Eight Electrical Firms Fined in Antitrust Case
Philadelphia AP reports eight major electrical firms led by General Electric and Westinghouse were fined a total of 235000 in the first two indictments of 20. Executives from GE and Westinghouse received jail terms or suspended sentences with probation. Fines varied by count with transformer and switchgear cases yielding different penalties.
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Philadelphia
General Electric
Westinghouse
J. Cullen Ganey
Allis-Chalmers
McGraw-Edison
Moloney Electric Co
Wagner Electric
Federal Pacific
1-T-E
J. H. Chiles
Pittsburgh
W. Ginn
Schnectady
N.Y
Lewis J. Burger
Fort Wayne
Ind
George Burens
Burger
Chiles
Barnes
Ganey
Power Transformer
R. N. McCollum
Westinghouse Power Transformer
J. W. McMullen
J. W. Seaman
R. W. Smith
Left Hand Pitch on Chanute Land Promoters Stir Local Interest
Mrs. Ma ble F. Rausch of Thayer responded to an early day Chanute land promotion. The item drew on a letter from Mrs. Will Barnett of Miami Okla detailing family ties to Wallace Jones and his daughters Ethel and Bernice. Barnett’s notes trace Jones’s Kansas land moves and Chanute life, linking to local history and centennial plans. Mrs. Rausch plans to correspondence with Barnett to exchange information.
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Mable F. Rausch
Thayer
Will Barnett
Miami
Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri
Chanute
McClelland Brothers Real Estate
Neosho County
Wallace Jones
Ethel
Bernice
Wallace
Byron F. Jones
Kansas
Joliet
Rollie Hydorn
Vernon Myers
Police Escort for Youth in Rural Chanute Incident
Officers provided an escort for a 1-year-old rural Chanute youth after he complained others would not let him drive his car on Main Street. Police returned him home safely and investigated an interception car, detaining four Chanute youths aged 17 to 19.
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Main
Cuba
Rusk Details Disarmament Study On Red China
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said administration experts study how Communist China could join disarmament schemes. He warned against undue optimism about Soviet bloc relations and said hard work lies ahead. Rusk outlined UN Congo peace efforts and noted Arthur Dean will head U.S. negotiations at the Geneva talks resumption on March 21.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
China
Rusk
U.S
State Department
United Nations
Congo
Joseph) Kasavubu
Geneva
Russia
United States
Belated Winter Snow Falls Across Chanute Area
Belated winter snows hit the Chanute area with two inches by 1 p.m. today as roads remained open but slick. Highway crews treated routes. statewide conditions mirrored this pattern with the Panhandle Texas snow causing train derailments and frigid exposure elsewhere.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Kansas
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Erie
Break-in at Montgomery Ward Auto Service Store
Police say the Montgomery Ward auto service store at 18 S. Evergreen was broken into last night through a door cover from an empty building north of the store. A preliminary check found nothing missing.
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Montgomery Ward Auto Service
S. Evergreen
Driver Arrested for DWI in Buffalo
Police arrested Arley Snider of Buffalo Saturday on a driving while intoxicated charge. He pleaded guilty in police court today and paid a $125 fine.
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Arley Snider
Buffalo
Multiple Vehicle Crashes Reported Around Chanute Area
A string of traffic incidents near Chanute involves drivers including John Stich and Morris Stubblefield with damages from $15 to $100. Accidents occurred on Seventh and Steuben, Main and Kansas, Third and Forest, and Eleventh and Santa Fe with slick roads and no major injuries reported. An Erie incident led to a 1956 Chevrolet off road and a drunken driving arrest. Sheriff notes highways were slick but open.
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Steuben
John Stich
Morris Stubblefield
S. Highland
Stich
Chevrolet
Stubblefield
Arowe
State Highway Department
Miley
W. Main
Barbara Blackwood
S. Kansas
Ford
Third
Forest
Charles C. Carter
Lucy Blount
S. Western
Carier
Blount
de- Luxe Taxi Co
Santa Fe
Dorjene Sharp
S. Western J and
L. C. Saar
S. Forrest
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Chanute
Sloan
Helen Davenport
Erie R. 1
Justice of the Peace Court
Erie
Lester Marts
Mabel Armstrong
Chanute R
Bills Seek Pay Hikes and New Programs in Kansas House
Kansas House considers raises for highway patrol leaders and troopers raising top trooper ranks to 225 and assistant superintendent pay to 600 a month. A milk flow bill aims to cut trade barriers, while a state motor pool bill would save about 100000 yearly. Other measures include stricter drunken driving penalties, ballot marking changes, unified district voting for rural schools, and five day reporting for serious accidents. The session opens appropriations totaling 1.2 million to minor agencies.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Ralph E. ‘Skoog
Skoog
Highway Patrol
House Agriculture Committee
Ross Zimmerman R
Abbeyville
Agricul
Te Committee
John Oakes
R‘parsons
Ernest Underwood
Carl Weiner
Chamute
State Department of Administration
Fred Meek
Ottawa
Don Joseph
Joseph
Education Committee
Roads and Highways Committee
Edward Beaman
R-Hoyt
William Stutz
D-Effingham
House
Ways and Means
Home Fire Fatal To Parsons Woman
Parsons Kansas AP report states Miss Gussie Bell Knight 66 died Saturday night in a fire that destroyed her small home where she lived alone. Fire Chief Ted Baze cited a possible coal stove explosion or faulty electrical wiring as the likely cause.
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Parsons, Kas
Gussie Bell Knight
Ted Baze
Busy Schedule For C of C Here
The Chamber of Commerce outlines a series of events over the next days. A centennial celebration planning committee meeting convenes tonight at 7 in chamber offices with Vernie Helard as general chairman and a talk by George B Weeks on highway trends. Reservations for the luncheon at Tioga Hotel. Monday at 7:30 p.m. a by law amendment on membership financing will be discussed. Tuesday at 7 p.m. an organizational meeting for a new practical politics class will be held, with six students currently enrolled.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Vernie Helard
George B Weeks
State Chamber
Tioga Hotel
Weeks
Jim Cooper
Transportation Committee
Board of Directors
Dental Clinic For Schools Observes National Health Week
Students in local public and parochial schools will receive dental exams Wednesday and Thursday as part of the 13th annual National Children's Dental Health Week. All local dentists participate. Elementary students including St. Patrick’s are examined Wednesday morning, with kindergarten screenings the same session. Royster Junior High Senior High and Junior College exams occur Thursday morning. films shown in elementary schools and at Royster.
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St. Patrick's
Royster
Margaret Wood
Kennedy urges steep cut in tax-free tourist imports
President Kennedy asked Congress to cut the foreign goods U kept by U.S. travelers from 500 to 100 dollars to curb purchases with dollars used for U.S. gold. The 4,500 word message argues the gold problem justifies concern not panic and outlines exports, tourism, military spending, and foreign aid priorities.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
United States
Canada
U.S
Mrs Leland Lowe Named Tribune Circulation Manager
Mrs Leland Lowe of 306 South Highland was appointed Tribune circulation manager after more than a year in the subscription department. She will supervise circulation including subscriptions and carriers in Chanute and nearby towns, replacing Fay Clopine who will focus full time on advertising.
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Leland Lowe
S. Highland
The
Tribune
Chanute
Lowe
Fay Clopine
Man Held for Burlington Police Arrest
Lyle Christy of Chanute was held at the city jail today for Burlington authorities who had requested his arrest on a charge of passing a bad check for 38 dollars. Police made the arrest yesterday. Another Chanute man Roger Harlow was with Christy and was arrested in Burlington on a charge of attempting to pass a bad check.
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Lyle Christy
Chanute
Burlington
Roger Harlow
Christy
Sturdavant Wins Tribune News Tip Contest
Altoona resident Sam Sturdavant wins $3 for a contributed story and photo about a Kansas Day breakfast hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Davidson in rural Altoona. Twelve locals prepared a pioneer outdoor breakfast using rabbit, potatoes, beans, molasses biscuits and coffee.
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Altoona
Sam Sturdavant
The
Tribune
Sturdavant
H. L. Davidson
Kansas
Chanute
the Tribune
New Management Takes Over New Castle Cafe
Lloyd Donaldson announces purchase of the New Castle Cafe from Thelma Sale. New owner from Oklahoma and Texas brings 15 years in restaurant work, previously in Wichita, now in Chanute with wife at 607 S Kansas. Cafe opens Saturday with free coffee and doughnuts, hours 5 a.m. to 12 midnight daily. contact 700 after 6 p.m. if Tribune not received.
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New Castle Cafe
Thelma
Lloyd Donaldson
Donaldson
Oklahoma
Texas
Wichita
Chanute
S. Kansas
Tribune
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