Rural District absorbs seventh and eighth grade students
The Cha nute board of education approved absorbing seven and eight graders from Rural District No. 44 at Royster Junior High for next year. Six students affected. tuition and transport terms set for June budget meeting.
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Royster Junior High
District 44
B. F. Schupbach
Allen C. Kirby
Robert Lopeman
Rural
Chanute
Fisher
Underwood
Royal Typewriters
Royster Stadium
Teener Baseball League
Hutton School
Hutton
Charles Carter Jr
Board of Education
New Jersey doctors oppose elder care plan pledge
Washington AP reports New Jersey doctors at Point Pleasant and Fitkin Memorial Hospitals signed a declaration refusing to treat patients under the Kennedy administration health plan for the aged. Secretary Ribicoff denounces the move as a breach of oath and constitutional to oppose social security medical care. The measure would revoke licenses and levy fines for noncompliance with the elder care bill.
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Washington
Trenton
N.J
the of Welfare
Abraham Ribicott
State Assembly
New Jersey
Kennedy
Congress
Ribicoff
Point Pleasant Hospital
Point Pleasant
Fitkin Memorial Hospital
Neptune
King Anderson
President Kennedy
State Board of Medical Examiners
Neosho Realtors Back City Planning Commission Support
Neosho County Board of Realtors endorsed establishing a city planning commission in a Tioga Hotel meeting. They urged coordinated civic improvements, higher property values, boosted trade, traffic solutions, and new business. The group, led by vice president Paul Brennecke, voted to sponsor a booth at the May 18–19 Spring Farm and Home Show.
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Neosho County
31st U.S. underground nuclear test fired at Nevada site
The United States conducted its 31st announced underground nuclear explosion at the Nevada test site. The Atomic Energy Commission said the shot was low yield, about the energy of 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Washington
United States
Nevada
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nation’s Top 1962 Teacher Is Topekan
Marie L. French of Topeka High School earns national Teacher of the Year honor chosen from 1.4 million teachers. She will travel to Washington to receive the award from President Kennedy and attend a White House ceremony with her husband Freeman French.
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Topeka
Kan
Marie L. French
French
Topeka High School
U.S. Office of Education
Council of Chief State School Officers
Look Magazine
Workers Pledge Funds To Save Local Industry
About 600 workers in Dunkirk New York pledged nearly 500000 dollars to a campaign to keep the nuclear components industry operating and save jobs after Alco Products Inc announced it would shut down the plant in the city of 18000. The shutdown would cost more than 800 jobs and five million dollars in annual payroll.
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Dunkirk
N.Y
Alco Products Inc
Woman Finds Lost Roll of Cash in Independence Lot
Henry Bradley of Independence reported a theft of a 935 dollar roll after leaving his car. Mrs. Victor White found part of the money, brought it to police, and Bradley identified the bills. The full sum was returned and Mrs. White declined a reward.
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Independence, Kan
Henry Bradley
Independence
Victor White
Bradley
Topeka Heat Flash Sets Yearly High At 1 A.M.
A weather phenomenon sent Topeka temperatures surging from 79 to 91 degrees just after 1 a.m. with a morning low of 64. Forecaster Richard Garrett notes the event has no official name though “heat flash” has been suggested.
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Topeka
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Ness City
Kansas Sees Gusty Winds and Storms Across Northeast
Forecasters report unstable conditions over Kansas with variable cloudiness through Wednesday. Monday night storms produced gusty winds and scattered light rains, with Topeka and Wamega reporting wind damage and Junction City recording 0.88 inches of rain. Garrett notes ongoing soil moisture shortages and continued chances of locally scattered thunderstorms.
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Kansas
Topeka
Wamega
Junction City
Garrett
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Report Delays Highlight Yearly Trend
AP dispatch notes 24 hour traffic death tally for Topeka area with May 2 to May 10 counts in 1962 and compares to 1961 figures. Delayed reports of fatal crashes affect the totals, reflecting ongoing data collection.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kennedy presses wage price stability to win support
President Kennedy told 10 000 joined delegates at the United Auto Workers convention in Atlantic City that a strong president is essential to maintain wage and price stability. He urged noninfringing efforts, warned that voters can seek a new president if they oppose his approach, and predicted a Medicare plan financed by Social Security. The speech drew loud applause as Atlantic City schoolchildren were excused to attend.
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N.J
Kennedy
White House
Times
United Auto Workers
United States
UAW
Washington
Congress
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Tornado risk seen as low despite spring warnings
Kansas State University meteorologist Dean Bark says the odds of any person being in a tornado are about one in a thousand years. He notes Kansas averages 24 tornadoes yearly and explains warning levels from severe storm forecast to tornado warning with guidance on action and staying calm.
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Manhattan
Dean Bark
Kansas State University
Weather Bureau
Bark
Kansas
Owners Okay Rail Merger
Stock holders of the New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads voted overwhelmingly in favor of a merger that would create the station's richest line. Central President Alfred E. Perlman predicted federal approval, with ICC hearings to begin this summer and a decision about 18 months later.
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Albany, N.Y
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroads
Roads
Central
Alfred E. Perlman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Drug Store Robber Slays Wounded Clerk in Hutchinson
In Hutchinson Kansas a nervous bandit robbed a drug store. Employee Don Baumhardt 46 complied with commands and was shot in the right hand and left hip despite binding and gagging a second clerk Alice White 43. The gunman fled.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Don Baumhard
Alice White
Baumhardt
Welfare budget to rise five percent in county plans
The Neosho County welfare budget is set at 632 512 dollars this year with about 20 percent funded by Adeline Fortney county ad valorem tax. The rise reflects higher nursing costs more patients being returned to county care and increased salaries and building expenses. The advisory committee met at the Tioga Hotel with 17 attendees including 11 committee members and three county commissioners. A June 4 meeting at the Erie county farm is planned along with recommendations sessions at the welfare offices.
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Neosho County
Adeline Fortney County
Mill County
Fortney
Tioga Hotel
Lester Greve
Welfare Board
Floyd Thuston
Erie County
Committee On
Seven-Leaf Clover Sparks Fortunes for Mrs Roberds
Mrs E E Roberts of 412 N Central reports a seven leaf clover found in her yard. She notes she has collected multi leaf clovers for years and, at nearly 70, has never seen seven leaves on one. She hydrates and plants the specimens for root development.
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E. E. Roberts
N. Central
Installment Saving Expensive to Some
Nearly one third of investors who buy mutual fund shares on the installment plan incur a sales commission above 40 percent, according to figures from federal securities investigators.
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Washington
Federal
Hertzog Dies at 54 in Sleep in Oregon
Henry C. Hertzog longtime Veterans Administration staffer in Wadsworth Kansas and manager at the White City domiciliary near Medford Oregon died in his sleep over the weekend at age 54. He had recently become a domiciliary manager after serving at the VA center.
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Medford
Ore
Henry C. Hertzog
Veterans Administration Center
Wadsworth
Kan
Veterans Administration
White City
Youth Admits Vandalism in Chanute Park Incident
Chanute resident John Proctor of 319 West 3rd Street admitted to twice breaking water pipes at Santa Fe Park restrooms. He pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars for destruction of public property with a 30 day jail sentence suspended on payment of 10 dollars weekly. Proctor did not implicate others.
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Chanute
John Proctor
W. 3Rd
Santa Fe Park
Proctor
Landon Advocates Survival Through Global Common Markets
Alf M. Landon warns the United States must adapt to a sharper world trade system or risk eroding its economic political and military strength. Speaking at a Washington Bar Association luncheon he endorses parts of Kennedy trade reform and argues for expanded appeal rights against administrative agency decisions.
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Washington
United States
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Kennedy
Washington Bar Association
London
America
Landon
Congress
Common Market
Common Market Court of Justice
River Jetty Completed to Protect City Intake
City officials announced the river jetty north of the water plant is finished to divert river flow into the auxiliary channel during high water. The project, built by Randall Diver with rock from Byers quarries, aims to counteract the channel’s eastward shift away from the intake. Progress also reported on the Brown Wells overflow dam with dam contractor Walter Poor overseeing initial cement pours.
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R. J. Hayes
Randall Diver
Byers
Hayes
Walter Poor
Frost slips line while reciting own poem at library event
Robert Frost 88 momentarily misread a line during a reading for 600 listeners at a Washington theater. The poet, honorary consultant in poetry for the Library of Congress, quipped that poetry can feel like statesmanship and joked about a longer term in his post.
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Robert
Library of Congress
Louis Statesman
Untermeyer
Frost
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