Left Hand Tree Accidents Injure Three Area Residents
Three local residents sustain injuries from trees. Emil Hoepker of Savonburg suffers a back fracture when a falling limb struck him while hedge cutting. Lester Garver of Humboldt is cut by wire while nearby. Ernie Griggs of Erie bruises and is released after hospital examination. A sky mystery near Chanute prompts reports of a balloon-like object disintegrating after emerging from a cement plant smokestack, later explained as unburned gases forming a mass in the stack.
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Emil Hoepker
Savonburg
Garver
Ernie Griggs
Erie
Elmer Clark
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Bomb hoax disrupts Neosho High School
An anonymous caller placed a bomb hoax at Neosho High School in Neosho Missouri. Police and investigators evacuated about 900 students for 15 minutes while search teams checked the building. No bomb was found.
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Neosho, Mo
Neosho High School
Tribune Phone Help Wait Times
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Chanute Centennial Project Receives $4400 Pledges
Local businessmen pledged 4400 for Chanute's state centennial celebration funding as part of a six night pageant and related events. The effort, led by W G Bodiley, aims for a 5500 operating capital goal with subscriptions open to the public at multiple local banks and businesses.
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Chanute
W. G. Bodiley
Bodley
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Tioga Hotel
Greater Neosho Enterprises
Robert Pennington
Pennington
Jamboree Auction Sets Egg Price Records in Southeast Kansas
Prize winning egg show at the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jambo ended with record bids. Grand champion Percy Rowan Jr. earned 33 dollars a dozen for his entry bought by First National Bank, while reserve champion Braum Butts collected 34.50 from Jensen Egg Co. and other top placers fetched 11 to 19 dollars per dozen in various white and brown egg classes. About 250 people attended, with talks, exhibits, a barbecue luncheon and door prizes.
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Southeast Kansas
National Guard Armory
Percy Rowan Jr
Earlton
First National Bank
Jensen Egg Co
Braum Butts
Cherryvale
Rowan
W. L. Murray
Mound City
B&c
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J. M. Hamlin
Coffeyville
Kenneth Cunningham
Richmond
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn
Paul Zimmerman
Independence
Potter Hatcheries
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Potter
George Simmons
Eric
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National Guard
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First National Bank of Chanute
Rowen
Center
Rowens
Tribune
Weather Outlook Kansas Warm Trend Saturday
A cool north air flow keeps western Kansas near freezing while the west may rise to 50. Expect increasing cloudiness tonight and warmer Saturday with lows 15-20 and highs 35-40. Light snow fell in eastern Kansas with up to one inch along a Concordia to Emporia strip.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Manhattan
Emporia
Garden City
Dodge City
Wrong Hole For Coal: Sewer Jams
A Chicago coal delivery team dumped 14 tons of coal into the wrong sewer hole behind the Boyce Building causing a backup. Coal and washroom water flooded the alley and a basement printer was forced to halt presses as workers cleaned up.
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Chicago
Boyce
Coal Company
Charles Holland
Four Oklahoma City Teens Held Here for Parents
Four runaway teenagers from Oklahoma City were taken into custody at 12 25 am and released to their parents later. The group, two boys aged 18 and 15 and two 14 year old girls, fled after school yesterday in a sports car given to the 16 year old by his father.
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Oklahoma City
Burglars Loot Two Farm Homes North of Erie
Burglars looted two farm homes near Erie between 10 am and 4 pm yesterday. The Kusel residence reported theft of a 21 inch television set a 14 inch set a portable typewriter a transistor radio a wrist watch a 16 gauge shotgun a .22 rifle and a luggage case. Cleaver home lost a 21 inch TV a 14 inch TV a transistor radio a piece of silverware and cash. A description of a possible getaway car with an out of state plate was issued.
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Erif
Cleaver’s
Kusel
Sloan
Snow toll in New York hits 14 million dollars
The 38.1 inches of snow that have fallen on New York City since December 11 have cost the city about 14 million dollars to date.
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New York
New York City
Defeated Hijacker Galvao Quits Seaborne Revolt
Reciffe Brazil authorities declare rebel chieftain Henrique Galvao forced to land after marines take control of the Portuguese liner Santa Maria. Most crew and passengers disembarked. Galvao and about 70 rebels remain aboard briefly before surrender.
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Henrique Galvao
Galvao
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Simoes Maia
Venezuela
Soviet Union
Rique
Quadros
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Jorge Souto Maior
Colonial Navigation Co
U.S
Pan American Airways
Belem
Mario Gomes Mai
School Committee Plans for Action Committees Formed
The Murray Hill school group named five committees to study population trends, building condition, financial capabilities, teaching methods needing facilities, and graduate occupations. Twenty two members attended the meeting and officers aim to avoid overlap while preparing outlines for board approval.
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Jim
Murray Hill
Mittee
Chanute
Home Savings Assn
Board of Education
Six Die and 150 Hurt in Bowie Train Wreck
A seven car derailment near Bowie race course killed six and injured about 150 of the 300 passengers aboard a Philadelphia to Bowie special. The engineer Howard W. Horner, 62, said brakes failed as the train turned onto a spur, and the train slid off the rails in snow.
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Bowie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Bowie Race Course
Howard W. Horner
Camden
N.J
Tax Help Available Monday At Chamber Office
Internal Revenue agents will help taxpayers needing federal return prep or unable to finish their forms. District director Gus F. Koehler of Wichita announced telephone and office assistance in the Memorial building Chamber of Commerce rooms on Monday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Gus F.koehler
Wichita
Teen Canteen Drive Planned by Chanute Group
Chanute Business and Professional Women's organization plans a drive next week to raise about 1800 dollars for Teen Canteen operations. The board, led by Mrs. David McCune, will solicit contributions from clubs and civic groups and canvass residential areas. Money funds operating expenses and the manager’s salary, with hope for city recreation or United Fund support next year.
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Chanute Business and Professional Women's Organization
David McCune
New City
United Fund
Three Children Die In Kansas City Fire
AP reports a basement apartment fire in Kansas City killed Linda 4 Chester 3 and Deborah 2, daughters of Ruby Wilson. Fire Director James Halloren said the mother was away at a store when the blaze started. Neighbors saved 11 month old Mary Lou Wilson. The sisters were found beneath a bed as they tried to escape.
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Kansas City
Linda
Chester
Deborah
Ruby Wilson
James Halloren
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Peace Officers Meeting Highlights State Conference
About 80 representatives from Neosho County and surrounding areas attended a Kansas Bureau of Investigation peace officers conference in the district court room at the Memorial building. Attendees heard Attorney General William M. Ferguson and KBI director Logan Sanford discuss prosecutors, courts, and investigative services with FBI agent Al Dewey and county attorney Glen Tangier among morning speakers. Afternoon talks covered arrest problems, jail security, laboratory science in investigations, court testimony, highway patrol functions, and fire investigation services led by officials from state agencies.
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Neosho County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
William M. Ferguson
Logan Sanford
KBI
Ferguson
Sanford
Glen Tangier
Montgomery County
al Dewey
FBI
Garden City
Tangier
Dewey
Doyle White
Arkansas City
Hubert Raney
el Reno
Okla
Joe Baker
Jim Kline
Tom Glasscock
Highway Patrol
Lloyd Davies
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Summary
Topeka officials report a 24 hour traffic death log ending at 9 am with February tallies and comparisons to 1960 figures. The record notes 47 fatalities during the February period, down from 29 reported in the 1960 comparable period.
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Topeka
Kansas
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