Higher Phone Rates With Dial System
Conversion to dial service planned for April 1961 with Western Electric installation starting around Nov. 1 at the new dial building on South Steuben. New numbers for business customers to be assigned by Dec. 15 with letters sent to each. Dial rates to take effect in Chanute next April, including increases for one party and two party lines and rural services. taxes added. Endres notes Chanute rates match nearby towns.
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al Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Endres
South Steuben
Western Electric Co
Chanute
Chanute Adds Dial Service With 5000+ Line Upgrade
Chanute moves to dial service for 5 000 to 9 999 telephones with new numbers assigned across the system. Inter city cable from Chanute to Parsons will be built this fall to improve long distance reliability. Kansas Corporation Commission approves revenue boost of 914000 yearly for Southwestern Bell, limited to dial service towns including Erie and St Paul.
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Chanute
Parsons
Endres
Pittsburg
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bell Telephone
Kansas
Erie
St. Paul
Southwestern Bell
Pre-Balloting Climax Looms in Democratic Nomination Fight
In Los Angeles the Democratic race nears its peak as Kennedy seeks to lock delegates from California Minnesota Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania totaling about 203 of 761 needed votes on the first ballot. Johnson aims to pull votes from California Pennsylvania and other states while Truman Symington and Stevenson enter the scramble for party support ahead of the convention's opening.
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Los Angeles
Sen.Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Minnesota
New Jersey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Lyndon B
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Maryland
Ohio
Johnson
Oscar L. Chapman
Citizens For Johnson Committee
Chapman
Stuart Symington
Missouri
James T. Blair
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert B. Meyner
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
David L. Lawrence
Stevenson
George A. Smathers
Florida
Eisenhower to urge curb on spending in Congress return
President Eisenhower plans a special appeal to Congress when it reconvenes to press for swift action on key measures and restraint in spending. He may address a joint session or address the nation. emphasis on fiscal responsibility and action on the four billion dollar foreign aid plan and wheat surplus. The plan follows criticism of Congress for overriding a veto on a 700 million dollar federal pay raise. The disclosure came after a trout fishing escape at W Alton Jones West Greenwich Rhode Island.
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Newport. RI
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Senate
House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service
Jones Place
Hianloland Farm
West Greenwich
R.I
Newport
California sales scam warned by Chanute Chamber of Commerce
A Cham ber of Commerce spokesman warns of a new California sales promotion flooding Chanute. Citizens receive letters offering stain less steel waterless cookware at a freight house for a ridiculous price. The spokesman cautions it is a clear scheme to take money, urging buyers to shop at local stores for better value.
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California
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Youth Loses Arm In Traffic Accident
Jerry S. Averill 21 of Wichita Kansas lost his left arm in a collision on a rural road near Princeton West Virginia while visiting his father in law. He was driving a car when it collided with a one ton truck. No charges were filed immediately. Averill resides at 1250 W. 49th Street in Wichita.
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Princeton
W.va
Jerry S. Averill
Wichita
Kan
Averill
49Th Street
Ten Man Crew Busy On School Repairs
A ten man crew conducts the large annual summer maintenance across Chanute schools. Senior High remodels a third floor English classroom into a 27 by 50 foot space with a conference area, new flooring and ceilings, and cosmetic updates. Kitchens and lunch program upgrades occur at Murnew and Alcott with new equipment and a second kitchen added to Royster Junior High.
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Chanute
Gram
Mur
Jay Hill
Trade
Alcott
Hutton
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Royster Junior High
Tribune
One of the Worst Leads Uncovers $350,000 Loot
Charleston West Virginia AP reports police tied an unemployed bus driver Earl Hayes Mathews aged 32 to a weekend heist. $350000 stolen from a fortress like vault was found in the car trunk after tips and a mother’s warning. Mathews confessed and was arrested in South Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
E. L. Roush
Earl Hayes Mathews
South Charleston
Weather Summary For Topeka Kansas With Scattered Showers
Forecast calls for scattered showers today with partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Temperature highs in the middle 60s, lows around 70. Unsettled rain statewide Friday clearing west early today and likely eastern Kansas by tonight with continued high humidity and occasional sunshine into Sunday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Deaths in separate Kansas crashes claim two lives
The State Highway Patrol reported James Lee Ireland, 18, of Lawrence died in a one car crash on Highway 24 near Lawrence. Olivene Breault, 75, of Aurora died Friday from injuries after a two car crash south of Concordia.
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Topeka
James Lee Ireland
Lawrence
Olivene Breault
Aurora
Kan
Concordia
Riots Spread Across Eastern Congo After Independence
Rioting and mutiny reached eastern Congo as Leopoldville remained quiet. Two Europeans were killed at Kongolo and 420 Europeans fled by river boats. Mutinous troops in Goma caused whites to flee toward Uganda while Belgian forces reinforced Kinshasa and Katanga eyed secession.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Congo Republic
Kongolo
Katanga
Elisabethville
Smathers
Johnson
Tanga
Upper
Congo River
Kivu
Goma
Uganda
Brazza
Mexico Faces Cuba Crisis Over Oil Aid and Policy
Mexico debates its stance in Cuba U S relations as Sen Manuel Moreno Sanchez argues oil aid is vital to Cuba's social and human crisis. Deputy Emil io Sanchez Piedras voices support for Cuba, triggering mixed reactions as Mexico weighs its foreign policy and oil position.
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Cuba
Mexico
Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Senate
Manuel Moreno Sanchez
Emilio Sanchez Piedras
United States
Sanchez Piedras
Congress
Lopez Mateos
U.S
U. S
Robert C. Hill
Manuel Tello
Hill
Moreno Sanchez
Alfonso Corona del Rosas
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
PRL
Federation of Farm Organizations
Russia
Khrushchev Warns of Soviet Artillery If Cuba Intervention
Washington reports that Khrushchev linked threats to negotiations and vowed support for Castro as Herter prepares for a policy review. The meeting to cover Cuba Berlin and Congo aims to shape forthcoming Eisenhower talks with Dillon en route to Europe.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
America
Cuba
Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Manchester
Mass
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Herter-Dillon
Eisenhower
Berlin
Congo Republic
State Department
U. S
Congo
Henkle urges debt reduction at Chanute dinner
Lt. Gov. Joseph W. Henkle Sr. urged tax cuts as a candidate for the Democratic U. S. Senate nomination. He said savings from reduced taxes should cut national debt, noting a billion dollars saved would save about 40 million in interest. He and his wife toured Erie Yates Center Iola before Chanute and planned events in Garnett Ottawa Osawatomie and Lenexa for a Democratic picnic.
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Joseph W. Henkle Sr
U. S
Tioga Hotel
Henkle
Neosho County
Democratic Central Committee
Wall Street
Erie
Yates Center
Iola
Chanute
Garnett
Ottawa
Osawatomie
Lenexa
Maskill Farm
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka 1960 Log Shows Increase
Kansas traffic log reports Topeka fatalities over a 24 hour period to 9 am with 24 hours figures for 1960 rising from 241 to 281 in the comparable 1959 period, reflecting a year over year change.
Five Teens Die After Car Strikes Pedestrians Near Newton Lake
In Carbondale area, five teenagers were struck by a car while crossing the road toward a snack shop near Newton Lake. Four died at the scene and one died during surgery, with driver Wayne Williams, 19, charged with involuntary manslaughter.
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Carbondale
Newton Lake
Pennsylvania
Wayne W. Williams
Union Dale
Judy Stine
Olyphant
Patrick Caviston III
Ambrose O'Rourke Jr
Thomas Clause
Caviston
O'Rourke
Carole Ligi
Peckville
Carbondale General Hospital
Williams
Neosho County Receives State Safety Award
Neosho County Sheriff Jerry Sloan received a state safety citation from Gov. George Docking in Kansas Accident Records Class C. The award, sponsored by the Kansas Highway Commission Traffic and Safety Department and the Kansas Safety Council, notes 554 traffic fatalities in 1959 and urges heightened local safety efforts. A department member will present the award at a later date and location.
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Erie
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
George Docking
Kansas
Traffic and Safety Department
Kansas Highway Commission
Kansas Safety Council
See Wasser for Insurance
Advertisement notes Wasser as the contact for insurance matters with phone listing 119 and reference to LS WR Ogg.
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Wasser
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Independence
Winfield
Chanute Exchange
Vernon Youngberg
Mathews
Brussels
Gaston Eyskens
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