Fact-Finders Delve Into Rail Dispute
President Kennedy's fact finding panel opens hearings with six members including Wirtz and Meany, planning to gather facts on four year rail work rules dispute. Meetings set for Monday and Tuesday with carriers and unions. report due July 20 ahead of Kennedy’s legislative recommendations. The nationwide strike truce runs to July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bute
Kennedy
Oper
Merce
W. Willard
Wirtz
Rail
Wirtz Wirtz
W. Willard Wirtz
Stuart Saunders
Norfolk & Western Railway
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Congress
Long Bitter Feud Triggers Fatal West Virginia Gunfight
A long feud between the Moore and Miles families in Kanawha County West Virginia culminated when police and deputies tried to serve a warrant at Ernest Moore's home near Charleston. Ernest Moore 67 and his son Andrew 23 were killed. Moore's wife Garnet 57 was wounded and charged with resisting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Ernest Moore
Here
Moore
Andrew
Garnet
Gibbs
Cooke
Bevins
Miles
Moores
Weather roundup for Kansas and Chanute shows rising temperatures
Heavy rains in Kansas eased to lighter conditions today with 1 p.m. readings around 80 in Chanute and a high near 80 elsewhere. Forecasts call for cloudy cool weather through Saturday with intermittent thundershowers and little temperature change. Chanute reported .53 inch of rainfall yesterday at the FAA station as temperatures climbed from yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
FAA
Rains Subside as Gypsum Floodwaters Recede in Kansas
Heavy rains drenched Kansas with more than an inch in many areas while four creeks flooding Gypsum eased Thursday. The Weather Bureau warned of more rain tonight and Saturday across most parts of the state, with cool skies and temperatures ranging from 70 to 90 degrees. Notable rainfall included Huscher 6.07 inches, Dresden 6.1 inches, and several 3 to 4 inch reports across Norton County, Shawnee, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Gypsum
Emporia
Garden City
Hill City
Pittsburg
Huscher
Concordia
Weather Bureau
Dresden
Densmore
Norton Couty
Kirwin Reservoir
Lucerne
Shawnee County
Sharon Springs
Ness City
Healy
Cedar Bluff
Jetmore
Cawker City
Salina
Rexford
Hoxie and Lucerne
Colby
Webster Reservoir
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Lindsburg
Abilene
Burlingame
Lyndon
Horton
Clay Center
Manhattan
Inches
120 Day Jail Term For Bob D. Hamilton
Bob D. Hamilton 23 of 602 N Forest pleaded guilty in city court to negligent homicide and driving without a license. He received 120 days in county jail for homicide and 10 days for the license charge, to run concurrently. The case stems from a July 1 two car collision east of Chanute that killed passenger Hazel Lambert Mays 21 of 1115 N Steuben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob D. Hamilton
N. Forest
Hamilton
Chanute
Hazel Lambert Mays
N. Steuben
Roadside Conference Ends Today in Topeka
The two day State Highway Commission roadside improvement summer conference continued at the division highway building with over 100 registrants. Lloyd M. Copenhafter chaired design talks as Edward Malnar discussed landscape design and W R Weather covered materials tests. A turf grass panel included W B Tole Dr R Keen Harlan Hunt and Pat Crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Division Highway
Lloyd M. Copenhafter
Topeka
Edward G. Malnar
W. R. Weather
W. B. Tole
Independence
Dr. R. Keen
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Harlan H. Hunt
Hutchinson
Pat Crews
The
Soils Conservation Service
Boeing begins $45 million B52 modification contract
Boeing Aircraft Co in Wichita has started modifying a batch of eight jet B52 bombers under a $45 million Air Force contract. The plant will modify 120 Strategic Air Command Stratoforts with maintenance focused on flight safety and installation of up to date equipment, with work continuing for at least a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Boeing Aircraft Co
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Jayhawk Charcoal Co
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Texas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Deerfield Sells Oil Producing Properties
Deerfield Oil announces sale of eight oil producing properties within about 25 miles of Chanute to International Oil and Gas Corp of Denver effective July 1. Deerfield retains plans for future operations and outside contract work while moving toward diversification. International will staff 12 Deerfield employees and use Deerfield offices for 30 to 60 days while setting up its own radio system. No sale price released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Oil and Gas Corp. of
Denver
Deerfield Oil
Stan Rawn
Deerfield
Nue
Deerfield Industries Inc
Rawn
Chanute
International Oil and Gas
International
Service Pipe Line Co
W. Elm
Fred Martin
Louis Marx Jr
New York
Southeast Road Group To Protest US 69 Plans
Southeast Kansas highways group plans July 31 Independence meeting led by Jack L. Goodrich and Sen. Charles Forsyth to protest state and federal funds focused on U S 69. Officials from 12 counties invited as funds diverted threaten southeast Kansas highway construction and a proposed freeway from Ottawa to Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Kan
Southeast Kansas Highways Association
Independence
U. S. 69
Jack L. Goodrich
Parsons, Associa
Tion
Charles Forsyth
Erie
Goodrich
State Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
U.S
Columbus
Ottawa South Association
Ottawa
Oklahoma Line
The
Highway Commission
Emporia
Missing Pittsburgh Teens Searched in Abandoned Mine
Federal mine officials halted a search for three missing boys after rescue workers emerged from an old coal mine with no proof they were inside. Wary authorities planned renewed checks above ground and further digging if no sign appeared, while families urged hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Andrew Orr
Castle Shannon
T.J. McDonald
U.S. Bureau of Mines
McDonald
Bobby Abbott
Mount Washington
Danny O'Kain
Billy Berk
Badwin Two
Robert Abbott
Bobby Abott
Abbott
Alex Brown
Pennsylvania Mines Department
Free Bean Feed at Erie Honors 90th Soldiers Reunion
Free bean feed starts at 6 tonight in the courthouse yard with eight hundred pounds prepared for the Erie Soldiers and Sailors reunion. Coffee and bread to be served alongside kettles of beans cooked in open pots. A 9 pm American Legion hall dance closes the day with an accordion band from 7:30 to 8. The week long program includes a pony pulling contest and multiple dances. The Erie American Legion post sponsors the 90th reunion anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers and Sailors Reunion
American Legion Hall
Don McDaniels
Walnut
Gene Boyd
Bike Mound
Dan Htrod
Erie
John Hurd
Fort Scott
Don Wimp
Oswego
Erie American Legion Post
Drill Found Beside Safe At Chanute Coop Elevator
Police on routine patrol found a broken window at the Chanute Farmers Cooperative Assn elevator at 707 N Highland and an electric drill near the safe. The safe remained unopened with losses under $1. Evidence of tampering was found at self service laundries and near a pop machine at Santa Fe Park. No coin-box thefts were completed. Access failed at two laundries and the Donaldson IGA machine where the box was removed but not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Farmers Cooperative Assn
N. Highland
Driver Arrest in Wichita Charges Against Couple
Police arrested Mrs. Doris Owens of Wichita at 4 am today on charges of driving while intoxicated reckless driving and not having a driver’s license. Her husband Jerry M. Owens faced intoxication charges. The couple was released on bond posted by Owens with amounts of 160 and 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Owens
Wichita
Jerry M. Owens
Owens
St Louis meeting eyed plant setup plans
City Manager R J Hayes City Commissioner Ed Caldwell and Fred Harris president of the Chamber of Commerce met in St Louis today with W H Caldwell executive vice president of Mid America Inc from Parsons to discuss industrial prospects. The group flew by plane and planned to include Wichita bond company representatives to review financial aspects if a St Louis firm opens a plant here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hayes
Ed Caldwell
Fred Harris
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
W. H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Organization
Parsons
Wichita
Seven to Appear in Garnett Riot Case Falls to One
Garnett Kansas AP report states seven persons were scheduled to appear before Judge Charles Lybarger for last Saturday’s riot linked to the Grand Prix sports car races. Only Roger Adams, 16, pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace, fined $100 with $4.55 costs. Bonds for the other six were forfeited as 36 people were arrested in the riot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
Kan
Charles Lybarger
Roger Adams
Feuding in the mountains to attend Erie free bean supper
An intercepted letter hints at a feud but notes hundreds will gather peacefully at the Erie free bean supper this evening for a friendly community event in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Native Timber Is Vast Resource of Southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas holds a vast native timber resource with 1.5 million acres of eastern Kansas under forest growth. Indpendence's Barton runs a furniture-lumber mill, growing from two workers to eight, shipping to California and the Carolinas. Biswell of Kansas State University praises landowner harvesting and notes cottonwood’s rapid growth and wide potential uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Leonard Barton
Independence
Barton
C. R. Biswell
Biswell
Independence Mill
Kansas City
Lawrence
Tulsa
K-State Foresters
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka July 16 1963
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am Friday shows 27 fatalities for July 1963, with two previously unreported deaths added. The comparison to July 1962 indicates 279 deaths in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manawha County
O.F. Miles
Charles Walker
Kanawha County
Willie Gibbs
Lawrence Carpenter
D. A. Nickerson
C. N. Cooke
J. O. Blevins
Ronald Rhoads
Gary Haller
Kansas Park and Resources Authority
Warren Teel
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Claude R. McCamment
Chester Nichols
Ash Grove
Osa and
Martin Johnson Safari Museum
Virginia-Carolina
Charles Broadwell
Red Cross
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Boeing
John Anderson
Addison H. Meschke
Ray Sheperd
Cha
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
Chicago
Chetopa
lIered McRe Vulvuliuuy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!