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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1963
Page
1
The Mothers March of Dimes returns for its 25th year with support from the American Legion. The fundraiser funds polio birth defects and arthritis research with a siren wakeup at 6:30 PM and a Thursday evening porch light display.
In Neosho County and nearby towns, more than 5 000 adults and 916 children in Chanute plus 2 600 school children in Erie and other centers received Sabin oral polio vaccine over two days. Total county participation nears 9 167 as weather remains favorable. delays and late arrivals occurred at Murray Hill, Alcott, and Hutton centers with limited doses remaining for walk-ins. Adults paid 25 cents. children received vaccine free.
The Tribune names last week’s news tip winner as an unidentified caller from a LaHarpe address who will receive a $3 award after identifying himself. The tip led to a report on a fire destroying a barn with 525 bales of hay and alfalfa owned by Melvin Owens, 32 miles east of Humboldt.
Kansas will warm up today then a cold front follows from the Dakotas and Wyoming. Highs today ranged from near 30 in the northeast to 50 in the southwest with lows mostly below 20. A few areas saw 11 at Olathe and 32 at Garden City before night fell.
Area farmers have a busy week with a Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree and Egg Show at the National Guard Armory in Joplin tomorrow. White and brown egg classes, cash prizes, and an auction of top entries are planned, judged by State Board of Agriculture officials.
Lancaster California police say Frank L McWethy a 44 year old man insisted his own doctor perform the sobriety test. The doctor charged $10 for the test and McWethy was booked on drunken driving suspicion.
Hollywood AP reports director producer John Farrow was found dead at 56 from an apparent heart attack in his Beverly Hills home. His son Patrick discovered him with a telephone book beside him, while wife Maureen O'Sullivan was in New York and Mia Farrow was to join her.
Kansas traffic census shows 19 fatalities in January 1963 compared with 31 for the same period in 1962. Data covers Topeka area through 9 AM Monday and notes 1 fatality for January 19.
An intercepted letter laments extended credit and lingering time payments, noting excess debt can feel like being overweight and suggesting a diet approach. The writer signs off with “Yours.”
In Sedalia and Lamonte Missouri a 12 inch gas main burst cutting natural gas to both cities. One death was reported as residents endured subzero temperatures. An emergency team restored power to relief efforts while gas service was expected to resume late today.
An elderly attorney living a hermit life in Los Gatos California was found dead in his two room shack. Deputy coroner described the mattress as chewed apart by rats and mice. The man, identified as Elisha D Corbin, was in his 80s and had retired after a college classmate Herbert Hoover lost the 1932 presidential election.
Legislators from Kansas 5th District gathered to organize a mutual aid unit led by Rep. Robert A. Finney as chairman and Rep. Paul H. Lamb as vice chairman. Rep. Joe Skubitz announced plans to push reforms including a mixed at large and district electors system and a single budget bill study. Prospect for quick action at a Kansas Republican gathering.
Chanute JayCees named Robert Cox 32 year old Chanute Senior High and Junior College printing instructor as Representative Young Teacher award winner after a banquet at the Masonic Hall attended by 51 JayCees and guests. Other nominees were Harold Tarpley Fay Zumalt Nancy Jones and Raymond Bell.
Mrs. Ross Gray of Cambridge Kansas suffered a broken nose and possible rib fractures when she fell from a westbound 1950 Chevrolet panel on Highway K47 near Thayer. Five aboard the truck led to a crash into a field. Gray was admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital while Key faced charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving with a $175 bond set.
Central Kansas hotel motel restaurant and country club operators unanimously back a bill to legalize sale of liquor by the drink in eating places. The Kansas Hotel and Motel Association and Southeast Kansas Association voiced support with representatives from Wichita Pratt Great Bend El Dorado McPherson and Hutchinson at meetings.
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