Fag Dealer Discount Stalls Legislature
In Topeka the 1964 budget session ends with a single major dispute unresolved. Conference committees agree on most points but differ on the cigarette dealer discount in a two cent per pack tax rise. Senate keeps 5 percent discount, House keeps dollar amount. gap about 250 000 dollars. A fourth conference committee is to be appointed to resolve this. Other panels approve measures delaying sales tax residue distribution and funding for vocational education and emergency state prison facilities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate
House
John Anderson
Voyage Destroyer Voyager Sinks After Collision Off Australia
Prime Minister Menzies orders a public inquiry into the sinking of Australia's first pushbutton destroyer Voyager after a collision with the carrier Melbourne near Jervis Bay. 85 crew missing, 239 rescued from the 3500 ton vessel. The Melbourne sails to Sydney with no reported casualties.
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Sydney
Australia
Robert Menzies
Voyager
Melbourne
Navy
Menzies
Jervis Bay
Alexander J. Forbes
Forbes
Duncan Stevens
Prairie chicken blocks road then loses life in bluff
A wild prairie chicken roosted on a county road near Buffalo, forcing motorists to stop for weeks. James Gordon and son Lyndon encountered the bird on a Sunday trip to El Dorado, horns and pebbles failed to move it, and the rooster finally yielded after a 20 minute stand. The bird later died after a bluff with tobacco distributor Jack Wolfe.
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Buffalo
James Gordon
N. Steuben
Lyndon Gordon
el Dorado
Gordons
Jack Wolfe
Chanute
Wolfe
Intercepted Letter From Cha Reveals Water Plan
A brief intercepted note to Cha claims Newton will use a tube of water to dam a creek and notes they possess more water than the writer. The letter ends with a closing Yours.
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Newton
Weather forecast for Kansas and Topeka area
The area forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions with strong southerly winds tonight and increasing cloudiness and cooler weather Wednesday. Low temperatures in the 30s, highs around 45 to 50, with statewide mild trend in the northwest and lingering cold elsewhere. light snow possible in the southwest. Overnight moisture included .05 inch at Olathe and a trace at Chanute.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Goodland
Topeka
Lawrence
Olathe
Hutchinson
Chanute
Traffic Fatalities Log For February 1964 In Topeka
Topeka police log shows 24 hour traffic fatalities through 9 am Tuesday for February 1964. Comparable period in 1963 recorded 25 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Prison fugitive James Wilson escapes from O'Neal Prison Camp
James Robert Wilson fled O'Neal Prison Camp in Greenville South Carolina. Officers deployed two bloodhounds to track him. One dog was struck by a car and removed from the chase while a posse followed the other dog. Tracks allegedly converged and ran parallel with Wilson. Wilson, a part time prison cook, helped train the dogs. The manhunt continued.
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Greenville
S.C
James Robert Wilson
O'Neal
Wilson
Burns Fatal At Lawrence Home Of Dr. L. E. Bice
Dr. L. E. Bice aged 70 a retired osteopath died from burn injuries sustained when a cigarette burned his jacket pocket at his Lawrence Kansas residence. Coroner Dr. James Reed said the blaze was accidental.
Tax Money Lost Since Fag Report In Ohio
Ohio has lost about 0.5 million dollars in cigarette tax revenue since the Jan. 11 federal report linking smoking and cancer. State Treasurer John D. Herbert said collections fell 353,000 dollars from the previous year last week and were down 220,000 dollars the week before.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Herbert
City approves park pay raise and planning board change
City commission conducts a light session approving two park workers to monthly salaries with raises to align with other departments. Fred Montague replaces O. H. Cunningham on the planning commission. A vacancy for Marion Stevens was voided due to residency limits. A request to close part of an alley for Gray Lumber was tabled.
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Fred Montague
R. 2
City Planning Commission
W. J. Althaber
Montague
O. H. Cunningham
Marion Stevens
R. 3
Planning Commission
Park Department
Clem Keller
Gray Lumber Co
E. Main
Fair Trial In Dallas Is Doubted
Two civic leaders testified in Dallas that Jack Ruby would have difficulty receiving a fair trial there for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Stanley Marcus and Clayton Fowler suggested moving the trial elsewhere, citing local atmosphere and national interest.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Stanley Marcus
Nieman-Marcus
Melvin Belli
Clayton Fowler
Dallas County Criminal Bar Association
Ruby
Oswald
Kennedy
J.D. Tippit
Fowler
Marcus
Town Faces Crisis as Vickers Refinery Closes
Potwin Kansas residents brace for hard times after Vickers Petroleum shutters its refinery, cutting jobs from 170 to about 40. Mayor Milo Kaufman and 75 residents met with the State Employment Service to explore retraining under federal programs offering weekly stipends and potential unemployment benefits for up to 26 weeks.
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Potwin
Kan
Butler County
Vickers Petroleum Co
Milo Kaufman
State Employment Service
Olney Wins Pancake Race in Shrove Tuesday Meet
In Olney England Mrs Bridget Lowrie set a 1 minute 6.4 second 415 yard time to win the international pancake trophy beating Linda Risby and earning the title again. Liberal Kansas contestants face a six hour later race hoping to equal the clocking.
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Liberal
Kan
Olney
England
Bridget Lowrie
Grace Kostreya
Buckinghamshire
Vaughn IIs Candidate Vaughn IIs Candidate Frank N Vaughn
Frank N Vaughn, 2nd District County Commissioner and Neosho County board chair, announces Republican primary bid for re election. Veteran of World War I, longtime county projects advocate, and former business leader in Chanute.
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Frank N. Vaughn
Vaughn
Board of County Commissioners
Neosho County
Selective Service Board
Chanute
House Okays Civil Rights Bill in Historic Vote
The House approved the sweeping civil rights bill 290 to 130 with support from 152 Democrats and 138 Republicans. President Johnson hailed the vote as a historic step for dignity in America, while Senate foes eyed a filibuster and possible compromise.
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Washington
House
Johnson
America
Senate
Self adjusting inflatable dam to regulate Sand Creek floodwater
Newton city officials plan a 100 foot long synthetic rubber inflatable dam to hold a constant pool depth of over four feet for 1.5 miles along Sand Creek. The dam will inflate from the water system, deflate during floods, and re inflate as waters recede forming a small park lake. Estimated cost is about 25000 dollars with a 20 year life, designed by a Wichita firm and to be installed by July 1.
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Newton
Sand Creek
Robert B. Clary
Clary
Wichita
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Cha
Yours
Coffeyville
Jane Manske
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
JayCees
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Inspection Bureau
Ministerial Alliance
Howard Parsons
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Development Co
Fred Harris
Chamber
District Court Room
Memorial Building
New Industry Committee
Kenneth Caldwell
Chanute Development
W. H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
Bruce Burris
Earl Bain
Joe Balch
Kenneth Brown
Vaughn Iis
Mike Mansfield
Congress
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