Chanute Area Youths Leave For Training
Thirteen Chanute area National Guard youths departed for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri to begin six months of active duty training. They will complete eight weeks basic training at Fort Leonard Wood then eight weeks advanced training at Fort Gordon Georgia with many to MP duty. The group totals 13 now and will return to Chanute for three years of active reserve training after their six months.
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Chanute
Chanute Area
National Guard
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Gordon
Robert Banta
N. Larson
John Birner
W. 4Th
Dwight Clemens
Jim DeMent
S. Central
Ronald Friederich
Arnold Miller
Humboldt R
Tom Morarity
N. Grant
Robert Murrah
S. Edith
Jim Neyhard
W. Main
Kenneth Pens
W. 6Th
Larry Steeves
Lynn Umbarger
Thayer
Larry van Wickle
Raymond Friederich
Kansas Story Moves For Wichita Run
Props and equipment of The Kansas Story are being shipped to Wichita after a 12 day run in Topeka that underperformed. Attendance figures are not yet released, but earnings fell short of the $300,000目gross by about $175,000 due to rain canceling two nights and reducing ticket sales by about $54,000. Sunday crowd was under 1,000 with the show set to open July 4 in Wichita for 12 nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Story
Wichita
Governors Back Kennedy on Berlin while criticizing domestic policy
Governors from both parties voiced support for President Kennedy's handling of Berlin and other crises with the Soviets. Criticism came from some Republicans and Gov. Patterson of Alabama over domestic policies and the Freedom Riders controversy.
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Honolulu
Kennedy
Berlin
John Patterson
Alabama
Patterson
Freedom Riders
Robert Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ken
Hail Wrecks Wheat Harvest Across Kansas
Weather report notes heavy hail storms near Larned and Garden City with 18 mile storm path. Wheat losses estimated at 12,000 to 15,000 acres, possibly over half a million dollars, and alfalfa damaged along with other crops. Farm leaders report two to four mile wide swath with significant wind and hail.
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Topeka
Larned
Garden City
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Kansas
Hal Evans
Larned ‘Tiller and Toiler
Pawnee
Rush
Ellis
U.S. 183
Raymond Johnson
Evans
Roy Button
Farmers Coop
Rush Center
Rush County
Stark Centenary Celebration Draws Large Crowd
More than 2,000 people attended Stark County centennial events on Saturday. About 1,400 enjoyed a beef barbecue after a parade featuring a 1909 truck, wagons, ponies, buggies, an old electric car, and floats. Tommie Miller won the grand prize as a frontiersman, accompanied by a costumed Indian squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STARK
Tommie Miller
Troops Revolt In Venezuela Leaders Captured
In Barcelona Caracas rebels seized the radio station and claimed the capture of Anzoategui governor Gen. Rafael Solorzano. Loyal forces forced surrender after a Canberra jet over the Barcelona army barracks. Radio Tropical reported the uprising collapsed and rebel leaders were captured.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Barcelona
Romulo Betancourt
Anzoategui
Rafael Solorzano
Radio Tropical of
Air Force
Topeka Woman Helen Loveland Dies at Home
Mrs. Helen Loveland of Topeka, wife of Dr. Forrest L. Loveland, a noted health official, died at her home on Sunday. She was the daughter of the late Charles Blood Smith, former assistant U S attorney general in 1881 and a member of the American Bar Association executive committee.
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Topeka
Helen §. Loveland
Reports Of Vandalism And Thefts Weekend Roundup
A series of vandalism and theft reports were filed over the weekend. Wilbur Moffatt of 124 S Kansas reported his trailer overturned and bent legs. Mrs Ethel Reno at 115 S Kansas saw a torn badminton set. F A Prosser on R 1 reported tampered lock and broken pump on a gas barrel. Ruth Spencer of 605 Lincoln said youths removed a chair and scattered mail and flowers. A girls bicycle was reported from 407 1/2 E Main and three tent bags from City Park used in Centennial tents.
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Wilbur Moffatt
S. Kansas
Ethel Reno
R. 1
F. A. Prosser
Ruth Spencer
Lincoln
C. W. Huffman
E. Main
City Park
Fliers Dedicate Monument in France for WWII Crew
Three American World War II fliers joined a ceremony near CHASSENEUIL France to dedicate a monument to seven crewmates who died in a B17 crash on June 19 1944. The men renewed wartime ties with French resistance who aided their two month escape after the crash. The fliers are Francis J. Berard Waterville Maine William Massey Birmingham Alabama and Lewis Stellies Boston.
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Chasseneuil
France
Here
Francis J. Berard
Waterville
Maine
William Massey
Birmingham
Ala
Lewis Stellies
Boston
Britain and Kuwait Reject Iraq Kaiser's Kuwait Annexation Move
Britain and Kuwait rejected Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kassem's bid to annex Kuwait a Persian Gulf oil sheikdom. They pledged aid if asked and sought a calm appeal to modify Kassem's stance, amid fears of a broader Middle East crisis over Kuwait's oil output.
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London
Britain
Kuwait
Abdel Karim Kassem
Abdullar Al-salim
Sabah
John Richmond
Kassem
Middle-East
Foreign Office
Kuwait Oil Co
British Petroleum Co
American Gulf Oil Corp
Baghdad
Iraq
Middle East
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Damascus
Arab League Council
Monopoly Denied By Ring Company
L. G. Balfour Co of Attleboro denies FTC claims of monopolizing fraternity jewelry and college rings. President C Robert Yeager asserts the firm will prove its position in court. The FTC complaint cites Burr, Patterson & Auld Co of Detroit as a subsidiary. Balfour allegedly controls most stock of both firms.
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Attleboro, Mass
L. G. Balfour Co
Attleboro
Federal Trade Commission
C. Robert Yeager
FTC
Washington
Lloyd G. Balfour
Yeager
Balfour
Burr, Patterson & Auld Co
Detroit
Yemen King Steps Down to Crown Prince Mohammed Al-Badr
Beirut AP report says the ailing Imam Ahmed of Yemen ceded rule to reform-minded Crown Prince Mohammed Al-Badr aged about 35. The 70 year old king retired to a suburban Taizz palace.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Imam Ahmed
Yemen
Mohammed Al-Badr
Ta’izz
Taft Hartley Act Invoked in Maritime Strike
President Kennedy invoked the Taft Hartley Act to halt a nationwide maritime union strike. An emergency board was named to report facts, with a Friday deadline. a temporary restraining order could start an 80 day cooling off period if needed. The move aims to protect food, oil and military cargo movement amid disruptions.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Health and Safety
David L Cole
Cole
Federal Mediation and Conciliations Service
Samuel J. Rosenman
New York
James J. Healy
Harvard Business School
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
State of
Hawaii
Board of Inquiry
Federal Mediation and Concilation Service
Emergency Board of Inquiry
National Maritime Union
Seafarers International Union
The
American Radio Association
Radio Officers Union
Staff Officers Association
Kirchner Out as Turnpike Head in Kansas Shift
Kansas Turnpike Authority fired John Kirchner as general manager and merged the post with chief engineer, L W Newcomer, who becomes chief engineer and head of both roles. The move aims to improve economy and earnings as construction ends. Kirchner receives 63 days terminal pay. Newcomer salary not set. Rate hikes for trucks approved. passenger car increases delayed until August 1.
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Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Authority
John Kirchner
L. W. Newcomer
Newcomer
Kirchner
Dee. i
Gagel
John
Blythe
Class of 25 Holds Reunion
Fifty two Cha nute High School class of 1925 members answered roll call at the first reunion. Registration at Home Savings Assn. building, tours of the high school and Safari Museum, films by Stanley Roberts, dinner at the Masonic Temple, awards for distance traveled and family milestones, memorial for 12 deceased, and plans set for a June 1965 gathering.
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Chanute High School
Home Savings Assn
Howard Jester
H. C. Miller
Safari Museum
Stanley Roberts
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval
Masonic Temple
Rundolph Sandberg
Jester
Miller
William J. Cavanaugh
Coffeyville
Newell P. Maag
Pratt
Gertrude Bettis Moore
Iola
Mabel Hudson
George McCune
Bernice Akers
Mabel Taylor Salzman
Cora Stipp Henderson
Dorothy Gibbs Byers
Net
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka In 1961
Topeka Kansas traffic log shows 48 hours to 9 am Monday for June 1961 with total deaths 253. Compared with 1960 period of 220 fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chance of Developing Red Chinese Bomb
Arthur H. Dean, chief U S nuclear test ban negotiator, says the Chinese Communists may develop a nuclear bomb in a year or two. He added that the Russians are not helping them, and he was recalled to Washington for Geneva talks. He appeared Sunday on the NBC Meet the Press program.
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Washington
Arthur H. Dean
U.S
Dean
Tribune
Geneva
NBC
Dairy Princess to Be Crowned at Neosho County Dinner
Approximately 80 reservations for a 6 30 dinner at the Tio ga Hotel will crown the 1961 Neosho County Dairy Princess. Seven Erie Chanute and Thayer entrants will be interviewed by out of county judges, with the winner to be announced at the dinner. The winner will represent Neosho County at Pittsburg and Hutchinson, aiming for a $300 Dairy Institute scholarship and state appearances. Judy Jo Allen of Centralia is the reigning Kansas Dairy Princess.
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Tioga Hotel
Neosho County
Floyd Potter
Chamber of Commerce Agricultured Promotion Committee
C of C
Dairy Industry
John DeMott
Erie
Carolyn Thompson
Chanute
Connie Jean Heady
Linda Sue Heady
Mary Lee John
Nancy Sue
Heisman
Glenda Timmons
Thayer
Linda Rice
Savenburg
Pittsburg
Hutchinson
Dairy Institute of Kansas
Judy Jo Allen
Centralia
Kansas
New Session In Laos Talks At Geneva
The Laos conference cochairmen from Britain and the Soviet Union met in Geneva to decide how to keep talks going while Lao leaders resolve internal disputes. Prince Souvanna Phouma predicted a national coalition soon, as reports of friction and accusations marked the session.
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Geneva
Laos
Britain
Soviet Union
Souvanna Phouma
Tip on Catch Story Winner
A fishing tale earns D. E. Lewis of 1017 N Garfield a $3 news tip prize from The Tribune weekly contest. His partner’s snagged line recovered a $30 billfold from the Neosho River after the item slipped from Lewis while fishing. The contest runs through June and next week’s winner will be announced.
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D. E. Lewis
N. Garfield
Lewis
Tribune
Neosho
The
Chanute
the Tribune
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