Chamber approves garland purchase for Christmas decorations
The Chamber of Commerce retail committee approved buying 700 yards of garland for this year. Red and white strands will dress five central area intersections and the star and tree decorations on light poles, replacing all white garland used previously. The cost is 805 dollars with a fundraising drive planned for decorations upkeep. Storage improvements and continued donations were discussed as a priority. Closing for Veterans Day parade was voted optional for local businesses.
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Chamber of Commerce
South
Santa Fe
Royce Wells
Unseasonably Warm Weather Grips Kansas Today
Topeka reports unseasonably warm temps with highs likely from 75 to 82 degrees and lows near 45 to 50. A minor cool front will push Thursday highs into the mid 60s, after which mild, dry weather continues through the week. Area forecast calls for generally fair conditions through Thursday.
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Topeka
Pittsburg
Hill City
Hutchinson
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area October 1964
Kansas traffic death log reports 53 fatalities in the Topeka region for the 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday in October 1964. This compares with 469 deaths for the comparable 1963 period, signaling year over year changes in crash outcomes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wednes
Record Debt in Kansas Reaches New High
Topeka AP reports bonded indebtedness in Kansas state counties and cities hit a record near 1 billion dollars in the last fiscal year. The June 30 total stood at 921,905,178.43 with major sums in revenue bonds and local districts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clay Hedrick
Kansas Turnpike
Turnpike
Turnpike Authority
Hedrick
Sedgwick County
Johnson County
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Saline
Reno
No Reconciliation: Worker Quits Post
Emporia Kansas AP Robert L Winkley Kansas Veterans Commission field representative resigned effective Oct 26 over reluctance to participate in an American Legion coffee tour. Wayne E Garrett in Topeka called Winkley a disgruntled employee and said the tours, conducted since the 1950s, help smaller Legion posts learn about rehabilitation services.
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Emporia
Kan
Robert L. Winkley
Kansas Veterans Commission
Kansas
American Legion
Winkley
Topeka
Wayne E. Garrett
Winkler
Garrett
Commission
Veterans Commission
Virtually Under Arrest Khrushchev Ousted
Nikita Khrushchev was brought back from vacation virtually under arrest to face a Communist party meeting that ousted him. Five officials of the Committee of State Security were sent from Moscow after a telephone dispute over his attendance. The meeting, arranged in advance, charged Khrushchev with bungling the Red China dispute, industrial and agricultural failures, personal excesses, and creating a personality cult.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Committee of State Security
Khrushchev
Party
Five Sicilian brothers regain sight after cataract surgery
In CALTANISSETTA Sicily five brothers aged 4 to 15, blind since birth, had cataract operations in a dark clinic. After the procedure Calogero cried La caravata as he touched the doctor’s necktie, Giuseppe cried Mamma, Gioacchino 11 Carmello 13 and Paolo 15 blinked at light. The surgeon said recovery was an enormous relief and noted fear of partial success would have been a psychological blow to one or all.
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Caltanissetta
Sicily
Luigi Picardo
Calogero Rotolo
Giuseppe
Gioacchino
Carmello
Paolo
Vocabulary Control Of Space Rockets By Voice
Minneapolis AP learns astronauts could guide backpack rockets by voice. Honeywell engineer David N. Lovinger proposes a 10 word vocabulary in an electronics pack to steer tiny jets for travel between space vehicles.
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Minneapolis, Minn
David N. Lovinger
Honeywell, Inc
Space and Armaments
White-haired man tosses money from car window
In Rochester on Lacton Street a white-haired man threw dozens of bills from his car while shouting Here Here. Nearby a burglary report said $942 in small bills was stolen. Kids collected the scattered cash as police investigated the incident.
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Rochester
N.Y
Lacton Street
Rail Strike In Balance Over 27 Cent Pay Hike Proposal
Washington report on the presidential emergency board's three year pay raise of 27 cents an hour and fringe benefits as negotiators weigh acceptance amid 400000 rail workers affected. 30 day window looms with potential nationwide disruption.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Motorcyclist Killed in I 35 Crash
A motorcyclist William F. Naginger 26 of Claycomo Missouri was killed when his bike struck the rear of a two ton trash truck on Interstate 35 in the east 4300 block police said he was killed instantly
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Kansas City
Interstate 35
William F. Naginger
Claycomp
UF Edges Toward Fund Goal Shortfall Spreads Across Divisions
The United Fund total rose to $17 798 but remains far below the $21 906 19 goal. All divisions exceeded quotas except Business and Professional and Residential. Total contributors stand at 1 05 times the target with about 200 fewer givers than normal. Total collections reach 81 2 percent of the goal and the drive was extended through the week after missing deadline.
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United Fund
Brennan's Condition Is Satisfactory
Fire Chief Bill Brennan was in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a cerebral spasm. He was taken from the fire station around 1:30 a.m. The attending physician said the attack was not serious and he is expected to be released after observation and treatment.
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Bill Brennan
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Brennan
Consultants Asked to Aid President
President Johnson met with his panel of consultants on foreign affairs and asked for their help in thinking ahead to the great problems after the coming election. He cited three aims: relations with Communist countries, the Atlantic community, and limiting nuclear weapons spread.
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Washington
Johnson
Foreign Affairs
Tribune Phone: Call Carrier After 6 PM
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone service contact the carrier. If the carrier is unavailable try dialing HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Who's on Soviet's End of Hot Line?
Moscow observers weigh who holds power after Khrushchev exit. Kosygin heads government while Brezhnev rises as party boss. The hot line and nuclear command blur as the Presidium and top posts create a shifting power map in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Johnson
Kremlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Brezhnev
Stalin
Footage Cut From GOP-TV Film Seeks Moral Debate
Washington AP report notes Citizens for Goldwater-Miller cut explicit sequences from a film to air Thursday to argue national moral decay. NBC, reviewing the material, requested deletions of unduly suggestive scenes while sponsors agreed. Walton defended the film as a call to provoke anger and highlight perceived moral decline linked to Johnson era imagery.
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Washington
Goldwater
Hammer
Russell Walton
the Citizens
New York
NBC
Broadcast Standards Department
Eisenhower Cancels Kansas Campaign Stop
Former President Dwight Eisenhower cancels planned appearances in Wichita and Liberal due to funeral services for former President Hoover. Governor Anderson said Eisenhower informed Kansas officials via Harry Darby, marking the second major campaign cancellation recently. Nixon was set to speak at Pratt.
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Topeka
Dwight Eisenhower
Wichita
John Anderson
Hoover
New York
Eisenhower
Kansas
Anderson
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Darby
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Pratt
Brisk Pace To Register Voters For General Election
City Clerk Howard Parsons said voter registration for the November 3 general election is brisk as the deadline nears. The clerk’s office will stay open until 9 PM Monday to Friday this week to wind up the period, with books closed Friday night until after the election. Registrations totaled 48 on Monday and 72 on Tuesday after 5 PM, plus steady daytime activity from 8 AM to 5 PM. No daytime total is kept.
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Howard Parsons
Parsons
Political Caravan for Rep Skubitz in Southeast Kansas
Congressman Joe Skubitz Republican 5th District will tour Neosho county all day with a public coffee at the Tioga Hotel Pine room at 9 30 a.m. A caravan departs at 10 45 a.m. reaches Stark around 11 15 a.m. then Erie for a noon covered dish luncheon with Skubitz as honored guest. The route continues to St Paul Galesburg Thayer Earlton and Chanute for the Chanute versus Allamont game.
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Joe Skubitz
Neosho County
Rep. Skubitz
Tioga Hotel
Pine Room
Stark
Erie
Skubitz
St. Paul
Galesburg
Thayer
Earlton
Chanute
Allamont
Democratic caravan schedules stopovers across Neosho county
A caravan tour of Neosho county by Democratic candidates and supporters travels Friday with a 5:30 p.m. dinner at the Drumstick cafe in Chanute. The noon Chanute start leads to Earlton Thayer Galesburg South Mound St Paul Erie Stark Chanute with short stops at each town.
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Neosho County
Drumstick Cafe
Retired Justice Burton in Serious Condition
Washington AP reports retired Supreme Court Justice H. Burton, age 76, in serious condition at George Washington University Hospital. Mrs. Burton says he entered Oct 7 for Parkinson's disease treatment, with kidney failure complicating the condition. Burton retired from the Court Oct 13, 1958.
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Hoover Era Echoes
A cryptic note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha recalls Hooverization and U.S. economic concerns from a past era, signed by Nute, evoking grandparent memories of economic policy debates.
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Cha
Eight Million Highway Contracts Awarded in Northwest Kansas
Kansas highway director Addison H. Meschke announced new state highway contracts totaling 8,008,658 dollars. The awards cover surfacing 24.5 miles of Interstate 70 from Ellis to Trego counties, grading and bridges on the Hays to Ellis-Russell line section, and surface work on I 70 from Hays to Ogallah, awarded to San Ore Construction Co. and J H Shears' Sons. Other bids include 15 pier-supported bridges by King Construction Co., five box bridges by D B Heatwole, and seeding by Fred Beachner, with additional work on U S 24 east of Clay Center and to Riley County.
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Topeka
Addison H. Meschke
Kansas
Ellis
Trego
Hays
Ellis-Russell County
Ogallah
San Ore Construction Co., Inc
J. H. Shears’ Sons, Inc
McPherson
Roberts Construction Co
Lincoln
Neb
King Construction Co., Inc
Hesston
D. B. Heatwole, Inc
Salina
Fred Beachner
St. Paul
U. S. 24
Clay Center
Riley County
Hixson and Lebenbauer, Inc
Dobson Brothers Construction Co
Ralph W. Forkner Construction Co., Inc
Cate Fechner
Alta Vista
Pay Tribute To Hoover at St Bartholomews Church
New York AP report on Hoover funeral as pilots, dignitaries and public figures arrive to pay last respects. Early attendees include United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson New York Senator Jacob Javits former Postmaster General James A Farley and State Department protocol officer Jay Rutherford. Workers from nearby offices pass the flag draped coffin in mid Manhattan.
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New York
Pilain
Herbert Hoover
St. Bartholomew's Church
United Nations
Adlai Stevenson
Jacob K. Javits
James A. Farley
State Department
Jay Rutherford
Manhattan
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