Turnout and tips as local breakfast hosts address rate hikes
In recent weeks Cham ber of Commerce breakfasts draw crowds, with 86 attendees at the Warren Hotel this morning. The note sheet offers practical tips to cope with postal rate increases, like cutting Christmas cards, paying bills in person, and using post cards when privacy isn’t a concern. A humorous clipping about a Scotsman’s kilt follows, along with a hospital reunion story and birthday coincidence, ending with a local observer noting stamps cost more but effort remains the same.
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Chamber of Commerce
Warren Hotel
British Deny Mock Raid on U S by ANTHONY WHITE AP
London papers claimed British Vulcan bombers slipped past U S radar in a mock H-bomb strike that could have destroyed New York Chicago and Los Angeles. NORAD and the British Air Ministry denied the report stating no such exercise occurred and that any flights would be warned in advance.
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Anthony White
London
U.S
New York
Washington
Chicago
Los Angeles
North American Defense Command
United States
British
Air Ministry
North America
Britain
Daily Express
Sketch
Telegraph
Herald
The
Canada
Rules Fights to Face Congress
Washington AP reports the 88th Congress opens with fierce rules battles. Democrats hold large margins in Senate 67-33 and House 258-176 with one vacancy. Southern Democrats often defy leadership, threatening liberal aims. Key fights include expanding the House Rules Committee and curbing Senate filibusters to push civil rights and liberal legislation through. President Kennedy warns of consequences if liberal aims fail.
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Kennedy
Senate
House
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
J. Howard Edmondson
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
U.S
Five Men Die in Wallingford Hotel Fire
Five men were killed as a fire swept the 163-year-old Central Hotel in Wallingford. Twenty six guests escaped, some in night clothes. five others were injured. Victims identified include Joseph Ivan, 80, James Keating, 70, Paul Snyder, 65, Frank Hartman, 72, Andrew Lenart, 58. Damaged estimated at about $100,000. Three injured men, Thomas Clougherty, 20, Robert Maha, 26, and Robert Taylor, 49, were hospitalized. Clougherty and Taylor in fair condition, Maha in good.
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Wallingford
Meriden Hospital
Thomas Clougherty
McKeesport
Robert Maha
Dravesburg
Robert Taylor
Clougherty
Taylor
Maha
Satanta drugstore safe stolen in early Sunday break in
The Shouse Pharmacy in Satanta reported a theft of a safe containing about $800 in cash checks and narcotics. Thieves entered by chiseling a roof hole and rolled the 800 pound safe to a side door where a truck likely waited. Cash registers yielded about $30. prescription area ransacked but medicines mostly left.
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Satanta
Shouse
Haskell
Raymond Johnson
Melvin Shouse
Johnson
Three-Way Race for Kansas House Speaker Persists
A three-man race for speaker of the Kansas House continued on the eve of the biennial session with Rep. Odd Williams Rep. Charles Arthur and Rep. John Coward vying to replace the retiring William L. Mitchell. Republicans hold 89 of 125 seats and a caucus vote is expected later. Democrats seek a minority floor leader in Rep. Joseph Mikesic and Rep. Frank Lill. The dinner crowd heard Sen. Paul Wunsch say pay rules may delay sessions past April 1 after a constitutional amendment removed the $5 daily pay cap.
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House
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
John Coward
Greensburg
William L. Mitchell
Hutchinson
Williams
Arthur
Conard
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Joseph M. Mikesic
Kansas City
Frank Lill
Emporia
Ralph Skoog
Topeka
Bill Fribley
Crestline
Ed Kessinger
Junction City
Ed Boyd
Larned
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Senate
Wunsch
County Assessors Begin Annual Work in Finney County
Finney County deputy assessors start their yearly task with County Clerk Jane Collins listing numerous assessors for Garden City and surrounding townships. She notes Garfield township will gain a deputy after Wayne Wheeler resigns, with names including John V. Wilken Thurman Lile and several others across Garden City and Pleasant Valley, Sherl ock, and Terry areas.
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Finney
Jane Collins
City of
Garden City
John V. Wilken
Thurman Lile
C. Regena DeFreese
Earl Dougherty
R. T. Kersey
Opal Sroufe
Mearl Potter
Emma Thompson
Jane Zirkle
Irene E. Wiebe
Esther Bruington
R. F. Caswell
Clyde Sheaks
A. P. Winger
Ray Johnston
Ivanhoe
M. D. Cronin
Pierceville
Laster Koch
Pleasant Valley
Seth Earnest
Sherlock
Larry K. Earnest
City of Holcomb
Frank Stillwell
David E. Miller
Terry
Collins
Garfield Township
Wayne Wheeler
City Chamber session tackles storm drains and street upgrades
City Manager Deane Wiley outlined a major downtown improvement plan at the first Chamber breakfast, detailing storm drainage upgrades, curb and gutter work, and resurfacing on Main and East Fulton. Projects aim to relieve high water, boost water pressure, and widen Main north to Kansas with an estimated cost about half a million dollars.
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Chamber of Commerce
Deane Wiley
City Commission
Chamber
Wiley
E. Fulton
7Th East
Fulton
1St
Main Ad
Ea Walt
Maple
Kansas
Main
Spruce
State Highway Department
Commission
Meredith to skip Ole Miss next semester under present circumstances
James H. Meredith, the first Black student admitted to the University of Mississippi, announced he will not attend next semester under the present circumstances. He said he plans to remain in Mississippi and finish exams this term, with final exams Jan. 18–22, amid ongoing federal guard protection and civil rights tensions.
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Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Mississippi
Air Force
Ross Barnett
Paul B. Johnson Jr
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Barnett
Johnson
Edmondson Named U S Senator After Kerr Death
Oklahoma Governor Howard Edmondson, a Kennedy ally, resigns to join the U S Senate succeeding the late Robert Kerr. Lieutenant Governor George Nigh becomes governor for one week before Henry Bellmon takes office. Kerr Jr. plans to seek the Senate in 1964. Edmondson, 37, had been elected governor at 33 and backed Kennedy for the 1960 nomination.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Howard Edmondson
Kennedy
Oklahoma
U.S. Senate
Robert S. Kerr
George Nigh
Edmondson
Nigh
Palm Beach
Fila
Senate
Henry Bellman
Kerr
Washington
Robert S. Kerr Jr
Hart contrasts Saffels votes and hints at 1964 bid
Wichita AP Hart former Democratic state treasurer opposes capital punishment by hanging and calls for a roll call on the issue He suggests he may seek the governorship next year noting lower turnout in 1962 than since 1954 and comparing his 1960 treasurer vote with Saffels 1962 results and Anderson 1960 votes He concludes he may run in 1964.
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Wichita
George Hart
Hart
Dale Saffels
Har
John Anderson
Debaters Second At Great Bend
Garden City's four-man team finished second at the Great Bend High School Invitational Debate Tournament. Team members were Randy Thies, David Heinemann, Linda Smith and Ted Alsop. Derby High won, El Dorado and Shawnee Mission North tied for third. 37 schools entered. Local coach Dean Nolte noted two Garden City four-man teams also competed at Emporia without placing. next action is the Hays district tournament with a four-speaker team and two alternates.
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Garden City
Great Bend
Open School Furniture Bids at Garden City Board Meeting
Garden City School Board meets in the high school library at 7 p.m. to open bids for furniture for the new junior high building. The session includes other routine business and a discussion on junior college legislation.
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Commission
Wiley
Bob” Gardiner
Ray Calihan Jr
John Walters Jr
Gardiner
Chamber
Maynard Knief
The
Garden City
Copcome Junior College Legisla
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Holcomb
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Ford Dawson
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