Weather notes and local anecdotes from Garden City
Weather lore and plans for the weekend forecast with fair to warm trends and a possible storm on New Year’s Eve. Local items include a Christmas card note about a Kennedy casket guard and modest stats on Alaska teacher salaries and Garden City High School class of 1953.
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Weill
Elihu Allman
Joe Gonzales
N 13Th
John F. Kennedy
Manual Sandoval
New Mexico
U. S. Navy
Gonzales
Garden City
Jay Crook
Eleven Killed in Kansas and Missouri Weekend Crashes
The Associated Press reports eleven people died in Kansas traffic crashes over the weekend including a deadly head on on the Kansas Turnpike near Topeka. Victims include Virgil Inmon 25 and Elva Inmon 22, both from Blackwell Oklahoma, plus four killed near Wellington and two near Pratt. Missouri deaths also totaled four in weekend crashes.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Kansas Turnpike
Topeka
Virgil Inmon
Blackwell
Oklo
Elva Inmon
James Terrill
Inmons
Janet
Kansas City
U.S. 160
Wellington
Wayne Miller
Gilbert Spencer
Sadie
Oxford
Gary Spencer
Ames
Iowa
Gary
Carolyn
Pratt
George Beatty
Jessie
St. Paul, Minn
Missouri
Murder largely a family affair says NY sociologist
Dr. Gerhard Falk of the State University College at Buffalo told the AAAS that murder is an intimate matter. His study of 121 Buffalo homicides from 1948 to 1955 found only 12 percent of victims were strangers to their killers.
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Qcleveland
New York
Gerhard Falk
State University College At Buffalo
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Buffalo
Berlin Officials Push to Keep Wall Open Past Deadline
West Berlin deputy mayor says city government aims to extend the Christmas visiting period beyond January 5 while Bonn warns against overreaching. Nearly 155,000 West Berliners crossed the Wall on Sunday, with total visits since December 20 reaching 412,000 as East German talks resume.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
Bonn
East
Soviet pledges aid to Algerian economy
Moscow reports the Soviet Union will help Algeria gain an independent economy promising support but not detailing new loans. Tass notes Algeria received a $100 million loan in September and no further loans were announced.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Algeria
Tass
Hodges Sees 1964 US Economy Amid Tax Cut Debate
Secretary Hodges forecast a 5 percent 1964 gain with prices steady if a tax cut is enacted. Personal income rose to about 2500 dollars per person annually, with 463 billion total payments in 1963 and GNP near 600 billion. Without tax relief, expansion could falter amid unemployment and high dollar outflows.
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Hodges
Congress
The Torch Is Passed book orders surge nationwide
Demand for The Torch Is Passed, the AP produced hardcover on President Kennedy's death, has reached 1.1 million copies with orders still pouring in. Publishing resources are stretched and delivery will take weeks. books cost $2 in advance and are not sold in stores, with Telegram office orders exceeding 300.
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President Kennedy
Associated Press
Kennedy
Telegram
Final Foreign Aid Passage Meets Senate Test Today
President Johnson returns from a two day meeting with West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard amid reports from German and American informants that the talks yielded full agreement and understanding. The trip marks Johnsons first use of personal diplomacy in handling foreign aid and defense policy as the two leaders discussed East West tensions and allied strategy.
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Senate
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Congress
Oregon
Wayne Morse
John F. Kennedy
House
Russia
Cuba
Neutral Zone Agreement Surges to Nicosia Crackdown
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders sign on to Duncan Sandys proposal to create a neutral zone in Nicosia and permit British patrols in the capital. Arch bishop Makarios and Fazil Kutchuk approve the plan as daily British-chaired talks aim to ease tensions after recent clashes.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
British Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
Nicosia
Cyprus
Sandys
Makarios
Fazil Kutchuk
Mediterrean
Kutchuk
Britian
Nazareth Prepares for Pope Paul VI Visit
Nazareth in Galilee readies for Pope Paul VI as he plans an 11 hour Israel itinerary. He will spend seven minutes in Nazareth, address unity among Christians, say Mass at the Grotto of the Annunciation, and witness a city shaped by faith and diverse communities.
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Nazareth
Israel
Galilee
Jesus
Christ
Mary
Messiah
Calvary
Sea of Galilee
Simon
Peter
Paul VI
God
State of
Vatican
Annunciation
Grabriel
King orders Feb 16 election to resolve Greek crisis
King Paul of Greece dissolves the parliament elected November 3 after party leaders fail to form a government. Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, 63, named to head a caretaker cabinet to oversee بق. The move comes as Greece faces intensified Cyprus tensions plus political stalemate.
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Athens
Greece
Paul
Cyprus
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Bank of Greece
3 Day Cease Fire Declared for Quemoy Island
Taipei Formosa AP reports the Nationalist Chinese command on Quemoy Island proclaims a three day cease fire from Dec 31 to Jan 2 to let servicemen celebrat e the new year in the Republic of China. Cease fires on special occasions vary between Nationalists and Communists who shell from the mainland. No major shelling of offshore islands occurred in 1963.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Republic of
China
Quemoy
21 Dead in Hotel Roosevelt Fire During Gator Bowl Weekend
A blaze on Sunday morning in Jacksonville's Hotel Roosevelt's ballroom killed 21 people and injured 66 as smoke and gases spread through the 12 story, 300 room hotel. Firefighters and Navy helicopters rescued guests, while Miss America 1964 Donna Axum and chaperone were hospitalized. Investigators cited the Emerald Room area as the likely origin with cause undetermined.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Adams Street
Main Street
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Lucile Previtt
Miss Axum
Haydon Burns
the Wolien and Fire
William H. Johnson
Meyer
Marian F. Curry
Santiago
Chile
Greensboro
N.C
E. C. McDerman
Emerald Room
Seones
Artes Jasanh
Crowden
Fire Department
North Carolina
Air Force Academy
Roosevelt
Damage suit seeks 36000 in Garden City district court
Elizabeth A. Schupp of Riverside California files a 36000 damage suit in Finney County District Court against June Glenn Crotinger Rt. 1 Garden City alleging injuries from a downtown Garden City auto crash on December 30 1961. Her husband Emory A. Schupp died January 8 1962 from injuries attributed to the accident. She seeks 10133.66 for injuries and loss of earning capacity and 25000 for her husband’s death due to negligence.
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Finney County
Elizabeth A. Schupp
Riverside
Calif
Glenn Crotinger
Rt. 1
No Takers Yet for Free Funeral Offer
Burlington Free Press offered to cover funeral expenses for readers who admit plans to drink and drive on New Year s Eve and are killed doing so. Five registered in 1961, two last year, but none have collected yet.
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Burlington, Vt
Burlington Free Press
Free Press
Garden Sass Gas Garden’s tale of a woman who breaks things
A garden feature narrates a woman known for breaking items ranging from frogs to tens and twenties, presenting a quirky character study steeped in whimsy and metaphor.
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Gas Garden
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