Southeast Kansas Sportsmen Organize Refuge Action League
A 165 member Southeast Kansas Sportsmen League formed to press the state Forestry Fish and Game Commission to start development of the St. Paul refuge. Temporary officers named include Clell McClung as chair and Larry O Connell as secretary. Roy Woods named treasurer. Petitions aim to mill 30 000 signatures demanding immediate action and certificated by county delegates for delivery to Pratt and Gov. George Docking in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Sportsmens League
St. Paul
Clell McClung
Walnut
Larry O'Connell
Chanute
Roy Woods
Parsons
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
McClung
Fish and Game Commission
R. W. Fowler
Weir
Ray Amer
Pleasanton
Sportsmens League
Kansas
St. Paul ‘Refuge
Bob Manley
Neosho
Horace Miller
Iola
Allen
R. O. Beeman
Chanute R
Wilson
A. M. Kraft
Labette
Charles Hackney
Fort Scott
Bourbon
Ben
Fish and Game
W. Harold Barker
Paola
The
Kansas Assn
Wildlife
Chanute Town and Country Sportsmens Club
Four Buildings Burned in Fredonia Fire
Smoldering wreckage from a 2:30 a.m. blaze destroyed four commercial buildings and upper apartments on Fredonia's main street. Firefighters and residents battled five hours, with Wells store and others damaged by smoke and water. Three families lost their homes. one firefighter suffered a head gash but stayed to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
Volunteer Fire Department
Pver
E. Grill
Grill
Farm Bureau Assn
Midwest Lithographers
Wells Western Shop
Wells
United Telephone Company
A. M. Fulghum
Bob Hutton
Community drives fund for aged home needs
The Home Fund has reached 511.05 and aims for 2000 to buy wheelchairs a walker room screens and furniture for the new home for the aged. Donors include Modern Mothers Club Cosmos Club Mt Pleasant Church Ladies Aid Vashti OES Rebekah Lodge Devoted Mothers Rural Homemakers HDU and Rotary Club with more pledges expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle H. Stevens
County Welfare Board
Stevens
Modern Mothers Club
Cosmos Club
Big Creek Wscs
Mt. Pleasant Church and
Ladies Aid
Vashti Chapter
OES
Rebekah Lodge
Devoted Mothers Club
Rural Homemakers Hdu
Golden Shrine No
Rotary Club
Salary Boost Bill Heads to Gov Docking
The first major budget session proposal in Kansas would raise salaries for key state hospital personnel and appropriate 895000 dollars. The measure passed with Democratic support and Gov. George Docking indicated he will allow it to become law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Dem
Docking
Students Asked to Aid Search for Killer
Authorities urged Rutgers University students to help find a maniac with a grudge who killed four at a doctor’s country estate in New Brunswick. Middlesex County Prosecutor Warren T. Wilentz said an informant saw the killer talking with young men believed to be Rutgers students and noted he bound Edith Clarke and two women servants plus the taxi driver before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers University
Middlesex County
Warren T. Wilentz
Rutgers
New Brunswick
Edith Clarke
Wilentz
SEATO Begins Thai Coast Recon Exercises
Four nations US Australia Britain and Thailand launch SEATO military drills along the Thai coast. A force of more than seven frogmen will reconnoiter the coastline with exercises slated for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Australia
Britain
Woman Seeks Return of Stolen Mailbox in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach police log details a theft complaint involving a woman whose mailbox, her husband, and her girlfriend’s actions are in dispute. Officer Tom Paxton and Officer Ashley Elliot investigated after the woman reported her mailbox had been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach, Fla
Tom Paxton
Ashley Elliot
Silver Dollar Days Planned By Merchants
Chanute retailers voted unanimously for a six month Silver Dollar Day program with cash prizes for registered shoppers. Thursdays will feature five or more prizes including 50, 10, and 5 dollar awards, starting tentatively in March. A sidewalk bazaar and Good Friday store closing survey were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Tioga Hotel
A. B. Johnson
Retail Planning Committee
Ray Hutchinson
Chanute Ministerial Alliance
Charles Pillot
Federal Building Planned for Kansas City
The General Services Administration recommended a $39,036,000 project to acquire a site plan and erect a federal office building in Kansas City. The building would house most federal offices under one roof once approved by the Public Works Committees of the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
General Services Administration
GSA
House
Senate
Council Boosts Recreation Plan
A city recreation program proposal receives support from a 12 member committee representing eight civic groups. The plan would seek a one mill levy funded by a petition needing at least five percent of last election voters. If approved the program would run year round with a professional director and city wide scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Gladys Eaton
Charles Rubew
Herbert Washburn
al Goodwin
Lester Grove
Claude Pittenger
Full Payment of State Aid Assured Elementary Schools
The Kansas House sent to Gov. Docking a supplemental appropriation of 492,450 to guarantee full state aid for elementary schools under the revised formula. Total regular aid would reach 18,100,000 with emergency per pupil increases from 6 to 15 dollars next year. Other measures passed include funding for livestock disease control, watershed planning, and highway construction, while egg inspection fees were defeated and a beef import control resolution was introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Docking
House
Senate
Highway Department
Institutional Building Fund
House Livestock Committee
Congress
United States
Sedgwick Schools Inherit From Murdered Recluse Funds
Wichita AP reports Sedgwick County schools inherit 10029.68 from the estate of 78 year old recluse Jim Ross. Ross was found murdered December 19 1956 in his unheated garage home. No will or family records. 12 claimed relations denied after hearing. Probate Judge James V. Riddel approved final settlement with costs and receiver fees, the residue goes to school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Jim Ross
Sedgwick County
Ross
Old Jim
Flu Outbreak Strikes Chanute Elementary Schools
Absenteeism in Chanute five elementary schools runs about three times normal this week as influenza spreads. About 120 of 1,258 pupils and two teachers are absent, with the worst impact in primary grades. Royster Junior High and the high school area report no flu impact. rural Neosho County schools have been closed. Midway School near Chanute shut last Thursday as one fourth of students and staff were affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Nora Knight
Erie
Neosho County
Midway School
Toronto
A. A. Hopkins
Watkins Speaker for Lions Club in Erie Kansas
Henry Watkins spoke at the Lions Club meeting in the Tioga Hotel on UNESCO Mexico trip and city recreation plans were discussed. Two junior Lions attended. a Rusty Corbitt Gary Neeley basketball game was set for Feb 8 after a measles outbreak delayed Toronto Midway contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watkins
Erie
Kansas
Unesco
Lions Club
Tioga Hotel
Mexico
Rusty Corbitt
Gary Neeley
Toronto
Midway
Traffic Fatalities Toll Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the 24 hours to 9 am within Topeka area versus 34 in the comparable 1959 period, with 1960 figures noted. The AP report records daily counts for the 1960-23 period and contrasts with 1959 totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Mothers March Tonight in Chanute for March of Dimes
About 70 Chanute women volunteer for the Mothers March to raise funds for the March of Dimes. They meet at the Memorial Building at 6 30 and cover assigned streets in pairs Then return for coffee and doughnuts organized by Mrs Randall Diver. Coffee Day also designates cafe sales to benefit the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Drexel Allen
Mothers' March
Memorial Building
Randall Diver
Robert Pennington
March of Dimes
Pneumonia and Flu Deaths Rise in Los Angeles
Los Angeles reports 127 deaths from pneumonia and influenza since January 1, with 109 pneumonia deaths and 18 influenza deaths, more than double the same period last year according to the city health department on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
City Health Department
Political Pot Boils as Kansas Day Sparks GOP Rumors
Topeka AP report notes two possible Republican gubernatorial candidates Gale Moss and Wint Smith visiting Topeka on Kansas Day eve with talk of private discussions. Zimmerman and Anderson also eyed, while Addington and Wunsch previously floated. Announcements expected from Schoeppel Avery Rees, with Kansas birthday event headlined by Sen Hugh Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Gale Moss
Wint Smith
Kansas
Moss
Smith
Zimmerman
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
Kansas Turnpike
Edward Arn
Congress
William Addington
Elkhart
Sen
Paul R. Wunsch
Kingman
Senate Republicans
Wunsch
U. S
Andrew F. Schoeppel
William H. Avery
Ed Rees
Alvin Grauerholz
Coffeyville
Joe Hinkle
Republican National Committee
Scott
Zoning Group Recommends Two Changes
The special zoning committee voted to recommend two changes to city zoning law. One would allow one-operator beauty shops in residential zones as home occupations. the other would reduce the quorum for the five member zoning board of appeals from four to three. Recommendations go to the city commission for final approval after a required public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Zoning Board of Appeals
City Commission
Ralph Drake
Leroy Halsted
Drizzly Fog Cleared With Rain Expected In Kansas
Eastern Kansas faced dense fog and drizzle with visibility under a half mile. Rain was forecast for eastern areas tonight followed by partial clearing and cooler temperatures in the 30s. Highs in the 30s and 40s Friday were anticipated across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tribune
Woman Beaten to Death in Lawrence Home
A 66 year old woman, Maud Smith, was found beaten to death in her Lawrence home near the Kaw River. An autopsy showed a skull fracture and multiple blows with a blunt weapon. A nephew reported the death and police indicated a definite suspect and an unrecovered murder weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kaw River
Maud Smith
James Cooper
Byron Walters
Jena
Miss Smith
Wes Norwood
Walter Thiele
Kansas Supreme Court
Coffeyville Man Fined 75 for Coat Theft
Joseph T. Robinson, 22, of Coffeyville, pleaded guilty in city court after being arrested on a charge of stealing a coat from Jess Carder of Humboldt. He was fined 75 dollars plus 13.45 in costs and held pending payment. police tied him to the theft after noting he was seen in the car at Neosho Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Robinson
Coffeyville
Jess Carder
Humboldt
Carder
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Roblinson
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Commission
Commisssion
Pratt
Sato
Martin McGee
Debra Cox
Pamela Painter
Alberta Barkley
Murray Hill School
Betty Cassady
Martin
G. J. McGee
S. Allen
Debra
Mark Cox
S. Kansas
Pamela
Dale Painter
S. Tennessee
Alberta
Albert Barkley
S. Garfield
Federal
K.C
Kenneth Wilson
Chanute American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamber of Commerce
Sedgwick
Watkins
Julian Zimmerman
Federal Housing Administration
GOP
Ford
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