Anderson Plans Legislative Program for 1961 session
Governor-elect John Anderson Jr said his full program will be presented in the first days of the 1961 legislative session. He will be inaugurated January 9 and address lawmakers January 10, with budget details still under study. Byrd may be reappointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission as vacancies exist. He suggested penal and parole reforms would be among recommendations.
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Topeka
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
James Bibb
Richard C
Jack) Byrd
Kansas Corporation Commission
Byrd
George Docking
Marion Beatty
Shawnee County
Three Crashes Investigated This Weekend
Police investigated three weekend traffic crashes. A 1960 Dodge patrol car driven by Trooper Richard Smith collided with a 1950 Ford driven by Henry Nelson at Elm and Evergreen. minor damages were reported. Other crashes at Forest and Mulberry and Main and Grant involved multiple drivers with varying damages. Arden Moore, father of Marsha Moore, was cited for permitting a minor to drive in violation of license restrictions.
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Elm and
Evergreen
Salury
Dodge Highway Patrol
Richard Smith
S. Allen
Ford
Henry Nelson
R. J
Smith
Nelson
Roger Joe Stout
Dan Matlock
N. Steuben
Forest and
Mulberry
Matlock
Chevrolet
Marsha Moore
N. Forest
A. L. Barrows
Wann
Okla
Main and
Grant
Moore
Barrows
Maxine Kammerzell
Plymouth
Arden Moore
Unusually warm weather continues in Kansas
The Weather Bureau reports mild, damp conditions across Kansas with heavy fog in north central areas. Highs reach mid sixties to mid seventies, with a stationary front keeping temperatures higher and cloud cover persistent through Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Pittsburg
Kangas
Emporia
Hill City
Chanute and Six Towns Discuss Power Interconnection
Chanute and six eastern Kansas cities including Ottawa Coffeyville Iola and Erie met to authorize an engineering study on a regional power interconnection. Burns and McDonald will prepare a survey costing 7500 with cost shared by Chanute Coffeyville Iola Ottawa and pending approvals from Kansas City and Erie. A second meeting is planned for December 11 to form a permanent committee.
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Chanute
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Ottawa
Garnett
Iola
Erie
Cafforwilla
Burns and McDonald
R. J. Hayes
Wve Sy Vars Hayes
Coffeyville
Wichita
Kansas Assn. of Municipal Utilities
Hayes
Mrs Elmer Mathews Wins Weekly News Tip Contest
Mrs Mathews of 1529 S Edith won the $3 weekly news tip prize for a reunion story as Altoona woman meets her mother after 49 years. The Tribune invites Chanute area readers to submit tips by phone or in person. contest runs through November.
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Elmer Mathews
S. Edith
Mathews
Altoona
Orthelas
S. Steuben
William Brad
North Highand
Chanute
The
Tribune
Temporary Halt at Plant Aids New Equipment Connection
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co plant began a temporary halt to link the new equipment complex with existing facilities. Quarry crushing and cement loading continue while affected crews move to repair work. An 18 man reduction reduces the plant workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Ira Barber
Thachistolaems
Barber
Gasoline theft and car tampering reported
Allen Kepley of 810 S Malcolm said 10 to 12 gallons were stolen from his car while parked at a filling station. Philip Whitworth of 120 Lincoln reported tampering with another car in the same lot, noting crossed spark plug wires, a damaged grille, and a broken pair of glasses found on the ground.
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Allen Kepley
S. Malcolm
Kepley
Philip Whitworth
Lincoln
City Officials Discuss Montgomery Ward Store Shift
City officials and Montgomery Ward representatives met to discuss moving the automotive store from 18 N Evergreen to 16 N Evergreen as part of plans for city purchase of the South Evergreen site for a public parking lot. The talks covered work to bring the North Evergreen building, formerly the Taylor and Erickson car agency, up to company standards and the moving operation schedule.
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Montgomery Ward
Evergreen
South Evergreen
North Evergreen
Taylor and Erickson Car Agency
Topeka
Kansas
New Fireman Here Is Charles R. Tripp
Charles R. Tripp aged 25 of 419 S Ashby has joined the city fire department Friday filling the vacancy created by Dale Friederich who resigned to pursue other work.
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Charles R. Tripp
Ashby
Dale Friederich
Mate Admits Killing Wife
Randall Luellen Gray 19 signed a statement admitting he killed his wife Shirley Darlene Gray 21 who was shot four times in the head and side as she slept with their two year old daughter in Kansas City Kansas early Sunday. He was arrested at a drive in restaurant where he worked as assistant night manager. The couple's children Victory Lynn 2 and Linda Louise 5 months survived with Gray's parents and siblings present.
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Kansas City
Kan
Shirley Darlene Gray
Randall Luellen Gray
Gray
Victory Lynn
Linda Louise
Cecil C. Gray
Randall Gray
Construction Worker Injured at Ash Grove Plant
R. E. Thompson of Mulberry, a Swenson Construction Co. employee, was injured today at the Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. grounds north of the city. He was taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after a walking lane fell about six feet, striking Thompson. the other worker was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swenson Construction Co
R. E. Thompson
Mulberry
Ash Grove
C of C Schedules Busy Week of Local Events
The Chanute Chamber of Commerce releases a busy agenda led by manager Joe Melnyk. Activities include civic achievement committee meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, education committee at 4 p.m. Thursday, a U S chamber workshop in Kansas City Wednesday, and Silver Dollar Day sales with cash prizes announced at 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe Melnyk
Civic Achievement Committee
Bill Young
Chamber
Carl Tribble
Board of Education
U. S. Chamber
Kansas City
Melnyk
Chanute
Humboldt Man Suffers Heart Attack At Market
Samuel Bridgess of Humboldt suffered a heart attack at a market on South Santa Fe about 9:30 a.m. today and was transported by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital for treatment. The hospital listed his age as 44.
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Samuel Bridgess
Humboldt
South Santa Fe
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Christmas Seal Mail Campaign Begins in Chanute
Neosho County tuberculosis and Health Association starts its annual Christmas Seal drive with over 3,000 letters mailed to Chanute homes. Senior High School office practice class under Bernice Akers prepares letters and seals. County chairwoman Mrs. Bruce Burris, Chanute chairwoman Mrs. D. A. Finney. Also active in Erie Galesburg Thayer St Paul Stark area chairmen.
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Chanute Homes
Delores Webb
Bonnie Chickadonz
Betty Engle
Mary Haviland
Phyllis Watts
Sue Campbell
Priscilla Gutierrez
Tribune
Neosho County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Commerce
Bernice Akers
Bruce Burris
D. A. Finney
Chanute
Neosho County
Clara Grundman
Clark Flemling
Erie
L. K. Olson
Galesburg
Kenneth George J
Thayer
Louise Carter
St.Paul
Howard Woodworth
Stark
Leslie Naylor
Judy Ranabargar
Sadie ‘Vass
Sharon Waggoner
Phyllis ‘Watts
Quest for clues in slaying of 9 year old girl in Chicago
Police comb forest preserve and South Side neighborhood for leads after Gloria Kowalewicz disappeared en route to St Mary of Mount Carmel Church and was found with two bullet wounds in a ravine. Coroner says no apparent sexual assault. investigators seek bullets and witness tips.
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Chicago
South Side
Gloria Kowalewicz
St. Mary of Mount Carmel
Walter McCarron
Kennedy Nixon hold cordial 63 minute meeting at Key Biscayne
President elect John F Kennedy and Vice President Nixon met for 63 minutes at Nixon's Palm Beach retreat near Key Biscayne Florida. They discussed a wide range of subjects with no cabinet or 1964 election plans finalized. Kennedy said he expects another talk in December and will confer with Eisenhower before inauguration.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
Miami
Palm Beach
Sion
Vice Press
Cabinet
High Dent
Eisenhower
Ohio
Pierre ‘Salinger
Salinger
Nixon Villa
Secret Service
Herbert G. Klein
White House
Spare Tire Air Saves Man Life in Trunk Ordeal
Ferdinand Stoj a 36 year old Argnau t Building janitor survived six hours locked in a spare tire airless trunk by releasing air and smelling the air. He was aided by a relief night watchman who released him. A separate car trunk held Patrick Holland who suffocated. thieves escaped with $100.
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New York
Ferdinand Stoj
Stoj
Argonaut
Manhattan
Patrick Holland
Lindenhurst
N. Y
Staj
Holland
Not Amelia Not Amelia Officer Says
AP Guillermo Saipan inspector Jesus de Leon Guerrero dismissed claims Earhart and Noonan were executed by Japan. He cited a different Saipan case of a 25 year old Caucasian woman of Japanese descent hanged for spying, noting he would have known if Earhart had been arrested.
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Guam
Saipan
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Jesus de Leon Guerrero
Los Angeles
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Guerrero
Elizabeth Taylor hospitalized amid meningitis rumors in London
Elizabeth Taylor was rushed to a London hospital with a severe headache amid rumors she may have meningitis. A 20th Century Fox spokesman said officials would comment only after doctors finished their evaluation. The star, 28, has been ill for weeks with a mystery fever, recently worsened by an abscessed tooth, delaying Cleopatra filming.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Carol Goldman
Lord Evans
Eddie Fisher
20Th Century-Fox
Fisher
Vamp of the
Fire destroys Wing farm shop and grainery near Chanute
A fire at the Phillip Wing farm west of Chanute damaged a long building housing a machine shop and grainery, destroying a 1959 Ford, two manure spreaders, a hay baler, a disc, a plow, and about 1,400 bushels of corn. The Wing home and nearby quonset hut were spared. neighbors and Benedict Fire Department aided the effort. Loss amount unavailable. most is insured.
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Phillip Wing
Chanute
US 75
High Prairie Church
Benedict
Wing
Two Kansans Die in Weekend Traffic Crashes
In Kansas over the weekend two men died in traffic accidents. An 11 year old Wichita boy Christopher Brown died after a car swerved to miss two girls and struck him. John D. Roberson, 25, surrendered to police and is charged with impaired driving. A second crash near Conway, U S 56, killed Charles Henry Harrell, 39, of Ellinwood, a missile base worker. His nephew James Fore, 29, of Chase, was hospitalized with injuries.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Wichita
Christopher Brown
John M. Brown
John D. Roberson
Abilene
Charles Henry Harrell
Ellinwood
U. S. 56
Conway Harrell
James E. Fore
Chase
Kan
Highway Patrol
Harrell
Montgomery Countian 102 Dies in Caney
Montgomery Countian 102 Potiah Cornelia Stonecypher, Montgomery County's oldest resident, died Sunday night at Caney Hospital. She had lived in a nursing home after leg amputation three years ago. She enjoyed reading and crocheting and never wore spectacles. She and husband David moved from Indiana to Kansas in 1683 and settled at Wayside.
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Caney, Kas
Potiah Cornelia
Stonecypher
Montgomery County
Caney Hospital
David
Kansas
Indiana
Wayside
Kas
Thayer Crash Injures Three
Three local residents were injured in a two truck collision at a county road intersection 1.2 miles southeast of Thayer yesterday at 2 30 p m. Ray Leslie Wells 17 Otto Lesco 58 and Kenneth Schulte 16 were all listed in satisfactory condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital in Chanute. Wells drove a 1954 Chevrolet pickup Lesco drove a 1958 pickup Schulte was a passenger in Wells pickup.
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Thayer
Here
Ray Leslie Wells
Thayer R
Otto Lesco
Kenneth Schulte
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Chanute
Highway Patrol
Wells
Lesco
Schulte
Jury Trials Open In District Court Civil Suit Leads Term
District court opened its term with jury selections at 10 am for a civil case brought by S. C. Hudson against Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. The action seeks judgment in the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
S. C. Hudson
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co
Red Cross Kansas Leaders Conference Set in Topeka
Gen Alfred M Gruenther president of the American Red Cross and Dr William J McKeefery vice president of Washburn University Topeka will be principal speakers at the Kansas Red Cross leadership conference November 18 19 in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Alfred M. Gruenther
American National Red Cross
William J. McKeefery
Washburn University
Topeka
Kansas Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Anderson
Cess
Southwestern Power Authority
Spa
Mate
Amelia
Liz Taylor
Lee Wasser
Montgomery Countian
Caney
Red Cross
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