Senate Backs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Senate ratified the limited nuclear test ban treaty by an 80 19 vote after two weeks of debate. Support came from 55 Democrats and 25 Republicans with 99 senators recorded and one missing due to illness. Kennedy praised the move as a step toward peace while opponents warned of security risks and Soviet advantages. The pact, signed by the US Soviet Union and Great Britain in Moscow, aims to curb atmospheric underwater and outer space testing with four safeguards backed by the Joint Chiefs.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Clair Engles-Calif
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
White House
Mansfield
Mos
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Russell
Military
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
U.S
United States
C of C to Explore Vocational School Possibilities Here
The Chamber of Commerce will study establishing area vocational technical schools with state federal and local funding. A local cooperative district plan requires agreements among districts and a shared 50 percent federal 25 percent state and 25 percent local financing. Plans include a two mill tax and street paving, with discussions on veterans day closings and athletic support. The report notes receipts from the Black Hills Passion Play as chamber income.
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State Board of Vocational Education
Boards of Education
Snyder
Black Hills
Chamber
Left Hand Pitch Exposes City Plans And Solar Notes
A report notes Leslie Byers sighting the sunrise on K39 and the sun’s westward setting twelve hours later. The city directors allocate 100 to the women’s committee for beautification projects including hanging flower baskets at Lincoln and Main. Other items include brochures for industrial prospects, Welcome signs at highway approaches, and a highway sign to tout K39 as Fort Scott to Wichita route. Also slated are a 4-H leaders dinner, a driver safety refresher, and a possible alfalfa plant project by Nation al Alfalfa. The Green River ordinance regulating door to door sales is favored and will be considered by the city commission. About 25 attended the chamber meeting.
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Women’s Committee
Lincoln
Harris
Glen McLaren
Agriculture Committee
McLaren
National Alfalfa
Green River
JayCees
No 1963 Polio In Kansas City
Kansas City hopes to remain polio free for the year, a record not seen since 1933. Dr. Hugh L. Dwyer credits the Salk vaccine, used since 1955, with keeping cases rare. Last year had one mild case and 1961 had two. area doctors opted against Sabin after spring discussions, trusting the Salk program.
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Kansas City
Hugh L. Dwyer
Senators back ratification of limited test ban treaty
Washington senators Carlson and Pearson Republicans from Kansas and Long and Symington Democrats from Missouri voted for ratification of the limited test ban treaty. The Senate approved the measure by 80 to 19, meeting the two thirds requirement.
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Washington
Carlson and Pearson
Kansas
Long and Symington
Missouri
Senate
Two Bass Landed On Hunting Trip in Nevada Missouri
Sam Pethel and Loren Rector dove hunted in Nevada Mo on Monday and landed two bass totaling 32 pounds Rector caught a dove that fell into a farm pond Bethel recalled fishing gear in his car rigged a rod and reel and caught a 25 pound bass on the first cast The second bass weighed one pound Bethel did not recover the dove.
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Nevada
Sam Pethel
Loren Rector
Rector
Bethel
Weather Outlook With Cool Front Crossing Kansas
AREA FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday A cooler Wednesday Low tonight near 60s High Wednesday mid 80s Topeka AP A new cool front reached northwest Kansas early today and was expected to cool temperatures as it crosses the state Some showers may be touched off ahead of the front in northwest and north central sections Highs today in the 80s Lows tonight from the 50s northwest to 60s elsewhere Highs Monday ranged from 87 at Hill City Garden City and Dodge City to 81 at Lawrence Skies mostly cloudy with a few early morning showers in the northwest No rainfall measurements reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Garden City
Dodge City
Lawrence
Emporia
New Frontier Effort To Salvage Heritage
President Kennedy began a 10,000 mile, 12 state tour with a stop at Grey Towers Estate in Milford Pennsylvania to dedicate the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and rally support for conserving the nation’s natural heritage. He emphasized a mobilization of attention to conservation issues while outlining plans to expand resource development and preservation programs. He was joined by Governor Scranton and Senator Clark and planned further speeches across Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Montana and more before a rest in California.
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Milford
Kennedy
America
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Grey Towers
White House
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Conservation
William W.scranton
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Pinchot Institute For Conservation
Scranton
Washington
Saluting Pinchot
U. S. Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Ashland
Wis
Agriculture Department “Land and People
Duluth
Minn
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Oregon
California
Nevada
Palm Springs
Calif
Kansan Beaten and Shot on Desert Road Near Las Vegas
A 16 year old Kansas hitchhiker, Terry Houck of Independence, was robbed and shot by a motorist near Lake Mead, then left for dead. He named suspect David Zirwas, 28, of Ohio, linking him to a broader Ohio crime spree including a killing and rape. Zirwas was later located in downtown Las Vegas. Houck’s wallet and a gun were found in Zirwas car. The slain man was Ben Krawiecki, 46, of Youngstown, robbed of $100 on Niles street. a barbershop also robbed. Mary Lou Borowice, 27, was raped in Lake Milton. Houck’s family identified Riverside California as his destination, with ties to Independence and Texas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Kansas
Terry Houck
Independence
Henderson
David Zirwas
Ohio
Houck
Zirwas
Lake Mead
Ben Krawiecki
Youngstown
Niles
Krawiecki
Warren
Lake Milton
Mary Lou Borowice
Allen Cornell
Borowice
Riverside
Calif
FE. Couck
Murl Houck
Fritch, Tex
Life Sentence In Murder Case
Randy Lew Miksell age 23 was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Maurice F. Mosher 35 a Springfield Missouri businessman during a May car robbery. Miksell pleaded guilty and told officers he stabbed Mosher repeatedly when he resisted the hold up.
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Olathe
Kan
Randy Lew Miksell
Maurice F. Mosher
Springfield
Miksell
Mosher
Kennedy's 10,000 Mile Journey to Save America's Heritage
The piece notes a long intercept letter describing Kennedy traveling about 10,000 miles to defend the nation’s natural heritage and to influence the future 1964 election. It frames the trip as a forward looking effort aligned with environmental aims and political timing.
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Kennedy
America
One Legged Way to Play: Bud Manning’s Baseball Dream
Stanley Manning a 13 year old Tipton Okla baseball prodigy lost his right leg in a car crash. Despite hospitalization and planned future surgery he remains determined to walk run and play again inspired by Mickey Mantle. He fears only being teased but vows to stay normal and never be babied.
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Tipton
Okla
Stanley Manning
Bud
Oklahoma
Stanley
Ernie
Kenneth Manning
Mickey Mantle
Yankee
Whiskeytown Dam to supply spawning salmon water
President Kennedy dedicates Whiskeytown Dam in Redding California to provide hot and cold running water for spawning salmon. It is the first U S Bureau of Reclamation dam designed to deliver such a temperature controlled flow with outlets at two levels mixing to obtain about 55 degrees for the fish while water depth creates a 30 to 40 degree range.
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Redding
Calif
Kennedy
Whiskeytown
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Whiskeytown Dam
Railroads Open Arbitration Hearings On Work Rules
Public hearings began in Washington with the railroads urging the seven member arbitration board to reject prior settlement offers and restart from the merits. The issues focus on crew sizes and layoffs that could trigger a strike, with unions slated to present opening remarks next day as seven subsidiary issues proceed in closed sessions.
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Washington
Arbitration Board
Howard Neitzert
Plac
Congress
Neltzert
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