City approves 9 per 1000 tax levy for 1965 budget
The city adopted a 1965 budget with a levy of $9 per $1,000 valuation, up from $8 by 1964. The increase funds Memorial building work and the Osa and Martin Johnson Safari Museum while maintaining the industrial levy at one mill. An overall tax revenue adjustment may occur due to state sales tax residues.
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Osa
Martin Johnson Safari Museum
R. J. Hayes
Memorial Building
Hayes
Commission
Museum Board of Directors
Moratorium on Civil Rights Demonstrations Sought
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and other Negro leaders urged a postponement of mass civil rights protests until after the November presidential election. They criticized Goldwater’s stance, noted Republican platform implications, and emphasized voter registration while some leaders questioned the call. The report also covers city budget figures and debt notes.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
Robert F. Wagner
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Tion
Progressive Labor Movement
Harlem
Gus Hall
Washington
William Flythe
Goldwater
Pigeons Released Near Neo Sho Drive-In Theater
Early morning observers north of town witnessed 250 homing pigeons released at 6 a.m. by a Kansas City man who said he would return to Kansas City and release another 250 birds in Oklahoma next week. The birds are trained to race other homing pigeons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Horsley
S. Malcolm
Neosho Drive-in
Kansas City
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday July 48 1964 shows 48 fatalities compared with 1963 tally of 322. Records detail numbers and locations of deadly crashes within the Topeka area and statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Kenyan officials tour Safari Museum in Kansas
Ten Kenyan livestock officers on a nine month Agricultural International Development service program visit Coffeyville and Kansas State University. The group learning animal husbandry and trade school work, staying under leader J A Housman Parsons, and plan to return to Kenya in December. Many recognize artifacts and pictures tied to their tribes, and all are Christians.
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Kenya
Agricultural International Development Service
Kansas State University
Manhattan
J. A. Housman
Parsons
Coffeyville
Kenya Agricultural International Development
Safari Museum
Lois Erickson
Ford Dies Of Injuries In Bike Car Crash
Walter O. Ford, 32, of 612 S Central Wichita, died at St. Joseph's Hospital after burns from a Tuesday crash. He taught in Mulvane and Edna, earned a music education master's, and later taught in Chanute. Survived by wife Judith, two children, father Roy Ford and sister Dixie. Funeral Friday at First Baptist Neodesha. burial Neodesha Cemetery.
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Walter O. Ford
S. Central
St. Joseph's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
Wichita
Neodesha
Roy L
Wilma Ford
University of Wichita Music Department
Mulvane
Edna
Kansas
State of Nevada
Chanute City
Judith Ann Tudor
Elkhart
Ind
Christian Church
Las Vegas
Nev
Phi Mu Alpha
John Corbin Ford
Christi Sue Ford
Roy L. Ford
Dixie Ford
Chanute
Johnson says VP pick must be attractive and progressive
President Johnson stated at a hastily called news conference that he wants a Democratic vice-presidential nominee who is attractive prudent and progressive with a strong concern for the welfare of the people but he has not yet decided who will fill the slot.
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Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Washington
OAS
inter-American System
Hemisphere
Organization of American States
Ranger 7 Near Moon Snap Bid Boosted to 4 of 5
Ranger 7 sails toward the moon with six cameras and a 806 pound payload in what scientists call a promising step as it nears a potential 4000 picture final pass. Dr. William Pickering reports the odds have risen to four out of five with a planned 5800 mile per hour descent and a possible last trajectory adjustment.
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Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 7
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Car recovered after theft from Gehrt residence
A 1956 Chevrolet stolen yesterday morning from Dr. Earl Gehrt at 19 S Rutter was found yesterday afternoon abandoned on West 21st between the Santa Fe tracks and Plummer. Police noted no ignition key and the car appeared undamaged.
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Dr. Earl Gehrt
S. Rutter
West 21St
Santa Fe
Plummer
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Declares Miss USA
A playful intercepted note praises Miss USA as a math whiz and a standout in every subject praising measurements like 35 22 35. The line imagines the office bachelor’s remark highlighting her talents and charm.
Weather warms as hot spell returns to Kansas
General sky fair and humid conditions forecast through Friday night with Friday highs near 100 in Topeka. A warm front moving northeast across Kansas signals a return to hot weather later in the week after a cool front brought a dip in temperatures and humidity. Isolated storms possible in western areas. scattered showers in the east. Augusta reports three inches of rain, Atlanta 91, rainfall prospects poor.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Augusta
Atlanta
House OKs Benefit Hike Seeks Medicare-like Additions
The House passed a measure to raise Social Security benefits by about five percent, extending coverage to roughly 600,000 more aged people and allowing surviving children to stay on benefits until age 22. The bill would boost payments to many retirees and increase the wage base for payroll taxes while a Senate battle over hospitalization provisions looms.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Rity
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