Khrushchev death error sparks global alarm
Hamburg based DPA apologized for an erroneous report that Soviet Premier Khrushchev had died. The bogus dispatch caused world market jitter and was traced to a garbled Japanese reporter's exchange with a Tass editor. DPA suspended staff and vowed a full internal inquiry.
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Hamburg
Germany
Khrushchev
U.S. Pacific
Tass
Communist Party
Waldyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Moscow
Bonn
DPA
DPR
City Dads Weigh In On Building Program Letter
An intercepted letter suggests city officials are stepping into the building program, signaling possible municipal involvement or oversight in planning and development initiatives.
Green Light Given To Parking Project
City commissioners approved widening two blocks on 1st Street between Lincoln and Evergreen for about 19 thousand dollars to create 31 extra parking spaces. A second plan to widen Santa Fe between 1st and 2nd along the Memorial Building was approved without an initial cost estimate.
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City Commission
1St
Lincoln
Evergreen
Santa Fe
Paschal Grimes
R. J. Hayes
Boom in Building Boost to Outlook For Chanute Year
Chanute builders and property owners show a strong 1964 start with building activity exceeding half a million dollars. Thirtyfive permits issued totaling 213855 include 11 new homes 117500 and seven business structures 83100 plus house additions and miscellaneous items.
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Chanute
Ash Grove Cement Co
Two Burglaries Reported In Local Area At Night
Burglars hit Neocha Drive-in and Hillcrest rural school, breaking and entering. Drive-in cash from cigarette and candy machines and a film reproducing machine were taken. Hillcrest school loss included food and $1.50 in half-dollars. Entry gained by door and a south wall window. Sheriff and Chanute police investigated with 1 a.m. discovery at the theater and 8:30 a.m. report at the school.
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Neocha Drive-in
Hillcrest Rural School
Hillcrest School
Shaw Road
Chanute
Car! Castle
George Neely
Don Harding
Chanute Police
Death Takes Walter Fees in Iola Kansas
Walter F. Fees, 76, former state GOP chair and longtime Kansas oil producer, died late Monday night at his Iola home. He started in oil as a drilling contractor in Chanute and Fredonia in 1912, retired last December after selling properties to James E. Russell of Abilene. Fees served as Allen County GOP chairman 1932–1954 and state GOP chairman 1938–1942, sat on the state board of regents 1948–1956 and chaired it in 1951, and was a Republican national delegate in 1940 1944 1948 and 1952. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs. B. F. Park of Ottawa, sons Walter Jr. of Grand Junction Colo. and James of Bartlesville Okla., three sisters Mrs. C. F. West Iola Mrs. Frank Richards Sun City Ariz. and Mrs. Ralph Spencer Philippines. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at First Methodist Church of Iola.
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Fees
Kansas
James E. Russell
Abilene
Texas
Chanute
Fredonia
Allen County
Republican
GOP
State Board of Regents
B. F. Park
Ottawa
Walter
Grand Junction
Colo
James
Bartlesville
Okla
C. F. West
Iola
Frank Richards
Sun City
Ariz
Ralph Spencer
Philippines
First Methodist Church
Building Edition highlights local building season
The Tribune presents a Building Edition focused on plans for building, repairing, remodeling, redecorating, refurnishing and landscaping. It features pictures, stories and advertisements for materials, supplies, equipment, furnishings and services in the sector.
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the Tribune
Weather forecast for Kansas through Wednesday
Topeka AP reports general fair and warmer weather for Kansas through Wednesday with possible brief showers in eastern sections later today. Highs reach mid 70s Wednesday, lows tonight in 40s, statewide highs in 60s today. Funnel cloud reports unsettled. officials could not confirm funnels, noting some may be cloud formations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Hutchinson
Russell
Snakes and Space Ride All in a Day's Work
Houston AP report covers astronauts on a three day geological tour of Big Bend National Park Texas. Maj Virgil J Grissom 38 and Lt Cmdr John W Young 33 named as first Gemini crew to man a spacecraft into space. Backup crew Cmdr Walter M Schirra 41 and Maj Thomas P Stafford 33 also on trip.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Big Bend National Park
Manned Spacecraft Center
Virgil J. Grissom
John W. Young
Gemini
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra
Maj
Thomas P. Stafford
Howard Gibbons
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Big Bend
Grand Canyon
Grissom
Young
Eight to Take Service Exams for Induction in Kansas City
Eight young men registered with Selective Service in Neosho County will travel to Kansas City Missouri tomorrow for pre induction physical examinations on Thursday Mrs Gene Wall Selective Service clerk said today They are Martin L Highbaugh James H Bryant Larrie D Miley Jerry D Wallis Donald L Kennedy Robert G Babcock James W Lloyd and Larry B South all listed with local towns.
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Neosho County
Kansas City
Gene Wall
Selective Service
Martin L. Highbaugh
W. 9Th
James H. Bryant
S. Evergreen
Larrie D. Miley
W. Main
Jerry D. Wallis
Donald L. Kennedy
Erie R. 1
Robert G. Babcock
Thayer
James W. Lloyd
Maple Hill
Larry B
Coldwater
Rocket Blast Injures Eight at Cape Kennedy
Eight people were injured, several seriously, when a rocket engine joined to a space payload ignited in a Cape Kennedy checkout building. Initial reports spoke of an explosion though NASA said the device ignited and there was no word on whether the five-foot-tall solid propellant rocket broke apart after ignition.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Iola Truck Driver Escapes Paint Explosion
Charles Browder a 37 year old Iola Kansas truck driver leaped from a burning truck moments before 3000 cans of paint exploded near Merriam on Interstate 35. He was uninjured though the vehicle and load were destroyed with paint cans blown up a 60 foot bluff. He said he pulled over under the US 50 overpass to fight the flames before the blast. The truck carried paint from Sifers Chemical Co bound for North Kansas City. The cause of the fire was not known.
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Merriam
Kan
Iola
Charles Browder
Browder
Inerstate
Lola
Sifers Chemical Co
Kansas City
Wimmer Dies In Accident In California
Billy D. Wimmer, 31, Humboldt resident and Ash Grove Cement Co. employee for seven years, was killed in a car crash near Colusia California on Sunday. Survived by wife Jo Ann and five children DeWayne Charley Larry Glenda Sharry, plus a sister and brother in Alva Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements under Hill Funeral Home of Alva.
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Humboldt
Colusia
Calif
Billy D. Wimmer
Ash Grove Cement Co
Ash Grove
California
Jo Ann Wimmer
DeWayne
Charley
Larry
Glenda
Sharry
Alva
Okla
Wimmer
Humboldt m4
The
Hill Funeral Home of
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
A brief note advises readers to contact the Tribune by phone and provides an after hours number HE 1 3400 for reaching the carrier after 6 p.m. The snippet suggests alternative contact methods and a specific dial after hours.
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Tribune
Food Protest Blocks Traffic at Northwest Missouri State
Several hundred students demonstrated against cafeteria food quality at Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, blocking U.S. Highway 71. Traffic was backed up as police used tear gas to disperse protesters. later a narrow lane was cleared for vehicles. A splinter group targeted a women’s dormitory, breaking a glass door but not entering. Police held a meeting with college officials overnight. a student was briefly detained but released.
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Maryville
Northwest Missouri State College
U.S. Highway 71
Sam Stewart
WDAF
Kansas City
Stewart
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