Farm Bill Scuttled By 10-Vote Majority
Washington AP Kennedy's farm bill failed in the House by 215 to 206 amid surprise defections. The measure aimed to mandate acreage cuts and national marketing quotas for feed grains and wheat, potentially trimming federal price supports and swelling the agricultural surplus. Freeman, the agriculture secretary, voiced shock at the defeat.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
House Action
Washington
Senate
House
House Agriculture Committee
Vinckier Named Division Engineer at Chanute
Charles N. Vinckier, assistant division engineer in Garden City, promoted to division engineer at Chanute to replace Glenn A. Sutton who is transferred to Topeka under the State Employer Retirement Act. Vinckier, a 1936 Kansas State University graduate, will assume duties July 1 and move July 1.
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Topeka
Charles N. Vinckier
State Highway Commission
Garden City
Chanute
Glenn A. Sut
Vote Follows Party Lines in Farm Bill Vote
Congressmen from Missouri and Kansas voted with party lines as the House sent the administration's farm bill back to the Agriculture Committee. Kansas' five Republicans and Missouri's two Republicans backed the reversal. only Democrat Breeding of Kansas and Democrats from Missouri supported passage. Two Oklahoma Democrats and one Republican from Oklahoma crossed lines. Rep. Weaver of Nebraska was the sole Republican supporting the bill.
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Geoffrey Gould Washington
Kennedy
House
Phil Weaver
Nebraska
Walout
White House
United States
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Secretary of
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Agriculture Committee
J. Floyd Breeding
Oklahoma
Rep. Belcher
Kelth
Rep
Belcher
Rep. Weaver
Bill for Military Projects Passes Senate
The Senate approved a bill authorizing 1.450 million dollars for Army Navy Marine Corps and Air Force construction projects at home and abroad, with total funding 191.224 million below requests and 73.505 million under prior House approval. The bill returns to the House for reconciliation, listing Missouri Fort Leonard Wood and Richard Gebaur Air Force Base projects and utilities at Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Senate
House
Missouri
Ft. Leonard Wood
Richard Gebaur Ar Force Base
Kansas
Ft. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
Community Rallies to Help Tornado Victims
Kalvesta residents plan a Sunday community shower at Kalvesta School House from 3 to 5 p.m. for the Edwin Boots family, who lost belongings when a Saturday tornado struck the region. The trailer home was destroyed. nine people sheltered in a pit near a well motor, likely saving lives. Neighbors spent the day searching for belongings. only six pieces of Mrs Boots silverware were recovered.
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Kalvesta
Kalvesta School
Edwin Boots
Boots
Unwelcome birthday prank steals tires and tomcat
George Baxter of 308 Jones reported a theft after finding two new snow tires missing from his front yard. In their place an old worn tire and a dead tomcat were left. He suspects a joke but doubts friends. police were notified.
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George Baxter
Jones
Baxter
Aid
Garda City Police
Air France Jet Down On Caribbean Island Disaster at Guadeloupe hits Air France 707 crash
An Air France Boeing 707 with about 108 people aboard crashed on a forested hillside near Guadeloupe during final approach to Pointe-a-Pitre. Coast Guard and CAB said 102 passengers and 11 crew or 103 passengers and 5 crew were aboard. wreckage burned with no signs of life. The Chateau Chantilly, en route from Paris with a stop at Lisbon, went down about 4:25 a.m. local time.
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Associated Press
Air France
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
Pointe-a-Pitre
Paris
Santiago
Chile
U.S. Coast Guard
Basse Terre
Coast Guard
New York
Ciil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Santa Maria
Azores
Lisbon
Chateau Chantilly
San Juan
Civil Aeronautics Board
George Haldemar
Martyn Clarke
CAB
Bureau of Safety
Four Deerfield youths injured as car hits utility poles
A car carrying Dennis Gene Berry aged 16 and three passengers struck two utility poles in the 600 block of Hackberry causing two transformers to ruin and power loss across several blocks. All four suffered minor injuries. Dennis Berry faced speeding and careless driving charges after posting bond.
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Hackberry
Leslie Enslow
Deerfield
Dennis Gene Berry
2Nd
3Rd Streets
Harold Dean Berry
Larry Owen Skipton
Frank Richard Fross
Dennis Berry
Weather forecast with showers and thunderstorms
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday night. Temperature changes with lows in the mid 60s and highs around 88 to 92. Winds variable near storms, gusty in thunderstorm regions. Sunrise 6:19. Local forecast for Akron and Goodland areas with station readings.
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Alin
Akron
la Junta
Dodge
Imperia
Jarden
Goodland
Hil City
Lamay
Russell
Man Arrested for Fowler Bank Robbery
FBI agents arrested Rubie Charles Jenkins Mustogee on a charge he robbed the Fowler Kansas State Bank of sixteen thousand dollars in March 1961. He is held under fifty thousand dollar bond awaiting a June 29 preliminary hearing. The FBI also charges him with the May 8 1961 burglary of Citizens State Bank Bradley South Dakota.
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Muskogee
Okla
FBI
Rubie Charles Jenkins Mustogee
Fowler, Kan
Jenking
Jenkins
Citizens State Bank
Bradley
S. D
Couple marks 80th wedding anniversary in London
James Burgess, 102, and Ann, 98, celebrated their 80th anniversary in Bermondsey claiming to be Britain's longest married couple. They hosted a party at their home near the London docks where they have lived 75 years. Their eight children are all married except the youngest daughter Florence who is 63 and helps at home.
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London
James Burgess
Ann
Britain
Bermondsey
London Docks
Florence
Haskell Harvest Passes Mid-point
In Haskell County harvest nears two thirds completion as the Cooperative Grain Dealers Union elevator reports about 500000 bushels of new wheat entering a 1930000 bushel facility. Test weight runs 58 to 60 pounds, some up to 62, yields on dryland 18 to 35 bushels per acre, irrigated harvest just starting with light showers.
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Cooperative Grain Dealers Union
Hutchinson
New Hassle In Coalition In Laos
In Vientiane a compromise to install the new coalition government collapsed after less than a day. Phoumi Vongvichit of Pathet Lao reported Gen. Phoumi Nosa van reversed and demanded royal decree mention the National Assembly. Disputes also arose over two constitutional points for inaugurating a neutralist led coalition headed by Souvanna Phouma.
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Vientiane
Laos
Lagg
Phoumi Vongvichit
Pathet Lao
Phoumi Nosavan
National Assembly
Vongvichit
Plan Lets Bright Juniors Enter College Early
The University of Tennessee weighs a plan to admit high school juniors with strong records directly to college. Students could skip senior year and may earn a high school diploma after completing the freshman year.
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Bright
Knoxville, Tenn
University of Tennessee
Humane Society Elects Officers in Garden City
Mrs. M. W. Barker was elected president of the Garden City Humane Society. Officers include Mrs. Clifford Kells as vice president, Mrs. Curtis Smith secretary, and Mrs. Raymond Reed treasurer. Activities chairman is Mrs. Boyd Morris and public relations chairman is Mrs. Jack McCray. A white elephant sale is planned for June 29. A film titled Tommy the Lion was shown, featuring the first hand raised lion cub at Lee Richardson Zoo.
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M. W. Barker
Garden City Humane Society
Clifford Kells
Curtis Smith
Raymond Reed
Boyd Morris
Jack McCray
Tommy the Lion
Tommy
Lee Richardson Zoo
Sugar beet delegation lauds Washington reception
Harold Purdy of Deerfield reports an enthusiastic reception before the Senate Finance Committee on proposed sugar beet legislation. He testified for expanded U.S. production with more beet acres in Southwest Kansas, noting House expansion was insufficient. Senator Frank Carlson introduced Purdy and other witnesses.
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Harold Purdy
Deerfield
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Southwest
Kansas
House Agriculture Committee
United States
Purdy
U.S
Frank Carlson
Collision Injures Ten in Kansas Two-Family Crash
Ten people from Hillsboro and Newton, Kansas, were injured four miles south of Goessel when a car slowed to aid a man in a field and was rear-ended by another vehicle. Injured were M and Mrs Walters Duckson and their children Tamara Kimberly Londell. driver Larry Goerzen and his mother Alice plus three Goerzen children Jennifer Michael Shelley.
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Goessel
Kan
Hillsboro
Newton
Here
Ms. Walters
Duckson
Tamara
Kimberly
Londell
Larry Goerzen
Alice
Jennifer
Michael
Shelley
Don Doty
Duerksen
Garden Sass Gus Blames Women For Lies
Garden Sass Gus argues that most men lie because women insist on asking questions. The provocative stance targets gender and social behavior in a pointed, opinionated remark.
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Gus
Liberal Man Highlights Jobs as Key Kansas Problem
W E Bush Kansas Chamber official warns the nation must create at least 15 000 new jobs annually for a decade to sustain growth. He argues jobs stem from private enterprise and government, with private sector growth essential to avoid socialism and keep standards high.
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Kansas
W.E. Bush
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Downing's
Garden City
State Chambers
Bush
Noble Drake
State Chamber
Drake
Systen
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Puerto Rico
Grand Terre
Guadeloupe Islanders
Fowler Bank
Haskell
New Hassle
Humane Society
L.M
Duke) Weltmer
Kansas Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Weltmer
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