Chanute considers 8-mill tax levy for 1960 budget
Chanute plans an 8 mill tax levy totaling 78 661 based on 9 832 694 valuation to fund bond and interest and city utilities operations for 1960 The proposed budget totals 2 213 789 up from 2 051 810 last year with most increases in bond and interest and general operating funds.
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Chanute
Tribune
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Cities Service
City Commission
Memorial Building
Neosho County
White rabbit found by Chanute resident amid July rainfall record
Charles Gottlieb found a small white rabbit with red eyes in his yard and plans to keep it briefly to locate its owner. Chanute saw heavy rainfall in July totaling 11.36 inches, the highest monthly total since 1950, contributing to a wet year with 26.20 inches by July and a 7.79 inch downpour in mid-July.
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Charles Gottlieb
Tennessee
Mrs. Gottlieb
Two Jailbreakers Captured After Arkansas Manhunt
Eddie Weathers of Fuller ton California and Edvin Kervalis a 17 year old AWOL soldier surrendered to Trooper James Cottrell on a highway near Fort Smith Arkansas. The pair had escaped from Cassville Missouri after wounding a guard, fled through rugged terrain, and were armed with a shotgun taken from a hostage. Both were exhausted and had not eaten since Saturday.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Eddie Weathers
Fullerton
Calif
Edvin Kervalis
James Cottrell
Cassville
Fayetteville
Missouri
Weathers
Bricklayer Rescued From 42-Foot Well
Ottawa firemen rescued bricklayer Frank Weis who plunged 42 feet into a mud filled well on Dale Dieterich farm Monday. Weis, of Princeton Kansas, landed seated in two feet of water and mud and was stretchered to a hospital for treatment of injuries.
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Ottawa
Kan
Dale Dieterich
Frank Weis
Princeton
Barden accuses labor of trying to take over
Rep. Graham A. Barden charged labor representatives with attempting to seize control of the House Labor Committee during its six week drafting sessions. He asked for open debate on the labor bill, criticizing Hoffa's allies in the AFL CIO. GOP leaders urged Eisenhower to push reforms against union abuses, possibly using radio and TV.
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Labor
Washington
Graham A. Barden
D-Nc
Organized Labor
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
House
Eisenhower
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Halleck
Steel Building To Be Built For Industry
Chanute chamber officials report plans for a 12000 square foot Butler steel building to aid industrial development. The site is not fixed yet, with grain storage use expected but lease or sale possible. Building planned by Sept. 1 to help attract new industry as a survey continues.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Brown
Chamber
Brown
Marlin Blackston
Dale Painter
Howard Jester
Les Matthews
Robert N. Allen
A. E. Endres
Floyd Naif
Carl Pate
Mahlon
Morley
E. W. Johnson
Allen
Nowata
Okla
Johnson
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in 24 Hour Period
AP report shows Kansas traffic fatalities for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. totaled 334 for 1959, compared with 296 in the same period of 1958, per state accident records.
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Topeka
Kansas
Retirement ends 54 year machinist career of Parrish
C A Parrish a longtime Santa Fe roundhouse machinist and foreman retires at 73 after a 54 year career beginning in 1905. He worked in Chanute and at the Santa Fe roundhouse, served as a machinist and roundhouse foreman, held a federal inspection post 1929 to 1954, and plans travel with his wife along with hobbies in gardening, fishing, and assisting about 50 couples to buy homes.
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John Nation
Edwin Rideau
Walter Poor
Ebar Schultz
Parrish
Santa Fe
C. A. Parrish
W. 5Th
Chanute
Wichita
Cleveland
Tex
Steuben
Wilson County State Lake
Thayer Lake
California
Arizona
Santa Fe Railroad
Tribune
Heatwave Drives Record Power Use in Chanute
Chanute swelters as temperatures near 100 degrees with a peak load of 8,300 kilowatts and a full 24 hour output of 147,500 kilowatts, breaking 1957 records. Forecasters predict continued hot, fair weather with highs around 100 to 105 and isolated afternoon thundershowers in northern counties.
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Chanute
R. J. Hayes
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Coldwater
Garden City
Dodge City
Russell
Hutchinson
Abilene
Wichita
Salina
Concordia
Hill City
Manhattan
Wamega
Olathe
Goodland
Tribune
German Widow Heads Home After Plan Not To Marry
A Mississippi widower, Lokie G. Lynch, says he never planned to marry Astrid Manns of Germany who arrived in New York with four of her five children. He claimed publicity was wrong and that he only wanted a housekeeper, not a wife, prompting the German family to leave for parts unknown.
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New York
Astrid Manns
Germany
Lokie G. Lynch
Oxford
Santa Claus
Ind
Why Shucks
United States
Lynch
Woman shoots cougar near Snake River cabin
Rosie Bass, an early riser at a Riggins Idaho cabin, fired on a cougar on a ledge near the Snake River, killing it. She said her menfolk berated her for waking them, but finally agreed to inspect the carcass after the weekend incident.
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Riggins
Idaho
Rosie Bass
Snake River
Court Rules Against Unfair Practices Act
Kansas Supreme Court strikes down state Unfair Practices Act as unconstitutional. The law barred selling goods below cost with set markups and charges. it exempted grain and feed dealers, violating equal protection and uniform operation requirements.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Khrushchev to Visit United States in September
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev is likely to arrive in the United States on September 15 with a Washington stop likely first. State Department officials say the date is not officially confirmed and final word rests with Khrushchev. The visit signals high level U S Soviet diplomacy and possible summit talks.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
State Department
Khrushchev
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Eisenhower
Publication Deadline For Delinquent Taxes
Erie Neosho county taxpayers with delinquent taxes must pay by August 6 to avoid their names being published. Two new Kansas laws require the treasurer to list owner names and property descriptions for uncollected real estate taxes and mandate payment of all unpaid personal taxes before current personal taxes can be accepted.
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Erie
Neosho County
Don Harding
Kansas
Harding
Four Die in Wamego Area Crash Near U S 40 and K 99
A collision south of Wamego killed four people from Leavenworth and Junction City. Lyle Engle agricultural agent and three Burre family members died. Fred Burre Sr. injured, Arthur Burre unconscious. Charles Lewis of Junction City was in a separate vehicle.
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Manhattan
Kan
Leavenworth
Junction City
Wamego
Lyle L. Engle
Edward Burre
John Burre
Charles Glover Lewis
Riley County Hospital
Fred Burre Sr
Arthur Burre
U. S. 40
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lewis
Burres
Engle
Leavenworth County
Kansas State University
Cattle Truck Wreck on US 169 Near Earlton
A cattle truck and trailer overturned after a gasoline saddle tank loosened and caused loss of steering on US 169 near Earlton. Driver Carl Thomas escaped with minor injuries as 85 cattle were en route to Illinois. one animal was killed. Investigating officers: Trooper Duane Houck, Sheriff Jerry Sloan, and Undersheriff George Neely.
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Earlton
Carl Thomas
Thayer
Allen Bros
Liberty
Kas
Thomas
Illinois
Duane Houck
Jerry Sloan
George Neely
House Approves Defense Budget Bill for Fiscal Year
The House passed by voice vote and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing 39.23 billion dollars to finance the Defense Department for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
House
Senate
Defense Department
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Hazen
Stark
Pittsburg State College
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