Downtown Chanute asks why women outlive men
In downtown Chanute residents answer the question with varied opinions. Rutherford Higinbotham and Cleo Rutherford of Buffalo think wives live longer due to care. Stella Higinbotham and Mrs. Zastrow share views on intelligence and work, while Mrs. Blanche Baker of Humboldt cites better fun and more privileges for women.
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Chanute
Rutherford Higinbotham
Cleo Rutherford
Buffalo
Stella Higinbotham
S. Highland
Zastrow
Baker
E. E. Zastrow
W. Ltd
Blanche Baker
Humboldt
Manhattan Soldier Killed at Ft. Riley
Spec. 5 Robert L. Martin, 35, of Manhattan, died when his car hit a tree inside the east gate of FT Riley, Kan. He served with Headquarters Company, First Medical Battalion. Survived by wife Joann and three children. mother in St Louis and father in Wentzville, Mo.
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Manhattan
Ft. Riley
Riley
Kan
Robert L. Martin
First Medical Batallion
Martin
Joann
St. Louis
Wentzville, Mo
USS Card Sunk By Explosion In Saigon River
The USS Card, a World War II aircraft carrier, sunk by an early morning explosion in Saigon River. Divers report a gaping hole. authorities probe external sabotage, crew sabotage, or internal engine failure as possible causes while pumps try to keep the ship afloat.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Card
U. S
Man tries money switch at savings bank in Lexington
A man attempted to swap cash with teller Alice Aldridge, giving four ten dollar bills in exchange for two twenty dollar bills. He swapped a one dollar bill for a twenty and fled, leaving the one dollar behind after claiming a mistake and saying he needed to pay a parking meter.
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Lexington
Savings and Loan Association
Alice Aldridge
Reverend Scaletty Joins St Patrick's As Assistant
The Rev Thomas Scaletty 28 born in Parsons is named assistant pastor at St Patrick s Catholic Church by Pastor Rev Peter Finnegan He arrives from Hutchinson where he was an assistant at St Theresa Parish since ordination in June 1963 This fills the vacancy after the death of Rev Hugh O Keeffe killed in an auto accident south of Erie on April 6 A welcome covered dish dinner is planned tomorrow at 4 PM in the school gymnasium.
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Thomas Scaletty
Parsons
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Peter Finnegan
Fr. Scaletty
Hutchinson
St. Theresa Parish
Charles Scaletty
St. Mary's
Hugh O'Keeffe
Erie
St. Patrick’s
Political Prisoners Freed in Burma May Day Amnesty
In Rangoon Burma the military government releases nearly 500 political prisoners and students from protective custody as part of a May Day amnesty. Most detainees were Communists or supporters detained after peace talks with the Communist underground collapsed last August. Students were seized during October riots that led to Burma's university closures.
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Rangoon
Burma
Blowout Fatal Crash Kills Claude Hamm In Kansas City
A car driven by Claude Hamm, 20, lost a left rear tire on the 55th and State Street area in Kansas City, Kansas, and plunged 37 feet down an embankment, killing Hamm.
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Kansas City
Kan
Claude Hamm
Hamm
55Th and
State Street
Murray Sorenson Named Blackfoot Chamber Chair
Murray Sorenson is named chairman of the Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce Christmas decorating committee. His first duty is to take down strings of Christmas lights still decorating city streets from last winter.
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Blackfoot, Idaho
Murray Sorenson
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log through 9 am Saturday May 2, 1946 records 176 fatalities for 24 hours. Comparable data shows 136 fatalities in 1963.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Outlook With Showers Tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy and a little warmer with scattered showers and thunder storms tonight and Sunday. Low tonight lower 60s. High Sunday lower 80s. Relative humidity and barometer readings referenced with yesterday and year-ago data. Area forecast notes incomplete but indicates warm, unsettled weekend in the region.
Weather outlook Kansas storms Eastern counties likely
AP dispatch from Topeka reports moist unstable air across Kansas with forecast thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. A western front was expected Sunday bringing cooler air there while eastern Kansas may warm slightly ahead of the front, potentially intensifying Sunday afternoon storms in the east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Sunday Sales Law Rehearing Denied
Kansas Supreme Court denied a rehearing on the 1963 Sunday sales statute holding it unconstitutional. Attorney General William Ferguson said the decision ends legal proceedings with legislative action possible if desired. The court found the law not uniform in application due to exemptions.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Atty
William Ferguson
Supreme Court
Canoe Rally Planned As Attraction Here
A community canoe rally at Santa Fe Lake south of Chanute is planned for June 21, aimed at raising funds for Scout canoes and equipment. The event will feature three canoe age groups, water ski clowns, canoe jousting, marine displays, and a Rally Queen, with prizes including a canoe, a transistor radio, and a camera.
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Santa Fe Lake
Chanute
Troop 27
Explorer Post 27
Knights of Columbus
Santa Fe
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Jerry Morris
Chanute Boat Club
Don Hawley
Chris de la Torre
Frank Burtle
Ned Allen
Bill Duhon
Dick Smith
Box 663
Chanute High School
Leanna McGettrick
Western Petrochemical
J. B. Baker
Plan Broad Use of Science Soon in New Kansas Era
Emphatic statement by Dr. Christopher E. Barthel Jr. at the 96th Kansas Academy meeting. He outlined the creation of a Kansas Research Foundation to guide a broad new era of scientific effort in the state. About 400 scientists attended.
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Kansas
Academy of Science
Barthel
Foundation
Trooper Acquitted in Fatal Ft Riley Shooting
A suspended Kansas highway patrol trooper, David A. Lee, was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in federal court over the shooting of Pvt. Walter J. Chase after a high speed chase near Ft. Riley. The jury cleared Lee, who said he fired a warning shot with no conscious recollection. Patrol officials advised Lee to take days off as his suspension proceeds.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Patrol
David A. Lee
Federal District Court
Lee
Walter J. Chase
Girardville
Ft. Riley
Chase
Col
Larry Hughes
City Council backs Daylight Saving in Kansas City
Kansas City votes 9 to 4 to adopt Daylight Saving Time with clocks set forward June 1 unless blocked. A public referendum is slated for August 4, with possible petitions to suspend or repeal. Suburbs likely to follow.
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Kansas City
Richard O’rear
Legion Sessions Opened District Convention Today
First sessions of the Ameri can Legion third district convention were held at the Legion home and Tioga Hotel. Committees were appointed and reports heard from national and department officials. Department Commander Bert Church planned to address a joint session at 1 30 p m. Activities included a noon auxiliary luncheon a 3 p m parade a 6 30 p m joint dinner and a 9 30 p m dance. Tomorrow a memorial service and elections for 1964 65 district officers are planned.
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American Legion Third District
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Tioga Hotel
The
Legion
Bob Kubat
Ken Young
William Adams
Gib) Mantey
Bert Church
Masonic Temple
Legion Hall
Memorial Building
Dramatic Protest by Methodists Against Stand
Hundreds of Methodist churchgoers from across the nation protested in downtown Pittsburgh against the church’s voluntary integration plan. About 1,300 whites and Blacks attended two downtown churches for an all night vigil after the General Conference approved a four year plan to transfer Central Jurisdiction’s 375,000 Negro members into other jurisdictions with no enforcement. Protesters from Chicago to Jackson criticized the vote as insufficient and slow, with some integrationists pledging stronger action before next Friday’s conference end.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Detroit
Birmingham
Atlanta
Jackson
Miss
Heavy Rains Halt Telephone Circuits
Heavy rains disrupted telephone circuits between Hutchinson and Southwest Kansas towns for 32 hours after water poured into a ditch near Stafford where Southwestern Bell crews worked on an underground cable. About 300 line pairs shorted out.
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Stafford
Kan
Hutchinson
Kansas
Southwestern Bell
Drafters Discuss Digger at Legion Convention
An intercepted letter suggests the automatic foxhole digger will be a major topic at the 3rd District American Legion convention this weekend here.
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American Legion
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