Congress Has Little To Its Credit
Washington AP Congress returns from a 10 day Easter break with scant results after four months in session Eight public laws have passed most notably extending the draft and naming Winston Churchill an honorary citizen No major push in sight as leaders vow to press on toward Labor Day House has no session since April 11 Senate brief meetings yielded few bills The Status of Major Bills shows only two of about a dozen annual appropriation measures moving forward with funding for Interior and Treasury Post Office Departments The major near enactment is the authorization for missiles aircraft and naval ships awaiting compromise Both chambers have passed several Senate measures on mass transportation wilderness preservation and a youth conservation corps but face House committee hurdles Senate priorities include nominations for Communications Satellite Corporation officers The House agenda targets federal aid for medical and dental schools and extending the feed grains control program
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Washington
Conares
Congress
Winston Churchill
Senate
House
Laboray
Ae Interior Department
Treasury-Post Office Departments
Youth Conservation Corps
Rules
Communications Satellite Corporation
Dry skies persist as May flowers loom in April
Southwest Kansan reports no rain in sight for the five day forecast. Elihu Allman offers no encouragement and a dry new moon change is predicted, with a wet change due on April 40 to bring May flowers. National Library Week is celebrated with the Peanuts strip dedication. Briar Hill Manor hosts a large turnout as residents tour the modern rest home and watch Bonanza in color. J. D. Adams, retired Kansas Veterans officer, attends Rotary District Conference preparations and keeps busy with community work.
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Weather Bureau
Kansan
Elihu Allman
Briar Hill Manor
Bonanza
J. D
Jap) Adams
Rotary
Kansas Veterans
Holcomb
Special Agent to Speak Here at Garden City Banquet
Reservations are underway for the 1963 Garden City Chamber of Commerce annual banquet to be held Tuesday April 30 at St Marys Center at 7 pm. Special Agent Aries D Brennan of the FBI Washington DC has been designated by Director J Edgar Hoover to speak on Communist Espionage and Intelligence Activities as it relates to American business. He is an expert on communism and will lecture widely. Souvenirs will be presented to attending women. Reservations are limited and those planning to attend are urged to obtain tickets at the Chamber of Commerce office. Reservation forms have been mailed to all Chamber members.
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Garden City
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Rains Fail To Materialize Across Kansas Front Drops Temperatures
AP reports Kansas saw scattered thunderstorms with only Lawrence reporting 0.2 inch of rain. A cold front cooled the state with highs ranging from the 50s northwest to near 80 southeast. Lows were projected from about 30s to 40s, while real lows earlier varied from 33 at Goodland to 72 at Pittsburg amid rapid temperature shifts. Funeral services planned for Roy L. Smith, 76, in Nickerson, a notable Methodist leader who died in California, with a history in Southwestern College and Chicago Tribune work.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lawrence
Tuesay
Goodland
Wichita
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Manhattan
Nickerson
Kan
Roy L. Smith
San Bernardino
Calif
First Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Fatal Truck Accident Claims Finney County Youth
Mark Allen Meador Sterling twelve year old of Imperial Route and his younger brother Keven were in a pickup that went out of control on a county road northeast of US 83. Mark died at hospital and Keven suffered bruises and was discharged. Parents Mr and Mrs Wes Sterling and Ira J Meador of Oklahoma City. Funeral set for St Thomas Episcopal Garden City with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mark born July 4 1950 in Independence. He was a sixth grader at Friend Elementary and member of St Luke's Church and Friend Boy Scout troop.
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Finney County
Mark Allen Meador Sterling
Imperial Rt
US 83
Keven
St. Catherine Hospital
Wes Sterling
Ira J. ‘Meador
Oklahoma City
Okla
Dick Elder
Mark
Ralph Greathouse Jr
Mark Sterling
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Garden City
Henry Eden Wright
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Philips-White Funeral
Independence
Friend Elementary
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Scott City
Friend Boy Scout Troop
Steven
Harold E. Allen
G. F. Meador
McNamara orders global belt tightening at Pentagon
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary McNamara issued a confidential memo to the Joint Chiefs and Defense Department to cut overseas spending. The plan targets the Communications Zone and overseas support operations while pledging no reduction in combat power or hardship to service members and families.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Associated Press
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Department
Two Streets To Be Blocked For Crossing Work
The 11th street crossing of the Santa Fe Railway will close today for surface work, with closure expected 10 days to two weeks. Nearby Mulberry Street, east of Taylor, will have afternoon barricades from 1 pm to 5 pm daily for Jones Elementary School playground access due to seeding work, continuing until school ends next month.
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11Th Street
Santa Fe Railway
9Th Street
Mulberry
Taylor
Jones Elementary
Deane Wiley
Jones
Sunday Law Not Perfect Defended by Kansas AG Ferguson
Kansas Attorney General William Ferguson said the new blue law is far from perfect but defendable. He spoke to about 125 Kansas Retail Council members about defining merchandise for farm equipment repair and maintenance, noting supermarkets aim to adjust garden departments to stay open Sundays.
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Kansas City
Kan
William Ferguson
Kansas
Kansas Retail Council
Ferguson
Boy in Gardendale Treated After Pickup Hit Child
Edward Eugene Bowman aged 19 months, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bowman of Gardendale, was listed in good condition at St Catherine Hospital after a pickup struck him on a circle drive Saturday at 5 58 p m. Ronald Gene Smith of Gardendale backed from a parking stall and struck the child, who suffered a scalp laceration and a skull fracture and was transported by ambulance for treatment.
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Edward Eugene Bowman
Charles Frederick Bowman
Gardendale
St. Catherine Hospital
Ronald Gene Smith
Smith
Circle Drive
Bowman
Berlin Settlement Must Come First, Khrushchev Warns
Khrushchev said settling the German question, especially Berlin, must precede disarmament and other global issues. He blamed the United States for stalls in talks, urged accepting Soviet inspection terms, and warned of shifts in nuclear test and submarine plans near Europe. He also linked Cuban and Sino-Soviet tensions to broader Cold War dynamics.
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Khrushchev
Milan
Italy
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Il Giorno
United States
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Mediterranean
Vatican
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U.S
Canada
Giorno
State Oil Company
Pietro Nenni
Washington
Roy Thomson
America
Cuba
Caribbean
China
Moscow
Peking
Hay and straw fire destroys fifty tons on Kansas farm
A wind whipped blaze on the Ben Linnenberger farm four miles east and 2% north of Garden City destroyed about 50 tons of hay and straw. Sparks from a burned silo ignited stacks near corral fences. two-thirds of a corral fence burned and firemen fought the blaze from 2:20 p.m. for hours. Earlier that day a 1956 model Julius Finke car on Garden City Ave burned under the hood with extensive damage. Firemen answered 18 alarms in April.
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Ben Linenberger
Garden City
Fleming and
Fulton
Julius Finke
Garden City Ave
Bryce Roderick Receives West Point Appointment
Garden City High School senior Bryce Roderick today was named to the U S Military Academy at West Point as a principal appointment. Previously a first alternate named by Congressman Bob Dole, the principal post became available after another candidate declined. Bryce is the son of Mr and Mrs Bryce Roderick of 2800 North Main.
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Bryce Roderick
Garden City
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Bryce
Cong
Bob Dole
Roderick
Main
Kids Visit Day Set For Local Kindergarten Next Year
Local district schedules two school visiting days for current youngsters entering kindergarten next year. Parents may bring children 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. or 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Show and tell covers classrooms, teachers, and the kindergarten program while districts’ boundaries await finalization.
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Jones
12Th St
Garfield
Juco Freshman Council Pick Elects Marcia Brinley
Marcia Brinley, Garden City Junior College freshman, was elected secretary treasurer of the Kansas State Public Junior College Student Council Assn for 1963 64 at the Saturday meeting in Arkansas City She is niece to Mr and Mrs Homer Campbell who host her in city Also attending were Dennis Kleysteuber and Anita Akers Roscoe Waldorf serves as the local council faculty advisor.
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Marcia Brinley
Garden City
Kansas State Public Junior College Student Council Assn
Arkansas City
Homer Campbell
Summit
Miss Brinley
Dennis Kleysteuber
Anita Akers
Kansas Public Junior College Assn
Roscoe Waldorf
Americans Repatriated From Cuba After Castro Pact
Twenty one Americans released from Cuban prisons by Fidel Castro were flown to Homestead Air Force Base Florida aboard a Red Cross plane. James B. Donovan led the mercy mission with 11,500 pounds of baby food and negotiates exchanges, while 1,000 more refugees were planned to leave Cuba aboard the freighter American Surveyor this week.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
United States
Red Cross
Homestead Air Force Base
Here
James B. Donovan
New York
Richard Allen Pecoraro
Staten Island
N.Y
Havana
Donovan
Castro
Young
Palm Beach
Isle of Pings
American Surveyor
Cuba
American Red Cross
Florida
KSU Awards Seven Emeritus Deans and Leader
Kansas State University in Manhattan presented Centennial awards for distinguished service to F. D. Farrell president emeritus and six emeritus deans James Ackert Rodney W. Babcock Leland Cali Margaret Juf Fin Rey Seaton and J. Throckmorton at a centennial convocation President James A. McCain credited land grant colleges with fueling economic growth over the past 75 years.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
F.D. Farrel
James &. Ackert
Rodney W. Babcock
Leland E. Cali
Margaret M. Juffin
Rey Seaton
J. Throckmorton
James A. McCain
Miig
Garden Sass Predicts Sprinkles Amid Dry Forecast
Garden Sass reports hints of light showers possible despite forecasts showing no moisture. Forecaster notes a few sprinkles could occur but confidence remains low and conditions stay largely dry.
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