Letters to Santa from Kimball School Students
The Tribune reports 16 Kimball school third graders sent letters to Santa with requests ranging from toys to a Bible and even a beebee gun. The piece notes varied handwriting and rural Erie Stark Savenburg or Walnut addresses and includes a student reflection on Christmas meaning.
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the Tribune
Santa Claus
Kimball School
Santa
North Pole
Erie
Stark, Savenburg
Walnut
World Adoration Focuses on Christ at Christmas 1962
Christians worldwide honor the Prince of Peace as 1962 ends amid Cold War tensions. U S troops in Korea and South Vietnam share in Christmas away from home while Prime events unfold in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Cardinal Spellman and Pope John XXIII address troops and infirm in a season of hope. Bob Hope leads entertainers to Korea to boost the morale of soldiers.
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Christ
Prince of Peace
Holy Land
Yemen
Mandelbaum
No Man’s Land
Jerusalem
U.S
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Francis Cardinal Spellman
South Viet Nam
Korea
Bob Hope
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Reveals Holiday Greeting
The missive wishes Cha cheerful, industrious and generous conduct through the year. Amid notes of Christmas, a Communist naval attack on a South Korean patrol killed two sailors and wounded four, altering the festive mood. Chinese and American communities on Formosa mark the season despite cultural differences. Europe braces for a white Christmas with widespread snowblankets across Sweden Norway West Germany Scotland Belgium Holland and southern England.
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Formosa
Europe
Sweden
Norway
West Germany
Scotland
Belgium
Holland
England
Rainmaker's Pledge of White Christmas Reality in Arkansas
In Arkansas, Homer Berry claims heavy snow via a homemade cloud seeding method using a coke and silver iodide generator. He forecasts up to three inches across the state with Little Rock possibly seeing it first, while the Weather Bureau remains skeptical. Berry says he acted as a lark for children and notes he would stop at about three inches to avoid holiday traffic disruption.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Homer Berry
Air Force
Berry
Ceredit
Weather Bureau
Freight Conductor Jim Purviance Retires after 45 Years
Long-time Santa Fe conductor Jim Purviance retires after more than 45 years of service. He began as a brakeman on March 1, 1917, was promoted to conductor on February 28, 1943, and lives at 1023 South Highland. Tammey, a Frontenac child, waved to him daily for four years as the diesel freight rolled by.
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Tammey Price
Frontenac
Jim Purviance
Santa Fe Railway
Tammey
Purviance
The
Santa Fe
S. Highland
Weather forecast warns slick western Kansas highways
The Weather Bureau warned that roads in western and southern Kansas could become slick and hazardous as snow, with possible sleet and freezing rain, moves across the state. By 10 a.m. the Kansas Highway Patrol reported slick conditions around Wichita but overall normal travel statewide.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wichita
Christmas Holiday Observed with Limited Services
Tomorrow will be a general holiday with essential services on duty. The post office will have Sunday service and the Tribune will not be published. The Safari Museum will open from 1 to 6 p.m. on Christmas Day.
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Burglary Reported At Thayer Station
Thayer station burglary reported by Erie sheriff. Three tires a 6 volt car battery and a box of cigars stolen. Entry through the front door occurred between 7 30 and 10 p m Saturday night. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said the station is in Thayer.
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Thayer
Harold Umbarger
Erie
Jerry Sloan
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka December 1962
Kansas traffic death log reports 32 fatalities in December 1962, 574 for the year so far, 539 for the comparable 1961 period, and 24 hours to 9 a.m. Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
White Christmas Forecast For Kansas With Snow Likely
The Weather Bureau predicts a white Christmas across Kansas with up to 2 inches of snow in western sections and light snow in the east. Temperatures will stay in the mid to upper 20s with lows in the 20s as snow persists through Christmas Day.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Pittsburg
Wichita
Garden City
Amusing Kansas Moments From 1962 Past Year
A roundup of light Kansas stories includes Topeka police questioning a theft report, hail described as rooster eggs, a Chanute man's concerned neighbor, a wedding party's car being towed, and a rash of quirky local incidents from Independence, Ottawa, Wichita, and beyond.
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Joe Degeorge
Associated Press
Kansas
Topeka
Ed Bozarth
Wichita
Weather Bureau
Chan
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Dinner Key Auditorium
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Fred Loseke
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Skip) Stolz
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