Raccoon Zip Visits Home Then Returns To Safekeeping
A 35 to 40 pound raccoon named Zip visited Mrs. G W Allen at 1902 S Santa Fe scratching at doors and shredding screen. After learning Zip was a lost pet raised by Pat Patton, ownership passed to the Spurlings and Zip was returned to safekeeping with the former owner. Also notes a stylistic change in The Tribune type composition compared to two weeks prior.
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G. W. Allen
S. Santa Fe
Zip
Pat Patton
C. A. Patton
N. Garfield
Spurling
Carl Spurling
S. Forest
Johnson Welcomes Top Briton at White House Meeting
President Johnson greeted Britain's Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home in Washington saying the US and UK are like brothers with strong ties that cannot break. In a formal White House ceremony he spoke of joint work and friend ship ahead of two days of talks on global trouble spots.
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Washington
Johnson
Britain
United States
K State fitness: student fee hike to fund crash football program
Kansas State University President James A. McCain proposes a 9.50 per year student fee increase for five years to subsidize a crash football program. The plan, born from the Student Faculty Alumni Athletic Council, awaits Student Senate and State Board of Regents approval. The initiative aims to raise $110,000 to bring the program to rival schools, as the athletics department runs a deficit of $187,000 including current red ink.
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Manhattan
Kan
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
K-State
McCain
Lincoln Day Parade At GOP Lincoln Day Rally
Kansas Republicans hold annual Lincoln Day event in Independence with all six governor candidates slated for appearances. About 1,000 expected at the banquet where Walter H. Judd will speak. Candidates arriving include William H. Avery, Paul R. Wunsch, Harold Chase, Huck Boyd, William H. Ferguson, and Grant Dohm.
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Independence, Kan
Kansas
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
William H. Avery
2Nd
Paul R. Wunsch
King
ILC Plant Lease Terms Discussed
City officials met with George Goulet of Industrial Lamp Corp to finalize a permanent lease for the city owned ILC Products Co plant in the shell building on West Cherry. City Attorney John N. Sherman Jr will draft the agreement for ILC headquarters in Elkhart, Ind. Goulet noted expected output growth and possible expansion, with a decision on expansion due in three to four weeks.
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George Goulet
Industrial Lamp Corp
ILC Products Co
Shell
West Cherry
John N. Sherman Jr
ILC
Elkhart
Ind
Chanute
Goulet
Traffic Fatalities Log For Kansas 24 Hours To 9 A.M.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for a 24 hour period ending 9 a m Wednesday February 15 1964 with a count close to figures from 1963 showing 37 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Unified School Law Challenged in Kansas Suit
Seventeen school districts across 13 counties sue in Shawnee County District Court seeking to strike down the 1963 Kansas Unified School District Law. The suit names State Superintendent A F Throckmorton as defendant and seeks an injunction to halt its enforcement.
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Topeka
Kansas Unified School District
Shawnee County
Kansas
A. F. Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
Public notice advises readers to contact Tribune via the carrier and provides a fallback number HE 1 3400 after 4 PM if the primary line is unreachable. The instruction emphasizes reaching the person through the specified channels in the late afternoon hours.
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Tribune
Planning Commission Meeting Postponed
The February planning commission meeting has been postponed due to conflicting activities. Secretary Robert N. Allen announced the next regular meeting will be held March 11.
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City Planning Commission
Robert N. Allen
Lent Starts in New York on Ash Wednesday Observed
Lent began today in New York as Christians mark Ash Wednesday initiating 40 days of penitence excluding Sundays leading to Easter on March 29.
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New York
Magazine Sales Plan Is Probect
David A. Lasica, 16, of Kansas City, was booked today on a vagrancy charge as police finished probing a magazine subscription sales operation run by Lasica and an older brother. The scheme used an office, telephone service, and local boys around 12 to survey homes, then arrange follow up calls to gain permission, with 10 cents offered for every three homes surveyed.
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David A. Lasica
Kansas City
Lasica
Chanute
Green River
Conspiracy Claim Over Ruby Trial Fairness In Dallas
Defense attorney Melvin Belli accuses a Dallas public relations firm of aiding a city conspiracy to deny Jack Ruby a fair trial. Sam Bloom of the firm testified volunteering press help while Judge Joe Brown limited courtroom seating to press and public, with pool reporting arrangements. The hearing addressed whether Dallas leaders influence Ruby's murder trial.
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Dallas
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Sam R. Bloom
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Belli
Brown
Bloom
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas Oligarchy
Dallas Citizens Council
Legislature Capsule: 1964 Budget Highlights and Reforms
TOPEKA AP A capsule summary of the 1964 legislative budget session lists a fiscal 1965 program at 423.4 million dollars, 2.3 million above governor Anderson’s initial recommendation. It notes delayed 12.5 million dollars in sales tax funds to counties, tax increases on cigarettes and liquor, a 6.5 percent raise for college and university salary funds, and a rise in state aid for schools to 30 dollars per pupil. Additional items include 700,000 state funds for vocational schools, 216,000 for emergency prisons, repeal of building material tax exemptions for certain non profits, and proposals for constitutional amendments including a two-term sheriff limit and a shorter ballot.
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Anderson
Anderson's
Tribute to Lincoln in memorial wreath ceremony
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home laid wreaths at the Lincoln Memorial to honor Abraham Lincoln on the 155th anniversary of his birth. Johnson urged positive action to end discrimination and fulfill Lincoln’s promise through acts by citizens, corporations, churches, and government.
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Washington
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Alec Douglas-Home
Lincoln
Weather Area Forecast for Kansas Ahead of Snow
The forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions with rain changing to snow tonight. Mostly cloudy and colder Thursday with light snow in the forenoon. Tonight’s low near 30, Thursday high in the upper 30s. Rain or snow expected across much of Kansas this afternoon into tonight due to a developing low-pressure system over the Texas Panhandle. Measurable precipitation ranged from .11 in at Lawrence to trace amounts at several sites, with light rain in east central Kansas last night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Lawrence
Olathe
Kansas City
Lecompton
Emporia
Chenute
Millard Cress Elected President of CPC Board
Humboldt’s Millard Cress was elected president of the Chanute Production Credit Assn. board at the 30th annual stockholders meeting in Chanute. Cress replaces J. F. Wingrave, who retires after 27 years. Wingrave received a watch. Two directors were elected: Junior Braman retained, William L. Mentzer added. Terms are three years. Other officers and executive committee members were named. About 475 stockholders from nine southeast Kansas counties attended the session at the Masonic Temple.
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Millard Cress of
Humboldt
Chanute Production Credit Assn. Board of
Cress
J. F. Wingrave
Yates Center
Association
Wingrave
Junior Braman
Buffalo
William L. Mentzer
Neosho Falls
Edward Dickerson
Parsons
Lyle T. Quick
Mapleton
Braman
R. D. Homar
M. C. Highbaugh
Edna Lindquist
Margaret Youngberg
Chanute
Kansas
CPC
Masonic Temple
James R. Isleith
Prairie Village
9Th Farm Credit District
Sunflower
The
Eastern Star
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