Cat tracks and coyotes in Southwest Kansas swirl through local notes
The community reports saucer sized cat tracks north east of town possibly mountain lion, plus a five hand high coyote seen on the western city edge near Sam Pappas' garden. Zoo tales claim eight or nine coupes born, Oscar the badger, Tillie the aging leopard, and Liz Taylor breaking things up in local chatter.
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Kansas
Gerald Becker
N. Main
Becker
Sam Pappas
Elephant House
Claude Owens
Oscar
Tillie
Lowe
Holcomb
Northwes
Garden
Wolfe
Deerfield
Bykovsky Orbit Declines as Spaceflight Extends
Soviet cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova continued their space tour with Bykovsky edging toward reentry after 66 orbits and a rising altitude drop. Tass and TASS reported Bykovsky leading with 77 orbits while Tereshkova surpassed U.S. records with more than 46 orbits. Weather and regional forecasts fill the rest of the page with local conditions for Finney and Haskell counties and nearby areas.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Valery Bykovsky
Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper
Yass
Cooper
U.S
Tass
Andrian Nikolayev
Valentina
Soviet Comuni
Kennedy Submits 5 Point Civil Rights Proposal
Garden City business leaders heard details of Kansas new Sunday closing law taking effect July 1. County Attorney Harrison Smith moderated a 50 attendee Chamber of Commerce briefing outlining restricted Sunday sales and numerous exceptions including groceries before 10 a.m. and farm related trade. Violations carry up to $100 first offense and up to $500 plus 30 days jail for subsequent offenses.
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Garden City
Kansas
Harrison Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Smith
Wich
Ita
Grocers Assn
Sidins
New Check Law In Effect In Kansas Abolishes Abatement
Kansas to adopt a revised check law effective after July 1 and imposes stricter penalties for bad checks including possible prison terms. Merchants must obtain addresses on cashed checks and notify passers within eight days by registered mail or face prosecution. Third offenses carry heightened penalties. felony charges apply for checks of $50 or more with fines up to 5 000 or prison terms up to five years.
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Smith
Levy Questions on 144-Mill Tax for Garden City JC
Finney County voters face a special election to decide a 144 mill levy across all property to fund Garden City Junior College. Officials publish a Q and A series outlining levy revenue, local versus district tax shares, program needs, and the aim to expand technical and vocational offerings beyond the current junior college.
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Finney
Garden City
Finney County
Kennedy urges urgent five point civil rights program
President Kennedy asks Congress to enact a five point civil rights program to end racial discrimination in public facilities, speed desegregation, ensure fair employment, create a federal community relations service, and bar federal aid to discriminatory activities. The plan, among the broadest in a century, faces vigorous debate over privately owned establishments and federal funding conditions.
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Washington
Kennedy Gant
Congress
Kennedy
Kennady Anid
Parched and Rainy Patches Mark Southwest Kansas Weather
A broad Kansas drought eased briefly as scattered rains hit towns from Leoti to Tribune. Totals ranged from trace amounts to over 2 inches with Leoti reporting 1.86 inches in town and 2.85 inches for June. City areas varied, while overall June moisture remained below normal in many locales.
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Laoti
Leoti
Jone
Tribune
Scott
Doug Haker
Baker
Holcomb Schools Name Principal
Holcomb Consolidated Schools appoint Andy E Calloway as principal. Calloway, formerly superintendent at Manter Public School, will start July 1 after earning a BA from Panhandle A and M and an MS from Fort Mayo. He has held roles across Keys Griggs and Boise City, and two children Pamela Sue and Gary Hoss. John Kiggs says 1903 64 term faculty complete with new elementary teachers Degnan Meixel Hammon Corn Sager Tarpley.
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Galloway
Panhandle A. & M
Fort Mayo State College
Galloway Haa
Keys and Griggs
Okla
Boise City
Rolla
Manter
Galloway Saave
Pamela Sue
Gary Hoss
Kort Hays
John Kiggs
Holcomb
Louise Meixel
Mary Hammon
Degana M. Degnan
Golden
Colo
Wilma Corn
Garden City
Isabelle Sager
Sybil Tarpley
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Ray Holmes
Oklahoma
Telegram
Gardening
Dighton Herals
Gillbillies
Liz Taylor
Gus
Ques
Haskell
Seward
Lane
Wichita
Greeley
Akron
Dodge Emporia Garden
Goodland Wit City
le Junta
Russell Salina
Topeka Wichita
Goodland
New Law
Levy
Board of Education and Advisory Committee
Board of Education
Euthu Altman
Loth and
Jones
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Town
City
Uth
Santa Ma
Wichita County
Leotl
Wether
K. BE. Gorsuch
Bruce Stindon
KSU
Thera
Nere
Seull
Dighton
Sutton
Lakin
Wre
Syracuse
Satanta
Haskell County
Holcomb Schools
Holcomb Consolidated Schools
Andy E. Calloway
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