Truth Telling Is Citizenship column insights
New York AP notes mail reveals unseen truths about citizens. It cites statistics: seven in ten American husbands die before wives, five thousand women life insurance agents, Tokyo Electric Power Co. leads global capacity at 7.170 million kilowatts, Pacific Gas & Electric second, and four families named Smith Johnson Williams Browns match Joneses in numbers, trailing the Joneses in another measure.
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New York
Tokyo Electric Power
Humboldt School Opens With 277 Enrollment, Programs
Humboldt plans a two half day start with 277 students anticipated, including 252 currently enrolled in high school and 25 more. classes for junior high and high school listed with grade counts. Football practice begins Aug 31 under coach Darrell Divine. buses run morning and evening. Biblesta Parade floats registered and new entries noted.
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Humboldt
Carl Killion
Kansas State High School Activities Assn
Darrell Divine
Ed Hawkins
George Aleshire
Harrison Ladium
Board of Education
Ben Collison
J. G. Breshears
Biblesta Committee
David Slaveth Goliath
Jonah
Humboldt Assembly of God Church
Biblesto
Humboldt Social Roundup From Week End Gatherings
Humboldt residents hosted a series of family and community events. Lawrence Brown and Merle Harner families welcomed guests from Lexington Chanute and Humboldt for a watermelon feed and birthday surprise. A hospital visit to Mercy Fort Scott and a Fer guson reunion near Blue Mound were noted along with school updates and weekend family visits.
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Darlene
Carolyn
Eddie
Mary Frances
Chanute
Keith Maring
Ron
Stan
Steve
Scott
Lexington
Ed Breiner
Orville Breiner
Orville E
Sharna
Una
Jewel van Nice
Humboldt
Ruth Campbell
Maudie Romine
Edward Hawkins
Winfield
Lawrence Brown
C. B. Shepard
Charles Hogan
Pearl Couchman
Dewey Smith
Meredith Riker
Ted
Lana
Glenda
James Weiner
Emma Dietrich
Nancy Vincent
R. M. Vincent
E. J. Lombard
Blue Mound
Ferguson
Susan Lombard
Topeka
World and regional brief highlights from AP dispatches
The report covers Khrushchev urging Franco-Soviet cooperation to avert a new European tragedy, Japan allowing US nuclear submarines to visit, Chile asking Britain to arbitrate a frontier dispute with Argentina, Indonesia reporting 14 dead in an invasion claim, and London fearing Southern Rhodesia may push for early independence with all white rule ending.
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Santiago
Chile
Britain
Elizabeth II
Argentina
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Southern Rhodesia
Early Chinese Writing On Silk And Bamboo Began
Early Chinese writing appeared on silk fabrics and flat bamboo pieces, shaping record keeping and literature. The durable surfaces allowed inscriptions, accounts, and scholarly texts to endure, influencing writing methods for generations.
Five Railroads United Into Nation’s Largest System
An examiner recommends that the Interstate Commerce Commission approve unification of five railroads into the nation’s largest system. The plan merges four lines the Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Pacific Coast with a 10 year lease on Spokane Portland and Seattle. The combined system would be named the Great Northern Pacific Burlington Lines Inc and would hold assets over 2.6 billion dollars and annual income above 775 million dollars.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert H. Murphy
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Pacific Coast Railroad
Spokane, Portland
Seattle
Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines, Inc
Murphy
United States
Census finds most homes have at least one TV set
The Census Bureau reports 93 of every 100 American households own a television, with one in six families owning two or more sets. A prior survey showed at least one set in 90 percent of homes.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Workman Suffers Critical Burns in Bar Co Fire
A flash fire at the Sims Bar Rel Co plant in Kansas City Kansas injures Charles Dixson Jr age 38 who suffers critical burns. He was carried out by coworkers as a fire flashed around him while painting and thinner touched an electric motor. Thirty other workers escape unhurt as fire destroys most of the building leaving only walls and part of the roof.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sims Barrel Co
Charles Dixson Jr
Dixson
Miles of Road and Revenue Ranking Noted in Region
The report highlights extensive road mileage and geographic distribution, identifying the third largest in annual revenues within the area. It notes significant infrastructure coverage and compares revenue standings among local entities, emphasizing the scale of regional transport networks.
Chanute Tribune Pa. 5 Tuesday August 25 1964
Chanute Tribune page five reports local items from Chanute and surrounding areas for Tuesday August 25 1964. The edition highlights community notices and brief regional updates reflecting mid century small town life.
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Chanute Tribune Pa
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