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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1960
Page
4
The Kansas Legislature Republicans seek to balance state finances by cutting property tax by 14.2 million and offsetting with sales tax funds. The plan largely benefits large landowners and big business while burdening voters, risking political backlash and a possible Democratic victory. The piece argues the strategy may cure the state’s ills but harm the doctor.
About thirty Kansans including 14 from this area returned from a two week trip to Mexico. The tour, organized by Henry Watkins, aims to improve mutual understanding between Americans and Mexicans through the People to People program. Neosho County Unesco praised as a leading chapter for global peace efforts.
Verse from Matthew 19 26 declares that with God all things are possible. The line offers a message of faith and encouragement drawn from scripture.
A clipped quip filled column notes eight Chicago policemen accused of burglary during off hours. The piece wryly observes the oddity of lawmen involved in crime and laments changing times from Friday night fights to home life and TV.
A collage of brief newspaper quips and jokes from several papers. Observations on parenting, economics, dog rules, word misuse, school days, optimism and pessimism appear with light humorous tone referencing communities like Atchison Coffeyville and Larned.
State highway workers gather preliminary engineering data for a Santa Fe tracks viaduct between North Lincoln and North Santa Fe. The project has been proposed several times but funding remains unavailable.
AP analysis reviews statements by Secretary Gates and Gen. Twining on U S military power. It notes debates over ICBMs versus bomber strength and the aim to deter aggression with a nuclear counterpunch. Senator Russell credits strong defenses and asserts the need to avoid overreading Soviet intent.
Washington shows Sen. Ken Keating used influence to place Pantelis Milous in ICA payroll as a consultant paid 42 dollars daily for three months. Milous failed to perform any useful work, and ICA officials, pressured by Keating, extended the contract to 30 more days while seeking overseas work. Milous later left after claiming he had been paid 4320 dollars without ever being consulted.
Chanute Tribune issues from Chanute Kansas list staff roles and contact details. It also lists subscription prices for Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties and rates for outside four counties.
Carole Tregoff, 23, and Dr. R Bernard Finch, 42, face murder and conspiracy charges for the July 18 death of Barbara Jean. The defense argues her past statements and potential Fifth Amendment rights should bar earlier testimony, while prosecutors note she was not read her rights at a preliminary hearing.
Fremont California dentist Dr. William V. Shyne, 40, was fined 525 dollars placed on two years probation and given a four month suspended jail sentence for outraging public decency after giving laxative pills to children instead of candy. Several children fell ill but none were hospitalized.
A detailed two day TV guide lists programs for KOAM KODE KOTV and others. Prime time features The Red Skelton Show The Price is Right Perry Como The Millionaire and This Is Your Life among many others with morning to late night blocks and network and local listings.
Richard and Henry Bloch, aged 33 and 36, run a mass tax consultation chain from Kansas City with 108 offices in 46 cities and about 1,000 employees. They offer low fees, guarantee accuracy, and use soothing offices to ease clients nerves, claiming none of their returns have reached tax court.
Ray Mooty of Carthage Missouri was sentenced to six months in jail after invoking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to answer questions before the Jasper County grand jury probing gambling. He had been recently acquitted of a gambling charge and was found in contempt of both the grand jury and the circuit court.
A first degree murder charge against Bobby Cameron 16 Springfield was dismissed at the prosecutor’s request. The charge stemmed from a November 1958 shooting of Cecil Dameron at the family cabin near Galena. A circuit court jury could not reach a verdict in the case.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey and Sen. John F. Kennedy plan to enter West Virginia's May 10 primary if the other also runs. The announcement signals a likely Democratic race in the key state.
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