Osa and Martin Johnson Museum subject of Kansas Book of Knowledge feature
Ruth and Fred Stebbins photographed the Osa and Martin Johnson Safari Museum for a Kansas article in the Book of Knowledge. Grolier, Inc. commissioned the images. the Kansas Department of Economic Development is involved. The museum, at 16 Grant, has drawn over 50,000 visitors since 1961 and highlights the Johnsons’ life and wildlife work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osa and
Martin Johnson
Ruth
Fred Stebbins
Jack Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Grolier, Inc
New York City
Grant
the Johnsons
Africa
South Sea Islands
Fire Destroys Simmons Family Poultry Plant
A 1 am blaze destroys an 80 acre Simmons family poultry operation near Kimball. The 40 by 108 foot henhouse and key equipment were lost, with the home and two smaller buildings also damaged. Cause undetermined. insurance partly covers losses. The business marketed eggs to Kansas City and locally.
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Simmons Family Poultry
Kimball
George Selves
K. Simmons
Simmons
Stark Fire Department
Kansas City
FBI arrests 21 in Mississippi civil rights workers murder case
In Philadelphia Mississippi authorities arrest 21 white men linked to the killings of three civil rights workers last summer. The group includes the sheriff and deputy and five Ku Klux Klan members. 20 remain free on bond as federal prosecutors pursue murder indictments.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Price
Philadel
Phia
Michael
Dwemner
Andrew Good
Federa Man
Johnson
Area Forecast Highlights Unseasonably Cool Weekend
Weather outlook shows generally fair skies with moderating temperatures. Tonight will be 15 to 20 with a high Sunday of 35 to 40 degrees. Barometer at 1 am reads 29.43 and rising. Precipitation yesterday was trace.
Water level drop aids search for missing teens in Kansas
Army engineers plan to lower John Redmond reservoir water by three feet to enlarge the search for two 16 year old boys presumed drowned after a capsized boat. One body recovered. others searched as temperatures rise after a cold snap with light snow.
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Topeka
Hutchinson
Abilene
Wichita
Salina
Bus- Burlington
Kan
Army
Tee John Redmond
Olathe
Dodge
Garden City
Emporia
Goodland
Pittsburg
Bill Seybold
Steve Mountain
Steve Fencannon
Fencannon
Delbert R
Helmer
Mariner 4 Flight Trial Nears Mars Flyby
Pasaden a California scientists at JPL expect a 20 second thruster firing to nudge Mariner 4 toward a Mars flyby on July 14 with an anticipated pass about 8 600 miles from the planet. The craft faced guidance star issues but regained Canopus sighting after eight ground commands from Woomera Australia.
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Pasadena
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Mars
Calif
Cano
Jon Canopus
Origi
Canopus
Woomera
Australia
Earth
Zond 2
Russia
Traffic Fatalities Log for Kansas 1964 December 2
A sketched record shows Kansas traffic fatalities for a 24 hour period ending 9 a.m. Saturday with counts for December 2. The 1964 figure sits at 610 versus 538 for the comparable 1963 period.
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TREK
Kansas
Two Wichita Boys Sentenced to Industrial School
Two Wichita youths aged 13 and 14 were ordered to the Boys Industrial School in Topeka after vandalism at Hadley Junior High School on Thanksgiving Day. Judge Clark V. Owens ordered continued confinement until tests and treatment in the adolescent ward of the Topeka State Mental Hospital. Damage to property was estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 dollars.
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Wichita
Topeka
Hadley Junior High School
Sedgwick
Clark V. Owens
Topeka State Mental Hospital
Amendment on Judicial Setup Plan
Wichita AP reports a proposed constitutional amendment to improve judicial administration and ensure competent judges will be sent to the Kansas Legislature in January. The Legislature will be asked to place the amendment on the 1966 general election ballot via a resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kansas
Rusk and Gromyko Look for Possible Agreement Areas
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held talks at the United Nations seeking common ground on East West disputes while maintaining respect for Khrushchev era peaceful coexistence. They aimed to avoid sharp policy shifts as financial talks continued and UN reform and disarmament items were discussed.
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Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Gromyko
U.S
United Nations
N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
Solution Assembly
Japan
Red Cina
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Kaunda
China
U.N
Yale Gift For Hospital Patients
Neosho County Association for Mental Health gathers Christmas gifts for patients at two state hospitals. Volunteers collect selections and coordinate delivery to brighten patient care during the holiday season.
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Neosho County
Coleen Ikenberry
Maxlay
Norma Cre
James Boerwinkle
Joe Harris
Bob Geiger
Beauty Enters Case as Rometsch Linked to Baker Inquiry
Senate investigators examine FBI files on West German beauty Ellen Rometsch amid the Bobby Baker probe. Counsel says staff will review the data as the panel presses questions about Baker while he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights. Also noted is a county holiday gift drive with donation details and collection site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
FBI
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
France
Uay Wien
New Orleans
Intercepted Letter Clashes With War Weather Warnings
Intercepted missive from Nute to Cha describes bent fender bruised body weather conditions and ends with a clipped sign off. The terse note hints at rough conditions and personal strain during conflict reporting.
Chou En-lai to Visit United Arab Republic Next March
Al Ahram reports Chinese Premier Chou En-lai will visit the United Arab Republic next March after a recent stop here. He is slated to tour Arab countries in Asia beginning with Iraq during the trip.
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Cairo
al Ahram
Chou En-lai
China
United Arab Republic
Chou
Asia
Iraq
Wet November to Icy December Ends Drought in Kansas
The article notes heavy rainfall in Chanute with 6.61 inches in November and 17.01 inches over the four months through December, lifting drought fears. It compares 1964’s moisture to prior years, citing 41 inches in December to date and a 36.31 inch year total by mid-December, benefiting wheat, alfalfa, pastures, and vegetation.
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Noel McCullough
Humboldt
Marvin Eugene McCullough
Texas
Marvin Eugene
Chanute
Richard
Humeboldt
Marvin Herbert
Doris LaVenne Trammell McCullough
S. Kansas
Clyde LaVern Trammell
Industrial School
Norma Summers
Tribune
Bill Jenkins
Othe
Germa
Laos
Congo
Middle
East
Sys
U Thant Tem
Manhattan
Harold Gallaher
Kansas State University
Gallaher
St .John
Leavenworth
Edwardsville
Yale Gifte
Osawatomie State Hospital
Sunshine Mantle Company
County Association
Blue Comets
CHS
Carol Helton
Linda Winckier
Betty McGrath
Janis Manley
Nancy Roberts
Holly Harris
Comets
Ottawa Cyclones
Cha
Yours
Rome
Massenzio
London
Bishopsgate
Ottawa
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
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