Perry School pupils churn butter in a lesson from the past
A Perry School report recalls first and second graders in southeast Woodson County sharing a lunch hour with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Solomon who demonstrate butter churning. Students take turns churning, then enjoy buttered crackers and buttermilk, while reflections compare old and modern farm life.
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Perry
Woodson County
Perry School
Virgil Solomon
Faith
Mrs. Solomon
Reading Ban On Bundling Controversy Rocks Levittown High
Levittown New York school board voted 4-1 to ban a history book for high school use after two weeks of protest over four pages detailing the Colonial bun dling custom. Ernest J Orlandini had ripped out the pages saying they were in bad taste. the board upheld the removal and ordered restoration rejected. The book edited by Hugh T Lefler is a collection of historical documents.
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Levittown
N.Y
Long Island
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Donald Grant
Orlandini
Hugh T. Lefler
University of North Carolina
Airlines Merger Approved by National and Continental Boards
National Airlines and Continental Airlines boards approve a merger plan awaiting Civil Aeronautics Board and shareholder consent. Announcement made in Miami by G. T. Baker and in Denver by Robert F. Six. National stock holders would exchange 1 1/2 Continental shares per National share.
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Miami, Fla
National Airlines
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
G. T. Baker
National
Miami
Robert F. Six
Continental
Denver
Airliner Stuck in Mississippi Mud After Landing
A Southern Airways DC3 overshot Jackson Airport runway and sank into thick mud on landing. No injuries were reported. The pilot cited a lack of braking action on the rainswept runway and a tailwind preventing the tail from going down.
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Jackson, Miss
Southern Airways
Jackson
Power Pool Action Taken by City Dads
The city commission approved actions on the Kansas Municipal Power Pool study and its interconnection proposal. Mayor Dave Evans designated Chanute delegate with John Lofthouse as alternate while Harold Williams's term expired. A contract proposal for a Coffeyville Chanute Iola highline was authorized for review by pool members.
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Kansas Municipal Power Pool
Dave Evans
Chanute
John Lofthouse
Harold Williams
Lofthouse
Williams
Evans
Coffeyville
Iola
Burns and McDonnell
Kansas City
Erie
Ottawa
Kan
Lapham
Needy Homes on Christmas Adoption List Grows
Fifty three families and individuals are listed with the Chamber of Commerce for Christmas adoptions. The program acts as a clearing house with social welfare workers and the school nurse checking needs. Several adoptions have already been made.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Melnyk
Chamber
Roads Open But Hazardous in Spots Across Kansas
Statewide snow storm left slick and hazardous spots on Kansas highways while keeping all roads open. Crews treated surfaces as sections report scattered slick patches but no closures with hoped-for improvement as the day progresses.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Mankato
Northwest
South Central
Kinsley
Great Bend
Development Survey Meeting Called Off in Neosho County
The rural area development survey meeting in Neosho and adjoining counties was canceled due to road conditions and rescheduled for next Monday at the Tioga Hotel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A dutch lunch is planned at noon and the event is open to all interested persons. The survey began a year ago next month by the Kansas State College extension service.
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Neosho
Tioga Hotel
Kansas State College Extension Service
Pedestrian Dies After Truck Struck in Kansas City Intersection
Miss Bertilla Bell, 37, died Monday night two hours after a truck struck her while she was walking across an intersection in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Kan
Bertilla Bell
Two Deaths Blamed On Cold Weather
Kansas City report cites sub freezing temperatures as cause for two deaths. Richard Sillyman 75 a rooming house resident found frozen at stairs and died at General Hospital. Clarence J. O'Brien 63 a cab driver suffocated in furnace fire fumes. his son William 29 helped carry out the body.
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Kansas City
Richard Sillyman
General Hospital
May Beadell
Sillyman
Clarence J. O'Brien
William O'Brien
Cost of Centennial is Over $700 000
Kansas Centennial celebration will cost more than 700000 with total legislature appropriation of 916000 and an expected return of about 200000 to the general fund. Commission chairman Maurice E. Fager says the event boosts welfare, development, and state pride despite storm and rain setbacks.
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Topeka
Kansas
Centennial Commisson
Maurice E. Fager
State General Fund
Fager
Oregon
Minnesota
Extreme Cold Grip Town with 3 Degree Low
Cold snap continues with a 3 degree low reported for today. Relative humidity is high and barometer at 29.17 inches at 1 pm. Precipitation yesterday measured at .11 inch with light snowfall noted in the prior day’s brief.
Severe winter weather slows traffic as slick streets persist
Frigid conditions linger with near zero readings in eastern areas and up to 15 20 in the west. Police report multiple non injury crashes as sleet and snow create slick roads. Snow totals range from one inch to ten inches in northern counties with sharp temperature declines and a gradual warm up forecast through Wednesday.
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Mercury
Paul L. Davis
S. Malcolm
Walnut and
Garfield
Junge Baking Co
Howard E. Sharp
Franklin
Dodge
Jim
Chanute
Frederick A. Krone
S. Malccolm
Main and
Plummer
Chevrolet
Mary L. Bright
W. Main
Jere R. Rogers
W. 14Th
Bright
Rogers
E. Main
David Powell
Leila M. Gard
S$. Ashby
Powell
Ford
Thomas EF. Goodwin
Kansas
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Phillipsburg
Maysville
Arkansas
Yule Vespers Postponed By Ice and Cold
Weather forces postponement of the annual Christmas vespers for Chanute elementary pupils. The program moves from 8 o clock tomorrow night to 8 p.m. Friday at the Memorial building. About 450 youngsters participate under the direction of Mrs. H Howard Hollens and Robert Blunk Jr.
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Chanute
Memorial Building
H. Howard Hollenshead
Robert Blunk Jr
Earnings Jump for Factory Workers in November
The Labor Department reported record average hourly earnings of $2.36 in November and a 40 hour 36 minute workweek, with payroll employment at 55.1 million matching the prior month’s peak. Unemployment stood at 6.1 percent, totaling about 4.1 million, with seasonal factors driving February expectations. Weekly earnings reached a record $95.82 as overtime rose.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
Traffic Fatality Toll Report for December 1961
Topeka reports Kansas traffic death log for the 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday shows 1 death in December 1961. The year’s total reaches 514, compared to 475 in the same period of 1960.
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Topeka
Kansas
Santa Claus Freed In Bucks County Blue Law Case
Santa Claus actor Earl Steger 58 was arraigned in Penndel Pennsylvania for Sunday work under blue laws but discharged by Squire William Oettinger after defense argued gainful employment on Sunday is forbidden by an 187 years old statute. Four helpers cited. cases pending. Steger, building superintendent, said he loves children and would be Santa regardless of pay.
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Jme
Hayes
Kg&e
Penndel
Santa Claus
Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer
Santa
Earl Steger
Butch
William Riempp
Norman Rigby
Riempp
St. Nick's
Bucks County Ethical Spokesm Practices Committee
Bar of Justice
William Oettinger
Mrs. Santa
Steger
Til Death Us Do Part Kansas City Tax Guilty Plea
Mrs. John F. Byrne pleads guilty to evading 5670 in 1956-57 income taxes, insisting her husband share blame. The Byrnes, developers of sandwich restaurants, face up to 10,000 fine and five years in prison each. Judge set sentencing for Jan 5.
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Kansas City
John F. Byrne
Byrne
Richard M. Duncan
Duncan
Byrnes
Bill
Jan
Ellen
Eddie
Further Delay of Trial in Satchell-Foust Judgment Action
A jury trial in the Satchell-Foust case was further delayed due to weather and bad roads. The trial had been set to begin yesterday morning and was tentatively reset for today, with a second postponement ordered “until notice.”
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Erie
Tribune Mobile Contact By Evening Hours
Reader instruction directs calling the Tribune at HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. if the person cannot be reached, implying an after-hours contact method for inquiries.
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Tribune
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