World Fair 1964 to 1965 dates and big audience looming
The World’s Fair in New York is set for April 22 to October 18 in 1964 and April 21 to October 17 in 1965. The notice notes broad attendance projections and lists related items from safety reminders to local school performances and farm program deadlines.
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New York
Combined Insurance Company of America
Illinois
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Assa
Traffic Safety Department
Kansas Highway Commission
At&t
Garden Sass Gas Garden Says Two Can Live Cheaply
Garden Sass Gas Garden argues that two can share living costs readily though Kt collects both checks to support the arrangement.
Planning Program Resolution Presented to City Commission
A resolution from the Garden City Chamber of Commerce asking the city to enter the 701 planning program was presented to the Garden City Finney County Metropolitan Commission. Maynard Knief read the resolution. it passed the Chamber Board unanimously. The plan is a three party funding project from local state and federal sources. Planners did not take action. A representative from Bucher and Willis was expected to advise but did not attend. The chamber’s resolution was also directed to the City Commission. Planners recommended rezoning the northwest corner of 8th and Elm from residential to commercial after a hearing. Bryce Roderick seeks a commercial building at that site, the new Garden City Automotive location. In other actions, the commission moved to require Champlin Oil Co to meet fire code for a new station at Ist and Fulton and to permit a metal structure in a fire zone. The commission also moved that J L Hart of Dodge City comply with building code for an overhang on a motel and restaurant on Jones Ave west of the Trail Inn.
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Garden City-Finney County
Maynard Knief
Garden City
Bucher and Willis
Salina
Planning Commission
City Commission
8Th and Elm
Bryce Roderick
Champlin Oil Co
Ist and
Fulton
Champlin
J. L. Hart
Dodge City
Jones Ave
Trail Inn
Snowtown misaddressed letter in Watertown case
In Watertown New York a letter addressed to Miss Lillian Costantino arrived with only her name and street address plus the Snowtown appellation. The nickname arose after this winter’s heavy snowfall exceeding 150 inches in the area.
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Lillian Costantino
Watertown
Snowtown
President to Speak on San Jose Talks and Berlin Shift
President Kennedy will address the nation on the Costa Rica conference that forged a seven nation accord to speed Latin American development and curb Cuba subversion. He plans a White House news conference outlining Monday to Wednesday talks with Panamanian and Central American leaders and expresses satisfaction with the San Jose outcome.
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Washington
Kennedy
Costa Rica
San Jose
Panama
United States
el Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mutual
Pacific Coast
Palm Beach
Fla
Capital
Kansas Farmers Plan to Plant Few More Crops
Kansas farmers plan to plant slightly more crops in 1963 but keep the total at 19.5 million acres, the second smallest in 35 years. Increases in sorghum and corn offset declines in soybeans oats and barley, with hay acreage holding steady at 2,216,000 acres. Potatoes and sugar beets acreage are noted, as is conservation program impact on cropland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Feed Grain
Soil Bank
Century Refinery Raccoon Triggers Major Power Outage
Andy Flowers of Scott City Wheatland Electric reports a 25 to 30 pound raccoon climbed a 10 foot steel girder to a circuit breaker at the substation west of the Century Refining plant and caused a power loss from about 12:30 a.m. to 1:40 a.m. The incident left Friend and surrounding rural areas without power while the refinery switched to emergency power. Minor insulator damage occurred, and Flowers quipped that the coon was cooked.
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Andy Flowers
Scott City Wheatland
Century Refining
Flowers
Garden City High Band Concert Monday Evening
Garden City's High School Band under Robert Anderson will perform Monday at 7 p.m. in Clifton Hope Auditorium. Selections include Scepter of Liberty March Symphonic Suite Peter Schmoll Overture Trumpet and Drum Tulsa A Symphonic Portrait in Oil Ben Hur Overture Porgy and Tess Victory at Sea and U.S. and You Symphonic March with Roger Stoner Dan Laughlin and Robert Townsend as soloists. Public invited.
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Garden City
At & P.m
Clifford Hope
Robert Anderson
Peter Schmoll
Roger Stoner
Robert Townsend
Tulsa
Tess
Dan Laughlin
U.S. and You
Kansas Students to Learn About Communism in New Booklet
The Kansas State Department of Public Instruction releases a teaching outline for high school history or government courses on Communism. It covers the Communist party, its ideology, and state aims to present both perceived advantages and disadvantages. The unit suggests four to six weeks within postwar history, and notes parental communication and a focus on freedom, democracy, and the American way of life.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Glee Smith
Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Bloodmobile Crew Listed for Thursday Visit
Mrs Maurice Lindner Red Cross blood chair man announced the volunteer crew for next Thursday s Bloodmobile visit. The women assisting with nursing registering and canteens include Mmes Leonard Smith Clyde Shorter Louise Boullinghouse Leo Strasser John Archibald William Ogan Ted Ludwig Al Towles Cliff Mayo Hadley Kauffman Walter Ochs Hubert Piland Fd Cox Charles Owen Robert Ball Walter Wolf John Boyd Rh D Burris John Degnan Luther Largent Jack Daly Charles Anstuett P L Dale Merle Myers Fred Haris Louis Strasser and Elza Caldwell. Employees of Fansler Tires Inc will unload and reload the Bloodmobile equipment. Typewriters supplied by Business Equipment Co. Donors are being recruited this week by telephone committees from the Beta Sigma Hi chapters. Bloodmobile posters were distributed by St Mary s Telstars Comets and Allies 4 H Clubs.
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Maurice Lindner
Red Cross Blood
Mmes
Leonard Smith
Clyde Shorter
Louise Boullinghouse
Leo Strasser
John Archibald
William Ogan
Ted Ludwig
al Towles
Cliff Mayo
Hadley Kauffman
Walter Ochs
Hubert Piland
Fd Cox
Charles Owen
Robert Ball
Walter Wolf
John Boyd
Rh. D. Burris
John Degnan
Luther Largent
Jack Daly
Charles Anstuett
P. L. Dale
Merle Myers
Fred Haris
Louis Strasser
Elza Caldwell
Fansler Tires, Inc
Business Equipment Co
Abortion Law Killed By Kansas House Panel
The Kansas House Judiciary Committee killed a proposed liberalized abortion bill in a voice vote after two days of debate. Rep. Clyde Hill chaired the panel and reported no dissenting votes on the motion to kill. The bill would have allowed abortions with three physicians certifying grave risk or rape, but current law remains only to save the mother's life.
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Kansas
Don Smith
Dodge City
Warm Friday Is Forecast Tops Kansas City Region
Sunny skies and mild temperatures marked the arrival of spring in Kansas with records of 25 to 30 degrees in the north and 30 to 05 in the south. Wednesday highs ranged from 36 at Olathe to 65 at Wichita and Dodge City, while morning lows spanned 23 at Abilene to 33 at Pittsburg. Skies stay fair into Friday, with warmer conditions expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Wichita
Dodge City
Abilene
Pittsburg
Fire damages railroad bridge north-west of Garden City
A fire damaged a Santa Fe Railway railroad bridge over an irrigation ditch about 312 miles northwest of Garden City around 2:30 PM on Wednesday. Garden City volunteer fire department responded to the alarm and contained the blaze.
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Santa Fe Railway
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