Reapportionment debate looms in State Senate Friday
TOPEKA AP The State Senate plans Friday debate on a reapportionment bill to add seats for urban areas. Chairman Wunsch aims to avoid changes. the plan would shift Sedgwick Wyandotte and Shawnee Johnson counties into new districts, affecting nine incumbent races and potential resignations before the next election.
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Topeka
Senate
Paul Wunseh
R-Kingman
Senate Committee On
Sedgwick County
Wyandotte County
Shawnee
Johnson
Wunsch
Kingman
Sedgwick
Reno
Weather Showers Possible In Eastern Kansas This Weekend
Showers are forecast for the eastern portion of Southwest Kansas with western counties expecting dust. Rain is possible in parts of the state during the weekend, prompting local plans to travel. In a separate note, Culligan man Bob Townsend recalls a pheasant encounter when a hen pheasant struck his windshield, cracking the back window. Also, Garden City Junior High and St Mary’s sixth graders will eat buffalo burgers at the Buffalo feed event hosted by Finney County Parks Fish and Game Assn at the Civic Center. A Kansas traffic death log update shows 24 hours to Thursday morning with March totals and 1963 64 figures, compared to 1962.
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Kansas
Bob Townsend
Lakin
Bob
Garden City
St. Mary's
Finney County Parks, Fish and Game Assn
Civic Center
Buffalo Burgers
Garden City youth named District Star Farmer in Kansas
David Lightner of Garden City, a junior at Garden City High School and president of the Garden City FFA Chapter, wins District Star Farmer for the 24 county southwest Kansas district. He will receive the National FFA Foundation award next month and participates in multiple FFA activities and livestock and crop programs. He is set for a People-to-People Europe tour in July and has earned several FFA and 4-H honors while balancing academics and athletics.
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David Lightner
Garden City
Future Farmers of America
Southwest
Kansas
C. C. Eustace
State Board For Vocational Education
Lightner
National Ffa Foundation
FFA
David
Harry Lightner
S. Star Rt
Ness City
Gary Greathouse
Europe
G-Club
Plymell Community
Sudan
Slight Reapportionment Shifts Kansas Senate Districts
Proposed changes to Kansas Senate districts would alter District 37 to become District 40 while keeping most counties, adding Gray to 40 and moving Scott to 37 and Seward to 26. Western Kansas districts listed with county compositions and township groupings.
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Kansas Senate
Kansas
Scott
Seward
Scott County
Gray County
Dist
Clark
Comanche
Ford Kiowa
Meade
Edwards, Hodgeman
Lane
Ness
Pawnee
Rush
Stafford
Barton
Albion
Buffalo
Clarence
Eureka
Fairview
Grant
Liberty
Pawnee Rock
Walnut
Wheatland
Americans in Fatal Crash Near Seoul During Snowstorm
Two Americans and nine others died in a South Korean air transport crash ten miles northwest of Seoul amid heavy snow. The twin engine C46 carried four crew and seven passengers, including a U.S. airman whose status remains with relatives and an American civilian. The plane, en route from Taegu to Kimpo, crashed while preparing for a second landing after stormy conditions prevented landing.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korean Air Force
Air Force
U.S
Taegu
Kimpo
Tax Sources Are Probed by Gov and Leaders
TOPEKA AP Several possible new tax money sources were discussed by Gov. John Anderson and legislative leaders on Wednesday but no agreement was reached. Proposals included a $100 annual tax on certain machines, tax adjustments on banks and savings and loan associations, possible taxes on liquor and cigarettes, inactive bank funds, and abandoned property in financial institutions.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
General Revenue
City Awards Bids For 2 Pump Houses
Lea and Woolman of Garden City won both bids for pump houses to cover city water wells. Each bid was 2849 dollars, for sites at 1513 Chestnut and Fin nup Park east of S. 6th. Engineer’s estimate was 3150 dollars per unit. The firms said 75 days to complete.
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Lea and
Woolman
Garden City
1513
Chestnut
Finnup Park
S. 6Th
Lee
Physical Program in Garden City Shows Fitness Gains
Garden City's new physical conditioning program for fourth to sixth graders shows early dividends. Data compare September and February tests across 28 ratings in seven exercises, with excellent ratings rising from two to eight and poor ratings dropping from 16 to two, under instructor Norman Reynolds and director Elmer Bartlett.
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Garden City
Norman Reynolds
Elmer Bartlett
Kennedy
Hutchison
Reynolds
Bartlett
Jin
Wichita State University bill moves toward Gov. signature
A compromise bill to bring Wichita University into the Kansas state education system awaits Gov. John Anderson’s signature. Passed by both houses 78-46 in the House and 24-8 in the Senate, the measure would join the school with the Board of Regents and rename it Wichita State University. Regent Sidney Brick projects transfer of Wichita faculty to state control by July 1, 1964.
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Topeka
Wichita University
John Anderson
House
Senate
Wichita
Board of Regents
University of Kansas
S. C. Brennan
W. U. Board of Regents
Brennan
Wichita State University
State
Sidney J. Brick
Hie
Wichita U
State Board of Regents
U.S. Effort to Curb Cuban Refugee Raids
Washington officials say FBI Coast Guard and other agencies are working to deter hit and run raids by Cuban refugees on Castro’s Cuba. President Kennedy has opposed such tactics, fearing they harm U.S. Soviet relations and may aid Castro. Officials note jurisdiction limits and no current orders to halt vessels under foreign colors.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Navy
State Department
Kennedy
Castro Threat to Arm Cuba Over Exile Raids
Fidel Castro warned that if U S exile raids against Cuba continue, Cuba may arm long range bombers and deploy naval escorts to protect shipping. He cited an attack on a Soviet freighter by Cuban exiles and noted Soviet missiles and bombers previously deployed to Cuba. A Miami anti Castro group spokesman claimed Cuban exile operatives slipped into Isabela de Sagua to strike the Soviet ship.
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Moscow
United States
Lgov
Isabela de Lagua
Cuba
Commando L
Miami
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Khrushchev
U.S
Washington
Isabela de Sagua
Caribbean
Bridge Tourney Finals Set For April 8 Lunch and Buffet
Finalists announced for the Tele gram-KIAL Bridge Tournament with finals in both men’s and women’s brackets to follow a 6:30 p.m. buffet at Downing's. Men’s pairing: Neil Moreland and Richard Landon of Deerfield vs Norman Lindner and Vern Holmes of Garden City. Women’s pairing: Roma Heinemann and Marietta Wasinger vs Florence Burris and Doris Carmichael. Entry fee includes dinner.
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Neil Moreland
Richard Landon
Deerfield
Norman Lindner
Vern Holmes
Garden City
Roma Heinemann
Marietta Wasinger
Florence
Burris
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