20 Per Cent Cut Plan For State Income Tax
In Topeka the Kansas House prepared to act on a Republican bill that would cut individual income taxes by 20 percent retroactive to 1959. The measure passes the Senate by wide margins and would refund 1959 payments, reducing revenue by about 4.6 million dollars. Debate centered on whether a broad across the board cut is ideal while the governor and several Democrats urged caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
George Docking
House
Wade M. Ferguson
Parsons
Warden Howat
WaKeeney
Charles B. Joseph
Potwin
Owen E. Root
Parker
Joe Warren
Maple City
Joseph
Howard M
Tony) Immel
R-Iola
Assessment and Taxation
Docking
Lincoln Day Plans by GOP in Independence Banquet
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett will speak at the 24th annual Lincoln Day Club banquet in Independence. The event draws strong GOP support and attendees include Chanute residents and notable party figures. A Republican Women’s luncheon will feature Mrs. Frank Haucke and business meetings host Tom Van Sickle. Don Concannon to address Young Republican luncheon. attendees from Chanute listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Independence
John Sherman
Kansas
Sherman
Chanute
Frank Haucke
Council Grove
Independence Elk’s Club
Memorial Hall
Tom van Sickle
R Fort Scott
Young Republican National Federation
Abraham Lincoln
Booth Hotel
Don Concannon
Hugoton
Robert Allen
Wilfrid Cavaness
Lee Francis
Richard L. Ashley
B. M. Dunham
Charles Henshall
H. F. Swain
Lou Darlington
Joe Volmer
Parsons
Verle Craven
Erie
Chanute PCA Meets With 300 Attendees At Masonic Temple
About 300 members and guests attended the Chanute Production Credit Association 26th annual stockholders meeting at the Masonic Temple. Dr. P H Stephens spoke on agriculture trends and rising costs. M C Highbaugh Jr was reelected to the board for three years, with John Wingrave named president and Highbaugh vice president. The association serves nine southeast Kansas counties and 1959 loans reached 15 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chanute Production Credit Assn
Masonic Temple
P. H. Stephens
Farm Credit Banks of
Wichita
M. C. Highbaugh Jr
Bronson
John Wingrave
Yates Center
Highbaugh
Kansas
Arthur Solomon
Macmillan 66 Celebrates Birthday Aboard Capetown Castle
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan marked his 66th birthday aboard the Capetown Castle with his wife as the vessel returned home from Africa. The premier spent the day at sea during the London voyage and will resume official duties upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harold Macmillan
Capetown Castle
Africa
Woman Dies From Gas In Rooming House
A woman about 70 identified as Mrs. Jessie Howell was found dead and seven others overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in a downtown rooming house in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jessie Howell
Junction City Opens I 70 Bypass For Traffic Route
The new four point two two million dollar Interstate 70 bypass around Junction City Kansas opened Tuesday. Traffic is moving on the southern outskirts route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kas
See Wasser for Insurance Tribune Phone Ad
Advertisement notes Wasser as insurance contact with Tribune phone and a fallback contact after 6 p.m. It mentions a phone number 119 (adv.) and a last line about falling back to 700 after 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasser
Car Skids on Ice Near Salina Kills One Man
A car skidded on an ice covered bridge five miles south of Salina killing 51 year old Charles Eugene Smith a technical sergeant at Schilling Air Force Base who lived in Lindsborg and injuring two others in the same incident AP reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Here
Charles Eugene Smith
Schilling Air Force Base
Lindsborg
No Visitors At Hospital At Neosho Memorial
Restrictions at Neosho Memorial Hospital limit visitors due to flu prevalence. Admin Tom Bergfald and county health officer Dr J D Gough will enforce immediately with exceptions for one relative of critically ill patients, husbands of expectant wives, and parents of hospitalized children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Tom Bergfald
J. D. Gough
Bergfald
Kansas traffic deaths log reports 60 fatalities in 24 hours
The Topeka AP log tallies 60 Kansas traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Wednesday, comparing with the 1960-32 and 1959 periods. The surge marks a high daily toll amid ongoing road safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Ham radio leader named emergency coordinator
John Bashor of 719 S Larson has been named emergency coordinator by the American Radio Relay League to establish a regional radio communications system for disasters. He replaces Jim Gilbreath and will organize drills, set operating procedures, and coordinate with Red Cross and local agencies in Zone 7 covering Neosho Allen Woodson and Bourbon counties. Basher operates mainly homemade gear with KONZW as his call letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bashor
S. Larson
American Radio Relay League
Ara
Basher
Midwest
Org
American Red Cross
Fire
Police Departments
Neosho
Allen
Woodson
Bourbon
Chanute
P. L.forslund
Gillbreath
Clark Hatch
al Prosser
Bob Jenkins
Clyde
England
Germany
Finland
North Africa
South America
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
South Pacific
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
KONZW
John Basher
Tribune
Boy Scouts Take Over City Posts
Sixteen scouts from seven Chanute troops briefly assumption of city posts as part of Boy Scout Week training. They took an oath at the Memorial building then toured city departments with officials, ending with a lunch and guided explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Memorial Building
Winter Storm Weather Summary Impacts Kansas Area
A detailed report notes cloud cover and colder conditions across the region with northerly winds causing blowing and drifting. Temperatures ranged from a high near 69 yesterday to 24 this morning, with snow depths around 1 inch and up to five inches in some localities. Forecasters predict continued cold, blustery weather with an inch of snow possible and travel discouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinter
Valley Falls
Centralia
WaKeeney
Hoyt
Horton
Hill City
Topeka
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Chanute
Pittsburg
Goodland
Five Children Hurt in Crash Near Helena Montana
Five rural school children were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on U S 12 near Canyon Ferry. A Northern Pacific Railway bus was passing a United Trucklines truck when the Canyon Ferry school bus was forced off the road and pulled back onto the highway. The bus then struck a following passenger car. the rear of the bus and the front of the truck were severely damaged. None of the five drivers reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway
United Trucklines
Canyon Ferry
U.S. 12
Here
Accident Fatal at Topeka Missile Base Construction
An accident at a missile base under construction near Topeka killed worker John Marietta 25 Lawrence and injured Jimmie Kinney 23 Ottawa. Marietta was electrocuted when a long handled spade touched a power line. Kinney was knocked down and hospitalized in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Marietta
Lawrence
Ottawa
Jimmie Kinney
Marietta
Kinney
Trooper Captures Wanted Man After Quick Action
In Pittsburg Kansas AP Trooper Howard Gillies stopped a motorist Tuesday night. When the man reached for a gun Gillies grabbed it and drew his own pistol. With two patrolmen he seized Forrest Decau 52 of Parsons who was sought for liquor store robbery committed just minutes earlier.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Howard Gillies
April Draft Call for 6000 Men Issued by Army
The Army issued a draft call for 6,000 men in April, matching the February and March quotas. The total drafted or earmarked for induction since September 1950 now stands at 2,515,430.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Millionaire Adolf Coors III Missing in Colorado Kidnap Case
Colorado authorities widened a manhunt for Adolf Coors III, 44, chairman of Adolph Coors Co., who vanished Tuesday after leaving his foothills home for Golden. Blood stains spotted inside his running car on a bridge near Bear Creek Canyon triggered FBI involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden
Colo
Adolf Coors III
Coors
Den
Art Wermuth
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Scott Werner
Denver
Washington
Werner
FBI
William Coors
Morrison
Bear Creek Canyon
Turkey Creek
Adolph Coors Co
Docking May Sign or Veto Kansas College Building Bill
Gov George Docking teased timing a decision on a 3 910 000 college building bill just before midnight marking the budget session end. He vetoed items for staff homes at Larned Parsons and Winfield and a superintendent home at the Topeka Neurological Institute totaling 189 000 with a pocket veto possible if no action by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Kansas State University of Kansas
Docking
Larned
Parsons
Winfield
New Kansas Neurological Institute
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Ft. Hays State College
Highways Open But Hazardous Across Kansas
All Kansas highways were open but slick and hazardous conditions existed across northern central and eastern areas. An undercoating of ice lay beneath snow making travel treacherous with up to five inches in the northeast and four in the northwest. Snow continued to fall and blowing snow reduced visibility while the southwest saw near normal driving conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Payola Probe Reveals Listening Fees in Cleveland
Former KYW disc jockey Wesley Hopkins testified he collected about $12,000 in two years as listening fees from record companies while earning $20,800 yearly at KYW. He and ex-colleague Joseph Finan face payola allegations after being fired in December. Hopkins denied playing records for pay and said he cut ties with firms in November on Westinghouse’s demand. Finan said he earned $15,500 from 15 firms in 1958-59 in addition to a KYW salary of up to $40,000 and about $2,000 yearly for teen record hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Wesley Hopkins
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Plug Records
Hopkins
Joseph Finan
Finan
KYW
Westinghouse Broadcasting Co
Heeb to Discuss Recreation Plan in Chanute
Larry Heeb of the University of Kansas will visit Chanute on Monday to discuss establishing and operating community recreation programs. He will meet at 3 p.m. with Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee and Community Council special action committee in Memorial Building chamber offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Heeb
University of Kansas
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Parsons
Memorial Building
Hall
D. F. Primmer Found Dead at Home
D. F. Primmer 77 a retired welder was found dead of a gunshot wound in his Chanute Kansas home. Coroner says it was personal safety related with time of death about two hours before morning discovery. Survivors include daughter Mrs. E. C. Brenton and son Lee Primmer with three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Johnson Mortuary entrusted with funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F
Fred) Primmer
N. Grant
H. F. Swain
Primmer
Lamar
Chanute
Pittsburg
Minnie Emma Hartman
Methodist Church
E. C. Brenton
Lee Pri
Zoning Board Sets Feb 23 Hearing for Willis Home Addition
Public hearing scheduled for 7 30 p m Feb 23 on a zoning application by Mr and Mrs Richard E Willis to add a room at 316 S Tennessee The zoning administrator said a building permit was denied due to boundary distance rule non compliance The meeting will be in the Memorial Building commissioners room
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Willis
S. Tennessee
Zoning Board of Appeals
Paschal Grimes
Commissioners
Memorial Building
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GOP
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett
Chanute Pca
Macmillan
Johnson Museum
Main and
Lincoln
Jim Rickerson
S. Grant
Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
Boy
Colorado
Payola Probe
Heeb
D. F. Primmer
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