Windstorm Injures Family and Sparks Wires at Chanute Home
A wind and rainstorm toppled two live electrical wires onto a Chanute yard swing set at 1201 Washington. Mrs. Splane and her two children safety kept dogs away from the live wires until city workers repaired the lines. The report also notes an art exhibit acceptance by Nelson Gallery in Kansas City for Robert Blunk Jr. and recalls connections to James Melton and local residents.
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Mid-America
Nelson Art Gallery
Kansas City
61 Legislature Costs Top $500 000
TOPEKA AP Expenses of the 1961 Legislature have topped $500,000 and some bills remain unpaid. State Controller Roy Shapiro reports $511,278 encumbered or paid for salaries and printing. Some telephone bills and typewriter rentals are still due. Legislative pay totaled $300 per member at five days daily rate plus $7 per day expense for nine and a half days. Shapiro has $130,000 encumbered for printing bills at the state plant.
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Topeka
Roy Shapiro
Shapiro
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Reports 2 Deaths
AP tally shows 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday with two more fatalities in Topeka. April total reaches 36, 1961 total 143, comparable 1960 period 119. One death added not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Moon Brightness Missed Amid False Tornado Alarm
A false tornado warning sparked by a relay short on the South Evergreen air horn system awakened residents at about 11 40 PM. Citizens watched for clouds as the moon appeared bright. City Manager R J Hayes said lightning likely caused the relay fault and the system was being fixed.
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South Evergreen
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
West Main
Greenfield
Boonville
Missouri
Southeast Kansas Hit by Rain Hail and Wind Storms
A storm delivered heavy rain up to 1.29 inches in Chanute with hail and strong winds. Tornado activity touched down near Prescott and threaten Pittsburg while Jasper and Greenfield reports noted power outages and damaged structures. Flooding rose on Marmaton and Little Osage rivers as crews expected warmer weather midweek.
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Kansas
Chanute
Lor
Missouri
Cherokee
Pittsburg
Cherokee County
Kansas Highway Patrol
U. S. 69
Prescott
Fulton
Pleasantown
Moran
Little Osage
Goodland
Emporia
Wichita
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Receptionist’s Investment Pays Off Big
Chicago report: Dr James J Lewis 81 left Betty Fedyn 47 most of his 250000 estate after 20 years of withholding a portion of her 40 weekly salary to invest. Fedyn, called trusted friend, to receive all but 30000 net. She began working in 1941 for eye specialist who died April 19. She plans to rest and write lyrics for songs.
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Chicago
Betty Fedyn
James J. Lewis
Lewis
Launch Fails as Atlas Rocket Explodes at Cape Canaveral
An unmanned Mercury space capsule failed to reach orbit when the Atlas booster exploded shortly after launch at Cape Canaveral Florida. The blast occurred about 30 seconds into flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
the Tribune
De Gaulle Loyalists Repel Mutineers Near Oran
Paris AP dispatch reports loyal forces repelling a mutinous paratrooper assault on the Mers el Kebir base near Oran. De Gaulle mobilizes reserves, recalls troops from NATO duty, and imposes a blockade as Debre warns of civil war risk.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Oran
Algeria
NATO
West Germany
Toulon
de Gaulle
Naional
Michel Debre
Algiers
Mers-el-Kebir
March Revenues of Turnpike Rise on Year
Kansas Turnpike net revenues for March reached 352 387 dollars, 80 percent of interest requirements, GM John E. Kirchner said. The figure was 27 percent above March 1960, with travel expected to improve yearly returns due to Kansas Centennial tourism. First quarter traffic totaled 1 104 175 vehicles covering 60 578 098 miles versus 967 353 vehicles and 52 236 870 miles a year ago.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
John E. Kirchner
Kirchner
Trip Called Off After Horse Becomes Lame
Nora Jo O'Brien aborted the cross country ride from New York to the West Coast after leaving in April when her horse became lame and stopped eating well. She cited the animal's condition as the reason for abandoning the journey at Carpenter Illinois.
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Lebanon
Nora Jo O'Brien
New York
West Coast
Carpenter, Ill
Byrne Installed as Coadjutor Bishop in Wichita
The Most Rev Leo Christopher Byrne was installed today as coadjutor bishop for the Wichita Catholic Diocese in Kansas. The ceremony took place in Wichita with church officials confirming Byrne’s role and future leadership.
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Wichita, Kan
Leo Christopher Byrne
Wichita
Chamber of Commerce dinner features humor and awards
The annual dinner at the Mason Temple drew 160 attendees. Speaker J C McCurdy promoted freedom and humor through a “simulated confused reverse” routine. Awards honored long service on the board, fire prevention, and cleanliness initiatives by city officials and chamber leaders.
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Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
J. C. McCurdy
Iola
The
Pet Milk Co
McCurdy
Dale Painter
John Gorton
Tribune
Kennedy takes full responsibility for U S Cuba invasion
President Kennedy issued a statement reaffirming sole U.S. responsibility for the Cuba landings and opposition to shifting blame. The White House downplayed party politics as Republicans pressed on Udall remarks linking the plan to Eisenhower.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
White House
Stewart L. Udall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Harry Truman
Fidel ‘Castro
Lyndon B. Johnson
Missouri
Truman
Fisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Barrry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Udall
Eisenhower
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Algeria
Chanute Airport Listed In National Plan For Growth
Chanute Municipal Airport is listed in a five year $1.1 billion federal plan to improve the nation's airports. The plan proposes 465 new airports and upgrades to 2,834 existing facilities with a 50-50 cost share. Local manager Fred Montague and city manager R J Hayes say the document is a report to Congress, not a commitment, and immediate needs focus on expanding FAA facilities at the airport, which was previously denied due to insufficient air travel.
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National Fire Protection Assn
R. J. Hayes
JC. W. Brennan
Marlin Blackston
Painter
John Gorton
Claude Pittenger
Federal Aviation
Halaby
Associated Press
Washington
Chanute
Fred Montague
Congress
Montague and
Hayes
FAA
Royster Elects Tom Gerken Student Council President
Tom Gerken an eighth grade student at Royster Junior High was named the student council president for 1961 62 after elections this morning. Elected vice president was Steve Alcock a seventh grader and Linda Sparks was elected secretary treasurer. The officers will be installed at a school assembly Friday morning and take office at the close of the school year.
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Tom Gerken
Royster Junior High School
Steve Alcock
Linda Sparks
Kansas Supreme Court to hear Hickock Smith appeals
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Supreme Court will hear arguments on May 8 regarding appeals by Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith from their convictions and death sentences.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Area Nears 2 to 1 Vote Against Daylight Saving Time
The Tribune poll ends at 5 p m showing area sentiment against setting clocks ahead by an hour this summer by 220 to 123 with 56 to 29 on last day ballots. Voters include a Chanute couple noting thirty years under standard time and many remarks questioning the change. The Coffeyville Chamber spearheaded the topic with Coffeyville Independence Parsons and Bartlesville proposals, while Pittsburg and Chanute consider extensions.
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Tribune
Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce
Coffeyville
Independence
Parsons
Bartlesville
Parsons Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
Chanute
Chanute Chamber
Jet Fighter Pilot Cleared in B52 Shootdown
The Air Force ruled Lt. James W. Van Scyoc blameless after an electrical short caused a Sidewinder to fire from his jet during a training mission, killing three of eight aboard the B52. Van Scyoc, from Mattoon Illinois, serves in the New Mexico Air National Guard.
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Washington
Air Force
Board of
James W. van Scyoc
van Scyoc
Mattoon
Til
New Mexico Air National Guard
Penalties for nonresidents signing local option petitions
The attorney general said criminal penalties can apply to people who sign petitions for a local option election in a city where they do not reside. William Ferguson noted this interpretation today.
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Topeka
Atty
William Ferguson
Midwest growers eye emergency feed grain program
Washington AP reports Secretary Orville L. Freeman says initial forecasts show 60 to 80 percent of Midwest growers will join the government emergency feed grain program this year.
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Washington (Ap
Orville L. Freeman
Midwest
5th District Kickoff Event Honors McVey
Gov. John Anderson and Rep. Walter L. McVey highlighted the Lyon County Republican kickoff dinner in Emporia drawing 553 delegates from 17 of 18 counties in the new 5th District. McVey, introduced as our adopted congressman, praised consolidating districts to strengthen southeast Kansas as a Republican stronghold. Attendees included state and county officials and Rep. Carl Weiner II and Sen. Charles Forsyth with other locals.
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Emporia
John Anderson
Walter L. McVey
Independence
Lyon County
Republican Central Committee
Sth
McVey
Samuel Mellinger
Kansas
Anderson
Bob Allen
Edna Peterson
Lou Darlington
Carl Weiner II
Chanute
Charles Forsyth
Joe Vollmer
Marion Showalter
Marevin Huffman
Erie
Library Break-In No Items Missing Found
Police reported a break in at a public library with no items missing after intruders entered through an east window and exited via a north door last night.
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Robert Bilank Jr
Nelson Gallery
Blunk
James Johnson Sweeney
New Guggenheim Museum
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Harry Bertoia
Mauricio Lasansky
University of Iowa
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Floy Barcus
Melton
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Moon
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Thayer
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Philippeville
Batna
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Sahara
Bone
Trip
Rev. Byrne
America
Weare
Harold Tarpley
Joe Melnyk
Audrey Webb
Charles Ballou
Dean Skinner
Ebar Schultz
JFK
N. E. Halaby
Royster
Bill Young
Ole Debbil
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