New School Insurance Program Boosts Coverage and Savings
The Board of Education approved a new school and institutional property insurance plan designed to raise coverage to 90 percent of value while cutting overall costs by about 32 percent. The change replaces the older deductible system with a plan offering five year policies and simplified budgeting. The action follows a 1960s period of rising needs and includes creating a 30 member lay panel to study ten year building needs.
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Board of Education
George Erickson
Topeka
Dale Steinman
Chanute Insurance Board
Erickson
Thirteen Injured In Milwaukee Truck Train Crash
AP report from Milwaukee says thirteen people were injured, none seriously, when a Milwaukee Road passenger train hit a stalled trailer truck carrying a three-quarter-ton crane at a crossing. Twelve were treated and released. Kenneth Cohannon of Sheboygan, a railroad trail clerk, was hospitalized for a back injury.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Kenneth Cohannon
Sheboygan
Savanna
Neosho County Board of Realtors Links with State and National Groups
The newly formed Neosho County Board of Realtors has been accepted by both state and national associations. President Richard Wood of Erie announced the organization grew to 13 brokers and 12 salesmen, with Ebur Schultz of Chanute as vice president and Gail Malson of Chanute as secretary-treasurer. A recent meeting at Tioga Hotel reviewed county real estate affairs, with another gathering scheduled for January 9 at noon at the Tioga.
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Neosho County
the Tioga
Girl Scout Drive Starts December 12
Dr. R. W. Good announces a two day Girl Scout fund drive beginning December 12 conducted by Girl Scout workers. There will be no porch light drive this year. contributions from those not contacted may be given to Dr. Good or Girl Scout leaders.
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R. W. Good
Dr. Good
Kennedy Eisenhower Meet On Peace and Transfer of Power
President Eisenhower and President-elect Kennedy held a joint conference at the White House lasting over three hours to discuss major global peace security and freedom issues. They were joined by Herter Anderson and Gates for later talks with aides Hagerty and Salinger releasing a statement stressing orderly transfer of executive responsibility and commitment to peace with justice in freedom for all nations.
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White House
Washington
Kennedy
John Fennedy
Eisenhower
United States
Christian A. Herter
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Defense
Thomas §. Gates Jr
James C. Hagerty
Pierre Salinger
Anderson
Hagerty
Salinger
Georgetown
William J. Green
Jury Heard in Judgment Case Involving Summers Taxi Co
The district court jury heard a judgment action filed by Mary Ann Hudson of Iola against M. E. Summers Taxi Co. of Chanute and driver Marion Alexander over a December 1959 Chanute traffic crash. Hudson seeks 7500 dollars plus costs. her husband seeks 3500 dollars and costs in a related suit.
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ERIE
M. E. Summers Taxi Co
Chanute
Marion Alexander
Mary Ann Hudson
Iola
Alexander
Hudson
Inez Bray
Clara Gilliland
Bert L. Barnes
K. O. Adams
Raymond Burghart
Vincent A. Saving
Russell Page
James W. Beech
Cecil A. Angleton
Eric
George Vitt
Agnes Carter
St.Paul
Lester Gimmel
Stark
Two Men Indicted In Slaying of Officer
A Clay County grand jury has indicted LeRoy Lee Larson and Billy Edward Miles for the November 25 slaying of Bennie Alden Hudson, a 22 year old Kansas City patrolman. Both suspects are held without bond on first degree murder charges. a third man is being sought and Larson admitted to the shooting.
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Liberty
Clay County
Bennie Alden’ Hudson
Kansas City
LeRoy Lee Larson
Billy Edward Miles
Richard E. McFadin
Larson
Hudson
Weather forecast hints at cold, snow flurries through Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness and colder through Wednesday with a chance of snow flurries tonight and Wednesday. Highs in the 30s expected. extreme western Kansas reports a major southwestern storm bringing around 20 degrees and light snow. Forecaster Richard Garrett says chilly weather persists with clearing skies and fresh northerly winds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Traffic Fatalities Log Highlights December 1960 Data
TOPEKA AP reports Kansas road death tolls over recent periods. December 1960 shows 461 fatalities, compared with 542 for the same period in 1959.
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Topeka
Kansas
Young Wife Returns Everything Is Okay After Disappearance
Wanda Mathewson a 19 year old mother returned to Topeka police headquarters saying the family misunderstanding caused her disappearance. Her husband Max Mathewson 23 had reported her missing after babysitting. Police could not immediately verify where she had been since she took a sitter home at 2 30 a m Sunday.
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Topeka
Wanda Mathewson
Max Mathewson
Mathewson
Counselor Quits Kansas City Post
Kansas City AP reports Richard H. Koenigsdorf resigns from his $1,280-a-month city counselor post effective December 31 to devote more time to private law practice. He has held the job since June 29 1959.
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Kansas City
Richard H. Koenigsdorf
Koenigsdorf
Legislators Plan to Ask Orleans Board to Resign
In New Orleans twenty three white children attended integrated William Frantz School as deputies cleared a one block area around the building. Legislators prepared to urge the Orleans Parish School Board to resign, with Rep. Risley C. Triche saying financing hinges on board stepping aside. Vandals painted the former Rev. Lloyd Foreman home, and police questioned dozens as Supt. Giarrusso warned of arrests. The legislature froze state funds to block payroll financing, while the boycott persisted at McDonagh School with only three Negro first graders enrolled. token integration remains in effect with sex-separated classes.
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Fisher
Floyd Naff
Kansas
New Orleans
William Frantz
Orleans Parish
Lloyd Foreman
Joseph Giarrusso
Louisiana
McDonagh No
Cold Weather Grips Rockies With Snow Toll
A two day snowstorm in the northern and central Rockies left eight inch snow depths in Denver and icy highways blamed for two deaths. Victims include Ray R. McFarlin, 73, of Akron, Colorado and Norma Mae Madewell, 22, of Durango, Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Rockies
West Yellowstone
Mont
Big Piney
Wyo
Wyoming
New Mexico
Ray R. McFarlin
Akron
Norma Mae Madewell
Durango
Driver Admits Killing Pedestrian in Kansas City
Police said Ronald Leon Potter 27 on parole from Missouri Penitentiary admitted in a signed statement early today he drove the car that killed a 75 year old pedestrian in Kansas City Missouri. He will be charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident. Potter was arrested at a restaurant.
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Kansas City, Kan
Missouri Penitentiary
Kansas City
Ronald Leon Potter
Potter
November Police Court Bond and Incident Report Summary
The November police report notes court bonds fell from 616 in October to 515 in November with year to date total 6 780. Parking meter fines dropped to 348 from 393 bringing 11 month total to 3 543. Major activity included arrests of three men for break ins and thefts who pled guilty and were sentenced to prison terms. A Pioneer Hardware Co warehouse burglary remained unsolved. Calls for service decreased from 279 to 220. Eighteen misdemeanor arrests occurred including eight for intoxication and one each for DWI and disturbing the peace. Speeding led traffic arrests with three, followed by illegal parking two and single counts for several offenses. Sixteen traffic accidents were investigated, 13 fewer than October, including one fatality and two serious injuries. Accidents involved 23 men and 11 women drivers, all but three daytime. Highest collision rates were among ages 20–24, then 17–19 and 65+. Police cars logged 6 291 miles and used 526 gallons of gasoline. Sixty one meals were purchased for prisoners.
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Police Department
Pioneer Hardware Co
Waffie
Second Degree Murder Charged in Infant Death
Judith Lee Harbaugh, 20, facing second degree murder charges for beating her 11 month old son to death with a toy clothes pin. Trial set for December 20 in District Court after Larned State Hospital found her competent to stand trial. baby killed January 5.
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Wichita
Judith Lee Harbaugh
E. E. Lattgast
Larned State Hospital
Ranney Charged With Premeditated Murder in Greek Sailors
Roger Ranney, 26, of Chanute Kansas, is charged with premeditated homicide in the disappearance of Greek sailors George Manteleros and Dimitrios Efstathiou. He admits nothing, claiming innocence and awaiting indictment. Investigators say the Delos and a rowboat were found underwater near Poros and Macronissos islands after Ranney hired the yacht on November 21.
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Athens
Roger Ranney
Chanute
Kas
Ranney
Aegean Sea
Apostolos Liapatas
Piraeus
George Manteleros
Dimitrios Efstathiou
Pireaus
Dimitrios Evghenikos
Delos
Poros Island
Macronissos Island
Macronissos
Greece
Wasser
Topeka Population Surpasses 100000 In Census
The Census Bureau lists Topeka Kansas among U S cities with 100000 plus residents. National shifts show St Louis dropping to 10th, Kansas City Missouri rising to 27th, Wichita climbing to 51st, and Kansas City Kansas slipping to 99th with Topeka posting 119,484 people.
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Washington
Topeka
Kan
United States
Census Bureau
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wichita
Soviet Urgent Meeting Requested on Congo Crisis at UN
The Soviet Union asked for an urgent United Nations Security Council session at 8:30 p.m. to address the Congo arrest of Patrice Lumumba. Valerian Zorin demanded Lumumba’s release, army disarmament, and expulsion of Belgian personnel, while Guinea and Mali withdrew from a Congo conciliation commission.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Zorin
11-Nation Council
U.N
Lumumba
Col
Joseph Mobutu
United Arab Republic
U.N. Congo
Leopoldville
Guinea
Mali
General Assembly
Joseph Kasavubu
U.A.R
Hassan El-Zayyat
Kasavubu
Mobutu
Sekou Toure
Hammarskjold
Schnacke Heads Kansas GOP
Donald P. Schnacke was named state chairman of the Kansas Republican Party in Topeka. He vows improved communication with 6,000 precinct leaders and plans a monthly newsletter and year round fundraising. He notes gains with eight other state offices and five of six congressional races, but cites disappointments in presidential and some legislative and county races.
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Topeka
Donald P.schnacke
Republican Party
Schnacke
GOP
John Anderson
James B. Pearson
Sam Mellinger
Emporia
Anderson
Pearson
Mellinger
Anderson Appointments Planned After Christmas
TOPEKA AP Gov elect John Anderson said he will begin announcing state appointments sometime after Christmas. He described appointees as able and conscientious men. Anderson, a Republican, will succeed Gov George Docking on January 9.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Anderson
George Docking
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LaRue Delp
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Great Bend
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