Frost Delays Late Bean Harvest in Kansas Area
Jack Frost nipped the region with temperatures near freezing causing concern among farmers. Some soybeans already pods. damage depends on whether beans were green or ripe. Agricultural officials say it’s early to tell but some worry late plantings and moisture may limit gains. Milo yields were solid while corn underperformed due to low moisture and late planting.
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Kansas
Arlen Frank
Ottawa Co-Op
Frank
Marvin Gentner
Farmers Elevator Co
Gentner
Foreclosures Up Officials Calm
Washington AP notes FHA insured and VA guaranteed foreclosures reach a new peak yet officials urge calm. They frame the rise as an adjustment toward normalcy postwar, tied to local economies, job losses, and demographic events, while conventional loans still dominate financing.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings
Corn and wheat production estimates drop from prior month
Washington AP The Agriculture Department estimates this year's corn for grain at 3.564 billion bushels and all wheat at 1.286 billion. Corn is down 2 percent from last month and wheat down less than 1 percent. Compared with last month and last year, corn and wheat figures show declines, with the five year average noted for context.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Planting Picture Brightens CHICAGO AP News
Rain and cool weather lifted drought fears nationwide and boosted fall planting hopes. AP survey shows rains arrived too late for many crops yet aid for fruit, while livestock feed shortages persist. Some wheat and corn already suffer. experts cite arid pastures and low ground-water. State notes include Minnesota drought easing, South Dakota disaster counties, Michigan emergency loans.
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Chicago
Associated Press
South Dakota
Michigan — Agriculture Department
Traffic Fines Top $15,000 in 1964 City Budget
In 1964 the city collected over $15,000 in traffic fines as officials debate deterrence versus due process. Judge Robert Pinet notes flexible penalties, quota myths, and limited jail space shaping enforcement. Parking meters added $27,026, funding traffic safety programs.
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Robert Pinet
Florida
Everbody
Pinet
Jim Kahler
Northwestern University
Kahler
Reds Riled In The UN
At a U.N. Security Council meeting on Malawi Nyasaland membership the Soviet Union accused the United States of trying to destroy the United Nations by pressing a showdown over U.N. peacekeeping assessments. Soviet Delegate Nikolai T. Fedorenko warned it is up to the U.N. to resolve who should belong and whether the organization should exist.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
U.N
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.N. Security Council
Malawi
Nyasaland
County Weather Forecast: Mild Tonight and Saturday
Fair tonight and Saturday with not much cold. Tonight lows mid 30s. Saturday highs in the lower 70s. Historical tips show Thursday high 57 and today’s low 28. Record extremes: high 89 in 1928 and low 25 in 1908. Hourly readings through 8 am show mixed readings from the 30s to 50s. Barometer at 30.27.
Johnson Attacks Goldwater Over Kennedy Motives
President Johnson, touring Kentucky and Tennessee, criticizes Barry Goldwater for questioning Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban missile crisis. He also weighs in on the Tennessee Valley Authority, declaring he will not sell TVA while arguing the issue should guide voters about national policy. Johnson's Nashville remarks frame TVA as a key campaign issue.
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Johnson
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy
Kentucky
Tennessee
Tennessee Valeley Authority
TVA
Goldwater
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Voter Registration Opens Here Oct 19
Voter registration will be at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. October 19 through October 23. New voters after six months in state may vote for president on a shortened ballot. Absentee and sick ballots mailed to applicants. lists of election boards to be returned by October 24. Precincts listed across town including North Centropolis, Greenwood, Williamsburg, and several ward locations.
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Bruce Spears
Spears
Ing
Appanoose
North Centropolis
Centropolis
South Centropolis
Richter
Cutler
Royal Neighbor Hall
Franklin
Wellsville Baptist Church
Greenwood
Harrison
Elm Grove
Hayes
Brown
Homewood
Lincoln
Wycoff
Ohio
Princeton
Peoria
United Brethren Church
Pomona
City Hall
Pottawatomie
Lane
Richmond
Richmond Methodist Church
Williamsburg
North Baptist Church
Lincoln School
Christian“enarens
Espiscopal Church
Eugene Field School
Kansas Loan Co
Garfield
Brethren Church
Most Likely She'd Know
In Los Angeles a visitor at a touring JFK Memorial Library exhibit claimed a volume was never owned by John F. Kennedy. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of the late president, was identified as the woman challenging the display in Baltimore. Maxwell Hamilton confirmed the incident.
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Los Angeles
John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Jack
Maxwell Hamilton
Baltimore
Hamilton
Eunice Shriver
Goldwater Accuses Johnson of Dangerous Coexistence
Senator Barry Goldwater visited California to rally supporters after securing the Republican nomination, accusing President Johnson of pursuing a dangerous, weak coexistence with the Soviet Union. He urged a vigorous get out the vote effort in Los Angeles County to win California’s 40 electoral votes.
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Los Angeles
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Soviet Union
Goldwater
World Affairs Council
California
Los Angeles County
Racial tensions factor in Britain's election race
London AP reports that slogans attacking race prejudice appear in Britain's election as leaders from Conservative Labor and Liberal parties deplore racism. Patrick Gordon Walker may lose Smethwick seat to Peter Griffiths, amid white working class resentment of 4000 nonwhite residents. London areas and industrial cities show growing political influence of colored Commonwealth immigrants capable of entering Parliament.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Patrick Gordon Walker
Labor Party
Brixton
Paddington
Southall
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Commonwealth
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Jack Frost
Spruce Street
Powhattan Street
Spruce
Ottawa Country Club
Spruce and
Powhattan
Country Club
Colorado
Henry Christenson
State Soil Conservation Director
Christenson
Minnesota
Lyndon
Barry
Kennedy
Free World
Gordon Walker
Smethwick
Peter Griffiths
Griffiths Has
Douglas-Home
Griffiths
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