Work Habits of Crews Are Eyed by City Dads
City commission scrutinizes street and park operations led by City Manager R. J. Hayes. Freshman Ed Caldwell cites long coffee breaks and idle workers, while urging improved supervision and efficiency after touring state highway practices. Spring programs for street repair and park care begin, despite a hot mix asphalt machine breakdown.
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City Commission
Ed Caldwell
Dave Evans
R. J. Hayes
Caldwell
Hayes
State Highway Division
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
W. H. Caldwell
West Cherry
Big 154 pound flathead catfish lands at Ash Grove lake
Mrs. Edwin Lehman of Humboldt reeled in a 154 pound flathead while crappie fishing at Ash Grove lake north of Chanute. The catch surprised her, as she fought the big fish with a 10 pound test line and asked her husband to help bring it in.
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Edwin Lehman
Humboldt
Ash Grove
Chanute
York’s illness improves but lung clot remains
Nashville reports Ssgt. Alvin York’s kidney infection responds to treatment yet X ray shows the blood clot in his left lung has not dissolved. The hospital spokesman cautions that the condition is still serious and requires continued care.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
Fire drill ends with surprise gift for school janitor
At Elysian Heights Elementary Los Angeles a fire drill became a tribute to janitor Samuel Ross. Students and teachers presented him a car a bag of money and a scroll of 500 signatures while noting his work tending the garden caring for the mascota cat and keeping the school cheerful. He plans a trip to Mississippi to visit his ill father after the school year ends.
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Los Angeles
Elysian Heights
Samuel Ross
Ross
Kathleen Liu
Mississippi
Dry Weather Disturbing In Kansas
Kansas faces worsening drought as rainfall trails well behind normal across multiple areas including Topeka and Wichita. Officials warn if moisture does not arrive soon the wheat crop could suffer and harvest forecasts drop from 254 to 213 million bushels, with drought compared to last year but less snow reserve.
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Topeka
Kansas
Roy Freeland
State Board of Agriculture
Southwest
Wichita
J. E Pallesen
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Worms
Richard Garrett
U. S. Weather Bureau
Decree Granted in 1899 Corning Marriage
An 82 year old man in Corning New York has been granted a decree dissolving his marriage after his wife left him a few months after their 1899 wedding.
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Corning
N.Y
Brains Key To Research Prosperity and State Leadership
Kansas City Kansas Dr James A McCain president of Kansas State University tells Kansas Chamber of Commerce that university research fuels wealth and urges retention of educated minds to advance nuclear electronics and space industries J Hardin Smith Topeka elected chamber president with several officers and district vice presidents named across the state.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
James A. McCain
Kansas State University
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
J. Hardin Smith
Topeka
State Chamber
Ellis K. Cave
Dodge City
Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Tom Griffith
Manhattan
Carl, Suderman
Newton
Harrison F. Johnson
Independence
R. T
Death in fall at Speas Co. plant in Kansas City
Harrison Rennison aged 74 died after a fall from a 20 foot vinegar vat at the Speas Co. plant in Kansas City Monday night. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Kansas City
Harrison Rennison
Speas Co
How's Your Spanish Course Offer From The Tribune
The Tribune promotes a four record Spanish course for public service. Versiones available at office for 1.10 dollars each and by mail for 1.20 dollars. Records are hi fi 331 8 R P M 12 inch long playing.
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Tribune
Bargain Days End-of-Month Sale in Chanute
Merchants of Chanute featuring a city wide End-of-the-Month Dollar Days event Thursday through Saturday. Thursday offers free parking and stores stay open until 8 30 p m. Bargain values to be listed in The Tribune advertisements tomorrow.
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Merchants of
Intercepted Letter to Cha Details Thanks and Prods
An intercepted letter mentions praise and prods to Cha. Cousin Mortimer notes he paid more than $500 to the Internal Revenue Service and did not receive a thank you note. The tone suggests frustration with lack of acknowledgment.
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Mortimer
Boggs Sees Tax Cut Rise If Economy Improves
Rep Hale Boggs said a brighter economy boosts chances for an early tax cut as the deficit position improves. He indicated the 1964 deficit may be smaller than Kennedy’s January $11.9 billion forecast and noted the Ways and Means Committee will finish its review within 30 days with floor action expected late May or June.
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Hale ‘Boggs
D-La
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Kennedy
Washington
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House ‘Ways and Means
Destructive Storm Spreads Rain From Illinois To East Coast
A storm that damaged Illinois and Indiana moved into the central Appalachians bringing limited relief to drought areas in the East. Showers dampened a wide arc from the District of Columbia to New England with more rain expected along the Atlantic Coast.
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Associated Press
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Indiana
Central Appalachians
District of Columbia
New England
Atlantic Coast
Springfield
Indiana State Line
Ilinois
Tuscola
Weather report and tornado outbreaks sweep Midwest and Illinois
A cold surge cools Kansas with forecasted highs around 60 to 70 and 30s to 40s overnight. Severe weather strikes Illinois and Indiana with tornadoes causing injuries and destruction across Tuscola and Indianapolis, amid statewide frost and snow from Great Lakes to upper Midwest.
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Indianapolis
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Mississippi Valley
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Neighbor's postcard brings surprise from July 4 1954
Mrs. Carl J. Olson thanked Elton Charleson in Lincolnwood for a Colorado Springs postcard mailed during his vacation. He remarked it had been nine years since his last trip there as he reread the card postmarked July 4 1954.
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Chicaco
Carl J. Olson
Lincolnwood
Colorado Springs
Colo
Olson
Phone lines prompt Tribune readers to call carrier
Notice urges readers to contact their Tribune via phone and, if unavailable, dial HE 1400 after 6 pm for assistance.
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Tribune
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log lists 24 hour totals to 9 am Tuesday for April 1963 with 24 hour fatalities at 00 and year to date totals 117. Comparable 1962 period shows 147 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Post Office Hitting Back At Funds Cut
Washington AP The Post Office Department responds to House budget cuts with strict economies in 68 large city operations. Telegrams from Asst. Postmaster General Frederick C. Belen threaten halting new mail delivery expansions and housing developments, ban new hires, and cap overtime to the last four week period. Postmaster General J Edward Day warned Congress that drastic reductions are needed if Senate concurs. House cuts total 92 million from 49 billion and 8.3 million from a 166.863 million supplemental appropriation.
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Washington
Post Office Department
House
Frederick C. Belen
J. Edward Day
Congress
Senate
Spacecraft Parts Need Improving
Space program officials urge higher quality and stricter factory testing for Apollo and Gemini hardware. NASA deputy director Joseph Shea warns that reliability hinges on tens of thousands of parts tested and re checked under stringent stresses to prevent delays at Cape Canaveral.
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Dallas, Tex
U.S
Joseph F. Shea
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Manned Space Flight
Shea
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Two Girls Found Dead in Refrigerator
In Oklahoma City a mother found her two daughters ages 3 and 5 dead inside an old refrigerator in a shed behind their home. Verla Mae Sultuska, aged 39, reported the children missing about an hour earlier and discovered the bodies upon checking the shed.
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Oklahoma City
Verla Mae Sultuska
Sandra
Wanda
Kansan Gives $500 to Internal Revenue Service
For the second year a Kansas donor gave 500 to the IRS, anonymous to avoid naming. Robert M. Cutts says the contributor is a modest businessman with a clean tax history and a note praising the government. The money goes to the general treasury and is deductible on next year’s return.
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Wichita, Kan
Internal Revenue Service
Robert M. Cutts
Cutts
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