Eisenhower Praises Progress and Warns of Incoming Challenges
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower in his farewell State of the Union message reviews eight years of foreign and economic progress, but warns of the Communist threat and domestic pains facing President-elect Kennedy. He avoids policy proposals, pledging a balanced next-year budget and urging national unity and continued strength at peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
Fisenhower
Berlin
Laos
Cuba
Africa
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Phillips ‘Burg
Phillipsburg
Southwestern College
Winfield
Cars Damaged No One Injured In Two Dozen Crashes
Police logged multiple non fatal crashes around 8:30 am to evening with two notable injury free collisions at 15th and Santa Fe and 2nd and Central. In the first, a 1957 Chevrolet driven by Clif ford W. Mead age 82 collided with a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Barbara Franklin age 25 leaving $725 in damage. Mead cited for failing to yield. In a noon incident a 1961 Plymouth station wagon and a 1958 Chevrolet truck caused $190 damage. A 1952 Ford and a 1950 Pontiac both sustained $100 damage in a second evening crash at 2nd and Central with reckless driving charged to Roy Pack.
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Clifford W. Mead
Stark, R. 1
Barbara Franklin
S. Highland
Mead
Santa Fe
Franklin
S. Santa Fe
United States Gypsum Co
Kansas City
William G. Long
Joplin
Glen F. Michael
Humboldt
Long
Michael
Roy F. Pack
S. Central
Birdie May Neptune
2Nd
Central
Neptune
Ford
Pack
W. Main
Wayne Browning
S. Rutter
Four-County Wheat Crop Reaches Record Levels in Kansas
The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service released figures showing a total 4,282,000 bushels harvested across four counties in the area valued at about $6.85 million. Neosho County produced 1,386,000 bushels from 42,000 acres at 33 bushels per acre, while Wilson County led with 1,518,000 bushels from 46,000 acres at 83 bushels per acre. Allen County yielded 930,000 bushels on 30,000 acres, and Woodson County produced 448,000 bushels from 16,000 acres at 28 bushels per acre. The 1960 crop was the third largest in Kansas, with a state total of 290,640,000 bushels. Thomas County in northwestern Kansas topped the state with 7,920,000 bushels at 40 bushels per acre.
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Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Wilson County
Allen County
Woodson County
Kansas
Thomas
Woman Driver Killed After Parking Car
In Kansas City AP report, 53 year old Mrs Jane Swotford Gilkey was killed when the family car rolled backward after she parked it on a street. Her husband Dr Harry Melvin Gilkey had just returned from dinner and attempted help as the car dragged her 30 feet. she died before the vehicle could be lifted.
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Kansas City
Jane Swotford Gilkey
Weather keeps mild and fair into Friday for central plains
The Weather Bureau reports continued fair and mild conditions across the plains. Tonight’s lows dip to 25 to 30 while Friday’s highs reach the 50s, with statewide clear skies and temperatures mainly in the 20s overnight and 50s by day. Manhattan sees 18 and Concordia 31 for night lows.
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Topeka
Plains
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Concordia
Wichita
Hill City
Bond forfeited for Thomison in DUI case
Bill R. Thomison, 18, of 801 Washington, has forfeited a $125 bond on a charge of driving while intoxicated. A reckless driving charge was dropped and $25 of the bond refunded after a two car collision at 3rd and Lincoln Monday evening.
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Bill R. Thomison
Washington
Thomison
3Rd
Lincoln
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Area 1961 Readout
AP report lists Kansas traffic death log from 24 hours to 9 am. The 1961 tally shows 16 fatalities, compared with 10 in the comparable 1960 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Apparent Low Bid by Pittsburg Firm on Blue Rapids Project
A Pittsburg firm, Freete Construction Co., is the apparent low bidder on a flood protection project at Blue Rapids Kaw. The bid totals $825,579, the lowest of three bids, with a government estimate of $1,127,757.
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Kansas City
Pittsburg
Blue Rapids
Kaw
District Army Engineers
Freete Construction Co
Federal inspection for Chanute National Guard Company B
Chanute's National Guard unit Company B of the 174th Military Police Battalion will undergo its annual federal inspection in two phases. The afternoon session will review administrative records supplies and vehicular equipment at 1 pm. The night phase including ranks drill and classroom training will be open to the public at the National Guard armory on US 169 south of the city limits with ranks inspection at 7:30 pm and formation at 7:15. Certificates will be presented at 7 o'clock by the National Guard Bureau in Washington DC to The Chanute Tribune and the Neosho County board of county commissioners. Captain John C Jensen Jr. commands the company with MSgt Raymond Friederich as ANCO. The unit currently has 113 men.
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Chanute
National Guard
174Th Military Police Battalion
5Th Army Headquarters
US 169
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D.C
Chanute Tribune
Neosho County
John C. Jensen Jr
Raymond Friederich
Jensen
Plane Crash at Hays Kills Four Kansans
Four north west Kansas residents die in a twin engine Piper Apache crash near Hays airport. Victims include pilot Ralph Bemis 62 and Rev. M W Williams 58 pastor of Phillipsburg First Methodist Church plus Mrs F L Werhan 54 of Hays and Mrs Harry W Coberly 49 of Gove. Investigators probe cause.
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Hays
Kan
Kansas
M. W. Williams
First Methodist Church
Phillipsburg
F. L. Werhan
Harry W. Coberly
iGove
Bemis
Emporia
Wesley Foundation Board
Williams
Cline
Wichita
Dean Wirth
Wellington
William Walker
Oklahoma City
Cecil Vannaman
Kiowa
William Spence
Warner Robbins
Bob Williams
Glendale
Ariz
Cecile Williams
Southwestern College
Coberly
Gove
Carol
University of Kansas
Richfield
Craig
Southern Ford
Fowler
Corbin
Oxford
Methodist University
Sharon
Old Hays
Orlando Wasinger
New Hays
Wasinger
Federal Aviation
Caution in 61 For Economy Guides Tri State Outlook
At Kansas State College business outlook conference in Pittsburg experts warn caution may govern this year’s economy. Speakers include Wilbur Billington of the Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City Henry Kester UC professor and W C Hewitt Phillips Petroleum. They note labor force growth and cautious optimism in consumer credit with capacity outstripping demand and the need for a moderate Gross National Product increase. About 150 attendees from Chanute and nearby communities attended the event.
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Pittsburg
United States
Business Outlook
Kansas State College
Wilbur T. Billington
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Henry J. Kester
The
University of Colorado
W. C. Hewitt
Phillips Petroleum Co
Billington
Kester
Hewitt
Chanute
William G., Bodley
John Lapham
Jack Morehead
Herla Rush
Dwight McCreight
Tri-State
Driver Is Charged After Police Chase
Victor L. Cawthorn, 60, of W. Olive, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving after a chase involving two police cruisers and a pursuit car driven by Sheriff Jerry Sloan. The pursuit began when Patrolman Don Harlan attempted to stop Cawthorn near the North Santa Fe overpass. Cawthorn was pinched off on Poplar Heights road between the Country Club corner on West Main and highway K39. bond set at $190.
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Victor L. Cawthorn
W. Olive
Jerry Sloan
Don Harlan
Cawthorn
North Santa Fe
Harlan
Tribune Phone Contact Reminder
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, call 700 after p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Navy Plans Return of 11 000 Dependents
The Navy will bring home about 11 000 of the 40 000 dependents of personnel overseas in 19 months. The figure is well below the Defense Department’s original plan after President Eisenhower ordered savings abroad. Defense officials had aimed for 17 500 dependents overseas.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Defense
Georgia court voids school funding ban and UGA injunction
A federal judge voided a Georgia law cutting funds to integrated schools and kept an injunction blocking Gov. Vandiver and state leaders from closing the University of Georgia. In New York the Soviet Union demanded Belgium be ousted as administrator of Ruanda Urundi in Kivu Province.
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Macon
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
University of Georgia
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Belgium
U.N
Ruanda- Urundi
Kiva
One Car Crash Fatal to Topekan
Topeka labor department attorney Myron Jantz 25 died when his car left a county road near Topeka and overturned. The body was found beneath the upside down vehicle. Jantz was son of D B Jantz of Marion and a Bethel College and Washburn Law School graduate.
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Topeka
State Revenue Department
Myron Jantz
Jantz
D. B. Jantz
Marion
Bethel College
Washburn Law School
Eisenhower Nominates Henry M Miller to Senate
Kansas postmaster Henry M Miller of Galesburg is among President Eisenhower’s nominations sent to the Senate, announced to the Associated Press in Washington today.
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Kansas
Senate
Eisenhower
Henry M. Miller
Galesburg
Associated Press
Washington
Anderson outlines Kansas agency reorganizations and fiscal cautions
Governor John Anderson proposes restructuring state agencies and expanding services, urging caution over Kansas finances. He backs a uniform textbook rental program, aid to junior colleges and local governments, and anti discrimination enforcement, while delaying college funding decisions until the budget. He plans talks with House and Senate leaders and warns of a looming need for more revenue.
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Anderson
GOP
Kansans respond to Anderson proposals with cautious approval
Republican lawmakers welcomed Gov. John Anderson’s first major recommendations as constructive and positive though wary about funding. Democrats urged clarity on financing, noting potential tax needs for expanded state programs and education initiatives, while cautioning on penalties for drunken driving and government reorganizations.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Odd Williams
R-Lawrence
House
Anderson
Laurin W. Jones
Dodge City
Senate Education Committee
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce reports committee updates and plans
Twenty five members attended a luncheon where E. E. Zastrow and Kenneth Brown outlined industrial prospects and a new political action class. W. T. Thurman’s Centennial exposition talk was canceled due to illness. Morley announced the Spring Farm and Home Show May 12–13 at the National Guard Armory and two other events, the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree on Feb 2 and the Adams ranch tour April 27–28 in Oklahoma.
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Wichita
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Melnyk
W. T. Thurman
E. E. Zastrow
Kenneth Brown
Robert N. Allen
Claude Pittenger
Mahlon Morley
Morley
Chamber
National Guard Armory
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dale Painter
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15Th
George Phillips
Frank Shrum
Forest
Charles Ogle
Darrell Finley
Charles Tripp
Federal Inspection For National Guard
Ralph Bemis
Lions International
Lions Organization
Isham Williams
Hiram John
Acoir Williams
Charles
Topekan
Miller
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Alcott School
Ernie Bradshaw
Bradley Building Co
Salina
Wasser
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