Program to Help Kansas Industry Obtain Contracts
Gov. John Anderson announced a two day conference in Topeka to help Kansas manufacturers win federal contracts. Sponsors include the Department of Economic Development the Kansas and Topeka Chambers of Commerce Associated Industries and the Small Business Administration. Kansas has lagged in federal spending, with about 205 million in contracts vs Missouri over 1 billion, and the state seeks to reverse the trend by diversifying from manned aircraft to space related work and capturing roughly 100 million in opportunities every two years.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas
Anderson
Department of Economic Development
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Associated Industries
Federal Business Council of Kansas City
The
Small Business Administration
State of
California
New York
Missouri
Midwest
Thayer Fair Opens the 53rd Homecoming Picnic
The 53rd Thayer Homecoming Picnic and Fair opened at McLachlen Park marking the start of a three day event. A Shodeo begins at 7 30 tonight with calf roping pole bending barrel races and flag races. Exhibits are on display until 9 p.m. Saturday.
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Thayer
McLachlen Park
Kansas
McLachlen Park Arena
Thayer Saddle Club
Thayer Chamber of Commerce
Thayer Fair Association
Parsons Municipal
Khanh resumes control of South Viet Nam government
Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh again assumed full command of the South Vietnamese government after a five day temporary retirement at Dalat. He won Buddhist backing to avert renewed antigovernment violence and met with Dai Viet leader Nguyen Ton Hoan who resigned as vice premier.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Dalat
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Dai Viet Party
Nguyen Ton Hoan
Finley Hearing Continued in Erie Justice Court
John B. Finley of Erie faced a charge of driving during a suspended license, with a hearing set for later. He remained jailed in lieu of a $500 bond. The case ties to prior charges in other counties and a Montgomery arrest on the same offense.
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Erie
John B. Finley
Justice of the Peace Court
Finley
Montgomery County
Neosho County
Tribune Phone Phrase for Carriers
Fragmentary notice advises calling HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. if a carrier cannot be reached, signaling a local newspaper service contact procedure. The snippet preserves a practical, period voice typical of classified or circulation notices in a Tribune page.
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Tribune
Friends Re Root Home Of Injured Earl True
Fellow workers at Warwick Wax plant organized to finish roofing Earl True s home after he fell from a ladder and broke his left arm. Eight volunteers began work early today with a second shift planned to continue. Wives aided with meals and drinks as the hot day wore on.
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Friends
Earl True
R. 1
True
Warwick
Chanute
Lee Gibson
Dan Dupey
Bob Rose
Elmer Carter
Junior Hotine
Frank Russell
Lewis Kallarman
Junior Horiie
Lewis
Kallarman
Tribune
Bob Abbey
Police Bonds, Fines Totals For August Report
August police bonds and fines totaled 409 dollars, lifting year to date to 4,602 by Sept 1. Parking meter penalties reached 260 dollars, eight month total 2,166. 1,274 parking tickets issued and 299 calls for police service received. 60 misdemeanor and one felony arrest recorded. most activity declined from July except parking enforcement.
Youth Pleads Guilty To Two Charges
ERIE Richard Cloke 18 of Chanute pleaded guilty in justice court to driving with suspended license and reckless driving. He received three months in county jail on each count to run concurrently, with terms not to start until his current 30 day parole violation term ends. The charges were filed last Friday.
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Erie
Richard Cloke
Chanute
Justice of the Peace Court
Cloke
Patrolman Discovers Son Is Fatal Victim of Crash
An off duty Kansas highway patrolman found his 13 year old son dead after a bicycle collision with a car at 81st Street and Waverly Avenue in Kansas City. Randy G Tallman was pronounced dead at Providence Hospital. The driver, Walter C Jennings 17, said he was southbound when the boy pulled in front of him.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Randy G. Tallman
81St Street
Waverly Ave
Providence Hospital
Gordon Tallman
Wyandotte County
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka 1964 Update
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hour period ending 9 am Thursday with fatalities in Topeka and statewide figures. The summary notes 1964 and 1963 counts for comparison, reflecting ongoing road safety data collection by AP.
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Topeka
Kansas
Emory W Schantz Elected Optimist Club President
Emory W. Schantz of Cha hut is elected president at a noon meeting, succeeding Rev. Claude E. Pittenger who moves to Pratt. Wayne Smith presented a silver pen and pencil set inscribed by Optimist International to Pittenger for his service. New members Wally Bogle Norman Tenniman and Rev Edward Redfield were welcomed with pins and info kits.
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Emory W. Schantz
Chahute
Optimist Club
Claude E. Pittenger
Pratt
Wayne Smith
Optimist International
Pittenger
Optimist
Wally Bogle
Norman Tenniman
Edward Redfield
Health Care Bill In Dramatic Battle
The Senate passed a measure creating a health care program for the elderly under Social Security and boosting benefits by over 3 billion while raising taxes by about 3.5 billion. About 18 million people over 65 would be eligible, with hospitalization, nursing home care, outpatient services, and home visits included. The bill now returns to the House, setting up a major fight this session. President Johnson faces pressure from backers to push for at least part of the plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Congress
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Prouty
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Charles A. Halleck
Halleck
Gore-Anderson
Albert Gore
D . Tenn
Blue Cross
Kaiser Industries
JayCees Plan For Fall Festival Details
Preliminary plans for the 21st annual Chanute Fall Festival were discussed by JayCees leaders. Events include a talent show at the Memorial Building, a parade on Sept 26, a free lunch for participants, a limited cash prize team pull, and the Show-De-O finale. Committees and new members were named to fund and run the festival through Sept. 24 to Sept. 26.
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JayCees
The
Herman Colvin
W. 7Th
City K
Chanute Mechanic School
West Main
Colvin
John Pate
Carl Autry
George McCune
Ronnie Poor
George Heger
Don Cutsinger
Mell Williams
Jack Groves
David Toland
Gary Lantz
Alan Collins
Bob Wells
JayCee
Weather Area Forecast Delays Heat Break Across Kansas
Area forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Friday. Widely scattered nocturnal thundershowers likely. Highs Friday mid 90s, tonight low 75 to 50s. A delayed front keeps eastern and southern Kansas warmer, with showers developing this afternoon and tonight across eastern Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Reward for Slain Firebird Joe Reaches $190
Fire Chief C W Brennan announced reward money for information about the death of Joe the fire department’s talking canary bird has risen to 190 dollars. Joe was killed the night of August 17 when a cat was placed in his cage. The case remains under investigation.
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Joe
Mynal Bird
C. W. Brennan
Man Returned to Neosho County Custody
ERIE Franklin Williamson Jr. of Chanute was returned to Neosho county custody from the state hospital at Larned by Undersheriff Don Harding. Williamson was released from the hospital where he had been on temporary commitment by a medical examining commission and had been examined and committed in pre trial proceedings on a rape charge. disposition will be determined.
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Erie
Franklin Williamson Jr
Chanute
Neosho County
Don Harding
Larned
George Neely
Williamson
Khrushchev agrees to Bonn talks with Erhard
Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to visit Bonn for political talks with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The timing and program will be set later through diplomatic channels. He is on a Prague stop, amid reports of possible changes in Soviet policy toward West Germany and Berlin.
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Bonn
Germany
Khrushchev
Ludwig Erhard
Andrei Smirnov
Prague
West Germany
Central Europe
East Germany
Berlin
Oder-Neisse Line
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Johnson
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Man Killed In Argument Over Lifting Refrigerator
Clarence L. Phillips, 38, was shot and killed after an argument about lifting a refrigerator at an apartment in Southern Hills near Grandview. Gabrielle De Caro, a 31 year old moving company employee, was held after admitting the shooting. The incident involved a move for Capt. Richard Lea to Richards Gebaur Air Force Base.
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Kansas City
cMmplove
Clarence L. Phillips
Gabrielle DeCaro
Phillips
Southern Hills
Grandview
Richard Lea
Richards -Gebaur Air Force Base
Two Parsons Youths Committed to Jail
Erie report states two Parsons youths Jimmy Samples and Jerry Dix were committed to county jail for one year each after parole revocation. They had been paroled from a 1963 conviction for obtaining money under false pretenses tied to a fraudulent check in Chacute. Recent Las Vegas area intoxication convictions led to the parole violation charge.
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Erie
Parsons
Jimmy Samples
Jerry Dixon
Chachute
Lassette County
Enrollment rises slightly. two car students noted
If school enrollment is only slightly above last year there must be many more two car students.
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Santa Fe Park
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Neosho
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