Congress Probes Steel Prices and Industry Response
A Senate Economic Committee inquiry into steel prices profits and production begins hearings next week. President Kennedy presses for overall price stability while Lukens and Wheeling announce selective increases. Kaiser US Steel and others decline comment as Lukens cites a 3 percent rise on two items and $5 to $7 per ton on carbon steel and alloy plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nl
Senate House Economic Committee
Wheeling Steel Corp
Lukens Steel Co
Kennedy
Lukens
Douglas
Palm Beach
Fila
Wall Street Journal
White House
Fla
Pierre Salinger
W. E. Mullestien
Wheeling
Kaiser Steel Corp
United States Steel Corp
West Chester Pa
Mullestien
Light Rain Brings Hope for Crops in Chanute Area
Light sprinkles teased dry ground in Chanute with .17 inch observed, the first measurable moisture in two weeks. Forecasters expect more rain tonight and tomorrow as a cold front moves across Kansas, with showers and possible thunderstorms and winds 25 to 40 mph by late afternoon.
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Porecast
Chanute
FAA
Martin Johnson Airport
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Richard Garrett
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Emporia
Olathe
Garden City
Can’t Lick City Hall Easter Water Rampage
SAN FRANCISCO AP. Mail carrier Noel Volz broke into City Hall on Easter Sunday and unleashed firehoses flooding floors and the plaza. He shattered windows, overturned displays, and threw tree limbs into the fountain before police arrested him on burglary, resisting arrest, assaulting an officer, and malicious mischief charges.
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San Francisco
Noel Volz
City Hall
City Hall Plaza
Volz
Traffic Fatalities Log Highlights 1963 April Totals In Topeka
The Topeka traffic death log shows 113 deaths in April 1963, higher than the 131 in the comparable 1962 period. It notes 42 hours to 9 am Monday noting an earlier fatality not previously reported and includes 4 deaths during April.
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Topeka
Kansas
Body Found in Smoky Hill River Near Salina
The body of Richard Manning, 64, was found in the Smoky Hill River Sunday. Manning lived alone near the river. Coroner James L. Geisendorf said the body appeared to have been in the water four or five days.
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Salina
Kan
Richard Manning
Smoky Hill River
Manning
James L. Geisendorf
Two News Tips Win Tribune Weekly Awards
The Tribune awards two $3 tips to Joe Reissig of Erie R.1 and Mrs. E. L. Brand of 915 S Lafayette. Reissig reported a plowing bee organized for Ed Ott of rural Erie, enabling a story and photos in Monday's issue. Brand caught a 15-pound channel catfish at Wilson County State Lake near Buffalo, with a spectator helping, featured last Tuesday. Phone tips to The Tribune are urged, with contact numbers and hours provided. The winner for this week will be announced next Monday.
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The
Tribune
Joe Reissig
Erie R. 1
E. L
Katy
S. Lafayette
Reissig
Ed Ott
Erie
Brand
Wilson County
Buffalo
Chanute
Easter Day Draws Hundreds to Chanute Churches and Parks
Easter in Chanute brought hundreds to sunrise services at Santa Fe Park and Neocha Drive-In Theater as Lutheran, Zion, and other churches held joint events. Lions Club sponsored a large Easter Egg Hunt at Highland Park with prize eggs and multiple age divisions, while Catholic youth joined a separate hunt. Families enjoyed warm weather, drives, and planned evening services to mark the resurrection theme.
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Jesus
Ministerial Alliance
Karen Kreider
Bill Loy
Santa Fe Park
Thea
Zion Lutheran
St. Peter's
Humboldt
Syscast
Tem
Chanute Lions Club
Highland Park
Erick John Anderson
W. ‘Highland
Mark ‘Barker
Jerry Wise
Pam Pearman
Donna Carpenter
S. Wilson
Eddie Cox
S. Garfield
Michael New
Chanute
Billy Goolsbee
Minneapolis
Drivers Wear Seat Belts in Highway Crash
Roscoe E. Kimerling 62 of Humboldt and Robert L. Slattery 36 of Erie were in a collision on US 169 a mile and a half south of here around 1 p.m. yesterday. Both escaped with minor cuts and bruises and were wearing seat belts. Both cars were total losses with $2,000 damage to the Kimerling 1962 Mercury and $1,500 to the Slattery 1956 Corvette convertible.
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Humboldt
Roscoe E. Kimerling
Robert L. Slattery
Erie
Here
Highway Patrol
Iola
Kimerling
Slattery
Complaint Is Checked on Night Access to Erie Courthouse Room
Erie county commissioners say they have reviewed a complaint from State Rep. Henry Watkins about access to the courthouse community room for night meetings. The south entrance is in use for now, with lighting to be installed by the city, and the main entrance to the building will be normally closed except during regular business hours.
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Erie
Board of County Commissioners
Henry Watkins
Watkins
City of
Car crashes fire hydrant in city park area
A 1951 Plymouth driven by 16 year old Richard L. Stipp of 201 S Wilson struck a curb and broke a fire hydrant at 7th and Garfield about 3 p.m. yesterday, causing $125 damage. Witnesses said he was traveling about 15 mph. The car belonged to Alta Petty of Earlton. Two other weekend accidents were reported including a car hitting a railing at City Park monkey pen and minor damage to a Mrs. Locke’s property backdrop.
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Richard L. Stipp
Wilson
7Th
Garfield
Stipp
Alta Petty
Earlton R
Howard Locke
Galesburg R. 1
Elmer Wehlage
E. 9Th
Doyle McKinney
S. Ashby
Monkey Pen
City Park
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Clipping Notes Tea Hint
A fragmented diary style line reads Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Oh come on now have another egg Yours. The garbled text hints at casual correspondence with a playful tone. No clear date place or sender is identifiable from the available fragments.
Vacated Lumber Yard Burns in Wichita Blaze
Fire swept a downtown Wichita lumber yard building vacated last year by Long Bell Lumber Co. Loss was about 4000 dollars, estimated by Harlow H Irsika who oversaw razing. Ten fire companies fought the blaze and prevented spread to neighboring structures.
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Wichita
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Harlow H. Irsika
Frantic Surface Attempt Dims Thresher Message
Navy court heard Lt Cmdr Stanley W Hecker describe Thresher’s frantic bid to surface after a minor problem. A garbled second message followed as air rushed into ballast tanks. Hecker feared collision with Skylark and later notified headquarters after losing contact.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Thresher
Navy
Cmdr
Stanley W. Hecker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hecker
Submarine Control
Fire Chiefs Gather for Kansas Association Meeting
Fire chiefs and their wives from across the state began gathering in preparation for the annual Kansas State Fire Chiefs Association meeting at the Tioga Hotel. About 200 to 300 firemen and fire prevention specialists are slated to attend the conference at the National Guard armory starting at 9 a.m.
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Kansas State Fire Chiefs Assn
Tioga Hotel
National Guard
Youth Uses 933 Pints of Blood
Fred Wallace a 17 year old hemophilia patient returned home on Easter after a long hospital stay. He received 933 pints of blood from October to April, including a day with 22 pints, as donors nationwide supplied a concentrate to combat his bleeding.
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Muskogee
Okla
Fred Wallace
Bayor Medical Center
Dallas
Tex
Fred
Wadley Blood Institute
Oklahoma
Ft. Sill
Lnd
F. Hood
Dallas Times-Herald
Tragedy On Dennis R Farm As Tractor Overturns
Fourteen year old Robert Cyrus Myers of Dennis R I was killed when the tractor he was driving overturned in a ditch near Erie. The accident occurred on a farm owned by G C Freeley now in Denver. Myers was a freshman at Altamont high and member of Morehead Methodist church. Funeral services will be at Blossoms Funeral Home Parsons with burial in West Bethany cemetery.
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Erie
Robert Cyrus Myers
Dennis R. 1
Here
G. C. Freeley
Denver
D. E. Wells
Dennis
Winifred Bevans
Beverly Ann
Marsha Diane Myers
Parsons
Frances Wells
McCune
Clarence Myers
Blossom Funeral Home
West Bethany Cemetery
Mass Exodus Of Florida Students From Fort Lauderdale
Police estimate about 25,000 vacationing students left Fort Lauderdale over four weeks after a quiet period, with Chief J Lester Holt praising orderly behavior as the mass exodus began. A few minor disturbances led to arrests.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
J. Lester Holt
Holt
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