Chanute Voters to Decide Recreation Program Aug 2
With under two weeks to polls, Chanute residents face a primary vote on a city recreation program. Backers plan to mail a Q&A brochure via Boy Scouts and hold discussions organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Community Council chaired by Lester Grove.
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Chanute
Boy Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Grove
Warren Fitch
C. W. Wood
Claude Pittenger
Recreation Commission
Polaris Missile Flight From Submerged Navy Sub
The Navy for the first time launched a Polaris missile from a submerged submarine off Cape Canaveral aboard the George Washington. The 14 ton missile rose from 90 feet below and ignited its first stage engine, then sent a dummy warhead toward a target north of Puerto Rico on the Atlantic range.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
George Washington
Atlantic Missile Range
United States
Soviet Union
Puerto Rico
Four Escapees From Leavenworth Federal Prison
Four inmates who fled a government truck near Leavenworth were last seen heading north on U S 73. They were construction workers on a farm dormitory project at the prison. A possible link to a car break in and theft of two women's purses, one containing $30, is being investigated. Identified escapees include Bernard Fye of Coloma Michigan. Raymond Branham of Chattanooga Tennessee. Harlan Levey, Nevada. and Robert Clinton Farber of Los Angeles.
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Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary
U. S. 73
Bernard Fye
Coloma
Mich
Detroit
Raymond Branham
Chattanooga
Tenn
Harlan Levey
Nevada
Robert Clinton Farber
Los Angeles
Arizona
Topekan Rescued From Cave-in
In Topeka a housing construction cave-in buried Bud Smothers, 22, of Osage City. Fellow workers dug him out by hand after about a foot of dirt was removed, revealing his head. he suffered only minor injuries.
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Topeka
Bud Smothers
Osage City
Smothers
Congo Cabinet Asks For Soviet Troops
Congo cabinet votes to invite Soviet troops to restore order and evacuate Belgian forces. Lumumba outlines aims including peaceful Belgian withdrawal, maintaining order, and deterring foreign aggression. U N Security Council pressures Belgium to withdraw amid ongoing diplomatic maneuvering.
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Congo
Washington
Lumumba
State Department
U. S
Bunche
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Leopoldville
Tribune Carriers Begin Collecting Sales Tax in August
Chanute area merchants will start collecting state sales tax on Tribune paper sales August 1 under Kansas law. Carriers must obtain registrations and remit monthly taxes to Topeka by the 20th, or face suspension. The Tribune acts as a wholesaler. tax applies to carrier and mail subscription sales after August 1.
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Chanute
Tribune
State Department of Revenue
The
Topeka
Kansas
School Bus Bids Returned by Chanute Board
Three bids for a new Chanute school bus were returned unopened as the board dropped plans for purchase now. Supt. Buford Fisher said the measure may be reconsidered after the 1961 models are introduced. Delivery could not occur before late fall due to 1960 model suspension. The board had previously approved a roughly $7,000 bus, while current leasing costs about $2,000 annually. The lease will continue with a 15 day termination notice option.
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Chanute
Supt
Buford Fisher
Local Woman Cashes Bad Checks Across Several Stores
Police report a woman, described as attractive and with a two year old, used fake names Mrs. Paul Moore or Mrs. Joe E. Long to pass bad checks totaling over 60 dollars in about two hours Saturday afternoon. Checks, 15 dollars each, were used at Donaldson's Grocery Montgomery Ward Foodtown Supermarket and Penneys between 3 and 5 p.m. A $15 check was attempted for shoes at Harrison's Shoes. Police say the suspect planned to misuse funds to cover further purchases.
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Paul Moore
Joe E. Long
N. Grant
Donaldson’s
Montgomery Ward
Foodtown
Penney's
Harrison
Gala Time Here Tomorrow Sidewalk Sales Silver Dollars
A festival in the business district features a sidewalk bazaar and Silver Dollar Day with merchandise booths, music and prizes. Winners announced from registrations, first prize fifty silver dollars, with incremental increases if unclaimed, across six months and over 65 participating merchants.
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Mer
Injured Man Clings To High Window In Grain Elevator Disaster
A Brownfield Texas tragedy unfolds as a 180 foot grain storage elevator explodes. Three men die and a fourth is missing presumed dead while a gravely injured survivor clings to a high window for hours before a helicopter lowers a cable and rescue begins. Fire officials blame grain dust explosions and names include Paul Aiken Royce Lawhorn Henry Nix C. L. Burden W. N. Lewallen and rescuers from Reese AFB.
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Brownfield
Tex
Paul Aiken
Royce Lawhorn
Henry Nix
C. L. Burden
Mgr. W. N. Lewallen
Weather Trends Bring Warm Temperatures Through Thursday
Topeka reports a warming Kansas trend continuing through Thursday with most afternoon temperatures expected to reach 90s or higher. Forecast calls for mostly fair and warmer conditions, lows near 70 tonight, highs in the middle 90s tomorrow, no rain reported Tuesday. Relative humidity around 43 percent and a falling barometer at 1 p.m.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kansas Traffic Fatalities 24 Hours End 9 A.M.
Topeka report shows 24 hour traffic death total at 9 a.m. for the 1960-309 comparison period versus 252 in the 1959 period. Official log records fatalities across the state, reflecting year over year changes.
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Topeka
Kansas
Clear Choice Urged by Farm Leaders
A farm leader urged the Republican Platform Committee to offer voters a clear choice between farm controls and freedom from such curbs. Charles D. Schuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation criticized the Los Angeles plank and urged stronger limits on government restraint.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Charles D. Schuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Republican Platform Committee
Schuman
Los Angeles
Plank
Lee Wasser
Eisenhower
John A. Baker
National Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
Car Bicycle Collision Involving Youth No Injuries Reported
Three accidents were investigated by police. A 13 year old boy, Donald Haynes, collided with a car driven by the Rev T W Bryan at Steuben and Cherry and sustained only a scratch. A parked Ford in Midland was struck by Timothy Rule as he was parking, causing about 50 damage. Jacqueline Churchill hit a GMC truck in Hutchinson, causing about 150 damage to the Morris Minor.
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Donald Haynes
Byrle Haynes
N. Garfield
T. W. Bryan
Humansville
Steuben
Cherry
Haynes
Bryan
Ford
Sam Snoddy
Midland
Tex
Main
Lincoln
Chrysler
Timothy Rule
Marvin Bicknell
Jacqueline Churchill
Fay Smith
Hutchinson
Main and
Grant
Youth Injured in Tractor Crash Near LURAY Kansas
A 17 year old Waldo resident William Maranville was critically injured when a car collided with his tractor on K-18 four miles west of Luray Kansas Tuesday night.
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Luray
Kas
Waldo
William Maranville
AP executive Albert Stine dies at 48
Albert E. Stine a traveling executive for The Associated Press based in New York but residing in Kansas City died after a ten day illness. The AP veteran had been with the service since 1943 and covered assignments nationwide.
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Kansas City
Albert E. Stine
Associated Press
Stine
New York
The
Hitting Back Policy Backed by Ike Officials
President Eisenhower supports a policy of strong American retaliation against Kremlin propaganda. At Newport he approved a plan to answer Soviet charges, mainly through the United Nations, while State Department officials criticized Moscow’s campaigns as provocative and aimed at obstructing U N efforts in Cuba Congo and Berlin talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kremlin
United States
White House
Newport
Christian A. Herter
United Nations
U.S
Herter
U.N
Soviet Union
State Department
Congo
Lincoln White
Moscow
Hiottorn
Nikkita Khrushchev
Berlin
Cuba
Geneva
Khrushchev
Billion Surplus For Fiscal Year
President Eisenhower announced a 1.1 billion dollar budget surplus for the year ending June 30. The figure far exceeds January predictions and underscores fiscal discipline as Republicans gear up for the national convention. The surplus is the administration’s third in seven years, driven by lower spending than expected.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Congress
Washington
Missing Chanute man last seen after tavern visit
Police search for 32 year old Chanute man Chuck Wagner missing six days after last seen Thursday night at Tic Toc with two men wearing western hats and boots. He drove a 1952 green Dodge pickup with Douglas County tag and was last seen with about $40, wearing a white shirt and blue trousers.
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Chanute
Chuck Wagner
Esker
E. Main
Jhis
Wagners
Route 1
Wagner
South Santa Fe
Savern
Douglas County
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Security Council
Tunisia
U. N
R. O. Beaman
Beceoass
Ehad Se
Eli E. Cohen
National Committee On the Employment of Youth
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