Steel industry hunts workers as output set to break records
In Chicago-Gary area the nation’s largest steel center, US Steel and Inland Steel launch Midwest and Pennsylvania recruitment to fill top positions. Despite record 1964 aims, skilled labor remains scarce as 86 Inland jobs open at Calumet Works amid broader plant needs.
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Chicago
Chicago-Gary
Ind
US. Steel
Inland Steel
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Phil Morris
Calumet
Morris
Duluth
Minn
Green Bay
Wis
South Bend
Evansville
Terre Haute
Escanaba
Mich
Battery powered auxiliary pumps for human hearts
A New York surgeon predicted within two years a fully implanted auxiliary heart pump powered by a shoulder worn battery pack. Trials in dogs use a cigarette pack sized inflatable bulb in the aorta with an external 30 pound power unit and an electronically controlled valve linked to the dog’s heartbeat. Dr Nose spoke at the American College of Surgeons meeting, stating human implants may be possible soon.
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Chicago
New York
Yukihiko Nose
State University of New York
Down
State Medical Center
Brooklyn
Nose
American College of Surgeons
Duffield Loses Url to Avoid Electric Chair in Va Slaying
Loren Neal Duffield lost a habeas petition as U S District Judge John B Butzner Jr denied claims that evidence clothing was unlawfully obtained and that his Norfolk trial counsel was ineffective. The 24 year old Navy veteran was convicted in the 1963 death of Gwen dolyn Constance Padgett, a 14 year old babysitter, and had a stay a day before an April 11 execution.
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Richmond, Va
Loren Neal Duffield
U. S. Dist
John B. Butzner Jr
Duffield
Norfolk Corporation Court
Gwendolyn Constance Padgett
Norfolk
Richard H. C. Taylor
Richmond
Butzner
Navy
Trenton
Chanute
Kan
Topeka
Jola Junior College
Vandals Damage Memorial Statue at Elmwood Cemetery
Police were notified by the cemetery sexton of vandalism at the memorial statue near the mausoleum in Elmwood cemetery. Officers reported rocks were thrown at the statue in the incident yesterday.
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Elmwood Cemetery
Principals Meet Here in Southeast Kansas
Area 2-B Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals holds a fall meeting with Wendell H. McMurray of Chanute Senior High as chairman. A 6:30 p.m. dinner at Murray Hill School precedes programs by Bill Medley of Winfield and Erle Volkland of Highland Park, Topeka, and DPI's Dr. George Cleland.
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Kansas Assn
Wendell H. McMurray
Chanute
Area 2-B
Murray Hill
Kansas
Bill Medley
Pricipal
Winfield
KASSP
Erle Volkland
Highland Park
Topeka
George Cleland
State Department of Public Instruction
Weather Warmth Edges Up Across Kansas
AREA FORECAST continues fair with a slow warming trend through Wednesday with lows in the mid 40s and highs in the mid 70s. Kansas forecast calls for clear skies and rising temperatures after a frosty night with no moisture expected to relieve drought conditions. Today’s highs reach the 60s to 70s regionally, with early highs ranging from 27 at Manhattan to 70 at Liberal and 41 at Wichita for yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Wichita
Olathe
Liberal
Traffic Fatalities Log For October 8 1964 In Kansas
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log for October 8 1964 showing 484 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am, compared with 442 in the comparable 1963 period. The update summarizes daily toll figures across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Efforts to End GMM Strike Marked by Slow Progress
Detroit AP reports slow progress in ending a nationwide GM strike despite tentative national contract terms with the UAW. Settlements were reached at Fisher Body Fram ingham Massachusetts and Allison Indianapolis, leaving 115 of 130 local agreements unresolved. About 280,000 workers could return if full settlement is reached.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
No. 1
Fisher Body
Framingham
Mass
Allison
Indianapolis
Rhodesman
General Motors
United Fund Drive Reaches $8834 With 511 Donors
The United Fund drive hit the $8,834 mark today with 511 contributors. Collections amount to 40.4 percent of the total goal of $21,906.19, signaling progress toward the target.
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United Fund
Complicated Plan For Moon Travel
A $71,670 study contract awarded to North American Aviation to test radar relaying topography data to a computer for guiding astronauts on the moon. Dr. Jack Green of North American runs the computer study on rough lava at Pisgah crater near Barstow, Calif, per Manned Spacecraft Center officials.
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Houston, Tex
North American Aviation Co
Downey
Calif
Jack Green
North American
Pisgah Crater
Barstow
Manned Spacecraft Center
Ryun Money Race Finishes Fund Goal For Tokyo Trip
In Wichita the fund drive to send Jim Ryun and his parents to Tokyo reached its $2,400 goal. Ryun, 17, had earlier become the youngest four minute miler this year and will run the 1500 meter Olympic prelim on Oct 19. His parents, Mr and Mrs Gerald Ryun, are expected to depart Oct 17 for Japan. Local civic leader Dick Price and Britt Brown of the Wichita Eagle Beacon announced the campaign total and that contributions were still arriving.
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Wichita
Jim Ryun
Tokyo
Ryun
Gerald Ryan
Japan
Dick Price
Britt Brown
Wichita Eagle + Beacon
New Treasurer For KP and L In Topeka Kansas
Ferdi nand G. Meyer is named treasurer of Kansas Power and Light Co by president Balfour Jeffrey. He succeeds RM Parker who retired last year. J E Bennett resigns as assistant secretary and assistant treasurer after acting as treasurer. Meyer, a St Louis native and KU graduate, assumes duties.
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Topeka, Kan
Ferdinand G. Meyer
Kansas Power & Light Co
Balfour
Meyer Is A
St. Louis
The
University of Kansas
Chanute Board Advances Plan for District Unification
The Chanute Board of Education voted to pursue unification under state rules, inviting nearby district boards Neosho Valley Fair field Hillcrest Rural Earlton and Union Valley to a preliminary meeting next Tuesday to discuss potential merger. Hearings with state superintendent reps are likely as part of the unification process. The board also heard on aviation ground training in Senior High, considered a 3 hour college course for juniors, hired William Ferguson for the 1965 66 term, approved limited interschool football for 8th graders, renewed auto and property insurance, and granted release time for conferences.
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Chanute Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chanute Board
Neosho County
Chanute
Neosho Valley
Fairsfield
Hillcrest
Rural
Earlton
Union Valley
Marion Stevens
U.S
William Ferguson
Oklahoma
Meter Mishap Sparks Defense by Cars on Main Street
Mrs. T. A. Reeves, of 719 N. Forest, told police that a parking meter on Main Street toppled as she approached to insert a coin, damaging her Volkswagen. The incident joins a string of meters being bumped by vehicles that edge toward the curb.
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T. A. Reeves
N. Forest
GA Raps K.C. Funds For Renewal
The General Accounting Office criticized Urban Renewal Administration costs in Kansas City MO. It cited 167 500 for two streets as excessive and said two thirds federal share means 57 000 could be saved by reallocating benefits. GAO urged URA to reopen the project and disallow the street lights credit.
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Nam Vie
Boundary
URA
North Side
GAO
Valuable Doll Sale Ends Happily in Topeka
A 1902 antique doll valued at about $75 was accidentally sold at a garage sale by 15 year old Carol Fraser. The doll, owned by Doris Frederick, was bought for $2 by a woman who later learned its value and, after reading about the case, returned it to Bertram Spiller for her daughter.
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Topeka
Raymond Fraser
Doris Frederick
Adoption probe finds no law violations in infant death
Merriam police chief said there was no legal breach in the adoption and death of a 4 week old girl who died Sept 27 from a congenital heart disorder. He urged reforms in Kansas adoption procedures and better medical care, noting jurisdiction limits while calling for public comment to close moral and legal loopholes. The infant, unnamed, was in the care of an Overland Park couple.
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Merriam, Kan
Merriam
Michael Donahue
Donahue
Overland Park
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
An intercepted letter discusses moving the steel industry into the Appalachian region to address a labor shortage and claim progress against poverty and wartime needs. The message reflects wartime policy rhetoric and industrial strategy ideas attributed to unnamed writers.
City Dads Hear Pros and Cons of Main Widening
The city commission closed a public hearing on widening Main with a decision deferred. The plan, costing about 55 572 dollars, would place 80 percent of the cost on the city and 20 percent on property owners along the affected blocks, prompting objections over equity from residents.
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Main
Seth Gray
Evergreen
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Howard Alger
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Kp&l
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Appalachians
By Keith Wright
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Steuben-Forest
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R. J. Hayes
Curt Hupp
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