Erie cornerstone yields 1904 county history artifacts
Found in the old Neosho County courthouse cornerstone dated 1904 were copies of Erie and county newspapers, city and county officials, an 1903 Liberty headquarters, three Indian head pennies, early stamps, a cigar, and chewing tobacco. The box was opened by county officials as the old courthouse is torn down. items will be preserved at a future pedestal and new cornerstone planned nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho County
Erie Republican Record
Seth G. Wells
Galesburg Enterprise
F. A. Webster
St. Paul Journal
W. W. Graves
the Sun
Chanute
Frederick P. Cone
Stark News
D. F. Deem
C. A. Reynolds
A.H.T.A. Weekly News
Assn
St. Paul
J. W. Wall
Chanute Weekly Tribune
Thayer Independent News
A. L. Palmer
The
Erie Sentinel
Clarence C. Rolfe
Chanute Daily Tribune
Cavaness Bros. and
Helmick
Wilfrid and
Herbert Cavaness
Parks Helmick
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Chain Saws and Cash Stolen in Two Chanute Burglaries
Burglaries at Neocha Drive-In Theater and Chappy's at 924 S Santa Fe net two stolen chain saws and cash. The theater door left unlocked. a men's restroom hasp broken. A cigarette machine yielded unknown cash. Chappy's front plate glass broken. two chain saws taken, valued at 236.95 and 126.50. Similar method to a two year old theft. Investigations led by county undersheriff John Van Wickle. Also notes Erie history and 1903 courthouse bill, with names of Erie Charter signers.
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Chanute
Chappy’s
S. Santa Fe
John van Wickle
Rail rules delayed to avert nationwide rail strike
The nation's railroads agreed to a 30 day postponement of new manpower trimming work rules. About 195 carriers will not implement changes until 12:01 a.m. August 29 to cooperate with Congress as it weighs Kennedy's plan to shift the issue to the Interstate Commerce Commission. House hearing opened with leaders urging delay to avoid an economy disrupting strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Loomis
Congress
Kennedy
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Senate Commerce Committees
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Wolfe
House Commerce Committee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Senate Commerce Committee
Pastore
Harris
The
Commerce Commission
Lodge Relics Found In Trash Mystery Solved
A child size casket with a man size skull and thigh bones was found among trash collected Wednesday in Emporia Kansas. Police said George C Davis 83 used as a custodian for lodge relics used in initiation ceremonies. His daughter Miss Juanita Dobson Kansas City found them while cleaning his house.
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Emporia
Kan
Merle Hayes
George C. Davis
Juanita Dobson
Kansas City
Weather forecast hints at hot spell relief in Kansas
AREA FORECAST calls for generally fair and hot conditions with a high near 100 in Topeka and mid 70s at night through Friday. Weatherman Richard Garrett notes a potential cool air batch from Montana Wyoming behind a front may bring relief later weekend, though not guaranteed. Temperatures statewide Wednesday ranged 94 to 106 as hot humid air persists.
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Montana-Wyoming
Kansas
Garrett
Hill City
Medicine Lodge
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Over 24 Hours
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death log from 9 a.m. Thursday to 3 July 1963 lists 41 fatalities, compared with 315 for 1962. The record notes 298 fatalities for the year-to-date, edging higher than prior year figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Soaring Record By X15 Pilot Sets Long Glide Frontier
HAILEY Idaho AP Paul Bickle of Lancaster Calif with the Air Force X15 program piloted a glider from Hailey to Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada for a national soaring record. Bickle flew 545 miles to break the 535 mile mark set by Richard Johnson in 1951. Rose Marie Licher of Los Angeles glided 270 miles to overturn the women's distance record of 201 miles from 1952.
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Hailey
Idaho
Paul Bickle
Lancaster
Calif
Air Force
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bickle
Pacific
Rose Marie Licher
Los Angeles
Richard Johnson
Dallas, Tex
City Offers Help in Chanute Industry Move
City underwrites a proposed industrial engineering study to aid transferring a St. Louis industry to Chanute. The decision came from local businessmen with city and Chamber officials. Bonding firms could fund only 600000 of 1 million dollars, pending study savings. The industry weighs Chanute's offer against other financial options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chanute
City
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Hayes
Kansas City
Wichita
Castro's Rise Marked by Mass Rallies on 10th Anniversary
In Havana, Cubans plan large demonstrations to commemorate Fidel Castro's ascent to power ten years ago and urge workers to raise output across sectors. The events highlight state emphasis on productivity and national unity, with officials urging discipline.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Girl Killed In Clay Center Car Crash
In Clay Center Kansas a small foreign convertible lost control after hitting gravel and rolled over. Betty Lee Stoneback aged 16 died. Passenger Kathleen Yonnally 16 and sister Mrs William Weir 26 escaped with minor injuries.
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Clay Center
Kan
Highway Patrol
Betty Lee Stoneback
William Weir
Kathleen Yonnally
Agreement Initiated For Nuclear Test Ban
Washington AP Kennedy to address the nation on a partial nuclear test ban agreed upon by the United States Britain and the Soviet Union. Harriman announced the pact will be signed in Moscow next week by Rusk Home and Gromyko after a three hour foreign ministry meeting.
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Washington
Kennedy
Moscow
United States
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
W. Averell Har
Riman
Britain
U.S
Lord Hailsham
Andrei Gromyko
Harriman
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Foreign Ministry
Spiridonovka Pal
Gromyko
Khrushchev
Hailsham
North Atlantic Alliance
Rvgerell Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Anderson Named Conference Head By Governors
Kansas Governor John Anderson was elected chairman of the National Governors Conference in Miami Beach. He will head an eight member executive committee to work with President Kennedy on civil rights issues. The meeting schedule includes Cleveland on June 7 and a December Miami Beach gathering for the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smylie
Idaho
Anderson
Kennedy
Smylie
Republican Governors’ Association
Cleveland
Miami Beach
Kansas
Barry Goldwater
Rockefeller
Romney
Topeka Board Threatened After NAACP Meeting
Four members of the Topeka board of education received threatening telephone calls after a postmeeting with NAACP representatives. The caller warned that aiding Negroes would bring harm to the board member or family by year’s end. Police chief Dana Hummer notified the FBI, but statutes reportedly prevent FBI involvement, and no evidence beyond word of mouth exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Topeka Board of Education
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dana Hummer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha From 1st Line
An intercepted letter fragment quotes a playful exchange about pie and watermelon with a casual sign off Dear Cha. The readable lines suggest a lighthearted domestic note rather than a formal message.
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Cha
Tractor Operator Crushed to Death in Road Job
LACYNE Kan AP Ray Cole about 47 was crushed to death when his tractor and compactor stuck on the roadside. While workers pulled the machines out the tractor overturned pinning Cole from the waist down. He died en route to Paola hospital.
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Lacyne
Kan
Ray Cole
Cole
Paola
Bridge Collapse Injures Girl Driver in Creek Below
Rebecca Patterson, 15, escaped with bruises when an aging bridge near Melvern Kansas collapsed as she drove a pickup across it. The vehicle landed inverted in a creek bed eighteen feet below. the bridge deck railing and superstructure collapsed onto the wreckage.
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Melvern
Kan
Rebecca Patterson
Salinger Faces Two Masters At Otis Base Sprucing Row
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger faced a clash of loyalties as he managed questions from Kennedy and the press amid reports Otis Air Force Base sprucing for a possible Mrs Kennedy delivery next month. Air Force officials later said under $5,000 was spent refining the suite but not for Mrs Kennedy, while Kennedy praised Boys Nation over the Governors Conference.
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Washington
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Miami
Otis
Air Force
Pentagon
Boys Nation
Reckless Driving Charged After Car Hits Two Parked Autos
An 81 year old Chanute motorist, E B Blakely of 509 W 6th, was cited for reckless driving after his car struck two parked vehicles on Evergreen near 9 55 this morning. Total damage estimated at 525 dollars with 250 to the Maloney Nash and 250 to Blakely’s Chrysler. A minor non injury collision occurred yesterday afternoon at 14th and Edith.
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Chanute
E. B. Blakely
W. 6Th
Evergreen
Gwendolyn Maloney
N. Evergreen
Fred Shaw
Maloney
Shaw
Blakely
Chrysler
Edith
Edgar Rains
S. Highland
Oren Johnson
Rains
Johnson
Wesley Tasche
Joe Sutcliffe
Grant
Truck Driver Clyde Shearn Dies After Wreck North of Greensburg
Clyde Odell Shearn, 59, of Kansas City Kansas, died when his pickup and trailer overturned on a Kansas highway Wednesday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol said he apparently lost control after a heart attack and was thrown from the cab as both vehicles demolished.
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Greensburg
Kan
Clyde Odell Shearn
Kansas City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Shearn
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City of Erie
Seth Nation
W. T. Dutton
W. E. Reynolds
Marshall
W. R. Clines
0. M. Johnson
Cc. C. Dutton
Fred Carter
W. L. Baldwin
C. S. Swain
R. Stevenson
B. W. Garvin
L. R. Stanley
W. C. Jeffery
J. F. Yockey
S. F. Hodgin
C. W. Payne
J. L. Dennison
St. Francis Parish of
George P. Washburn
Ottawa
C. C. Washburn
Mt. Pulaski
Ill
the Allen State Bank
W. T. Allen
M. Devine
Mary C. Devine
John Holbert
Matthew Devine
National Council Knights & Ladies of Security
Tribune
Glen Fegel
Ed Fegel
Henry Hanson
N. Malcolm
Hanson
Larry Mathews
Grand Army of the Republic
Chartier
Martin Wallace
George W. Sansom
John W. Sharrock
John W. Stewart
George W. Wagner
W. W. Work
William Mathews
William Slack
George H. Gardner
John Nafus
James M. Allen
Edwin A. Rice
Demecy George
Henry Lodge
Hugh D. Graham
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of American Railroads
Richard Garrett
Castro
Girl
Ace
Miami Beach, Fla
John Anderson
Topeka Board
Yours
Otis AF Base
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Aff
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