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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1962
Page
10
State Sen Charles Forsyth reports the legislature will likely fund a pecan experimental station for southeast Kansas with about 36000 dollars. Neosho and Wilson counties would benefit as the governor backs the plan amid possible western Kansas opposition. Letters to district legislators are urged.
Pittsburg AP A Russell boy and a Hutchinson girl won the Kansas State Elks Association youth leadership contest for 1961. Shelia May Reynolds from Hutchinson and Douglas C. Talbott from Russell receive 300 dollar state scholarships and 75 dollar national awards. their brochures advance to the national competition.
AP reports a Kansas House committee discussed a withholding plan for income tax. Rep. Lawrence Slocombe said no bill is drafted for the budget session and favors studying the idea to ensure all who owe tax pay. He cautioned against extra bookkeeping if unnecessary, noting potential revenue gains in early years.
The United States balance of payments worsened sharply in the final quarter of 1961 with an estimated annual deficit near 5 billion dollars. The July-September deficit stood at 3.1 billion, marking a surprise deterioration with no clear cause yet identified. The deficit reflects outflows from spending lending investing and giving abroad versus inflows from foreign sources and affects the dollar’s strength.
A Thor rocket launch carrying a 135 foot space balloon for Echo testing ruptured shortly after liftoff. The 500 pound plastic sphere split during inflation 660 miles southeast of the Cape as NASA prepared a backup plan for Echo II. The 25 minute flight was recorded on 16 mm film and recovery efforts for the camera continued.
Los Angeles AP reports biblical scholar Edgar Johnson Goodspeed died at 90 from a stroke in a rest home. He spent 15 years on the Revised Standard Version New Testament and authored over 50 books and 200 articles as part of a nine scholar team. The RSV was published in 1946.
The Kansas House opened the 1962 budget session with little floor action as committees review proposals. Only a gasoline tax refund measure, allowing refunds to late filers, passed and advances to the Senate.
A park user sent 75 cents to Secretary of State Paul Shanahan for two light bulbs broken at a state lake. The note stated the payment was for the damaged bulbs. The park’s identity was not disclosed and the funds will likely be deposited into the general fund.
An East Berlin court sentenced two men last Sept. 26 to two years in prison. Pankey and Ferry, with relatives Edgar Pan key and Mary Ferrey, traveled to East Berlin today. Earl Etter, a retired utility worker from Fraser Michigan, saw two students slip and injure themselves while retrieving a letter from Friedrichstrasse checkpoint.
The New York City Transit Authority says a test car with carpeting draperies floral arrangements pastel lighting and stewardesses may run on the West Side line this month as part of a trial.
Berlin reports two American students Victor Searles Pankey and Gilbert Page Ferrey were released by East German authorities after being jailed for attempting to smuggle a girl out of East Berlin.
Gov John Anderson planned a troop review at Fort Riley and may attend a Salina civic club appearance afterward if weather and time permit. The schedule remained uncertain.
First publication January 8 1962 Chanute Kansas notice lists Idale Painter plaintiff versus William Short H M Barnes Eugene O Monnet Lewis R Kyle Lida R Kyle Lillie Nye Pearl William Kyle Clyde R Kyle Charles W Johnson Receiver Erie State Bank and others. Court action seeks legal remedy in district court sitting at Chanute Neosho County.
Dale Painter files suit to quiet title on real estate described as SW 1/4 of Sec 15 and parts of Sec 22 in Township 27 S Range 19 E Neosho County. Defendants must plead by February 20 1962 or judgment will be entered. Balch and Bailey represent plaintiff. Merle Estes Clerk.
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