Retired Ash Grove plant chief Ira Barber shares views
Ira Barber retired after 40 years at Ash Grove cement plant now ending a five year term as plant superintendent. He discusses city finances street paving parking and Main Street, urging careful study and local decisions, with comments on parks and urban planning.
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Ira Barber
Ash Grove
N. Lafayette
Decatur
Ill
Humboldt
Chanute
Humboldt High School
University of Kansas
First Christian Church
Masonic Bodies
Elks
Rotary
The
American Legion
Casey Seeks Local Office In Chanute
M J Casey a 54 year old pharmacist and longtime Chanute resident born in Lead South Dakota operates Casey Drug Co at 121 E Main. He moved from Council Bluffs Iowa twenty years ago and has two brothers who are also pharmacists. He supports utilities reform while praising city administration and backs efficiency to improve streets parks and parking with no added costs if possible. The campaign focuses on a productive active Chanute administration.
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Meryl J. Casey
S. Central
Lead
S. D
St. Viator College
University of Illinois
Casey Drug Co
E. Main
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Caseys
Joe Casey
Baltimore
Mary
Jeannie
Sally
Chanute
Casey
Neosho County
Justice Department
Inspection Service
Post Office Department
Kennedy
GM, 350. Acquitted of Antitrust Charges
A federal judge acquitted General Motors and 350 codefendants of antitrust charges in a trial that began last December. Judge Thurmond Clarke granted a directed verdict after the prosecution finished its case. The Justice Department had sought to stop GM from pressuring Chevrolet dealers to curb sales to discount dealers.
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Los Angeles
General Motors
Thurmond Clarke
Justice Department
Chevrolet
Traffic Fatalities Log Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 0 fatalities in the Topeka area over the 24 hours ending 9 am Thursday. The March 1963 total is 10 deaths, compared with 84 in the same period in 1962.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Likely to Approve Pay Hikes in State Officials
Topeka AP report says a Senate majority will reverse its stance and back pay raises for state officials. The deal trims a per diem increase for the State Board of Social Welfare from 35 to 25 dollars per day while in session.
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Topeka
John Glades
R-Yates Center
Senate
State Board of Social Welfare
Glades
MIAMI MEN INDICTED FOR FRAUD IN ARIZONA LAND SALES
Three Miami area men Cory Aurbach David Prosser Randell and Irving Gottlieb officers of Lake Mead Rancheros Inc were indicted in Phoenix on 22 counts for mail order land sales said to target about 3000 buyers. Kennedy cited undeveloped desert land sold as King sized Western estates near Lake Mead 45 miles away.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Lake Mead
Arizona
Kennedy
Big Supply Of Spanish Records At The Tribune
The Tribune offers a full course of four Spanish language records. Each 12 inch LP includes 12 lessons with charts and learning guides. Price is 1.10 per record at the Tribune office or 1.20 by mail.
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the Tribune
Tribune
The
Five Cases Set for Jury Trial in Erie Docket
Five cases were set for jury trial in reading the docket for the March term of district court in Erie due to the new courthouse facilities. The matters include City of Chanute vs Earl Beeler Jr on a two count beer sale ordinance appeal set April 17. Gary and Zelda Hinkle vs Gwen dolyn K Walker set April 15. Orville R Cole vs Daryl Esslinger set April 18. Deanna Patterson by Kenneth A Patterson vs Charles Lynn Erickson set May 27. Crystal Thompson vs Claud Walker set May 29. One additional case, Meeks et al v Powers et al aerial spraying, was set for April.
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Erie
City of Chanute
Earl Beeler Jr
Chanute
Gary and
Zelda Hinkle
Gary Joe Hinkle
Gwendolyn K. Walker
Orville R. Cole
Daryl Esslinger
Deanna Patterson
Kenneth A. Patterson
Charles Lynn Erickson
Crystal Thompson
Claud Walker
Frank R. Meeks
Roy Powers
Weather outlook for Topeka and Kansas
Skies cleared in Kansas with temperatures rising to 45 to 55 degrees highs and lows from 20s in the northwest to 30s elsewhere. About eight inches of snow remained in Goodland and one inch at Hill City as snow cover lingered.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Hill
Attica Geyser Stopped After Months of Eruption
Oil men planned to start pumping operations at Attica Kansas where a gas geyser erupted through a county road on February 7. The gusher produced a 50 foot cone and a 90 foot deep hole, bringing briny water that polluted nearby fresh water. State official John P. Roberts outlined pumping out brine and plugging the hole with a pipe, concrete, and dirt to restore the road.
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Attica
Kan
Here
John P. Roberts
State Corporation Commission
City planners hear two consultant firms for 701 study
The Chanute planning commission heard proposals from two consultant firms, bringing total submissions to three as it weighs employing a planning firm to prepare the 701 community study. Oblinger and Smith and Burgwin and Martin are the firms discussed, with Welker of Burgwin and Martin likely to lead if hired. processing and approval of the application is expected in about three months with costs in the 10 000 to 30 000 range, adjustable by study depth and city contributions.
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City Planning Commission
Commission
Warren
J. Oblinger
Vernon P. Devies
Oblinger
Smith
Wichita
Jand
Wayne Taylor
John A
Warren J. Oblinger
Welker
Burgwin
Martin
Deines
Topeka
Elmer N. Pearse
Wil
Manson & Co
Salina
Hattan i
Seerreewere
City Commission
Oblinger and Smith
Taylor
Burgwin and
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg
Independence
Chanute
Planning Commission
Marlin Blackston
John Lapham
Dave Evans
Elderly Humorist Edson Faces Eviction in Railroader Hotel
Charles L. Edson a 76 year old humorist and poet born 1904 KU graduate faces eviction from his upper floor hotel room as urban renewal dooms the building. His only income 91 dollars monthly goes to landlady for room and meals while he has written over 5000 poems and old career as columnist.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles L. Edson
Edson
University of Kansas
Kansas City Star
Tulsa Post
New York
Morning Sun
Evening Mail
Collier's
Junk dealer robbed of $21900 found in trash
Two men armed with Luger pistols robbed a St Louis junk dealer of $21900 found in a box of trash at the Kelley house. A 16 year old youth was wounded in a later chase but police say he was mistaken identity and not involved.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Kelley
Harold Crafton
Kelley
Chester Balz
Thomas Pogue
Kelley House
Jay
Harold Eller Held On Check Charge
Police arrested Harold Eller, 39, of Chanute on a felony check violation warrant outstanding since 1960. He allegedly issued a no fund check for $486.88 to Woodruff Truck Sales in Chanute in October 1960 and was held at the city jail pending bond.
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Harold Eller
Chanute
Eller
Germany
Woodruff
Jrail
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief notice notes an intercepted letter with the phrase Wise persons don't believe all they hear nor hear all they believe. It presents a dated, letterlike assertion ending with Yours.
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Cha
O A Eatherly Freed Of Charge In Erie Case
Odis A. Eatherly, a former Chanute railroad worker, was freed when the rape charge against him was dismissed in Erie district court. State Attorney Robert Pennington cited the death of two state witnesses, the complainant’s reluctance to testify, Eatherly’s health, and cost concerns. He had been ill and under guard since dec 1960 amid a fugitive arrest in California. The case, moved from Chanute due to illness, ends with dismissal after delays and witness losses.
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Odis A. Eatherly
Chanute
Eatherly
Erie
Robert Pennington
Oregon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rio Linda
Calif
Neosho Memorial Hospital
California
Neosho County
Independence
Kansas House Approves Unity Plan For Schools
The Kansas House backed a bill to unify school districts with a final vote ahead. It preserves a 1961 framework, adds 20 amendments, and requires state superintendent and voter approval for new districts.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Kansas
Senate
Education Committee
House
Kansas Supreme Court
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
City Land Rural
Senator Wade Ferguson Hospitalized After Illness
In Topeka, Sen. Wade Ferguson of Parsons collapsed at his desk in the Senate chamber and was taken to Stormont Vail Hospital for examination. A retired locomotive engineer serving his second term, Ferguson revived quickly after the incident.
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Topeka
Wade Ferguson
Parsons
Senate
Ferguson
Stormont Vail
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