Gas refunds expire as Sept. 1 rate hike takes effect
City approves new gas rates for in city and outside limits with bills due Sept. 1. Consumer charges rise from old rates of 1.16 to 1.25 for the first 1 000 cubic feet and step up across usage brackets. Refund of 46 346 dollars to be completed, but bills reflect new rates. Parks improvements urged for Highland Central and City parks with plans to repair fountains stadium and close part of City Park to auto traffic for a bicycling club.
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Consumers City Commission
Chanute
Ran
Howard Parsons
Parks and Recreation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Halbe
Henry Baker
Santa Fe
Halbe
Santa Fe Park
Highland Park
City Park
Chamber Committee
New Exhibit Building Underway for Neosho County Fair
Neosho County plans a new 40 by 104 foot pole type exhibit building at the fair grounds to centralize 4-H clothing food crop displays and open class exhibits. Volunteers and 4-H members supervise construction south of the dairy barn. Fairbooks go to press soon with entry deadline August 6 at the Erie Extension office for the August 13 to 16 fair.
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Erie
Neosho County Fair Grounds
Bill Dickson
American Legion
FFA
4-H
Glen Baker
Laddie Club
Fairgrounds
Dickson
Veteran X15 Pilot Breaks Space Altitude Record
At Edwards AFB Robert M. White soared to 83 miles (310,000 feet) in the X15, becoming the fifth American to earn astronaut wings. He reached 284 mph on ascent, 1,159 mph overall speed record for the X15, then landed at 9:42 a.m. after a 10 minute flight.
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Calif
Robert M. White
White
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Joseph M. Walker
Desert Test Center
Father and Son Drown at Kanapolis Lake
SALINA AP The body of Sgt. Hilliard K. Mills and his 5 year old son John were recovered after they drowned while floating on a raft in Lake Kanapolis near Salina on Monday. Officials said the boy fell into the water and the father went in to help. Both men died.
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Salina
Hilliard K. Mills
Schilling Air Force Base
John
Lake Kanapolis
Here
Monay
Fatal Crash Kills Lawrence W. Kill Near Olathe
Lawrence W. Kill, 62, of Olathe died in a highway crash 22 miles east of Olathe after his pickup locked bumpers with another vehicle as he passed, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Olathe
Kan
Lawrence W. Kill
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kill
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka July 1962
Topeka status shows 3 traffic deaths in 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday, 26 for July, 284 for the comparable 1961 period, 294 last year. The AP report lists totals and trends for Kansas traffic fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Kills Kennedy Health Plan in Senate Vote
The Senate voted 52 to 48 to table the administration health care plan for the elderly, killing the proposal for this Congress. The outcome raises questions about Kennedy's broader legislative agenda and signals potential trouble for related measures.
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Senate
Kennedy
Washington
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Extensive Search Continues for Pair in Murders
Hutchinson Kansas AP reports a large search for a harvest worker and a 17 year old girl accused in the slaying of WaKeeney Marshal Al Claycamp and wounding Sheriff Chet McAtee. Ground searches north of Hutchinson WaKeeney area include farms, vehicles, and a possible sighting near Medora.
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Here
WaKeeney
National Guard
Harry J. ‘Bloomer
Youngstown
Ohio
Shirley Nixon
Wilsonville
Neb
al Claycamp
WaKeeney City
Chet McAtee
Medora
Hutchinson
WakKeeney
Wa Keeney
Merchants Feed Night At VFW Hall In Chanute
The annual Merchants Feed by Chanute VFW Post 1654 is set for 6 30 tonight at the VFW Hall. Harry Johnson says the dinner is open to local VFW members and merchants who bought tickets with others at the door. Funds from ticket sales replace donations to finance the July 4 celebration. fried chicken and trimmings will be served.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Harry Johnson
Chanute Post 1654
Johnson
VFW Hall
National Guard Armory
Heavy Clash In Viet Nam Near Saigon Reported
Heavy clashes were reported today between Red guerrillas and government troops airlifted into Communist territory by 30 U.S. helicopters. Several helicopters were hit. no U.S. casualties reported. The fight occurred about 40 miles northeast of Saigon amid a region near a prior ambush that left 23 Vietnamese and their American adviser Capt. Don J. York killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Don J. York
Asheville
N.C
Weather picture holds near 90 with scattered showers
Forecast calls for fair weather with little temperature change through Wednesday. Nighttime showers and thunderstorms expected, lows 65 to 70, highs near 90. In Kansas, strong rains continued from Monday night with 2 inch-plus totals widespread west of Concordia Salina and Winfield.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Concordia
Salina
Winfield
Garrett
Orders Clear Cotton Deals, Official Says
A farm aid official testified that Washington orders cleared the way for Billie Sol Estes cotton acreage deals in Oklahoma despite local protests. Shelby described a 1961 Dallas meeting on transfers to Texas for Estes, noting transfers were disputed by Oklahoma ASC officials and were later canceled by the Agriculture Department after Estes’ indictment. He cited a telephoned directive from Tom Miller to transfer and claimed insubordination if refused. Allotment sales remain illegal.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Oklahoma
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Samuel A. Shelby
Shelby
Oklahoma Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Agriculture Department
Estes
Pecos
Tex
Tom Miller
Miller
Texas
Dallas
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Rev Ray J Hutchison Critically Ill At Fort Carson
The Rev Ray J Hutchison pastor of First Baptist Church is critically ill with pneumonia in a Fort Carson hospital in Colorado Springs. Worley reports the Hutchison family traveled July 8 to visit relatives and Mrs Hutchison was admitted as an emergency patient. A prayer service will be held at the First Baptist Church at 7 30 p m with church members friends and clergy invited to attend.
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Ray J. Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
Colo
R. D. Worley
Hutchison
Worley
Injured Laborer Dies From Scott City Crash
Frank Burnett, 69, a transient farm laborer whose last permanent address was Jerseyville Illinois, died Monday from injuries after a one car accident at the west edge of Scott City on Sunday.
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Scott City
Kan
Frank Burnett
Jerseyville
Ill
Incomes Reach Peak as June Gains Slow Down
Washington AP report shows personal incomes rose to a record annual rate of 440.4 billion in June, up 24 billion from June 1961, but the gain was about half of May. Industrial production edged higher yet stayed near flat. auto output fell due to a Ford strike and unemployment rose slightly. The Fed noted strong gains in television sets and machinery, with construction reaching a record 63 billion dollars.
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Washington
Kennedy
Commerce Department
Advances
Walton Hills
Ohio
Federal Reserve Board
Rec
Reserve Board
Ford Motor Co
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