City approves gas rate cut to lower consumer bills
City leaders approve a natural gas rate schedule reducing costs for customers by up to 12 cents per thousand cubic feet. The plan follows a negotiated City Service Gas Co. increase approved by the Federal Power Commission last week. Final implementation awaits FPC notice and local ordinance publication.
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Cities Service Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Cities Service
FPC
Harold Williams
Kansas
Missouri
Washington
Chanute High School Class of 1951 Plans 30th Reunion
Chanute Senior High School class of 1951 plans a June 17 18 reunion led by general chairman Mrs Howard Wilson. Seventeen members remain unlocated with several missing addresses. The reunion coincides with the city centennial. a large committee handles invitations and funds.
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Chanute
Howard Wilson
Dick MccMimimy
Earl Hudson
Katherine Lock
Leon Eastburn
Freda Solomon
Glenn Watt
Chanute Production Credit Assn Holds 27th Annual Meeting
More than 350 farmers and guests from nine southeast Kansas counties attended the Chanute Production Credit Association 27th annual stockholders meeting at the Masonic Temple. John Wingrave presided, R D Hamar reported 1960 loan volume at $4 25 million with net worth above $392 000.
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Kansas
Masonic Temple
Chanute Production Credit Assn
John Wingrave
Yates Center
R. D. Hamar
Hulda Parker
Eastern Star
Hamar
Junior Braman
Buffalo
Beverly Marshal
Fredonia
Wingrave
William L. Mentzer
Neosho Falls
Braman
Fred W. Awalt
Lyle T. Quick
Mapleton
David Ensminger
Moran
Theo Peters
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Wichita
Production Credit Assn
Leon J
T-Bone” McDonald
Stillwater
Okla
Chanute
Neosho
Allen
Bourbon
Crawford
Cherokee
Montgomery
Wilson
Woodson
Labelle
Weather forecast for Kansas turns warmer with fair skies
Topeka AP reports clear skies and above normal temperatures in Kansas for the next day or two. Forecaster Tom Arnold says Pacific air brings mild dry conditions as winter storms move along the Canadian border.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tom Arnold
Canadian
Weiner and Finney To Discuss Issues At Chamber Luncheon
Local businessmen may discuss legislative issues with state representatives Carl Weiner II and Robert Finney at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The event, arranged by John N. Sherman Jr., will be held at the Tioga Hotel with reservations through the chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Carl Weiner II
Chanute
Neosho County
Robert Finney
Humboldt
Allen County
John N. Sherman Jr
Tioga Hotel
Chamber
Seventeen Entries Submitted In Neosho County Seal Contest
Fifteen entries have been submitted to the Chamber of Commerce office for the Neosho County centennial seal design contest to be held in June. The contest, run by the centennial planning committee, is open to anyone in the trade area with entries due by midnight Sunday. A $25 savings bond awaits the winner, and the seal will appear on coins, stationery, souvenirs, cars, and store decals.
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Chanute
Brown Wells Ford
Neosho
State Water Resources Board
Topeka
Paschal Grimes
R. J. Hayes
Santa Fe Railroad
Les Lawrence
Santa Fe
Robert Lassman
2Nd and Highland
Lassman
Special Zoning Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Neosho County
Centennial Planning Committee
Lent Starts Tomorrow Ash Wednesday ushers Lent
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends Easter Sunday April 2. Christian churches worldwide hold services including in this area. Ashes will be distributed in Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches. The Tribune will publish Lenten Guideposts a series of 40 personal faith stories by 40 writers starting Wednesday and appearing each weekday during Lent.
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Episcopal
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Liberal Claims Pancake Race Title In Libe ral Olney Tilt
Carol McGlamery a 27 year old school teacher won Liberal Kansas International pancake race finishing in 1 minute 10 seconds to best Carole Vorley of England at Olney in a tight Shrove Tuesday match up. The race ended close to six all with McGlamery narrowly ahead of Sandy Besore and Ann Hueter the previous year’s winner. Weather was clear and 50 degrees as Olney held a lead over Liberal entering the 1961 edition.
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Liberal
Kan
Kansas Town
Olney
England
Carolyn McGlamery
Carole Vorley
McGlamery
Sandy Besore
Ann Hueter
Final Chamber Dues Reform Decision Delayed
The chamber will likely not finalize a proposed change in dues and membership structure until the end of its fiscal year after new officers are elected. The proposal was discussed at a membership meeting led by manager Joe L Melnyk.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joel Melnyk
Reprisals feared as Congo crisis widens across Stanleyville
In Congo tension flares after Lumumba's death as Gizenga fronts a Stanleyville rump regime. U.N. warns civil war looms while Tass notes demand for Belgian troops' exit and arrest of Katanga's Tshombe. Gizenga signals multi-pronged push on Stanleyville from Leopoldville Kasai and Katanga.
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Iba
Congo
Tass
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Lumumba
Leopoldville
The
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Belgiumiers
Stanleyville
Oriental
Kivu
Jean Manzikala
Oriental Province
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
Joseph Kasavubu
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Security Council
Thomas Kanza
Kasai
Kalanga
Tomorrow Deadline For No Penalty Tag
Erie county treasurer Freda C. Locke reported a surge of tag applications as tomorrow's final no penalty day approaches. Penalties rise 50 cents weekly after March 1 with monthly increases. Delinquent 1960 taxes will trigger warrants after 30 days.
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Erie
Freda C. Locke
Locke
Neosho County
Highway Patrol
Feed Handling School Here Involves Area Farmers
Area farmers will receive first hand information on practical livestock and feed handling systems during a school at the National Guard Armory Thursday at 10. Kansas State extension engineers will cover storage and feeding facilities for hay grain and silage selecting equipment for moving feed and how to equip machinery with proper motors controls and drives. Neighbors are urged to attend if planning changes to corrals feeding and feed handling operations.
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National Guard
Kansas State Extension Engineers
Two Chanute youths guilty in gasoline theft case
Pat Sheldon of 102 E Pine and Jim Bryant of 103 S Evergreen pleaded guilty in city court to four counts of petty larceny. They were sentenced to six months in county jail on each count, with all terms running concurrently. The charges stem from gasoline thefts.
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Chanute
Pat Sheldon
E. Pine
Jim Bryant
S. Evergreen
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report February 5 Update
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours ending 9 am in Topeka with February figures and a 1961 to 1960 comparison. The February 5 entry notes fatalities and traces a trend from the prior year, indicating ongoing traffic safety concerns in the Topeka area.
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Topeka
Kansas
Unemployment Urgency Highlighted by Kennedy Aides
House Speaker Sam Rayburn and President Kennedy pressed for swift action on rising joblessness after a White House conference with Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg. They noted unemployment is worse than expected with plans for quick hearings on minimum wage and unemployment compensation bills.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Kennedy
Rayburn
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Senate Labor and Finance Committees
Tip Winner Bill Hosfelt Honored For Quick Fire Call
Bill Hosfelt of 1707 S Ashby won The Tribune weekly news tip contest for phoning in a car fire on East Main. The burning vehicle owned by Robert Johnson of Buffalo was saved after firefighters doused the blaze and the car was driven away. The contest runs through February with another winner announced next Monday. Chanute readers urged to tip unusual events by phone.
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Bill Hosfelt
S. Ashby
The
Tribune
East Main
Robert Johnson
Buffalo
Chanute
the Tribune
Myth of Male Superiority Declared Obsolete in U.S.
In St. Louis the National Council of Churches division hears scholars from Stephens College and Eden Theological Seminary assert that masculine and feminine differences are fading the patriarchal family is obsolete and both genders gain equality. They note parents today show more permissiveness and blame shifts toward both sexes in a shifting American family dynamic. No clear male spokespersons available for comment.
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Dr. Ellzey
Pflug
Elizey
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