KG and E Officials Outline Wellington Power Plan
KG and E officials briefed the Wellington city commission on a three component power contract including firm power standby power and energy charges. The plan covers delivery of a guaranteed annual current and a standby option to ensure supply during plant downtime with a $1.50 per kilowatt monthly demand charge.
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Kansas
Gas & Electric Co
Kg&e
Wel
Wellington
Stanley J. Sickel
James A. Elgaard
Chanute
Iola
Wellington Power
Chamber
New City Planning Commission
Wilson & Co
Salina
Planning Commission
Lola
Chanute Plans Protest Over 135 Westward Move and Power Terms
Chanute will join area protests against the Ottawa South route for Highway 135 and review a complex power contract with KG&E. The city plans a Feb hearing in Topeka, with a 701 planning program push and coordination by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Chanute
Ways and Transportation Committee
State Highway Commission
Ottawa South
Commission
Topeka
Chamber
Parsons Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Ottawa
Emporia
Ottawa South Assn
Jack Goodrich
Parsons
Charles Forsyth
Erie
Asx
Education Aid Plan Sent To Congress
President Kennedy sent a 24 point federal education aid plan to Congress with a request for 1.2 billion dollars to start. It excludes direct aid to private or parochial schools and aims to phase out federal support over four years while funding grants for public schools loans and college programs.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Sent to Kansas Birthday
An intercepted note frames Kansas observing her 102nd birthday with a Republican reference to cutting the cake in a light political aside. The fragmentary text centers on a personal greeting and dated sentiment.
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Kansas
British bid for Common Market membership rejected
Britain failed to secure continued negotiations for Common Market entry as six envoys rejected the bid in Brussels. French negotiators topped the talks, seen by some diplomats as reducing American and British influence in Europe. Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak called the setback a blow to European unity. Heath was informed of the formal rejection at the afternoon session.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
Kennedy
Paul - Henri Spaak
Edward Heath
Two Injured In Highway Crash Near Armory
Two people were injured in a crash on US 169 seven tenths of a mile south of the National Guard Armory. B. W. Ferguson and Barbara Ferguson, both from Mound Valley, were taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital after their 1954 Chevrolet collided with Victor L. Cawthorn’s 1959 Chevrolet. Ferguson suffered a broken hip and arm and a head injury. Barbara Ferguson had a possible head injury. Cawthorn was not injured. his car sustained about $100 damage. Police and sheriff investigators assisted.
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B. W. Ferguson
Robert Lopeman
Town
Yester
Neosho Memorial
Mound Valley R. 1
Barbara
Highway Patrol
Ferguson
Ferguson Se
T Pital
Fergusons
National Guard Armory
Victor L. Cawthorn
N. Highland
North Armory
Armory Grounds
Cawthorn
Sedalia Recovers From 12 Inch Gas Breakout
Sedalia Missouri and nearby Lamonte endured a 24 hour deep freeze after a 12 inch natural gas pipeline failed in two places cutting heat to homes businesses and schools. An emergency crew of 300 restored service by Monday with 90 percent back by midnight.
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Sedalia
Lamonte
Egg Show Draws Crowd at Chanute Jamoree
About 200 people attended the Southeast Kansas Poultry Jamboree and Egg Show at the National Guard Armory Chanute. The event featured a noon chicken barbecue with 400 halves, egg judging, a live auction of winning eggs, and demonstrations by K-State Extension specialists led by Tom Avery.
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National Guard
Southeast Kansas
Mahlon Morley
Chanute C of C
Kay ‘Lesh
State Board of Agriculture
M. E. Jackson
al Adams
Avery
K-State
Harry Reed
The
Kansas Poultry Improvement Assn
Three Cars Damaged In Accident Here
At about 12 55 p m yesterday three vehicles sustained minor damage in a crash at 4th and Highland. A 1955 Chevrolet panel truck owned by Model Laundry and driven by Lloyd L White of Altoona Route 1 crossed west as a 1948 Ford driven by Ralph B Hoffman of 1602 S Kansas pulled from the curb also west. The Hoffman car struck the Morris Nash owned by Dr E O Morris at 701 S Plummer. Damages were estimated at 35 35 and 15 dollars respectively.
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4Th and Highland
Lloyd L. White
Altoona
Five Perish From Carbon Monoxide Fumes In Wyoming Home
Capt Paul F Carlos 36 his wife Dona J and their three children Stephanie 7 Elaine 5 and Gregory 14 months died in their Laramie Wyoming home from carbon monoxide fumes likely leaking from a vehicle in the attached garage Undersheriff Kenneth Langford said signs of foul play were absent and the family may have been dead since Saturday Carlos formerly lived in Chanute and served in the Navy during World War II before joining the Air Force and studying at the University of Wyoming.
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Chanute
Mabel Carlos
S. Highland
Jim Bedenbender
Laramie
Wyo
S. Evergreen
Paul F. Carlos
Dona J
Stephanie
Elaine
Greglory
Carlos
Kenneth Langford
Jof
Associated Press
Carllos
University of Wyoming
Langford
Carlos Here
Red Cross
Air Force
Kansas University
Lawrence
Alaska
Harveyville
New York
Navy
Keyport
Wash
Morocco
Rees Hughes Is Honored Kansan of the Year
Dr. Rees H. Hughes president emeritus of Pittsburg State Teachers College is named Kansan of the Year. The 71 year old former Parsons teacher principal and superintendent won the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas award Monday night. He serves as a trustee for the College of Emporia.
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Topeka
Rees H. Hughes
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Iis Kansan
Hughes
Native Sons and ‘Daughters of Kansas
Parsons
College of Emporia
Weather turns colder with cloud cover and light snow
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through Wednesday with winds from the northwest turning northerly at 15 to 25 mph and a gradual fall in temperatures. Tonight lows 20 to 25, high Wednesday near 30. Some light snow or freezing drizzle possible but not severe in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Polio Vaccine Drive Reaches 462 at Neosho Clinic
A total of 462 people sought the Type II oral polio vaccine at Neosho Memorial Hospital between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. today. The supply was exhausted as demand matched it, bringing county totals to 9,629 in the second immunization phase. Margaret Mohler directed the morning makeup clinic at the hospital.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
Neosho
Margaret Mohler
Ash Grove cement plant gains final modernization nod
Ash Grove cement plant receives board approval to proceed with modernization in 1959. Construction to start June 1 with no production disruption and includes two new kilns 12 by 450 feet, three grinding mills, automatic control systems and a quality control lab. MacDonald Engineering Co handles design with capacity expansion planned later.
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Ash Grove
Tribune
Willis
MacDonald Engineering Co
Chicago
Capaci
Richard
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas
Kansas traffic death log lists 1 fatality in 24 hours ending 6 am Tuesday for January 20, 1963, with 20 fatalities in January and a comparable 33 in the previous year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gas Tax Increase Proposed for Kansas Highway System
The Kansas Highway Committee recommended a one cent fuel tax increase and higher highway user fees to fund a 15 year expansion plan. A 2.50 rise in passenger car registrations and higher truck fees would boost revenue, though shortages remain. The panel rejected ad valorem funding and favored earmarking part of agricultural gasoline refunds for township roads.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highways Committee
Kansas Legislative Council
John Anderson
Thestate
Highway Commission
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Girard
Neodesha
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Lopeman
Raymond Friederich
S. Central
Keith Wright
Police
Sheriff's Office
Southeast Kansas Poultry
Larry Mathews
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Julian Carlos
Santa Fe
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