Garden City sees new industry and farm gains in 1964
Weekend comments celebrate Garden City expansion with an anhydrous ammonia plant west of town creating 80 to 40 jobs, plus a beef packing plant east of the city and Oswalt Industries under new roof. Hume-Fry Inc, and other firms boost agriculture while Finney County promotes Money Maker Mile Club recognizing yields and farm progress. Dale Edelblute of Kansas State extols county clubs and data-driven farming growth, urging wider farmer participation.
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Garden City
Oswalt Industries
Hume-Fry, Inc
Kansas
Finney County
Mile Club
Dale Edelblute
Kansas State
Hoover Meets King in Washington on Voting Advice
In a lengthy 3:30 p.m. meeting Hoover told Martin Luther King that education and getting Black voters to the polls was needed. King and aides, surprised by Hoover’s stance, left with uncertainty about past remarks and FBI policies in the South. The discussion focused on future FBI conduct and civil rights strategy.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
FBI
Dr. King
King
South
Hoover King talks on FBI limits and southern bias
The transcript recounts J Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King Jr debating FBI effectiveness in the deep South. Hoover cites juror bias and biased local law enforcement as barriers to justice, while King argues federal power offers hope. The piece also notes Pepper replacing Elliott on the House Rules Committee and American hot dog consumption trends.
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Hoover
FBI
Deep South
Lemuel Penn
Georgia
Philadelphia
Miss
South
Dr. King
Mot Miss
Jackson
Roy K. Moore
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Claude Pepper
Miami
Carl Elliott
Alabama
Pepper
U. S. Senate
Congress
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Garden City Telegram
Finney County Organization
Drew Pearson
Een
Martin King
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nathan’s
Coney Island
Vénus
Rtsteerioope
Geraldine Knox
U.S
Ted Ludwig
Topeka
Sunflower Dog Club
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