Seek 32 Persons For First Class In LPN Course
Chanute Junior College launches a federally financed LPN training program starting June 24. Harley Knapp of the Kansas State Employment Service says the 52 week course seeks 32 trainees from Chanute and surrounding Kansas areas. Free training with weekly stipends up to 36 dollars plus subsistence allowances, mileage or transport aid, and housing supports are available to qualified individuals.
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Chanute Junior College
Harley Knapp
Kansas State Employment Service Office
U. S. Departments of Labor and Health
U.S. Departments and Welfare
Topeka
Knapp
Neosho County
Kansas State Employment Service
Chanute
N. Grant
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Wheat Referendum Discussion Attracts 100 In Kansas
About 100 people from 12 southeast Kansas counties attended a Kansas Farm Bureau meeting at the Tioga Hotel to discuss the May 21 wheat referendum. Leaders opposed the certificate plan, favoring price supports and removal of marketing quotas, while outlining a campaign to mobilize Farm Bureau wheat growers.
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Kansas
Kansas Farm Bureau
Tioga Hotel
Walter C. Peirce
Hutchinson
Farm Bureau
State Board
William A. Sailors
Erie
Frank Boyd Jr
Moran
Don McDonald
Iola
George Eisel
Altoona
Melvin
Department of Agriculture
Pierce
CCC
Ratner Case Moves to Next Hearings
Hearings in the disbarment suit against former Gov. Payne H. Ratner and his son proceed on the road after two days of testimony in Topeka. Witnesses from Oklahoma Texas Arkansas and Minnesota may be called. An additional Kansas hearing is planned shortly after June 1.
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Topeka
Payne H. Ratner
Robert Hoffman
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Minnesota
Kansas
Ratner
Payne H. Ratner Jr
Brotherhood of Railroad
Supreme Court
Jerry Driscoll
Hoffman
Broad Drive For Gainful Employment
A Kennedy administration study panel urges a broad local state and federal effort to place idle youths ages 16 to 21 into work. It cites 600000 to 800000 unemployed youths and warns the number could double by 1970 without action. The Youth Employment Act proposal to create 65000 jobs first year and 130000 second year is pending in Congress.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor and Management
Congress
Senate
House
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka AP Report
Kansas traffic death log notes 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday in April 1963 with 25 fatalities, compared to 118 in the comparable 1962 period and 149 in 1963.
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Topeka
Kansas
Drought-Ending Rain Hopes Fade in Chanute Area
Weather forecast notes scattered showers through tomorrow with little rain in the five day outlook. Rainfall today totaled 0.04 inch by 1 p.m. farmers remain hopeful for moisture as ground stays parched and monthly rainfall remains well below normal.
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Chanute
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Rockies
Olathe
Pittsburg
Goodland
Russell
Kansas Legislature Adopts 502 Measures in 1963 Session
The 1963 Kansas Legislature passed or adopted 502 bills and joint resolutions, about 30 more than the 1961 session, with TOPEKA as the reporting location.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mrs Nelson Heads PTA In Kansas City Row
Mrs. Quentin Nelson of Chanute was elected president of the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers for a three year term. She has served as first vice president. Vern W Converse of EsKRidge was named first vice president and Dr Clifton B Huff of Emporia was chosen second vice president.
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Quentin Nelson
Chanute
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Nelson
Vern W. Converse
Eskridge
Clifton B. Huff
Emporia
Elizabth Taylor's Father Buys Van Gogh Portrait
Francis Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor's father, paid 92000 pounds for an 1889 Van Gogh landscape View of the Asylum and Chapel of St Remy at a London auction. The sale price equals about 257000 dollars.
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London
Francis Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Asylum
St.Remy
Two Cars Crash Church Injuring Woman in Iola
Bertha C Emerson 79 of Iola suffered bruises but was not seriously hurt in a two car crash at 16th and Santa Fe near Trinity Baptist church about 9 50 a m She was treated and released H E Barnquist 71 of Route 2 was not injured Drivers struck a brick bannister and pipe guard rail The Barnquist Plymouth 400 damage and Emerson Chevrolet 170 damage were estimated Officers cited limited visibility and failure to see the other car.
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Bertha C. Emerson
Iola
16Th
Santa Fe
Trinity Baptist Church
H. E. Barnquist
R. 2
Barnquist
Jon 16Th
Emerson
Bill Young in Denver Hospital Improving After Illness
Bill Young of Sedan area and president of the Sedan Area Boy Scouts was seriously ill with an abdominal infection after a regional Scout leaders meeting in Denver. He is hospitalized at St. Luke's Hospital, in the special care unit, with his temperature reduced and condition still serious. Mrs. Young reported progress in a phone call.
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Bill Young
S Rutter
St. Luke’s Hospital
Denver
Young
Sedan Area
Boys Scout Council
C. L. Fisher
Chevrolet
Chanute Faces Economic Turning Point Says Banker
Dr Arthur A Smith Dallas banker and economist told about 150 at Chanute Chamber meeting that the town is treading water economically. He cited clean streets, housing, schools, jobs and industry as key factors and urged concentrated community effort to attract new business while noting Chanute’s larger assets and challenges.
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Chanute
Arthur ‘A. Smith
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Smith
First National Bank of Dallas
Harris
Chamber
Mahlon Morley
City Planning Commission
Federal Aviation Agency
Plans Set For Miss Chanute Pageant Saturday
Final plans for the Miss Chanute Pageant at the Memorial Auditorium were set by the Jaycees. Rehearsals are Friday and Saturday, with Miss Kansas arriving at 10 a.m. Saturday to receive flowers and a city key. A small admission will help defray expenses.
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Memorial Auditorium
JayCees
Thheir
Memorial Building
Chanute
Carol Ferguson
Beverly Wood
Miss Wood
Kansas
Maple Leaf
Pratt
Atlantic City
Deer Deaths in Kansas Traffic Hit 1962 Totals
Kansas officials report 252 deer killed by vehicles in the 12 months ending April 15 1962. Additional deaths include 17 by gunshot 6 by trains 4 in fences 21 unknown causes 2 misc accidents and 2 by diseases or infections.
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Pratt, Kan
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
One Man Killed at Cheney Dam Construction Site
In Wichita Kansas an early morning crash sent a pickup into a bridge abutment and into more than ten feet of water near the Cheney dam construction site. The victim was Robert Warrick of Rural Cheney. Rescue workers unsuccessfully tried to revive him. the pickup and tractor with a boom were removed from the water.
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Wichita, Kan
Cheney Dam
Robert Warrick
Cheney
Kan
Wichita
Warrick
Truck Driver Injured After Wreck Near Thayer
Robert Jenkins a 51 year old Tulsa trucker with Chief Freight Lines was treated at Neo Sho Memorial Hospital for a rib fracture and head cuts after his truck ran off US 169 two miles north of Thayer and overturned at about 5 30 a m The trailer turned on its side and twisted the cab off the truck Damage to the truck and semi trailer was put at 3500 The trailer dolly wheels had trouble earlier and an air leak drawn his attention The truck carried empty cardboard boxes no cargo damage The northbound rig was driven and aided to Cha nute by a passing car and police at Santa Fe Park entrance
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Robert Jenkins
Tulsa
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Jenkins
Chanute
Santa Fe Park
White Integrationist Is Found Shot to Death in Alabama
William L. Moore a 35 year old Maryland white integrationist was found shot beside a highway near Attalla Alabama while walking from Chattanooga Tennessee toward Jackson Mississippi. Governor George Wallace offered 1000 reward for killer’s arrest. Moore carried pro integration signs and had letters for President Kennedy detailing his peaceful interstate walk under the 14th Amendment.
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Attalla
Ala
Maryland
Alabama
George Wallace
William L. Moore
Baltimore
Moore
Mississippi
Yocum
Chattanooga
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Ross Barnett
More
Kennedy
White House
South
al Lingo
Trash trucks with unsecured loads clutter streets
Readable text notes that trash trucks with unsecured loads cause litter and street clutter. It emphasizes the need for properly secured refuse to keep roadways clean and safe.
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Les Spencer
16Th and
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Mrs. Nelson Heads
PTA
Kansas City, Kan
Liz
Dr. Smith
Duff Wagoner
First Methodist Church
Fred Harrris
Wagoner
Ray J. Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Morley
John Gorton
E. E. Zastrow
Richard Willis
Dale Fairchild
Jackie Prickett
Monty Briley
Harold Tarpley
Jackie Turner
Niles Plummer
Bob Newton
Dick Anders
Betty Butcher
Masonic Temple
Sunflower Chapter
OES
Thayer
Noble Yocum
Bust
Kay McDowell
Binghamton, N.Y
McDowell
Mary
Binghamton
Birmingham
Meridian
Gadsden
Birm
Ingham
American Civil Liberties Union
Cha
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