Train and Wheat Truck Collision Delays Oil Flyer. No Injuries
The Santa Fe northbound Oil Flyer collided with a wheat loaded semi on the 21st street crossing. No one was injured though the lead diesel units sustained heavy damage estimated at $18,000 to $20,000. The 730 bushel wheat load spilled. driver Carl L. Weathers fled the scene but was unhurt. The truck trailer valued at $6,500. tractor undamaged. The train proceeded to Kansas City after a 44 minute delay.
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Santa Fe
21St Street
Carl L. Weathers
Luray
Les Lawrence
Kansas City
Lawrence
Dillon
Weathers
Senate approves bill to remove silver from coins and reduce content
The Senate sent to President Johnson a bill to end silver in dimes and quarters and cut the half dollar silver content from 90 to 40 percent. The House passed 255 to 151 with a packed vote as silver shortages drive reform. minting limits also target hoarding and speculation while no silver dollars will be minted until a coinage review.
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Senate
Johnson
House
Treasury
Commission On Coinage
Weather summary for Topeka and Kansas regions
Temperatures remained mild across Kansas with a mix of light rain and scattered showers through Friday. Western areas may see 20 percent showers late today, with central portions increasing Friday. Highs reach 80s today, 90 to 95 by Friday, with lows 60 to 70.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eureka
Pittsburg
Kansas Jobless In Slight Decline
The unemployment rate in Kansas among workers covered by unemployment compensation dropped to 1.7 percent in the week ending July 10, from 1.8 percent the prior week and 1.6 percent a year earlier, per the State Employment Security Division.
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Kansas
Topeka
State
Bean Night Lights Up Erie Reunion With Free Feed
Erie prepares a 92nd Sailors and Soldiers Reunion bean feed with 1000 pounds of beans cooking in kettles over wood fires. Free bread and coffee, starting at 6 pm, on courthouse square. Activities include a Shetland pony pull, band concerts, dances, and Kids Day events.
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Erie
Neosho
Sailors and Soldiers
Short Richardson
American Legion Hall
Legion Building
Delinquent Tax Sale Totals $6145 in Erie
Erie receipts from the delinquent tax property sale reached 6145 dollars with 94 tracts sold. Only one or two tracts exceeded the lien. several sold for a dollar. The top price was 1000 dollars for mineral rights near Thayer purchased by Ellis Holtzman of Thayer. Sheriff George Neely and Undersheriff Don Harding auctioned from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. about 50 buyers started, 15 to 20 remained at the end.
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ERIE
Thayer
Ellis Holtzman
George Neely
Don Harding
Galesburg Thayer Road Study Authorized
Erie Neosho county commissioners approved hiring Brink and Dunwoody of Iola to conduct a four mile engineering study on the Galesburg Thayer road from Galesburg west. The project will cost $8,200 for the engineering work.
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ERIE
Neosho County
Brink and Dunwoody
Iola
Galesburg-Thayer
Galesburg
Mars Mariner 4 pictures to reveal first close up view
Scientists in Pasadena report Mariner 4 has begun relaying Mars pictures that could show surface details and hint at life. The first high quality images, stored on tape, are expected to be released today with about 20 photos planned from the 5 600 mile flight past Mars.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Daniel A. Schneiderman
Mariner Project
William H. Pickering
Earth
Interplanetary Space
Georgia Florida Governors wrestle over escapee Kemp case
Georgia and Florida governors study how to handle the identity of Charlie Kemp a 62 year old Negro convict who escaped a 1939 Bibb County murder sentence and lived in Florida for 26 years. Kemp was found to be a wanted escapee after a traffic crash fingerprint revealed his past.
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Atlanta, Ga
Charlie Kemp
Florida
Georgia
Kemp
Bibb County
Burns
Sanders
Hubert Bentley
Chiefs Recommend Large U S Troop Buildup in Viet Nam
The Joint Chiefs unanimously urge boosting U S forces in South Viet Nam to 179 000 by year end far above the 75 000 now planned. McNamara reviews the plan during his Viet Nam inspection as the 1st Infantry Division prepares to expand its presence. A potential mobilization of Reservists and National Guardsmen is anticipated to support the buildup.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
McNamara
Associated Press
Joint Chiefs
Ft. Riley
Kaw
Armed Services
Defense
National Guard Heads for Camp
The Chanute National Guard unit will depart tomorrow morning in convoy for two weeks of summer training at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Departure time is 7:45.
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Chanute National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wis
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Log For July 23 1965
Kansas traffic death log lists fatalities across 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday for July 23 1965. The report compares figures to the prior year 1964 period, showing a rise or fall in incidents. Authorities compile the data to track highway safety trends and fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rezoning Hearing Continued on City Planning Commission
A planning commission hearing on Glen Lacey's request to rezone 227 E 11th for a home operated carpeting business was postponed to the August meeting. Lacey was absent, voters absent and only five of eleven commissioners attended. Ed Mulcahy presented a traffic study for Chanute. Commission members present were Bodley Williams Pate Thompson Allen.
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City Planning Commission
Glen Lacey
E. 11Th
Planning Commission
Planning Board
Lacey
Ed Mulcahy
Burgwin and Martin
Chanute
Commission
W. G. Bodley
Harold Williams
Carl Pate
Wilbur Thompson
Robert N. Allen
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha About New Coins
An intercepted note to Cha questions whether the new coins will jingle softly in pockets or sound like rattling rocks. The writer worries about the coin’s tone and practical use in daily life.
Adlai Stevenson Returns Home for Burial in Illinois
Body of Adlai Ewing Stevenson returned to the United States from London with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Stevenson's sons. Services planned at Washington National Cathedral and Illinois Capitol in Springfield before burial in Bloomington. Stevenson age 68, died of a heart attack outside the U.S. Embassy. he had served as UN ambassador since 1961 and twice sought the presidency.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Washington
Illinois
Hubert Humphrey
Stevenson
Springfield
Bloomington
Ill
U.S
United Nations
Johnson
Humphrey
Stevensons’ Sons
Grosvenor Square
National Cathedral
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
George W. Ball
Adlai III
John Fell
Borden
John
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Highway Patrol
Tom Ogden
Johnny Quinn
Russell
Brazil
R. F. Elrod
E. 9Th
Marion Wells
S. Central
G. E. Donovan
N. Highland
Tulsa
Congress
Chiefs
National Guard
Cha
Adlai Stevenson
London
Britain
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