Beating around beef plant sparks Lamar civic zeal
In Lamar Colorado residents rallied for a proposed beef packing plant cooperative, with Chamber of Commerce backing. Lamar led turnout and noise, while Garden City Chamber officials pledged cooperation, arguing the plant would boost regional business and funds without harming existing firms. Community members acknowledge heavy meeting load and plan to pick among engagements.
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Kansas
Two Hurt in Truck Mishap Near Lamar Oklahoma
Two Garden City men were injured when a semi-trailer livestock truck skidded and turned on its side six miles east of Lamar on US 50. Driver Arlen Hapes 23 suffered bruises and lacerations. passenger George Hayden 35 had an injured foot and possible fractured ribs. About 200 sheep were aboard, roughly half killed. Both men were taken to Sacred Heart Hospital by ambulance.
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George Hayden
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Hayden
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Proposed Beef Packing Plant Discussed Here
About 150 farmers and ranchers gathered at Alta Brown Elementary School in Garden City to hear a plan for a beef packing plant. The group reviewed site options, funding via indebtedness certificates, and local employment potential, with a final decision pending further community input and committee actions.
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Nationwide Rail Strike Hangs on Kennedy Action
A possible nationwide railroad strike looms after failed negotiations on featherbedding. With 200000 union members at stake and 65000 jobs plus $600 million yearly, the dispute may trigger a Kennedy fact finding board delaying any strike for at least 60 days.
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House approves record military buying bill
The House passed a 15.8 billion defense measure authorizing 3,000 aircraft 60,000 missiles and 43 ships with 35 ships to be modernized. The vote was 374 to 33 amid clashes over added RS70 planes and budget cuts drawing Senate scrutiny.
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Barn Fire Destroys Gribben Barn Northeast of Leoti
Art Gribben, farming 14 miles northeast of Leoti, awoke to a barn burning overnight. Fire reduced the structure to ashes, killing four calves, several milk cows, three sows and piglets, and destroying milking gear and saddles. Heat lamp may have started the blaze. The barn stood far from the Gribben home with bedrooms on the opposite side.
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Art Gribben
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Wichita Bill to House Next Week
The compromise bill to bring Wichita University into the state system is slated to reach the House floor early next week, said Speaker Charles Arthur. Some members will be absent later this week for the Kansas Livestock Association annual meeting.
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Wichita University
Charles Arthur
Kansas Livestock Association
Sublette Land Dispute Headed for Peaceful Settlement
SW Kansas. Finney County land owners seek de annexation of 24 sections from Satanta Hospital District. The case involved hospital district formation across county lines and a lawsuit later to be dropped if de annexation proceeds. USIA poll shows West Europe favoring U.S. policy with rising pro Soviet sentiment in some nations.
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Terrorists Busy In Venezuela
Reports from Caracas describe ongoing terrorist acts across Venezuela on a Wednesday night. Communists and Castroites were blamed for attacks that cut electricity to five coastal communities southwest of Caracas and damaged a Valencia oil factory, though no injuries were reported. A university student was arrested as troops guarded the 24,727 ton tanker Esso Maracaibo after a National Liberation Front letter warned of a hijack, echoing last month’s Anzoategui incident.
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Warm Weather Forecast Stirs Kansas Weather Report
Skies clear across Kansas with temperatures rising toward the end of the week. Today’s highs are forecast 45 to 55 degrees with nightly lows near 20 in the northwest where snow remains, and up to 30s elsewhere. Wednesday highs range 33 at Goodland to 43 at Wamego, with early lows from 12 at Goodland to 33 at Pittsburg. Snow depths: about eight inches at Goodland and one inch at Hill City.
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Wamego
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Humorist Edson Faces Eviction From Railroader Hotel
TOPEKA Kan AP humorist and former columnist Charles L Edson 76 nearly blind and living in a railroader hotel room must quit by March 23 as urban renewal closes the place His only income is 91 a month in aid which he gives to landlady for meals lodging and occasional cigar He says he has accomplished his heart desires and has written more than 5000 poems in a career spanning KU Tulsa Kansas City Star and Collier s editors and magazines.
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U S Denies Soviet Charge On Navy Exercise
The State Department denied Moscow's claim that three American war ships fired on a Soviet trawler last Friday. Six Navy destroyers conducted gunfire exercises 70 miles east of Norfolk Virginia. a surface ship distance was 12 miles from the area beyond destroyers’ maximum anti aircraft range. Washington said the Soviet vessel identity was unknown and that a formal reply would follow.
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Pilot lands plane on Kansas Turnpike
EL DORADO Kansas AP motorist may wonder about a World War II P-51 fighter parked by the turnpike Frank P MacArtney of Rochester Michigan landed the plane on the turnpike after its engine lost liquid coolant. The engine was damaged beyond repair and the plane was towed to a maintenance area. MacArtney planned to have a new engine trucked in during a flight from Pontiac Michigan to Wichita Kansas.
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Wichita
Unification Bill Advances to Final House Vote
In Topeka the Kansas House backed a bill to unify school districts after a full day of committee amendments. The measure, nearly unchanged from the Education Committee version, advances for a final vote and then to the Senate as experts note 20 amendments were adopted and three rejected.
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Kansas House approves unified school district bill
The House passed a 74 to 45 vote on a bill to replace an unconstitutional 1961 law. It aims for uniform K-12 districts with strict validation by the state superintendent and voters. Districts require planning committees, separate city and rural votes, and minimum enrollments with geographic and valuation thresholds.
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House
Senate
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Right to Work and Constitutional Change Debated in Kansas House
Kansas HouseLabor Committee revived the right to work issue and approved a resolution to submit a repealer to voters while deferring floor action. The panel also backed a constitutional amendment to ease changes, a 75 cent minimum wage bill, higher workers compensation payments, and a Legislative Council study on fees.
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Veteran Doyle Dies in Sleep at 75 in Arlington
Rep. Clyde Doyle D California, acting chairman of the Un American Activities Committee, died unexpectedly in his sleep at his Arlington home. He was 75, serving his ninth term and active in recent days. He attended an American Legion banquet with Mrs. Doyle the prior night.
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Francis E. Walter
House Armed Services Committee
Garden Sass Ambition Inspires Anyone to Go For It
Gus Garden says Garden Sass Ambition is accessible to all people. He describes it as a simple mindset with a little get up and go that anyone can cultivate.
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