Lapham Returns as Chanute Mayor After 50 Years
John Lapham elected mayor by Chanute city commission to serve the coming year, marking the first time the same man held the post at 50 year intervals since his 1912 13 term. The former mayor and lifelong Chanute resident has deep local roots and KU ties.
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John Lapham
Lapham
Chanute
Commission
New Chicago
Ohio
Josephine Bonham
Kansas
Chanute Benevolent Society
University of Kansas At
Lawrence
Dave Evans
Fifty thousand Cuban political prisoners reported
Washington officials cited Cuba's Castro regime holding about 50 000 political prisoners in Cuban jails amid discussions over freeing 1 179 invasion prisoners for 62 million. U S officials condemned the swap idea as barbaric while endorsing voluntary prisoner releases. a relatives group planned to travel to Havana to negotiate.
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Cuba
U.S
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Unsettled Kansas Weather With Showers Through Wednesday
Topeka reports unsettled springlike weather across Kansas with scattered showers and cool temperatures. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will keep showers and possibly thunderstorms across the state, heaviest in the southeast, through Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Kansas Log For April 1962
Topeka AP reports the Kansas traffic death log showing 24 hours to 9 a.m. Tuesday for April 8, 1962 with 114 deaths that month. Comparable 1961 period recorded 126 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Midway coach Charles Schooler resigns for Colony superintendent post
MIDWAY Charles Schooler athletic coach at Midway Consolidated High School resigns after four years to become superintendent of the Colony school system for the 1962 63 year. He will not coach or teach at Colony. He taught American History American Government and driver education while at Midway. He and his wife Mary Kay and two children Ricky 7 and Pamala 3 will move to Colony this summer from 125 S. Plummer Chanute. He has a strong sports record at Midway.
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Charles Schooler
Midway Consolidated High School
Colony
Schooler
Mary Kay
Ricky
Pamala
S. Plummer
Chanute
Woman Dies in Turnpike Crash Near Topeka
A 25 year old woman Patsy Lee Ortloff of Topeka was killed when her car hit a concrete post at the edge of the Kansas Turnpike southeast of Topeka. A turnpike trooper confirmed the identity and noted she was formerly from Emporia.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike
Patsy Lee Ortloff
Turnpike
Ortloff
Emporia
Lenten Series Man Finds Life Rebuilt Through Faith and Work
A Hutchinson contractor recounts a troubled youth spent in a plant job near Joplin Missouri then drifting into alcohol and hardship. He credits prayer and scripture with guiding his path as his teen construction firm bids a church expansion.
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Joplin
Chanute Senior High rated in state self evaluation visit
The state evaluation team assessed Chanute Senior High School during a morning visit, reviewing self study reports, faculty credentials, and curricular offerings. Ratings ranged from 3.3 to 4.8 across subjects, with recommendations including dropping vocational agriculture and adding psychology, as the district moves toward the state standard of a comprehensive high school.
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Charute
Dell
Reed
Chanute
Ption
Pittsburg
Derby
Dodge City
Walton
Dwight Youngberg
Lawrence Simpson
Parsons Treasurer Howard Read Dies at 80
Parsons Kansas city treasurer for 25 years Howard K. Read died Monday at age 80. A 1902 Kansas University football player, he spent 30 years in banking and also worked in real estate and insurance. His wife was hospitalized at the time of his death.
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Parsons
Howard Read
Parsons, Kan
Howard K. Read
Read
University of Kansas
Beeney Ends Jail Sentence In Erie
Kenneth L Beeney Sr a self styled Erie prophet was released from the county jail after completing a 30 day term for causing truancy of two of his children. His wife remains jailed slated for release Friday. The couple and four older children with their grandmother have lived in a car near the courthouse square. The two youngest children are at the state children's home in Atchison. The Beeneys said they kept the girls home by gods command to await deliverance from the town.
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Erie
Kenneth L. Beeney Sr
Beeney
Beeneys
State Children's
Atchison
Eric
New College Sport Debuts Lighter Lighting Event
Riverside City college introduces a novel sport cigarette lighter lighting joining other novelty contests. About 20 participants from several fraternities attempted to beat Bobby Allen of Sigma Rho Chi who set 34 minutes 34 seconds in Class A. The event, supervised by two timers two judges and two scorekeepers, signals campus amusement and friendly rivalries.
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Bobby Allen
Sigma Rho Chi Fraternity
Allen
Mink Store Recovered for Pittsburg Woman on Bus Ride
A $1,000 mink store was returned to Mrs. Dom Nizzia of Pittsburg Kansas after a bus trip from Kansas City. Mrs. Kathleen Farrell of Kansas City kept the item, then found the owner when she reached Wichita. She declined any reward, saying she would want the same return if she lost it.
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Pittsburg
Kansas City
Dom Nizzia
Kan
Kathleen Farrell
Nizzia
Emporia
Katy Train Derails North of Parsons
Two crew members were injured when two cars of a Missouri Kansas Texas freight train derailed about six miles north of Parsons Kansas. James F. Doyle 45 of Boonville Missouri and W B Miller 43 of Fayette Missouri were taken to a local hospital. The caboose and a scale test car left the rails in the incident.
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Parsons, Kan
James F. Doyle
Boonville
W. B. Miller
Fayette
Centenarian Priest Marks 102nd Birthday in Illinois
The Rev. Thomas J. McCormick, told 60 years ago he had a year to live, celebrated his 102nd birthday. A longtime missionary to the Sioux in South Dakota, he is regarded as the nation's oldest Roman Catholic priest. He lives in retirement at the Viatorian Novitiate in Arlington Heights and was ordained in 1904 after joining St. Viator in 1886 in La Salle, Illinois.
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Chicago
Thomas J. McCormick
South Dakota
Father McCormick
Viatorian
Arlington Heights
St.Viator
la Salle
Ill
Eudora Youth Killed in County Road Crash
Trooper Gary Whittaker investigates a fatal Monday night crash near Eudora possibly sparked by a drag race challenge. Samuel Penn Armstrong, 18, an Eudora High School student, died. Driver Donald Knight, 17, from Lawrence, remained in critical condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Eudora
Kan
Gary Whittaker
Kansas ‘Highway Patrol
Samuel Penn Armstrong
Eudora High School
Donald Knight
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
U.S. and Britain warn Russia over nuclear test talks
The United States and Britain deliver a joint warning to the Soviet Union that if no agreement on an enforceable nuclear test ban is reached, the U.S. test series will proceed later this month. The statement urges Russia to accept verification and signals readiness to test if negotiations fail.
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Ratner Suffers Shot Reaction in Wichita
Former Gov Payne H Ratner was hospitalized after an acute allergic reaction to a shot given at his doctor’s office. He is responding satisfactorily to treatment and no serious after effects are expected. Ratner, his son, and Payne Jr face an injunction suit in Shawnee County District Court to block disbarment action, with Atty Gen Ferguson to file in the state Supreme Court. The injunction hearing is set for Friday in Topeka.
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Payne H. Ratner
Eugene Coombs
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Payne Jr
Shawnee County
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William Ferguson
Board of
Bar Examiners
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Bane
Topeka
Atlas F Missile Explodes During Test Launch
An Atlas F rocket exploded on its launching pad at Cape Canaveral as engines ignited for a 5,000 mile test flight to the South Atlantic Ocean. No injuries were reported but the pad and surrounding area suffered extensive damage in this launch accident.
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Nehru Sworn In For Five Year Cabinet Term
Prime Minister Nehru and his fourth cabinet were sworn in at the presidential palace by President Rajendra Prasad to begin a five year term.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Telephone contact for Tribune line updated
Instructions direct readers to contact the Tribune via the phone line after 6 p.m. If the primary contact is unavailable, use the HE 1-3400 number.
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Gate Crasher Steals Show at 34th Academy Awards
Hollywood reports show Sophia Loren Maximilian Schell and West Side Story winning top Oscars while New York cabbie Stan Berman gate crashed the ceremony. Loren earned best actress for Two Women, Schell best actor for Judgment at Nuremberg, and West Side Story won best picture with ten Oscars.
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