Amusing Pairings Highlight Chanute-Neosho Directory
The Chanute Neosho county directory from R L Polk lists 6 610 Chanute names and 3 885 county entries with marital status occupations and addresses. It notes 317 business classifications from abstractors to hardware and includes listings for auctioneers blacksmiths dress makers gunsmiths and storm door installers.
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Chanute-Neosho County
R. L. Polk and Co
Chanute
Abbot
Zumalt
Ouster Petition Filed Against Liberal County Sheriff
A civil action seeking removal of Seward County Sheriff Lynn Urwin was filed in district court with backing from the attorney general. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation found envelopes containing 100 dollars each sent to the sheriff by mail. two were confiscated and turned over to the county attorney. Deputy Wright and Deputy Bonsall were dismissed for alleged disloyalty while Harold Coffey resigned.
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Liberal
Kan
Lynn Urwin
Seward
Urwin
Dodge City
Kansas Bureau of Iavers
Wood
Jim Wright
al Bonsall
Wright
Bonsall
Harold Coffey
Coffey
William Ferguson
Buffalo Man Heads Kansas Nut Growers
MOUND CITY Kansas AP W T Theilenhaus of Buffalo has been elected president of the Kansas Nut Growers Association Other officers include B W Pinson Oswego vice president and R W Campbell a member of the horticulture staff of Kansas State University Manhattan re elected secretary treasurer New directors are Robert P Ealy head of the K State horticulture department C R Biswell district extension forester at K State Frank Brewster Baxter Springs and Charles Murry Trading Post Other directors are Robert Chubb Chetopa and Sam Meriwether Columbus
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Mound City
Kas
W.T. Theilenhaus
Buffalo
Kansas Nut Growers Association
B. W. Pinson
Oswego
R.W. Campbell
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Robert P. Ealy
K-State
C.R. Biswell
Frank Brewster
Baxter Springs
Charles Murry
Trading Post
Robert Chubb
Chetopa
Sam Meriwether
Columbus
White Pre-Christmas Snow Hits Area With Nearly Two Inches
A heavy snow warning covered northeast Kansas as a winter storm gathered strength. Snowfall reached about 1.5 inches locally with higher totals expected overnight from Salina to Kansas City, causing slick roads and urging cautious driving. The Weather Bureau forecast rain or mixed precipitation through Saturday with cooler temperatures and possible snow in many regions. Trade winds of moisture extended into Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa as arctic air pushed south.
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Mercury
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Parsons
Russell
Hill City
Hutchinson
Wichita
Emporia
Goodland
Pittsburg
Garden City
Wamego
Salina
Kansas City
Nebraska Line
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Construction Worker Killed After Falls at City Site
Kansas City AP reports 61 year old Carl Sirna a construction worker died after a fall from the third floor of a building under construction at 12th and Grand He was struck on the head by a bucket on a materials hoist before the fall and died Thursday at the scene or en route to a hospital.
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Kansas City
Carl Sirna
12Th and
Grand
Care Course Planned for Emergency Medical Aid
The government develops a 12 lesson program to teach Americans emergency medical care for nuclear attack victims. It should begin in some areas early next year.
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Washington
Snowy Kansas Roads Prompt Patrol Warning
Kansas highway patrol reports widespread snow with two bad road reports. If the forecasted continuation and freezing temperatures hold, dangerous sections may develop. Northeastern Kansas could see four inches or more of snow.
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Topeka
Highway Patrol
Kansas
Sinkhole Mystery Grows at Riverdale Cemetery
A large sinkhole 30 by 40 feet and unknown depth opens in Riverdale Cemetery. Sheriff Baumgartner notes no water, seals gates, and guards the site while investigating whether past oil drilling or natural causes created the crater near 30 graves.
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Riverdale
Kan
E. E. Baumgartner
Wellington
Baumgartner
Roy Gift
Sexton
Santa Visits Chanute With Three Main Street Shows
Santa and his helpers will present three shows on Thursday at Main Street locations between Grant and Forest, Evergreen and Highland, and Lincoln and Santa Fe. Santa will host each event with Candy Stick Dancers, the Wonder Dogs, dancing dolls, and clowns. Carols by Toyland Carollers and a Magic Music Maker accompany the performances. The Lady of Make Believe will assist children with wishes between shows. The Chanute stop was arranged by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Santa
Main
Grant
Forest
Evergreen
Highland
Lincoln
Santa Fe
Toyland Carollers
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Government debt soars in Kansas as 15 year rise tops 1100 percent
The League of Kansas Municipalities reports local government debt rose from 48.2 million in 1946 to 591.7 million this year. Counties and cities show the largest increases, with school debt up 1508 percent to 229.2 million and per person debt at 304.69.
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Topeka
Kansas
League of Kansas
League
Kansas Government Journal
E.A. Mosher
Mosher
Rockefeller Center Yule Lights Are On
The Christmas season is officially on at Rockefeller Center in mid Manhattan as 3 750 multicolored lights crown the 85 foot Norway spruce above the skating rink. The tree, with 250 little snow men, is lit after sharp cold snaps and temperatures in the 20s.
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New York
Rockefeller Center
mid-Manhattan
Norway
Kansas
Rusk backs UN Congo action amid Congo quarrel
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged continued U.N. Congo operation support, saying the Congo faces anarchy and Communist penetration. He denied U.N. aims to conquer Katanga and urged Congolese leaders to work out their own political solution. He also addressed Southeast Asia and Cuba, and noted Berlin as the main Allied issue in Paris.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Nations Congo
Congo
Katanga
Rusk
U.N
United States
Southeast Asia
Reds
South Viet Nam
State Department
Castro
U.S
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Three in Baton Rouge Try to Cash Chanute Check
Chanute police report three men held in Baton Rouge Louisiana over an attempt to cash a Chanute resident Walter Poor's check for 5889.67 from Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. The check was reportedly stolen from Poor's mailbox. Suspects Michael Burke Herman C Krohm and George Madden aged 18 were fingerprinted in New Castle Indiana and Rochelle Illinois respectively and are linked to a traveling magazine subscription crew. An ongoing postal investigation is noted.
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Chanute
Baton Rouge
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Walter Poor
Poor
Lige Matlock
Matlock
Krohm
Madden
New Castle
Ind
Burke
Rochelle
Ill
Michael Burke
Herman C. Krohm
George Madden
Defense Fund For Ranney 100 Short
The Roger Ranney defense fund in Chanute is $100 short of the needed sum with only days left before use. Ranney, sentenced to death in Greece for killing two sailors, may get help from Los Angeles investigator Chris Gugas, who will travel at his own expense. Total contributions reach $1,154.01, with $198.90 set aside for communications, leaving $956 for airfare. Fund receipts are held at two Chanute banks.
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Roger Ranney
Ranney
Chanute
Greece
Chris Gugas
Los Angeles
Gugas
Donaldson
Roger Ranney Defense Fund
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka 1961 Weekend Log
Topeka AP reports 24 hour traffic deaths as of 9 am Friday December 12 1961 with a total of 503 for the year versus 470 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Jack Simmons Quits Republican Post
Coffeyville new South District GOP chairman Jack Simmons resigns in a brief letter to state chairman Donald Schnacke. He cites recent developments and party interests without elaboration. Simmons had ties to Rep. Walter McVey who announced his and his wife’s separation.
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Coffeyville
Jack Simmons
Sth
Donald Schnacke
GOP
Simmons
Walter L. McVey
Robbery Clue Tightened as Suspects Identified
Police report a step closer to linking two burglary suspects arrested in Rock Island Illinois to the Thanksgiving Edmiston store theft. One suspect was positively identified from a Chanute picture, though Edmiston staff could not ID him. About $6,000 in clothing was stolen, mostly men's suits, with clothing tagged and labels removed.
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Rock Island
Ill
Edmiston
Chanute
Lige Matlock
Schoeppel Re-enters Bethesda Hospital for Treatment
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas has returned to Naval Hospital Bethesda Maryland for further treatment of an intestinal ailment an aide said Thursday. The political figure was previously treated there and was readmitted for continued care and observation.
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Washington (Ap
Andrew F. Schoeppel
R-Kas
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Coloradoan Killed in Traffic Accident
AP reports Gene Lynch aged 39 from Colorado Springs was killed in a traffic accident Thursday night in Phillipsburg.
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Phillipsburg
Gene Lynch
Colorado Springs
Colo
Landon Urges Free World to Pool Forces in Global Bloc
Alf M Landon urged mobilization of military economic and political power to form the strongest bloc against imperial communism. He called for unified NATO and European market cooperation and warned UN weakness amid rising communist expansion in Asia Cuba and East Germany.
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Alf Landon
Washington
Alf M.landon
Free World
Kansas
Landon
National Press Club
East Asia
Cuba
East Germany
U.N
Kennedy
United Nations
United States
Oper
Don
Rescued Worker Survives 27 Minute Ditch Cave-In
Wiley Tatum, 25, was buried under three feet of dirt in a sewer ditch cave in Kansas City Kansas. Rescuers freed his head after 27 minutes and his feet after another cave in, later removing him alive with a small breathing space against the wall.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wiley Tatum
Tatum
Crash Fatal in Wichita Claims 17-Year-Old Victim
AP reports Richard Tuni son aged 17 of Wichita died in a hospital Thursday night from injuries after a car truck collision. Had a alias noted in the report.
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Wichita
Richard Tunison
Katanga Front At a Glance
LEOPOLDVILLE U S transports resume airlift of U N troops supplies to Elisabethville after halt forced by Katanga ground fire. Elisabethville see-saw battles rage around outskirts with Katangans holding a town center and a hospital hit by mortar shells though few patients injured. President Tshombe calls Americans cowardly for bombing churches schools while the U N forces face Soviet and Western criticism.
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Associated Press
Leopoldville
U.S
U.N
Elisabethville
Katanga
Tshombe
Inman Transferred To KU Medical Center
Donald Inman 30 from Lawrence is moved to the University of Kansas Medical Center for further treatment after a Saturday crash west of here. He sustained critical head injuries in a collision that killed five people including his wife. his 4 year old daughter Julie remains in satisfactory condition.
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Donald Inman
Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Inman
Julia
Deputy Mayor Performs One Legged Deep Knee Bend
A group of visiting school athletes demonstrated calisthenics at New York City Hall in support of President Kennedy's fitness program. Deputy Mayor Paul Screvane, 47, joined with a one legged squat, challenging the youths to imitate the move.
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New York
Paul R. Screvane
City Hall
Kennedy
Screvane
Rosa H. Loving Installed as AVA President
Mrs Rosa H Loving of Richmond Virginia was elected and installed Thursday night as president of the American Vocational Association in Kansas City AP reports.
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Kansas City
Rosa H. Loving
Richmond
The
American Vocational Association
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