Garden City girl cites Japanese letter on Kennedy death
A Garden City girl, Kaye Merz, received a direct letter from Toshiko Beppu in Kokubu City, Japan, expressing sorrow over President Kennedy’s assassination and reflecting on its global impact. The correspondence, tied to a 1901-02 Inland Printer editorial on McKinley, sits alongside a Dallas shooting report and Vatican council updates from Rome.
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Garden City
Kaye Merz
John A. Merz
Pinecrest
Toshiko Beppu
Kokubu City
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Kaye
Far East
Toshiko
Kenedic
Oswald
Dallas
Tex
America
Mike Etrick
Inland Printer
McKinley
Mike
Dollar Day Bell Ringing Lights Up Garden City
Mayor Jim Sloan switches on Garden City downtown Christmas lights as chamber leaders and retailer guests watch. Lantern decorations adorn lamp posts, new lanterns slated for future years, with last year’s fiber-glass bells still in use at major intersections. city workers installed the lights and decorations last week.
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Garden City
Lowell Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Wendell Nelson
Charles Collins
Walt Weber
Doug Crotty Jr
Court Rules County Can Close Schools
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled Prince Edward County could close public schools to avoid integration in a 6-1 decision. The dissent warned Federal courts may step in to enforce constitutional rights as the county shielded white students via private schooling after abandoning public education in 1959.
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Richmond
Virginia High Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Eggleston
Prince Edward County
United States
Prince Edward
Tax Law Explaining Sessions In Garden City Kansas
Meetings explain the 1963 uniform tax assessment law sponsored by the Kansas State Chamber Local Chamber Kansas Farm Bureau state property valuation department and county officials. Local session begins Thursday at 10 am in the district court room with discussions on personal property and Friday on real estate. The new law assesses all property at 30 percent of justifiable value replacing the 100 percent actual value rule. current statewide averages run about 30 percent of sale value.
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Garden City
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Farm Bureau
State Property Valuation Department
Kansas Traffic Log Topeka Fatalities Report
Kansas traffic death log covers 48 hours up to 9 am Monday noting figures for November and December 1963 plus a 1982 comparison. Read as official tally showing trends in fatalities across periods and regions.
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Johnson Delves Into Defense and Economic Matters
President Johnson meets with Defense Secretary McNamara Secretary Hodges and Budget Director Gordon at the White House to discuss costs and policy. He drafts a letter urging defense contractors to cut costs and announces visits by Erhard Segni and Douglas-Home next year. He attends church with family and places flowers at Kennedy’s grave. The FBI reviews Oswald file. a Warren commission panel is named with Chief Justice Warren to probe Kennedy’s assassination.
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Delay Seen For Ruby's Murder Trial
Dallas AP reports defense lawyer Tom Howard predicts delays as federal investigators may bolster Ruby's case against Lee Harvey Oswald's killer. Ruby, 52, detained without bond in Dallas County Jail, faces potential postponement beyond December 9 as prosecutors plan the death penalty and investigators review Oswald notes. Donations pour in for Tippit family and Oswald’s wife as public sentiment shifts.
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Russia
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Seek Leads In Slaying Of Actress
Hollywood AP report says homicide officers questioned friends of 22 year old actress Karyn Kupcinet to find leads in her death. Kupcinet was found nude face down in her Sunset Strip apartment believed murdered in the early hours Thursday. Andrew Prine, her former boyfriend and actor on Wide Country, was questioned after telephoning her twice Wednesday night about their differences. Mark Goddard and wife Marcia alerted police Saturday night after fearing her absence. Kupcinet had dined with them Wednesday.
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Chicago
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Prine
Karyn
Mark Goddard
Marcia
School Board To Meet Tonight
Garden City Board of Education meets tonight to discuss a distributive education program at the high school and an auto mechanics program for Junior College. Also on the slate is a report on moving the school offices to the Keller Building, a vocational trade school in Southwest Kansas, and several future meetings. Meeting begins at 7:30 pm in the high school library.
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Keller
Kansas
Two Killed in Plane Crash Near Murray Nebraska
Two Kansas City men died when a single engine Cessna crashed into a hillside about five miles southeast of Murray Cass County. The plane was found demolished and one wing sheared by a tree. Victims were Robert A. Kerns 50 and William C. Reed 43. Crash likely occurred between 9 p.m. and midnight with wreckage spotted at 12:30 a.m.
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Neb
Kansas City
Missouri River
Murray
Cass
James Begley
Begley
Robert A. Kerns
Abo
North Oak
William C. Reed
North Virginia Ave
Garden City to Hire Three Patrolmen for New Year
Garden City Police Department will add three patrolmen starting January first. Chief Hal Kane seeks applicants age 25 or older, married, with a high school education. The force will rise to 14 officers, plus three dispatchers and two meter maids.
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Garden City
Hal Kane
Garden Sass It’s Not The Days Before Christmas Worry
Gus Gardes faces mounting bills after the holiday season as he balances budget notes and gifts. The piece blends humor with financial strain highlighting post holiday concerns.
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