Wild Fire Threatens Expensive Homes in Santa Barbara
A brush fire driven by unpredictable winds swept through a Santa Barbara residential area and Montecito, burning about 2000 acres and forcing evacuations. An army of 1000 firefighters including artists colony workers and Mexican laborers battled the blaze as officials tallied housing losses amid chaotic overnight conditions.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Montecito
Municipal Recreation Hall
Santa Barbara High School
U.S. Forest Service
Four Men Freed From A Test Hole 1800 Feet Down
At the Nevada test site four men trapped for three and a half days were pulled from an 1800 foot shaft after a cable lowered wiring for instrumentation tangled and jammed the shaft. George R. Cooper Floyd Shaw Leland Roeder and Art Lubnow were all said to be in good condition. An accident killed James C. Gray and injured others. rescuers worked around the clock to clear cable and restore the elevator.
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Mercury
Nev
Nevada
George R. Cooper
Tucson
Ariz
Floyd Shaw
Santa Barbara
Calif
Leland Roeder
Pioche
Art Lubnow
North Las Vegas
James C. Gray
Indian Springs
Test Sile
Postmasters Meet Here Saturday in Southeast Kansas
The National Assn of Postmasters Southeast Kansas District convention comes to town Saturday with about 135 attendees. Sessions at the Orchid Buffet run 8:30 registration through 3:30. includes welcomes by Mrs. Floyd Kelley and city officials, two seminars, and election and installation of district officers.
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Southeast Kansas
National Assn. of
Floyd Kelley
William J. Baldwin
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ted Kyle
Erie
Dallas G. Worrell
Gridley
G. R. Wilkerson
C. E. Payne
Postal Service
Kelley
Vincent Brown
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Lloyd Herder
Yates Center
Robert Naylor
Burlington
Beaulah Vantuss
Beaumont
Howard Monroe
Oswego
Benjamin H. Schulz Jr
Hunter
Traffic Fatalities Log Reveals September Death Toll
Topeka dispatch reports Kansas traffic death log shows 36 fatalities for September up to 9 am Wednesday, with 1964 figures rising to 454 for the year 1964. The update includes three previously uncounted fatalities from earlier in the year and compares with 424 deaths in the comparable 1963 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune Phone Directory Ad Instruction
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone number through your carrier try again after 6 p.m. Dial HE 1 3400 for assistance when the line is busy or unavailable.
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Tribune
Wildfire toll hits animals in Napa Sonoma counties
In California fires across Napa and Sonoma counties, hundreds of Angora goats perished on the Robert H Walter ranch north of Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa fire marshal Michael Turnick called wildlife losses pitiful, recounting a tired fawn unable to move as the flames approached.
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Edmund G. Brown
California
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Monteciet
Los Padres National Forest
Napa
Sonoma Counties
Division of Forestry
Calistoga
Santa Rosa
Sonoma
Calif
Robert H. Walter
Michael Turnick
Weather Area Forecast Fair Through Thursday In Kansas
Brisk fall temperatures settled over Kansas with cooler, drier air moving in. Lows ranged from 40 to 58 across the state, with highs in the 60s and 70s today and mid 70s Thursday. Rain reports included Overbrook 0.70, Topeka 0.20, Manhattan 0.12, and 0.05 at Olathe and Concordia. NW may frost by Thursday morning as cooler air persists.
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Topeka
Kansas
Northwest
State
Goodland
Pittsburg
Concordia
Hutchinson
Overbrook
Manhattan
Olathe
No Drivers' Exams Here Tuesday
E. R. Olson, examining officer for the Motor Vehicle Department, said today drivers licenses examinations will not be given here Tuesday at the Highway Patrol Office on West 14th. He said examining officers have been called to Topeka on Tuesday for a meeting.
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E. R. Olson
Oficer
Motor Vehicle Department
Highway Patrol
West 14Th
Topeka
Surprise Move To Free Congress From Stalemate
The Senate moved to adjournment by backing a nonbinding sense of the Congress substitute after Mansfield abandoned Dirksen's plan for one year Supreme Court ordered reapportionment. Liberals welcomed the compromise to end the filibuster delaying passage of the foreign aid bill and adjournment. Dirksen refused to join, but allowed a vote on the new proposal at 1 30 p m Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Republi
Can
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Supreme Court
Dirksen
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Paying This Traffic Ticket Didn't End the State's Case
Sylvan Millerbernd, 29, a farmer from Cosmos Minnesota, faced a $10 traffic ticket. After paying by mail on August 26, he was arrested at home for allegedly ignoring the ticket and taken in a patrol car 150 miles to Rochester. He says he was treated like a criminal and blames the ticket for financial losses in his trucking business.
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Sylvan Millerbernd
Millerbernd
Cosmos
Minn
Rochester
21st Annual Fall Festival Opens in Chanute Tomorrow
The 21st Annual Fall Festival sponsored by the Chanute Jay Dees begins tomorrow for three days of exhibits dancing a parade and gala events. A $1000 premium list is offered in exhibits parade and events with entries accepted 9 am to 5 pm tomorrow. Friday features football Chanute vs Pittsburg at Royster Stadium as the Southeast Kansas League opener after last week's 14-7 win. Saturday highlights include a 1:30 parade west on Main pony pulling at City Park 3 pm and the Shodeo at 7:30 pm with a rain plan to the National Guard Armory.
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Chanute Jay- Dees
Mechanical School
W. Main
South Shelterhouse
Santa Fe Park
Don Morris
Starlighters
National Guard
City Park
Fence Cut in Nine Places On Farm in Wilson County
A pasture fence west of Chanute was cut last night letting cattle onto a road. The fence on land leased by Carl Stone two miles east of US75 on old Highway K39 was damaged in nine spots. A second fence across the road on Stone’s land was cut in two places with no livestock losses. Earlier this month four fence cul lings occurred in Neosho county.
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Wilson County
Chanute
Carl Stone
Neosho County
Merchants Register Views On Business Issues
Chanute merchants voiced positions on barriers to trading stamps Sunday closing law sales tax compensation for merchants workmen compensation reform daylight saving time state fair practices act and plans for a state retail council meeting in Abilene October 13. A local followup will assess developments before state legislators consider the issues.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
State Retail Council
Abilene
Unification Petitions Sought In Kansas Schools
About 100 school districts in 40 Kansas counties have asked the state Department of Public Instruction for unification petitions. Officials note a shift toward dialogue and serious consideration of unification. Petitions must be filed before Oct. 1, with potential legislative changes looming. Rural districts may add up to 10 square miles. city district territorial limits appear unrestricted.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Department of Public Instruction
George D. Keith
Water resources hearings set across Kansas in November
The Kansas Water Resources Board announced public hearings on a proposed state water plan. Hearings are scheduled in Garden City November 9 Colby November 10 Topeka November 13 Chanute November 16 Concredia November 18 and Hutchinson November 19, with the plan to be presented to the legislature in January.
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Topeka
Kansas Water Resources Board
Garden City
Colby
Chanute
Concredia
Hutchinson
Tractor Thieves Use Shotguns For Quick Highway Ride
John Thomas Bennett 34 was plowing a farm field off Highway 51 when two men in hunting clothing with shotguns approached. They demanded directions, then forced him off the tractor and rode away toward the highway. Police later found the tractor abandoned about a half mile away.
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John Thomas Bennett
Highway 51
Bennett
Autumn Winds Bring Fires and Storms Across Coast
An intercepted letter from Cha. writes of the first day of autumn with strong winds fanning a destructive California fire while hurricane Gladys stirs the Atlantic coast before staying at sea. The sender signs off as Yours.
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California
Atlantic
Gladys Not To Dock Makes Northeast Hurricane Watch Easing
The Weather Bureau ended the hurricane watch for most of the densely populated Northeast as Gladys moved offshore. Centered 230 miles southeast of Atlantic City at midday, it was forecast to pass 75 to 100 miles south of Nantucket after midnight. Coastal areas from Eastport to Cape May faced possible gale winds up to 55 mph and tides up to 3 feet above normal. Beach erosion and rough seas were expected along New Jersey Long Island and Cape Cod shores. Evacuation plans remained ready, while many boarded up properties and stockpiled supplies.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Long Island
Atlantic City
Gladys
Nantucket
Eastport
Maine
Cape May
N.J
New Jersey
Cape Cod
North Carolina
Escapee Wilke Escapes Trial in Kansas
Eugene F. Wilke, 20, escaped at 8 am before a scheduled Geary County trial on an escape charge. He had just finished a sentence for a 1961 auto theft in Junction City and earlier escaped custody. Sheriff Schmedemann will seek a warrant if he can locate Wilke for the new trial.
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Junction City
Kan
Eugene F. Wilke
Geary County
Wilke
James Gross
Geary
Harvey Schmedemann
Waterloo
Iowa
Albert D. Fletcher Jr
Schmedemann
US Planes Shot Down Near Saigon During Raid
Two U S Air Force Skyraiders with American and Vietnamese pilots were shot down near Rach Gia southwest of Saigon while supporting attacks on Viet Cong positions. One American was missing, the Vietnamese pilot rescued but later reported missing and presumed captured. Government and Communist forces continued fighting in the area.
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Rach Gia
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Air Force
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AEC
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Forest Service
Westmont College
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Donald McReynolds
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Lois Erickson
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Merchants Register
Charlotte
N.C
Cha
Yours
Lansing
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