Bearded or Beardless Husbands Captivate In Local Poll
In Chanute an inquiring reporter questioned ten women about preferring bearded or clean shaven husbands. Responses varied from bearded to beardless with strong personal stances. Two Chanute couples welcomed babies this week, including Douglas William Elbert born at home and a 7 pound 8 ounce son for the Jim Johnsons at Neosho Memorial.
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Chanute Radio
Douglas William
Chuck Elbert
Neosho Memorial
Jim Johnson
N. Steuben
Johnsons
Elberts
Victor John
Traffic Fatalities Report for Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in 24 hours ending 9 am in February and 6 in 1961. comparable 1961 period lists 45 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Senate OKs agency reorganizations and water measures
The Kansas Senate passed party line bills to reorganize three state agencies including the Armory and Banking Boards and the Real Estate Commission. House resolutions push water storage studies and funding plans, with asks on Milford, John Redmond, Elk City, and Council Grove reservoirs. Committees advanced bills on lending firms, jail credit, taxes, and public auctions regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Senate
House
Kansas
Legislative Council
Senate
John Anderson
George Docking
Kansas Armory and Banking Boards
Kansas Real Estate Commission
Kansas Water Resources Board
Sen
John Murray
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Murray
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Legislators Weiner Finney Report From State House Meeting
Fifty five Chanute area business leaders educators and officials attended a Chamber luncheon to hear state legislators Weiner and Finney discuss committee work and legislation trends. Finney highlighted education and labor as active panels with debates on workmen's comp unemployment benefits and educational survey opposition. Weiner noted focus on assessment taxation and public health with emphasis on water resources for southeast Kansas and industrial needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Finney
Humboldt
Allen County
Carl Weiner LU
Neosho County
Finney
Corporation Commission
REA
Weiner
State Board of Social Welfare
State Board of Health
Oil and Gas
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
John N. Sherman Jr
Special Zoning Group To Review Lassman Request
A special zoning committee meets Monday at 7 30 p m at the Memorial building to consider Robert Lassman’s petition to rezone 2nd and Highland from R 1 to R 2. He hopes to buy the property for a multiple unit apartment project, with committee recommendations sent to the city governing body for a final decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Zoning Committee
Memorial Building
Robert Lassman
2Nd and Highland
Lassman
City Commission
Wreck Revealing To Parole Officer
A 15 year old boy questioned about an accident with a stolen car says he is on parole for auto theft and was en route to juvenile court to report to his parole officer. Police Lt George R Harkness notes the youth admits taking four stolen cars this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George R. Harkness
Small Twister Damages Elders Home In Chanute
A brief Chanute weather report notes a small twister ripped a carport roof at Don Elder's home, tossed play equipment, tore loose an electric cable, and caused 46 mph winds. It follows heavy rainfall of 1.17 inches and a drop from 66 to 25 degrees with forecasted ongoing cold and snow flurries.
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Chanute
Don Elder
Jim Sheridan
Elder Home
Sheridan Yard
Elder Yard
FAA
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Peka
Columbus
Chrestline
Gladden's Attorney Threatened After Bomb Attack
Attorney Martin Anderson representing Stanton M. Gladden and Fire Fighters Local 42 said he received a threatening letter. Gladden, a fire battalion chief, was injured when a bomb exploded under his car at home on February 9. FBI official W. Mark Felt said the letter is being investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Martin Anderson
Stanton M. Gladden
Fire Fighters Union Local 42
Gladden
W. Mark Felt
FBI
Explorer IX Balloon Satellite Spotted Over Earth
A polka dot Explorer IX balloon satellite was rediscovered by the Civilian Space Agency after lifting from Wallops Island. It orbits from 404 to 1604 miles as scientists track it optically and test air density using sighting data. The craft is visible across the United States at times.
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Washington
Civilian Space Agency
National Aeronauticsand Space Administration
Wallops Island
Johannesburg
South Africa
Woomera
Australia
Pretoria
Baker-Nunn
Space Agency
West Palm Beach
Bla
Earth
Research Center
Langley
United States
Three Youths Die In Missouri Crash West Of Sedalia
In heavy rain on U S 50 three miles west of Sedalia, Missouri, three youths were killed and a fourth injured when their car struck a bridge. Victims were Wayne E. Moore 18 Holden Clinton C. Murphy 19 Whiteman AFB and Margaret Elwell 19 Warrensburg. Ruby Wilson about 19 of Warrensburg suffered a leg fracture and a head laceration. Murphy was the son of M Sgt C F Murphy Whiteman AFB.
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Sedalia
U. S. 50
Wayne Eugene Moore
Holden
Clinton C. Murphy
Whiteman Air Force Base
Margaret Elwell
Warrensburg
Ruby Wilson
Murphy
M. Sgt
C. F. Murphy
Whiteman Afb
Man Held on Felony Check Charge Returned from Ponca City
Lester Brutchin formerly of Chanute remained in Erie county jail on a felony check charge after arrest in Ponca City Oklahoma. Sheriff Jerry Sloan and Police Chief Lige Matlock brought him back from Ponca City last night.
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Lester Brutchin
Chanute
Erie
Ponca City
Okla
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
Lige Matlock
Four Accidents Investigated in Local Traffic Crawl
Police investigated four non injury traffic accidents yesterday. Details include a 1:10 p.m. collision at 1sland Lincoln involving Willie Davis and Kenneth Chestnut with $30 damage to a 1956 Chevrolet. Other incidents involve Ruth Lacey, L. W. Bircher, Ruth Martin, and Faramiz Pourlak with minor damages ranging from $10 to $15. A late report notes Earl True striking a gasoline pump at Woodruff station.
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Lincoln
Willie Jr. Davis
Iola
Kenneth B. Chestnut
S. Western
E. Main
Ruth Lacey
N. Forest
L. W. Bircher
S. Plummer
Lacey
Bircher
Ford
W. Main
Ruth Martin
Chanute
Faramiz Pourlak
Pittsburg
Carl Weiner III
Highland
Pourlak
Plymouth
Weiner
Mercury
Earl True
R. 1
Woodruff
County detainer filed on ex-convict William M Cornell
Neosho County authorities said they filed a detainer against 28 year old ex convict William M Cornell currently in Wichita custody. He is wanted on misdemeanor bad check charges here after release from Lansing Jan 24 following a three year term. Cornell is accused of passing at least three bogus checks under $50 in Chanute and similar instruments in Pittsburg Topeka Fort Scott and Joplin. He was arrested in Wichita Thursday.
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Neosho County
Wichita
William M. Cornell
Lansing
Chanute
Cornell
Pittsburg
Topeka
Fort Scott
Joplin
Excavation Starts for New 48-Bed Nursing Home
Groundwork has begun in the 1600 block of West 2nd for a one story 48 bed nursing home by Mr and Mrs Otis B Autry. The Autrys operate a current nursing home at 719 South Highland and will continue that facility during construction with a target completion by Oct 1.
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West 2Nd
Otis
Lenten Guideposts Dream Knoll Becomes Life Testimony
Ewart Autry recalls a young couple who marked a grassy knoll on U.S. Highway 78 as their future home. Twenty years later he finds Bill and Polly still staking dreams, now confronting the gap between plans and reality as the knoll remains a symbol of dream dust and ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 78
Polly
Bill
U.S. Highway 78
Tornadoes strike central Oklahoma with snow and cold
Tornadoes lashed central Oklahoma communities Friday night as people faced snow, rain, and plunging temperatures. The Associated Press reports a broad area endured severe weather bringing damage and dangerous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Muster Day Observed By Chanute Guard Monday Open House
The Chanute National Guard plans an open house during its drill Monday night at the Armory from 7 30 to 10 pm to honor National Muster Day. Lt. John Jensen says 5 000 guardsmen exist in 50 states DC and Puerto Rico with over 470 000 personnel. Chanute’s Company B 174th Military Police Battalion lists 115 enlisted and three officers with six on short active duty and about 20 more slated for June and July.
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Chanute National Guard
National Guard
John Jensen
National Guardsmen
Jensen
Army
Air National Guard
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Chanute
174Th Military Police Battalion
Fredonia
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Shawnee County
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