Kansas City Firm Wins City Revenue Bond Bid for Power System
A. F. Stepp Investments Co of Kansas City won the 628000 revenue bond issue for municipal power system expansion with a 15 year issue interest of 194308.63 and average rate 3.15846 percent. Sealed bids drew seven additional offers from Barret Fitch North and Co Francis I DuPont and Co First Securities Co E F Hutton and Co John Nuveen and Co Ranson and Co Stern Brothers and Co.
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A. F. Stepp Investments Co
Kansas City
Reinholdt and Gardner
Milburn Cochran
Barret
Fitch North and Co
Francis I. DuPont and Co
Chicago
First Securities Co
Wichita
E. F. Hutton and Co
John Nuveen and Co
Ranson and Co
Stern Brothers and Co
Seven killed in Nassau shooting rampage ends in death
A gunman killed seven people and wounded six in a two hour spree through Nassau South, then died by shotgun wounds in his home. Sheriff chief said the first victim was his wife. Alfred Glinton died of a heart attack amid the chaos. Police later found Ruben Rolle, 30, dead nearby. The murders involved neighbors and a terrifying call volume to police.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Stanley Moir
Ruben Rolle
Rolle
Mrs. Rolle
Alfred Glinton
Baker Fund Reaches $621 for Girl's Burn Treatment
The Mary Baker Medical Fund has risen to 621.25 with ongoing contributions. Recent donors include Temple Commandery No. 44, Hutton Brownies, Rotary, Dorcas class, and the Friendship club. A $50 contribution was given today. Fire Department sponsors use of funds for costs of the girl’s severe burn treatment. Contributions accepted at the fire station or by Box 311 Chanute.
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Mary Baker Medical Fund
Temple Commandery No. 44
Hutton
Rotary
Dorcas Class of the
Christian Church
The
Friendship Club
Fire Department
Chanute
Weather Warmth Holds As Record Ties On Topeka Date
Area forecast indicates continued warmth through Friday with highs near 90 and lows in the 60s. In Kansas, daytime readings mostly in the 90s and 60s at night, with Topeka reaching 91 to tie the date record as other readings ranged from 87 at Goodland to 93 at Olathe and morning lows from 58 at Manhattan to 66 at Pittsburg and Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Olathe
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Hill City
Little Merriam Boy Is Crushed to Death
Jeffrey Lynn Mill aged two was crushed when a family car rolled over him in the driveway of his Merriam Kansas home. His mother had left him in the car after grocery shopping and found him after returning inside and seeing the vehicle roll away.
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Merriam, Kan
Jeffrey Lynn Mill
Jack Mill
Jeffrey
Stevenson pledges U S help in Southeast Asia defense
U S Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson told the United Nations Security Council that the United States will fight Communist forces in Southeast Asia as long as the people there are determined to remain independent. He acknowledged the situation has worsened and warned aggressors that armed aggression will not be tolerated.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Southeast Asia
Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
Indochinese Communist Party
Commu
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Fedorenko
Standstill in Crutchfield search widens public appeal
Roy Crutchfield, a Chanute man missing since May 11, remains unfound as police and sheriff search isolated locations. Chief Lige Matlock has enlisted AP distribution of Crutchfield’s photo, contacted his California brother, and filed his details with the FBI for fingerprint comparison. No solid leads or authentic clues have emerged.
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Roy Crutchfield
Chanute
Lige Matlock
George Neely
Matlock
Associated Press
Cratchfield
California
Crutchfield
FBI
Soviet Trawlers Spotted Off San Francisco Under Surveillance
Two Soviet trawlers were sighted Wednesday near the Farallon Islands about 26 miles west of San Francisco. The Navy reports it has the vessels under surveillance.
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San Francisco
Farallon Islands
Family Isolated by Progress in West Allis
Mrs. Richard Grohall, 32, asked Mayor Klentz to arrange grocery delivery as an alley paving project traps her family. The group includes daughters Debra 6 and Dianne 3, her brother Earl, and mother Mrs Paw Eras. The alley closure forces a three-block private-property walk to reach a public road. a city official warned trespassing if they attempt the route.
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West Allis
Wis
Richard Grohall
Arnold H. Klentz
Grohall
Debra
Dianne
Earl
Paw Eras
Grahalls
Appointments At Humboldt Brick and Tile
Robert G. Osborn was named general manager and Gerald L. McCall sales manager of Humboldt Brick & Tile Co. Osborn has been with the firm since April 1961 after time at Monarch Cement Co. McCall joined in April 1963 after managing Humboldt Coop. Both are natives of Humboldt with local education histories.
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Humboldt
Robert A. Finney
Humboldt Brick & Tile Co
Robert G. Osborn
Gerald L. McCall
Osborn
Monarch Cement Co
Pittsburg
Pittsburg State College
McCall
Humboldt Coop
MccCall
Humboldt High School
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Throckmorton Files For Ninth Term In Public Instruction
Adel F. Throckmorton, Kansas state superintendent of public instruction, filed Wednesday as a candidate for a ninth term. The AP dispatch notes his bid comes as he seeks continued leadership in the state education department.
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Topeka (Ap
Adel F. Throckmorton
State Superindent of Public Instruction
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A playful note questions whether a tough U.S. Army general with silk wallpaper in his office wears regulation under clothing. The line hints at military propriety versus personal style in a satirical tone.
Army general denies lavish office decor amid budget review
Maj. Gen. Alden K. Sibley defended his Mobility Command office in Warren saying wallpaper was inexpensive and the bathroom small. Congress examined a $245,800 request for more HQ modifications, including a vanity, paneling, vinyl tile, and carpeting. Rep. John J. McFall questioned the general’s taste during testimony.
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Detroit
Alden K. Sibley
Sibley
Army Mobility Command
Warren
Washington
John J. McFall
D-Calif
Gen. Sibley
Rhodes
Opposition Hints At Neosho County Unification Plan
A Tribune notice reports most of District B school board members oppose the Neosho County unification plan. The June 2 election will decide the plan dividing the county into two districts with Chanute and other areas in District A and the remainder in District B.
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Neosho County
Tribune
Erie
Chanute
Neosho-Wilson County
Unification Planning Board
Neosho Valley
Union Valley
Rural
Hillcrest
Earlton
Fairfield
Mentor
Lakeview
Riverview
Kimball
South Mound
Joint 101
Stark
St. Paul
Thayer
Galesburg
Joint Rural
JayCee junior golf tour date set for June
At a Maple Leaf meeting the Chanute JayCees announce June 3 as the Junior Golf Tour date with June 4 as rain backup. Two divisions for Junior and Senior High vie for trophies. winners go to the Kansas JayCee Junior Golf Meet with expenses paid.
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George Heger
Chanute JayCees
Maple Leaf
Kansas JayCee
Heger
JayvCee
Dwight Blackwood
North
West
JayCees
JayCee
Bob Reynolds
Two Locomotives Collide Killing One and Wounding Five
An early morning collision of two Pennsylvania Railroad freight locomotives near Cheverly Maryland left one man dead and five injured. A subsequent explosion from a leaking gas tank sparked a large fire that was quickly contained. The crash disrupted U.S. Route 50 and nearby rail lines, with at least 26 freight cars derailed and the site near the District of Columbia line.
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Landover
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harry Wayne Edwards
Oxford
New York
Washington
Cheverly
Army
District of Columbia
University of Maryland
College Park
Traffic Fatalities Log For May 1964 In Kansas
A Topeka AP traffic death log updates 24 hours to 9 am Thursday showing 35 fatalities for May 1964 and 210 for the comparable 1963 period. One delayed report of fatality noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Nigel Morris
W. J. Althaber
Burgwin
Martin
Central
Forest
John Sherman
Central Business District
R. J. Hayes
Baker Fund
Merriam Boy
New Neosho Wildlife Refuge
Santa Fe Lake
Popu
Tribun
Larry Mathews
Free Southeast Asia
U. S
Nist
Viet Nam
Indochina
Dean Rusk
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Cambodia
U.N
World Organization
Humboldt Brick & Tile
Throckmorton
Cha
Neosho
Tioga Hotel
Knights of Columbus
Bill Autry
Bill Hosselt
Washington, D.C
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