City Dads Set Loading Point Move and School of Work
City Commission discussed relocating the water haulage loading point to the northeast corner of City Park for safety and accessibility. Other actions included paving Allen from 3rd to 4th, revising a planning contract, lifting a temporary 701 funds freeze, restricting street parking for grain hauling, and preparing for park and Memorial Building maintenance. The meeting included a call to support industrial development and a Memorial building upgrade plan. Reverend C E Rains offered invocation.
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R. J. Hayes
Memorial Building
US 169
Burgwin
Central Park
Hayes
C. E. Rains
The
United Brethren In
Christchurch
Mafia Terrorism In Gay Play Area Is Business Like
Senate investigators heard testimony on Mafia terrorism in central Florida, detailing 23 gangland slayings in Tampa since 1928 with only one solved. Police Chief Neil G Brown urged federal help, tapping of phones, and a national crime intelligence clearinghouse as Valachi linked mob activity to the Cosa Nostra.
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Senate
Florida
Neil G. Brown
Tampa
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Brown
Congress
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Mafia
Criminal Code Revision Urged by Kansas AG
TOPEKA Kansas Attorney General William M Ferguson and Kansas Bar Association president urges a complete revision of the criminal code in the October Kansas Judicial Council bulletin. He says the criminal code needs overhaul before the civil code takes effect January 1 and notes a hundred years of piecemeal amendments. The Legislature has directed a revision by the Judicial Council and appropriated funds.
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Topeka
William M. Ferguson
Kansas Bar Association
Ferguson
Kansas Judicial Council
Judicial Council
Weather summary for today and outlook
The area forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. A little cooler tonight with lows in the mid 50s and a high Wednesday in the mid 80s. Temperatures at 1 p.m. reached 87 with 62 at Teeks, and 90 at Teeks with 57. Relative humidity at 1 p.m. was 32 and the barometer 30.11 inches, with the highest and lowest temps on record noted for the date.
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EE Cis
Cetan
Ing
Unseasonably warm Kansas forecast with scattered showers
Topeka reports a trace of moisture after about 20 days and light showers aloft. Temperatures expected to climb to 80 to 90 degrees with fair to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Monday highs ranged from 76 in Goodland to 93 in Pittsburg with early lows from 49 to 62 across the state.
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Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Chanute
Kidnaped Woman's Car Recovered Near Humphreys Mo
Mrs. Virginia S. Allen of Wichita Kansas, abducted after being forced from a Wichita supermarket, was found unconscious in Chandler Oklahoma. Her car was located two miles east of Humphreys Missouri with her purse on the front seat. Police search continues. suspect about 25, 5’10”, 175 pounds, wearing a green plaid shirt.
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Humphreys
Wichita
Kan
Chandler
Okla
Here
Virginia S. Allen
Missouri
Hutchinson Topeka Offer Job Retraining Programs
RP retraining programs for jobless persons opened Monday in Hutchinson and Topeka. Hutchinson course trains 20 as advanced general office clerks and is the first of two courses with a second set to begin March 22. Topeka program trains 20 as auto mechanics.
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Topeka
Hutchinson
Clifford Erickson Heads Kiwanis Club
Clifford Erickson was elected president of the Chanute Kiwanis Club at a Tioga Hotel meeting. He succeeds Lewis Gerkin as president. New officers include Bill Wolfe as first vice president Dwight Blackwood as second vice president Jim Beech as treasurer and board members Carroll Adams Wilbur Allison Don Beach Emmet Bolze Jim Brown Paschall Grimes and Wayne Umbarger. Changes take effect January 1.
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Clifford Erickson
Chanute Kiwanis Club
Tioga Hotel
Lewis Gerkin
Bill Wolfe
Dwight Blackwood
Jim Beech
Carrol Adams
Wilbur Allison
Don Beach
Emmet Bolze
Jim Brown
Paschall Grimes
Wayne Umbarger
Geese Signal Weather Change Near Parsons Kansas
The Rev. Jerry Tyler and Leonard Panek watched a flock of geese head south and back north, noting a southward migration as a possible weather sign that moisture would be welcome in the area.
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Parsons
Kan
Jerry Tyler
Leonard Panek
Test Ban Moves to Top U.N. Disarmament Agenda
The U N main committee placed a priority on banning underground nuclear tests as debate opens on disarmament. United States and Soviet Union prepare to speak, with Moscow likely to oppose U S inspection safeguards in any underground ban. The two powers also work on a joint push to ban weapons from outer space.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Research Grants By Cancer Society in Kansas
TOPEKA AP Research grants totaling 279,950 are being made by the Kansas division of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Lee S. Fent of Newton, president, said 25,950 goes directly to research projects in Kansas and the remaining 254,000 to the society's national research program.
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Topeka
Kansas
American Cancer Society
Lee S. Fent
Newton
Society
Intercepted Letter to Cha Delivers Atheist Funding Note
An intercepted missive to Cha notes there is no real reason an atheist would fund the cause, ending with the signer’s closing Yours.
Rain shortage hits southeast Kansas farmers and towns
The next five days bring little rainfall across Kansas, hurting farmers and ranchers as ponds and wells run low. Chanute, protected by Neosho River dams, enjoys a stable water supply, with city engineers estimating a two year reserve even if river flow stopped. Chanute’s water use rose by 34 million gallons in the first nine months of 1963 versus 1962.
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Kansas
Chanute
Neosho River
Paschal Grimes
Wortman
John Redmond
Burlington
European panel to settle chicken war with United States
The European Common Market backed down and agreed to submit the chicken dispute with the United States to an impartial panel. The Ministerial Council will form a three member group to review U S claims that Common Market tariffs harmed 46 million dollars in overseas poultry sales, with panel members appointed by both sides and the GATT. The case centers on high European duties and a current levy of 13.43 cents per pound.
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Belgium
United States
European Ministerial Council
Sit Nation Trade Group
Western Europe
France
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Luxembourg
International Trade Organization
Geneva
U.S
Political Action Workshop Held Here Today
State Rep. Robert A. Finney of Humboldt keynotes a Kansas State Chamber of Commerce and local chamber workshop urging business and professional groups to engage in government. Attendants from Chanute Humboldt Iola Neodesha and St Paul heard talks by party chairs and chamber officials promoting practical politics education.
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Robert A. Finney
Humboldt
Area Chamber of Commerce
Finney
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Towns
Noble Drake
Topeka
State Chamber Service
Robert Reilly
Denver
National Chamber
Neosho County
Republican and Democratic Committee
Edna Peterson
Henry Smith
One Car Recovered Another Is Stolen
Police traced two vehicle thefts and recoveries in the morning. Roy Babcock reported his 1955 blue Buick stolen from 414 East Main at 12 40 PM. Klint Johnson reported his 1963 Plymouth missing from near the Masonic Temple at 11 25 AM, found abandoned at Elm and Central around noon. Babcock had seen the Buick driven off toward South Central and later learned it was not at the filling station. The dealer's tag on the Babcock car was 660.
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Roy Babcock
Babcock
E. Main
Klint Johnson
W. 6Th
Masonic Temple
Elm and
Central
South Central
Kansas 1963 red clover seed crop forecast at 2.4 million pounds
Topeka reports the 1963 Kansas red clover seed crop is forecast at 2.4 million pounds of clean seed, the fourth largest in a decade, up 5 percent from 1962. Acreage is about 30,000 acres, unchanged from last year and 10 percent above the five year average. Yield per acre is estimated at 80 pounds, up from 76 pounds in 1962.
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Topeka
Kansas
Atheist Center Plans May Collapse in Kansas
Stockton, Kansas AP A planned atheist center may fail due to funds. Carl Brown, Stockton atheist and former state legislator, toured cities with Mrs. Madalyn Murray to organize the center. Brown said the project hinges on money and outlined conditions for Mrs. Murray’s 80 acres proposed for the venture. He noted difficulty selling her Baltimore property and quoted Murray on potential expulsion from atheist groups for including Communist literature in a forthcoming catalogue.
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Stockton, Kan
Kansas
Carl Brown
Stockton
Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Madalyn Murray
Murray
Maryland
Brown
American Free Thought Society
Chanute United Fund totals rise to $3684
The Chanute United Fund drive reports $3684 raised so far, with 236 donors contributing and an average gift of $15.61. The campaign goal remains $21896.09.
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Chanute United Fund
Five Million Surplus Food Distributed in Kansas
AP reports nearly five million dollars in surplus federal food was distributed in Kansas during the last fiscal year. The program helped provide meals to residents across the state, with distribution coordinated by state agencies and local partners.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Three Dead in 24 Hours
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday records three fatalities all previously unreported in September. The October 19 figure for 1963 stands at 442, with 455 for the comparable 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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