Naval Aviation News features Chanute graduate in cover illustration
The February Naval Aviation News shows Lt. (j.g.) L. W. Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hansen of Chanute, in rocket-age gear filming a Navy movie at the Naval Photographic Center in Washington. Hansen, a career Navy man, is assigned to the Air Crew Experimental Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Naval Aviation News
Navy Department Magazine
Vilas
Hansen
Navy
Naval Photographic Center
Washington, D. C
Air Crew Experimental Laboratory
Philadelphia
Five found dead in New Haven house fire tragedy
Ailing father Kirk Kraus, 47, strangled his wife and four relatives including children Linda 12 Donald 9 Richard 8 and his sister Elizabeth 50 then died in a blaze he started. Firefighters found victims on every floor as the home burned. Frances Kraus, his wife, worked at the New Haven Register.
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Conn
Kirk Kraus
Linda
Donald
Richard
Kraus
Elizabeth
Veterans Hospital
Frances
The
New Haven Register
Private Enterprise Program Best Weapon Against Reds
Private Enterprise Program Best Weapon Against Reds. Development of private enterprise abroad is America s best weapon against the spread of Communism, speakers at the Chamber of Commerce said. J K Peterson and Robert Thomson urged PEI as a tool for creating jobs and productive economies in Asia and the Americas. They noted PEI has eight plants employing about 413 workers making surgical thread furniture wall board and other goods. Thomson warned that relief without rebuilding native economies erodes work incentives. About 180 chamber members attended the dinner at the Masonic Temple and officers were introduced.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. K. Peterson
William L. Graham
Wichita
Robert Thomson
New York
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Peterson
Private Enterprise, Inc
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Petersen
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South America
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Thompson
World Council of Churches
Korea
Institute For Productive Development
Chamber
Masonic Temple
Robert L. Briley
Marlin Blackston
Ebur Schultz
Blackston
Floyd Potter
Dwight Wallingford
O. H. Cunningham
Wayne Umbarger
Chanute Board Retains Focus On Junior College Evaluation
The Chanute School Board discussed the just completed Chanute Junior College evaluation led by Dean Dell Reed and Assistant Dean Eldon Penner. The state committee will review administration curriculum and financing next Tuesday, with a final report and future follow ups planned for 1962. The board also approved five new hires Hal Davis Janalee Davis Thomas Dewney Aleene Jacobs Jacquita Coe and accepted six resignations as enrollment growth prompts full time study hall staffing.
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Chanute
Dell Reed
Eldon Penner
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Reed
Kansas
Penner
Hal Davis
Janalee Davis
Thomas E. Dewney
Royster Junior High
Aleene Jacobs
Alcott
Jacquita Coe
Burlington Plant to Hire as Expansion Plans Unfold
Cecil Cage, plant manager, announced plans to expand Burlington Manufacturing Company adding 32 operators to reach 165. Wayne McAllister, 34, of Lebanon Missouri, now leads operations after 12 years at Reliance Manufacturing. Five new machines due tomorrow. McAllister plans to bring his family to the plant town.
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Cecil Cage
Burlington Manufacturing Company
Wayne McAllister
Lebanon
Burlington
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Cage
Rozella
Lowell
Elizabeth
Clinton
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Tribune
Voters turnout rises past primary pace amid city election
Ballots cast before 1 p m totaled 1217 in the city general election up 190 from the primary at the same hour while 6 p m closing remains. Results delayed as single board handles counting with first tabulations expected 7 30 to 8 p m.
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Tribune
S. Santa Fe
Jess Donaldson
Taylor elected president of Mid-America Inc
James C. Taylor of Coffeyville was elected president of Mid-America Inc southeast Kansas industrial development group at the annual meeting. New trustees named include Paul Armstrong Neil Roberts R M Seaton Carl Sutter and Donald Stewart plus five reelected and officers Forrest Howell F W Brinkerhoff Walter Wulf H Gordon Angwin Clifton Otto J J Flynn W H Caldwell.
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Parsons
Paul Armstrong
Neil Roberts
Columbus
R. M. Seaton
Coffeyville
Carl] Sutter
Donald Stewart
Independence
Nuclear advance lights bulb via plasma thermocouple
Los Alamos scientists announced direct conversion of reactor energy to electricity using a plasma thermocouple. A cesium gas plasma around a uranium core produced power sufficient to light a bulb for nearly 12 hours in a reactor core test. Potential implications span atomic energy, propulsion for submarines, and space travel.
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Los Alamos, N.M
Los Alamos
Susan Hayward and David Niven Win Top Oscar Honors
Susan Hayward won best actress for I Want To Live, after five nominations, and David Niven won best actor for Separate Tables. The musical Gigi swept nine categories including best picture, with Wendy Hiller and Burl Ives also earning supporting awards.
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David Niven
Gigi
Hollywood
Burl Ives
Wendy Hiller
Ingrid Bergman
Eddie Fisher
Miss Hayward
Barbara Graham
Niven
Vincente Minnelli
Frederick Loewe
Alan J. Lerner
Lerner
Burglars Trip Alarm at Durham State Bank Break-in Fails
In Durham Kansas early this morning burglars drilled into the safe at the Durham State Bank but fled before police arrived after triggering the alarm at 2 45 am. They escaped in a car, leaving tools behind, and no money was taken. Sheriff Ezra Barnhardt linked the scene to a prior Peru Kansas bank attempt.
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Kan
Kansas State Bank
Ezra Barnhardt
Marion County
Barnhardt
Peru
Land Condemnation Appeal Recessed In Erie Court
The Roy Weast land condemnation appeal in district court was recessed until 9 a.m. tomorrow after testimony. The case concerns two acres for Parsons city reservoir with $100 an acre and $100 damages awarded by appraisers. Judge Dunham left for a Fredonia session today.
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Parsons
B. M. Dunham
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Sion
Wilson County
Showers Return Across Kansas With Cooler High
A cool front dropped temperatures about 20 degrees across Kansas as scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms move in. Highs yesterday ranged from the 80s in Wichita and Olathe to 86 in Pittsburg and Abilene, with showers forecast statewide today and tonight.
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Weather Bureau
Wichita and
Olathe
Pittsburg
Abilene
March job gains cut unemployment to new lows in 1959
The March labor report shows unemployment fell by 387000 to 4362000, while employment rose 1106000 to 63828000. Officials say the improvements are substantial, with the seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropping from 6.1 to 5.8 percent. The administration projects continued vigor in the economy through spring.
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Washington
Seymour Wolfbein
Labor Department
Employment Statistics Bureau
Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss
Strauss
Commerce Secretary
James P. Mitchell
White House
James C. Hagerty
Anniversary of WMS Lin dsborg observed in Salina
The 60th anniversary of the founding of the Womans Missionary Society of the West Central Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church of America will be observed at the society's annual convention in Salina April 15 16.
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Lindsborg
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Womans Missionary Society of the
West-Central Conference
Augustana Lutheran Church of America
Societys
Salina
Jones elected Kansas State Society of Washington president
Norman Jones of Topeka an official in the Washington office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was chosen president of the Kansas State Society of Washington for the coming year.
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Norman Jones
Topeka
Washington Office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas State Society of Washington
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