Court Ruling Boosts Redistricting Plan
A Kansas Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on at large elections and directs reapportionment of 20 House seats across 13 counties. Atty. Gen. Ferguson urged a stay while the Legislature acts, noting major constitutional and civil rights concerns. The decision affects Shawnee and other counties with uneven population bases.
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Topeka
Jand
Ernest W. Johnson
Olathe
Major Victory
Paul Shanahan
Elec
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Marion Beatty
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
House
William M. Ferguson
Supreme Beatty
Kansas
U. S
Ferguson
Beatty
J. P. Iienment
Harris
John McCormally
Macdonald
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Publishing Co
Christmas cards sent to Formosa reach Taipeis children
Mrs. Marvin Phillips organized a post Christmas drive to collect old Christmas cards for Formosa. About 12 000 cards were donated and shipped from Chanute to Free China, arriving safely in Tai pei Formosa for reuse by local children.
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Chanute
China
Taipei
Formosa
Marvin Phillips
W. Std
GE Will Pay $7.47 Million For Damages
General Electric agrees to a record 7.47 million dollar settlement to the federal government for damages tied to a price fixing case. A $6.47 million payment goes to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The agreement is part of civil damage suits filed since 1961.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Tennessee Valley Authority
General Electric
Kennedy
Crash Reveals $17,177 in Ohio Car Crash
Robert Southers, unemployed, and his wife Maddie were involved in a Cleveland wreck. Police found a paper bag with 17,177 mostly in twenties. Southers refuses to say source of funds. wife claims no knowledge. He has reported workmen compensation savings and state benefits. she says she knew nothing of the money. He is held on a suspicious persons charge.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Robert Southers
Southers
Maddie
Hewitt Visits Here On 24 Hour Campaign Tour
Republican lieutenant governor candidate I N Hewitt visited friends in Topeka Kansas and spoke during a 24 hour to 9 am Friday campaign swing through southeastern Kansas. The biography notes his Medford home and past terms, with comparison to 1961 activity.
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I. N. Hewitt
Topeka
Kansas
Southeastern
Hewitt
Med
Kine Lodge
Chanute Proposes City Budget With 5.621 Mill Levy
The Chanute budget proposes a 5.621 mill levy or 5.62 per thousand to fund municipal operations next year under state law. About half the levy funds the industrial fund and the rest the general fund with total levy near 55 000 dollars, supported largely by city utilities. The overall levy matches the previous year’s level, after a 1962 reduction from 5 to 2.31 mills due to undistributed funds. The total budget requests 2 422 482 dollars.
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Chanute
City Industrial Fund
General Fund
Industrial Fund
Wedding Glove Of Indians Insurance Against Divorce
In San Francisco AP report Bob Jungle Correira of Seventh Day Adventist Indian missions describes a wedding glove from the Sature Indians used as “insurance against divorce.” The gauntlet, worn after bride capture, endures 500 ants for 24 hours. any sign of pain ends the marriage. Correira oversees 70 tribes across Amazon territory. many locals have never seen a white man. The piece notes budgets and city plans as part of unrelated municipal details.
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San Francisco
Bob
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Robert F. Correira
Unionville
Brazil
Amazon
Strike Threat by 200000 Railroaders
CHICAGO AP A strike is threatened by 200000 railroad workers to block new work rules aimed at cutting jobs. The unions filed suit in U S District Court seeking to stop changes slated for Aug 17 and to declare them a Railway Labor Act violation.
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Chicago
U.S
Fortune in Pauper's Grave Hinted in Estes Case
Testimony at a court of inquiry suggested Billie Sol Estes buried a fortune in a pauper's grave. Harold E. Orr testified about $3 million tied to Estes’ enterprises disappearing, and described schemes involving fictitious notes and collateral. Orr and two others pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and await sentencing.
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Amarillo
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
New York
Harold E. Orr
Superior Manufacturing Co
West Texas
Pecos
Orr
Commercial Solvents Corp
Texas
FBI
Mel Spadden
Alexander
McSpadden
Claude D. Lew‘sader
Superior Manufacturing
Startled Visitor Becomes White House Millionth Guest
William Nealy of Chester Pennsylvania became the White House millionth visitor of 1962 after being stopped at the visitors gate on a Thursday. He received an autographed picture of President Kennedy and the startled principal initially feared he would be denied entry.
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Washington
White House
William Nealy
Chester
Kennedy
Voters Register Tonight Ahead of State Primary
City Clerk Howard Parsons reports 36 new registrations last night, bringing four night total to 94 as the Aug 7 state primary approaches. Registration closes at 9 tonight.
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Howard Parsons
Scientific Data Shifts U S Stance on Nuclear Test Ban Talks
Washington reports indicate the Kennedy administration reviewed new scientific findings on detecting atomic tests and may ease strict monitoring demands in Geneva. Ambassador Arthur Dean will return to Geneva for talks, while White House aides weigh supplemental assessments amid conflicting views on control posts and intrusions into Russian territory.
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Washington
White House
U.S
Geneva
Arthhur H
Dean
Pierre Salinger
Russia
Woodson County Fair Dates Updated at Yates Center
YATES CENTER announces the Woodson County Fair will run August 6 to 8 replacing prior dates. The schedule features a Shodeo on August 6 with entries accepted to show night, an amateur talent show August 7 at the football stadium, and a Fat Stock Sale parade trophies gift scramble and a dance to 12 30 a m on August 8.
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Yates Center
Woodson County Fair
Cool Canadian air cools Kansas with record lows across Topeka and Wichita
Topeka posted its second record low in history as cool Canadian air moved into Kansas. Overnight lows ranged from 57 in Topeka to 65 in Garden City and Dodge City, with Wichita at 61 tying a 1891 low. The Weather Bureau forecasts a five day period of fair to partly cloudy skies and a few scattered showers or thunderstorms with highs near 80 to 85 and overnight lows around 60 to 65.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Goodland
Illinois
St. Francis
Lincoln
Garden City Ll
Concordia
Byrl Herndon Injured In Traffic Collision
Byrl Herndon an 18 year old of 912 S Steuben was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital after a motorcycle collided with a car at 915 S Santa Fe around 420 pm yesterday. Police said the motorcycle hit the rear of a 1955 Ford driven by Linda S Shurtz 16 of 119 E 9th when she stopped to pick up a rider. Estimated damage 100 to the car and 50 to the Harley Davidson motorcycle.
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Byrl Herndon
S. Steuben
Neosho Memorial Hospital
S. Santa Fe
Linda S. Shurtz
Jinxed Carl Fritzen Sails for Seattle Amid Dark Rumors
Along Portland's waterfront the tale of a cursed voyage follows the German freighter Carl Fritzen after a string of calamities on board and ashore. Ailing master, deaths, and relieved officers marked the ship's perilous journey from San Pedro to Astoria then Portland, ending with a U turn toward Seattle.
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Portland
Ore
Carl Fritzen
San Pedro
Calif
Astoria
Columbia River
Germany
Seattle
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