Eclipse Viewing Sparks Mixed Reactions Across Town
Local reports show parents restrict kids from playing ball during the eclipse while a carrier and the public face travel and access limits. A Wichita and Hutchinson pair arrives in Garden City for pre enrollment, missing hotel rooms until a local manager offers free lodging, breakfast, and a warm welcome. Telegram staff note Juco instructor Frank Trotman’s misadventure chasing Scott County State Park’s famed lake.
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Garden City
Hutchinson
Wichita
Boulder
Colo
Colorado University
Wheatlands
Wheat Lands
Emil Salyer
New Continental Inn
Jack Hopkins
Jack
Jones Ave
Five Points
Sally
Geni
The
Continental
Real
Telegram
Frank Trotman
Juco
Kingman
Frank
Scott County State Park
Scott City
British Doctor Enters Plea of Innocence
London AP. Dr Stephen Ward goes on trial accused of keeping young women as sex workers for wealthy men. Christine Keeler, first prosecution witness, denies bed relation with Ward while saying she was first paid by a man he introduced. Prosecutor claims Ward profited from Keeler and others, and controlled the situation at two London flats including a cottage on Lord Astor’s Clivedon estate.
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London
Stephen Ward
Christine Keeler
Macmillan
Miss Keeler
Old Bailey Court
Ward
Mervyn Griffith Jones
Marilyn
Mandy ) Rice-Davies
Christine
Griffith- Jones
Clivedon
Lord Astor
Nancy Lady Astor
Buckinghamshire
Slight Hike in County Budget For 1964
Finney County plans a 1.06 mill increase in the Garden City Junior College levy within the 1964 proposed budget, lifting total levy to 21.28 mills. The general fund, welfare, health and mental health, elementary school, fair, and library levies show small cuts due to higher carryovers while the public hearing is set for August 6 at the courthouse and the Telegram will publish the full legal notice.
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Garden City Junior College
Finney County
Jane Collins
Board of County Commissioners
General Fund
General County
Agricultural Extension Council A Ai
General County High School
General County Elementary
General County Junior College
County Health
Kansans Buy More Across Major Industries in 1963
In the 12 months ended June, Kansans bought more cars furniture food and building materials than a year earlier. Automotive sales totalled 577.6 million in the 1963 tax year, up 8.4 percent from 1962. Lumber and building rose to 197.6 million, furniture to 121 million, and food related items to 772.2 million, 19.3 million in taxes, 26.1 percent of all sales taxes.
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Topeka
Research Department
Kansas Legislative Council
Kansas
No Break Seen For Heat Wave
TOPEKA AF Temperatures rose to 104 in western Kansas as the Weather Bureau saw no immediate relief from the heat. Forecasts warned of highs near 105 in the southwest and extreme west, with 104 in Garden City and Goodland. Northeast Kansas saw cooler partial relief from early showers while Topeka topped at 85 and a weak cold front lingered in the northeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Goodland
Kansas City
Garden Sass On Money And Outfits
Gus Garden quips that money never clashes with your outfit, praising its compatibility with personal style and daily wardrobe choices. The remark emphasizes fashion confidence and practical ease in spending choices.
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Gus Garden
Kennedy Plans ICC Route To Avert Rail Strike
President Kennedy proposed sending railroad work rules disputes to the Interstate Commerce Commission for prompt hearing to avert a strike set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. The plan preserves collective bargaining, shifts from compulsory arbitration, and aims to delay any work stoppage while the ICC rules.
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Washington
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Congress
Pierre Salinger
ICC
Salinger
Cne
George Meany
Apl-Cio
J. E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Wolfa
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Cape
India Defense Pact Fortifies Against Chinese Attacks
The United States Britain and India reach an air defense agreement to bolster India's air defenses amid potential Communist aggression. It covers joint training between U S Air Force Royal Air Force and Indian air force, radar and communications equipment, mobile radar units, and technician training, with no obligation of U S military aid in attack.
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Washingtn
United States
Britain
India
China
State Department
Government of
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Royal Air Force S
Indian Air Force
Rights March At Lawrence
Civil rights rally staged at the Douglas County courthouse by 109 Negroes and 71 whites. About 300 people gathered as they marched down Massachusetts Street to the courthouse. Samuel Jackson of Topeka urged immediate equal rights and warned against waiting a decade.
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Lawrence, Kan
Douglas County
Massachusetts Street
Samuel Jackson
Topeka
Motives Missing In Woman's Death
In Timken Kansas a 19 year old boy, Johnny Oborny, is charged as a juvenile delinquent after allegedly stabbing Mrs Betty Pivonka to death with an ice pick after she was a customer in his father's general store The town of 183 people is left stunned as investigators question motives including robbery delinquency or sex None are proven and the boy remains silent in custody awaiting transfer to Topeka for institutional care.
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Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Hermann Beringer
Timken
Kan
Betty Pivonka
Noeyard
Johnny
John Oborny Sr
A. B. Clupny
Holy Trinity Catholc
Catholc
Faw
Jack Mendenhall
Haa
Kangana
Industrial School For
Boya
Topeka
Central Strike Postponed Amid Wage Dispute
A planned strike by Central Airlines station employees in 30 cities across Texas Oklahoma Colorado Missouri Arkansas and Kansas has been postponed at the request of the Air Line Employes Association International AFL CIO. Federal Mediator James Holaren will meet with association and company representatives in Fort Worth Texas. Central operates two daily flights at Garden City Municipal Airport.
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Central Airlines
Central
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Mussouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Air Line
Assn, International
Afl-Cio
Leverett Edwards
National Mediation Board
Edwards
James Holaren
Parachutist Dies in Fall at Great Bend Rodeo
Clarence Gretencord, 23, of Richmond Kansas, a former Army paratrooper, died when his parachute failed to open in time during practice drops after an exhibition at the Great Bend Rodeo. He reportedly waited too long to pull the ripcord on a 3600 foot jump as fellow Topeka Control Bay Divers Club members watched.
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Great Bend
Kan
Clarence Gretencord
Richmond
Gretencord
Topeka Contror Bay
Great Bend Rodeo
Kurt Moffman
Test Treaty Nears Completion Amid Nuclear Test Ban Talks
Western and Soviet diplomats push toward a tripartite accord to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere space and underwater. Harriman and Gromyko held talks after a track meet as optimism grows with possible signature by Harriman and a Washington return. A surviving hurdle is a possible demand for a nonaggression pact by the Soviet side while the West seeks a broader nonaggression pledge without binding all Western members.
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U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Khrushchev
Harriman
Britain
Lord Hailsham
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Lenin Stadium
NATO
Eaxtern Europa
Andrei A. Gromyko
Wst
Germany
Baat
Kennedy
Western Alliance
Longer Sun Eclipse Study Yields New Solar Insight
In Canada scientists aboard a jet chased a solar eclipse to record 42.4 seconds longer viewing than ground observers. Aboard were astronomers and astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter. The test aims to refine solar flare data and enable future eclipse observations from high speed transports.
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Rddmonton
Canada
Seientiats
Ganadiong
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
United States
Crippled Honnor Tanker Seeks Tug 200 Miles Off Cape Henry
PORTSMOUTH Va AP The Norwegian tanker Honnor crippled in a collision waits for an oceangoing tug about 200 miles off Cape Henry. Twenty four of the Honnor s 42 crew are aboard the tanker with the freighter San Juan. Eighteen including the master remain on the San Juan. A 15 foot hole tears the Honnor s starboard side and the San Juan s bow is damaged. The Honnor crew abandon to lifeboats in mid afternoon.
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Portsmouth
Uesea
Cape Dlenry
San Juan
Honnor
Local Youths Work in Alaska This Summer
Two Kansas State University juniors Bob Jones and Mark Scott work 40 hours weekly in a Petersburg Alaska stone quarry. They camp nearby, hunt and fish in spare time, and are placed by Koster Cotts of Petersburg. They plan to return home in August by ferry to Prince Rupert after leaving their car in teens.
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Petersyburg
Alaska
Bob Jones
Mia
Taylor Jones
Holcomb
Mark Scott
Kalyesta
Petersburg
Mark
Koster Cotts
Vity Qianagger
Kansas State University
Bol
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
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Aggoss
Lawrence
Telegrapa Photo
Linda Selichnow
Garden City High School
Lee Selichnow
St. John
Kim Johnson
Bunting
Akpan Wax
Breedis i Hodge City
Emporia
Tal City
Te la Junta Ida
Rugsell
Suine
Opake
Wichite Sa Canveeet
Fay D. Kobler
Pacific Northwest
Japan
Alauka
Malone
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