Cockroach biology study and other local notes at Alcott
Sixth graders at Alcott school arranged a health study using a cockroach to test bacterial and fungal growth from items like a cough and a pencil. The roach was supplied three times after a fourth offer was declined, and students also learn Mexican dances. Nearby, Gary and Linda Frederick hatch bantam chickens laying pale green eggs from Araucanas crossed with bantams. A bright object sighting near Chanute prompted police and FFA checks with no aircraft found.
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Gary
Linda
Frederick
Cold Arctic Air Keeps Kansas Windswept and Cold
Forecasts show Generally fair but cold weather through Wednesday. Highs will be around 15 in the northwest to the 20s in the southeast with lows near zero to 5 in the north and about 10 in the south. Monday’s highs reached 25 to 41, melting western snow while the north and east stayed snowbound.
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Topeka
Kansas
Central Plains
Lawrence
Hill City
Pittsburg
Petrolia Community Meeting Promptly Friday at School
Community gathering convenes Friday at 7 30 PM in the Petrolia school hall. Pie and coffee will be served as residents discuss local concerns and upcoming plans.
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Petrolia
Hair Raising Demonstration At Local High School
Merla Raney took part in a physics demonstration by Joe Johnson from Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. An electrostatic accelerator caused her hair to stand on end as Johnson explained how charges transfer, illustrating basic atomic energy concepts to students.
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Merla Raney
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Institute of Nuclear Studies
Joe Johnson
Raney
Johnson
Miss Raney
Louise Raney
Garfield
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Museum Division
Oak Ridge
Reapportioning of Senate New Proposal in House
A Kansas House panel introduced a reapportionment proposal to align Senate districts by population every four years, with Supreme Court override if needed. The measure, by Reps Harder Graviey Griffith, requires two thirds in both houses to go to voters.
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Senate
House
Topeka
Kansas Senate
Robert Harder
Robert Behee
R-Leavenworth
Harder
Kansas
Troopers Aid In Saving Two Lives
Two men fumigating wheat in a grain elevator near Wamego Kansas were overcome by cyanide fumes. Kansas Highway Patrol officers arranged rapid delivery of sodium nitrite from Topeka Forbes Air Force Base Hospital and Hays to Manhattan, then by plane and car to Wamego, arriving within hours.
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Wamego
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Lawrence Ensley
Wayne Harter
Topeka
Forbes Air Force Base
Hays
Manhattan
Tribune Delivery Advice and Contact Info
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. If unavailable, call HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Threats by Phone Traced to Boy
Oswego Kas AP an anonymous telephone caller spread alarm through the town threatening a bank and women living alone. Citizens flooded police with calls as officials investigated. The culprit a 14 year old boy faced juvenile court after his parents were out of town.
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Oswego, Kas
Fire Near Ark City Fatal to Farmer
Linson Herbert Smith aged 59 died in a Monday fire that destroyed his two story farm home nine miles northwest of Arkansas City. He was alone as his family was in town. Firefighters said a defective heater may have started the blaze.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Linson Herbert Smith
Smith
Chanute man charged with forgery in Neosho County
Ray Glen Brown described as an in and out resident of Chanute and recent Nebraska resident was arrested on a Neosho County forgery warrant. Police said the charges stem from checks passed at two Chanute businesses.
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Ray Glen Brown
Chanute
Nebraska
Neosho County
Traffic Fatalities Tap Kansas Log For January 17 1962
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log shows 0 deaths in the 24 hours to 9 am Tuesday for January 17, 1962. The January total matches 24 for the comparable 1961 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Test Ban Talks Referred to Geneva Disarmament Talks
The United States and Britain formalized their decision to end the three power nuclear test ban talks and refer the issue to disarmament negotiations that are expected to begin in Geneva next March.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Groundhog Feud Breaks Over Feb 2 Weather Claim
Quarryville and Punxsutawney groundhog clubs contest National Geographic Society assertions that the animal sleeps through Groundhog Day. They defend the creature as a weather prophet and seek a special conference of their board to address the charges of laziness and romance focus.
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Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney
National Geographic Society
the Geographic Society
Lodge of Groundhogs
Herr
Board of Governors
David E. Davis
Pennsylvania State University
Finney Seeks GOP Nomination for Kansas 5th District
State Rep. Robert A. Finney of Humboldt plans to run in the new southeast Kansas 5th District. The district spans parts of the old 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th districts, currently represented by Ellsworth McVey Shriv er and Breeding. Finney is a former Kansas State Chamber of Commerce president and Humboldt Brick and Tile Co. secretary manager. Fribley hinted at a race for the GOP nomination.
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Topeka
Robert A. Finney
Humboldt
Congress
Kansas
Robert Ellsworth
Walter McVey
Garner Shriver
J. Floyd Breeding
Breeding
Finney
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Humboldt Brick and Tile Co
McVey
Bill Fribley
R-Crestline
Iast
Disabled American Veterans
Kennedy Sees Test Ban Setback and Unity in Year
President Kennedy calls the failed nuclear test ban a major disappointment of his first year and urges unity among Western allies. He sees progress in civil rights and foreign policy, including ongoingBerlin talks with the Soviet Union and efforts to stabilize Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Dent Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Alon
Union
White House
Latin America
Kennedy
Laos
Berlin
Congress
Times
Kennedy de
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kansas House Backs Request for Fair Trial for Ranney in Greece
The Kansas House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the Greek government to grant Roger Ranney a new and fair trial. The measure cites the U S Greek peace treaty on protecting U S subjects and calls for impartial counsel and non prejudiced treatment.
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Kansas House of Representatives
Topeka
Roger Ranney
Chanute
United States
U. S
Carl Weiner
Neosho
Weiner
Rep
Tribune
John Anderson
Greece
Ranney
Jarate
Paul Shanahan
John Lowen
Slick Streets Cause Multiple City Crashes This Week
Traffic accidents flocked to slick city streets with no injuries reported. Incidents included a Mrs. Donald Cornell collision at 3rd and Santa Fe, a Malcom and Main crash involving Charles Berthot’s 1957 Ford and Everett Barnhart’s pickup, and a Elm and Evergreen collision affecting Laura Olson and Herman Harrison.
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Donald Cornell
W. 4Th
3Rd
Santa Fe
Malcolm and
Main
Charles Berthot
Chanute
Robert L. Owen
Everett P. Barnhart
Laura L. Olson
Eric R. 3
Herman F. Harrison
Altamont
Elm
Evergreen
Olson
Harrison
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Myrtle Moeller
Margaret Wood
Linda Frederick
William L. Frederick
R. J. Humboldt
Potter's Hatchery
Chile
Faye Erickson
Lincoln School
Mrs. Erickson
Erickson
Duane Houck
Csc Censense Evere
R-Chanute
Frank Lill
D-Emporia
E. E. Stonecipher
John Casebeer
McPherson
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Leroy Baringer
R-Webber
Homer Hoffman
R-Abilene
Treasury
Baringer
Ark City
Athens
Topeka (Ap
William M. Ferguson
Ferguson
Aegean
Andreas Vachliotis
Vachliotis
Nicholas Vithogiannis
Vithogiannis
Don Zachary
Kansan
Labette County
Ralph S. Cameron
S. Garfield
Kenneth McCoy
N. Western
4Th
Plummer
McCoy
Cameron
Dimitrio Pouleas
Bob Tate
Greek Supreme Court
Roy
W. Elm
Cherry
Piraeus
Willis
Ford
National Guard
Alan G. Cornett
5Th Army Headquarters
Chicago
Raymond Friederich
John C. Jensen Jr
174Th Military Police Battalion
Keith Wright
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