Banquet honors Octave Chanute during Chanute Week events
The Octave Chanute Week festivities climaxed with a Friday banquet and Saturday library dedication honoring the civil engineer and aviation pioneer Octave Chanute. His descendants attended as the city’s namesake was praised by Col. Ed Carey and local officials.
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Johnny Litchenburg
Octave Chanute
Chanute Public Library
Octave Chanute III
Denver
Col
Ed Carey
International Aerospace Hall of Fame
Chanute
Neosho
William Avery
Don Tucker
The
Historical Society
Oscar Cunningham
First National Bank
Lincoln and
Main
First Presbyterian Church
Chanutes
Nelllie Lasater
Hosack
218 N. Grant
Pioneer Chanute
San Diego
Calif
Col. Carey
Jean Gray
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Marvin McFarland
Elaine Chanute Higbee
William Lorenz
Lorenz
Sunny and warmer forecast with mid 60s to near 70 highs
Area forecast calls for sunny skies and a rise to mid 60s to near 70 today and Tuesday. Clear and cool tonight with lows in the mid to upper 30s as southwesterly winds ease to 10 to 15 mph.
Western Kansas farmers report brief snow storm aids wheat
United Press International notes a brief weekend snowstorm touched Western Kansas slowing drought damage to wheat. Farmers say moisture was limited but any moisture can helpanto reduce stress on the crop amid drought conditions.
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Kansas
Wellington
Tom Ostrander
Kansas wheat crop damaged by blizzard winds and moisture
A Kansas blizzard delivered winds up to 80 mph and limited moisture, worsening already damaged wheat fields in the south and central regions. Farmers reported windbreak efforts and erosion as officials noted little beneficial moisture and lingering crop stress despite some sun returning.
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National Weather Service
Earl Hayes
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Collision claim ends Columbus man in train crash
In southeast Kansas a collision between a car and a Katy freight train killed 70 year old Robert L. Martin of Columbus. The accident occurred early today and Martin died at the scene.
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Columbus
Kan
Perseverance and faith guide a family to success story
Phyllis Bass of Chanute earned a 1975 United States Department of Agriculture merit certificate after years of barriers to work in her field. Her family roots span Lola and Iola, with Wendell Jr. pursuing a KU doctorate and teaching Black History, while Elliott trains as a medical technologist and photographs notable moments including a Nixon visit.
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Jane Blades
Phyllis Bass
See-Kan
Kansas City Call
Bass
Wendell Jr
University of Kansas
Hocker Grove
Shawnee Mission
Iola
Ward Chapel
Elliott
Wendell
Wendell Sr
Brother Elliott
KU School of Medicine
Allen County Hospital
Kansas State College of
Pittsburg
John S. Bass
Meharry Medical School
Nashville
Tenn
United States
Cuba
Meharry
KU Medical Center
Kansas City
Russia
American Society of Medical Technology
Elliott, Ralph and
Wendell Jr. Bass
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Robert Hosack
Indiana
Joe Shubitz
Gov
Robert Bennett
Litchenburg
United Press International
Cha
Nate
South
Goodland
Hays
Ellis County
Church Women of
Lola
Washington
D.C
White House
Richard Nixon
Secret Service
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