Anderson backs four revenue boosts for 1964 budget
Gov. John Anderson said he will propose four revenue increasing measures to the 1964 budget session. He favors cigarette and liquor tax adjustments, a withholding plan for the state income tax, and an abandoned property law. He says the plan is not a new tax program but could bring 8 to 10 million dollars annually and move to pay as you go. He did not specify amounts for each item.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
Effects of Smoking on Health Due in Government Report
Washington AP reports a forthcoming government assessment on smoking and health. A 10 member nongovernment scientific committee will address all health effects of smoking, beyond the 1959 focus on lung cancer, highlighting cigarettes as a health hazard.
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Luther L. Terry
Public Health Service
Terry
Leroy E. Burney
Greensboro
N.C
Health Service
Legality Of Stamps Upheld In Kansas Courts
Shawnee County District Court upheld the legality of trading stamps redeemable only for U S savings bonds. Judge David Prager ruled they do not violate state law banning cash or merchandise redemption, and the decision likely will be appealed to the state Supreme Court.
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Topeka
Kansas
U. S
Shawnee
Dist
David Prager
Asst
Atty
Edward Curry
State Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Shawnee County
Robert Brown
American Savings Stamp Co. Inc
Chicago
Prager
December Jobless Rate Dips From November High
Washington reports unemployment fell to 5.5 percent in December from 5.9 percent in November, with total employment down 700,000 to 68.6 million. Farm employment accounted for the December drop, totaling 4 million, the same as last December. Unemployment totaled 3.8 million, down 100,000, as many part time job seekers found work or stopped seeking.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area Cold 1964
Kansas traffic death log shows 1 fatality in 24 hours to 9 am Friday for January 19 1964, compared with 11 deaths in the same period in 1963. The report outlines 1964 figures and the year earlier comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
26 Freight Cars Derailed Near Erie
A Katy freight train derailed about three-fourths of a mile south of Erie blocking the Kansas City to Parsons main line. Twenty six cars left the tracks, nineteen loaded with coal lumber and petroleum, ran about a mile before stopping at a passing track switch. Seventy three cars were moved back to Parsons and fifteen continued to Kansas City.
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Erie
Katy
Here
Kansas City
Parsons
Area Forecast Roughly Warmer With Pacific Front Arrival
Topeka Kansas area forecasters expect fair to partly cloudy skies with a gradual rise in temperatures through Saturday. Highs in the 40s today, 50s in western Kansas, with tonight's lows in the 20s. A Pacific cold front arrives bringing light snow and milder weather.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Dodge City
Lawrence
Wichita
Toll Mounts in Gunfight On Border of Canal Zone
The Canal Zone border fighting between U.S. troops and Panamanians left total casualties at 10 dead and 200 wounded. Panamanian casualties totaled 199 with seven dead. three U.S. soldiers were among the dead. Panama froze relations and accused U.S. aggression while the United Nations and the OAS prepared actions. President Johnson held briefings as Panama sought international investigations.
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Canal Zone
Panama
U.S
U.S. Canal Zone
United States
U.s.-Controlled
Presidential Palace
Panama City
Balboa
United Nations
Aquilino Boyd
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Miami
Roberto Chiari
Organization of American States
Johnson
Pentagon
Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Johnson and Panama president discuss canal zone crisis
President Johnson spoke by phone with Panama's Roberto Chiari to press for an end to violence in the Canal Zone. A U.S. delegation led by Thomas C. Mann was dispatched to confer with Chiari and coordinate peace efforts, while Army General Andrew O'Meara was instructed to restore and maintain peace.
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Washington
Johnson
Roberto Chiari
Panama
Pierre Salinger
White House
Canal Zone
Andrew O'Meara
Canal
Mann
Cyrus Vance
Edwin Martin
Ralph Dungan
Fatal Crash Near Lawrence Claims Forty Fort Man
James F. Sgarlat 33 of Forty Fort Pennsylvania was killed when his car struck a culvert on U S 40 four miles west of Lawrence. Co owner of Forty Fort Sand and Gravel Co his companion John Marks Lehman Pennsylvania was critically injured.
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Lawrence, Kan
James F. Sgarlat
Forty Fort
U. S. 40
Lawrence
Sgarlat
Crippled B52 Heads For Emergency Landing At McConnell
AP dispatch from Wichita reports a B52 approaching McConnell Air Force Base with severe tail damage. A spokesman declined to confirm damage details while two escort planes and base officials prepared for an emergency landing. The aircraft circled at 12,000 feet about 24 miles north northeast, carrying 23,000 gallons of fuel with four aboard, likely from Boeing Wichita.
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Wichita
McConnell Air Force Base
McConnell
Air Force
McConnell Air Base
One Step Reduction Appears Popular
President Johnson pushes a one step income tax withholding cut from 18 to 14 percent with a 15 percent temporary drop this year and a 14 percent permanent level in 1965. Senators Smathers and Anderson back swift passage as Mills signals support. Senate debate continues as Johnson warns delays risk jobs.
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Washington
Johnson
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Finance Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Citizens Committee
Senate
Ft. Riley Soldier Shoots Himself in Barracks
Ft. Riley Kan Sgt Clifton A Cassell 28 shot himself to death with a rifle in a barracks room on Thursday An infantryman he had served since April 1958 lived on post with his wife and two children.
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FT. Riley
Kan
Clifton A. Cassell
Cassell
Intercepted Letter Reminds of Rake Return
A playful intercept notes a gunfight between U S troops and Panamanians. It uses the incident to remind Cha to return a rake borrowed from the neighbor last summer.
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U. S
Captain West Describes Roughest of Storms
New York AP report states Captain J M West of the aircraft carrier USS Essex described the North Atlantic storm week of December 15 as the roughest he had seen. Essex limped into New York Harbor with a damaged flight deck and a 60 foot main mast crashed onto the deck after 85 foot waves battered the ship.
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New York
J.M. West
Essex
New York Harbor
West
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Chanute
Earl Wertz
Velma McCoy
S. Lafayette
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Thomas C. Mann
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Salinger
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