Kennedy Crushes Steel Price Increases in Government Drive
President Kennedy forced major steel firms to rollback 6-a-ton price hikes after a three day government pressure campaign. The move drew subpoenas, congressional probes, and a push to preserve wage price stability, with defense contracts shifting to nonraising producers. The White House hailed the rollback as a victory shaping economic policy.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S. Steel Corp
Grand Jury
Congressional Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kansas City Graft Charge In City Hall
Kansas City officials clash as Councilman Fisher alleges graft in the public works department. He urges a $17,500 independent audit and votes on a 0.5 percent city earnings tax to replace nuisance taxes. Mayor Bartle calls for openness and an audit focused on efficiency.
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Kansas City
Charles W. Fisher
Public Works Department
City Hall
Fisher
H. Roe Bartle
Bartle
Philmont Scholarship Awarded to Ralph Burghart Scoutmaster
Ralph Burghart of Troop 25 Chanute selected by the National Lutheran Committee on Scouting for a Philmont Unit Leaders Training Scholarship at Philmont Scout Ranch August 15 21 1962. Ray Aringdale notes Sedan Area Council pride in a qualified Scoutmaster. award funded by Lutheran Brotherhood Insurance Society. Candidates are chosen nationwide by scouting record.
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Ralph Burghart
Zion Lutheran Church of
Santa Fe Train Carrying 1300 Students Heads to Kansas City
A 17 car Santa Fe excursion with more than 1300 southeast Kansas students, parents, and teachers left Chanute at 7 20 a m for Kansas City. The trip includes a bus tour and Ice Capades with stops in Independence, Cherryvale, Chanute, Humboldt, Iola and Garnett. The crossing at Main Street was briefly blocked during loading and the return arrival is set for 8 05 p m.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Main
Chanute
Caney
Independence
Cherryvale
Humboldt
Iola
Garnett
Methods of Learning Undergoing Changes
Dr. James F. Nickerson of Montana State College outlines shifts in education including programmed learning by machine or book, new science learning systems, team teaching, TV and film media applications, and grouping learners. The remarks accompanied the dedication of Pittsburg State College’s $475,000 education and psychology building, named Rees H. Hughes Hall for the former college president.
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Pittsburg
Kan
James F. Nickerson
Montana State College
Pittsburg State College
Rees H. Hughes
Topeka Weather Outlook Fair and Mild This Weekend
The Weather Bureau predicts fair to partly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. In southeast Kansas a few showers or thunderstorms are possible late today while extreme northeast Kansas saw light showers earlier.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Snow Covers North Area with Fresh Fall Across Regions
Early spring hopes fade as a fresh snow mantle blankets a wide area including the lower Great Lakes and northern New England. Maine and New York report up to six inches, while the Catskills and Adirondacks see more than three inches. Temperatures stay chilly in the east with 20s to 50s, and the West enjoys warmer readings 40s to 80s.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
New England
Limestone
Caribou
Maine
Catskills
Adirondacks
New York State
Vermont
New Hampshire
Florida
Midwest
Dakotas
Riot in Athens Leaves Dozens Hurt Over Religious Instruction Cut
In Athens Greece 22 students and 20 police were injured when a demonstration by about 3000 university students protesting reduced religious instruction in high schools escalated into street fighting.
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Athens
Greece
Holy Week Begins With Palm Sunday Observances
Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week with services across Chanute churches. Students and crowds expected to attend at multiple venues, including Vespers at Royster Junior High and Holy Week studies in Senior High activities. Union services by the Chanute Ministerial Alliance run Monday to Friday at local churches ending with Good Friday events led by seven ministers.
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Chanute
Royster
Approxi
Mately
Virginia Madill
Hazel Russell
Alicia Taylor
Marsha Morton
Connie Johnson
Gary Trammell
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
James Williams
Assembly of God Church
LeRoy Davidson
First Presbyterian Church
Edgar Rains
First Methodist Church
Gethsemene
Calvary
Kansas traffic fatalities log update for April 15 1962
A Topeka AP report notes 24 hour traffic death toll through 9 a.m. Saturday totaling 4, with a May 1962 comparison of 122 fatalities versus 131 in the prior year. The log includes one earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dr. W. G. Norman 89 Dies in Cherryvale Kansas
Dr. W G Norman aged 89 died Friday five days after a heart attack. He practiced medicine in Iowa before moving to Cherryvale 55 years ago and remained active until illness. His wife died December 28 and his stepson Frank Sands also had passed away.
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Cherryvale
Kan
W. G. Norman
Norman
Iowa
Frank Sands
Inj
Stahr praises CN Army after Formosa exercise
U S Army Secretary Elvis J Stahr Jr praised the Chinese Nationalist army as first rate after observing a combat drill in northern Formosa before departing for Hong Kong en route to Saigon. In Tokyo Japan and Russia will hold a joint maritime exercise in the northern Pacific per official sources. Tass reports Moscow plans a civil procedure code allowing employees to sue employers over labor disputes once handled by state commissions.
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Taipei
U.S. Army
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Formosa
Hong Kong
Saigon
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Pacific
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
London
Tass
Russian Republic
Recreation Plan Shapes Teener League and Fields in Chanute
Chanutes City Recreation Commission finalized plans for a four team Teener League for boys ages 13 to 15 with play starting the first week of June. The Lions Club and City Manager discussed building a lighted field at Santa Fe Park funded by a city grant, while one unlighted field would be altered. The commission approved supervising the Teener League like the Little Leagues, handling applications, umpires, score keepers and publicity. They also approved use of Launching Pad for the City Art Fair May 4-6 and discussed insurance needs for the recreation program.
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Santa Fe Park
Teener League
Don Benny
Keith Schmidt
Bob Ward
Commission
Royster
1St Patrick's
Durham
R. J. ‘Hayes
Chanute Lions Club
National Guard
Lions Club
Tthe Highway
Recreation Commission
Tribune
Robert Blunk Jr
Chanute Insurance Board
City Recreation
Property Damage From Traffic Crash Involving Local Club
A traffic crash at 8th and Grant caused property damage but no injuries. Participants included Gary A. Brooks and Patricia A. Whitford, driving a 1953 Ford and 1952 Buick, with $150 total damage. The Senior Citizens Club discussed summer activities and a Day Camp, with funds to support games, equipment, and events.
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Senior Citizens Club
Grant
Ford Owned
Commission
Gary A. Brooks
Patricia A
Whitford
Humboldt
Navy Parade Before Kennedy Off Carolina Coast
President Kennedy watched a grand Atlantic Fleet review as 48 ships formed parallel rows around the Northampton off the Carolina coast. More than 20 000 sailors in white lined the rails for the sea salute before Kennedy flew to the Enterprise for further maneuvers and drills including antisubmarine, carrier firepower, and missile tests.
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Kennedy
Northampton
Carolina
Enterprise
Norfolk
Atlantic
Four United States Proposals for Berlin Talks
The United States presents four ideas to advance Berlin negotiations. They include nonaggression pledges by NATO and the Warsaw Pact, guarantees against expanding nuclear arsenals to new states, committees of East and West Germans to address practical issues, and a framework to preserve supply lines while possible future boundary decisions are resolved. Secretary of State Rusk expects Berlin talks with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin to resume, with broader discussions planned with Moscow officials and a summit between Kennedy and Macmillan in late April.
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Poland
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Rusk
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Glen Ora Estate
Virginia
Senate Group OKs Farm Bill After Surgery
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a general farm bill removing the compulsory feed grain program and the dairy support provision. The panel kept support at the reduced $3.11 per hundred pounds and added a two choice wheat referendum and a new agency for faster farm product research.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kennedy
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mundt
Topeka Youth Killed In Culvert Crash
AP reports John H. Van Cleave, 20, and Gayle A. Winn, 18, both of Topeka, were in a car that struck a culvert three miles southeast of here, flipping end over end. Winn injured. Van Cleave killed. Other fatal injuries include Ray V. Hampton, 36, of Ulysses, from a train crash, and Harlie Lander, 66, of Burlington, in Coffey County after an accident near Strawn.
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Topeka
John H. van Cleave
Gayle A. Winn
van Cleave
Winn
Here
State Highway Patrol
Ray V. Hampton
Ulysses
Soviet delays 1967 Moscow world fair plans
The Soviet Union postponed plans for a 1967 world fair in Moscow citing that the New York fair is scheduled for 1964-65. Tass reported Friday night.
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London
Soviet Union
Moscow
Tass
Kennedy Family Weekend at Glen Ora Estate
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and children Caroline and John Jr spend the weekend at Glen Ora, the Kennedy estate near Middleburg Virginia, continuing family retreat during a holiday.
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Glen Ora
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Caroline
John, Jr
Middleburg
First Case Encouraging for Kansas Rehabilitation Center
In Wichita, Donald L. Elam, 26, becomes the first subject of Kansas new Rehabilitation System for felons. Based on a report from the Topeka Reception and Diagnostic Center, he is released from state prison with Judge Tom Baum noting the center helps remove guesswork in decisions. Elam pleaded guilty to fourth degree manslaughter and felonious maiming after a fatal accident in Wichita on Nov. 11 that killed Mary Joan Domann and injured two others. Elam must return for final disposition while Delbert Hopper of Barnsdall, Okla., who also pleaded guilty, was paroled after officers said the drivers were racing.
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Kansas System
Donald L. Elam
Topeka
Elam
Tom Baum
Sedgwick County
Mary Joan Domann
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Alcoholism Problem For Communists
In New York AP dispatch the National Council on Alcoholism reports that Communist nations are facing rising alcoholism. Council president R Brinkley Smithers said indications of the growing problem have emerged from behind the iron curtain during the past year or two.
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New York
National Council On Alcoholism
R. Brinkley Smithers
Council
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