Governors move to end Dean Burch leadership
GOP governors discuss replacing National Chairman Dean Burch after reports that up to 70 of 138 committee members favor his ouster. Voices from Romney Rockefeller Scranton Smylie and others urge broad backing while Goldwater remains publicly loyal. A leadership conference is urged for spring to redefine GOP principles.
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Jack Bell Washington
Dean Burch
Denver
Colo
Burch
Republican National Committee
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
ABC
Morton
George Romney
Michigan
CBS
Romney
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Goldwater
Clifford Hansen
Wyoming
Smylie
Governors Association
William Avery
Kansas
National Committee
High Court Strikes Down Florida Racial Cohabitation Law
The Supreme Court unanimously invalidated a Florida statute making it a crime for a white person to share a room with a Black person at night, and impacting related anti miscegenation provisions. Justices ruled the law violated equal protection of the 14th Amendment. The case involved Dewey McLaughlin and Connie Hoffman sentenced in 1962 to jail and fines. Other states’ anti miscegenation laws were noted but not ruled on.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
Byron R. White
White
Dewey McLaughlin
Connie Hoffman
Miami Beach
James G. Mahomer
High Court
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Insouri
North
South
Caro See
Texas
Virginia
West
Wyoming
Former Garden City Residents to Take Jackson Posts Across Street
After January 4 two Garden Citians will hold city jobs across the street in Jackson Michigan Paul L White former Garden City High football star and son of the late Lou and Mrs White becomes city manager of Jackson from Council Bluffs Iowa where he has served seven years Harley Grimsley former reporter and city editor at the Citizen Patriot remains in the same office as editorial writer and page editor The annual Co op Center Christmas show hosted by the Home Demonstration Unit drew a large crowd Furnishings display and 950 attendees marked a busy event
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Garden Citians
Jackson
Mich
Paul L. White
Garden City
Lou White
Paul
Council Bluffs
Iowa
City Hall
Mith
Jackson Citizen
Patriot
Flarley B. Grimsley
The
Citizen Patriot
Garden
Four Killed in Head-On Crash Near Coolidge Arizona
Four people died when a 1961 car rammed a bridge two miles east of Coolidge on US 50 at about 9 45 p.m. Sunday. Victims were Harley Hilton 23 of Oroville Washington his wife Donna 19 their one year old son Darren and Jackie Collins 19 of Jordan Arkansas. Driver fell asleep and pavement was ice free. Funeral arrangements handled by McFadden Funeral Home Syracuse.
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Coolidge
Highway Patrol
Harley
Hilton
Oroville
Wash
Donna K
Darren G. Hilton
Jackie N. Collins
Jordan
Ark
J. W. Hilton
Mountain Home
McFadden
Wichita Escaper Search Spreads Across State
WICHITA AP The hunt for escaped Sedgwick County jail prisoner Richard Lee McArthur 22 of Wichita extended into Oklahoma as sheriffs chased him after a nighttime escape. Five accomplices tried to flee. one, Isaac Sanders 30 of Wichita, fell from a rope breaking two heels and was hospitalized. The other four were captured inside the jail.
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Wichita
Sedgwick County
Oklahoma
Richard Lee McArther
Isaac Sanders
Talks Eye U S Vietnam Plans to Hit Laos Supply Lines
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and South Vietnamese Premier Tran Van Huong opened talks in Saigon on plans to strike Viet Cong supply lines through Laos. Officials say no announcements are expected, but Johnson reportedly ruled North Vietnam off limits. The session followed a major Ca Man Peninsula victory with 115 Viet Cong killed and 86 Allied casualties, plus another action near Binh Ghia that freed 23 Viet Cong and left hostages.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tran van Huong
Laos
Taylor
Washington
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Ca Man
Tan Lac
Binh Ghia
Johnson Garden Scouters Receive Silver Beaver Awards
Millard M. Higgins of Garden City and Forrest L. Walker of Johnson received Scouting’s Silver Beaver at the Santa Fe Trail Council appreciation dinner at St. Mary’s Center. More than 600 leaders and spouses attended as council officials praised longtime service and leadership in Philmont, winter camp, canoe trips, and executive roles.
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Scouting
Millard M. Higgins
Garden City
Forrest L. Walker
Johnson
St. Mary's Center
C. R. Harner
Higgins
Walker
Council
Order of the Arrow
Richard E. Bortz
Augustine Hanchak
Russell W. Wells
William Reppart
Roscoe Waldorf
Duane E. West
Joseph M. Thomas
Kansas
Wheat Growers Pick Delegates to National Convention
Kansas Wheat Growers Association executive directors selected four voting delegates for the National Wheat Growers Convention to be held January 5 to 8 in Portland Oregon. The group also named three men to the Great Plains Inc board. Meeker Melvin Mustoe Ray Uhling and Joe Luecke named as delegates to the national meeting. Meeker Mustoe and John Becker reelected to the Great Plains board. The group endorsed support for the Kansas milling industry and urged lower freight rates for flour relative to wheat.
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Kansas Wheat Growers Association
Norton
Ray Uhling
Ness City
Joe Luecke
Hays
Meeker
Board
Great Plains, Inc
Mustoe
John Becker
Sylvan Grove
Kansas
Wheat outlook brightens with snow boosting 1965 crop
Western Kansas counties report beneficial snow cover and moisture aiding the infant wheat crop. Rain in mid November and snow in late November and December have boosted soil moisture, though some counties caution final outcomes depend on spring conditions. Agents note subsoil remains dry in places, but topsoil is saturated and prospects appear better for a wheat stand in 1965.
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Kansas
Stanton
Hamilton
Grant
Oy Kenneth Fromm
Grant County
Marshall Walker Jr
Scott County
Bill Greenwood
Greenwood
Scott
Wichita County
Storm cripples eastern New York in severe ice storm
In eastern New York the ice storm crippled heat and power for about 40,000 customers. Temperatures fell to 10 below zero as three deaths were attributed to the weekend storm. Many schools remained closed and emergency centers opened in churches, fire houses, and other public buildings to aid families.
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Schenectady
N.y.ap
New York
Albany
Glens Falls
Amsterdam-Gloversville
Chamber Breakfast Session Tomorrow
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a 7 a.m. breakfast session at the Continental Inn for its general members. The event, located downstairs, will inform attendees about ongoing chamber efforts and activities and conclude by 8 a.m.
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Garden City Area
Chamber of Commerce
Continental Inn
Slay Case Evidence to Be Unveiled
The three civil rights workers Schwerner Goodman and Chaney vanished near Philadelphia Mississippi last June and their bullet ridden bodies were found Aug 4 at an earth filled dam The government prepares at a Meridian preliminary hearing to present FBI evidence to seek murder charges against 21 defendants including 19 charged federally for civil rights violations and two as accessories A statewide defense fund is being organized to aid the defendants many of whom are said to be Ku Klux Klan members Official actions hinge on how much evidence the FBI turns over and whether state murder charges will be pursued
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Philadelphia
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Dist. Atty
W. H. Johnson Jr
Johnson
Meridian
U.S
Esther Carter
Justice Department
Ku Klux Klan
Laurel G. Wier
Wisconsin
Lawrence Rainey
Rainey
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Pentagon Team Expected to Remain Intact
Defense Department top civilian leaders led by Secretary Robert McNamara are expected to stay in place at least until mid 1965. They reportedly agreed to remain to push Pentagon programs through Congress, with McNamara intending to stay. Recent resignations include Thomas Morris. Paul Ignatius will take over. Military high command changes loom in February with LeMay’s retirement and McConnell’s likely succession.
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Fred §. Hoffman
Washington
Defense Department
Robert 8. McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Eisenhower
Thomas D. Morris
Paul Ignatius
Army
Temperature To Take Jump Temperature To Take Jump
Temperatures moderated slowly across Kansas with snow cover delaying the warm up. Western Kansas near 50 degrees while eastern and southern areas stay in the 30s and 40s. Lows rise to about 20 to 25 degrees with mild conditions from recent days. Sunday highs ranged from 26 at Lawrence Hutchinson and Olathe to 45 at Hill City. Lows today were 9 at Hutchinson to 23 at Concordia and Chanute. No more snow is forecast for Jeanne in the near future.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eastra
Lawrence
Hutchinson
Olathe
Hill City
Concordia
Chanute
Jeanne
School Board Meets Tonight in Garden City
Garden City Board of Education conducts a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the Keller Building administrative offices. Business includes junior college administration during Dean Wallace Good’s leave, future sites, unification, new teacher contracts, and janitor uniforms.
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Garden City Board of Education
Keller
Wallace Good
Oklahoma
Kansas Traffic Log Topeka Death Toll 1964 Record
Kansas traffic death log records 48 hours ending 9 a.m. Monday for December 1964. The report lists fatalities and compares with the 1903 period, detailing figures and trends.
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Garden City
Kansas
Topeka
Garden Sass Snows Slush Parade on Icy Streets
The fragment describes slick streets and snow cover affecting travel. It references Gus Garden and hay, with stray words suggesting a snowy, congested day and difficulties moving through town. No clear event or names beyond Garden appear.
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Dodge City
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Garden City Telegram
M. M. Higgins
Finney
Fromm
Hamilton County
Richard Galladay
Sean
Galladay
Willis Blume
Haskell County
Sublette
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N.Y
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Air Force
John P. McConnell
LeMay
David L. McDonald
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Earle G. Wheeler
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Wallace M. Greene
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