Chanute Schools Jam Science Evaluation Gains National Notice
Chanute City Schools’ science evaluation report, led by Dell Reed and a cross‑grade committee, earned national attention as a pilot study showing strong performance in many areas and calls for expanded offerings. Johnson of the U S Office of Education visited Kansas to invite Chanute to submit further work.
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Chanute
United States
Educa
Ton
Johnson
Lloyd K. John
Sesson
Tems
Kansas
Dell Reed
Charles Day
Pansy Sale
Marion P. Stevens
Delbert Tolbert
Murray Hill Pr
Ray Zumalt
Warren J. Bell
Topeka
Lloyd
Left Hand Pitch Rolls Near Perfect 299 in Merchants League
Dick Rose of 406 N Evergreen opened with a string of strikes at Sportsman Bowl Monday night. He eyed a perfect 300 but ended with a 299 after a single misstep, the first near flawless effort in the local alley, matched only once by John Williams years ago.
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Dick Rose
N. Evergreen
Merchants League
John Williams
N. Western
Two-Tractor Crash Fatal for Farmer Near Ottawa
Ottawa AP reports 65 year old farmer Frank C Strafuss was killed when crushed between two tractors in his mile field northeast of the city. Sheriff Max Gilmore said Strafuss was likely attempting to free a stuck tractor and combine.
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Ottawa
Frank C. Strafuss
Here
Max Gilmore
Strafuss
Weather Temperatures Today and Forecast for Kansas
Clear mild weather dominated Kansas with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and lows in the 20s. The forecast calls for fair skies and moderating northerly winds through Thursday with a chilly night and a high around 40 to 45.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
Wichita
Chanute
Olathe
Goodland
Pittsburg
Concordia
New JFK plan to lower tariffs and expand trade
President Kennedy urged a new and bold program to lower tariffs and boost trade with the European Common Market. He said reciprocal cuts would strengthen the West and warned against economic isolation while outlining possible Congress powers to negotiate broader tariff categories.
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New York
Kennedy
West
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
Katanga Front At a Glance
United Nations air strikes wiped out four Katanga planes after bombing the U.N. airfield as mortar fire hit the headquarters area and the old airfield where Katanga troops were deployed. Washington said 21 more air transport planes would be added to six Globemaster bombers for U.N. use, while London backed U.N. defense rights and U.S. support for the Congo mandate.
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Associated Press
Elisabethville
United Nations
U.N
Washington
United States
Katanga
State Department
Congo
K. A. S. Raja
Kolwezi
Luluabourg
Kasai
Leopoldville
U.N. Command
Jadotville
U.S. Air Force
Stockholm
Irth
Dublin
Albert Nyembo
United Navas
Abdul Latif Suegar
Theft Tie-in In Rock Island Burglary Case
Two men, Jack Lee Duncan and William R. Darah, were arrested in Rock Island on November 29, tied to a burglary at Edmiston during Thanksgiving. About $6,000 in clothing was stolen, with $18,000 reportedly found in a car linked to Darah and a rear pile at the Rock Island store. Both suspects posted $5,000 bonds and face a preliminary Rock Island hearing Friday.
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Rock Island
Ill
Edmiston
Jack Lee Duncan
Kansas City
William R. Darah
Joplin
Darah
Edmiston’s
Truck Freed After Seven Hour Overpass Rescue Near Wellington
A heavy construction truck bound for the Mac Connell Air Force Base missile complex became wedged under a turnpike overpass two miles north of Wellington. Crews towed it free around midnight after about seven hours of work.
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Wichita
Mac Connell Air Force Base
Here
Wellington
Two Area Projects In Highway Letting
Bids will be opened in Hutchinson on Dec 21 for state highway and county secondary road improvements in 15 Kansas counties. Included is 3 miles of bituminous base and surfacing west from about 4 miles south of Chanute to the Neosho-Wilson County line. Also up for bid in Allen County is 3.1 miles of asphaltic bituminous base and surfacing north from a junction with US 54 about 4 miles east of LaHarpe.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Jaddison H. Meschke
Chanute
Neosho-Wilson County
Allen County
LaHarpe
Erie man Hibbs gets 90 days for second IDWI conviction
Hibbs 73 of Erie was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail by the justice of the peace court yesterday for driving while intoxicated. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said the arrest occurred Monday night in Erie and noted it was Hibbs second IDWI conviction.
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Erie
David
Hibbs
Justice of the Peace Court
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Electric Lights Demand for Amish Buggy Safety
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a new state law requires electric lights on Amish buggies for the first time. The measure aims to improve safety as most Amish have previously used red glass reflectors or traditional lighting.
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Lancaster, Pa
Indian tribes win 25.5 million land claim award
The Indian Claims Commission approves a 25.5 million award for the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Oklahoma Wyoming and Montana in a land seizure case linked to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851. About 10 000 Indians would share the funds with deductions for prior payments. The decision may be appealed and payment awaits Congress appropriations.
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Washington
Indian Claims Commission
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Montana
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Fort Laramie
William Howard Payne
Payne
Claims Commission
Court of Claims
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka For December 1961
Kansas traffic death log reports 500 fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am Wednesday, December 1961, compared with 467 in the same period in 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Fire at Parkview Drug Store in KC Brought Under Control
A two hour battle by 12 fire companies stopped a basement fire at Parkview Drug Store at 12th and Main St Kansas City caused smoke and water damage to nearby stores with no injuries reported. Manager Peter J O'Donnell evacuated the building and called firefighters after attempting to fight the blaze with a hand extinguisher.
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Kansas City
Aoe
Parkview
12Th
Main St
Peter J. O'Donnell
Missing Man's Body Found Near Seneca
The body of 86 year old Ed Dignan, missing since Saturday, was found today in a corn field about 100 yards east of Seneca. Up to 200 volunteers had searched for him.
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Seneca
Ed Dignan
Ed Haug
Reservists complain about duties at Ft McClellan
Forty three reservists recalled to duty October 15 wrote to the Kansas City Star detailing inadequate training and pay at Fort McClellan Alabama. They said five weeks on post yielded only six hours of chemical training and basic training repetition. Captain Ellis said he had no prior knowledge of the letter and no complaints.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Ft. McClellan
704Th Chemical Maintenance Co
Kan SS
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
Warren R. Ellis
Star
Inspector General’s Department
Eee
Inmans Condition Described as Improved
Donald Inman of Lawrence injured in a two car crash on highway K39 west of here. His 4 year old daughter Julia also injured and in satisfactory condition. Five people died including Inmans wife. Albert Malloy 17 Iola the sole survivor in one car was discharged from Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Donald Inman
Lawrence
K39
Here
Julia
Inman
Albert Malloy
Iola
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Train Stolen to Gain Freedom
An East German road engineer and 24 associates hijacked a steam locomotive along with eight cars near Oranienburg on a late night escape toward West Berlin. The group sped at 50 mph, bypassing a border area, with family members aboard, including a newborn, and evaded border guards without firing a shot. The plan, devised days earlier, aimed to flee amid shortages and political pressure in East Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Harry Deterling
East Germany
Hartmut Lichy
Deterling
Oranienburg-Albrechtshof
Oranienburg
Albrechtsof
Air Forces clash as UN ties Katanga in Congo fighting
Air actions engulf Elisabethville and Kolwezi as UN jets and Katanga planes trade blows. The UN claims destruction of Katanga aircraft and a Katanga bomb attack on Elisabethville airport. Ground clashes, mortar fire, and reinforcements from Sweden and Ireland shape the second day of Katanga's resistance to the UN mandate.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations
U.N
Kolwezi
Congo
U.S
Britain
Faerie Shoe
Leopoldville
Coffeyville Crash Injuries Are Fatal
Charles McIntosh age 65 of Mountain Grove Missouri died from injuries after a fog bound collision six miles northwest of Coffeyville on a county road. A pickup and a car sideswiped then another car struck the truck pinning McIntosh, he was taken here for chest surgery.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles McIntosh
Mountain Grove
Kaw
Coffeyville
McIntosh
Insurance policy protects shoppers in holiday rush
A travel insurer in Los Angeles California Secure-Or-Triphas offers a $1 policy paying up to $5,000 to holders who lose life sight or limb in shopping crowds during the Christmas season as a precaution.
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Los Angeles
California
Cincinnati Father Reunites With Son
A Cincinnati father travels to Jacksonville to seek custody of his 3 year old son Kenneth Deel Jr after the boy was found wandering alone in downtown Jacksonville a week earlier. Deel had seen the child’s photo in a Cincinnati newspaper and said his estranged wife held custody. Her whereabouts and how the boy reached Jacksonville remain unknown.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Cincinnati
Kenneth Deel
Kenneth Jr
Deel
Auto industry agrees to anti pollution devices for 1963 cars
Detroit AP reports the auto industry will equip all new cars and trucks with anti air pollution devices starting with the 1963 model year. Positive crankcase ventilation systems or blowby devices gain AMA backing after a health department push.
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Detroit
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Automobile Manufacturers ‘Association Today
California
U S Plan for First Manned Mercury Orbit in January
NASA announced the first U S manned Mercury orbital flight will occur early next year with John H Glenn Jr as the pilot and M Scott Carpenter as backup. The agency ruled out further animal tests after the chimp Enos flight and confirmed readiness of the Mercury Atlas system.
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Washington
M AP
U.S
Space Agency
John H. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
theSoviet Union
Enos
M. Scott Carpenter
Glenn
Marine Corps
Caney Man Pleads Guilty to Driving While Intoxicated
Norris M. Bryan, 45, of Caney pleaded guilty in police court to a charge of driving while intoxicated and was fined $125. Police arrested Bryan at 4th and Lincoln around midnight after following his car from a tavern driveway. He remained in the city jail pending the fine payment.
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Norris M. Bryan
Caney
Bryan
4Th
Lincoln
Local Drivers Plead Guilty on License Offenses
Two men, Bob Bluejacket of Tulsa and Norman Wilson of Inglewood, were arrested by the highway patrol on license charges and held overnight. Bluejacket pled guilty to allowing an unauthorized driver to operate a vehicle. Wilson to speeding and driving with a suspended license. Budgets set: Bluejacket fined $10 and $5 costs. Wilson $60 and $5 costs.
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Bob Bluejacket
Tulsa
Norman Wilson
Inglewood
Calif
Highway Patrol
Bluejacket
Wilson
Injured Hutchinson 92-year-old dies after street crossing
Clarence Bill Colle of Hutchinson, aged 92, died Tuesday after being struck by a car while attempting to cross a Hutchinson street on Monday. Authorities report the fatality in the city where the incident occurred.
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Hutchinson
Clarence
Bill) Colle
Hutchinson Street
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