Freezing Rain Expected As Winter Crashes Party
Weather forecasters warned of freezing rain and a major winter storm sweeping across the Midwest and plains. Northeast Kansas faced a heavy snow warning with four inches or more possible, while freezing rain threatened the southeast and east central regions. Hazardous travel warnings were issued for several states as Arctic air collided with warm Gulf winds, bringing snow, sleet, and icy roads.
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Topeka
Kansas
East Central
Manhattan
Ottawa
Midwest
U.S
Kansas City
Central Plains
Iowa
North Central States
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Michigan
Colorado
Flagstaff
Ariz
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Minot
N.D
Cutbank
Mont
Great Falls
South Dakota
Watertown
Aberdeen
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Duchess the Birthday Dog Heats Baldwin Home Guests
An 11-year-old fox terrier named Duchess Baldwin at 213 W 5th enjoys a birthday party with gifts and cake. Judy and Joyce Baldwin, daughters of Rev William J Baldwin, organized the event with guests Steve and John Brotton of Santa Fe.
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Duchess Baldwin
W. 5Th
Baldwin
Judy
Joyce Baldwin
William J. Baldwin
Joyce
Duchess
Steve
John Brotton
Santa Fe
Butler County Jaco Chooses 80 Acre Site for College
The Butler County Junior College board selects an 80 acre site southwest of El Dorado for its new building. A volunteer group of bankers and business interests offers to fund the land purchase. A second proposed site was northeast of Augusta. Voters will decide in mid May on establishing the county supported junior college.
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EL Dorado
Board of Regents
Butler County Junior College
Here
Garland P. Ferrell Jr
Augusta
Butler Countians
Fight to Limit Beef Imports Across States
Gov John Anderson expanded his drive to curb meat imports by contacting 36 governors via telegrams asking for support of a meat import restriction bill. He plans to present the responses to the Senate Finance Committee, while noting losses for ranchers livestock men and feeders affect feed grain and the broader economy.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Senate Finance Committee
Anderson
National Governors Conference
McDill (Huck) Boyd To Visit Here Friday
Phillipsburg publisher and governor candidate McDill Huck Boyd plans a Friday visit to Chanute meeting friends at a 4 30 PM coffee in Tioga Hotel Pine room. Public invited. He then travels to Fredonia for the 5th District Republican convention on Saturday.
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MccDill
Huck) Boyd
Phillipsburg
Chanute
Boyd
Tioga
Fredonia
Minster Calls Safety Campaigns a Menace on Roads
LOS ANGELES AP The British Columbia minister of highways criticized safety campaigns as a bore and menace. Philip Gaglardi the “hot rod minister” argued speed limits raise accidents and that speedier driving is safer. He toured the U S to promote tourism and said he has received tickets six times, often failing to talk his way out once officials learn his identity.
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Los Angeles
British Columbia
Philip Gaglardi
Gaglardi
Cutting Off Funds Would Round Freedom's Heels
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert S Mc Namara warned that free world strength on the edge of the Communist bloc would quickly melt away without at least a one billion dollar annual military aid program. General Maxwell D Taylor echoed the warning saying a billion dollars is only a holding operation of borderline adequacy for the coming year. They spoke before the House Foreign Affairs Committee along with Aid Director David E Bell who said without military and economic aid South Vietnam would have fallen under Communist domination long ago. Bell added that a complete cutoff would be disastrous and would imply pulling out of Southeast Asia including Vietnam Laos and Thailand.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
McNamara
Congress
Executive Branch
David E. Bell
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Newlywed Excused From Week of Jury Duty
Clyde Nathan Williams handed Judge Arnold Kricher a marriage clipping dated March 7 and a copied Bible verse from Deuteronomy. The verse was used to request temporary relief from jury service. the judge verified the note and sent Williams home.
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Houston
Tex
Clyde Nathan Williams
Arnold Krichamer
Glenda Cone
Williams
Intercepted Letter to Cha Doubts Dollar Minting Aid
An intercepted letter from Nute to Cha questions minting more silver dollars to fight poverty. The writer doubts this move would aid the war on poverty and signs off personally.
Tech School Bonds Approved at Emporia
An Emporia Kansas vocational technical school bond issue of 600000 dollars was approved by the Emporia School District on Tuesday with a vote of 2165 to 894.
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Emporia
Emporia, Kan
Pet Revived by Man Using Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation
Allen Schnelle of Medicine Lodge Kansas may have saved his collie Skippy with mouth to mouth resuscitation after the dog was struck by a car. The 27 year old learned the technique in a first aid course at a gypsum mill where he worked. The dog revived and was taken to a veterinarian.
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
Allen Schnelle
Skippy
Schnelle
Schnelie
Driver Arrested After Erie DWI Charge
Erie patrol arrested Pat Hibbs 58 on a driving while intoxicated charge. Brought to county jail, he posted a $100 bond in justice court and was released pending blood alcohol test results. Arrest occurred on US 59 about 10 miles south of Erie.
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Erie
Highway Patrol
Pat Hibbs
Justice of the Peace Court
Gas Price Wars Reach Beyond Motorists in Kansas City
In Kansas City, a year of price skirmishes unfolds as gas stations raise and drop prices in a ladder game. Independent and major brands vie for customers, with price differentials narrowing to about one or two cents. The FTC probes a major brand for alleged price fixing amid taxes on gasoline.
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Kansas City
Federal Trade Commission
Mid
Pity the Poor Gamblers In Need of Silver Dollars
In Reno Nevada a silver dollar shortage disrupts casino play as a gray haired woman feeds multiple slot machines. Elders in the industry warn a $100000 yearly hit to Harolds Club and other houses if minting plans fail. Treasury silver reserves have fallen from 90 million to under 17 million, with demand from collectors and speculators rising. The public relief will slow as lawmakers rejected minting 150 million new coins, strangling Western gambling commerce.
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Nevada
Raymond I
Pappy) Smithspry
Harolds Club
Reno
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows March 1964 Higher Than 1963
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday in March 1964 with 125 fatalities, compared to 87 in the same period of 1963. The AP item notes TOPEKA figures and provides a 24 hour tally for the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wednes
MacArthur Fights On After Gall Bladder Surgery
Gen Douglas MacArthur, age 84, shows guarded but improving signs after two major operations in 17 days. Doctors report the esophageal bleeding halted after spleen removal and kidney shunt, with a tube to stop the bleeding later removed and no further bleeding. Visitors expected after return to Ward 8, Walter Reed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Heaton
Boat Upsets Near Palm Beach Inlet Traps Nine Missing
Public charter fishing boat Two Georges overturns near Boynton Inlet sending three dead, nine missing and 11 rescued. Coast Guard from Miami and rescue craft from Lake Worth deploy after report of boat overturning 70 miles away.
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Miami
Fila
Atlantic Ocean
Palm Beach
Fla
Miami Coast Guard
Miami Coast Guard Search and Rescue Headquarters
Boynton Inlet
Coast Guard
Lake Worth
Traveler's world tour on eighty dollars inspires talk
Journalist Robert Christopher recounted a round the world trip completed in 84 days for under 80, funded by a magazine contract and photo barter. He described travel hacks, police detentions, and a life in journalism, later returning to New York with 89 dollars to spare. The Talk of the Month Club meet at Tioga Hotel drew about 55 attendees.
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Christopher
New York
Wip
Europe
United States
Russia
Middle East
Tioga Hotel
Ira Barber
Barber
W. T. Warren
T. K. Cronemeyer
George Lightfoot
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