Pecans Boost Local Farmers as Coop Buying Grows
December Patron's Letter from Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Erie notes 175000 pounds of pecans sold to local producers, bringing total purchases to 295000 pounds. Gold Kist Pecan Growers Assn of Atlanta acts as buying agent. Price climbs to 34 cents, averaging 30 cents for total $88500. Also mentions a mouse trap baby mole sighting by Ruth Horsley and contrasting theories by Jim Lindsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Valley Cooperative Creamery Assn
Erie
Gold Kist Pecan Growers Assn
Atlanta
Georgia
Jim Lindsay
W.est
Lindsay
Americans Take part in South American air tour
A Kansas-Missouri business group led by R M Seaton will tour five South American nations for 25 days. Participants include Joe Balch Walter Wulf and John Irvin with visits to Brazil Uruguay Argentina Chile Peru and Colombia amid meetings with officials and businessmen. The trip aims to support the People to People program and strengthen international ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Balch
S. Larson
Walter H. Wulf
Humboldt
Kansas
Missouri
R. M. Seaton
Coffeyville Daily Journal
John Irvin
Chillicothe
Chanute
Kansas City
Balch
United States
Seaton
Jess C. Denions Jr
Weather Forecast For Kansas Sees Mild Skies Ahead
Topeka AP. Generally fair skies and mild daytime temperatures are expected in the Kansas weather picture the next few days. Highs today and Thursday in the 50s, nights 15 to 30 below in the west to east. Goodland reports two inches of snow with limited snow cover expected to melt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Lawrence
Wamega
Pittsburg
New Post Offices Authorized in Perry and Louisburg Kansas
Regional postal officials report new post offices have been authorized for Perry and Louisburg Kansas, expanding service in the region. The AP dispatch notes official action authorizing the offices with details pending formal establishment and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Perry
Louisburg
Kan
Victor Miller Jr Wins Stork Derby En Route To Hospital
Victor Miller Jr the 1961 Stork Derby winner in the Chanute area was proclaimed after a 73 hour delay birth. He arrived at 1 30 a m in a car near US 169 in Chanute becoming the first 1961 birth in the district. The Miller family from Parsons will collect gifts from Chanute merchants including food, diapers, clothing and a hi fi record. The baby weighed seven pounds eight ounces and is reported fine at Neosho Memorial Hospital alongside his mother Della Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Area
Victor James Miller Jr
Victor Miller
Parsons
Tribune
Victor Miller Fof R. 2 Parsons
Chanute Merchants
Victor
S. Santa Fe
Miller
Della
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Horton Woman Killed In One Car Crash
Mrs Jesse Virginia Myers 47 of Horton was killed in a one car crash on US 36 near the Brown Nemaha county line. She was the daughter of the late Brig Gen Charles H Browne and sister of Brig Gen Charles H Browne Jr. publisher of the Horton Headlight. The accident happened as she returned from Glasco after Christmas holidays with her son Charles J Myers.
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Horton
Kas
Jesse Virginia Myers
US. 36
Brown-Nemaha County
Mrs. Myers
Charles H. Browne
Charles H. Browne Jr
35Th Infantry Division
The
Horton Headlight
Glasco, Kas
Charles J. Myers
U S Cuba ties end as Eisenhower breaks relations
President Eisenhower declares the United States breaks diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro's Cuban regime saying the limit has been reached. The move follows Castro's anti-U.S. stance and ties with the Communist bloc, while the base at Guantanamo Bay remains unaffected. Danial J. Braddock stays in Havana to ease the transition as Swiss Ambassador Walter Rossi takes over U.S. duties.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
White House
State Department
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Castro
John F. Kennedy
Havana
Daniel J. Braddock
Walter Rossi
Braddock
West Palm Beach
Fla
Washington-Havana
America
Spain
United Nations, N.Y
United States Today
James J.wadsworth
U.N. Security Council
Wadsworth
Raul Roa
Chanute School Facilities Study Forms Advisory Committee
Citizens form a 30 member advisory panel to study Chanute schools facilities and needs over the next decade. The first meeting named Dr. Glen Ashley and 28 others, with Jan. 25 set for a joint session with the school board and four planned committee meetings.
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P.m
Glen Ashley
Jim Blessing
Charlotte Bowyer
Jack Brown
Board of Education
Irvin Brune
Boyd Burns
Wanda
Buford Fisher
Cook
Pat Delahunty
Babs Dixon
Thayer and Stark Banks Post 1960 Surpluses and officer shifts
The Stark State Bank reports total assets of 899,679.08 at Dec 31 1960, down from 946,715.63 in 1959, while the First National Bank of Thayer shows 1,855,023.66 for Dec 31 1960 versus 1,824,199.38 in 1959. Harry E. Rush announces officer changes with Melvin W. Morley moving to Thayer and E. M. Boyce becoming Stark cashier. Morley becomes First National Bank of Thayer vice president and a Stark Bank director. Boyce returns as Stark State Bank cashier after prior roles in Stark and Chanute.
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First National Bank of Thayer
Stark State Bank
Tribune Resources
Harry E. Rush
Thayer
Melvin W. Morley
First National Bank of
W. E. Rash
E. M. Boyce
Stark Bank
Morley
Boyce
Katy
Stark
Chanute
Dairy Queen
Mid-America Refining Co
Steven Morley
Belleville
Neosho Valley
Gibson bound over on charges after preliminary hearing
Billy Gibson of 1917 E. 8th was bound over to district court with a 5000 dollar bond after a city court hearing. He faces three counts of assault with felonious intent grand larceny of an automobile and resisting arrest on a felony. He is alleged to have stolen two cars damaged one in a hit and run and fled after police fired on his car. He is linked to an alleged assault on a 15 year old Chanute girl and is on parole from a reformatory for burglary and larceny. He was returned to Erie county jail after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Gibson
Gibson
Chanute
Erie
Crowe Sentenced to Ten Years to Life for Wife’s Death
In Pittsburg Kansas Thomas William Crowe received a sentence of ten years to life after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of his wife Leah May Crowe on November 20. The case notes indicate a dispute led to the fatal stabbing during a period in 1961 to 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Thomas William Crowe
Leah May Crowe
Crowe
Topeka
Kansas
Don Musser
Don Harlan New Officer for Chanute Police Force
Don Harlan, 29, of Garfield was named to the Chanute police force by Police Chief Lige Matlock. He replaces John Young who resigned January 1 to become probate judge. Harlan comes from Ryan Trucking Service and has prior patrol experience with Carthage, Missouri. He is a Chanute High School graduate, lifelong resident, married with no children.
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Don Harlan
Garfield
Chanute
Lige Matlock
Harlan
John Young
Ryan Trucking Service
Carthage
Christensen Named District Sales Manager for Warwick Wax
Lyle Christensen of Chicago has been named district sales manager of the West Coast Sales District for the Warwick Wax Division of Western Petrochemical Corp. Headquarters for the district will be Pomona California. The announcement was made by Maurycy Bloch president of Western in New York. Christensen has worked with Warwick Wax Co since its founding and most recently led the Midwest Sales District from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Christensen
Chicago
Chanute
Warwick Wax
West Coast
Western Petrochemical Corp
Pomona
Calif
Maurycy Bloch
Western
New York
Bloch
Christensen
Warwick
Warwick Wax Co
Midwest
Iola Band Shines at Orange Bowl Show
The Iola Kansas High School band drew 30 000 spectators at the Orange Bowl band show and fireworks display. The 110 piece group formed the great seal of Florida and spelled out Lola while Martha Shannon led in Home on the Range. No band awards were given.
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Miami
Fla
Iola
Kan
Lola
Martha Shannon
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S. Ashby
St. Paul
Wulf
S. America
Shakespeare
Floyd McKaig
Erie R. 2
Kansas Centennial Senior Citizens Committee
Will T. Beck
Holton
Kansas Centennial Commission
Harrison, Topeka
Victor Miller Jr
Chanute Trade
Neosho County
James Reid
S. Highland
Ty Fox
Vera Gerken
Karol Good
William Gray
Bill Helton
Bernice Lindsey
Larry Mathews
Barbara, McCune
Dorothy McMeekin
Bill Morgan
Carl North
Nina Pennington
Sue Sheridan
John Sherman
Charlene Smith
Wayne Umbarger
Eilsenhower
Highland West
Paschal Grimes
Fisher
Carla Carmode
Murray Hill
Pittsburg State College
Senior High Vocational Agriculture Department
Civil Defense
Floyd Naff
Dodge City
John Anderson
R. D. Worley
R. 1
Arthur W. Geil
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