National Holiday Move to Monday Debates
Editorial argues for nationwide shift to the last Monday in May and other Mondays near major holidays. Sen. Potter introduces a federal bill to standardize holiday Mondays including Memorial Day Veterans Day and Presidents Day while noting potential benefits for business and travel and addressing highway safety concerns.
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Charles. Potter
U.S
Potter
Washington
Lincoln
The
AAA
Where To Go The One Day Holiday In Garden City Region
The region lacks recreation facilities with only Scott park within an hour's drive and a few oversized ponds. Residents face crowded existing spots or long trips to the hills, highlighting a need for better lakes and facility development including Scott park and Grant county projects.
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Garden City
Scott’ Park
Arkansas
Grant County
Scott Park
Atom Carrier Tough To Hit
Washington naval leaders defend the budget and discuss strategic threats to a nuclear powered carrier as Russia rumored to build atomic submarines is reviewed. Admiral Burke says the carrier would be the toughest target and that defenses would probe its destruction before surrender. Kansas tax officials invite oil and gas producers to June 21 meetings in Wichita to discuss the new severance tax rules.
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Washington
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Chief of
Naval Operations
Navy
Russia
Senate
Marine “Corps
Randolpl .McC. Pate
Burke
Sen. Ellender
D-La
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Topeka
Kansas Revenue
J. E. Kirchner
Wichita
Kirchner
Robert Freeman
Distaff Side School Life and Sweangen Family Notes
A column recounts playful kindergarten exchanges on spelling and baby talk, plus a snapshot of Beverly and Paul Sweangen as a junior college graduate and a working mother planning to resume high school. Paul aims to finish college with a degree while Beverly, an Honor Roll student, pursues a high school diploma and future college town moves, aided by Naomi Sweangen. Also featured is Mrs. Sylvia Paasch, a spring diploma recipient and school office staff member.
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Beverly
Paul Sweangen
Paul
Sweangens
Sweanpene
Naomi Sweangen
Sylvia Paasch
Teamsters Leader Joseph J Diving Seeks Becket Presidency
Joseph J Diving, a top Teamsters official in California, indicated he will run for president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The 54 year old international VP and Bay Area Joint Council president returned from Denver and began secret talks with local leaders backing him to succeed Dave Beck.
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San Francisco
Joseph J. Diving
Teamsters
California
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Diving
Bay Area
Joint Council of Teamsters
Denver
Teamster
Dave Beck
Fatal car train crash near Ellis claims Basil Ridgway life
An 86 year old Trego County resident Basil Ridgway was killed when his car collided with a Union Pacific freight train six miles west of Ellis. The accident happened about a mile from Ridgeway's home and is under local investigation.
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Ellis
Trego County
Basil Ridgway
Union Pacific
Ridgeway
Compromise on Cut for USIA Budget Approved
The Senate approved a compromise bill cutting US Information Agency funding to 96.2 million dollars for next year and barred duplicating private news services. The measure, 75 to 2, moves to the White House, with Neuberger and Javits voting no. Also funded are State, Justice, and federal judiciary. In Chicago, the Southern Baptist Convention chose Kansas City for its sixth theological seminary with a two million dollar cap, amid a 11,000 attendance at the International Amphitheatre.
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Washington
Senate
U.S. Information Agency
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
House
USIA
State and Justice Departments
Federal Judiciary
Sens. Neuberger
D-Ore
Javits
R-Ny
White House
Eisen Shower
Chicago
Southern Baptist Convention Today
Kansas City, Mo
Sixth Theological Seminary
International Amphitheatre
Prison term for Joe Nunan marks long tax history
Washington report recalls Joe Nunan's 1957 five year prison sentence for tax evasion and his decades of alleged double standards in tax collection. It notes prior probes into Sen. McCarthy taxes, Nunan's mob ties, and subsequent CAB leaks and a secret Pan Am document tied to Mexico and CMA influence. publication plans include parts of the confidential report.
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Washington
State of Wisconsin
Commissioner Nunan
United States
Nunan
Frankie Costello
Court of Appealg
Supreme Court
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Pan American Airways
Mexico
George A. Brownell
Brownell
Pan American
CMA
Pan Am
Sam Pryor
Memorial Day Reflections on the Living Dead
Hal Boyle muses on Memorial Day as a time when the dead walk again, unseen yet powerful. He notes memory keeps us humane, honors those who sacrificed for safety, and suggests the day should be a shared voyage of rediscovery with both living and departed. He names Keats Hardy Wolfe Teasdale Dickinson and Mother Eve as spirits revisited.
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New York
America
Hal Boyle
John Keats
Thomas’ Hardy
Tom Wolfe
Sara Teasdale
Emiily Dickinson
Mother Eve
AP Rights Notice on Local News Reproduction
The Associated Press states exclusive rights to publish and reproduce all local news printed in its newspapers and AP dispatches. Rights of publication for special dispatches are retained by AP.
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