Nursing Home Fire Kills 18 in Indiana
A severe blaze at McGraw Nursing Home in Fountaintown Indiana killed 18 people and left 2 missing as 16 bodies were recovered from the two story facility in bitter cold. Three attendants saved 15 patients while two rescued inmates died. Fire officials attributed the cause to an overheated furnace with a hot air duct possibly igniting a wall.
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Fountaintown
Ind
Indiana
McGraw Nursing Home
Howard Boegaholtz
Myrtle Donahue
Shelbyville
Stolen Car Recovered Near Thayer
A Topeka youth, Eddie Greene, 18, was arrested in Thayer after a stolen car taken last night was recovered two miles south and a mile east of Thayer. He was held at Erie for Topeka authorities as sheriff George Neely and others assisted. The owner and Topeka officers were due to arrive to return Greene and the car.
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Thayer
Topeka
Eddie Greene
Erie
Greene
George Neely
Don Harding
Dean Riedesel
Neosho County
New Plant For Sewage At Humboldt
Humboldt city council authorizes a 100000 dollar bond for a new sewage disposal plant and approves applying for a U S Public Health Service grant under the water pollution control act. The current plant fails to meet future extension needs. Ediger Engineering Co. of Wichita handles planning.
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Humboldt
U.S. Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Ediger Engineering Co
Wichita
Intercepted Letter and Georgia GOP Communications
An intercepted letter reveals GOP communications were shattered during the 1964 presidential campaign. An isolated Goldwater force in Georgia appears unaware that the broader political conflict is concluded, signaling disarray within regional party networks.
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GOP
Goldwater
Georgia
Four Die in Fire at Du Page County Convalescent Home
Four maintenance workers at Du Page County Convalescent Home were killed when a fire destroyed their cottage on the institution grounds. The blaze devastated the workers quarters, prompting investigations and mourning from the community.
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Winfield, Ill
du Page County Convalescent Home
Churches Celebrate Christmas in Varied Local Programs
Local churches schedule a weekend of Christmas programs including special choir music, pageants, and services. Activities feature First Presbyterian and First Baptist children's party at 4 p.m., youth party at 6 p.m., evening services at multiple churches, a Living Nativity on the Zion Lutheran lawn, and extensive Christmas Day worship and confessions across congregations.
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Christ
First Presbyterian
First Baptist
First Church of God
New Hope Baptist
First Christian
Grant Avenue Baptist
Evangelical United Brethren
Zion Lutheran Church
West Main
Church of the Nazarene
Church of God In Christ
First Methodist
Bond Posted By Driver Knute Erickson Charged
Police arrested Knute Erickson, 58, of 201 N Steuben for driving while intoxicated reckless driving driving without lights and two counts of leaving the scene. He posted $210 bond after restitution totaling $299.93 and was released overnight. Damages involved a 1953 Chevrolet pickup and a 1956 Ford, plus a 199 DeSoto.
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Knute Erickson
N. Steuben
Erickson
Thomas E. Ogden
S. Steuben
Main
Grant
Ogden
Charles Chauncey
Phone numbers for Tribune carrier contact after hours
After hours contact for Tribune carrier provided. If the listed person cannot be reached, call HE 1.3400 after 6 pm for alternate access.
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Tribune
Wehlage Yale Decor Grand Prize Winner
Elmer Wehlage won the grand prize in Chanute JayCees third annual Christmas home lighting contest for a Santa Claus display at 18 East 9th. Judges selected his Southeast Ward display as best citywide, with out-of-town judges naming Evangelical United Brethren as church display champion. Ward winners include Mike Bauer and Dale Schiesser in the Southwest, Rex Babcock in the Northwest, and Ivan Snyder in the Northeast.
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Santa Claus
Elmer Wehlage
Chanute JayCees
Wehlage
East 9Th
Charles Winfrey
Evangelical United Brethren
Church of God
9Th and
Forest
Mike Bauer
W. 5Th
Southeast Ward
Dorosia Minniear
Eric Claus
Ashby
Southwest Ward
Dale Schiesser
Dean Oliver
Fred Gerardy
Lafayette
Charlotte Traylor
Gretchen
Edwin Noland
S. Plummer
Ray Christiansen
S. Allen
Charles Trip
N. Forest
W. 9Th
Chanute
Santa
Prospects Good As Farmers Head Into the Winter
Farmers and livestock men in four counties enter winter in strong shape with abundant stock water and easy hay access. Ted Wary, Woodson County farm agent, notes an excellent wheat start after a warm fall ideal for seeding. Winter plowing progresses normally though past worries linger about feed grain crops.
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Woodson County
Ted Wary
Woodson
Wilson
Allen
Neosho Counties
Allen County
Tom Maxwell
Weather shifts as Kansas warms after bitter cold
AREA FORECAST notes a rapid warmup across Kansas with highs in the 20s to 30s and a few 40s in the west. Overnight lows rise well above zero as dry weather persists. Livestock markets show buying activity amid plentiful hay and alfalfa prices, with reports of insect damage and variable corn yields. Agricultural meetings are scheduled in Wilson, Neosho, Woodson, and Allen counties in January.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Olathe
Concordia
Garden City
Pittsburg
Wichita
Hill City
Goodland
Fred Delano
Neosho County
Neosho
Delano
Dan Pherigo
Wilson County
Post Office at Earlton Replaced by Mail Station
A rural mail station will be established at Earlton at month’s end replacing the Earlton post office. The Earlton rural route will be renamed Chanute R 4 and serves 114 rural boxes. Operations end Dec 30 and begin Dec 31 with savings cited. Leslie Crow won the bid to provide the rural station services.
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Earlton
Chanute R. 4
Floyd Kelley
Post Office Department
Leslie Crow
Earton
Fred Kane
Chanute
Woman regains sight after 17 years from cupboard bump
In Dallas, a blind woman in her 60s suddenly regained vision after brushing her head on a cupboard door. Friends and an eye specialist say such reversals are possible but unpredictable, and the woman plans to keep the sight private.
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Dallas
Dallas Times Herald
How Did Goldwater Get in Trees
Georgia Governor Carl Sanders faces a Christmas card mystery after a University of Georgia art student discovered tiny Goldwater lettering on 12 000 cards. The student says he did not add the marking and offered apology while the university weighs disciplinary options.
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Atlanta
Carl E. Sanders
Goldwater
Georgia
Sanders
Ken Williams
University of Georgia
Williams
Melbourne
Fla
Rooster Attack Case Favors Owners In Mobile Jury
A Mobile jury ruled in favor of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Moulyet in a $10000 damages suit stemming from a rooster attack. Neighbor Daisy Oates had claimed the fowl injured her and sought damages as well.
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Mobile
Ala
Nicholas Moulyet
Daisy Oates
Bitter cold grips eighteen states with subzero winds
The Associated Press reports subzero temperatures and bitter winds across an eighteen state area from Michigan and Missouri to northeast Nevada and parts of Oregon and Washington. Hibbing Minnesota recorded the nation’s lowest reading at 30 below zero.
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Michigan
Missouri
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Hibbing
Minn
Kansas Traffic Death Log Report December 1 1964
Topeka AP notes 24 hour traffic death tally ending 9 am Friday December 1 1964, with 633 comparable for 1963 and 565 for 1964, presenting a running state log of fatalities and trend comparison for the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Yale Scene at White House Christmas Tree Lighting
President and Mrs Johnson plan to attend the 6 40 p m event as 5 000 red and white lights glow on the national Christmas tree behind the White House. The Pageant of Peace includes 50 white spruces six reindeer a life size creche and a yule log pit. The 72 foot tree from New York state is adorned with 200 gold balls and the Johnsons will host multiple receptions before Christmas in Texas.
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Washington
Johnson
White House Grounds
National Zoo
Adirondack Mountains
New York State
James Russell Lowell
White House
Johnsons
Capitol
Sen
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
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