Bitter cold grips Kansas with subzero readings across the state
An Associated Press report describes a deep freeze gripping Chanute and other Kansas towns with temperatures from three below to 11 below, wind chills, frozen pipes, and widespread subzero conditions. It notes a slow warming trend, cooler nights, and no quick thaw, while a nationwide arctic front prompts school closures and travel hazards.
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Chanute
Kansas
Topeka
Associated Press
Wichita
Pittsburg
Concordia
Belleville
City to Organize Junior High and Senior Youth Clubs
The City Recreation Commission plans two self governing clubs for youths 12 to 15 and 16 to 21 with elected boards and city department assistance. An organizational meeting for the Junior High Club is set for Saturday at 9 30 in Royster Junior High. Members pay 25 cents for a year long membership card.
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City Recreation Commission
Royster Junior High
Martin
Rotunno
City Recreation Department
Ray Zumalt
Tthrough Royster
St. Patrick's
Painters Buy Bank Control At St. Paul
Dale Painter announces the purchase of a controlling interest in the Exchange State Bank of St. Paul by himself and family members. Painter becomes bank president, with R. D. Painter and Tom Buchanan elected to top roles as directors and officers. The bank ended 1962 with resources near 1.46 million dollars.
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Exchange State Bank of St. Paul
Dale Painter
First National Bank
Painter
St. Paul Bank
R. D. Painter
First National Bank of Chanute
Afton, Okla
Farmers State Bank
John Painter
Afton Bank
State Exchange
R. C. Buchanan
L. R. Grillet
F. S. Hopkins
F. A. Johnston
W. F. O’brien
Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
Louise Carter
Vera Groner
L. Pearl Denton
St. Paul
South Mound
Premature Dolan baby grows to healthy weight after long separation
In Marietta Georgia Cecelia Lois Dolan born three months premature weighed 2 pounds 2 ounces then 1 pound 10 ounces. After 85 days she reached 5 pounds 10 1 2 ounces and family joy followed a period of hardship as parents Hubert and Eula Dolan and hospital staff supported her through a distant separation and prayers.
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Cecelia Lois Dolan
Kennestone Hospital
Cecelia Lois
Hubert L. Dolan Jr
Fort Worth
Tex
Iit
Felony Charge Dismissed Over Mortgaged Car Case
Clifford Schnedler faced a felony charge for concealing mortgaged property on behalf of Shurtleff Motor Co. The complaint was withdrawn after Schnedler paid $204.07 to clear title and the company agreed to cover $55 in court costs. Schnedler, formerly of Chanute, had returned from Lincoln, Nebraska, earlier in the week.
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Clifford Schnedler
Shurtleff Motor Co
Schnedler
Chanute
Lincoln
Neb
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log reports 1 fatality in 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Wednesday. For January 1963 there were 18 deaths, compared with 29 in the same period in 1962. A report of a previous fatality is noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intelligent life on planets proposed by astronomer
Prof Lloyd Motz of Columbia University estimates the Milky Way holds about 200 million stars similar to the sun, with perhaps 600 million planets bearing intelligent life scattered through the galaxy. He says Venus and Mars could host life with altered conditions and that life beyond the solar system is now taken for granted by many scientists.
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New York
Milky Way
Lloyd Motz
Columbia University
Earth
Venus
Mars
Motz
Chanute Public Schools See Slight Enrollment Dip in 1962 63
Second semester enrollment in Chanute public schools falls by 42 to 2565 students from 2607 in the first term. Junior College and Senior High School lose 34 and 14 students respectively while Royster Junior High and kindergarten drop four each. Grades one to six rise to 1078, with Hutton Roosevelt and Lincoln posting gains. Boys outnumber girls overall. girls lead in the first six grades.
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Chanute Public Schools
Royster Junior High
Hutton
Roosevvelt
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Alcott
Murray Hill
Wife laces bath water with meat tenderizer in Texas home
Mrs C C Estes planned a pleasant bath for her husband at Edgewood Texas family gathering. He soaked briefly then burned and reddened as he describes. The substance identified as meat tenderizer caused the reaction.
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Edgewood
Tex
C. C. Estes
Estes
Christmas sales events set by chamber committee
The Chamber of Commerce retail committee approved three sales events and a night shopping schedule for 1963. Events include Washington's Birthday promotion February 21, spring opening and pre Easter sale starting March 21, end of month Dollar Day sale April 24, with Easter on April 14. A ten day night shopping period is planned for November 29 30 December 5 7 12 14 and December 19 20 21 23. Expenditures from last season totaled 660 for merchant activities such as the Santa House on Main and lighting upgrades.
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Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Joe Melnyk
Main
North
Lincoln
M. J. Martin
Kansas Roads Remain Open Despite Drifting Snow
Kansas highways stay open with some treacherous spots from drifting snow. Temperatures near zero but winds eased. crews report near normal conditions statewide with one way traffic on K16 west of Onega and K9 in Marshall County.
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Peka
Kansas
Highway Department
Normal
Onega
K 9
Marshall County
North Central
Type 2 Oral Polio Vaccine Arrives in Neosho County
About 2,800 students in Chanute and Neosho County will receive Sabin Type II polio vaccine at 9 a.m. across seven locations plus Erie High School clinic in the afternoon. Written parental permission required. current phase expands to new centers due to cold weather. Adults 25 cents. clinics Sunday for missed students and preschoolers.
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Sabin
Chanute
Neosho County
Margaret Wood
Erie
Erie High School
E. C. Bryan
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Hutton School
Lincoln
Murray Hill
Hutton
Alcott
Royster
Ienter
Roosevelt
Hut
Neosho
Pioneering Life of Dusty Rhodes Despite Bitter Cold
Dusty Rhodes, 75, camps on the Arkansas River south of Ellinwood, living five years with no shelter. He uses five feather mattresses, an old rug as a wind break, and an open fire shielded by metal. He gathers food from the city dump, refuses county aid, and plans to persist until age 80 before reconsidering the county home.
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Ellinwood
Kan
Arkansas River
Dusty Rhodes
Dusty
Rhodes
Educational TV Start Is Urged
Gov. John Anderson urged Kansas lawmakers to begin an educational television program this session to avoid losing two set aside channels. He suggested a modest start in his budget and said an adequate start could be achieved for about 1 million dollars, with some programs on air. If less is possible, he advocated proceeding at a lower cost.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Kansas
Intercepted Letter to Cha Reveals Threats and Irony
A fragment titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha presents a controversial note noting that some robins and people may endure torture to be first. The message ends with a sign off Yours.
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Cha
Restored Arm Leads to Cancelled Surgery for 13-Year-Old
Everett Knowles Jr., 13, will visit Massachusetts General Hospital after school to exercise his right arm as a planned January operation was canceled. Eight months earlier a freight train severed his arm near Somerville, and doctors have since restored the limb.
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Everett Knowles Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Everett
Kansas legislators approve 2000 annual pay with per diem plan
A Kansas law taking effect today sets legislators at 2000 dollars per year plus daily stipends and mileage. Signed by Gov. John Anderson, the bill allows 10 per day and 15 in expenses for up to 90 regular session days and 30 for budget or special sessions, with higher totals in a full two year term.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
Educator Paul A Millard Resigns After 20 Years in MCCUNE
Paul A. Millard, superintendent of schools in MCCUNE for two decades, announces his resignation effective in August and says he has no definite plans for the future.
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Fred Cragg
W. Main
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Bank of Commerce
Larry Mathews
United States
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Midwest
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Rockies
Michigan
Texas Panhandle
Rotunno, Zumalt
Mary Burris
Marietta, Ga
Hubert
Eula Faye Dolan
Yours
Somerville, Mass
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