Industrial Progress In Southeast Kansas Reviewed By Tribune
A Tribune report outlines recent plant sales transfers and planned expansions across Altoona Parsons Columbus Independence and Fort Scott. Projects include a fiberglass canoe plant in Cherryvale a 150 job dishwasher rights sale to LT Industrial in Independence and a 40 job expansion plan in Parsons. Revenue bonds totaling about 1.5 million finance the ventures with 450 to 500 jobs promised.
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Tribune
Southeast Kansas Industrial Ac
Altoona
Jing
W. H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Industrial Adventure Coach Co
Olathe Development Organization
Parsons
First National Bank
Cald
Cherryvale
Shaw Mfg. Co
Galesburg
Eleva- Mfg. Co
Selma
Ala
Tor Enterprise
Columbus
Independence
LT Industrial Corp
Mid- America
Mid-America Board
Boys Make Shirts in Foods Class Stirring Odd Reactions
Reporter notes eight boys in a foods class making shirts with varied materials and styles while girls in Home Ec IT! tackle trousers turning into straight skirts. The piece hints at gender norms and resource needs for the Senior High Junior College play "Plain and Fancy" needing four wooden butter churns as props.
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Madge Addington
Clean-Up Starts In Six-State Area After Big Storm
Storm aftermath spreads across New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia and North Carolina with mopping up under way. Death toll at least 35 and missing persons reported as federal aid rolls out. Damages estimated in hundreds of millions, SBA declares disaster zones and prepares long term loans. Federal aid from Agriculture follows with emergency food supplies distributed through state agencies. Governors urge presidential disaster declaration to unlock grants for roads bridges schools and facilities. Local officials report food and water shortages and widespread infrastructure damage.
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Associated Press
A. Rockefeller
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
The
Small Business Administration
Aid
Glen Bacus
Department of Agriculture
Kennedy
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson
Terry Sanford
H. Mat Adams
Richard J
Blood Bank Seeks Donors For Three Day Collection
Blood drive coordinators in Neosho County and Erie announce a three day Red Cross blood collection with Chanute and Erie venues. Quotas are 120 pints daily in Chanute at First Methodist church and 100 pints daily in Erie at Federated church.
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Red Cross
Erie
Walter Johnstone
Neosho County
Johnstone
Eugene Bailey
Earlton
A. W. Burton
Thayer
Beulah Baldwin
Humboldt
Martha Stoltz
Ann Redelberger
Chanute
Sam Ricketts
Southeast Kansas
Parsons
Dale Painter
Mid-America
First National
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
Neodesha
Jola
Cherryvale
Columbus
Independence
Wichita
Oswego
H. Gordon Angwin
Stormy weather and cold in Kansas with mixed precipitation
The forecast says considerable cloudiness through Saturday with scattered rain and some snow in the northwest. Highs today range around 35 to 40 degrees, with lows in the 30s, and a new front may bring colder conditions by Sunday across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pipeline for Helium to Run from Amarillo to Kansas Plant
Washington AP reports two contracts totaling 1,873,650 will be awarded by the government for building a helium pipeline from near Amarillo Texas to the Helex Co plant near Rushton Kansas Rep J Floyd Breeding Democrat Kansas announced today.
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Washington
Amarillo
Tex
Helex Co
Rushton
Kas
Rep. J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kas
Three Children Drive Stolen Car Found In Tasking Chase
In Memphis the stolen car was traced by police with three youths at the controls. One boy steered and braked, another pressed the accelerator, and a third handled the gear shift. They were sent to Juvenile Court.
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Memphis, Tenn
Upholstery Night Class Opens at Senior Trade School
Enrollment for a furniture refinishing and upholstery night class will start Monday at 8 pm in the Senior Trade School wood shop. Supervisor C. V. Crissman says enrollments are limited to 20 and not taken by phone. The course meets Monday and Wednesday nights with Crissman teaching. Other adult classes, including dressmaking and tailoring and welding, report good attendance. Accounting has 13 students. typing and shorthand has 12, the smallest in years.
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C. V. Crissman
Crissman
Ex-Priest Denies Church Involvement in Departure
Walter A. Ryan 57 denies church coerced his exit after his wife’s $2.3 million suit against the Roman Catholic Church. He says he left New York by mutual agreement, moved to San Francisco to address a drinking problem, and has not seen his wife since.
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San Francisco
Walter A. Ryan
California
New York
Ryan
San Francisco Examiner
Alice
Glen Head
N.Y
Mineola
Maryland
Glen Cove
Ashley Seeks Re election as Neosho County Attorney
Richard L. Ashley of Chanute announced his bid for re election as Neosho county attorney subject to the Republican primary in August. He is 37, a native of the county, finishing his second term, and lives at 946 S Highland. He earned his law degree from the University of Kansas.
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Richard L. Ashley
Chanutel
Neosho County
Ashley
S. Highland
University of
Kansas
Traffic Fatality Report For February 28, 1962
Topeka Kansas traffic death log shows a late report of a fatality that occurred February 28 within the 1962 period. For March 5, comparative figures note 87 deaths in the 1961 period and 74 in 1962 up to March 5.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Science Fair Draws 101 Exhibits In Half Day
More than 100 exhibits from elementary to senior high are entered for the Chanute Science Fair at the Senior High School gym. Hal Davis notes 101 entries by noon with judging by Pittsburg State College staff and student teachers. Top prizes include blue red white and green ribbons medals and a plaque for best overall.
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Hal Davis
Pittsburg State College
Don Milliken
College High
Ross Anderson
George Ruggles
Bobby Bower
Bobby
Barry Gerken
Mike Mee
Kansas Farm Receipts Set 1961 Record Nationwide
Kansas farm receipts climbed to a 1961 all time high of 1.361 billion dollars, up 114.2 million from 1960. Net income per farm reached 4400 dollars, the highest since 1949. Government payments totaled 82.2 million with crops yielding 663.9 million and livestock 614.4 million.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Burglars Hit Zillah School For About $200
A Wednesday night break-in at Zillah school east of Humboldt in Allen County netted about $200 in lunch room and athletic receipts. Kitchen cabinets were damaged and a food mixer stolen. Humboldt High School had no loss. The incidents follow a string of area school burglaries with Galesburg and Erie also hit that night.
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IOLA
Zillah School
Humboldt
Allen County
Humboldt High School
Zillah
Galesburg
Erie High School
Oilman Dies in Wichita at 56
John P. Lindas, 56, president of Lindas Oil Co., an independent operator and producer, died Thursday. Born in Great Bend, he moved to Wichita from Colorado Springs thirty years ago.
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Wichita
D AP
John P. Lindas
Lindas Oil Co
Great Bend
Colorado Springs
Kansas split on Kerr-Mills aged care plan approval
Kansas remains divided over adopting the Kerr-Mills law for aged care despite its national rollout push. The Kansas Medical Society backs Kerr-Mills while opposing the Social Security based King-Anderson alternative. state officials note cost estimates of 6 to 9 million dollars yearly and varied federal participation.
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Kerr-Mills
Kansas
Dayton Blair
Topeka
Congress
Kansas Medical Society
Missouri
Medical Society
John Anderson
Welfare Department
Tno
King-Anderson
Forand
George Dixon
Public Assistance Division
The
State Medical Society
Oliver Ebel
Ebel
King - Anderson
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Mahlon Morley
Tennessee
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