increase. Geary County records the largest decline. Two new cities incorporated Grandview Plaza and Auburn.
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Topeka
Kansas
Overland Park
Johnson County
Geary County
Sedgwick County
Grandview Plaza
Auburn
Shawnee County
Wichita
Kansas City
Salina
Hutchinson
Prairie Village
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Manhattan
JayCee of the Year Award honors four Chanute members
Chanute JayCees awarded JayCee of the Year to Jack Groves at a meeting where Mell Williams and Ray Christiansen received the Outstanding Spokesman and Key Man certificates respectively. Dean Sutcliffe announced 100 percent attendance pins for Sutcliffe, Groves and Christiansen as Milt Snyder of the Chanute Chamber spoke on the Retail Committee and its promotions.
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Chanute JayCees
Jack Groves
Chanute
Dean Sutcliffe
Mell Williams
Ray Christiansen
Sutcliffe
Milt Snyder
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
JayCees
Snyder
Santa Fe Park
Obstacle Course Set For Local Motorcyclists Near Park
Police grant permission for a local motorcycle club to use a city land tract between Memorial Park cemetery and the animal shelter for obstacle course trials. The site must be scheduled with the police in advance and not used at late hours.
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South Katy
Memorial Park Cemetery
City Animal Shelter
Intercepted Letter Regarding President Family Holdings
Intercepted letter discusses the auditors value of the President's family holdings as the reported figure rather than a sales price. The writer signs as Yours, addressing Cha and noting the distinction between value and sale price.
Thompson Is Found After Disappearance Missing Kansas Man
John Ed Thompson Jr. of Kansas City Kansas, missing since May 18, collapsed at a Blackwell hospital and is being treated. His father J Ed Thompson of Abilene Kansas, former Kansas Park and Resources Authority chair, said the man is his son and had offered a $1000 reward for information. The man, semi conscious but improving, reported he could not locate a 1960 automobile found in a Kansas City Kansas hotel parking lot two days after the disappearance.
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Blackwell, Okla
John Edwin Thompson Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Blackwell
J. Ed Thompson
Abilene
Kansas Park and _ Resources Authority
Thompson
Parsons
Lost Checks Ownership Established Near Neodesha
A Chanute man found two lost checks near the Tioga Hotel. police established ownership as Joe Kletsky of Overland Park a salvage operator tied to Frisco derailment sites. Checks for 100 dollars and 2479.40 dollars were recovered by F A Jenner and then turned over to police with Kletsky later reclaiming the second item.
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Tioga Hotel
Joe Kletsky
Overland Park
Neodesha
Kletsky
Joe Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe
F. A. Jenner
Jenner
Red Tide Plaguing California Beaches
An Orange County lifeguard described the Pacific as looking like root beer as red tide, a plankton bloom, moved south to Newport Beach and extended to Laguna Beach seven miles down the coast.
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California
Newport Beach, Calif
Orange County
Pacific Ocean
Newport Beach
Laguna Beach
Reward grows for info on death of Joe the talking bird
Fire Chief C W Brennan reported the reward for information about the slaying of Joe the fire department's talking mynah bird has risen to 55 dollars. Joe was killed Monday night when someone placed a cat in his cage while he slept. Brennan noted questions about whether Joe is truly dead and dismissed theories of a substitute bird or theft.
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Joe
Mynah Bird
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Missouri farmer leads NFO holding action for higher livestock prices
Oren Lee Staley, 41, president of the National Farmers Organization, heads a new NFO drive in its 10th year. The holding action targets cattle hogs and sheep in 23 states, aiming to raise farm incomes to par with national standards. Pickets reported at K39 USS9 junction east of here and K47 US169 junction south of Earlton, with four NFO members at Kansas City Stockyards amid rain. none at St Joseph.
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National Farmers Organization
Corning
Iowa
Oren Lee Staley
NFO
Staley
NFC
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Psychology Research Grant for Kansas U in Lawrence
A $397000 grant from the Public Health Service funds expansion of psychology graduate research space at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The department now uses basement space in Strong Hall. In 1963 the Legislature funded Fraser Hall construction, with part reserved for psychology research. plans place the new space east of Fraser Hall.
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Lawrence, Kan
The
Public Health Service
University of Kansas
Psychology Department
Strong Hall
Fraser Hall
Birds Scouting for Army Feasibility Study Stirs Debate
The Army funds a 174 472 contract with General Aeronics Corp to study training birds for field surveillance at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland. Initial tests show birds can be taught to recognize a person and signal a response. The program, classified, aims to determine if avian reconnaissance is feasible for military use.
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Washington
Aberdeen, Md
General Atronics Corp
Philadelphia
Army
Man
Garbage contract fines for missed pickups in Lancaster
In Lancaster the new garbage collection contract imposes a $1 fine for each missed garbage can. The city added the penalty after residents complained of non pickups, with bids opened today and the winning firm to face the charge.
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Lancaster
Plane Crash Injures 20 in Desert Landing Near Tonopah
A twin-engine DC3 airliner carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members crash-landed on a desert lake ten miles southeast of Tonopah Nevada. FAA reported 20 of 32 passengers injured and three crew hurt. pilot and co pilot seriously hurt with the captain Harold Hopkins in critical condition. The Hawthorne Nevada Airlines craft aimed for Hawthorne and El Captain Casino visitors.
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Tonopah
Nev
Burbank
Calif
Hawthorne
Desert
Federal Aviation Agency
Harold Hopkins
Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines
el Capitan
Miss Mary Beth Marriott Killed In Olathe Car Crash
Miss Mary Beth Marriott a 19 year old Gardiner Kansas resident died when her car left Route 135 and overturned at the southeast edge of Olathe in rain authorities reported.
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Olathe
Kan
Mary Beth Marriott
Gardner
Pipe fall kills two on Super Chief near Kingman
A chunk of steel tubing fell from a passing freight train and crashed through a window of the Santa Fe Super Chief passenger train, killing two people. Ten were taken to Kingman Hospital, five hospitalized, others treated and released. The dead include 16 year old Marsha Diane McGaw of San Diego.
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Kingman, Ariz
Santa Fe
Kingman Hospital
Marsha Diane McGaw
San Diego
Calif
Rain Lifts Kansas Rainfall Aids Front Ahead Of Cool Down
Area forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday, with locally heavy rain. White City reported 3.08 inches, while Dodge City and several towns logged significant totals. A tornado touched ground 95 miles north of Goodland, causing property damage but no injuries. Highs reached the upper 70s to near 80s in most areas, with cooler readings expected as a front moves in. In parallel, a Kansas-to-Arizona rail incident near Kingman involved a freight steel tubing train striking a passenger coach, killing a woman and injuring several others. a rescue with torches freed a trapped girl. The passenger train resumed at 7:25 a.m. MST.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Manhattan
Russell
Chanute
White City
Dodge City
Cimmaron
Sublette
Garden City
Kinsley
Pratt
Plevna
Newton
el Dorado
Cassaday
Madison
Burlington
Garnet
Harveyville
Lawrence
Holton
Effingham
Centralia
Marysville
Abilene
Salina
Brookville
Ellsworth
Hays
Ellis
Kingman
California
Arizona
Los Angeles
Chicago
Santa Fe
District Democrats to Meet in Parsons on Sept 2
D. J. Saia, 5th District Democrat chairman, calls a meeting of the new district committee for Parsons on Sept. 2 and says he will not seek another term as chairman. Saia, a delegate to the national convention, was re elected Crawford County Democrat chairman and has been nominated as presidential elector to fill a vacancy. State Rep. Frank Lill of Emporia is mentioned as a successor candidate for district chair.
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Frank Lill
Emporia
Tractor Accident Kills Benedict Farmer Virgil Mattix
Benedict farmer Virgil Mattix, 52, was crushed when his tractor overturned while crossing a ditch one mile south of Benedict yesterday afternoon. Witness Carl White, a Rock and Lime Co. driver, helped lift the tractor. Mattix died en route to Dunham funeral home. funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Dunham Chapel in Fredonia.
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Benedict
Virgil Mattix
Here
Carl White
Toronto
The
Rock and Lime Co
White
Dunham Funeral
Gerald
Dunham Chapel
Fredonia
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
A brief AP style traffic death log for Topeka Kansas covers 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday. It lists totals for August and year to date, comparing with previous periods. Key figures include the 1963 benchmark and related comparable counts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tax receipts dip as refunds, cigarette tax fall short
Kansas Revenue Department reports July receipts for general revenue and sales tax totals 11,782,873, down from the estimate of 12,012,861 due to a 124,236 refund to Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and lower cigarette tax collections. July cigarette tax receipts total 173,156 vs 199,600 estimate. Final 1964 fiscal year report shows total general revenue and sales tax collections at 157,736,054, exceeding the estimate by 109,676 thanks to late fiscal agency commission deposits.
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Topeka
Kansas Revenue Department
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Wayne McCoy
Sult
Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell
KCC
McCoy
Kansas
Department
Legislative Budget Committee
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State Board of Agriculture
State
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Johnson
Shawnee
Reno
Saline
Montgomery
Crawford
Butler
JayCee of
Dwight Blackwood
Richard Worley
Ray Zumalt
DSA Direc
Tory. Groves
Herman Colvin
Cha
Yours
Julianel Schaberg
Car. Julianel
Burl Schaberg
S. Larson
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Joes
Earlton
P.m
Cawee
Terry C. Kittleson
Barron
Wis
Lois McGaw
Kittleson
Julie
Joan
Jillene Lowe
San Bernardino
Scott
Jillene
Danville
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