Big Problems Facing Kansas Legislature
The Kansas Legislature convened at noon to begin organizing and set to work after Gov. John Anderson delivers his budget message next Tuesday. House and Senate officers, committee assignments, and pay provisions dominate early actions as reapportionment and Wichita University admission to the state system loom. Anderson’s budget plans include Kerr-Mills aged care and potential tax questions with a budget near 400 million.
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John Anderson
House
Senate
Committee On Committees
Jay S. Parker
Robert Price
Anderson
Shawnee County
Wichita University
Kerr-Mills
Stronger Pressure Sought by U S Against Cuba
The United States seeks stronger pressure on Cuba as the Soviet Union retains about 16 000 to 17 000 troops in Cuba. Washington aims to avert war with psychological and economic measures and uphold Kennedy’s pledge to free the Cuban people. The latest count reflects more Russians serving in the Cuban military system, with about two thirds as advisers and technicians and a third as combat troops. About 4 000 troops tied to missiles and bombers have left.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.S
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Three Charged In Bank Robbery Case in Kansas City
In Kansas City Kansas three suspects Kenneth Eddy Chow Ernest Walton and Elizabeth Comley are to be arraigned today on charges of robbing the Rosedale State Bank of 17444. U S Attorney Newell George seeks 20000 bonds. Chow is Black while Walton and Comley are White. The heist involved two gunmen one in womens clothes with witnesses identifying both as Black. Walton was arrested at the courthouse while reporting to his parole officer. He had earlier been released on parole from a state reformatory after pleading guilty to second degree burglary for part in ten burglaries.
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Ture
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Sen
Laurin W. Jones
Dodge City
Committee On Committees
House
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
Arthur
Odd Williams
Lawrence
John Conard
Greensburg
Williams
Conard
Kansas City
Kan
U.S
Rosedale
Newell George
Kenneth Eddy Chow
Ernest Robert Walton
Elizabeth Comley
Chow
Walton
State Reformatory
Rules Committee
GOP
Kennedy
Democratic House Caucus
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Philip J. Philbin
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
White House
Fisher
Kansas Assn
Topeka
Ed Bideau
John Nation
Bideau
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Kansas
Tax Boosts Ruled Out by Gov Anderson
Gov John Anderson ruled out requests for tax boosts in major revenue areas. He said his next year's budget will be slightly larger than this year’s, estimated around 401 million dollars this year. He favors modest increases in fees and minor taxes but gave no figures and noted the full message will be released soon.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
State Budget Department
New Firm Is Bakery Opens in Chanute
Mr and Mrs M F Oliphant announce a new bakery, Olie's Bakery, to open in about two weeks at 11 N Evergreen Chanute. They bring decades in the trade and will focus on retail pastries with initial in house baking and later clerical help.
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Olie
Oliphant
Weather summary with highs and lows for today and Wednesday
The report shows a high from 65 to 60 degrees and a low around 33 to 37 tonight. Forecast calls for generally fair and mild conditions through Wednesday with a high Wednesday in the upper 50s. Relative humidity at 1 p.m. and a barometer reading of 28.70 inches and falling are noted.
Fair and mild weather dominates Kansas forecast
AP reports fair mild weather across Kansas with highs around the 55 degree mark and nights near freezing through midweek. Monday temperatures ranged from 49 at Olathe to 56 at Garden City, while lows dipped to 27 at Russell and 35 at Wichita as snow melted in the northwest. A central Rocky Mountain high pressure pushes colder air north and no break is seen soon.
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Topeka
Olathe
Garden City
Russell
Wichita
Kansas
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Enrollments Grow for Civil Defense Survival Classes
Sixty eight people are now enrolled in Civil Defense individual and family survival classes after a late enrollment extension. Forty five enrolled previously. two classes of about 35 meet at Senior High School room 201, starting Thursday night and the next Tuesday. Mrs Pansy Sale teaches free course of six two hour sessions.
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Pansy Sale
Democrats Expand Rules Committee to Help Kennedy Agenda
House Democrats voted to enlarge the Rules Committee giving liberals a one vote margin, a step toward helping President Kennedy push his program. The move must pass the House. conservatives opposed packing the panel and will renew the fight at the 88th Congress opening.
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Washington
House Democrats
Rules Committee
Kennedy
Building Permits Reach Half Million in 1962
Paschal Grimes reports 1962 permits totalled 125 with estimated costs of 522 455. In 1961 there were 131 permits costing 466 665 and in 1960 there were 146 permits at 767 075. Most 1962 activity was housing and improvements 393 215 with garage and remodeling 23190 and business projects 106 050.
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American Legion Post
North
Grant
14Th
Erie
Nesmith to Speak at Chamber Luncheon Tomorrow
Dwight Nesmith of Kansas State University engineering and industrial services will headline a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Tioga Hotel at noon tomorrow. He plans to blend humor with remarks on the business outlook, community planning, and industrial development, reflecting on an early 1950s K-State industrial survey. Reservations at the chamber office by 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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Dwight Nesmith
Division of Engineering and Industrial Services
Kansas State University
Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Nesmith
Chamber
Intercepted Letter From Washington Area Warm Up
An intercepted letter describes warming sentiment in Washington and Topeka and calls the writer’s area wonderful, signing off with Yours.
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Washington
Topeka
This
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday reporting six fatalities in January eight for 1963 and nine for the comparable 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
One-Cent Stamp Boom After Postage Hike
Chanute postmaster Leif Nelson reports one-cent stamps selling briskly, totaling about 15,000 yesterday, vastly above normal. Nationwide, offices from Syracuse to Baltimore sold hundreds of thousands to millions of one-cent stamps as the new rates took effect, with supplies stressed and many letters paying the extra penny at delivery or requiring pickup.
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Chanute
Leif Nelson
Nelson
Associated Press
Syracuse
N.Y
Dallas
Tex
Two Teachers Appointed as Royster and Senior High Librarian
The Royster Junior High will gain Betty Lou Cox as eighth grade unified studies teacher next semester replacing Mrs. William Hunt, while Peg Stephens becomes temporary librarian at the Senior High, replacing Rosalie Jones who resigns effective Dec. 10. A permanent replacement for Jones is being sought. The board approved bids to install electronic pilot combustion control systems in furnaces at Royster, Hutton, Murray Hill and Alcott schools, about 1,500 total. Bid opening set for Feb. 4.
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Betty Lou Cox
William Hunt
Royster Junior High
Peg Stephens
Rosalie Jones
Jones
Buford Fisher
Hutton
Murray Hill
Alcott
VanVickle Named Undersheriff in Neosho County
John F. E. Van Vickle of Chanute is named Neosho County undersheriff by sheriff-elect George Neely. The appointment starts with the county office change next Monday. VanVickle, 42, a former MFA Refinery worker and World War II Coast Artillery veteran, plans to live in Chanute while Neely and Mrs. Floyd Kelley staff the sheriff’s office radio dispatch and clerical duties.
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John FE. VanVickle
Chanute
Neosho County
George Neely
Neely
Floyd Kelley
Sheriff's Office
Jerry Sloan
van Wickle
Lester Marts
Here
VanVickle
MFA
Mid-America Refining Co
Vilas
L. J. VanWickle
S. Steuben
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