Senate probes Estes case questions exceed one thousand
Senate investigators disclosed they have questioned more than 1,000 people in the Billie Sol Estes case as hearings loom. The FBI entered the probe into the death of Henry Marshall and examined Howard Pratt while examining Estes ties to Commercial Solvents Corp. The Senate subcommittee led by Senator McClellan plans hearings, facing political controvery and leaks from staff amid Eisenhower relatives questions.
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Washington
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Kennedy
FBI
Henry Marshall
Texas
J. A. Jachimczyk
Howard Pratt
Chicago
Commercial Solvents Corp
John L. McClellan
Dark
Illinois
Subcommittee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York Herald Tribune
House
Edgar Eisenhower
Arthur Eisenhower
Youth Admits Theft Of Pipe Elevators
A Chanute youth admitted in questioning by police and Sheriff Jerry Sloan to stealing two sets of 6 4 inch pipe elevators valued at about $40 per set. Another youth was implicated but not located. Elevators found in a ditch near Ronald Cheyney home 42 miles east of the VFW Lake south of town. The theft was said to stem from a drilling rig in the river bottom east of town.
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Chanute
Jerry Sloan
Here
Ronald Cheyney
VFW
Cheyney
Sloan
Plane Crash Mystery Deepens in Iowa Farmland
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators reported locating a hostess seat from the Continental Airlines jet about 25 miles from the crash site. The plane with 45 aboard crashed north of Unionville on Tuesday night, with earlier finds extending up to 60 miles away. Investigators from federal agencies and the airline continued a wide search through wreckage for clues.
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Unionville
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Centerville
Iowa
Here
Texas
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Continental
Air Lines Pilots Association
KCC Approves KG E Rate Hike In Wichita and State
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved a 418000 annual electric rate increase for Kansas Gas and Electric Co. in Wichita. The hike raises minimum charges from 75 to 100 cents in Wichita, 85 to 100 cents in other urban areas, and from 180 to 200 cents in rural regions.
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Topeka
Corporation Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Wichita
Weather outlook from Topeka foresees showers and warmth
A warm front moves north over Kansas as the Weather Bureau forecasts showers and rising temperatures through Friday. South central Kansas may receive needed rain. southeast Kansas and the south central area are drier. Forecaster Richard Garrett notes rainfall amounts are hard to predict but prospects look brighter for some areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
South Central
Wheat Control Victory in Senate on Farm Bill
The Senate backed tighter wheat production controls in a farm bill showdown. It rejected extending the current wheat allotment and price support for two more years, while preserving a new permanent planting and marketing restraint. The Agriculture Committee had favored both wheat provisions by a 9 to 8 margin.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Severe storm and tornado forecast for Kansas and Oklahoma
The Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm and tornado forecast for southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma including the eastern Oklahoma Panhandle. Scattered severe storms with tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds were expected from noon to 6 pm CST along a zone from Garden City, Kansas to Chanute, Kansas and 60 miles on either side.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Panhandle
Garden City
Kan
Chanute
Fatal shotgun accident claims girl on Salina porch
In Salina a 1 1/2 year old girl Kemberlie DeAnn Thomas died and her sister Lori Machell age 2 1 4 was wounded by a 12 gauge shotgun blast. Douglas Lewis 42 explained he was playing with the gun when it discharged from a closet through a window. Police noted tampered shells and an open dresser drawer. The elder Thomas family were visiting the Lewis home when the incident occurred.
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Salina
Kemberlie DeAnn Thomas
John Thomas
Lori Machell
Douglas Lewis
Ernest Lewis
Thomas
Lewis
Welfare Board Interviews Prospect for State Director
The Board of Social Welfare interviewed a psychiatrist candidate from Ohio for the state director of institutional management post. No decision was reported, and the board did not identify the psychiatrist or disclose his current position. The candidate, Dr. Richard L. Meadows, was appointed to the $22,500 yearly post in January with a plan not to stay beyond one year.
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Topeka
Board of Social Welfare
Ohio
Richard L. Meadows
Carpenter Happy for Rescue From Grueling Assignment
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla March 10 when it was disclosed that Malcolm Scott Carpenter was chosen as one of seven Mercury astronauts he faced a grueling two year tour on an aircraft carrier away from family and a nonflying job. Carpenter recalled the moment and spoke of his navigation and communications work for the Mercury capsule. He said he would ride the nose cone of an Atlas three times around the earth and expressed awe at the program. Born May 1 1925 in Boulder Colorado Carpenter joined the Navy after high school and became a test pilot after training.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Air
Donald K. Slayton
Mercury
Carpen
Whatter
Mahe
John H. Glenn Jr
San Diego
Carpenter
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Colorado
Rene
Navy
Air Force Air
Intrepid
Virgin Islands Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Mercury Control Center
Point Arguello
Calif
United States
Atlantic
Bermuda
Canary Island
Australia
Muchea
Woomera
Pacific
Nootebooms Celebrate U S Citizenship in Chanute
The Nooteboom family from Rotterdam became American citizens after a 45 minute ceremony in Fort Chanute Tuesday afternoon. Father Nooteboom and his wife Catharina, with sons Ranier 19 Peter 14 and Sammy 6, moved to Chanute in 1956 for better schooling and job prospects. They faced English language and schooling barriers but pursued education with help from the Fifty Fifty Class of the First Christian church and neighbors.
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Nootebooms
Nicholaas Noote
S. Wilson
Fort Nooteboom
Catharina
Scott
Rived
Chanute
Rotterdam
Holland
Nooteboom
United States
Burlington Manufacturing Co
Ranier
Chanute Junior College
Peter
Royster Junior High
the Tribune
Sammy
Lincoln School
First Christian Church
Harry Steeves Jr
Kansas University
Fort Scott
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Carpenter Safe in Raft After Aurora 7 Orbit
NASA Mercury test pilot Malcolm Scott Carpenter completed three Earth orbits aboard the Aurora 7 capsule. After entering the Atlantic Ocean he was sighted in a life raft 135 miles northeast of Puerto Rico by a Navy P2V Neptune plane. Recovery efforts moved quickly as Air Force and helicopter units joined the search while Mercury officials reported fuel and reentry concerns were managed and Carpenter appeared unharmed.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Atlantic Ocean
Carpenter
Puerto Rico
Neptune
Navy
John A. Powers
Mercury
Chanute Ministers Oppose Sunday Evening Baseball Games
The Chanute Ministerial Alliance voted unanimously to oppose Sunday evening games after a Recreation Commission request. The group urged written signaling of its stance and noted ministers’ disapproval due to youth impact and church influence. Also discussed were a Church World Service clothing appeal and purchasing large print Bibles for Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Chanute Ministerial Alliance
E. M. Pearson
Recreation Commission
Pearson
Alliance
The
Chanute
Alliance For New Rooms
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Charles Wesley Garrett
Willard Lloyd
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Iniakes
Scott Carpenter
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al Rochford
Cape Canaveral Missile Center
Welfare Board
Orpital
U.S
Aurora 7
Globe
Eeeee
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
America
Canton Island
Nicolaas Nooteboom
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