Adults voice support for tax funded Chanute recreation plan
The advisory committee at Chanute Senior High voted unanimously to back a tax supported recreational program. The group urged the Community Council to move quickly on procedures for a voters’ decision, with a plan to bring Nevada style youth programs to Chanute.
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Chanute
Community Council Special Action Committee
Jim Gough
Dean Gough
Nevada
Darrell Estes
Estes
Kenneth Wilson
Community Council
Nevada Student Council
Civil Rights Bill Cleared for House Consideration Next Month
The House Rules Committee approved a path for the civil rights bill to reach the House floor next month by a 7-4 vote. The panel allowed an administration backed amendment on federal court appointment of referees. Debate could span about 15 hours, potentially weeks.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Ray
J. Madden
D-Ind
James J. Delaney
Thomas P. O'Neill
Dmass
Leo E. Allen
R-Ii
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
B. Carroll Reece
Tenn
Hamerm H. Budge
Idaho
Howard W. Smith
Dva
William M. Colmer
Mass
James W. Trimble
D-Ark
Homer Thornberry
D-Tex
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Winter Storm Possibility Dims For Kansas
The weather service said the weekend storm may miss Kansas to the south as cold conditions persist. Expect variable clouds with possible snow flurries through Friday while temperatures stay well below normal. The state enjoyed sunny but cold conditions this morning with readings about 10 degrees below normal as Canadian air pushes into the central plains.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Canada
Central Plains
Evanston Sets National Traffic Deathless Days Record
Evanston Illinois reached 781 consecutive days without a traffic death, a national record. Using a National Safety Council scoring method, the 76,200 population times 781 days equals 59,512,200 man days without a fatality. Evanston, a Chicago suburb, consistently ranks high in safety listings.
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Evanston, Til
Evanston
National Safety Council
Chicago
City explains truck traffic signs to protect nonhighway streets
City Manager R J Hayes says regulatory signs aim to keep through trucks on designated routes while allowing local deliveries and farm trucks to use nonhighway streets. He notes the program preserves streets not funded by state maintenance grants, with highway routes receiving maintenance payments per lane mile and state aid for resurfacing intra city links.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Stella High School Robbery at Stella High School
The Stella High School campus in Stella Missouri was robbed during the night with about $328 taken from the superintendent’s office including $87 from March of Dimes funds. Vending machines were also looted.
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Stella, Mo
Stella High School
Don Parsons
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log records 0 fatalities in a 24 hour period ending Thursday 9 am, contrasting with 64 deaths in the comparable 1959 period and 40 in 1960 to date.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wrong Translation Wrong Translation
Milford Ohio man learns a good deed can backfire when he pushes a stalled car wrongfully. W B Goodman sped up to aid a driver who signaled for help yet the motorist attempted to back into a space. the driver’s anger and unprintable words followed.
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Milford
Ohio
W. B. Goodman
Goodman
Kansas City Minister Disappears Amid Hospitalization Urgency
Mrs. Ivan G. Smith reports her husband Rev. Mr. Smith of Maple Hill Presbyterian Church has been missing since Monday after failing to appear at Topeka Veterans Hospital. He is described as disabled from World War II service and under stress from organizing a Wyandotte County church. Five letters, including one to his wife, were mailed from Kansas City. He listed where he parked their 1956 car and said he withdrew $800. He has recently been an outpatient at the VA mental hygiene clinic in Topeka.
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Kansas City
Kan
Ivan G. Smith
Wyandotte County
Mr. Smith
Topeka
Frisco Reports $1 Million Loss on Fort Scott Tulsa Run
Frisco Railroad told ICC hearing in Parsons that passenger service between Fort Scott Kansas and Tulsa Oklahoma from 1957 through last year lost about $1 million. Delbert Fields said the deficit at the hearing proceeding in Columbus is part of the plan to discontinue the daily Fort Scott Tulsa trains.
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Parsons, Kan
Frisco Railroad
Fort Scott
Kan
Tulsa
Delbert Fields
St. Louis
Frisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Columbus
ICC
Last Hope Fades as Chessman Clemeny Bid Fails
Condemned killer Daryl Chessman faces execution at San Quentin after the California Supreme Court rejected a clemency recommendation 4-3. Chessman vowed no clemency despite his 12 year legal fight, as Governor Brown waits for any further reconsideration and a possible full pardon.
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San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
Los Angeles
California
Edmund G.brown
Supreme Court
I Brown
George T. Davis
Davis
U.S. Supreme Court
California Supreme Court
Iever
Brown
Complaint by Wife Brings Army Action
A Sumner county man Hubert Steedley 45 and father of 11 children is back in Army custody after his wife filed a peace disturbance complaint. Fort Riley officers seized Steedley from his Dalton Wellington home and he received 10 days in jail and $12.50 costs. He disclosed he was drafted in 1942 in Georgia and walked away from Camp Kilmer New Jersey while awaiting overseas. He had lived quietly in the Wellington area, working for a tree surgeon and earning 50 dollars weekly.
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Wellington, Kas
Ft. Riley
Hubert Steedley
Kansas
Bert White
Steedley
Wellington
Dalton
White
Georgia
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Vermillion Files for GOP Nominaton in 3rd District
Independence editor John F. Vermillion filed for the Republican congressional nomination in Kansas 3rd District. He is a state representative and candidate joins Walter McVey Ralph O Brownfield and Jack Shaw in the GOP race to challenge Denver Hargis. Vermillion serves in his second Kansas House term.
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Independence
John F. Vermillion
Montgomery County
Vermillion
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
Hargis
Walter McVey
Ralph O. Brownfield
Winfield
Jack Shaw
Galena
Kansas House
Sooner Crashes Fatal to Three in Oklahoma
Two killed in a head on crash near Miami Oklahoma on U S 66 Ferrell D Oakley 25 of Kansas City Missouri died along with Mrs Dorothy Davis of Blue Jacket Oklahoma. Mrs Davis was a passenger in a car driven by her husband Roy Lane Peddicord 24 of Arkansas City Kansas died later from injuries sustained in a wreck near the Kansas line in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Missouri
Oklahoma
The
Highway Patrol
Ferrell D. Oakley
Kansas City
Dorothy Davis
Bluejacket
Okla
Miami
U.S. 66
Oakley
Davis
Roy Lane Peddicord
Arkansas City
Kan
Big Eye Radar to Improve Weather Warnings in Kansas City
The weather service activated the Big Eye radar atop the Federal Office Building in Kansas City. The 250 mile range unit will be tested for six weeks before use during the tornado season, with forecasters optimistic about enhanced storm warnings.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Federal Office
Navy
H. L. Jacobsin
Tag sales surge as deadline nears for Neosho County vehicles
Neosho County treasurer reports 6,500 car tags and 2,434 truck tags issued through yesterday with sales higher than last year. A 50 cent penalty starts Tuesday and another on the first of each month, prompting long lines at the office. By March 16 all 1960 tags must be displayed, with a 30 day grace period before arrests.
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Erie
Neosho County
Freda Co. Locke
Tom Glascock
Kansas Highway Patrol
County Welfare Board
Norma V. Summers
Yates Center
Wichita
Queen Elizabeth II still waiting for birth at Buckingham Palace
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II remained in the palace today with obstetrician John H. Pell and the medical team at her side. Seven hours into the day no labor announcement had been made despite continued monitoring and brief doctor absences. The prince joked during a luncheon, while Peel reassured Philip the baby was not imminent.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
John H. Pell
Peel
Prince Philip
John Weir
Lord Evans
Vernon Hall
Evans
Weir
Hall
Palace
Edmund Stockdale
Philip
Lindsays Buy Lease At Sheriff's Sale
H. F. and James Lindsay of Lindsay Drilling Co. Chanute were high bidders at a sheriff's sale north west of Thayer. The bid was 2146.42 dollars. The lease was foreclosed on a lien and has one nonproducing but restorable well.
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H. F
James Lindsay
Lindsay Drilling Co
Chanute
Thayer
Lindsay
Plan for new home for the aged aims at inclusive admission
County commissioners outlined the admission plan for the near-complete home for the aged. Physical need will be the principal factor guiding intake. They stated no financial distinctions between private and welfare patients and that county-funded facilities serve the public good under state law.
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Board of County Commissioners
Spread of A Weapons Needs Guard
Secretary of State Herter warns that rapid spread of nuclear weapons makes safe disarmament urgent as many nations may gain the power to trigger a nuclear war. He cites talks with the Soviet bloc and Geneva meetings to curb arms races, noting France’s recent nuclear test has heightened global concern.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
National Press Club
Herter
Press Club
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
France
Not a Trace Of Missing Coors
Golden Colorado. The Adolph Coors disappearance enters its tenth day as investigators probe for clues. Coors was last seen Feb 9 after his station wagon was found abandoned on a rural bridge near Denver. Sheriff Wermuth and Coors family suspect kidnapping for ransom. FBI continues to investigate with no contact reported.
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Golden
Colo
Adolph Coors
Coors
Denver
Art Wermuth
Chanute FFA Enter Crop Judging Event in Altamont
The Chanute Future Farmers of America chapter will enter the Southeast Kansas Crop Identification Judging and Grading school and contest at Altamont. About 15 teams expected. six members plus three alternates form the Chanute group. The event, at Labette County Consolidated High School, runs all day with advisor Charles Carter.
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Chanute Future Farmers of America
Southeast Kansas
Altamont
Chanute
Labette ‘County Consolidated High School
David Swiler
Bill Triplett
Roger Fickel
Bill Taylor
Gary Malson
Don Chickadonz
Harold Wilson
Harold Henry
O. D. Sperry
Charles Carter
Parents Agree To Pay Bills For Damage In Lamar
In Lamar Missouri the parents of seven youths involved in the Tuesday damage to a small grocery store near Lamar High School promised to cover the costs. Police say the youths boasted of Nazi ties, though officials suspect the claim came from reading about a Nazi youth cult in Kansas City. The vandalism included sodden cleaning tissue, a torn stove pipe, broken glass, a hole in the floor and stolen cookies. No charges were filed.
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Lamar
Junior Rakestraw
Charles Reed
Kansas City
Rakestraw
Lamar High School
St Paul Refuge Site Has No Drawbacks
Dave Leahy of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission said the St Paul wildlife refuge site has no drawbacks. About 3 000 acres cost 578 243 dollars have been acquired. work must start by June 30 to avoid losing 431 584 dollars in federal funds.
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Parsons, Kas
St. Paul Wildlife Refuge
Dave Leahy
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Parsons Kiwanis Club
Expansion plan for Lawrence firm announced by Hallmark
Lawrence Hallmark Cards Inc plans a two story addition to the Lawrence branch to total 300000 square feet for greeting card and gift ribbon production. The expansion will raise employment to more than 700 once in full operation, with completion expected in early 1961.
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Lawrence
Hallmark Cards, Inc
Joyce C. Hall
Roach Killer . . . guaranteed. Casey Rexall Drug
An advertisement promotes a guaranteed roach killer at Casey Rexall Drug. The copy highlights a pest control product and directs readers to the Rexall store for purchase.
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Casey Rexall
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