Left Hand Pitch on a Monday Holiday Calendar
Downtown Chanute residents, including Mrs. Lawrence Legge and Mrs. Williamson, weighed a calendar shift placing all holidays on Mondays. Reactions ranged from benefiting working people to concerns over tradition and holiday occasions like Christmas and Thanksgiving.
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Chanute
Lawrence Legge
N. Plummer
C. G. Benson
Sour Lake
Tex
R, E, Williamson
James Corkle
Residents discuss possible change to holiday schedule
Henry Buscher and Paul Ward weigh pros and cons of shifting Christmas timing. Several neighbors express mixed views, with some preferring the current date and others liking a three day weekend option. Comments from Mrs Norman Turner Olen Turner Winslow and Hofer show varied opinions.
Bonds Okayed For City Water Mains In Special Election
Plains Kansas AP reports a $40,000 bond issue for new city water mains won approval in a special election held Friday.
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Plains
Kan
New City Water Mains
Travel hearings on Cuba trigger clashes and scant new data
In Washington the House Committee on Un American Activities finished two days of hearings on student travel to Cuba. The session featured violence and noisy harangues, with little new information. A witness was hospitalized after an assault by a follower of the American Nazi party, despite heavy police protection in the committee room.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Cuba
State Department
Havana
New York
Albert Maher
Houston
George F. Senner
Dariz
Morton B. Slater
Slater
OGO Probes Hazards of Space Flight Mission
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP OGO launched on a precise orbit as scientists diagnosed failures in two experiments and the main radio antenna. The 1073 pound satellite carries 20 experiments from seven labs and nine universities and was put in hold after malfunctions on a 22 foot magnetometer boom and a 4 foot ion electron boom. The craft completes a full orbit in 683 hours, with the Rosman North Carolina tracking station monitoring events.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
OGO
Earth
Space Agency
Rosman
N.C
United States
Bulgar Sales Boom in Kansas Co op Tests Global Market
Washington AP reports Farmers Cooperative Commission Co. of Hutchinson Kansas exports seven million pounds of bulgar monthly to meet Food for Peace and Foreign Aid needs. Plans include a Colombia processing plant to tap Latin American markets and a possible import to retail distribution setup, training Colombian staff for eventual transfer.
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Washington
Farmers Cooperative Commission Co
Hutchinson, Kan
Food For Peace
Colombia
Latin America
Agriculture Department
Kansas Cooperative
Kansas
Agency For International Development
Window Break-In at Anderson Grocery Shoppers Lose Beer
An east window of the Anderson grocery at 301 S. Highland was broken last night and six cartons of beer were taken. Proprietor Eric Anderson reported the break-in to police at 7:40 a.m. Officers noted another entry through a restroom window, but the restroom door was bolted from the inside, blocking access to the store.
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Anderson Grocery
S. Highland
Eric Anderson
Weather Summary for Area Forecast
Partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and at night. Tonight’s low in the middle to upper 60s, warmer Sunday with a high of 90 to 95 degrees. Precipitation today trace. Relative humidity around 28 to 98 percent? Barometer steady.
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Toon Cas
Kansas Labor Day Weekend Weather Outlook
The weather bureau warns of variable conditions as a cold front over Oklahoma turns into a warm front that moves north into Kansas. Increasing clouds and a warming trend are expected, but unseasonably cold Canadian air should arrive in northwest Kansas Sunday afternoon and spread statewide by Monday morning.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Reported for 1964
Kansas traffic death log details fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Saturday September 12, 1964, with 24 hours tally and year-to-date figures comparing 1964 to 1963 totals. Provides daily counts and a 1964 versus 1963 comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
Unification Vote Tuesday By Woodson
YATES CENTER Woodson county voters will ballot Tuesday on a school unification plan. The plan keeps existing schools open while transferring control to a single countywide board. Polling places include Toronto Neosho Falls Piqua Oakland Durand Pleasant View Perry and Yates Center with Nikkeltown residents voting at Pleasant View. Voting hours are 8 am to 6 pm.
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YATES
Perry
Yates Center
Nikkeltown
Pleasant View
Thayer Homecoming Parade Delights Crowds With Floats
A large Thayer crowd gathered for the 53rd annual Homecoming Picnic and Fair parade, featuring seven bands and many floats. Senior class won the high school float, with Humpty Dumpty theme. community floats led by the Methodist church. Over 40 units marched, bands from Midway and others performed, with a free watermelon feed drawing nearly two tons. Events included a band concert, team-pulling, and upcoming Kid's Rodeo and amateur hour.
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Methodist Church of
Thayer
McLachen Park
Methodist Church
The
Christian Church
Eastern Star
First State Bank
Umbarger
Midway
Joint Rural
Stark
Galesburg
Erie
Edna
Chanute High School
Thayer Fair Association
Rex Wheeler
Parsons Municipal Band
Delmer Woolery
Intercepted Letter to Cha Advises Careful Driving
A brief intercepted note from Nute to Cha urges careful driving if the trip is necessary, signing off with "Yours." The fragment reflects cautious travel guidance in a personal correspondence context.
Denby Dale Pie Reaches Giant Feat in Yorkshire
In Denby Dale England AP a six ton pie nears completion as crowds of about 150000 gather to witness the event. Head cook Brian Kitson pours in the final beef and potatoes while ovens run electrically. The feast will mark a historic culinary spectacle with health precautions strict and a nod to past pies.
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Denby Dale
England
Hector Buckley
Brian Kitson
George III
Denby
Ministry of Health
Victoria
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Edward
Traffic Deaths Mount In Ottawa Area Crash
Three Lawrence men died and a fourth was badly hurt when a southbound car left U S 59 at Coates Corner eight miles south of Ottawa. The driver Jesse Jackson Jr. was decapitated. Emory Peterson Jr. and Honnie Brown died at the scene. David Brown Jr. survived upside down in the wreck with a fractured arm and severe shock. The crash took three to six hours to discover.
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Lawrence
Kan
U. S. 59
Jesse Jackson Jr
Emory Peterson Jr
Honnie Brown
David Brown Jr
Highway Patrol
Coates Corner
Ottawa
Labor Day weekend traffic toll rises to 86 deaths
AP reports the first full day of the Labor Day weekend sees traffic deaths rise to 86 amid clear weather and heavy travel. A four-lane highway crash near Ironton Ohio killed four people, while NSC estimates 490 to 590 Americans may die in traffic from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.
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Chicago
Ironton
Ohio
U.S
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Labor Day Holiday Notice Warns of Closures
The article notes Labor Day Monday as a general holiday with most offices and businesses closed and no mail delivery. The Tribune will not be published. Authorities urge cautious driving on a three day holiday period and remind motorists to use car lights during daylight hours.
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the Tribune
Car and Building Damaged in City Crash
Sharon Car roll, 19, of 416 S Santa Fe struck a building at 414 S Santa Fe about 11 am yesterday. A boy allegedly ran in front of the car as she turned into her driveway causing a swerve. Car owned by Mel Busby and building owned by Lank Bronson. Busby cited for illegal license tag use.
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Sharon Carroll
S. Santa Fe
Mel Busby
Lank Bronson
N. Evergreen
Busby
Khrushchev outlines five year plan for Soviet poultry farms
Premier Khrushchev unveiled a five year plan to build large scale chicken factories copied from the West to modernize the USSR egg and poultry industry. The plan aims to lift egg production from under nine billion yearly to 30 billion by 1970 and poultry meat to about 811 thousand tons. He criticized Soviet results as primitive and said Western examples inspire mechanization.
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Russia
Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
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Corkle
Mrs. Legge
Mrs. Benson
Henry Buscher
Lavenburg
Paul Ward
S. Grant
Buscher
Probers
Woodson
Tribune
Bob Abbey
McLachlen Park
Thayer Fair Asso
Ciation
Thayer High School
Cha
Yours
Ottawa, Kan
Soviet
Moscow
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