Military costs cut as defense strength grows and saves
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara announced a $1 billion reduction in Pentagon spending for the just-ended fiscal year, with plans to reach almost $4 billion in savings within five years. He cited efficiency gains, increased nuclear and conventional forces, and reductions in procurement and excess inventory, while stressing no sacrifice to national security.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
McNamara
Kennedy
Europe
Department
Battle Creek
Mich
Navy
United States
Local Social News Highlights Roswell and Erie Visits
Kimball reports visits by Kimball A2C and Mrs Billie Culp of Roswell to her parents the Allen family. Erie Rest Home church services and farm visits noted. Numerous local families hosted and visited including Page, Clements, Romine, Goff, Cook, Owen, Smith, and Harden families with trips to Nevada Missouri Humboldt Humboldt Fort Riley and Kentucky mentioned among gatherings and dinners.
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Harry More
Jimmie
Don Romine
Fort Riley
Lawrence Goff
Kansas City
Virgil Goff
Sherman Goff
Paul Cook
William
Nevada
Lula Cheatham
Ray Holly
Sharon
Mary Cook
la Due
Mary
Louise Raney
Leland
Merla
Chanute
Jim Cowan
Garnett
Hurley Heaton
Laveta
Erie
Homer Romine
Russell Page
Frank Smith
Floyd Lee
Virgil Clements
Keith
Kay
Roy Daggett
Jim
Jewel Clements
Water Revenue and Bonded Indebtedness Summary
Water revenue balance on hand at March 31 1963 totals 7 879 76 dollars with receipts of 168 23 and expenditures of 5 459 59. Bonded indebtedness as of June 30 1963 shows water revenue bonds paid from water revenue and general obligation and improvement bonds totaling 4 737 07 7 719 44 and 4 968 14 with remaining balances 2 751 30.
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Chanute Tribune
Thayer
Kansas
General Funds Bond & Int. Fund
Newest US Tallest Tree Found in California
In Humboldt County California a 368 foot redwood is identified by American Forest Products Industries as the nation’s tallest. The former champion Founders Tree fell 17 feet in a past storm, allowing the new record holder to claim the crown.
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New York
Humboldt County
Calif
American Forest Products Industries
California
United States
Burdue Guests, Reunion Highlight Urbana Area Weekend
Saturday overnight visitors to Mrs. Burdue’s sister Mrs. Ernie Mortimer in Wichita included Mr and Mrs Garland Burdue Betty and Glen Burdue. A Burdue family reunion followed Sunday in a Wichita park building with air conditioning. Other local visits included Chester Bercaw and Levi Bailey in Erie and Harolds Heilman in Chanute, with ROTC Cadet Zugmier spending the weekend at home in Pittsburg and Thayer.
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Garland Burdue
Betty
Glen
Chester Bercaw
Erie
Levi Bailey
Edna Faulkerson
Ernest Heilman
Bobby
Robin
Lambertville
Mich
Ora Heilman
Darrell Dunivant
Howard Bailey
Harold Heilman
Nancy
Fred Hummer
Chanute
G. A. Zugmier
Fort Riley
Pittsburg
George Zugmier
Thayer
Wayne Johnson
Ronnie
George Nordstedt
Larry
Debby
Brenda
Ocel Price
Enid
Okla
Opal Ging
Lynn
Galesburg
George Alan Zugmier
Ernest Heilmans
Urbana
Nora Smith
Parsons
Lucille Davis
Independence
Young Cubans Forced To Watch Executions
A newly arrived Cuban refugee youth, 17 year old Luis Torres Perez, says teenagers in Cuba are forced to witness executions of anti Castroists. He recalls taunts aimed at victims and notes the macabre spectacle is staged two or three times weekly in Santa Clara where he lived.
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Miami
Fla
Luis Torres Perez
Torres
Santa Clara
Mt Zion Picnic Guests and Family Visits Across Area
A list of attendees at a Elsmore State Lake picnic includes many local families such as Lydick Cook Guy Wilson Cross Kennedy and Goff with relatives and friends visiting over the holiday. Weekend and Fourth of July gatherings feature extended family meals and calls with Nellie Miller and Paul Coover among those hosting or visiting.
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Wayne Erikson
Terri Lea
Don Goff
Charles Masketer
Sandra
Linda
Stevie
Phyllis
Rhonda Sue
Charles Goff
Kenneth Goff
Kendra
Kevin
Paul Coover
Roy Rawlings
George White
Blue Springs
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Homer Wiman
Haviland
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Esther
Mary Elen
Freda Kepley
Mildred
Earl Romine
Roger and
David
Louisville
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Kentucky
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Morehead
Dowell
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Connie
Fort Worth
Tex
David An Roger
Gordon Harding
Smiths
A. W. Burton
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Cambridge
Thomas
Mt. Zion
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Morton
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Page
Iona
Jane Parker
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Chicken of the Sea Brand
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