Filling of Vacancies in Chanute School Board Action
Two resignations were accepted and two new teaching contracts approved at the Chanute Board of Education meeting. John Jones leaves to become a school psychologist in Topeka. Lonnie Rhodes moves from Chanute to another district. Virgil Akins and Denise Akins, Emporia State graduates, will teach at Wathena and replace staff at several schools.
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Board of Education
John Jones
Royster Junior High
Lonnie Rhodes
Hutton
Jones
Topeka
Rhodes
Chanute
Virgil Akins
Denise
Emporia State College
Wathena
Leon Hazen
Tom Dewey
Royster
Akins
Alf Jones
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher Divorce Confirmed
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher announced they will divorce after a three year marriage. Attorney Louis Niver released the statement saying the couple mutually agreed to part and will begin divorce proceedings soon, ending weeks of speculation.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Louis Niver
Liz
Rome
Elizabeth
X Ray Unit Testing Chests As Public In Chanute
A Kansas State Board of Health mobile X ray unit tested chest X rays in Chanute reaching 1 436 scans in Neosho County with 478 in the first two days plus 958 in other towns. Mrs Ed Harrison operates the unit with her husband while Elizabeth Taylor and Burton headlines appear in relation to a high profile marital break.
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Burton
Sybil
Elizabeth
Marc Antony
Miss Taylor
Cleopatra
Kansas State Board of Health
Chanute
Neosho County
Ed Harrison
Rome
State Highway Division
Ash Grove
Emlyn Williams Denies Interceding With Richards Burton
The emissary and actor-playwright Emlyn Williams denies involvement in interceding with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, refuting rumors about his contact with Taylor's constant companion recently.
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Emlyn Williams
Richard Burton
Miss Taylor
Weather forecast for Topeka and Kansas outlook
The Weather Bureau reports increasing cloudiness and warming temperatures with strong winds across Kansas. Scattered thunderstorms may form tonight in the western half and spread statewide by Wednesday. Highs today expected in the 50s west, with overnight lows in the 40s and mid 40s to 50s statewide.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Forbes Air Force Base
Goodland
Forbes
Hill City
Garden City
Tribune awaits weekly news tip award in Chanute area
No tips were received last week for the Tribune weekly three dollar prize. Residents of Chanute and the four-county area are urged to call or bring unusual happenings to the paper. Call collect at HE 1 4100 during business hours or at HE 1 2972 or HE 1 0726 after hours. The winner will be announced next Monday.
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Tribune
The
Chanute
Mid-America Elects Howell as President in Kansas Meeting
Forrest E. Howell owner of a ready mix cement firm in Parsons was elected president of Mid-America Inc. the eight county southeast Kansas industrial development group at its annual meeting. H. Gordon Angwin Pittsburg moved from president to chairman with Carl Sutter Independence Robert Pratt Coffeyville and Paul Armstrong named vice presidents. Trustees include Robert Hartley Baxter Springs Dale Painter Chanute M. L. Phillips Cherryvale James O. Taylor Coffeyville and others from multiple towns.
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Parsons
Kan
Forrest E. Howell
Mid-America Inc
Kansas
H. Gordon Angwin
Pittsburg
Carl Sutter
Independence
Robert Pratt
Coffeyville
Paul Armstrong
W. H. Caldwell
J. J. Flynn
Traffic Fatalities Report From Topeka Update
Kansas traffic tally through 9 am Tuesday shows 3 deaths in the period. March and April counts listed as 35 and 2 respectively, with 1962 and 1961 comparisons of 106 and 115. One earlier fatality included in the report.
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Topeka
Kansas
Five Die As Fire Ravages New Golden Hotel
Five people were killed and authorities feared more bodies inside the downtown New Golden Hotel as flames swept the building. Battalion chief Sam Sabini confirmed the fatalities while owner Bill Tomlinson watched in distress, unsure of his insurance coverage.
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Reno
New Golden Hotel
Sam Sabini
Bill Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Downtown Extends Spring Paint Jobs on Main Street
Signs of spring show in Chanute as extensive exterior painting rounds finish on the Chanute Furniture store and Westamerica Securities division office at 8 and 4 W Main. Koch Bros furniture at 126 W Main receives brown and light yellow coats. Westamerica interior redecorating adds new desks and draperies. Production and storage areas at The Tribune also repainted.
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Chanute Furniture
Westamerica Securities, Inc
W. Main
Koch Bros. Furniture
Westamerica
Koch Bros
Tribune
Elderly Parsonian Found Dead Near Parsons
Frank Joseph Paul 83 was found dead Monday in a garden plot he was burning off at his daughter Mrs. Marvin Heady’s rural home five miles northwest of Parsons Neosho County Sheriff said death appeared from a heart attack The body was severely burned Paul a retired Katy railroad bridge and building employee
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Parsons, Kan
Frank Joseph Paul
Marvin Heady
Parsons
Jerry Sloan
Neosho County
Paul
Katy
Hollings Pays Filing Fee in Person for Senate Run
South Carolina Governor Ernest Hollings filed to run for the Senate in person, quipping about mail delays. Senator Olin D. Johnston, chair of the Senate Post Office Committee, noted the context of postal matters.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Ernest Hollings
Senate
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
Hollings
Johnston
Senate Post Office Committee
County Welfare Panel Discusses State Aid Reform
A meeting at the Tioga Hotel reviewed forming a county study committee on welfare. Advisory members and three guests attended with plans to appoint a countywide group to study aid to dependent children and the aged near Erie. Speaker Ervin Brune outlined welfare goals while noting pending legislation and possible county election backing next fall.
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Erie
Neosho
Ervin Brune
Chanute
State Department of Social Welfare
Kansas
D. C
Boxer Kid Paret Dies After Grievous Ring Beating
Cuban boxer Kid Paret dies ten days after a televised world welterweight title loss to Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden. He never recovered from brain injuries, as doctors described the fatal damage and an autopsy was ordered while authorities review the bout.
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New York
Benny
Roosevelt Hospital
Kid) Paret
Emile Griffith
Madison Square Garden
Paret
Lucy
New York City
Griffith
Seven Kansas Teachers Named Master Award Recipients
EMPORIA AP Seven Kansas educators are named Master Teacher Award recipients for outstanding service. Awards will be presented at Emporia State Teachers College next Tuesday. Recipients include Eunice McGill Sterling College Nellie McGuinn Lowell School Kansas City Marie Therkelsen Montgomery County William A Black Pittsburg State Ella Shearer Beloit Owen McNeil Peabody William Wolfe Lawrence. Dr John Rackley PSU will speak at the ceremony.
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Emporia
Kansas
Emporia State Teachers College
Eunice McGill
Department of Education
Sterling College
Nellie McGuinn
Lowell School
Kansas City
Marie Therkelsen
Montgomery County
William A. Black
Pittsburg State College
Ella C. Shearer
Beloit Public Schools
Owen R. McNeil
Peabody
William D. Wolfe
Lawrence
Emporia State
John Ralph Rackley
Pennsylvania State University
Spat With Fiancee Leads to Speeding Fine in Kansas City
Arthur Lance Richardson, 18, told Municipal Judge Moran he sped at 70 to 80 mph through red lights after a spat with his fiancee. Richardson was fined $125 for careless driving without a license, and noted he had wrecked his car when a tire blew. He said he patched things up with his girlfriend.
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Kansas City
Arthur Lance Richardson
Thomas Moran
Richardson
Oil advisory panel to study price cuts and oversupply
H. D. Moore of Wichita, chairman of Gov. John Anderson's new oil industry advisory committee, says the first task is fact finding to determine the cause of price cutting and oversupply and then to decide possible actions.
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Wichita
H. D. Moore
John Anderson
New Oil Industry Advisory Committee
Phone contact notice for Tribune carrier changes
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier call after 6 p.m. use HE 1 3400. The notice provides an alternate dial number for message access.
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Tribune
Bandit Steals $7,200 From Stanley Bank
A man wearing dark glasses and a rifle robbed Stanley State Bank of $7,200 in Stanley Kansas. He forced a bank employee and a customer to crouch with heads down during the escape and fled east from Stanley. Cashier James McAnelly estimated the loss. Stanley lies in eastern Johnson County near the Missouri border.
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Stanley, Kan
Stanley State Bank
Kansas tax haul rose in March to 142 million
The Kansas Department of Revenue collected 142 million in March, up 162,822 dollars or 1.2 percent from the same month last year.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Revenue
Oil Production Rises Mildly in First Quarter 1961
The Oil and Gas Journal reports U S oil production up by less than one percent about 60 000 barrels per day in the first quarter of 1961 amid slight gains in the industry Tulsa.
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TULSA
U. S
The
Oil and Gas Journal
March police report shows drops in bonds fines and arrests
The March police department summary records bonds and fines of 295 dollars, down from 688 in February, totaling 1 499 for the year to April 1. Parking fines reach 208 and 956 tickets issued, with 202 calls for service and 51 misdemeanor arrests.
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March Police Department
Keith Dillon Joins Chanute Highway Patrol Unit
Capt. Tom Glasscock announced a personnel change at the Chanute station. Trooper Keith Dillon transfers from Fort Scott to Chanute, replacing Trooper Duane Houck who moves to Wichita. Dillon, 29, married with a 2 year old, lives at 715 N. Forest and is originally from Independence.
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Tom Glasscock
Chanute Force
Keith Dillon
Fort Scott
Duane Houck
Wichita
Houck
Chanute Station
Dillon
Chanute
N. Forest
Independence
Erie man Ernest Craig runs for Neosho County sheriff
Ernest Craig of Erie announced his candidacy for Neosho County sheriff pending the August Republican primary. He brings seven years with the sheriff's office including four years as sheriff and three as undersheriff.
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Ernest Craig
Erie
Neosho County
Craig
Lenten Self Examination Calls for Honest Self-Search
Lenten series writer a rector and former attorney and legislator urges believers to search their ways and turn to the Lord. He cautions against rigid inherited beliefs and shallow self deception while highlighting the need to open heart and mind to God’s power.
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Murray Hill
Hutton, Alcott
Junior College
Eddie
Nizer
Hollywood
Pisher
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie
Harry Karl
Mike Todd
New Mexico
Todd
London
Sybil Burton
Eabes Eabteiaesae
Mid-America
Howell
Sigma Alpha
Chanute Junior College
Sigma Alpha Honor Society
Sharon Young
Phyllis Ranabargar
Roy Marks
Claude Crawshaw
Altoona
Arnold Mears
Buffalo
Larry Mathews
Brune
Bohlander
Mrs. Norris
Lestier Greve
Kid Paret
Maximo Crespo
Cuba
Benny Jr
Miami
Fla
Antonio
Manuel Alfaro
Alfaro
Bellevue Hospital
Ruby Goldstein
State Athletic Commission
Goldstein
Bandit
Stanley Bank
Main
Ernest Typer
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Massachusetts
Henry Eden Wright
Wright
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