Two Weeks Left in Office for Garden City Chamber Leader
Lowell Craig, popular Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce president, has two weeks and a day left in office. He told the Women’s Division he has never given a welcome speech longer than two minutes in 50 weeks, a record he did not break last night. He praised female members and offered holiday bouquets. The Telegram previews upcoming Roses Tour details, with a Dec 26 to Jan 3 schedule, $185 cost, including parade, game, dinner, and sightseeing to Pasadena, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, and Hoover Dam.
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Lowell Craig
Garden City Area
Lowell
Chamber
Telegram
Pasadena
Calif
Las Vegas
Disneyland
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Hoover Dam
Ruling sparks mixed reactions to Civil Rights Act compliance
ATLANTA leaders praise the Supreme Court decision upholding the Civil Rights Act public accommodations clause while awaiting full compliance. J. Lewis of SNCC hails the ruling as a landmark. Lester Maddox surveys a possible court outcome in his case. Ollie McClung regrets the decision. Birmingham restaurant cases linger. The Court also requires states to drop sit-in charges tied to the act.
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Atlanta, Ga
Supreme Court
Johnson
Lester Maddox
Atlanta
Maddox
John Lewis
South
Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
Olfie
Moreton Roleston
Bu‘ & Lower Court
Ollie McClung
Maple Leaf Over Hurdle Committee clears flag plan in Commons
Canada’s new maple leaf flag wins approval in the House of Commons by 163 to 78 and heads to the Senate. If approved, Queen Elizabeth II would proclaim it as Canada’s national banner, replacing the Red Ensign. French Canadians oppose it as English dominance symbolism.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Senate
Britain
Civic Center Moves From Library Site In Garden City
The Garden City Recreation Commission will move its Civic Center to the former library building next fall after the library board unanimously agreed to turn the building over. Title stays with the library, leased to the recreation commission. Remodeling plans aim to finish by late summer so Recreation Director Herman Beringer can begin the fall program in September. The building sits at Main and Cedar. the library relocated in August to 7th and Chestnut. Restroom facilities, a new entrance, and interior work are planned.
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Garden City
Recreation Commission
Library Board
Bob Wright
Recreation Commmission
Recreation Group
Wright
Herman Beringer
Main and
Cedar
7Th and Chestnut
Marion County school districts unify in landslide vote
Marion Kansas voters approved unification of three districts Reabody Burns and Summit by 361 to 64. The new 225 square mile district will have an assessed value over 11 million dollars and about 760 students.
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Marion, Kan
Marion County
Burns
Summit
Reserve Revamp Over 16 Months
Washington AP reports the Pentagon aims to complete a major reorganization of the Army Reserve within about 16 months with a target final action by end of March 1966. The plan shifts 150,000 reservists into expanded National Guard roles, drafting a troop list to decide which 2,000 units transfer and how they split among states.
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Washington
Pentagon
National Guard
Army Reserve
Associated Press
Army
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
South
Two U S Soldiers Die in Auto Fire Near Bamberg
Two U S soldiers burned to death Monday when their car caught fire after an accident near Bamberg Germany The victims were Spec 4 Dennis E Northern 20 of Bethel Kansas and PFC Jerry L Kammerdiener 19 of Sherman Texas Two others in the car were badly burned and reported in fair condition
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U.S
Bamberg
Germany
Dennis E. Northern
Bethel
Kan
PFC
Jerry L. Kammerdiener
Sherman
Tex
Garden Sass As Far As Gus Garden Is Concerned
Messing around with a chicken hawk is for the birds in a humorous note about risk and folly from Gus Garden.
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Garden
Gus Garden
Group Okays Remap Action In Kansas
The Kansas Commission on Interstate Cooperation approved a proposed 1963 Legislature reapportionment resolution. It would ask Congress to amend the constitution to allow state legislative apportionment by factors other than population if voters approve, with states controlling local election officials. The panel also plans to broaden authority for interjurisdictional cooperative efforts and move Kansas under several interstate compacts.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Congress
Three Powers Push Ahead on N-Plans
The United States Britain and West Germany pressed private talks on an Allied nuclear command despite France declining to participate. NATO ministers opened their year end meeting with France excluded by choice. Rusk said the door remains open for France and a mixed fleet or multilateral force could evolve with French involvement.
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Paris
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Dean Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
Rusk
Patrick Gordon Walker
Gerhard Schroeder
Germany
de Gaule
NATO Alliance
NATO
Western Europe
MILF
Colder Weather Is On its Way
Temperatures rose today in Kansas but the Weather Bureau forecast a turn to colder air by Wednesday. A storm near the Canadian border brings cold air into the Central Plains as forecaster Richard Garrett warned of cooler weather Wednesday and Wednesday night with little precipitation. Clear skies and brisk winds prevailed across central and eastern Kansas. Highs ranged from 15-20 F in the northwest to 40 F in the southeast, with Monday night and morning lows from 14 F at Goodland to 30 F at Hutchinson. Top readings Monday reached 36 F in Concordia, Topeka, and Olathe, and 47 F at Goodland.
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Peka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Canadian
Montana
Idaho
Canada
Richard Garrett
Central Plains
Goodland
Hutchinson
Concordia
Topeka
Olathe
Glenn Miller Disappeared On Mission Over France 20 Years Ago
London AP report recalls December 15 1944 when bandleader Glenn Miller vanished after taking a Norseman aircraft toward Paris to arrange a broadcast for his 68 piece orchestra. British impresario Jack Hylton recalls Miller’s final words and the quiet wartime night as rumors swirl about the fate of the famed trombonist.
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London
Glenn Miller
France
Miller
Jack Hylton
Hylton
Piccadilly
Glenn
The
Jack
Goodby
Paris
Veteran Actor William Bendix dies at 58
Hollywood AP reports veteran actor William Bendix died at 58 from lobar pneumonia with complications. The Life of Riley star passed at Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital with family present, recalling his varied career from brutal villains to beloved neighbor. Bendix, born January 14, 1908 in New York, rose from humble beginnings to television radio and film prominence.
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Hollywood
William Bendix
Chester A. Riley
Bendix
Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital
Therese
Stephanie
Lorraine
Alan Ladd
Riley
Chester Riley
Bill Bendix
Bill
New York City
New York Giants
Henry Street
Ers
McAuliffe recalls Bastogne siege and Nuts reply
Gen Anthony McAuliffe recounts the Bastogne crisis during the Battle of the Bulge. German ultimatum demanded surrender with two hour deadline, ending in his famous single word reply Nuts. He reflects on 14,000 American defenders, 4,000 casualties, and the resilience of U S soldiers as air support and supplies finally arrived.
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Fred 5S. Hoffman Washington
Anthony C. Meuliffe
Bastogne
McAuliffe
101St Airborne
U.S.A
Rather Bastogne
Washington Avenue
Normandy
Ardennes Forest
Hitler
Antwerp
U.S
Joseph H. Harper
Harper
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