Eisenhower backs fast action on Laos crisis
Washington reports say President Eisenhower, along with Christian Herter Thomas Gates and Lyman Lemnitzer, pressed for quick decisive steps as Laos faces a suspected North Vietnamese invasion. SEATO meetings and warnings to Communist powers followed as Laos battles pro-Communist rebels.
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Eisenhower
Laos
White House
Pacific
Christian A. Herter
Thomas S. Gates Jr
James H. Doug
U.S
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Livingston U. Merchant
James H. Douglas
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
Vientiane
Xienghkouang
Bouvan Norasing
Prince Boun Oum
Ban Ban
Xiengkhouang
Moscow Radio
Red
Plaine Des Jarres
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Bangkok
Thailand
Pete Sarasin
A. Alexis Johnson
United States
Sarasin
Pathet Lao
NEATO
Jungle Kingdom
VC News highlights Chanute plant opening and locals
Virginia Carolina Chemical’s VC News profiles the Chanute plant inauguration in November and celebrates prominent locals including Ross Cooper plant superintendent Rollie Hydorn and Linda Park Miss Chanute. It notes the plant purchase from Neosho Fertilizer Co and lists civic leaders who aided the events.
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Chanute
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
V-C News
Richmond
V-C
Ross Cooper
Rollie Hydorn
Linda Park
Miss Chanute
Robert Briley
Fireman C N McQuin Retires After 36 Years Service
Chanute veteran C N MecQuin retires from the city fire department after a 36 year career beginning in 1923. He recalls aged equipment, low water pressure, seven chiefs, and a $90 monthly wage for 144 hours weekly plus $10 incentives for memorizing streets and hydrants.
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C. N. McQuin
S. Edith
Chanute
McQuin
Chanute Fire Department
Tribune
Edith
E. Main
MecQuin
City Hall
Main
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Memorial Building
Contract Awarded for Topeka VA Hospital Air Conditioning
A $949 900 contract for air conditioning three buildings at the Topeka Kansas Veterans Hospital has been awarded to V C Contractors Inc of Norfolk Virginia. The Veterans Administration informed Kansas senators today.
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Washington
Topeka
Kas
Veterans Hospital
V. C. Contractors, Inc
Norfolk
Veterans Administration
Kansas
Ovation of Nasser In Morocco
Casablan ca Morocco AP President Gamal Abdel Nasser drew a tremendous ovation from Moroccan crowds as African leaders arrived for a Congo summit. Hours after Nasser arrived aboard his private yacht leaders of Guinea Ghana and Mali landed on a Soviet built airliner from Conakry Guinea.
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Morocco
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Congo
Nasser
Guinea
Ghana
Mali
Conakry
Roy Rankin Tops Tribune News Tip Contest
Roy Rankin of 512 N. Grant wins The Tribune $3 weekly news tip award after calling in minutes after a pressure cooker explosion at Busy B cafe. His tip helped a Tribune photographer reach the scene for a quick photo. The contest runs through January with next week’s winner to be announced.
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Tribune
Roy Rankin
N. Grant
Rankin
Chanute
Call the Tribune
Liberal vs Conservative Struggle in New Congress
The new Congress opens amid liberal versus conservative clashes over Kennedy's program. House liberals push for a stronger voice while Republicans and conservative Democrats seek to overhaul the Rules Committee. Senate Republicans reelect Dirksen. Democrats pick Mansfield as floor leader and Humphrey as successor. Sessions begin with a full gallery as Kennedy resigns from the Senate.
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New Congress
Washington
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Senate
House
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Charles A. Halleck
Rind
Halleck
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Charles B. Hoeven
Iowa
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Democrats
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Ralph Roberts
Rayburn
Wreck Fire Damages 300000 On Kansas City Southern Line
Derailment explosion and fire eight miles northwest of Carl Junction blocked mainline trains since New Year's Eve. By Monday the line was cleared, three farm families returned home, one derailed car smouldered, danger ended, road M17 reopened, communications restored, damage estimated at 300000 dollars.
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Cars Junction
Kansas City Southern
Carl Junction
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Through January 1961
Topeka AP reports a traffic death log covering 48 hours to 9 am and compares January 1961 figures with the same period in 1960. The record notes fatalities in Kansas and references the year over year comparison.
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Topeka
Kansas
No Prospects In Baby Derby In Chanute 1961
No newborns yet at Neosho Memorial Hospital Chanute in 1961. Three babies were born January 31 to beat the income tax deadline, but no early contenders for New Year's baby title have emerged. Gifts from Chanute merchants await the first baby born in the Chanute trade area. Last year’s winner arrived January 1.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune please contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Long Wait for Vehicle Tags Marks Erie County Sale
A long line formed at the Erie County treasurer’s office as residents sought 1961 car and truck tags. Mail applications set the order this year, leaving low numbers to late arrivants. Mrs. Dorothy Pogue claimed the first spot, while others arrived by 4 a.m. The earliest processed numbers started at 533 after mail applications, with 624 car tags and 94 truck tags sold by 10 a.m. The No. 1 car tag went to R. D. Worley and No. 1 truck tag to Arthur W. Geil, with multiple buyers securing low numbers through in-person and mail processing.
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Erie
Gan
Dorothy Pogue
Edith
Dale Stemple
W. 16Th
Freda Locke
Chanute
R. D. Worley
Arthur W. Geil
S. Kansas
Tourists Return From Two-Week Mexico Tour
Fourteen residents of Chanute and Nesoho County returned Saturday evening from a two week Mexican tour. The 24 travelers left by chartered bus and were sponsored by the Kansas UNESCO. They spent Christmas Eve in Mexico City and photos of their return appeared on page six.
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Chanute
Nesoho County
Mexico
Dee
Kansas Unesco
Mexico City
Chapute
Today's Tribune
Henry Watkins
Erie
Road Contracts For $68 Millions By State in 1961
Kansas Highway Commission approved 1960 contracts totaling 68 062 000 led by a three year peak of almost 202 million. Maurice Martin announced his resignation to join the Kansas Asphalt Association and noted ongoing interstate expansions. He projected 60 to 65 miles more four lane expressways ready by 1962 with several 1 70 1 235 and 1 35 segments planned across multiple counties.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Maurice Martin
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Martin
Kansas Asphalt Association
Kansas
Trego County
Newton
Abilene
Solomon
Wabaunsee
Salinedp
Trego
Gove
Wichita
Kansas City
Grange Meet Set Thursday at Memorial Building
Grangers plan a district meeting Thursday at the Memorial building auditorium with state leaders including Harry Col glazier state master Myra Beebe state lecturer Irma Steffey state home economics chair Ruth Esther Shorthill state youth chair Iris Levering state juvenile chair Agnes Ingwersin civil defense chair and insurance officials to outline programs for the coming year Southeast Kansas officers and members will attend a potluck refreshment afterward Other district meetings follow in Garden City Halstead Ottawa and Topeka on respective dates.
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Memorial Building
Harry Colglazier
Myra Beebe
Irma Steffey
Ruth Esther Shorthill
Iris Levering
Agnes Ingwersin
Civil Defense
Insurance Company
Kansas
Rural Grange
Garden City
Halstead
Ottawa
Topeka
60 000 On Turnpike Over 3 Day Holiday
Wichita AP reports about 60,000 vehicles used the Kansas Turnpike during the three day New Year weekend, roughly the prior year’s level. Patrolmen made 27 arrests including one for DWI and gave 194 motorist services. Two minor accidents occurred with one non injury and one with a cut right leg.
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Wichita
Kansas Turnpike
Pike
Weather forecast for Topeka area with rising temps through Wednesday
The forecast calls for fair skies and a slow warming trend through Wednesday with lows in the mid to upper 20s and highs near 50. Today Topeka and surrounding towns are expected to reach the 40s then 45 to 50 by Wednesday. Overnight readings ranged from single digits in Goodland to the teens elsewhere, with Topeka at 12 and Manhattan at 13.
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Topeka
API
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Dodge City
Olathe
Goodland
Wichita
Emporia
Pittsburg
Manhattan
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Floyd Potter
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Sunflower State
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Albuquerque
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