Kansas House backs probe after Wright remarks on schools
The Kansas House adopted a resolution to address remarks attributed to C O Wright executive secretary of the Kansas State Teachers Association. A House Education Committee plan to investigate KSTA activities followed Wright's Atlantic City critique of Kansas education.
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Topeka
The
Kansas House Today
American Association of School Administrators
C. O. Wright
Kansas State Teachers Association
Kansas Education
House Education Committee
KSTA
C.O. Wright
Atlantic City
Wright
Kansas
Association
Robert Finney
Laurin Jones
Dodge City
Senate Education Committee
Senate
Kansas City Star
Jones
Hitler
Two Youths Plead Guilty and Paroled in Property Case
ERIE Donnie Whelan 17 and Paul O'Brien 16 of St. Paul pleaded guilty in justice court to destroying public property and were paroled after restitution for damages. They admitted removing highway signs and damaging three steel road gates at St. Paul game refuge on February 8, with a pickup truck. Each received a sentence of days and a 90 day parole period. Damages total 6166.94.
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ERIE
Donnie Whelan
Paul O'Brien
St. Paul
Justice of the Peace Court
Erie-St. Paul
Women Voter Meet to Discuss League of Women Voters
A meeting for women voters to explore forming a local League of Women Voters is set for 7 30 tonight at the Home Savings Assn. Mrs Paul V Smith of Wichita will discuss the organization. Open to all area women of voting age.
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League of Women Voters
The
Home Savings Assn
Paul V. Smith
Wichita
Zoning Appeal Denied For Denman Street Project
Mr and Mrs Ray Stout asked the zoning board for an exception to build a bait shop at 201 Denman in a residential zone. All four board members present voted against the appeal at the public hearing held at the Memorial building.
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Ray Stout
Zoning Board of Appeals
Memorial Building
Stouts
Denman
Larry Oliverson Wins $11 500 Verdict in Kansas City
A federal court jury awarded Larry R. Oliverson of Chanute Kansas $11 500 after a damage suit arising from a highway crash on December 4 1960 on U S 69 four miles south of Stanley Kansas. Oliverson sought 35 000 from Kathleen M Bessenbacher of Independence Missouri.
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Kansas City
Kan
Larry R Oliverson
Chanute
Oliverson
Kathleen M. Bessenbacher
Independence
U.S. 69
Stanley
Accident Claims Life Of Prescott Farmer
Fort Scott Kansas August Bertsch, 77, a retired Prescott farmer, was fatally injured Monday when his car collided with a train at Prescott according to AP.
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Fort Scott
Kan
August Bertsch
Prescott
Intercepted Letter Hinting School Wash on National Line
Brief note claims a school issue is being aired publicly on a national stage. The sender signs as Dear Cha, indicating a personal message amid public scrutiny.
Camp Trailer Firm Plans Plant Here
NUWA Folding Camp Trailers Inc. will launch operations in about three weeks. Partners Reuben Willis and Wayne Green announce a five year, $25 yearly lease for land on W 21st and Plum mer. Aims include five trailers per day in year one and a complete line of economy and deluxe models. Green, moving from Indiana, has been Travel Equipment Corporation plant superintendent. Green is married with four children.
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Nuwa Folding Camp Trailers Inc
Reuben Willis
Wayne Green
Chanute
Indiana
Green
Travel Equipment Corporation
Willis
W. 21St
Plummer
Wichita
NFO President to Speak at Local Meeting
Oren Lee Staley national president of the National Farmers Organization from Rea Mo will headline an NFO meeting tomorrow afternoon at the National Guard Armory. Eddy Helland national commodity grain head also will speak. The meeting targets NFC soybean producers with soybeans in storage.
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Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Rea
NFO
National Guard
Eddy Helland
National Commodity Grain
Civil Code Revision Okay Passed In Kansas House
A 245 page civil code revision aiming to speed justice and align Kansas procedure with federal practice won House approval by 106 to 4 and heads to Gov. John Anderson. The session also saw a bond bill for the Kansas Turnpike Authority and a constitutional amendment proposal to reshape the House membership.
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Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
House of Representatives
Kansas Judicial Council
Legislative Council
John Anderson
Turnpike Authority
Kansas House
House
Senate
Frank Riddle
Wichita
School board petitions filed for Bideau and West Jr
Two nominating petitions for the city school board from Mrs Edwin H Bideau and Floyd L West Jr have been returned for sufficiency checks. They await validation by City Clerk Howard Parsons who is away at a clerks’ school in Lawrence.
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Edwin H. Bideau
Floyd L. West Jr
W. 2Nd
Rideau and West
Howard Parsons
Lawrence
Leaders want full Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba
Congress members from both parties press for complete evacuation of all Soviet forces in Cuba. While some say Khrushchev signaled a partial pullout by March 15, leaders insist on removal of all troops and technicians. There is no White House comment.
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Washington
Cuba
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
White House
State Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Heis
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Children pick name Friendship 7 for Glenn capsule
John H. Glenn Jr announced his children chose Friendship 7 for the capsule orbiting the earth a year ago. The Smithsonian received the capsule suit and flag as Glenn spoke on peaceful space use and youth interest in exploration.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Smithsonian Institution
Glenn
National Aeronautics and Pace Administration
Smithsonian
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
The
Senate Space Sciences Committee
Three Chanute Boys Cited In Driver Rotation
Three Chanute boys were cited for reckless driving after police observed a game of driver rotation in an older model car. Officer Tom Ogden said the incident marked the first time three occupants of one vehicle were cited for such behavior, and the department seeks a police court ruling to set a precedent. The cited youths are Jerry Baker, Stanley Friederich, and Tommy Arthur, all from Chanute.
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Chanute
Tom Ogden
Jerry Baker
S. Kansas
Stanley Friederich
S. Central
Tommy Arthur
S. Lafayette
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka for February 28, 1963
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Wednesday lists 51 fatalities in the February period, down from 58 in the comparable 1962 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Use of Science Aids Law Enforcement Emphasized
J Edgar Hoover era FBI growth cited by Col Lathroptenance as a central file system expands finger printing and crime scene tech. Read argues universal fingerprinting, polygraph use grows though court admissibility remains contested. Interrogation training, Menninger basics noted, pay and funding pressures limit top enforcement talent. Ira Barber presides as dues rise to 5.50.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Read Jr
Read
Federal Bureau of Investiga
Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Department of Justice
Ira Barber
Colder Temperatures Ahead with Snow Possible in North Kansas
A weather summary notes a cold wave to hit later Thursday with northerly winds 20 to 35 mph. Tonight's low around 15 and Thursday's high in the 20s. Kansas forecast calls for light snow possible in northern sections, with highs today in the upper 40s to 50s before the cold air arrives.
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Topeka
Olathe
Chanute
Salina
Abilene
Emporia
Hijacked Venezuelan freighter reaches Macapa port
The Anzoategui sailing under a Brazilian flag with Brazilian diplomats aboard arrived in Macapa Brazil on the Amazon Delta. The Brazilian navy planned to transfer hijackers to a warship and bring them to Belem for possible asylum. Venezuela seeks extradition.
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Belem
Brazil
Anzoategui
Amazon
Macapa
Equatorial
Brasilia
Solimoes
Foreign Ministry
Venezuela
Santana
Rio de Janeiro
Cenfer on Action on Wounding of Savenburg Boy
Authorities met in Erie to decide action following a pistol wound to a Savenburg boy Saturday night. They said decisions would be announced this afternoon with no other developments reported.
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Erie
Savenburg
Basketball Queen Bids By Three at Chanute SHS
Three candidates vie for Chanute Senior High School 1963 basketball queen. Sophomore Karen Borgen, junior Janie Biele, and junior Carol Umbarger are nominated by the Blue Comet squad. Balloting is Feb 28 with coronation at the March 1 final home game versus Pittsburg.
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Chanute Senior High School
Blue Comet
Karen Borgen
John Borgen
W. Elm
Janie Biele
Dale Biele
S. Allen
Carol Umbarger
Wayne Umbarger
S. Steuben
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N.J
New Jersey
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Paul Wunsch
Wunsch
Voter Meet For Women
Larry R. Oliverson
Cha
Yours
Wilson Chanute
Nl-Wa Folding Camp Trailers Inc
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Camp Trailer Firm Plans
Riddle
Bideau
F.L. West, Jr
U.S
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Sea Seennneteeteen
Interroga
Menninger Foundation
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