West Kansas dries to floods after weekend rains
Western Kansas, long dry, saw heavy weekend rainfall totaling about 8.65 inches. The storm hit Bird City area hardest with 4.65 inches Saturday night and 4 more Sunday, while Goodland and surrounding counties recorded several inches. Rivers rose modestly but remained within banks as the Weather Bureau warned of no floods unless rains persist.
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Topeka
Kansas
Bird City
Sherman
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Goodland
Ruleton
Weather Bureau
Presidential Use Of Force Varied By President Across History
James Marlow analyzes how U S presidents from Jefferson to Johnson used armed forces with or without explicit congressional approval. It notes Barbary pirates action in 1801, McKinley in 1900, Wilson at Vera Cruz, Truman in Korea, Eisenhower doctrines for Formosa and the Middle East, and Johnsons actions in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic with and without formal congressional authorization.
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Jefferson
McKinley
Wilson
Congress
Navy
U.S
China
Vera Cruz
Mexico
South Korea
Truman
Congressional
White House
Reepublicans
Eisenhower
Formosa
Middle East
Lebanon
Egypt
Eiesenhower
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Gulf of Tonkin
South Viet Nam
Hawk Missile Battery On Hill 327 In Da Nang
A U S Marines Hawk missile battery on Hill 327 near Da Nang endures long waits and dusty hills as they guard Da Nang Air Base. Captain Everett Cowley leads 87 enlisted and four officers relying on their radar guided missiles to deter enemy planes. The position sits amid scenic hills, with sandbags, barbed wire, and patrols, while weather, mortar risk, and a cobra sighting add rugged reality to their mission.
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U.S. Marines
da Nang
Okinawa
Everett Cowley
Quincy
Mass
South China Sea
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Cowley
Quenemo Alumni Banquet Draws Large Attendance
The Quenemo Alumni Association annual banquet on May 22 filled Quenemo High School Auditorium with one of its largest turnouts. California’s Gertrude Meyers traveled far. Michigan’s Margaret Windett Funston, class of 1921, attended for the first time since graduation. New officers elected were President George Neihoff, Vice President Sandra Thornbrough, and Secretary Treasurer Lawrence Stadel, with acting President Mrs. Carol Bolen and Mrs. Arlene Bradshaw serving as secretary-treasurer.
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Ation
Quenemo High School
Ottawa High School
Gertrude Meyers
California
Carol Bolen
Arlene Bradshaw
Topeka
George Neihoff
Sandra Thornbrough
Lawrence Stadel
Margaret Windett Funston
State of Michigan
Seabee Detachment Heads For Bug Hunting Grounds
The State Department plans 15 Seabees 4 construction specialists and 30 Marines to oversee 15 major embassy projects next fiscal year. Testimony to the House Appropriations subcommittee reveals concerns about listening devices embedded by foreign workers. Seabees will monitor sites and foreign workers to prevent surreptitious devices. Marines guard sites after hours. Some teams will be sent to Frankfurt Beirut Panama and Tokyo to secure embassy rooms.
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State Department
House Appropriations Subcommittee
G. Marvin Gentile
Subcommittee
Gentile
Frankffurt
Beirut
Panama
Tokyo
Laos Pathet Lao Offensive Fails To Materialize Before Monsoon
U S and Laotian officials report no major Pathet Lao push in Laos as the rainy season nears. Observers cite possible reasons including secured territory near borders, Soviet and ICC considerations, and expectations of eventual victory in South Vietnam shaping Laos strategy.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong
National Debt Reaches New High in 1964 Totals
Commerce Department reports public and private debt at 1 172 trillion dollars by year end 1964 up 76 billion. National debt listed at 316 billion with net debt 267.2 billion after interagency deductions. State and local government net debt stands at 85.2 billion.
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Washington
Commerce
Department
Another Man Done Gone Another Man Done Gone
U S senator Karl Mundt protested being listed as dead in a book title The Politics of the Budgetary Process. Mundt called the premature obituary error and recalled a similar incident with Senator Carl Hayden earlier this year in a different volume.
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Washington
U.S
Karl E. Mundt
R S,d
Senator Mundt
Mundt
Carl Hayden
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