Bill to Outlaw Fireworks Sale In House Hopper
A Kansas House bill would outlaw the sale possession and use of fireworks statewide. The measure follows stricter current regulations by the state fire marshal and aims to curb accidents described by Rep. J. W. Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Topeka
Kansas
House of Representatives
J. W. Wallace
Mound City
J. W. Ingwersen
D-Leroy
Wallace
Frank Riddle
Dwichita
A. F. Casado
Rwichita
Rowland Edwards
D-Waterville
C of C Groups In Busy Week
The Chamber of Commerce schedules an executive committee meeting at 4 p.m. and a general membership session at 7:30 p.m. to vote on by law amendments. Upcoming agenda includes Education Day planning chaired by Buford Fisher and traffic study meetings with state highway engineers. Centennial planning sessions with John B. Rogers Co. and other group meetings follow at Tioga and Home Savings offices.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Buford Fisher
Tioga Hotel
Area Planning Committee
G. A. Sutton
State Highway Commission
Floyd Potter
Ambassadors Club
Kay Hotel
John B. Rogers Producing Co
the Tioga
The
Tioga
Home Savings Assn
Five Neosho Families Presented Soil Awards
About 750 people filled the Erie high school gym for the Neosho County Soil Conservation District annual meeting. Banks from Chanute Erie Thayer Stark and St Paul funded a meal served by Erie cooks and Kayettes. Five farm families received Bankers Conservation Awards for soil practices. Blaine Heady Erie R1 won the Good year Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Mathews
Erie
Neosho County
Soil Conservation District
Chanute
Thayer
Stark and
St. Paul
Erie School
Bankers’ Conservation
Olen Baker
George Chooghe
Parsons
R. 1
William Dringenberg
Walter
Marion Wright
Walnut R
Lco Ft Rhoads
Blaine Heady
Erie R
Melvin Morley
County Key
Morley
Ig Chooghe
Parsons R. 1
Galesburg
Walter Hall
Tribune
Dedication of Erie post office draws 500 attendees
About 500 people attended the dedication of the new Erie post office on Saturday with an open house. U S senator Frank Carlson of Kansas delivered the main address, Robert Wood from the Wichita postal office spoke for the department, and Ted Kyle welcomed guests. Ed Brady presented a flag, raised by an American Legion color guard, as the Erie Chamber of Commerce sponsored the ceremony.
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Erie
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Robert Wood
Wichita
Ted Kyle
Charles Forsyth
Brady
American Legion Post
Erie Chamber of Commerce
Freezing weather expected as Kansas cools after today's warmth
The Weather Bureau forecasts a rapid drop with a cold Pacific front moving southeast through Kansas. Highs today range from 50 in the northwest to 60 in the southeast, with nighttime lows in the 20s to near 30.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Central Rockies
Central Plains
Concordia
Dodge City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Sheriff’s sale nets single bid on Erie land parcel
A Bank of Commerce bid 3,531.59 was the only offer for a half interest in 200 acres near Erie. The amount included the mortgage balance, delinquent taxes, and legal fees. The land lies about 1.5 miles south and 1 mile west of Erie.
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Bank of Commerce
Erie
Lenten Series in Tribune Features 46 Authors
The Tribune will publish a Lent series beginning Wednesday with 40 personal stories of faith in action. Each piece is written by a different author, including actors TV stars scientists and sports figures along with others who found meaning in God. Weekday installments will run during Lent.
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The
Tribune
Goldberg Action Called Politics
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee accuses Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg of using unemployment relief tours as a political stunt. Goldberg toured five states meeting jobless workers while Republicans were barred from participating, a move the committee says aims to sow pessimism and aid the Kennedy program.
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Washington
Republican National Committee Today
Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Battle Line
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Kenne“ Administration
Labor
Goldberg
Capitol Hill
Traffic Fatalities Log For Kansas 1961 February Update
Kansas traffic death log shows 48 hours to 9 a.m. 2 February period and mentions February 5. It compares 1961 figures to 1960 with 51 versus 40 deaths. Data references Topeka and state totals with period comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lumumba Killed as Congo Crisis Deepens in Katanga
Patrice Lumumba is dead in Katanga with two aides, a village killing tied to secessionist province. Katanga interior minister Godefroid Munongo calls it a massacre and vows to answer accusations. The slayings heighten risk of civil war as U.N. and U.S. react ahead of Security Council session.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Interior Ministry
Congo
Godefroid Munongo
Lumumba
Harmimarskjold
U.N
Soviet Union
Tshombe
Munongo
Kasai
Belgium
U. N
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations Security Council
New York
Maurice Mpolo
Joseph Okito
U N Chief Proposes Full Congo Probe
Brig. Gen Mengasha Hyassu and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold urged the Security Council to back a complete impartial investigation into Katanga’s role and the death of Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba. The plan calls for a thorough inquiry into cooperation by Katanga authorities.
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United Nations, N.Y
Mengasha Hyassu
Dag Ham Lchief
U.N
Congo
Marshjold
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Hammaarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Hammarskjold
United Nations
Zorin
Kennedy Proposes Health Insurance Tax Increase Plan
President Kennedy sent Congress a draft bill financing a health insurance program for 14.2 million Americans aged 65 and older with a 1.5 billion increase in Social Security taxes. The measure would raise the tax to 3 percent and apply it to the first 5,000 of annual wages, with $1.1 billion in benefits projected for 1963.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Cecil R. King
California
Ways’ and Means
Varndell Farm Home Damaged by Fire Near Chanute
Attic of the E. A. Varndell farm home five miles west of Chanute and half a mile south of old highway K39 was damaged by a fire on Saturday. Firefighters arrived late due to faulty location information and poor roads but credit prompt family and neighbor actions with limiting the loss. Fire officials said the fire likely started in a utility room from a hot water heater.
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E. A. Varndell
Chanute J
K39
Gale Moss Fired From Turnpike Post
Gale Moss was discharged as a special consultant by the Kansas Turnpike Authority. The firing followed a Jan 23 decision to hire Moss and a later vote by the board, including Gov. John Anderson expressing support for reorganizing the authority. Moss previously served as turnpike manager and earned 16 500 to 25 000 dollars annually.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority Today
Gale Moss
Moss
Turnpike
Donald Hewitt
Kansas City
Ed Beaman
Hoyt
Don Hults
R Lawrence
Addison Meschke
Hewitt
John Wil
Williams
Hults
Beaman
John E. Kirchner
Sevenman Turnpike Authority
Kirchner
Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Anderson
Burns Are Fatal Bill Aims to Shrink Commission
A bill to reduce the commission from seven to five members was introduced in the Kansas House. Mary Helen Stout, six, died after her nightgown caught fire from an open flame heater, suffering burns over most of her body. The report notes the tragedy as part of the session coverage and lists the Roaches as her parents.
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Great Bend
Kan
Mary Helen Stout
Senate
Lee Wasser
Vernon Board
Ady
Rocha
Boy Wounded In Accidental .22 Rifle Discharge
Ward Barnett Jr., 9, sustained a flesh wound above the knee when a .22 rifle discharged as Phillip Smith, 15, claimed the gun was empty. Barnett was treated and released in satisfactory condition. Police reported the incident near City Park levee and noted three teens were firing nearby in Beech and Plummer area.
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Beech and
Plummer
Congo Bound Ship With Food for Peace Heads Off
The SS African Pilot loaded with 700 tons of bagged corn meal sails for Kasai Province as part of the food for peace program. George McGovern led a group of government officials at a dock ceremony signaling departure of relief supplies to Congo.
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Baltimore
George McGovern
Kennedy
Kasai
Weekend Break-in at Joint Rural High School
A break-in at Joint Rural HighSchool over the weekend caused about 35 dollars in property damage and 2.73 dollars in cash loss. Entry was through a west window and two vending machines inside the building were forced open. The Erie sheriff's office reported the incident.
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STARK
Joint Rural High School
Sheriff's Office
Erie
Driver Arrested in Iola on DWI and Reckless Driving Charges
Harold K. Thornhill, 21, of Iola was arrested by police at 12:20 am Sunday on driving while intoxicated and reckless driving charges. He was released on $150 bond and faces a police court hearing Thursday after officers stopped his car at Lincoln and Main following it for several blocks.
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Harold K. Thornhill
Iola
Thornhill
Lincoln and
Main
Traffic Mishaps Are Reported
Multiple minor accidents reported in Chanute area incidents include Evelyn Uden and Robert Briley on Highland and Main with damage to a 1960 Buick. Raymond Clinesmith and Cathy Thompson at 92 W Main. Billy Brookshire and Billy Arnold at Lincoln and Elm with 1960 Ford and 1960 Dodge damage. taxi driver Charles Doudna involved after bicycle cab collision. Loyd Whitworth reports a 1947 Ford pickup damaged by Katy switch engine on East Main.
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Highland
1Stand Main
Evelyn Uden
Robert Briley
Chanute
Briley
Buick
W. Main
Raymond Clinesmith
Buffalo R
Cathy J. Thompson
Thompson
Lincoln
Elm
Billy J. Arnold
Evergreen
William E. Brookshire
Arnold
Ford
Brookshire
Dodge
Fred Dicks
South Santa Fe
Charles Doudna
Loyd Whitworth
R. 3
Katy
East Main
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State Board of Agriculture
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Kimball
Bermuda
Tommie Miller
Board of
District Supervisors
Ernest Harms
Walter Poor
Joe O'Brien
Riley Baldwin
Kansas Assn. of Soil Conservation Districts
Poor
Harms
Charles P. KeKinnie
SCS
McKinnie
Patricia Rehmert
Elaine Hines
Jeaneene Gorman
Connie McDermott
Sylvia Ann Lowe
M. F
Mike” O'Neil
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
O'Neil
O'Brien
J. M. Torrence
Erie Federated Church
Sabana
U.n.security Council
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
Dag
Nics
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorin
Moishe Tshombe
I1 Nation Council
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Turnpike Post
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