New Year Arrives as 1962 Begins Amid Blue Law Limits
The Associated Press reports thousands plan early New Year celebrations under Sunday blue laws in Maine Pennsylvania Washington Ohio Indiana Nebraska Minnesota Michigan and Missouri. Some venues will serve food until 12 01 am New Year’s Day before wine corks pop. Broadway plans several shows eight sold out. Prices at diverse venues reach 25 to 37 dollars per patron. Churches invite Watch Night services for those seeking religious observance.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Ohio
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Michigan
Missouri
Broadway
New York City
New York
Times Square
Hollywood
Cocoanut Grove
Kennedy Focuses on Legislative Plan for Congress
President Kennedy sharpens focus on shaping the new legislative program. He meets with aides and family aboard the Honey Fitz at Palm Beach and receives a health update on his father Joseph Kennedy amid a somber U.N. General Assembly report on Goa and security council limits.
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Lawrence F. O'Brien
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. General Assembly
India
Goa
Security Council
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Osage City May Reunite with Miss Snyder's Teacher
Osage City High School class of 1937 plans a 25th anniversary reunion and seeks their home economics teacher Ethel Snyder now Mrs. Willcott. Mrs. Willcott confirms she is the sought person, taught at Osage City 1935–1938, later Royster Junior High in Chanute, and has been Mrs. Snyder for 22 years.
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Osage City
Willcott
A. E. McDermott
Ethel Snyder
Chanute
Miss Snyder
McDermott
Flash Fire Damages Refinery Heater Tubes
A flash fire damaged heater tubes in the desulfurizing unit at the Mid-America Refinery early yesterday. President O. H. Cunningham said damage is not yet determined and operations are not seriously affected. City firemen extinguished the blaze with steam after being called at 2 32 a.m.
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Mid-America
O. H. Cunningham
Holiday Death Toll Mounts As Year Ends
Nationwide three day New Year’s weekend brings 48 fatalities across states. Oklahoma reports a fatal eight person crash near Cordell, while California records a four death house fire in Orinda. Traffic deaths total 36, fires 9, and other accidents 3 as officials urge caution.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Cordell
Orinda
Calif
New York State
Buffalo
National Safety Council
Leavenworth Church Destroyed by Fire
A fire destroyed the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Leavenworth Kansas after midnight. Fire crews from Leavenworth and Ft Leavenworth fought through frigid conditions to save bells in two towers and the basilica’s shell remained. The blaze likely started behind the main altar with no loss estimate available.
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Leavenworth
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Ft. Leavenworth
Alexander Harvey
Optimists Sponsor Tree Burning Event in Chanute
Chanute residents are urged to save Christmas trees for the ancient Twelfth Night burning sponsored by the Chanute Optimist Club with help from the Chanute Ministerial Alliance and Fire Department. The event Friday at 7 30 p m on the west side of Santa Fe Park will include a choral group and Christmas songs as trees are burned in a circle to close the holidays.
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Chanute Optimist Club
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Chanute Fire Department
Santa Fe Park
Optimist
Wayne Smith
Smith
Claude Pittenger
Lone bachelor farmer leaves $250000 to U S government
Esley H. Spreat, 64, of Ogallala Nebraska left an estate valued about 250000 to 300000 to the United States. The will cites gratitude for freedom and opportunities and notes bonds and land holdings. He died alone in an unheated farmhouse discovered after his death.
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Ogalla
Esley H. Spreat
United States of America
Hastings
Spreat
Teen shoots man in self defense in Kansas City
In Kansas City a 14 year old says he shot Lloyd Howard Cook after Cook threatened to kill him man shouted through a locked door and broke in Wilson fired a rifle from inside an uncle's apartment Cook died at the scene police say the boy will be handed to juvenile authorities
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Kansas City
Lloyd Howard Cook
James Robert
Wilson
Cook
Many Parties Ring In New Year Across Area Churches Clubs
Community groups plan Watch Night Services and private gatherings. The First Baptist church hosts baptism and slides by Rev. Ray Hutchison at 7 30 p m followed by 11 30 p m prayer service. Grants Avenue Baptist Fidelity class sponsors a post service prayer event. The Grace Episcopal church holds a noon New Year Day service. The Barathea class of Evangelical United Brethren plans a watch party 9 p m to midnight. The Lutheran church offers a 7 30 p m communion service. The Jaycees and Jaynes plan a club night, the Country Club hosts a 9 p m party with breakfast after, and social hours are set at 4 to 6 p m New Year Day. Elks Armory Santa Fe Road hosts annual party while VFW and American Legion organize gatherings.
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Ray J. Hutchison
Europe
Fidelity
Country Club
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Armory
Santa Fe Road
VFW
American Legion
Weather forecast for Kansas turns cold with possible light snow
The Weather Bureau warns of snow and cold across Kansas with light accumulations tonight and Sunday. Expect a shift to colder conditions Sunday and possibly Monday, with lows from around 5 above in the extreme northeast to the 20s elsewhere and highs from the 25-30 range in the northeast to the 50s in the southwest. Top temperatures Friday ranged from 25 in Topeka to 48 in Dodge City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Quota Missed By 8 Pints At Red Cross Drive
One hundred fifty-two pints were collected toward a 160 pint quota. Of 222 potential pints from 170 donors and 52 drop ins, 14 were rejected, 18 canceled, and 38 absent. Five donors hit one gallon, three reached two gallons. The next drive will be a two day visit in March with a 120 pint daily quota.
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Red Cross
Wayne Umbarger
R. C. Mannen
Dell Reed
Donald Harris
Joe Stroud
Man Held After Shooting Incident
Carl Simpson, 38, of 1010 Evergreen, was held on an open charge after a night of events that ended with officers disarming him of a loaded fully automatic rifle at a VFW clubroom. He surrendered to police and was jailed as investigators review potential commitment to a state hospital. He had fired shots at his home while intoxicated.
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Carl Simpson
Evergreen
Roy Lowry
Simpson
Chet Hale
Lige Matlock
Hale
Clifford McCoy
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas death log shows 51 fatalities in December and 542 for the 1961 period, with a drop to zero listed for Saturday in the Topeka area. The log provides daily figures up to 9 am and urges readers to contact Tribune carriers after 1 pm.
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Topeka
Kansas
Powell Motor Sales Becomes Local Auto Firm
Purchase of a full interest in the Chanute Motor Co. at 316 E. Elm was announced by Hank Powell. The business will now be Powell Motor Sales, with Powell and Paul Leslie as partners for nine months. Effective Jan 1 Powell purchases Leslie’s interest. Leslie keeps Chanute Motor Co. at 1318 N Santa Fe.
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Chanute Motor Co
E. Elm
Hank Powell
Powell Motor Sales
Powell
Paul Leslie
Leslie
N. Santa Fe
Burns Fatal for 4-Year-Old Linda Durham
A 4-year-old girl Linda Durham died Friday night about two hours after her dress caught fire from an open-flame gas heater. She was under care at a relative’s home with her 7-year-old brother, under the supervision of great-grandmother Martha Huffman, 76.
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Kansas City
Kan
Linda
Martha Huffman
Eight Killed In Flaming Cordell Crash in Oklahoma
Eight people died in a high fatality two car crash near Cordell Oklahoma sparking the worst traffic disaster on record in the state. Seven victims were in one Elk City family car including Randall Valdez 23 Brenda 21 and their children Jamie Lynn 3 Carrie Kay 2 and Chesty Lee 6 months with Carolyn Kelin 16 and Tessie Bell also killed in that car. The sole occupant of the other vehicle James Earl Thomason 47 of Lawton a Ft Sill civilian worker died when his car crossed the path of the Valdez car and burst into flames.
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Cordell
Okla
Chesty Lee
Elk City
Carolyn Kelin
Tessie Bell
Anadarko
James Earl ‘Thomason
Lawton
Ft. Sill Army Base
Valdez
Kelin
Miss Kelin
Tulsa County
DWI Charge Dismissed in Erie Court Case
A driving while intoxicated charge against John Birner 18 of Erie R 3 was dismissed after a blood alcohol reading. Birner pleaded to reckless driving, paid a 20 dollar fine and 5 dollar costs, and was released from custody. The report mentions a car chase and injuries but is unclear on details.
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Chanute
Huffman
Linda
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