Nine Inches of Rain Floods Wichita Area
Rains over nine inches flooded Wichita streets and low areas prompting evacuations in isolated zones. Police and sheriff dispatchers reported boats aiding calls while traffic slowed and cars stalled in water two hours deep on Broadway. Rivers rose but further heavy rain was not expected. Local crews sandbagged entry points to the Kansas Turnpike and Eastgate center.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita
Topeka Weather Bureau
Meridian St
Eastgate
Haysville
Weather Bureau
Three Chanute Boys Endure Severe Farm Storm Overnight
A group of three Chanute boys and their fathers braved a wild weekend storm west of Buffalo. Gusts reached 95 mph, hail nearly golf ball size battered the tent, yet the campers held fast and saved the shelter. Afterward they dried out at the Raifsnyder home and completed their overnight campout.
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Chris
Ross
Don R. Abbuehl
Scott
Robert O. Blunk Jr
Buffalo
Chanute
Raifsnyder
Compromise Bill on Medical Care Aimed by Congress
Congress moves to conference a compromise aged medical care bill after House approval. Kennedy loses bid to expand Social Security health benefits, while a limited state grant bill passes 91 to 2 in the Senate. Nixon backed plan fails. Kerr Symington Monroney oppose.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Robert S. Kerr
Dokla
Clifford P. Case
Richard M. Nixon
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Schoeppel
Carlson
Nixon
Wasser
Symington
Kerr and Monroney
Gulf Oil to Cut 625 Jobs at Philadelphia Refinery
Gulf Oil Corp announced 625 layoffs at its Philadelphia refinery, the second cut this year, due to oversupply of crude oil and products worldwide.
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Philadelphia
Gulf Oil Corp
Tulsa Woman Injured In Crash At Earlton
Mrs. Richard Sapp a 48 year old Tulsa resident was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for a leg fracture cuts and bruises after a crash on US 169 curves west of Earlton. Her husband drove the 1946 Buick which struck a tree causing about 150 dollars in damage.
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Richard Sapp
Tulsa
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Earlton
Highway Patrol
Neodesha 4-Hers plan Chanute tour of city spots
Neodesha area 4 H club members from the Chamber of Commerce arranged a 10 am tour of Chanute city departments and businesses next Monday. They will visit the police and fire departments The Tribune Bank of Commerce and the Chanute Broom Co Mrs Hazel Tefft will accompany as adult leader.
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Neodesha
Chamber of Commerce
Police and Fire Departments
the Tribune
Bank of Commerce
Chanute Broom Co
Hazel Tefft
Typhoon Carmen Strikes Korea Killing and Displacing
Typhoon Carmen swept across South Korea with 80 mile per hour winds killing three people and leaving five hundred homeless. Two persons are missing as the national police report the disaster in Seoul and coastal regions.
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Seoul
South Korea
Carmen
Weather forecast shows clouds and storms this week
Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms expected tonight and Thursday. Lows around 70 tonight with highs in the 80s on Thursday.
FAA Facility Here Aids Chanute Plane Flights
The Chanute Municipal Airport FAA station with 11 staff provides 24 hour flight assistance and weather briefing, filing flight plans, and teletype notifications along routes. Upgrades include expanding VOR capacity to guide more routes and add distance readouts within two years.
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FAA
Chanute Station
Bur
O'Connor
Ichief
Max White
Chanute
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Wilbur Mace
Chanute Municipal
White
Vilas
LFR
Burl O'Connor
Tribune
35 Teenagers At Police Station
About 36 teen agers were taken to the police station after a disturbance in front of 26 W Main. Officers said the group caused noise and teased a crippled youth. A businessman reported the group damaged his window and dispersed after release to parents with a warning.
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W. Main
Topeka Couple Sought for Six Bogus Checks Totalling 478.25
Police Chief Lige Matlock said a warrant will be issued for former Topeka residents Leslie and Martha Brown over six counterfeit checks totaling 478.25 passed weeks ago in Topeka and Ottawa Fort Scott Pittsburg and other cities. The checks were drawn on two Topeka banks, signed Dale Pufahl, and cashed by a pregnant woman with a child in tow.
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Lige Matlock
Topeka
Leslie
Martha Brown
Matlock
McCune Clothing
Munger's
Edmiston’s
Wilsons Clothiers
Naff and Bolze
Olson's Market
Ottawa
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Leslie C. Brown
Dale Pufahl
Pufahl
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Four Teens Die in Car Truck Crash in Opelousas
In Opelousas Louisiana a head on collision between a 1959 sedan and a trailer-truck killed four teens from Port Barrie and left another 18 year old injured. Victims were Kenneth Lee McJunkins Connie Frances Hatten Shirley Ann Randall and Sherry Mayer all 17 or 18. Freddye Leblanc was in critical condition.
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Opelousas
Kenneth Lee McJunkins
Connie Frances Hatten
Shirley Ann Randall
Sherry Mayer
Freddye Leblanc
Port Barrie
Tribune Phone Help Line Urges Evening Contact
Readers urged to call their Tribune phone number after 6 p.m. if their carrier is unavailable or the contact cannot be reached, with the recommendation to dial 700 in such cases.
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Tribune
City Tax Hike For Phone Users On August Bills
Chanute subscribers will pay 17 cents more per month on August phone bills to cover a city tax assessment. The Kansas Corporation Commission required the tax pass through, retroactive to July, totaling 34 cents in August. The city tax annual amount is 7,967.13 dollars, with outside-city customers exempt.
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Chanute Telephone
al Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Chanute
Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell
Endres
Commission
Endress
Sailor seeks mother in Arkansas City search ends
A 19 year old Navy sailor Emery Stewart, stationed in Charleston, S C, ends his long search for his mother Charlotte Mae Wichert Strand of Cathedral City California after a letter from Mrs Strand reaches the Arkansas City Daily Traveler. Strand says she has followed the search and asks Emery and his wife to contact her.
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Arkansas City
Charlotte Wichert Strand
Cathedral City
Calif
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Emery Stewart
Associated Press
Kansas
Strand
Marie Wichert
Emporia
Stewart
Navy
Charleston
S. C
Charlotte Mae Wichert
the Traveler
Pomona
Dennadean Dries
Riverside
Election Trial Set for Sept. 16 in Third District Race
Probate Judge John Hemphill announced a Sept. 16 hearing at 9 a.m. for Walter Chappell contesting the GOP nomination for county commissioner in the Aug. 2 primary. Chappell earned 615 votes to incumbent D. I. C. Diver’s 624. associates will assist, with inquiries into alleged counting errors affecting all eight precincts at the Erie County Courthouse.
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Walter Chappell
John Hemphill
Chappell
GOP
D. i C. Diver
Hemphill
Chanute
Erie
Marion Showalter
Mother and Three Daughters Die in Kitchen Fire
Detroit AP reports a mother Billie Rae Mes Glouthin age 26 and her children Theresa 6 Kathy 4 and Kimberly 2 suffocated as smoke from a kitchen blaze filled their home in suburban Southgate. Lt John Osborne said the mother ran from the home then died returning to save the children.
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Detroit
Southgate
John Osborne
Billie Rae Mes Glouthin
Theresa
Kathy
Kimberly
Boy Dies After Fall From Car In Newburgh Traffic
In Newburgh New York a father Heinrich Rhiehme of Rochester reports his son Stefan 10 vanished from the rear seat of a moving car. A wine down window was open and a truck driver warned not to return. Police say several vehicles struck the boy.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Heinrich Rhiehme
Rochester
Stefan
Traffic Fatalities Logged In Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 24 hours to 9 am with 1960 figures near 291 and comparable 1959 period at 337. The report records fatalities in Topeka and surrounding roads as part of the state count.
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Topeka
Kansas
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