Legacy Clears Way For Hospital Plans
Neosho Memorial Hospital can proceed with a 376000 program of additions including pediatrics and geriatrics wings and a new X ray unit. A 75000 bond issue will be issued to cover costs, repaid when Nora B Thompson estate funds vest, with construction to start within weeks and contracts awarded by August 30.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital Board
Hospital Board of Trustees
Leslie Cable
Nora B. Thompson
Hospital Board
Cable
Thompson
Necosho County
Neosho Memorial Hospital
C. D. Thompson
Nora E. Thompson
Della Littlefield
la Monte
Littlefield
Lyman M. Littlefield
Board of County Commissioners
Frank Vaughn
Dwight Diver
L. W. Thurman
Hospital Board of
Poor
Hugh T. Jones
Virgil Mix
Stark
Ed Naanes
Erie
Dwight Wallingford
G. W. McDowell
Joe Balch
Humboldt Brick and Tile strike ends with wage increase
Humboldt Brick and Tile Co employees return to work at 7 a.m. with a seven cent per hour raise after a week long strike. About 40 workers involved. contract had a wage opening clause and negotiations had failed prior. Five cents of the increase will be retroactive to June 1. rest applies on return. Charlies Scearce, Local 570 president, confirms settlement.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Brick and Tile Co
Charlies Scearce
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Lightning bolts delay Gemini flight at Cape Kennedy
A series of lightning bolts damaged the Project Gemini launching pad and probably eliminates a two man orbital flight this year. Officials said Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young will likely wait until early 1965 for the first tandem flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John W. Young
Workers Urged to Park Off Main for Shopper Space
Chamber of Commerce retail committee urged employers to have workers park off main street to keep spaces open for customers. Other plans include a sidewalk sale with Mexican Fiesta, coordinating events with the Jaycees, and promoting stock sales in Chanute Development Co to fund local industry efforts. An electrical storm at Cape Kennedy struck the Gemini complex, damaging Titan 2 ground systems and prompting NASA to warn of possible delays to the first manned flight next year.
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Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Chamber
JayvCees
JayCees
Chanute Development Co
Milt Snyder
Fred Harris
Kenneth Caldwell
New Industry Committee
Cape Kennedy
Gemini
Cape
Grissom-Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$12 Cash Stolen From Rural High Office
STARK The Joint Rural High School was broken into last night and $12 in a petty cash drawer stolen. Sheriff George Neely said the double front door was pried open to gain entry. The money was taken from a desk in the school office. nothing else was disturbed.
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STARK
George Neely
Neely
Intercepted Letter to Cha Discusses Time and World Spin
A middle aged correspondent muses that time rushes by and wonders if rocket launches and atomic tests could make the world spin faster. The brief letter ends with a personal aside and a sign off Yours.
Man finds uncashed checks in Chanute gutter
A Chanute man found two uncashed checks in a gutter near the Tioga Hotel. One for 2479.40 made out to an individual, another for 100 to a Kansas City firm. He turned both over to police. the larger check was not traced and a firm name appeared on the smaller one. Both checks were drawn on Kansas City banks.
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Chanute
Tioga Hotel
Kansas City
Local Woman Killed in Garnett Car Crash
Mrs. Josie Brownback, 84, of Garnett was fatally injured Tuesday in a two car collision at an intersection six miles east of Garnett.
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Garnett
Kan
Josie Brownback
Johnson Fortune Totals $3,484 098
An accounting firm hired for President Johnson reported the Johnson family fortune at 3,484,098 dollars with assets totaling 3,682,770 and liabilities 198,672 as of July 31. The First Lady holds most assets at 2,225,634 with 99,36 in liabilities, while Lynda Bird and Luci Baines Johnson show 490,141 and 489,578 respectively with no liabilities.
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Washington
Johnson
Haskins & Sells
Lynda Bird
Luci Baines
Progress Reported in Leukemia Battle
Washington AP report details a Senate Appropriations Committee note on a new cancer research development that could lead to a major breakthrough in pinpointing leukemia's cause. The finding involves virus-like particles in blood that may grow in labs, a step toward establishing causation and possible vaccine development, with a proposed NIH funding package of 140.011 million plus 10 million for virus research programs.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
National Cancer Institute
Senate Committee
NCI
Olympics Relay Rockets Into Orbit
Cape Kennedy Fla AP The Syncom 3 communications satellite rose to a preliminary orbit to relay Olympic television pictures from Japan to North America and Europe and reach a stationary post above the Pacific. Officials hailed early success though it must perform complex maneuvers in 12 days to achieve a true synchronous orbit. The mission, costing nearly 1 million by U S Japanese Canadian and European interests, aims to demonstrate Olympic TV capability with Syncom 3. The 145 pound payload launched aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy at 7 15 am EST, entering a transfer orbit between 700 and 22 300 miles altitude with an 11 hour pass.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Japan
North America
Europe
Pacific Ocean
U.S
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tribune Phone Contact Hint for After Hours
Instruction to reach the Tribune by dialing your carrier if unavailable and to call HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for contact. The note emphasizes after hours access through the specified number and carrier routing.
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Tribune
Humboldt Woman Injured in Plummer Road Crash
A 90 year old Humboldt woman Mrs Mary Felkins sustained wrist and chest injuries in a one car collision on Plummer road about a mile north of Earlton yesterday at 545 pm. She was admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital. Chanute ambulance transported her to the hospital. The vehicle, a 1955 Ford driven by Charles E Hurst 55 of Humboldt, sustained about 100 dollars in damage according to the highway patrol.
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Humboldt
Mary Felkins
Plummer Road
Earlton
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Highway Patrol
Far East Tour Begins for Admiral Sharp in Pacific
Admiral U S Grant Sharp Jr, the U S military commander in the Pacific, departed Honolulu today for an extensive Far East tour detailing regional defense and strategic visits.
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Honolulu
U.S. Grant Sharp Jr
U.S
Pacific
Far East
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area Shifts to New August Totals
AP report from Topeka notes Kansas traffic death tally over the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday shows 44 fatalities for August. The 196-393 figure compares to the comparable 1963 period which logged 362 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Cigarette Showroom Rebound After Slump in June
U S factories shipped about 45.2 billion cigarettes in June, up 8.5 percent from June 1963, as cigarettes rebound after a January government report linking smoking to cancer and heart disease. Small cigars dropped sharply, down from May to June, though June 1964 still beat June 1963.
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Washington
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Luther L. Terry
Area Forecast Misses Rain, Warmer Thru Thursday
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with widely scattered showers or thunderstorms this evening or Thursday. Little cooler Thursday. Low tonight 65 to 70. High Thursday in the 80s.
Kansans Brace for Heat Wave Break as Pacific Front Approaches
Topeka AP reports hot weather across Kansas with a Pacific front arriving late today. Western counties will see cooler air and scattered thundershowers, while northern areas stay largely fair. Daytime highs reach 90 to 95, with tonight’s lows in the upper 60s and Tuesday highs from 79 at Russell to 91 at Garden City.
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Russell
Garden City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Olathe
Explosion at Tampa weed killer plant forces hundreds from homes
A 55 gallon drum of acrolein based underwater weed killer exploded at a Tampa chemical plant, sending noxious fumes into a predominantly Black neighborhood and forcing hundreds to evacuate. More than 100 people were treated for eye and nose irritation cramps and nausea as firemen in gas masks worked to contain the release.
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Tampa
Fla
Lionel Hernandez
Herbert Friedman
Southern Mill Creek Chemical Co
Friedman
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