Kennedy pushes $2.55 billion school aid bill into House fight
President Kennedy’s school aid measure heads to a likely fierce House confrontation after a Senate vote 49 to 34. The bill aims at funding for teacher salaries, school construction, operating costs, and a three year $850 million annual grant scheme to equalize opportunities with state allocations and targeted districts including the impacted area program.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Texas
Nevada
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Connecticut
Red Cross Plans Summer Program
The Red Cross announces a summer lineup of first aid water safety and boating courses led by Margaret Ranabargar. Activities run July through late August with Junior and Senior Lifesaving, Water Safety Aide training, handicapped swimming, swimming classes, a Water Carnival, and a boating course plus instructor training. Enrollment details and ages are listed at the Red Cross office in the Memorial Building.
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Red Cross
Margaret Ranabargar
Red Cross Water Safety
Hutton School
Memorial Building
Ranabargar
Man Admits Grain Theft in Kansas Largest in State
Billy Dwayne Husband of Leon Kansas admits taking part in a theft of about 35000 bushels of wheat and milo from the Christensen elevator at Pierceville over three years. The late Charles Bruington allegedly helped, possessing a key and selling grain to other elevators before killing himself.
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Garden City
Kan
Billy Dwayne Husband
Leon
Milo
Harrison Smith
KBI
Kansas
Smith
Husband
Charles Bruington
Christensen
Pierceville
Bruington
Bralington
Topeka Drivers Urged to Use Daytime Headlights
Kansas motorists are asked to turn on auto lights during daylight today and Saturday as part of the national see the light slow down and live campaign. Gov. John Anderson urges headlight use to remind drivers to observe safe driving rules amid the campaign across the United States and Canadian provinces.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Anderson
United States
Canada
Tribune Phone Contact Card
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, call your carrier or dial HE 1 3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Warrant Issued In Check Forgery Case
Police said a felony warrant will be issued for Robert St. Clair formerly of Lola on a charge of passing a $119 no fund check. The check was written at Neosho Memorial Hospital where he was a patient April 30 to May 3. Officers reported two smaller $10 checks also turned in drawn on Chanute and Oklahoma banks. One small check was used at a liquor store and the other at a restaurant. St Clair is 35, 6 feet tall, about 210 pounds.
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Robert St. Clair
Lola
Neosho Memorial Hospital
St. Clair
Oklahoma
Chanute
Plan for Lift of Terminal Bridge
Army engineers opened bids for lifting the Kansas City Terminal Railroad bridge over the Kansas River to allow 10 foot lifts during floods. The apparent low bid from U S Steel Corp was 2,243,334 dollars, above the government estimate of 2,101,786. Hoisting equipment will lift two spans 300 feet long and a third 130 feet long, and the bridge carries most westbound traffic from Union Station.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Terminal
Kansas River
Army Engineers
U. S.steel Corp
St. Louis
Union Station
Youth Injured After Bike Collides With Taxi
Kenneth Dean Jeffers, 15, of 1411 Edith suffered a head bump and bruises when his motor bike collided with a 1956 Plymouth taxi driven by Wayne A. Toomey, 44, at 15th and Edith. He was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital and released after examination.
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Kenneth Dean Jeffers
Edith
Neosho Memorial Hospital
15Th
Wayne A. Toomey
Annual Report On Cha nute Public Schools
The Tribune presents a four page special section with the Cha nute public schools annual report. It includes financial statements tables pictures and stories highlighting events from the past school year.
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Chanute Public Schools
the Tribune
Bearded Permit Fines Startled Two Prisoners In Kangaroo Court
Two prisoners Bob Williams and Dell Reed faced Kangaroo Kourt on Thursday night in downtown entertainment. Williams was sprayed with shaving lather for lacking a beard or shaving permit, while Reed remained jailed until a two dollar permit fee was collected. Reed testified he wore the permit daily until yesterday when he sold it to a fellow faculty member and intended to buy another. Judge Paul Brennecke presided with officers L. D. Hunter Bob Harmon Seth Gray Jr. and Paul Metziger. Entertainment included 4-H club acts Juli anne Brune Greg Dunlop Dead ra Sweaney and more plus a mayor led promenade through downtown.
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Bob Williams
Dell Reed
Williams
Reed
Paul Brennecke
L. D. Hunter
Bob Harmon
Seth Gray Jr
Paul Metzinger
Julianne Brune
Greg Dunlop
Deadra Sweaney
Paul Bowyer
Paulette Bowyer
Bobby Bower
Patty Lassman
Lonnie McKelleps
Up and Atom 4-H Club
Phil and
Leeva Carter
al Green
Neosho Commission Adopts Pension Plan Resolution
Neosho County commissioners approve a resolution to join the Kansas public employee retirement system, subject to protest by electors. If protested, the proposal goes to county voters within a 60 day window. about 55 highway and 30 courthouse employees would be mandatorily covered, with elective officials optional. The cost is roughly 15 000 dollars in year one, funded by a half mill outside the county tax.
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Erie
Neosho
Kansas Public Employee Retirement System
Tribune
Department Store Sales Gain Across Tenth District
The Tenth Federal Reserve District reports a 6 percent week over week rise in department store sales versus last year. Gains vary by city with Lincoln up 25 percent and Omaha 15 percent, while Joplin falls 1 percent. The district's overall gain matches the national figure.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve
Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Greater
Wichita
Denver
Topeka
St. Joseph
Joplin
Kennedy proposes drastic overhaul of foreign aid program
President Kennedy asks Congress for a $4.75 billion foreign aid package for next year and a multi billion dollar loan system for future years. He proposes a single master agency named A D for International Development and a separation of arms aid from economic aid within the defense budget.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
A.D
Agency For International Development
U.S
Fireworks regulations set by city commission
City commission establishes sale and discharge rules for fireworks this year. Sales run June 27 to July 4 with discharge inside city limits on July 4 from 12:01 a.m. to midnight. New permit requirement for stands issued by the city clerk, issued free of charge to mark stand locations for safety inspections.
Traffic Fatalities Report For May 1961 In Kansas
Kansas traffic log reports 38 fatalities for May 1961, 199 for the year, with 168 in the comparable 1960 period. The AP notes 24 hour tally to 9 a.m. Friday.
Million Dollar Highway Plan for Allen Woodson Neosho Counties
Neosho Allen and Woodson Counties will share nearly $1 million in 1962 highway work as part of a larger $68.7 million state program. In Allen County 13 miles of road and one bridge are planned with two US 59 segments costing $240,000 each, while Woodson County will have grading and a bridge on US 75 north of Yates Center.
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Neosho
Allen and Woodson
Ray Shepherd
Highwa
Fort Scott
John Anderson
Allen and
Woodson
Allen County
Woodson County
Neosho County
Erie
Main Street
Moran
North County
Yates Center
Coffey Ville
Galena
Kansas-Missouri Line
Allen- Anderson County
Garnett
Pleasanton
Caney
Bond Expected For Five Of 11 Integrationists
Eleven leaders and aides linked to the Montgomery bus boycott and Yale participants faced breach of peace charges after attempting to eat at a Trailways white lunch counter. Five were to seek release on bond. six remained jailed pending a June 16 hearing before Judge Alex Marks. Notable figures included Ralph Abernathy Wyatt Walker and James F. Shuttlesworth, with Yale chaplain William Coffin among those backing possible bonds.
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Montgomery
Ala
George B. Smith
Yale
Yale University
Charles Conley
Alex Marks
County Court of Common Pleas
South
Trailways
Weather Forecast and River Flooding In Kansas State
The forecast calls for fair weather through Saturday with cooler nights and a warm Saturday. Neosho River levels reached 19.48 feet early today, near flood stage at 20 feet, with crests expected about two feet above flood stage Sunday. Rain totals varied across towns, with McCune logging 1.92 inches and other readings ranging from .54 to .95 inches.
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Neosho River
Topeka Weather Bureau
Kansas
Kaw
McCune
Lebo
la Cygne
Independence
Altamont
Oswego
Neosho
Iola
Chanute Clases of 1961 Hold Baccalaureate Sunday Night
Chanute high school and junior college graduates number 138 and 42 respectively. Baccalaureate service at 8 pm in Memorial Building with Supt. Buford Fisher presiding. The Rev Boyd Latimer will deliver The Creative Life. Clergy speakers include Rev Ray Hutchison and Dr Charles Wesley Garrett. Choirs and orchestra perform two numbers. Main floor reserved for graduates and families, balcony open to public.
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Chanute
Memorial Building
Buford Fisher
Boyd Latimer
Grace Episcopal Church
Ray Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Charles Wesley Garrett
First Methodist Church
Garrett
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Bitter House
House Education and Labor Committee
Annual Report On
Kops
Neosho Commission
Presidential
Southeast Asia
William S. Coffin Jr
Gaylord B. Noyce
Yale Divinity School
David E. Swift
Wesleyan
Middletown, Conn
John B. Maguire
Ralph D. Abernathy
Freedom Riders
Goodland
Wasser
Paul Brenoecke
Seth Gray, Jr
Centennial Headquarters
Robert
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