Chanute invites Joe Brown for Kansas centennial pageant
Chanute Kansas officials and Neosho County organizers urge comedian Joe E Brown to attend the June 11 to 17 1961 Kansas Centennial celebration. The letter notes his early start in a circus trapeze act in Chanute in 1902 and asks whether his schedule allows participation in the nightly historic pageant. About 375 to 450 locals would take part.
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Brown
Jack Paar
Chanute
Vernie Helard
Neosho County
Dell Reed
Kansas
Kansas temps dip below freezing amid sunny skies
Northerly winds kept Topeka temperatures cool with readings about 20 degrees below Tuesday. Tonight will be increasingly cloudy and cool with a low near 30. Friday should be partly cloudy and mild with a high near 60.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log Update
Kansas death log shows 24 hours to 9 a.m. with 0 fatalities, notes data for April 10 and a comparison to 1960 period figures of 99 and 115.
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Topeka
Kansas
Life Terms Decree for Dr Finch and Carole Tregoff
In Los Angeles a jury sentenced Dr. R Bernard Finch and his companion Carole Tregoff to life imprisonment for the murder of Finch s wife Barbara Jean Finch. After three trials and years of public attention the couple faces parole eligibility in seven years under California law.
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Dr. Finch
Tregoff
Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Carole
California
Finch and
Barbara Jean Finch
West Covina
Keith
David Coleman
Warning System Test Is Tomorrow City test of storm warning system set for 10 am
City officials announce a 10 a m test of the storm warning system. Air horn units located at four quadrants will be activated from the police station with a single continuous alert. No all clear will be used. horns may sound together or separately and will be inspected for audibility.
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Old Cross
Evergreen
Highland Park
Elm
Highland
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Legislature in Big Foul-Up over Tax Bills
In Topeka AP reports a major procedural mixup endangers last minute tax measures to fund a $5 pupil rise in school aid. House leaders claim the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee acted outside March 17 limits, forcing reintroduction by Ways and Means or in the other chamber.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Ways and Means Committee
Wunsch
John Anderson
Anderson
Two Extra Days to File Income Tax Returns
The AP reports taxpayers gain two extra days to file federal income tax returns to April 17 because April 15 falls on a Saturday. The extension moves the deadline to the next business day, with past practice counting timely as mailed if postmarked by midnight on deadline day.
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Washington
Spraying Continues in Southwest Town
City spraying for Dutch elm disease proceeds into the southwest area despite weather delays. City Manager R J Hayes says an extra shift may start when conditions warm, with work moving from southeast areas toward north of Main.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Main
Two Elderly Kansans Hurt in Plane Crash
Two elderly Kansans, James Smith 78 and his wife 77 of Baxter Springs, were injured in a private plane crash two miles north of Clines Corner New Mexico. They were taken to an Albuquerque hospital for observation. The Piper Apache twin engine plane en route to Joplin Missouri carried pilot Captain James C. Naylor and Dorothy Sloan both from Long Beach California who were uninjured. Authorities cited icing conditions as the cause of the crash.
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Clines Corner
N.M
James Smith
Baxter Springs
Kan
Albuquerque
Smith
James C. Naylor
Long Beach
Calif
Dorothy Sloan
Miss Sloan
Joplin
Easter Bunny Missing in California Prisoner Hunt
In Yuba City California AP reports Elbert Audrey Tyler 46 a prisoner assigned to hide 4200 color eggs for a sheriff led Easter egg hunt remains unfound after the event Tyler was serving nine months for failure to provide for his family and was among 10 prisoners chosen to play the Easter bunny during the hunt for Sutter County children.
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Yuba City
Calif
Elbert Audrey Tyler
G. W. Carpenter
Sutter County
Tyler
U N Personnel Boycotted in Katanga Crisis
Elisabethville reports a boycott by Katanga leaders against U N personnel. Sanctions include refusal to trade with staff and expulsion of Tshombe allied figures. U N commander McKeown warns of possible action if harassment continues as civilians face shortages and jeers from locals.
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Elisabethville
Congo
API
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Aleander Bellina
U.N
Tshombe
Governent
McKeown
Leopoldville
Sabena
Tombelaine
Auto Service Store Opens at New Location
A three day grand opening drew good attendance for Montgomery Ward auto service center at 18 N Evergreen marking its move from S Evergreen to the new site. The former location is to become a municipal parking lot. The opening runs through Saturday with expanded auto service facilities and a customer appliance service department.
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Montgomery Ward Auto Service
N. Evergreen
S. Evergreen
Havana newspaper resumes independent publication in Miami
The Times of Havana, once seized by Castro forces, will resume independent publication in a Miami setting on April 20, signaling a restart of press activity tied to dissident coverage and exile media networks.
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Miami, Fla
Times of Havana
Miami
Kansas House approves wide pay raises for state officials
The Kansas House passed bills boosting salaries for governor and most elective state officials by five percent effective January 1963 and approved raises for district judges and Supreme Court justices. The measures move to the Senate for consideration, with other pay increases for highway patrol officers and various state employees also approved.
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Topeka
Highway Patrol
House
State Supreme Court
Senate
Corporation Commission
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Veterans Commission
Revenue
Board of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Legislative Council
Wichita Municipal University
Six contestants enter Miss Chanute pageant race
Six contestants including Karen Ferguson and Carol Knox join the Miss Chanute contest as finalists prepare for the Saturday show at the Memorial Building. Other entrants include Sara Winterrowd Linda Campbell Marilyn Tindall and Patricia Trumbull.
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Ralph Winterrowd
Buffalo R. 1
Linda Campbell
Burt Campbell
S. Central
Marilyn Tindall
W. Main
Patricia Trumbull
K. L. Trumbull
N. Grant
Fred Harris
W. 2Nd
Miss Chanute
Linda Park
Maple ‘Leaf Tea Room
iThey
Memorial Building
McVey Urges Aid Plan For Southeast Kansas
Rep. Walter L. McVey met with Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges in Washington to push area redevelopment for southeast Kansas. A Pittsburg meeting planned this month would include Ward Miller Jr and Forest Koch to discuss eligibility under a distressed area bill and long range programs.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Kansas
Walter L. McVey
R-Kan
Hodges
McVey
Pittsburg
Kan
Ward Miller Jr
Forest Koch
Commerce Department
St. Louis
Koch
Department
MecVey
Parsons
Rich and Poor Aid York Tax Fund Hero Sgt. York
A nationwide donor surge supports a 25 000 fund to erase Sgt Alvin Yorks federal income tax debt. From pennies to 1000 gifts, letters from Americans of all ages and walks of life pour in, with notable donors including Secretary Douglas Dillon and publisher William Randolph Hearst. York, famed for the Argonne action and Medal of Honor, faced tax trouble after income from a book and film, but the public drive aims to wipe out the tax bill.
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Gordon Brown
Sgt. York
Washington
Alvin York
Denver
Sgt. ‘York
Bobby Lamie
Kankakee
Sergeant York
Rayburn
the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
William Raw
Argonne
Tennessee
John J. Pershing
York
Burglar Takes Cabinet. $100 Missed at St Paul Store
A steel filing cabinet from Bud Owens general store at St Paul was taken in a March 28 break-in. Sheriff Sloan reported it recovered under a culvert near Galesburg, smashed open but with $100 missing from an envelope inside. Elmer Brown found it a mile north of Galesburg.
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Bud Owens
St. Paul
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Galesburg
Elmer Brown
Mental Health Assn Will Meet Tuesday
The Neosho County Mental Health Association will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 in the Home Savings Building lounge. Judge Al Blase of Wichita will speak. he is past president of the Kansas Association for Mental Health and serves on the national board. The meeting is open to the public.
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Jim Johnson
Linda Barnard
Independence
Royster Junior High Jazz Band
Darrell Green
Pratt
Clarence Rasdall
Green
Chanute
Kansas City
Neewollah
Chanute JayCees
Neosho County Mental Health Assn
Home Savings Building
al Blase
Wichita
The
Kansas Assn
National Board of Directors
Fire Damages Tractor of Galen Thorsell
Fire brigade rushed eight miles west of Chanute at 9 56 a m to combat a tractor fire. Wiring gas tank and a drive wheel were damaged. Owner Galen Thorsell identified. Firemen said gasoline spilled onto a hot manifold during fueling.
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Chanute
Galen Thorssell
R. J
Jobless problem remains grave despite expected gains
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg warned that even with economic improvement the nation faces a severe unemployment challenge. He said 10.5 million new jobs are needed in the coming year to reach full employment amid population growth and automation, and seven million would be required even if unemployment drops to four percent.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Presi- Lee Wasser
Bent Kennedy
Massacres drive African refugees across Congo border
Across the Angola Congo frontier thousands of African refugees flee reports of Portuguese massacres and oppression. Local guides say the exodus follows violence in border regions and ethnic tensions escalating amid colonial-era turmoil.
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Matadi
The
Congo
Angola
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