Chanute museum fund reaches halfway mark with donations
The Osa and Martin museum fund drive gains a $5 contribution from Earl R. Martin of Cloverdale, with Joe Melnyk noting the gift and Chanute residents eyeing a $5,000 remodeling goal. The fund stood at $2,300 as hopes rise for display space from the Santa Fe freight office era. A bogus $5 bill demonstration underscores currency forensics and amateur counterfeiting risks observed by local police. Kent Grubbs turned the counterfeit note into authorities after finding it in an auto parts store cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osa and Martin
California
Joe Melnyk
Chamber of Commerce
Earl R. Martin
Cloverdale
Martin
Santa Fe
Johnsons
Africa
South Seas
Kent Grubbs
W. Main
Government Seeks 168305 Back Taxes From Whitaker
Humboldt resident Harold W. Whitaker faces a U S Tax Court case over 1948 to 1956 income tax shortages and penalties totaling 168805 dollars. Prosecutors plan to call 120 witnesses. Whitaker, a farmer elevator operator, reports gross receipts of 6263927 dollars for the period. He runs 5000 acres, owns Humboldt Elevator Mills, and chairs the Zillah school board which built a new consolidated school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Harold W. Whitaker
Associated Press
Kansas City
Allin H. Pierce
U. S
Whitaker
Lyman Friedman
Washington
Humboldt Elevator Mills
Zillah
Kansas City Traffic Fatal to Little Girl
An 8 year old girl Belen Perez was killed by a car as she walked home from school with her sister Denise Perez aged 9 in Kansas City Kansas. The driver O D Sanders 50 said the girls ran in front of his car from behind an overpass pillar and he dodged only the older girl. It is the first traffic death of a school child there in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Belen Perez
O. D. Sanders
Denise Perez
Accidental Shooting Fatal for Topeka Attorney Cowger
Topeka attorney Robert M. Cowger, 38, was killed at his home Monday night in an accidental shooting. Detectives said he was showing a recently purchased 38 caliber pistol to family members when it discharged, the bullet entering his right temple. Cowger formerly served as assistant U S district attorney and as chief right of way attorney for the Kansas Turnpike Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Robert M. Cowger
Cowger
U. S
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Aged Neosho County Beneficiaries Linked To Welfare Drive
Neosho County welfare serves about 600 elderly across 500 cases with old age assistance placing over 60 percent of welfare costs. Fortney notes aims to boost self help with recreation, reading, rides, and Gray Ladies volunteer visits while 46 member Senior Citizens Club meets bi monthly. Federal and state funds cover 80 percent. county taxpayers provide 20 percent. 1960 budget totals 648,707 dollars, with 402,027 for old age aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Department
Neosho County
Gray Ladies
Red Cross
Department
Senior Citizens Club
Fortney
Student Musicians In Lawrence Event
Thirteen Chanute Senior High students will represent the school in the state orchestra band and chorus at the Kansas Music Educators convention in Lawrence. Faculty accompanists are Leland Crapson and Harold Tarpley. Auditions at Iola selected the students for the 100 piece orchestra, 150 piece chorus, and 150 piece band.
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Chanute Senior High
Kansas Music Educators Convention
Lawrence
Leland Crapson
Harold Tarpley
Music Department
Iola
Jane Evans
Sherrill Rush
Janet O’connor
Linda Campbell
Sharon Cooper
Phil Dryden
Barry Gerken
Seth Gray
Roy Marks
Larry Thompson
Chris Coots
Roma Turner
George Wheat
Fatal crash near Carthage claims three lives
A head on collision near Carthage Missouri killed James Harold Wright and Clarence Ritchie and later died in hospital Charles Junior Shields. The accident left three others in serious or critical condition Roy Maggard Kenneth McDonald and Wilbur Stark were injured and hospitalized.
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Roy Leslie Maggard
LaRussell
Kenneth Eugene McDonald
Webb City
Wilbur L. Stark
Carthage
Roach Killer Ad Warns of Guaranteed Service
An advertisement promises Tribune Roach Killer service with a guarantee. It instructs readers to call a local numbers after 6 p.m. if the carrier cannot be reached and mentions Casey Rexall Drug as a contact point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Casey Rexall
Eisenhower asks 4 billion foreign aid fund
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 4.175 billion dollars in new foreign aid to bolster the free world against communist imperialism. The plan splits into two billion for weapons aid to allies and 2.175 billion for economic and technical assistance, with aims to support Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and ongoing postwar security. He urged no drastic cuts and tied the request to his recent international goodwill tour.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Asia
Middle East
Europe
Tibet
Taiwan Straits
Laos
Indian
Christian A. Herter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Asia
India
Pakistan
World Bank
India- Pakistan
Indus River
Sahara Desert
Atlantic Pact
Height of Solitude at 140 Foot Water Tank
Police found 23 year old Paul Fredrick perched atop a 140 foot water tank in El Dorado reading a newspaper and listening to a portable radio. He calmly descended after officers talked with him and explained he liked high places as an ex paratrooper noting it was the quietest place in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado, Kan
Paul Fredrick
Civil Rights Bill Blocked By Dixie Demos
In Washington a Southern Democrat blocked moving Eisenhower civil rights legislation from the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Johnston ruled the motion out of order. Chairman Eastland upheld the objection. In the House, hearings on a milder civil rights bill resumed with Rep. Tuck arguing no further legislation is needed. Javits and Douglas planned an omnibus voting reform proposal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Kenneth B. Keating
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Johnston
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Capitol
House Rules Committee
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Tuck
Virginia
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Collision near Medicine Lodge kills man injures wife and daughter
Phillip Schlegel aged 55 of Medicine Lodge was killed when his car collided with a furniture truck on U S 281 north of Medicine Lodge. His wife and daughter were injured in the crash reported by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Lodge
Kas
Phillip Schlegel
Lee Wasser
U. S. 281
United Fund Drive Okayed by Chamber Directors
A Chamber of Commerce board accepted a committee report recommending a united fund drive conditioned on 75 percent participation from organizations with separate drives. The chamber may administer the combined drive to cut costs, with payroll deductions favored. The report by Marlin Blackston urged eliminating multiple drives and outlined next steps plus notes on museum fund progress and community programs.
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United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Jost
Marlin Blackston
Blackston
Paar Returns March 7 on Jack Paar Show
NBC announced Jack Paar will return to his television program on Monday March 7 after a three week vacation. NBC President Robert Kintner and Bob Sarnoff stated Paar agreed to return on the same four nights a week format, with repeats on the fifth night previously.
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New York
NBC
Jack Paar
Network
Robert Kintner
Bob Sarnoff
National Broadcast Co
Florida
Jack
Sarnoff
Paar
Injured Kansas City Man Dies After Highway Crash
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reports the death of 73 year old Joseph Budy of Kansas City Kansas from injuries suffered in a Sunday highway accident. He had a skull fracture and brain injury.
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Lawrence
Kansas City, Kan
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joseph Budy
Recreation plan mechanics discussed for tax supported program
Larry Heeb of the University of Kansas outlined how to initiate a tax funded recreation program and govern it by a joint city school commission. He noted signature petitions, use of the school district as taxing unit, and the role of a five member commission with appointments from education and city sides.
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Larry Heeb
University of Kansas
Heeb
Chamber of Commerce
Jhamber Civic Affairs
Community Council Special Action Committee
Board of Education
Commission
Seiiet
Father and Three Sons Die in Home Fire
A Rome, New York cab driver Arnold Johnson aged 40 died with his three sons Jerold 16 Carmen 14 and Allen 7 in a blaze that swept their two family home. Esther Johnson his wife remained in Oneida County Hospital for an operation while their three year old daughter also stayed in the same hospital for a skin disease. Johnson had attended his father's funeral on Monday.
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Rome
N. Y
Arnold Johnson
Jerold
Carmen
Allen
Johnson
Esther
Oneida County
Russell Man's Body Found After 22 Weeks
The body of Robert G. May, 30, a Russell used car lot operator, was found late Monday 11 miles northeast of Russell on a township road. May had a .22 caliber gun in his car and had been shot in the heart. Police investigate whether the wound was self defense or murder.
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Russell, Kas
Robert G. May
Russell
May
Traffic Toll Mounts In Kansas City
Kansas City's 1960 traffic toll rose to 18 on Monday. Eight fatalities last year by this date noted. Miss Virginia Brown, 38, was run over by a bus at the Ninth and cone intersection during the afternoon rush.
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Kansas City
Virginia Brown
Ninth and
Cone
Little Colder Weather Forecast Across Kansas
AP reports a shift to colder skies and higher clouds across Kansas on Wednesday with light snow possible northward and into the state. South west remains snow covered with 5 to 6 inches and Garden City at 11 degrees overnight. Concordia lows near 25 to 30 while Pittsburg, Garden City reach 34 to 42 elsewhere in the region.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Concordia
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Wame
Second Fatal Shooting In Great Bend
In Great Bend Kansas a second fatal shooting in as many days occurred when Floyd E Dunn 48 apparently shot himself at his north side trailer home. A 16 year old student Dick Orban died from a .22 caliber wound to the left chest with the coroner ruling the wound personal safety related and no inquest will be held. Dunn had been despondent and brought the gun home from a field south of Hays.
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Great Bend
Kas
Floyd E. Dunn
Dick Orbun
Barton County
Orban
Dunn
Hutchinson
Traffic Fatalities Senior Stallion Brings 25000 at Perry Sale
Wimpy II, a senior quarter horse stallion, sold for 25000 at the NR Bag Ranch dispersal sale in Perry Kansas. Buyer was Jack Cook, with Norman R Hamm owner. The event drew multiple bidders and followed report of local traffic fatality details.
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Chanute Tribune
Chanute
Larry Mathews
Our County Home Demonstration Unit
Adeline. Fortney
Frank Vowger
Etta Voerstler
Kansas Music Educators Association
Ike
Soviet Union
China
Dixie Demos
C of C
United Plan
E. E. Rosenthal
Glen Halbe
John Gorton
Wendell Bowyer
Carl Pate
Rosenthal
Osa
Martin Johnson
Halbe
Parsons
Gorton
Southeast Kansas
Bowyer
Chanute Teachers Assn
Aircade
Wichita
E. D. Canham
National Chamber
Ebur Schultz
Raymond York
Recreation ‘Commission
Kenneth Wilson
Special Action Committee
Community Council
Joe Balch
George Donaldson
Dean Gough
Nevada
Bill Young
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