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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1962
Page
6
Neighbors in Thayer and rural Earlton report visits and illnesses. Doug and Bailey children spent days with relatives as flu and colds pass, while Harry Fisher recovers from a recent car crash. Local families, birthdays, hospital stays, and weekend visits spread across Chanute Humboldt Ottawa and Erie with multiple households mentioned.
The item lists domestic news and visits in the Urbana area including Mrs FE Bryan in Erie and Rev Harold Jensen visiting Friday. It notes remodeling by Mr and Mrs Fred Osborn, a Parsons trip by Mr and Mrs Ralph Robertson, and various visitors to Bertha and Ralph McMillen of rural Earlton. Ralph is recovering from a finger injury and will report to a Fort Scott doctor. 23 people attended Evangelical United Brethren church services in Urbana. Lewis Gilmore of Urbana drove to Cherryvale for work on a local site.
The Kansas Board of Health announces separate hires: John W. Cooper of Kansas City named attorney and Lenice M. Massey of Topeka named business manager. They replace the former combined post held by John A. Carlson who moves to private law practice in Pittsburgh. Cooper brings local practice experience from Kansas City. Massey has served as attorney-business manager for seven years.
Washington AP reports four representatives led by Richard H. Ichord propose a tariff-based bill to shield domestic lead and zinc industries. Ichord says imports since 1956 cut domestic share to about 40 percent, causing metal stockpiles, price drops, mine layoffs, and industry distress.
Schord cites Missouri as producing more lead than any state while bills expand the import tax on lead and zinc. The proposals aim to apply extra taxes when imports harm domestic prices, with support from Rep. Walt Horan of Washington and Rep. Arnold Olsen of Montana who urge controls to protect American jobs and revive mining.
A Kansas House resolution proposes banning known Communists from appearing on any state college campus. Rep. Ernest Unruh cites Alexander Fomin’s KU World Crisis Day talk as justification, while Sen. Don Hults says the KU student body shows no Communist sentiment. Penguins molt once yearly, standing still for up to a month before new plumage returns them to the sea.
Chanute residents shared Sunday visits with Carlson Alderman Zimmerman Boydston and Beaman households. Alderman, injured four months ago, has largely stayed home. Also noted are Moran visits by Fowler and Myers, Kern family travels, and a Uniontown grade school tournament upcoming. Elsmore teams played recently, and a high dam project at Aswan Egypt plans to convert a 300 mile Nile stretch into a lake.
Elsmore news notes the Lydia circle met at the Methodist church Friday afternoon with eleven members present and Celia Higganbotham as hostess. Carrol Lander led the lesson. mystery pals were drawn. Upcoming hostesses named for next meetings.
The Neosho County Soil Conservation District schedules its annual meeting February 6 1962 at 6 30 p m at Chanute National Guard Armory. Supervisors will report on activities and finances and voters will elect two land occupier supervisors to fill expiring and unexpired terms. Ernest Harms chairs with Walter Poor secretary.
A Bay area reservoir project will inundate 90 miles of terrain up to 18 feet deep, submerging more than 25 Pharaonic temples and at least seven ancient towns along with tombs and shrines, leaving large areas unexplored by archaeologists.
The State Corporation Commission of Kansas schedules a hearing on February 20, 1962, to consider The SCraw-Kan Telephone Cooperative Association Inc for amending rate schedules on exchanges in Girard Arcadia Alma Cherokee Weir and more, plus requests to file permanent rates and pass franchise taxes to subscribers. Interested parties may intervene. docket No 67 977 U.
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