Neosho River gains a dam to tame flood risks
The John Redmond dam near Burlington advances to completion after years of funding and construction begun in 1959. The project, costing about 32 million dollars, will create a conservation pool and regulate downstream flows reducing floods drastically, though not eliminating them entirely, as studies show historical floods could have been controlled.
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Burlington
Neosho River
Kansas
Neosho
Mother Nature
John Redmond
Iola
Parsons
Hope Glows Dies Out in Hazleton Mine Rescue Effort
In Hazleton Pennsylvania rescuers probe four shafts seeking Louis Bova entombed since August 13 with David Fellin and Henry Throne. A phantom call heard on a microphone proved sand, while enlarging a 12 inch hole to 30 inches and then 22 inches, may allow a rescuer to enter. Fellin and Throne were rescued earlier and hospitalized.
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Hazleton
Louis Bova
Daniel Bova
Louis
Bova
Sheppton
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Fellin
Throne
Hazleton State Hospital
H. Beecher Charmbury
Charmbury
Lola Woman Driver Killed Near Paola
A 30 year old Lola Kansas woman, Donna L Thompson, was killed on U S 169 three miles north of Paola in a three vehicle crash as a station wagon hit a car stopped behind another preparing to turn left. Light rain was reported. Drivers Dennis Bowman and James W Burton, both Paola residents, suffered minor injuries.
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Paola
Kan
Lola
Kansas
U. S. 169
Donna L. Thompson
Highway Patrol
Dennis Bowman
James W. Burton
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka for 24 Hours to 9 AM
Kansas traffic death log reports 2 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday for August. The year 1963 totals 372 deaths, compared with 391 in the comparable period of 1962.
Intercepted Letter Predicts Dam Will Shield City
An intercepted letter to Cha discusses the John Redmond dam's role in flood control during rain and water supply during droughts. It asserts the dam will top floods in wet seasons and halt water shortages in severe droughts, ending with a closing sign-off.
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John Redmond
Eight Bodies Found in Mine Tragedy at Utah Potash Shaft
In Moab Utah rescuers, delayed by safety checks, found eight bodies after a potash mine blast that trapped 25 workers. Two were rescued earlier in good condition, five were believed alive behind debris, while 10 remained missing. Fresh air base plan postponed rescue for 24 hours, carbon monoxide blamed for deaths.
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Moab
Utah
Casper Nelson
Nelson
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Tippie
Donald Hanna
Price
Paul McKinney
Hanna
McKinney
Hanna and
New Law Heads Off Strike and Rail Arbitration Board
Washington AP management named its two members for the arbitration board to decide the main issues in the rail work rules dispute. the law must have the panel ready in 10 days, with four union and public members to follow, reducing the strike threat while critics warn of future disputes.
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Washington
J.E. Wolfe
Chicago
National Railway Labor Conference
Guy W. Knight
Philadelphia
Eastern Carriers
Kennedy
House
Senate
Congress
Rail Management
Labor Day Holiday For Long Weekend In Chanute
Tomorrow will mark the start of a three day Labor Day weekend with city offices and most state and county offices closed Saturday morning through Tuesday. Post office will have Sunday like service with no mail delivery. Public library and The Tribune will be closed Monday. No formal observance planned.
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Ine Post Olice
Chanute
the Tribune
Burglars Take Cash From Chanute Auto Parts
About 150 dollars was stolen in a break in at Chanute Auto Parts 11 N. Central. Police said 137 dollars plus change from a cash drawer were taken after a hole was broken in a south window and the safe entered by working the combination lock. Sheriff George Neely aided the initial investigation.
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Chanute Auto Parts
N. Central
Jim Scott
George Neely
Enrollment at Missouri tops fourteen thousand seven hundred
Columbia Missouri AP reports the University of Missouri opens its 125th academic year on September 8 with an expected enrollment of 14 750, about 750 more students than last year.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Inter-State Fair hog champions crowned by 4H member
At Coffeyville Kansas the Inter-State Fair featured duroc hogs with Dwayne Messnar nine of Caney a 4H member showing the reserve champion while Jerry Jones twenty a Future Farmer from Pryor Oklahoma’s Whittaker State Orphans Home led the champion hog both hogs were duel rocuers in the show
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Coffeyville
Kan
Dwayne Messnar
Caney
Jerry Jones
Farmer of America
Whittaker State Orphans Home
Pryor
Okla
Spurling resigns as Chanute animal control officer
Chanute Humane Society officials said several applicants are under consideration but no replacement hired yet. Kenneth Spurling has resigned from the post effective September 1.
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Chanute Humane Society
Kenneth Spurling
Spurling
Civil rights march in Washington stirs nation to action
Washington AP reports a massive peaceful march ending at the Lincoln Memorial drew about 200000 participants. Speakers warned the demonstration was only a beginning as Kennedy and King urged progress on civil rights legislation, with police noting the event as highly organized and largely without incident.
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Washington
America
Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert V. Murray
Red
Cross
Congressional
Kennedy
King
Washington Monument
State Department
Potomac River
A. Philip Randolph
Weather forecast and record highs across Kansas today
Temperatures ranged from mid 60s tonight to upper 80s Friday with fair skies. Highs reached 105 at Eureka and 100 at Wichita and Emporia as a cold front moved southeast, bringing brief showers from Emporia to Wichita and extra rain along the edge near Salina.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Eureka
Wichita
Chanute
Emporia
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Edson
Eureka Lake
Boy Survives Fall From Express Train Near Sarajevo
Eight year old Vanca Skubev opened the wrong door while seeking the wash room on a speeding express train near Sarajevo. Passengers alerted the crew who stopped and backed up the train, locating the boy bruised but unharmed a half hour later.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
Politka
Vanca Skubev
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