Veterans Day Parade Planned in Chanute with Forbes AFB Drill Team
A Chanute Veterans Day observance features a 45 unit parade with 10 bands 14 floats saddle clubs clowns and National Guard personnel. Forbes AFB Topeka drill team will perform on Main Street 1 to 2 30 p m and the amateur show starts at 2 30 p m at the Memorial Auditorium. Senior High School drum corps will perform on Main Street. City offices schools and many businesses will close for the day with postal service altered as a partial holiday.
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Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
City Park
Main
Forest
Forbes
Lincoln
Highland
Memorial Auditorium
National Guard
Forbes Afb
Helen Anderson
Chanute
Main Street
LBJ weighs defense cuts to fund education plan
President Johnson reviews U.S. military commitments with Defense Secretary McNamara and Secretary of State Rusk at the LBJ Ranch to target savings in the defense budget. McNamara flew to Austin for a briefing, eyeing a sub $100 billion future budget, with warnings the year-to-year rise could reach 103 to 105 billion.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
U.S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Congress
McNamara
Lbj Ranch
Pentagon
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Hill Picks Up Speaker Support in Kansas House Race
Wichita AP report says Rep Clyde Hill R Yates Center and Rep Robert Finn ey R Humboldt will seek the House speaker post. Rep Jess Taylor R Tribune backs Hill, while Rep John Conard R Greensburg contemplates remaining on Ways and Means and stays out of the race.
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Wichita
Clyde Hill
Yates Center
Kansas House of Representatives
Hill
Robert A. Finney
R . Humboldt
Jess Taylor
Tribune
Wichita Eagle
Taylor
John Conard
Greensburg
Ways and Means
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Setting an Example
An intercepted note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha outlines a teaching moment through example. The brief exchange reflects a tutorlike message from Nute urging practical lessons and personal guidance.
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Cha
Lead of 317 For Ferguson Lead of 317 For Ferguson
PARSONS Kan AP The official canvass of votes in Labette Neosho and Wilson counties gave State Sen Wade Ferguson of Parsons Democrat a lead of 317 over Republican State Sen Charles Forsyth of Erie Ferguson received 12377 votes to 12060 for Forsyth A total of 189 in state absentee ballots will be counted Tuesday but they cannot change the result The race was the only one in the state where two incumbent state senators ran against each other Their districts were merged when the legislature reapportioned the Senate in 1963
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Parsons
Kan
Labette
Neosho
Wilson
Wade M. Ferguson
Charles F. Forsyth
Erie
Ferguson
Forsyth
Senate
Telephone caller seeks Minnesota governor in 1963 mix
Report from Gov Karl Rolvaags staff says a caller from Michigans governor George Romneys office phoned the Minnesota Capitol on Monday asking for Gov Elmer Andersen. Andersen, a Republican, was succeeded by Rolvaag, a Democrat, in March 1963.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Karl Rolvaag
George Romney
Michigan
Minnesota Capitol
Elmer L. Andersen
Rolvaag
Andersen
Mink Toe Cloak Used For Cast Comfort In Detroit
Detroit dentist Dr. Morton B. Lesser received a mink toe cover to fit his cast after an Achilles injury from squash. His former brother in law Sam Offen crafted the lutetia mink toe piece with his initials. A tie around the cast secures the tiny fur covering for warmth as winter approaches.
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Morton B. Lesser
Detroit
Sam Offen
Lesser
Offen
Erosion and Mudslides Threaten Southern California Regions
AP reports high winds and heavy snow in the Sierra with travel warnings for southern ranges and potential blizzard conditions from California to Nevada. In Los Angeles area, rain prompts mudslides sweeping a home and trapping a woman, while a tornado and widespread damage accompany Monday’s storm.
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Sierra
Weather Bureau
California
Nevada
Los Angeles
Aimee Miller
Drought Declares Worst In History In Some Areas
AP survey shows hundreds of counties eligible for federal aid as wells and streams dry up across New England, Midwest, and West. The drought, the worst in area history, threatens winter wheat and dairy farms, with Colorado near total winter wheat destruction and California eased by rainstorms.
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Associated Press
New England
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midwest
Southwest
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Pittsfield
Mass
Hartford
Union Gas seeks 4 percent rate rise in 33 towns
The Kansas Corporation Commission took under advisement Union Gas System Inc. independence regarding a 4 percent rate increase. If approved, domestic customers in 33 communities would pay about $220,657 more.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Union Gas System, Inc
Independence
Hovering plane certified for production by Helio in Kansas
The FAA certified the single engine H-250 Helio Courier II built in Pittsburg Kansas for public manufacture after earlier military use. Test pilot Mike McDermott demonstrated liftoff in 75 feet and near hover with minimal ground speed.
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FAA
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Federal Aviation Agency
Kan
Helio Aircraft Corp
Mike McDermott
Municipal Airport
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas 1963
Kansas traffic death log covers 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday November 17 1963 with three fatalities. Two deaths occurred in earlier months. data compare with 1963 period and notes prior months.
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Topeka
Kansas
Planning Commission Sets Wednesday Meeting Agenda
The city planning commission will hold its November session at 8 p.m. in the city commission room of the Memorial building. A report on progress of the 701 planning studies is on the agenda.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
Memorial Building
Weather area forecast for Topeka and Kansas
Partly cloudy and unseasonably mild with highs in the 70s and lows around 60. A cold front briefly cooled but left warm air and no rain. Monday highs ranged 66 to 77 with early lows 40 to 58. A westward storm front may lower temperatures later in the week.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salina
Garden City
Hill City
Wichita
Pittsburg
Expect Avery Here Tonight At Pre-Legislative Conference
Gov elect Bill Avery is set to attend a Chamber of Commerce pre legislative conference this evening. A 6 30 p m dinner at the Orchid Buffet precedes the meeting with Kansas Chamber officials Topeka area state senators and representatives. About 100 government officials businessmen professionals farmers educators and others have reservations to discuss 1965 legislative issues including education highways taxation and general policy.
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Bill Avery
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Chamber
City Commission Schedules Water Sale Talk and Street Vacation
Last night the city commission confined itself to routine business with two items. A water sale query to a rural district south of Chanute was presented by City Manager R. J. Hayes, contingent on mutual terms. A 10 foot street strip vacation for Tony and Mrs. Tony Biele was approved, with preference for preserving street width.
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City Commission
R. J. Hayes
Chanute
Tony Biele
Santa Fe
Mulberry
Main Street widening costs outlined by city officials
City Manager R J Hayes presented detailed estimates for the Main Street widening project totaling 55 571 98 dollars. A 65 percent share would be covered by the city at large and 35 percent by property owners within the improvement district, with block by block front foot charges.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Wichita Tot Dies of Burns
La Vaughan Baker aged 13 months died from burns after an explosion in the bathroom of a Haysville area home. Her brother Kevin, 2, was in critical condition, and father Melvin Baker suffered facial and hand burns. The family’s older sister Peggy, 13, recounted the blast and fire. Officer Lt A E Foster suggested a highly inflammable liquid fell from a shelf and ignited by a water heater caused the blast. Estimated home damage was $500.
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Wichita
Vaughan Baker
Haysville
Kevin
Melvin Baker
Peggy
A. E. Foster
Sedgwick County Fire Department
Kidney Transplant Appears Successful
Doctors report 10-year-old Mary Freeman and her identical twin Nancy who donated the kidney are doing well after the rare transplant at Parkland Hospital. The operation Thursday may allow Mary to get out of bed today, making the sisters among the youngest twins to endure the procedure.
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Dallas
Mary Freeman
Mary
Nancy
Parkland Hospital
Freeman
Order is Ignored by Some Teachers in Louisville
About 150 Louisville teachers again skipped classes amid a strike over pay and school funding. A restraining order required halt to picketing while the Louisville Federation of Teachers claims individuals acted apart from any union.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville
Board of Education
Louisville Federation of Teachers
Robert Sanders
Joe Cascalla
American Federation of ‘Teachers
Oklahoma
Georgia
Cascella
Belleville
N.J
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Miller
Verdugo Hills
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