City to install car activated traffic lights and more at local intersections
Citizens learn stop lights are coming to Sun and Kansas intersections with a car activated system that shifts to red as cars approach from 8th. Lights are also planned for the 4th and Fulton crossing. Editorials had pressed for Fulton signals alongside a fall resurfacing project. A Red Cross swimming lesson note reveals Florida visitors marvel at the pool’s size and free lessons, while downtown chatter ponders night use of a new lighted parking lot for recreation and a return of old base airport tennis courts back to playing shape.
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Sun and
Kansas
Kansas Ave
4Th
Fulton
Red Cross
Florida
New City
7Th and
Chestnut
Telegram
Dean Wiley
Satanta Bonds Approved for Elder Care Addition
Satanta voters approved a 75000 bond to add long term elderly care to Satanta Hospital, which is operated as a tax-supported institution by the Lutheran Hospital Assn. Dr J D Smith plans to return to the University of Oklahoma after two years here, leaving the town without a resident physician and prompting hospital officials to interview prospective doctors to fill the gap. In 1953 a modern 14 bed hospital was built in the district.
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Satanta
Satanta Hospital
Pr. J. D. Smith
University of Oklahoma
Satanta Hospital Board
The
Lutheran Hospital Assn
Instructors Named for First High Plains Music Camp
John Clark of Lakin will teach bass clarinets and William L Wilson of Scott City will coach trombone at the 1st Annual High Plains Music Camp set for Aug 4 10 at Fort Hays State College. About 700 young musicians selected for the week include five bands four instrumental choirs and a stage band.
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High Plains
Fort Hays State College
John Clark
Lakin
William L. Wilson
Scott City
Local Family Not Hurt in Plane Mishap
Garden City family narrowly escaped injury in a Colorado Springs landing mishap Thursday night. Pilot Dal Holman his wife and three teen children were aboard a four to five place Cessna 172 owned by the Tumbleweed Flying Club. The engine quit on approach to Petersen Field causing the plane to strike a feed shed and a fence before losing its nose gear.
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Garden City
Colorado Springs
Dal Holman
Holmans
Fountain
Colo
Tumbleweed Flying Club
Plainview
Tex
Holman
Colorado
Petersen Field
Treaty Defines Border Between Afghanistan and Red China
Afghanistan and Red China signed a treaty defining their narrow border in a remote mountain range. The agreement covers the eastern Wakham panhandle area between the Soviet Union and Pakistan, touching China's Sinkiang Province.
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Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Red China
Wakham Panhandle
Soviet Union
Pakistan
China
Sinkiang Province
Application for Vocational Technical School in Emporia
Emporia plans a vocational technical school to serve Lyon Morris Chase and parts of Wabaunsee Osage Greenwood counties. Carl James announced that an application will be submitted to the State Board for Vocational Education by Oct 4. If approved, a $600,000 bond issue would go to voters early next year for a physical plan.
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Emporia
Kan
State Board For Vocational Education
Carl James
Board of Education
Te State Board
Lyon, Morris, Chase
Ulfey
Wabaunsee
Osage
Greenwood
Senators clash over public accommodations bill hearing
Washington AP report on Senate Commerce Committee debates over Kennedy civil rights bill to ban discrimination in public spaces. Senator Scott pressed Gov. Karl Rolvaag of Minnesota with questions about governors conference votes, drawing sharp pushback from Senator Pastore who defended Rolvaag and the witnesses. The panel kept the record open for further statements while Rolvaag urged quick congressional action against racial injustice.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Hugh Scott
Rpa
Minnesota
Karl F. Rolvaag
Scott
Rolvaag
Voteil
Miami
Resolutions Committee
Ernor
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
John 0. Pastore
D-R.i
Tle
Tore
Congress
Oil Firms Urged to Aid Argentina Reform Drive
President-elect Arturo Illia favors foreign oil investment to develop Argentina but says existing contracts are flawed and harm the nation. He would not bar foreign capital and seeks a cooperative approach with the United States, while Frondizi predicts the military won’t topple Illia.
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Cruz Deleje
Argentina
Arturo Hira
Hill
Illia
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
American Oil
Union Oil
Kennedy
United States
tMia
Arturo Frondizi
Ilia
Frondizi
People's Radical Party
Grub Prevention Is Topic of Meeting
The Western District of Kansas Veterinary Medical Association sponsors a meeting Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Garden City Sale Company to discuss modern means of prevention of cattle grubs. Speakers include Ray Kimsey of High Plains Packing Co. in Dodge City and other meat packers, plus feed and chemical company delegates.
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Western District of Kansas Veterinary Medical Association
Garden City Sale Co
Ray Kimsey
Igh Plains Packing Co
Dodge City
Feed and Chemical Company
U S Accused Of Involvement In Viet Nam
In Saigon Vice President Nguyen Ngoe Tho questioned foreign involvement in Buddhist protests and said he asked U S Ambassador Nolting to verify rumors. Officials repeatedly deny meddling while Buddhist leaders demand official acceptance of blame for recent violence before further talks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Sus Picion Felay Wat Americang
U.S
Frederick EF. Nolting Jr
Nguyen Ngoe Tho
Tho
Nolting
Execution of Hickock and Smith Postponed by Judge
In Kansas City US Judge George Templar granted reprieves delaying the executions of convicted killers Medard Hickock and Perry Smith for the November murder of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Chitter and their two children near Holcomb. The stay lasts until habeas corpus pleas are resolved, with a preliminary hearing set for August 20 in Topeka. Both killers, who confessed, were sentenced in April 1960 and face appeals alleging constitutional rights violations and venue change issues.
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Medard Hekock
Perry Smit
Mel
Rerbert Chitter
Holcomb
George Templar
Kansas City
Topeka
Tang
Sinchen
Hhough
Kansas City, Kon
U.S. District
U.S. Court of Appeals
Kansas Traffic Log Update in Topeka
AP report from Topeka notes a Kansas traffic death log with sparse readable data. The record references a 244 hour period and a 1962 timeframe with unclear dates and figures. Further details are not legible in the fragments, leaving the exact fatalities and dates uncertain.
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Topeka
Kanasas
Weather outlook shows fair, hotter weekend with possible storms
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with a chance of thundershowers by Saturday afternoon or evening. Winds shift to northerly Saturday with tonight’s lows in the upper sixties and Saturday highs in the mid 90s.
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Max
Min
Akron Mtay Lodge
Rusk Leaves for Moscow to Sign Test Ban Pact
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departs for Moscow to seal the US UK and Soviet treaty banning atmospheric outer space and underwater nuclear tests. The signing will be ceremonial Monday in Kremlin Hall with six senators and officials arriving for talks likely lasting days. Khrushchev to press for nonaggression pact while Berlin status, troop reductions, and budget controls are discussed.
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Endre Marton
Washington
Dean Rusk
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Lord Home
Rusk
Gromyko
Kremlin
St. Catherine Hall
Khrushchev
Black Sea
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign
John C. Pastore
Rhode Island
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Mubert J H. Humphrey
Minnesota
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Armed Services Committee
George J. Aiken
Vermont
Adlai M. Stevenson
Abassador
United Nators
William
Poster
Disarmament and Arms Central Agency
Economic Strife In Rail Strike Seen by FDR Jr
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr testified to the House Commerce Committee that a nationwide rail strike would trigger an economic epidemic touching industry and millions unemployed. He urged congressional approval to move the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Commission for two years, warning of 6.5 million job losses and a 13 percent fall in gross national product if the strike lasts a month.
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FDR Jr
Washington
Unites
Commarea
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
House Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hana
Mietrike
Aiine
Mary Mustes
Uune
Pentagon
Congress
Kaw Indians to discuss land claims in Washington
Kaw Indian Tribal Council chairman Tom Dennison says topeka area land claims on 23 tracts along the Kansas River will be reviewed in a Washington session on August 19. The KCaw Nation asserts original title and seeks government agreement before any transfer, with a council meeting at Ponca City before Dennison's travel.
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Arkansas City
Kansar
Topeka
Washington
Tom Dennison
He Linda
Dennison
Kaws
Ponca City
Okla
Jeffferson County
North Topeka
UN imposes ban on weapons to South Africa
The United Nations announced an embargo on the sale of all weapons and military equipment to South Africa over apartheid policies. US Ambassador Steven son disclosed the move in a Security Council speech, with Ghana’s Alex Malson urging the council to expel South Africa. The ban aims to curb arms that could support apartheid, though full effectiveness is limited by existing controls.
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United Nations
N.Y
South Africa
Adin
Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
Ghana
Alex Malson Backey
Council
Hid
Garden Lass of the Sino Soviet vill Decides on Name Calling
A whimsical note from Gus muses about the garden lass from the Sino Soviet vill who has decided on name calling a lasting habit. The playful remark hints at a forever-style pattern in village life.
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Gus
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