Supreme Court backs railroad work rule changes
The Supreme Court unanimously sustains a lower court ruling that railroads may impose sweeping work rule changes after bargaining under the Railway Labor Act. The decision, 8-0, risks a nationwide rail strike unless new talks resolve the dispute within a 60 day window under an armistice with the White House.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Circuit Court
White House
Kennedy
Olathe Youth Charged With Murder After Campout Shooting
Lloyd Lee Harsh an 18 year old high school athlete is charged with first degree murder in the killing of Donna Busby 17 and wounding her fiancé Thomas Thorp 20. The trio met for a wiener roast at Harshs farm campsite. Thorp says Harsh shot Busby then fired at him.
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Olathe
Kan
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Donna Lee Busby
Thomas Thorp
Miss Busby
Harsh
Harold Harsh
Thore
Endicott
Neb
Cocaptain
Kansas State University
Manhattan
John Franse
Thorp
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
Harold Wilson a 19 year old Pittsburg State College sophomore and former Cha pute and Girard high school student hiked 50 miles in cowboy boots starting near Frontenac on February 23. He diverted extra miles by following a bypass around Alma and missing a Fort Scott cafe delay, returning to Frontenac at 7 15 p m.
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Chapute High School
Pittsburg State College
Harold Wilson
Vern Wilson
Thayer R. 2
Girard High School
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Pittsburg
Wilson
Frontenac
Fort Scott
Alma
Varndell Named Last Week's News Tip Award Winner
Mrs E A Varndell of R 1 received the week's $3 Tribune news tip prize after reporting a U S Army parachute balloon and radio transmitter landing on their Chanute area farm. A milk cow Billie tangled in the parachute strings while investigating.
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E. A. Varndell
Varndell
Billie
Tribune
Chanute
The
D’s Daylight Donuts Opens in Chanute
Mr and Mrs Don Morton of Hoisington opened D s Daylight Donuts at 902 S Santa Fe Chanute after moving from Wichita They limit offerings to doughnuts and sweet rolls and leased the former Mc Cune s Corner Sundry Store The Morton family includes three children Cheryl 13 Stan 9 and Kelly 3 who will relocate to Chanute soon.
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Don Morton
Hoisington
S. Santa Fe
Morton
Wichita
Chanute
McCune’s Corner
Mortons
Cheryl
Stan
Kelly
Soaking Rains Sweep Kansas with Heavy Totals
Soaking rains covered much of Kansas early today, with Topeka reporting 1.96 inches by mid morning and many eastern locations recording over an inch. Some hail and freezing drizzle were noted, followed by colder air and near freezing temperatures across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Concordia
Russell
Dodge City
Holton
Rossville
Effingham
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Wetmore
Emmett
Council Grove
Junction City
Clay Center
Abilene
Salina
Lyons
Marion
Burlington
Ottawa
Seven Hurt When Car Crashes Tree Near Earlton
Seven young people were injured when their 1958 Chevrolet ran off US169 near Earlton and struck a hedge row. Margar et E. Lewis, 21, of Erie, was most seriously hurt and admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital. The others, all from Erie or nearby, were treated and released. All seven faced intoxication charges. hearings for Campbell and Lewis pending.
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Earlton l
Margaret E. Lewis
Erie
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mike Sears
Schilling Air Force Base
Salila
Schilling
James Leon Campbell
Tom Neal
Bob Barna
Carol McGowen
Nancy Bartholomew
Eric
Neosho Memorial
Miss Bartholomew
Sears
Barna
Campbell
Neal
Miss McGowen
Highway Patrol
Sunset Club
Chanute
Cecil Sears
Campbell F
Justice of the Peace Court
Miss Lewis
Erie Sheriff's Office
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief intercepted letter notes March behaving like spring with a morning thaw and snow expected at night. It closes with a personal sign off.
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Cha
Teachers Seek Hearing On Kansas School Reform
The Kansas State Teachers Association directors ask for a hearing before the Legislature to present facts on school problems. They cite urgent need to update the Kansas education system amid reactions to a Wright remark and a pending investigative resolution. Wright was designated to speak for the board.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
Teachers Association
C. O. Wright
Wright
Atlantic City
N. J
Kansas
Senate
House
KSTA
Bernice Smith
Garden City
Ray Heller
Neodesha
Addison Meschke
Walter Johnson
Tremors Are Good Sign Says Geologist
Geologist Norman F. Williams of Little Rock says seven states felt tremors Sunday as relief of crust stresses. The event shook churches in Dexter and Sikeston and rattled merchandise, centered near the New Madrid fault and felt as far as Kansas City and Tennessee.
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Sikeston
Seven States
Norman F. Williams
Arkansas Geological and Conservation Commission
Little Rock
Dexter
New Madrid
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Mississippi River
Reelfoot Lake
Memphis
Huntington
McKenzie
Kansas City
H. E. Butler
Davenport
Williams
State Wheat Commission Meets Here in Southeast Kansas
Kansas Wheat Commission members hold their regular monthly meeting at the Tioga Hotel in southeast Kansas marking the first time the group meets outside Hutchinson. Discussion topics include market development, school lunch wheat use, farm marketing, foreign wheat sales, new uses, and national convention participation.
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Kansas Wheat Commission
Tioga
W. W. Graber
Commission
Hutchinson
Kansas
Graber
Latin America
Europe
Africa
Far East
Joe Vollmer
Parsons
R. L. Patterson
Oxford
G. W. Egbert
Ingalls
Lawrence House
Goodland
New Policy On Names Of Juveniles
Judge John F. Young announces a new policy to publish the names of juvenile offenders involved in two or more prior offenses starting March 15. Previously names under 16 were released only in special cases. The court seeks deterrence and increased parental awareness by exposing both juveniles and their parents.
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John F. Young
Juvenile Court
Young
Time To Register For City Primary Voting
City clerk offers evening hours tonight through Friday to register for the March 19 city primary. Voters may register daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. with Friday night closing books until after the election. Eligible voters include those not previously registered or who moved or changed name and haven’t re registered.
Lightning Strikes Model Laundry on Main Street
A lightning bolt hit the Model Laundry at 402 E Main this morning causing a two hour shutdown. Owner J C Ferguson estimated $250 damage to fuses, switches and a rear transformer. The northeast corner was struck breaking bricks. building damage not yet estimated. No fire occurred.
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E. Main
J. C. Ferguson
Ferguson
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Ark
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Ill
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