Rezoning Recommended At 7th and Spruce Corner
The Garden City Finney County Planning Commission recommended rezoning the northwest corner of 7th and Spruce for a state employment service building. The state seeks site and floor plans before final action. Local opposition cited, with public safety and setback constraints noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City-Finney County
Planning Commission
Morris Jones
Wiley
Commission
Cornier
7Th and Spruce
Toilet tissue streamer drifts down from plane over town
A local resident reports seeing a long roll of toilet tissue fall from a passing plane at about 3 30 pm yesterday. The plane reportedly deployed the roll as a prank for friends. The white streamer drifted southeast and did not fully unroll before landing. City officials discussed the post office building bid and moving the public library to 7th and Chestnut as plans progress.
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Garden Ciiang
Deane Wiley
Kansas City
7Th and Chestnut
Budget Near 92 Billion for Kennedy State of the Union
President Kennedy approves a 1963 budget near 92 billion dollars, about 3 billion above this year, with work already complete. He plans his State of the Union address to Congress on January 10, while relaxing at the seaside White House and tending to his ailing 73 year old father. Secretary Freeman joins daily sessions along with five top advisers, including Treasury head Douglas Dillon. Kennedy’s back condition improves after medical checkups, though further months of cautious activity are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
White House
Congress
Pierre Salinger
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Hobe Sound
Preston Wade
New York
Public off-street parking lot loaned to city
A 75 foot lot at the corner of 7th and Pine was leased to the city for one dollar a year on a temporary basis. Southwestern Bell will level and rock-surface both lots for employee and public parking until July 1, 1962. A house on the south lot was moved today with more moves planned next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inge
7Th and Pine
Bob Wright
Southwestern Bell
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Wright
George Inge
Augusta Couple Fatally Wounded in Shooting
In Augusta Kansas an argument at a service station and restaurant ended in a double fatal shooting. E L Bohannon and his wife were aged in their 40s. Frank Hoover admitted the crime, saying the incident followed a quarrel. Mrs Bohannon died at the scene, Mr Bohannon died on the way to Wichita hospital. Hoover ran the service station and Mrs Bohannon worked at the restaurant.
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Augusta
Kan
Here
E. L. Bohannon
Dallas Babcock
Frank Hoover
Bohannon
Wichita
Babcock
Hoover
Air Force probes alleged irregularities at Vandenberg
The Air Force says investigators are checking reports of alleged purchasing irregularities at Vandenberg Air Force Base California. A spokesman disclosed the probe and said liabilities if proven would not exceed 2500 dollars.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
West Coast Missile Center
Garden Sass Gas Solves the Canine Problem
A quirky note describes Garden Sass Gas offering a fix for a dog related issue with a whimsical plan. It mentions a postman bag room to carry items and references a bag of dog food and a few old ponies in a lighthearted, nonsensical tone.
Family Loses All Belongings in Garden City Fire
A Wednesday evening blaze gutted a small northwest Garden City home, destroying all belongings of Ralph Farr and family. No injuries were reported. The fire started in a clothes closet after a child reportedly played with matches, and insurance on the home had expired. The three-room stucco house was effectively destroyed, with the family planning to stay with Mrs. Clara B. Farr temporarily.
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Planning Commission
Trebilcock
Deane Wiley
Howard Brock
Ralph Farr
Garden City
Mildred
Farr
Clara B, Farr
1962 vehicle tags go on sale in Finney County
Finney County residents will rush to the courthouse Tuesday morning as 1962 vehicle license tags go on sale at 8 am Bonnie Zirkle county treasurer says many tags are reserved and counter sales start with numbers in the 40s Those buying must bring their State IBM card and tax receipt showing half the taxes paid The deadline is February 15 with a 50 cent penalty after.
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Finney County
Court House
Bonnie Zirkle
IBM
U S Steroids To Russians
The Atomic Energy Commission approved exporting a small quantity of radioactive steroids to the Soviet Union for medical research. The 60 microcuries of carbon 14 labeled steroids will move to Dr. Nicolai A. Yudaev of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow for metabolism studies, with no military value.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
AEC
Worcester Foundation For
Shrewsbury
Mays
Nicolai A. Yudaev
U.S.S
Katanga Leaders Press for Congo Confederation Demands
Six Katanga deputies seated in Congo Parliament to push for constitutional changes reducing central government power and favoring a Katanga led federation or confederation. Tshombe claims U.N. planning new offensive, accuses US envoy Gullion of backing it as Katanga readies for independence talks.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Katanga
Elizabethville
Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
U.N
U.S
Leopoldville
Edmund A. Gullion
United Nations
Adoula
Gullion
Kennedy
Kitona
The
George Ivan Smith
T [Us
Elisa- Locrie
Smith
Union Infiltrated By Communists, Examiner Says
Washington AP hear ing examiner Frances A Cherry recommends declaring the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Communist infiltrated under the Subversive Activities Control Board. If adopted by the board the union would be ineligible to bargain under the National Labor Relations Act. The union lists 200 locals and 100000 members in 1959. later claims 50000 to 60000. Fourteen officers were indicted in 1958 for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false non Communist affidavits. nine convicted, others appealed.
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Washington
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Francis A. Cherry
Denver
Colo
Cherry
Fiveman Subrersive Activities Control Board
Communist Party of the
United States
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Woman Embezzler Says Bank Loss Linked to Builder
Elsie Stone admitted embezzling 200000 from West Plains largest bank. About 100000 covered insufficient fund checks for a Howell County builder, she said, while the rest funded living expenses. The 58 year old former bank vice president told investigators she acted hoping the builder would resolve his finances. She waived preliminary hearing in federal court at Springfield after stating she was humbly sorry for the great moral wrong.
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West Plains, Mo
Elsie Stone
West Plains
Howell County
Stones
Stone
Arkansas
Springfield
Dogs Give Ideas Over Mailman Dog Bite Solution
Washington AP reports citizens flood the Post Office with suggestions as policy shifts to owner pickup of misdirected mail on Jan 13. Proposals range from bat and cat tactics to ammonia water pistols and dogbiteproof gear.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Walier
Mont
Suitland
Jamaica
N.Y
Frankfort
Bus crash near Pacific kills driver and injures 31
A chartered bus and a car collided head on on U.S. 66 three miles east of Pacific Missouri. The car’s driver, Joseph F McNamee 23 of Pacific, died en route to hospital. Thirty one bus passengers were injured, with 10 in serious condition. Most were taken to St Francis Hospital in Washington and St Louis County Hospital. The 33 McDonnell Aircraft Corp employees aboard were daily commuters.
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Pacific
U.S
Fox Creek
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Joseph F .McNamee
St. Louis County Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Washington
Robert North
McNamee
Lawrence J. Maung
Robert D. Hurth
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Washington Area
St. Louis
Bomb Threat Delays TWA Flights in KC and St Louis
Two anonymous calls prompted bomb searches on TWA planes in Kansas City and St Louis. Police and FBI found no bomb on either Boeing 707, as flight No. 175 from St Louis to Kansas City and back was halted then cleared, with 71 aboard the checked aircraft.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
St. Louis
TWA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cool Weather Sets In Across Kansas With Frigid Lows
Northwesterly winds push cold air over Kansas, delaying any warmup until Friday. The Weather Bureau forecast highs of 20 to 25 in northeast Kansas and 40s in the southwest, with morning lows from 5 in Lawrence to near 0 in Wichita. Snow flurries possible in northern and eastern sections as temperatures range from 30 at Goodland and Copeland to 43 at Pittsburg.
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Bunset
Akronax
Atd
LaJuate
Bill
Dodge Cl
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Seid
Lawrence
Wichita
Goodland
Copcord
Manhattan
Wamege
Piftaburg
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Stevens Park
Howard Blanchard
Bob Jones
C. M. McAllister
E. Laurel
Main
Charles Smith
Emil Salyer
Wheat Lands
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
H. Fulton
Boots
Santa Fe
Randle Road
Dr. Wade
U. S
Examiner
Ozarks
Victor, Stone
First National
Moody, Mo
Reat Plains
Canine Crusade
Highland Park
Mich
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