Humboldt parade and town notes feature Kansas magazine spread
A page in Kansas magazine honors Humboldt’s fourth annual Biblesta parade with photos of a Chanute JayCees float, local church groups, and area bands. A tail free calf born on Ray Dennis farm draws interest, while Alcott school seeks cockroaches for a health project with Petri dishes and cultures.
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Humboldt
Kansas
Tribune
Chanute JayCees
Jaynes
Humboldt High School
Poplar Grove
Assembly of God At
Humboldt Knights of Columbus
Lola Eub
Humboldt Presbyterian Church
Monarch Cement Co
Weather Update: Cold Wave Grips Kansas
A new cold wave moves into Kansas with northerly winds and subfreezing temperatures by Tuesday morning. Snow affects the western third, visibility drops near Dodge City and Garden City, highs struggle in the teens to around 30, with brisk 25 to 30 mph north winds.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Garden City
Lawrence
Russell
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
10-Power Pact to Bolster Moneys of Free Nations
The IMF announced a 10 nation agreement to create a $6 billion currency pool to support non-Communist economies. The pool lets the IMF draw on funds to cover temporary drains in gold and foreign exchange, with pledges from the United States Britain Germany France Italy Japan Canada the Netherlands Belgium Sweden and others. Final adoption requires seven nations totaling at least $5.5 billion to commit, enabling rapid mobilization of resources for balance of payments support.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Congress
IMF
United States
Britain
Germany
France
Italy
Japan
Canada
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
U.S. Treasury
Special Tools For Space Mechanics In Zero Gravity
Marshall Space Flight Center researchers test new tools for space workers including a squeeze operated screwdriver a combined pliers wrench and a trigger operated spunfit. These devices aim to replace twisting in weightless conditions during orbital assembly and maintenance.
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Huntsville
Ala
Marshall Space’ Flight Center
Space Agency
Moon
Space Mechanics
Harvey Swank Found Dead on Kansas Farm
The body of 69 year old Harvey Swank was found Sunday near his barn. Officials say a heart attack caused his death. He had been last seen after leaving a dance on December 30 and was not missed until a neighbor found his car in a ditch near the farm Thursday. Snow hindered search efforts.
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Blue Mound
Kas
Harvey Swank
Swank
Mrs Quathamer Hurt In One Car Crash
Mrs Gerald J Quathamer 50 of Erie R 1 suffered minor facial injuries in a one car crash 72 miles east of here at about 640 p m Saturday. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said a 1959 Plymouth driven by her husband 68 left Highway K39 and struck an embankment when a front tire blew out. Quathamer was not injured. Car damage was about 150 dollars.
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Gerald J. Quathamer
Erie R. 1
Here
Erie
Jerry Sloan
K39
Quathamer
Kennedy leaves hospital after stroke hospitalization
Joseph P. Kennedy, father of the President and former U S ambassador to England, was discharged from St. Marys Hospital in West Palm Beach. He had been admitted December 19 following a stroke and it was not learned where he was taken after release. Unofficial reports said an oxygen tent and bed were set up at the Kennedy winter home in Palm Beach.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Joseph P. Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
Kennedy
England
Kennedy Palm Beach
Soldier From Republic Killed in Abilene Crash
Ft. Riley soldier Jon F. Hurley Jr. of Republic Kansas died in a two car crash on R18 near the Dickinson Ottawa county line. The other driver Larry Ray Scott 22 of Denver was treated for shock and chest injuries after walking nearly two miles to seek help.
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Abilene
Kas
Jon F. Hurley Jr
Ft. Riley
Republic
Dickinson
Ottawa County
Hurley
Larry Ray Scott
Denver
Scott
Government aims to issue new nuclear weapons effects handbook
Washington AP reports the government expects to release an official handbook on nuclear weapons effects in April. The 12 month in preparation volume covers blast, heat, radiation, and fallout effects.
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Washington
12th Night Tree Burning At Santa Fe Park
A large crowd braved snow and cold to witness the Twelfth Night Christmas Tree burning at Santa Fe Park. The Chanute Optimist Club plans yearly repeats with Harold Tarpley leading student carol group and Rev. Claude Pittenger giving the invocation.
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Santa Fe Park
Harold Tarpley
Bethlehem
Christ
Chanute Optimist Club
Bill Brennan
Claude Pittenger
Dick Bohling
Chanute
Death Takes Ad Brennan
Addison Foster Brennan a former major league pitcher died in Kansas City at 75 He started in Kansas minor leagues and joined the Phillies in 1910 He posted a 16 9 record in 1912 and later played in the Federal League and with Atlanta of the Southern Association He retired in 1949 after a long Kansas City Ban Johnson League career His teams won five city titles and a state crown He was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame in 1959 Brennan grew up in LaHarpe Kansas and played for Iola Springfield and Wichita during his minors He is the brother of Fire Chief C W Brennan and visited Kansas City many times
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Kansas City
Addison Foster
Brennan
Kansas
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta
Kansas Hall of Fame
LaHarpe
Kan
Iola
Springfield
Wichita
Fire destroys unoccupied house on North Ashby Street
Fire destroyed an unoccupied and partially dismantled house at 219 N. Ashby early today. The property was owned by Randall Diver of Diver Construction Co. Firemen responded at 3 19 a.m.
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N. Ashby
Randall Diver
Diver Construction Co
Budget session kicks off with none of new tax aims
Gov John Anderson meets legislative leaders in Topeka on eve of biennial budget session. Ways and Means ready to introduce money bills as lawmakers expect no new tax measures and constitutional amendments may be limited to two votes in November. Session must end by Feb 7 with 30 day limit.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Ways and Means Committee
Anderson
Wunsch
Mitchell
Sen
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Senate
Rep
William Mitchell
Hutchinson
House
Harold Chase
GOP
Hunger strike reaches seventh day for Roger Ranney
Athens Greece AP report says 27 year old Roger Ranney of Chanute Kansas on death row in Greece is in the seventh day of a hunger strike over a dispute with former attorney Andreas Vachliotis Ranney says he did not eat until authorities act on the attorney He objects to 3500 dollars his mother sent that was used to fund his defense and claims the state pays defense costs The Greek supreme court will decide on Jan 20 whether to grant a new trial Dimitrios Pouleas remains his Greek attorney
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Athens
Greece
Roger Ranney
Chanute
Kan
Ranney
Andreas Vachliotis
Aegina
Vachliotis
Greek Supreme Court
Dimitrios Pouleas
Kennedy briefed GOP and Democratic leaders on world trouble spots
President Kennedy held a two hour White House briefing with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to review international issues. He handed over to Rusk McNamara and CIA chief McCone to update lawmakers on global developments, with tariff authority mentioned for domestic matters.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Gop
Congress
Senate
House
Saltonstall
Explosion at Buffalo No Injuries
The Buffalo telephone office exploded around 10 a m yesterday. Mrs Frank Sowder on the switchboard escaped injury though objects were hurled about. A wall map peeled from its board and the key shelf was raised. The brick building also housed Nazaren e church classrooms. Authorities suspect gas buildup and the gas company checked the site.
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Buffalo
Frank Sowder
Jennie Mattix
Nazarene Church
Sowder
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log lists 7 fatalities for January 1962, 12 deaths in the comparable 1961 period, covering 48 hours to 9 a.m. Monday. The Topeka AP report provides ongoing counts for the period and notes the January tally against the prior year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rash of Traffic Crashes on Slick Area Highways
A sequence of non injury crashes on icy area streets continued from Friday into Sunday. Vehicles included a 1954 Oldsmobile driven by David Powell and a 1956 Pontiac driven by Thomas Thurman at 5th and Highland, with minimal damage. Other incidents involved Larry VanVickle, Tom Stevenson, Ray Inman, Richard Keenan and several parked cars, mainly on Lincoln and Garfield corridors. Downtown intersections at 3rd and Highland and 14th and Santa Fe also reported minor damage as slick roads persisted.
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5Th
Highland
David R. Powell
R. 1
Thomas W. Thurman
Erie R. 2
Powell
Thurman
Chevrolet
Larry D. van Vickle
Edith
W. E. McKeeman
McKeeman
S. Evergreen
VanVickle
McKee
Tom G. Stevenson
W. Main
Ray W. Inman
S. Wilson
1St
Garfield
Stevenson
Tommy D. Mullen
Chanute
Ray Radford
Santa Fe
North Lincoln
4Th and Highland
Howard Fishburn
W. 6Th
Mrs. Hunt
S. Forest
Hunt
Ash Grove
Claud Camp
H. H. Wilson
S. la
Koch- Skinner Memorial
Herman H. Colvin
S. Central
Skinney Electric
James R. Weeks
Forest
Kenneth Caldwell
N. Forest
Elm and Central
Virgil Douglas
Oak and Highland
Lowell Dillman
N. Evergreen
Fred
Plymouth
7Th
Steuben
Willis Taylor
J H
Forest and Walnut
John VanVickle
S. Santa Fe
Netherlands train crash kills seventy nine in dense fog
Two passenger trains collided near Woerden in dense fog. Netherlands Railways reports 79 dead and hundreds injured as rescue teams pull bodies and aid survivors. One express from Leeuwarden to Rotterdam and a Rotterdam to Amsterdam commuter train crashed within a three minute window.
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Woerden
Netherlands
Netherlands Railways
Leeuwarden
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Humboldt woman Wins Tribune News Tip of the Week
Mrs. R. C. Wright, of Humboldt, named The Tribune's $3 tip winner after she tipped in an extended search for missing Blue Mound farmer Harvey Swank. Swank, 69, was found dead behind his barn four days after his car wrecked near a LaHarpe dance on December 30.
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Humboldt
R. C. Wright
Blue Mound
Tribune
The
Chanute
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Dictionary
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Bill) Brennan
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Depot Drive
Mullen
Richard S. Keenan
Thomas R. Mee
S. Highland
N. Lincoln
Keenan
3Rd
Lafayette
A. M. Lockyear
S. Lafayette
Dodge
Charles Cumings
S. Plummer
Roman de LaTorre
S. Steuben
Chrysler
R. F. Cornelson
de LaTorre
Cornelion
Mrs. Wright Tip
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