Gray Lumber proposes Main Street widening in city vote
Gray Lumber Co seeks to widen about four feet along its Main Street frontage to improve parking, at a cost borne by the company except for moving two city meters. The project covers a half block on the north side, per city engineering specs, and a $57,547.33 assessment plan was approved with 80.46 percent to be paid as special assessments. Local hearings addressed street improvements, assessments, and maintenance.
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Gray Lumber Co
City Commission
Gray
Lumbe Company
Gray Lumber
E. Main
Cha nute Arts and Crafts Fair judging sparks popularity poll
The 12th annual fair at Murray Hill School featured adult, high school and junior divisions with modern paintings and sculpture earning judge prizes. A new popularity poll drew heavy participation but none of the top judge selections received a visitor vote, with Mrs. C. C. Norman and Dr. Don Abbuehl leading the poll.
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Murray Hill School
John Mathews
Emporia State College
Rusk calls for complete isolation of Cuba at NATO
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged full isolation of Communist Cuba in a NATO session. He tied the Cuban issue to pressing allies to aid South Vietnam with industrial equipment and other nonmilitary support, saying no manpower or military aid is required from allies. He warned Khrushchev faces pressure from Red China and noted no basic Soviet shift toward capitalism.
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Hague
Netherlands
Dean Rusk
Cuba
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Rusk
South Viet Nam
Hen lays blue eggs sparks Easter egg craze in Ottawa and beyond
The Ottawa hen that laid 24 blue eggs draws attention but other hens are reported producing dyed eggs as well. Mrs. Earl Cassingham of 919 N Lafayette says two of her hens lay colored eggs including green shells, though the hens are fed standard feed. Her brother Raymond Slife near Cherryvale owns a hen that lays blue eggs, indicating a regional pattern beyond Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Earl Cassingham
N. Lafayette
Tribune
Rep Cannon Is Dead
Washington AP Clarence Cannon, Democratic representative from Missouri and longtime chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, died at age 85 after entering Washington Hospital Center. He was a peppery, agile 140-pound figure and dean of the House by age.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Washington Hospital Center
House
Chanute may push for local U S mint to boost economy
An intercepted letter suggests Chanute could press for establishing a United States mint in the town to address a national coin shortage. Denver and Philadelphia mints operate at capacity and lag behind demand.
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Chanute
U.S
Denver
Philadelphia
Weather Summary for Topeka and Kansas Regions
Pacific cool front lowered Kansas temperatures Tuesday but fair and warmer weather is forecast behind it. Highs in the 60s today, lows near 40 northwest to mid 40s southeast tonight. Wednesday mid to upper 70s with sun. Rain totals overnight chiefly in the west, Weston 1.15 inches Gore 1.10.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weston
Gore
Hill City
Collier
Dodge City
Greensburg
Two From Newton Killed in Crash
A car truck collision three miles south of Newton on U S 81 left two Newton women dead. Twila Perkins 47 and her daughter Roberta 16 died in the crash. Dallas truck driver Carl D Booker 45 was reported in satisfactory condition in a Newton hospital.
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Newton, Kan
Newton
U. S. 81
Twila Perkins
Roberta
Carl D. Booker
Dallas
Tex
Joan Merriam Lands Safely at Oakland Airport
Globe circling Joan Merriam, a 27 year old Long Beach housewife, landed safely at Oakland Airport after Coast Guard escorts covered the final leg from Hawaii. She flew from Hawaii since March 17 facing bad weather and engine trouble, touching down at 9 12 a.m. The escort joined at 7 36 a.m. as she reported trouble.
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Oakland
Calif
Joan Merriam
Coast Guard
Long Beach
Hawaii
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Western Pacific
Merriam
U.S. Mainland
Hoffa defense opens in pension fund fraud case
In Chicago federal court James R. Hoffa defense attorney Maurice Walsh argued that 14 loans cited by the government were not connected to a scheme to defraud the Teamsters pension fund of over 20 million dollars. Walsh maintained no fraud and no loss occurred, noting buildings valued at 3 dollars for every 42 loaned.
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James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Maurice Walsh
Hoffa
U.S
Teamsters Union
Walsh
Pension Fund
Florida
California
George Callaghan
Zachary Strate, Jr
New Orleans
Pelican States Hotel Corp
Demo Leaders Beg Southerners To End Filibuster
Washington AP reports Senate Democrats urge Southern senators to drop the filibuster on the civil rights bill and allow a vote on jury trial amendments. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield says cloture lacks votes and the process is being abused while Southern leaders hedge on timing.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Johnson
Clyde Gilbert Files For State Printer Nomination
Clyde E. Gilbert publisher of a labor weekly and Topeka high school printing instructor filed Monday as a Republican candidate for state printer.
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Topeka
Clyde E. Gilbert
Elder couple seeks 176000 from Missouri for 1862 bond
Irving and Mabel Spears, now living with a relative, sue Missouri in U S District Court Kansas City to recover 176000 on a 10 1862 bond bought by Spears grandfather Pete Holley The pair say the debt is valid because it was signed by state officials and the bond financed the Civil War effort The state argues the bond is not redeemable and the fund was used against the federal government The Spears consulted former presidents and say President Kennedy advised pursuing the suit after Truman suggested timing for a new president.
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Wichita
Missouri
Irving Spears
U. S. District Court
Kansas City
John M. Dalton
Milton Carpenter
Wardack
Carpenter
Spears
Thomas K. Murray
Claiborne F. Jackson
Jackson
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka May May 25 1964
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday for May 25 1964. Comparable period in 1963 shows 158 deaths. No further details released.
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Topeka
Kansas
Head-on Collision Kills Two Kansans
A head-on crash on U. S. 24, thirty two miles west of Hill City, killed Gavin Gano aged 33 and Glenn Irwin aged 65, both of Hill City, on Monday evening.
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Hill City
Kan
Gavin Gano
Glenn Irwin
U. S. 24
Wichita to receive $17,400 education grant for speech
AP reports the University of Wichita will get a $17,400 grant from the U S Office of Education to train teachers of children with speech and hearing defects.
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Wichita
The
University of Wichita
U. S. Office of Education
Fresh Credits For 13 Nations Under Alliance for Progress
President Johnson announced 40 million dollars in fresh credits under the Alliance for Progress to 13 Latin American nations. He pledged to double assistance activities, signing 12 loan agreements after meeting Latin American ambassadors and OAS missions. Benefits include malaria control in Brazil, farmer training in Bolivia, three rural electric cooperatives in Colombia, support for 21,000 small farms in Peru, a new seaport in Chile, a national agricultural center in Mexico, and Food for Peace to Ecuador.
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White House
Johnson
United States
Washington
Chiefs of Missions
Organization of American States
State Department
Brazil
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Mexico
Ecuador
Partisan Row Over Probe of Baker
Washington D C AP A heated dispute erupted in the Senate Rules Committee as Sen Clifford Case demanded an investigation into Bobby Baker relations. Sen Joseph Clark accused Case of repeating a false charge about premeeting exclusion and argued any Baker probe must cover senators’ ties to Baker.
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Washington
Almother
Senate Rules Committee
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Bobby Baker
Joseph
Clark
Case
Senate
Tribune Phone Contact Notice
If you cannot reach the Tribune, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached, dial HE 1 3400 after 6 pm.
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Tribune
Firemen Sponsor Fund for Mary Baker
Chanute firefighters announced a fund drive to cover about 3000 in medical bills for six year old Mary Jolene Baker of Erie Rural Route 1. Mary, burned Feb 28, has undergone five skin graft operations at Neosho Memorial Hospital and hopes to go home in about two weeks. Donations to the Mary Baker Medical Fund, Box 311 Chanute, or calls to HE 1 3650, may be picked up. Harold Stroud, last week’s top news tipster, has already given 3 for the fund.
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Chanute Fire Department
Erie
Mary Jolene Baker
James Baker
Erie R. 1
Tribune
Mary
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Marvy
Gene Roberts Oil Co
Roberts
Cade Oil Oil Co
Baker
Chanute
Mary Baker Medical Fund
Harold Stroud
the Tribune
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