Kansas House Passes 5 Per Pupil School Aid Bill
The Kansas House approved a 5 per pupil rise in elementary and high school state aid, sending the measure to the Senate. It also preliminarily approved a bill to fund state universities and colleges for the next fiscal year, with a faculty pay increase averaging 6.2 percent based on merit, exceeding the governor’s recommendation but below requests.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
John Anderson
Board of Regents
Anderson
Wunsch
Humboldt Cubs Coach Is Hospitalized For Big Game
Ed Hankins, undefeated Humboldt Cubs coach, is confined to Neosho Memorial Hospital eight miles from the Humboldt gym. A special telephone hookup will link his bed to the scorer’s table during the Eureka Tornado game, allowing coaching guidance to reach assistant Nick Divine and staff. Six varsity players visited Hankins, who faces unknown release date as doctors diagnose leg trouble. Basketball at Humboldt enters a new era with eight miles of wire linking coach to game action.
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Ed Hankins
Humboldt Cubs
Hankins
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Cubs
Eureka Tornado
Eureka
Humboldt
Burlington
Killion
Hawkins
Nick Divine
U.S. Considers Specific Action On Cuban Crisis
President Johnson met with top military and diplomatic advisers for two hours to discuss the Cuban crisis and planned another session this afternoon. White House press secretary Pierre Slinger said the morning briefing examined the facts as they stand.
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Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bill Fribley
R - Crestline
Ways and Mans
Washington
Johnson
Pierre Slinger
White House
Posses
Mistrial Declared in Beckwith Trial in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi a mistrial was declared in the Byron De La Beckwith case after the all white jury remained deadlocked following about 12 hours of deliberation. Beckwith, a 43 year old fertilizer salesman from Greenwood, faced murder charges for the shooting of Medgar Evers, state field secretary for the NAACP. The courtroom was heavily guarded as jurors were polled individually and dismissed. A retrial date was not set. the next term opens in March.
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Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Circuit Court
Leon Hendrick
Beckwith
Greenwood
Miss
Medgar Evers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Henrick
Dist
Atty
William Waller
Edwin Walker
Walker
Mrs Oswald details Oswalds 1962 shooting prep
Washington AP Mrs Marina Oswald said Lee Harvey Oswald became abnormal after returning from Russia in 1962 and practiced shooting months before the Kennedy assassination on Nov 22 She recalled an April 10 attempt on Maj Gen EdwinWalker in Dallas and said she did not tell police immediately because she was his wife She aims for American citizenship and English study while denying remarrying
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Washington
Marina Oswald
Russia
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edwin A. Walker
Dallas
Walker
Oswald
Texas
John Connally
Connally
Presidential Investigating Commission
Earl Warren
John M. Thorne
Warren
Mexico City
Cuba
Electrical Equipment Bids Set for Feb 14
The city commission will open bids at 11 a.m. next Friday at the Memorial building for a three part electrical equipment purchase. Items include reclosers ratio transformers and a power transformer for a new diesel generating installation. Burns and McDonnell prepared the specs. The diesel plant location is not finalized but negotiations are in progress for a site at the town edge for remote control from the present plant.
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City Commission
Memorial Building
R. J. Hayes
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Hayes
Weather Highlights For This Date
Temperature highs and lows for today show 25 and 3 degrees with references to a 1926 high and 1933 low on this date. Relative humidity and barometer readings are noted alongside yesterday’s trace precipitation.
Area forecast signals warm-up after arctic cold snap
Topeka AP reports Kansas beginning a gradual warm-up after arctic temperatures plunged into the teens across the state. Today skies should be generally clear with no precipitation. Highs in the 35 to 40 range, tonight in the mid teens west and around 20 east. Weekend highs in the middle 40s with lows 20s and continued below normal by 3 or 4 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Gorrell Receives 1964 Scooter Tag No. 35
Repeat John Gorrell a Tribune carrier son of Mr and Mrs Ted Gorrell 218 W 4th went to Erie this week to obtain a license tag for his motor scooter. He applied paid the fee and the county treasurer issued the 1964 tag No 35 matching his 1963 tag.
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John Gorrell
Tribune
Ted Gorrell
W. 4Th
Erie
John
Intercepted Letter Raises Cold War Water Cut Debate
An intercepted letter argues the United States should have halted Castro's water supply years ago, prompting renewed discussion on Caribbean policy and sanctions. The document implicates ongoing tension between U.S. and Cuban regimes and signals potential shifts in approach.
Janitor Fired Over Refusal to Empty Ash Trays
Santa Monica California Douglas Aircraft Co announces firing of a janitor who refused to empty cigarette butt ash trays. He cited fear of cancer from contact with butts after a surgeon general report on health hazards of smoking.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Co
U.S
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area February 1964
Kansas traffic death log reports 11 fatalities in 24 hours to 9 am Friday for February 5 1964 with 57 for 1964 and 34 for the comparable 1963 period. Delayed January fatality report noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mid-America Backs KOP site in Parsons plan
Mid-America Inc an industrial development group for eight Southeast Kansas counties sent a telegram urging legislators to exclude Lansing from consideration for a proposed medium security prison. It backs locating the facility at the Kansas Ordnance Plant in Parsons as the legislative committee recommended, sending the message to the committee members and to Robert Kaiser director of penal institutions.
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Parsons, Kan
Lansing
Mid-America Inc
Kansas
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
Robert Kaiser
Honor Graduates Named at Chante High School Class of 1964
Twelve seniors at Chante High School were named honor graduates for 1964 at a morning assembly. Selection required top ten percent class and a minimum 2.5 GPA on four years of courses. Recipients listed with parental names and addresses.
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Chante High School
W. H. McMurray
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