Strong Central Area For Business Urged
The city planning commission elected officers for the year and heard a proposal to renovate the Central Park pavilion into an open arena for community activities. John Welker of Burgwin and Martin reported on the 701 planning study with base maps and initial statistics and outlined a land use survey to begin next week. Estimates for pavilion renovations total 3,666.16 dollars, excluding labor.
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City Planning Commission
Central Park Pavilion
Marlin Blackston
Robert N. Allen
Buford Fisher
O. H. Cunningham
Cunningham
John Welker
Burgwin and Martin
Welker
Vey
Planning Board
Martin Rotunno
W. H. McMurray
Rotunno
Commission
Central Park
Blackston
Harold Williams
JayCees Plan January Projects and Booster Club
Chanute JayCees mapped January events including Radio Day at the Tioga Hotel January 18 and an awards banquet January 25 in the Masonic Temple. They proposed a Chanute Booster Club for all sports and a basketball game against Chiefs football players to start funds, with Jim Kensett as speaker and Glen Halbe as general chairman.
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Chanute JayCees
Tioga Hotel
Masonic Temple
JayCee
JayCees
Jim Kensett
Glen Halbe
Jerry Steele
Chanute
Chiefs
Kansas City
Jim Fehr
Gary Lantz
Herman Colvin
Jack Groves
Carl Autry
Weather Summary for Topeka and Kansas State
Area forecast notes generally fair and rather cold through Friday. Little cooler tonight with lows in the middle teens and highs in the middle 30s on Friday. Kansas remains cold into the weekend with possible snow flurries in western sections Friday night. eastern areas had flurries earlier today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Suit Filed for 198000 Over 1963 Car Crash
John Mitchell of Chanute sues Aaron Kepley Earlton R Kepley and Anna M Kepley in district court for 198000. Claim cites medical expenses and damages from a February 25 1963 collision on US 169 two miles south of Chanute. Mitchell was employed on a state highway crew at the time.
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John Mitchell
Chanute
Mitchell
Kepley
US 169
Ex-Convict Describes Kansas Crime Ring
William Howell a Wichita man linked to a Kansas crime ring says he helped burglarize banks and businesses across the state operating with partners in Colorado Oklahoma Illinois Nebraska and Kansas The ring allegedly involved 100 co op burglaries 20 banks 15 20 supermarkets and had ties to Topeka and Wichita He is known as Three gun after a rapid gun battle in a Wichita incident with police.
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Kansas
Salina, Kan
William Howell
Wichita
Barnard
Kan
The
Lina Journal
Howell
Colorado
Oklahoma
Illinois
Nebraska
Hudson
Galva
Barnes
Burns
Benton
Dexter
Hunter
Isabel
Topeka
Salina
Dana Clark
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Clark
Robert Lomax
Roy Trail 38
Howard Bristol
Lomax
Trail
Burns, Kan
Barnes, Burns and Galva
Walton
Marysville
Met 46 Years Ago They Wed in New York Church
In New York they married Wednesday, forty six years after meeting in Japan. The Rev Dr Charles S Iglehart, 83, and Caroline Packham, 72, former Methodist missionaries in Tokyo and Nagasaki, were wed by 101-year-old Bishop Herbert Welch who noted the couple have long been friends.
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New York
Japan
Charles S. Iglehart
Caroline Packham
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Herbert Welch
Dr. Iglehart
Surgeon General panel to indict heavy cigarette smoking
Washington AP report says most insiders expect a federal panel to declare heavy smoking dangerous. The advisory committee weighs how many health areas are affected and how strong the evidence is. Doctors advise against smoking for patients with respiratory distress or heart trouble while hoping the report clarifies risks to healthy individuals.
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Surgeon General's Advisory Committee On Smoking and Health
Surgeon General
Mishap Fails To Halt Fishing On Duck Lake
Kalispell men James Strodtbeck and Tom Jones continued ice fishing after their pickup broke through the ice and sank into 11 feet of water on Duck Lake. They still landed their limit of trout despite the mishap.
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Kalispell
Mont
James Strodtbeck
Tom Jones
Duck Lake
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka In 24 Hours
AP report lists Kansas traffic deaths from 9 a.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Wednesday. For January 17, 1964 fatalities total 3, compared with 10 in the same period in 1963.
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Topeka
Kansas
Slow Unlimbering By 88th Congress Under Pressures
Washington AP In a 41 minute State of the Union Johnson urged rapid action on a $97.9 billion budget and a $11 billion tax cut to spur social welfare. Republicans warn of a performance gap between his proposals and Congress deeds while Senate Finance speeds tax debate. The president backs a 25 percent cut in enriched uranium production and civil rights and welfare moves face stiff Senate opposition.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
John O. Pastore
DRL
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Site panel tabs multiple cities for new prison
A Topeka legislative site selection committee met but did not announce its findings on where to locate the new medium security prison. A sub committee will draft the report for Gov. Anderson next week as the full panel reconvenes. About 30 cities applied, with Chanute among 15 under further review for the proposed 67 million dollar facility.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Chanute
Man wins pool at Tropical Park for $54,789
A man in a blue suit correctly chose the four winners at Tropical Park on Wednesday and took home 54,789.20 from the twin double pool, the second largest payoff at a U.S. track. He waited to the last minute, presented a Florida license, signed an income tax form, requested secrecy, and departed with the prize.
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Miami
Fla
Tropical Park
U.S
Florida
Army Engineers Plan Millions in New Project Starts
Army Corps of Engineers plans 50 to 60 million dollars in 1964 construction in Kansas and Missouri, adding to 175 million in contracts in force. Projects include dams, reservoirs, flood control, military facilities, and civil works across multiple sites including Pomona, Perry, Wilson, Milford, Topeka, Council Grove, John Redmond, Elk City, Marion, Missouri River bank stabilization, Turtle Creek, and Ft. Riley, Ft. Leavenworth, and Nike site air conditioning installations in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
Army Corps of Engineers
Kansas
Missouri
Miles L. Wachendorf
Wachendorf
Kansas Contractors Association
Pomona
Lyndon
Delaware River
Perry
Wilson Reservoir
Saline River
Wilson
Milford
Republican River
Junction City
Topeka
Samanunga Creek
Oak
North Topeka
South Topeka
Council Grove
Grand River
Burlington
Tulsa
John Redmond
Elk City
Elk River
Montgomery County
Rim Dike
Marion
Cottonwood River
Missouri River
Rulo
Neo
Turtle Creek
Pottawatomie County
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Ft. Riley
Ft. Leavenworth
Great
Nike
Woman Pleads Guilty in Check Violation Case
Undersheriff Don Harding and Mrs. Harding returned Wanda Gaede from Wichita on a warrant charging a misdemeanor check violation. She pleaded guilty in city court and was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail, then paroled on restitution and cost payment. Mrs Gaede lived in Chanute a short time last year, coming from Wichita.
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Don Harding
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Fran Durkin
Linda Butler
Beth Banta
Kathy Moore
Mary Beth Moore
Beverly Willcott
Kathy
Vicki
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Tribune
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