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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1960
Page
1
Aboard the USS Valley Forge the Navy sent aloft the largest balloon ever launched from a ship. The 200 plus foot tall, 2 million cubic foot balloon rose early morning as crew watched from deck. Future days may see even larger balloons with 2,500 pound payloads aimed at recording cosmic ray impacts.
The body of JoLinda Rogers seven year old disappeared Sunday afternoon was found in a creek at the south edge of Nevada Missouri. More than a thousand residents joined the search aided by tracking from a local salesman. The body was in six feet of water fully clothed except for one shoe, near where JoLinda and her brother David Lee 12 were playing near the city edge. Police bloodhounds and National Guardsmen helped search as the family mourns.
Gov. George Docking said he will veto a bill to raise Kansas emergency fund from about 400000 to one million. He warned a session would be needed if costs reach a million, and noted a Finance Council control. He also backed consolidating taxes and a ten mile truck tax to free reserves and cut gasoline tax.
Kansas weather accounted directly for eight deaths in 1959 and was a prime factor in 12 highway fatalities according to a Weather Bureau review. A winter storm and hail near Selden caused notable damage while overall injuries reached 64 and property losses topped 4.7 million dollars.
The Corps of Engineers said invitations to bid on construction work for nine Atlas ICBM launching systems around Schilling Air Force Base at Salina Kansas will be sent to contractors late today or Tuesday.
A sudden illness struck a family of six in Oklahoma City from gas fumes released by a malfunctioning floor furnace. William E. Johnson awoke ill and alerted his wife and four children, who were unconscious. Johnson called his mother-in-law, Mrs. O. B. Godwin, who with her brother-in-law J. B. Godwin helped evacuate the family and summon firemen and ambulances. District Fire Chief Ben Dancy confirmed improper furnace combustion caused the fumes, and the call likely prevented serious harm or death.
South Korean democratic presidential candidate Chough Pyong Ok will travel to the United States for an operation to determine the nature of a stomach ailment. He will be treated at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington.
Otis Ford aged 26 of Canton Kansas died in a Wichita hospital from injuries after the gasoline transport truck he drove exploded Friday. The incident occurred near Wichita. Ford died Sunday, authorities reported.
Kansas Supreme Court ruled the Kansas Corporation Commission could allow M K T to close the Savonburg station. The Allen County District Court had said the ECC order was not unlawful but unreasonable. the high court found the district court erred in deeming the order unreasonable.
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson said courts should rule on whether a truck bill can be considered during the 1960 budget session. The measure would raise truck fees and allow longer and heavier trucks on highways, with Gov. Docking opposing it over double trailers and highway funding concerns.
Kansas traffic death log records 31 fatalities in the 1960 period from 9 a.m. Monday to 48 hours later, compared to 21 deaths in the same 1959 span.
A 28 traveler group including 16 from Neosho County completed a 4500 mile UNESCO tour from Chanute to Laredo San Antonio Patzcuaro and Mexico City. Leader Henry Watkins of Erie oversaw the trip which featured first bull fights crafts and souvenirs. The bus broke down on the return near Waco Texas.
Cincinnati AP reports Eagle-Picher Co. posted 1959 sales of $120,925,049 and profit of $4,671,646 or $4.57 a share. In 1958 sales were $98,132,627 with $2,090,094 profit or $2.08 a share. The firm, a 2-for-1 split last year, combines chemicals metals and construction products.
Lt Charles L. Hall is reassigned to the fourth division highway patrol headquarters in Chanute from Junction City. Promoted earlier this month, Hall replaces Art Jensen who moves to Ottawa. Hall, from Herington, has 124 years with the patrol and is married to Maxine with two sons, Dennis and Steven.
A Sunday night blaze in Wichita wiped out the Missouri Pacific diesel repair facilities. Trainmaster M G Jackson said losses exceed one million dollars, including three diesel locomotives at two hundred thousand each and a two hundred fifty thousand wrecker crane. Two cabooses damaged. No injuries.
Neosho County delegates were elected for the 3rd district and state Democratic conventions yesterday at the Kay hotel. The group includes 13 delegates and 138 alternates with local leaders Mrs. Floyd Kelley and Henry Smith among top officials. Delegates will vote under the unit rule as talks touch on candidate possibilities ahead of the Hutchinson state convention March 5 weekend.
The Tribune unveils a redesigned classified page with a larger readable type and new headings for quicker location of ads. Advertising manager Jim Sheridan says the changes aim to boost results and reader ease with a 10 word minimum and reduced 60 cent daily rates, plus discounts for monthly service ads.
In COALBROOK South Africa an AP report notes a high speed drill bored toward 440 miners trapped since Thursday after fresh rockslides clogged the main shaft. An emergency shaft is sunk to deliver air and food. The 15 inch bore reached 80 feet within hours but hit rock. engineers estimate 40 more hours to the trapped zone.
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Forecasters warn a week long cold spell returns with increasing clouds and light snow possible. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and colder with a low near 25 to 30 and a high around 20. Readings Sunday ranged from 31 at Concordia to 44 at Hill City with lingering snow in the northeast and western regions.
Two damage suits totaling 28460 have been filed in district court against Lawrence Wayne Head of Thayer over a March 22 traffic accident. Plaintiffs are Mrs William E McCoy and Sarah Gaddis of Chanute, seeking 20385 and 8075 dollars respectively for injuries from a collision involving Head and Mrs Mc Coy's husband at ThayerMain Street and US169.
Bulldozers raise dikes Sunday to bend lava flow from Kilauea volcano back toward its original channel. Hawaii Territory. No injuries reported as authorities monitor eruptions and ensure nearby areas remain safe.
In Kansas City Kansas a 38 year old woman Ida McGee killed her husband James Dale McGee and wounded her brother Charles Larabee after an argument over coffee. She said the gun fired accidentally and that she will face first degree murder charges. The victim died from a chest wound after the bullet passed through Larabee. Ten people lived in the five room home as the dispute centered on household expenses.
A 69 year old woman and a 4 year old boy sustained minor injuries in a Main and Plummer crash. Galen E Thorsell drove a 1931 Chevrolet pickup. Martha C Wagner failed to observe a stop sign. Both vehicles damaged. no serious injuries. Police also investigated two earlier accidents at 3rd and Kansas and at 314 S Evergreen with minor damage reported.
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