Grain Case Probe Urged by Senate Republicans
Washington AP Senate Republicans urge a congressional probe into reports that 24 million bushels of U S grain vanished en route to Austria amid barter deals valued at 32 million dollars. Senator Williams says the grain may have diverted to West Germany for dollars, while Agriculture Department inspector general Condon notes some stock possibly reached West Germany but no U S loss occurred. Leader Dirksen supports a special Senate committee with 100000 dollars to investigate. officials push export paperwork to track bartered goods.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional
U.S
Austria
John J. Williams
R-Del
Germany
Lester P. Condon
Agriculture Department
West Germany
Condon
United States
Williams
Justice Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Winois
Dirksen
Jack Miller
Lown
Orville L. Freeman
Zebra naming contest spawns many entries and prize split risk
Rotary Club judges face a flood of over 300 submitted names for the zebra contest with several contributors offering multiple options. Weather observer Elihu Allman warns of more rain as gusty winds dry grass at daybreak, while Garden City ZIP code hints appear in the date line. Traveling salesman Bob Wedge, a former Garden City resident now in Denver, camps in a trailer park during periodic town visits, noting the likely profit from travel expenses.
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Rotary Club
Elihu Allman
Garden City
Lester Harp
Bob Wedge
Garden
Nebraska
Denver
Weather Outlook Mixed Briefing With Thunder Expected
The forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Afternoon highs reach the mid to upper 90s with lows in the upper 60s. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming light and variable.
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Breg
Aieracio
Ledge Cry
la Junta
Garden City Earns 1962 Police Traffic Award in Kansas
Garden City is one of 63 cities and the only Kansas entry to receive a meritorious work in police traffic supervision award for 1962. The International Association of Chiefs of Police announced the honor, with certificates for the 10 000 to 25 000 population group based on high performance evaluations. Award criteria include training, enforcement quality, and enforcement amount, plus accident investigation, drunk driving, and pedestrian control. The National Safety Council conducts the traffic inventory, under IA CP policy supervision.
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Garden City
Kansas
International Association of Chiefs of Police
National Safety Council
Linemen Delay Work For Curlews At Dungeness
In Dungeness England AP news says line workers paused clearing a high tension route for three weeks to let two curlews finish courting at the bird observatory. Warden Bob Scott said curlews will not breed in noisy conditions and the delay was granted as a favor.
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Dungeness
England
Bob Scott Warden
Wirtz Rail Panel Prepares Report to JFK
Secretary of Labor Wirtz convened Kennedy’s six member fact finding panel to draft a report on the railroad union dispute over jobs. The panel will refine findings for Congress and the White House as a nationwide rail strike looms, with Congress given until July 29 to act.
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Washington
Secretary of
W. Willard Wirtz
Kennedy
Congress
White House
Association of American Railroads
Labor
Amons
Test Treaty Progress Seen Civil Rights Fight Flares on Fronts
Washington reports a broad civil rights clash as Congress weighs integration in sports arenas and probes leaders of racial demonstrations. McNamara tightens armed forces demonstration rules, urging restraint unless laws are upheld. no off duty civilian clothes protests. Senate Judiciary and Commerce panels press hearings while asking Prick Rozelle and Foss for league views.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services
Robert $. McNamara
McNamara
President Kennedy
Senate
Judiciary
Commerce Committees
Commerce Committee
Ford C. Prick
Pete Rozelle
Joe Foss
Careless Seconds Could Damage Eyes In Eclipse
New York AP reports danger in viewing the solar eclipse without protection. Experts vary on safe methods, with strong warnings against sunglasses or smoked glass. Retina burns may occur without pain and leave permanent central vision loss. In other news, Topeka AP notes 1964 wheat crop quality rising in protein and test weight, with modest sedimentation changes and carload data across counties.
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New York
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Wellers
Topeka
Garden City riders ride 50 miles to Dodge City for Dodge City Days
Eight riders from Garden City Roping Club and Saddle Club left Finney County Fairgrounds for a 50 mile ride to Dodge City with six or seven more expected near Cimarron they plan to camp there overnight en route to Dodge City Days arriving Thursday. They will return to Garden City by trucks Saturday. The other item reports Moscow talks on a limited nuclear test ban with East German delegation arrival in Moscow to discuss topics of interest to both sides.
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Garden City
Dodge City
Moscow
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
East Germany
Lotur Bolta
Tass
Weather and diplomacy mix in Kansas storm and Cold War talks
Storms swept Southwest Kansas with scattered rainfall totals ranging to over a tenth of an inch in Scott City and nearby locales as temperatures spiked to 101. In parallel, Soviet Premier Khrushchev met Western diplomats in Bonn amid cautious optimism over a formal nuclear test ban and potential nonaggression pledges, with talks centered on an accord banning atmospheric and underground explosions and broader European security issues.
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Haat
Khrushchev
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Twallsham
Britain
Bocrevy
Waleht
Mts
Nt Wan
Khrustte Ehev
United States
Firilula
Outer Space
Untler Walter
Kieushchev
Persmit
Soviet Union
Washington
Kennuly
Kennedy
Berlin
Kently
Europe
East Germany
Kansas Traffic Log TOVRKA 1963 Death Toll Update
Kansas traffic death log covers 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday in July 1963, listing fatalities and locations. AP report records the number of deaths, with brief notes on incidents.
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Tovrka
Kansas
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Kanzag State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Qth
Santa Fe
Scott City
Doug Baker
Olga
Teotl
Modoe
Scott
Kalvesta
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