Four Chanute Elks Scholarships Awarded
Four Chanute High School seniors won 50 scholarship awards from the Cha nute Elks for the schools of their choice. Leon Mendez Karen Dillion William Durkin and Susan Griffiths were honored for leadership and scholarship with state and national competition potential.
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Chanute Elks
Bill Warren
Elks
Leon Mendez
Opal Mendez
N. Lee
Karen Dillion
W. W. Dillion
William Durkin
Thomas Durkin
S. Highland
Susan Griffiths
R. W Griffiths
S. Western
Dents
Warren
Griffiths
Chanute
Elks Club
Chanute Club
Kathy Coulter
Judith Dodge
Stark
Claudette Judy
Centennial Meeting Tonight Sets Contest for Centennial
The centennial planning committee meets at 7 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce offices to review progress with John B. Rogers Producing Co. Sam Gregg of Rogers provided professional help. Tonight's agenda includes selecting a winner for the official seat design with a $25 savings bond prize.
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Chamber of Commerce
John B. Rogers Producing
Sam Gregg
Rogers Company
P. O
Traffic Fatality Log From Topeka Shows February Counts
Kansas traffic death log records 48 hours to 9 a.m. February figures with 1961 at 56 and 1960 at 47. The February 11 fatality is included in the tally, adjusting prior counts for the period.
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Topeka
Kansas
No Entries In Tribune News Tip Contest
The Tribune reports no qualified submissions last week for the $3 weekly news tip prize. Contest continues through February with this week’s winner to be announced next Monday. Residents of Chanute and the four-county area are urged to report unusual happenings by phone or in person at No 17 during business hours.
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The
Tribune
Chanute
Four County
Call the Tribune
Washington Birthday closings in Chanute area
The observance of Washing ton's Birthday Wednesday will close the Neosho County courthouse at Erie the county welfare office local banks and the Chanute post office. State offices have received no official word. Regular Sunday post office service will be offered and most Chanute businesses expected to stay open.
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Chanute
Neosho County
Erie
Chanute Post Office
Bill to Protect Small Investors in Kansas Senate
Gov. John Anderson said the industrial loan bill aims to regulate firms borrowing from small investors. He added the bill would also lower interest rates for the public and he has no objection to that outcome. The measure was introduced in the Kansas Senate Friday.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Senate
Anderson
C. R. Bisbee
R-Meade
F. B. Boyd
R-Larned
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Kansas
Bill
Fridley
R-Crestline
Charles Arthur
Manhattan
George Peppercorn
Ckansas City
Peppercorn
James Cubit
R Garnett
Robert Cram
St. Francis
Coffeyville Loan and Investment Co
House Backs Water Storage At Kansas Reservoirs
Topeka Kansas AP The House approved a resolution backing water storage in Milford Perry and John Redmond reservoirs totaling 514 000 acre feet and urged inclusion in Elk City and Council Grove projects The measure also calls for repayment obligations over years and was sent to the Senate by a 92 7 vote A companion study resolution passed 96 0.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
Milford
Republican River
Perry Reservoir
Delaware
John Redmond
Neosho River
Elk City
Council Grove
Elk
Neosho
Legislative Council
Three Killed in Kansas Traffic Weekend
Three people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. James C. Billings 42 of Hutchinson died when his car overturned on U S 24 east of Cawker City. Neeley Harold Stotler 19 of Iola died after a gravel skid near Iola. Marvin A Hardy 38 Menlo school superintendent died when his car hit the back of a tractor trailer east of Rexford on U S 83.
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Associated Press
Kansas
James C. Billings
Hutchinson
U.S
Cawker City
Billings
Neeley Harold Stotler
Iola
Stotler
Menlo
Kan
Marvin A. Hardy
Rexford
U.S. 83
Boy Rescued From 275-Foot Well in Arizona
Seven year old Harry Stage survived a 275 foot fall into an irrigation well after clinging to a rope loop lowered by his father and neighbors. He suffered two broken legs a fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries and is hospitalized in Memorial Hospital in Phoenix.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Harry Stage
Memorial Hospital
Harry
Phoenix
Webb Faubion
Faubion
Arizona
Kennedy quotes shape education priorities in Congress
President Kennedy urges education as a state and local matter with higher education as individual choice. He calls for 600000 classrooms in 10 years and for higher teacher salaries to attract and retain talent while reaffirming constitutional limits on church school funding and ensuring access to higher education regardless of finances.
Cleanest Town Certificate For Chanute
Chanute has been awarded a certificate of achievement in the national cleanest town contest. Marlin Blackston, head of the chamber committee, received the telegram from the National Clean Up Paint Up and Fix Up Bureau in Washington, D.C. The city participates annually with Chanute businessmen and city cooperation sponsoring a cleanup week.
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Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Marlin Blackston
National
Washington, D.C
Blackston
Chamber
Weather forecast for Kansas mild and cloudy through Tuesday
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in Kansas through Tuesday. Highs in the 40s today with lows in the 30s, some freezing rain and sleet reported in southern Kansas last night but ended by morning. rain northeast Kansas Friday brought moisture and minor stream rises.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kennedy proposes 5.7 billion aid to education plan
President Kennedy proposes a 5.7 billion education aid package with three-year state grants for classrooms and teacher salaries, a five-year college scholarship program, and long term loans for dormitories and facilities. The plan totals 5.7 billion and excludes funding for church school salaries. Senate GOP leader Dirksen vows a $1 billion four-year alternative focused on classroom construction. House Speaker Rayburn opposes federal funds for teacher salaries. Kennedy aims to amend the 1958 National Defense Education Act and reviews vocational programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Cars Damaged In Morning Traffic Mishaps
At about 9 15 a m Earl Long 35 driving a 1956 Ford owned by Deerfield Oil Co collided at Elm and Evergreen with Mrs Ethel Ramey 54 driving a 1957 Ford owned by R O Wallace 1601 S Evergreen. Left front damage to the Wallace car estimated at 300 dollars and right rear damage to the Deerfield vehicle about 50 dollars. Later at 3 p m Mary Lou Turner 10 was bruised when bumped by a car at 8 E Main driver identified as Larry Waldrip 210 W 4th. The girl was examined and released.
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Earl Long
Eric R. 1
Ethel ‘Ramey
S. Evergreen
Elm
Evergreen
Long
Deerfield Oil Co
Chanute
Ramey
R. O. Wallace
Wallace
Deerfield
Joe Turner
N. Grant
Mary Lou 10
E. Main
Larry Waldrip
Plane crash kills Johnson plane crew near Johnson City
In foggy hill country near Johnson City Texas the private Convair 240 owned by Lyndon B. Johnson crashed after a 65 mile night flight from Austin. Pilot Harold Teague and co pilot Charles Williams, both of Austin, are dead. Johnson was at his ranch conducting an all night search.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Johnson
Johnson City
Harold Teague
Charles Williams
San Antonio News
Lenten Guideposts and the Turning Point in Ted Husing's Life
The article reflects Ted Husing recounting his conversion after blindness from a brain tumor in 1956. He describes his past vanity, radio career rise, and lack of faith, then credits family and friends for support and justice, noting an arduous recovery that left him partially sighted.
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Ted Hu‘sing
Complaints On Activities Of Teen-agers
Police reported multiple weekend complaints about teenage activity. Three incidents involved the same group of boys: obscene language from a car, a disturbance at a cafe, and a dangerous driving episode cited by a bus driver. No arrests were made. Earlier, Dr. Richard Good reported yard light damage and a stop sign was torn down at 9th and Santa Fe.
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Richard Good
9Th
Santa Fe
George Nominated for U.S. Attorney in Kansas
President Kennedy sent the Senate the nomination of Newell A. George a former Kansas representative to be U.S. attorney for Kansas. The nomination awaits Senate confirmation. George aged 56 served in the House until January 20.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Newell A. George
House of Representatives
Kansas
U.S
George
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