Nixon Tours Lenin Atom Icebreaker In Leningrad
Vice President Nixon and Admiral Rickover inspected the Soviet atomic icebreaker Lenin with limited access to the reactors. Russian officials promised full power by October, while Rickover pressed for deeper reactor access and contrasted Kozlov’s U S tour of Savannah and Shippingport.
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Leningrad
Richard M. Nixon
Hyman Rickover
Nixon Party
Nixon
Rickover
Anya
Soviet Union
Siberia
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kozlov
United States
Savannah
Shippingport
Steel, Union Headed Toward Mediation Talks
In New York, steel executives and United Steelworkers met with federal mediators in the first joint session since the walkout began. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said the strike could end soon but offered no prediction, noting the talks under the Federal Mediation Service indicate both sides seek a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Steelworkers
Washington
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
Eisenhower
Federal Mediation Service Service
Industrial Sites Surveyed Here
Kenneth Brown of the Chanute Chamber of Commerce says a survey tour in Chanute identified abundant industrial sites for possible purchase. The committee, after a noon luncheon at the Tioga Hotel, reviewed sewage and facility readiness and noted many suitable locations while prioritizing low impact on residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Brown
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Chanute
Brown
Tioga Hotel
W. H. Caldwell
Parsons
Mid- America Inc
Dale Painter
Mid-America
Joe Balch
Chanute Development Co
Paschal Grimes
Grimes
Caldwell
Bell Building Work Starts In Chanute
Construction begins on the Southwestern Bell dial telephone building at Second and Steuben in Chanute. Foreman William Trackler says basement excavation is done and temporary offices, sidewalks, and fences are being set up. The $1,450,000 structure is targeted for late summer or early fall 1960, with service anticipated by mid 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Dial Telephone
William Trackler
N. F. English Construction Co
Hutchinson
Second and Steuben
Chanute
Automation reshapes worship at Audio-Visual convention
In Chicago AP reports a non denominational service replaced choir organ and altar with slide projectors a motion picture projector spotlight and large screen. An Episcopal minister preached the sermon at the Audio-Visual Assn convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ellis Injures Foot In Mower Accident
James H. Ellis of 1108 W 7th was hospitalized overnight at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a noon mower incident. He said a kicked grass clump caused his foot to slip into the blade, gashed foot, and he expects about a week before returning to his job as sales manager of Neosho Paper Products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Ellis
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Ellis
Neosho Paper Products
Chanute Retail Promos Planned by Chamber Committee
Chanute merchants discussed future promotions at a Chanute Chamber of Commerce retail committee meeting. M L Pilott and O K James headed planning groups for Back to School Fall Opening and Christmastime drives with Santa. Plans included Dollar Day sales, yearly Jackpot promotions and a Sidewalk Bazaar with monthly Friday meetings.
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Chanute
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Charles QO. Pillot
M. L. Morton
O. K. James
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart Hoofnagle
Santa
Pillot
B. D. Tims
Sleeping Eight-Year-Old Found After Search in woods
In Jordanville New York an eight year old girl Donna Walrath was missing for hours as two hundred searchers combed woods and drained a pond. She was found safely sleeping under the porch of her home after five hours.
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Jordanville
N.Y
Donna Walrath
Clinton High School reconstruction begins after dynamite attack
A $662000 construction project starts to rebuild Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee, damaged by an October 1962 dynamiting tied to racial integration. Students continue classes at nearby Oak Ridge while work proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Oak Ridge
Bay Collapses, Dies at Seneca After Lake Swim
David Andrew Houston, 15, of Kansas City, who had a heart operation two years ago, collapsed and died Friday after swimming across a 100 yard lake in Seneca Kansas. Resources were summoned and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred during a recreational swim event. Houston was a student and member of the community. Local authorities reported the incident to the coroner and began an inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Kas
David Andrew Houston
Kansas City
Stormy weather bears down on Kansas as Debra fades
Forecasters warn scattered thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall up to an inch tonight mainly in southern counties. Tuesday turns cloudy with showers and a few storms, mild by day. Debra’s remnants may bring up to an inch of rain to much of Kansas as the storm weakens, with highs between 79 and 90 across the state.
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Lower
Topeka
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Salina
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Goodland
Wichita
Emporia
Continental League forms with five cities in 1961 plan
William Shea announces the Continental League to begin in 1961 with five founding cities New York Houston Toronto Minneapolis St Paul and Denver. The league will field at least eight clubs and play a 154 game schedule with additional interested cities listed.
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New York
William Shea
Wagner
Houston
Toronto
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Denver
Shea
Buffalo
Montreal
Atlanta
New Orleans
Miami
Indianapolis
Dallas-Fort Worth
San Diego
Portland
Seattle
San Juan
Puerto Rico
K State Coed Wins Colorado Women’s Amateur Golf Title
Sally Hardwick a 20 year old Kansas State coed defeated Mrs. Katie Fiorella of Denver 9 and 8 in a 36 hole match to win the Colorado Women’s Amateur Golf Championship. Hardwick lives in Longmont Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Sally Hardwick
Katie Fiorella
Colorado
Ash Grove expands with six 160 foot silos at cement plant
Excavation begins for six new 160 ft concrete silos at the Ash Grove Cement plant to increase bulk Portland cement storage and loading facilities. Silos feature cone-shaped bottoms for complete emptying reducing manual cleanouts and aiding product uniformity. Contractors Freete Construction leads the silo work. Swenson Construction handles remodeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Grove
Ira Barber
Tribune
Lloyd Questions Soviet Minister On Berlin Term Cut
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Geneva for a two hour luncheon amid East-West talks. Lloyd seeks progress on Berlin terms as Western ministers weigh cuts to reach a summit, with U.S. and France reportedly resisting concessions.
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Geneva
Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Berlin
Lloyd
Gromyko
United States
France
Kansas Pilot Killed In Missouri Crash
A pilot en route to Wichita Kansas died in a small plane crash six miles north of Branson Missouri. The deceased was 25 year old Carol Floyd Church operator of an airstrip at Protem Missouri. The aircraft struck a shed about 150 feet from the farm home of H E Plummer.
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Branson, Mo
Wichita
Kan
Branson
Carol Floyd Church
Protem
H. E. Plummer
Subway Study To Test Staggered Hours In NYC
NEW YORK AP says the city will begin a $200000 study to see if staggered working hours reduce subway crashes. The plan proposes firms shift employee start times by half an hour to ease peak traffic and crowding.
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New York
Thomson Improves After Heart Attack in New Hampshire
RANDOLPH New Hampshire AP Dorothy Thomson 65 a columnist who suffered a heart attack last week showed improvement at Gifford Memorial Hospital. Her physician Dr Elizabeth Berry said she is doing as well as we could ask.
Boy Chained to Bed by Father in Syracuse Case
In Syracuse New York Alonzo McEwen an unemployed mechanic admitted to police that he chained one of his ten children to a bed for 24 hours as punishment for disobedience. The 13 year old son was placed in a foster home. McEwen was held on an open charge.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Alonzo McEwen
McEwen
Hoffa threatens libel suit against Kennedy in TV clash
President Hoffa confirms plans to sue Senator Kennedy for libel after Kennedy accused Hoffa of betraying Teamsters on NBC and Meet the Press. Hoffa says counsel Williams and other union lawyers are preparing the action while Kennedy challenges him to go before a jury. Hoffa also defends union positions on labor reform on CBS Face the Nation.
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Washington Tap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Congressional Inquisitor
Robert Kennedy
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Kennedy
NBC
Jack Paar
Teamsters
Network
Paar
Meet the Press
CBS
Face the Nation
Fire destroys Rensing barn near Chanute
Chanute firefighters fought almost four hours to battle a barn fire on Lloyd Rensing’s farm five miles east of Chanute on highway K39. The wooden barn, containing grain, hay, a wheat drill, and a combine, burned with the loss totaling undetermined. A nearby hog house also burned. a truck and sow were saved. The barn was insured, contents not.
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Chanute
Lloyd Rensing
K39
Rensing
Fatal Drill Use Kills New Hampshire Teacher
West Swanzey New Hampshire AP reports Roland W Warner 28 a schoolteacher was electrocuted when he activated an electric drill while standing in water during boat repairs. The accident occurred Sunday authorities said.
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West Swanzey
N.H
Roland W. Warner
Rash of weekend thefts includes Pla-Mar Tavern break in
Police report a Friday night break in at Pla Mar Tavern at 14th and Steuben with a cut screen and juke box emptied of cash and beer. Weekend thefts also include a girl’s blue bicycle from Alford Serrato’s home, nineteen cans of Native State Oil from a Cha nule service station, a water ski set with life jacket from Santa Fe Lake, and a spare wheel and tire from a 1950 Plymouth at For rent Brundage’s residence.
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Pla-Mar
Steuben
Alford Serrato
S. Steuben
Lloyd Barham
Chanule
US 169
Frank Cornelson
S. Highland
Santa Fe Lake
Forrent Brundage
N. Steuben
Practical Politics Course In Chanute Chamber
The Chanute Chamber of Commerce government affairs committee launches a practical politics course with nine weekly meetings. The first class meets Thursday at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Building C of C conference room, led by Robert Allen. Eight attended the organizing meeting. ten signed up, and the group aims for twelve participants.
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Chanute Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Memorial Building
Howard Jester
Robert Allen
Hepler to Elect School Board Members for Joint District
Three members of the Joint High School District No. 3 board, serving areas in Neosho Allen Bourbon and Crawford counties, will be named at an election meeting Tuesday at Hepler High School. The joint district covers 200 square miles with potential enrollment around 200.
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Hepler
Joint High School
Neosho
Allen
Bourbon
Crawford Counties
Grant
Stark, Walnut
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas 1959 Totals Documented
Kansas state accident records show 311 traffic fatalities in a 48 hour period ending 9 am today 1959. Comparable period earlier in 1959 recorded 285 deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Three Vehicle Accidents Reported In Chanute Weekend
Three two car crashes occurred within a three hour span Saturday in Chanute. W W Oshul and J B Taylor collided at 12th and Grant causing front and side damage. Beth Ardis Staley rear ended Clinton Turner’s parked 1954 Pontiac on Forest Street. A separate rear end collision at Lincoln and Oak involved Karen Robertson and Jose De La Torre with De La Torre cited for failure to reduce speed.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Ford
W. W Oshul
S. Forest
Nash
J. B. Taylor
S. Grant
Grant
Oshul
Taylor
12Th
Beth Ardis Staley
Altoona
Clinton Turner
N. Forest
Miss Staley
Forest
Turner
Staley
Robertson
de la Torre
Vandals damage school letters on South Evergreen
School officials estimate about 25 to 50 letters identifying the new Board of Education building on South Evergreen were torn by hand from bolts on Saturday night. The wall and fastenings were damaged and the letters were found on the sidewalk Sunday morning.
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Board of Education
South Evergreen
Bell Should Earn 8%-9 Percent, Bankers Testify
Two bankers testified in Topeka that Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. should earn between 8 and 9 percent on its Kansas investment to support new capital. The company seeks about 5.8 million dollars a year in rate increases to yield roughly a 7 percent return based on original property costs less depreciation.
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Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
A & Day
Kansas Corporation Commission
KCC
Laird Dean
Merchants National Bank
Telephone
Laird
Dale Cruser
Fourth National Bank of
Wichita
F. J. McDiarmid
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Kansas City
Kas
Southwestern
Three Kansas traffic deaths this weekend
Three people died in Kansas over the weekend in separate incidents. Elizabeth Ann Woerner, 3, of Topeka, was fatally struck near her home by a car driven by Alan Carnett who said he did not see the child. Gary Keener, 15, son of Mullinville’s city marshal, fell from a truck during an overnight fishing trip and died. Jodie Gatewood, 21, of Omaha, Neb., lost control of a car on U S 73 near Huron, dying in a collision.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Topeka
Elizabeth Ann Woerner
Donald Woerner
Alan Carnutt
Gary Keener
Glenn Keener
Mullinville
Gary
Jodie Gatewood
Omaha
Neb
U. S. 73
Huron
Gatewood
Five Die in NC Weekend Traffic Toll Tops Twenty
Five people were killed in one highway crash in North Carolina on Sunday, three in another, and two in a third, raising the weekend traffic death toll to at least 20. In South Carolina a two car crash near Myrtle Beach killed five. Col James R Smith of the NC Highway Patrol offered no specific reason for the high toll.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Myrtle
James R. Smith
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Monarch Cement Sues for Tax Refund Over Depletion Allowance
Monarch Cement Co of Humboldt filed a U S District Court suit in Kansas City seeking 180300 in income and excess profits taxes. Attorneys say the case arises from differing interpretations of the 10 percent depletion allowance on limestone.
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Kansas City, Kas
Monarch Cement Co
Humboldt
U. S. District Court
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Clinton School Project
Bay
Barber
Freete Construction Company
Silo
Swenson Construction Company of
Missouri
Thomson
Bell
Wasser
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