Vilas and Benedict towns traced in local naming notes
Gus Larson recounts Vilas naming after Postmaster General William F. Vilas and the 90th anniversary of Vilas Lutheran church in 1962. Benedict, Kansas, named for state senator S. S. Benedict, features streets aligned to railroads and long time Benedict correspondent Leota Reed notes dial system coming soon.
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S. Plummer
Tribune
Vilas
Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church of
William F. Vilas
Larson
Chanute
Lutheran Church
Clinton Farmer Drowns in Well
Solon Oliver Mitchell, 51, drowned at his Clinton Kansas farm home when he fell into a well while doing morning chores. A search found the loosened boards and the body was recovered by Lawrence fire department. Douglas County coroner Dr. Byron Walters ruled the death accidental.
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Lawrence
Solon
Oliver Mitchell
Clinton
Kas
Byron Walters
Douglas County
Lawrence Fire Department
Silver Dollars Welcome New Penny in Pittsburg
AP reports the Silver Dollars of Pittsburg welcomed a daughter named Penny last week. Mr and Mrs Dollar considered Gold but chose Penny due to inflation and the gold market. The family also has two children, Linda 14 and Silver 12.
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Pittsburg
Dollar
Linda
Christmas church events planned across the area
Numerous churches schedule Christmas programs and services starting this Sunday through next week. The Nazarene presents a three act play Seeing The Star at 7 30 p.m. The First Baptist showcases a film That I May Worship Him at 7 30 p.m. and a youth-led scene. The Zion Lutheran Living Nativity runs 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday to Friday with a children's program Saturday at 7 30 p.m.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
First Christian Church
Family Fellowship
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Grant Avenue
New Hope Baptist Church
Church of the Nazarene
New Hope Baptist
Zion Lutheran Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church
First Baptist
Weather trend and temperatures across Kansas
Clear cold morning gave way to a warming trend through Sunday. Forecast calls for generally fair skies with rising temperatures tonight and Saturday, lows in the teens to mid twenties and highs in the 40s. Snow cover remains light with patches or none in most areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Russell
Wichita
Pittsburg
Goodland
Kennedy names Kennedy brother as attorney general and Dillon as treasury chief
President elect John F. Kennedy announces his brother Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general and Douglas Dillon as secretary of the Treasury. Dillon, 51, is current undersecretary of state and a Republican. The move marks the first time a brother serves in a U.S. Cabinet.
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John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Treasury Department
Senate
U.S
White
Kennedy
Justice Department
Dillon
J. Edward Day
Los Angeles
Robert Kennedy
Georgetown
Eisenhower
France
Foster Furculo
Massachusetts
Jman
5 Per cent pay hike for service employees
Tulsa AP reports Service Pipe Line Co announces a 5 percent wage increase for non union employees below executive level across 15 states effective Sunday. The company says meetings are being arranged with unions and similar raises will be offered to other employees.
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Tulsa
Pipe Line Co
Tribune Phone Help Prompted Carrier Contact
Instructions urge readers to contact their Tribune phone via carrier. If unavailable, call 700 after 6 p.m. to reach the service line.
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Tribune
Two Jetliner Collisions Kill 124 in New York Area
In a snowstorm two jet airliners collided near New York City, United Air Lines flight 826 from Chicago to Idlewild and TWA flight 226 from Dayton to LaGuardia. One survivor was reported among 125 aboard. sixteen buildings burned as fires spread through Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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Brooklyn
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TWA
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
la Guardia
Chicago
Idlewild Field
Flatbush and
8Th Avenues
Mitchell Field Air Force Base
Long Island
Coast Guard
Agnes MacDonald
William Noble
Idlewild
LaGuardia
New York Harbor
Narrows
Civil rights hearing addresses discrimination in Kansas towns
Witnesses from Fort Scott Chanute and other southeast Kansas towns testified before the Kansas Advisory Committee of the U S Commission on Civil Rights about discrimination in employment. Other claims cited included housing and access to facilities while public accommodations and law enforcement were said to be equal. The Chanute hearing, part of a four state inquiry, wraps today after a morning session and featuring businessmen educators and city officials.
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Chanute
Kansas
United States Commission On Civil Rights
Congress
Commission
Santa Claus Real Wins $100 in Silver Dollar Day
Larry Gragg a Chanute Junior College student and basketball player won the top prize of $100 in the final Silver Dollar Day drawing at Newcastle Cafe. He was in the cafe before a Hutchinson game when his name was announced. Two other winners received $10 and $5 prizes. Gragg, 20, from Topeka, had been worried about Christmas funds and car repairs.
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S. Highland
Chanute Junior College
Tribune
Chanute
Santa Claus
Highland
Newcastle Cafe
Hutchinson
Gragg
Jess
Topeka
Newcastle
E. S. Breiner
Ashby
Mabel Lee Wasser
Reinfeld
Lincoln
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows Low Friday Deaths
Kansas traffic death log reports 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am Friday. December figures for 1960 show 474 deaths, with 195 period at 552, reflecting year to year comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Neosho County Residents Join UNESCO Mexico Tour
Fourteen Neosho County residents plus ten others depart from the Tioga Hotel in Chanute at 7 am for a two week UNESCO sponsored bus tour of Mexico. Stops include Dallas Laredo Patzcuaro Mexico City and Monterrey with stays in Patzcuaro three days and Mexico City two days. Price is $155 per person with up to $200 allowed in purchases and return to Chanute planned for 6 pm on December.
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Jess Old Anderson
Frank Butin
Dents
Marie Stitt
Flossie Edwards
Kansas
Cresent Owens
Ma Pence
Chanute
Mexico
Parsons
Coffeyville
Manhattan
Abilene
Watkins
Unesco. S
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Tribune
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Laredo
Texas
Matehula
Patzcuaro
Mexico City
Dalles
Monterrey
New Pastor For Friends At Savonburg
Savonburg The Rev. D Bertil Gustafson of Olsburg will begin his ministry Sunday as the new pastor of the Friends Home Evangelical Lutheran church. Worship at 11 a.m. A memorial gift of electronic chimes was given in Eric Carlson’s memory. Installation Monday at 7 30 p.m. with Dr N Everett Hedeen leading ten pastors from the Eastern District. The annual Christmas program follows Sunday at 7 30 p.m. All services open to the public.
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Savonburg
Eric Carlson
Carlson
Gustafson
N. Everett Hedeen
West Central Conference
Augustana Lutheran Church
Eastern Disttrict
Jack Jordan
Board of Administration
Laos Forces Battle Leftists in Vientiane
In Bangkok AP report Gen Phoumi Nosavan's anti Communists press to expel remaining leftist troops from Vientiane. Artillery fire hits the capital as Savannakhet high command says it will take two more days to clear pockets of resistance. Leftist retreat groups are using private homes as harborage against Phoumi forces.
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Thailand
Phoumi Nosavan
Laos
Vientiane
Savannakhet
Phoumi
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