Drag racing group seeks Chanute strip to boost growth
A letter signed by A Group urges Chanute to back a drag strip near town after noting drag racing has grown into a national sport with millions in attendance and tens of thousands of entrants. The group calls for locating, funding, and promoting a facility and suggests presenting it to local business groups. Also noted are a 1952 barn sign debate in Erie and a welfare turkey donation of six 20 pound birds from Neosho County.
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the Tribune
Neosho County
KFLPN
Allen
Cherokee
Franklin
Montgomery
Labette
Neosho
Miskimon
Chanute School
Special Meeting Called by City Planners Tonight
The city planning commission has scheduled a special meeting for tonight at 7 p.m. in the Memorial building city commission room to discuss peripheral zoning around the city limits.
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City Planning Commission
City Commission
Memorial Building
Shell Building Urged For Industrial Site
Recommendations of a special committee on constructing a shell building for industrial use were endorsed by Cham ber of Commerce directors. The plan, led by William G Bodley, proposes financing the shell through a 25000 stock issue in Chanute Development Co and expanding its board from five to seven directors. Burlington Mfg Co operates in the current building since 1948. A three member chamber committee will meet Chanute Development to discuss the proposals.
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Chamber of Commerce
William G. Bodley
Ken Caldwell
Chamber
Shell
Chanute Development Co
Direc
Chanute Development
Burlington Mfg. Co
Burlington
Hugh Chapman
Chanute Development Directorate
Caldwell
Chanute
ILC
Ron Poor
Henry Baker
John McMeekin
Sylva Dufek
Baker
Wichita
National
Chambers of Commerce
Robert P. Gerholz
Flint, Mich
National Chamber
Kansas Not Built By TV Cowboys, Gov Avery Says
Governor William H. Avery of Kansas tells visiting U.S. governors in Guadalajara that Kansas was not built by gun toting cowboys. He cites blending of New England pragmatism Southern traditionalism and frontier realism. The party tours Leon Guanajuato and Guanajuato City as guests of the tourism council.
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Kansas
TV Cowboys
Gov. Avery
Guadalajara
Mexico
William H. Avery
State of Kansas
U.S
Jalisco
Avery
Federal Palace
Samuel P. Goddard
Arizona
Goddard
Leon
Guanajuato
Tourism Council
Rural roads cited as higher hazard in Kansas
Kansas Highway Commission official W E Allison told county commissioners and engineers that 1964 fatality rate on county and township roads was 10.3 per 100 million miles, nearly double the 5.5 statewide rate. He cited 7,228 accidents on county and township paths with over 31 million dollars in economic loss and estimated annual county federal aid secondary system losses exceeding 20 million dollars, nearly twice available funds.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas Highway Commission
W.E. Allison
Kansas
Allison
Kansas Official Council
United Fund Teeters as Contributions Reach $18,034
The United Fund thermometer shows $18,034 collected today, leaving a $4,426 gap to the $22,460 goal. Community donors continue to rally to reach the target.
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United Fund
Two Million Jobs Go Begging Says Pearson
Senator James B. Pearson argues manpower studies show over two million job openings remain unfilled due to skill gaps. He criticizes welfare programs as not the goal for jobless people and says federal training programs fail to provide proper solutions while labor and management hold good records in job training.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R - Kan
Pearson
Traffic Fatalities Log for Topeka Kansas 1965 Update
The Kansas traffic death log reports 560 fatalities for the period ending 9 A.M. Tuesday November 26, 1965, compared with 594 deaths in the comparable 1964 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Area LPN Meeting Forms District Group
Fifteen licensed practical nurses from six counties gathered at Chanute Public School of Practical Nursing for an organizational meeting of a district association of the Kansas Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. Officers were elected: Thelma Coppack president Wilma Kelly secretary Edith Cowan treasurer.
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Millie Miskimon
Kansas Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Inc
Thelma Coppack
Coffeyville
Russ Corbuttion
Mary Moehn
KFLPN
Wilma Kelly
Edith Cowan
Chanute
Chanute Public
U S Troops Halt Two New Assaults in Ia Drang Valley
U S 1st Air Cavalry held ground in the Ia Drang Valley as two new North Vietnamese assaults were repelled. Army officials reported 869 Communist fatalities over three days, with moderate American losses. Two U S helicopters were shot down and a later coordinated attack on two U S units was driven back.
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IA Drang Valley
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Viet Nam
Frontier
Ia Drang
Cambodia
North Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
Vyrl Evans Wins Neosho River Catfish Derby
Chanute angler Vyrl Evans captured a 43 pound 14 ounce flathead on a trotline below Austin to win the Neosho River catfish derby. More than 100 entrants fished from July 1 to November 1 with prizes including a $50 savings bond presented at a chamber meeting.
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Neosho
Chamber of Commerce
Evans
Austin
U.S
Jack Lacy
Kansas Department of Economic Development
Keith Wright Evans
N. Steubell
Chamber
Linda
Meat Processing and Locker Storage Discussed by Chamber
Future services in custom butchering meat processing and locker cold storage were discussed by the Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee at a morning meeting. A committee was named to pursue inquiries into continuing or resuming the services after Sutcliffe processing and locker plant ends business next month.
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Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Committee
Sutcliffe
Jury Gets Damage Case
The district court damage suit by Orville Moulton against Charles Midcap went to the jury at 1:15 p.m. The case arises from a traffic accident on January 2, 1964 at 3rd and Highland. Moulton seeks damages of $52,470 plus costs. The trial began yesterday morning.
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Orville Moulton
W. Oak
Charles
Fred) Midcap
S. Malcolm
3Rd
Highland
Moulton
Woman Identified as Mrs Bert Smith Hurt in Fall
Police identify a 70 year old woman as Mrs Bert Smith of 208% S Evergreen after a fall at 3rd and Highland at 1 30 p m today. She was taken by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital with a fracture of the right leg below the knee.
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Bert Smith
S. Evergreen
Neosho Memorial Hospital
3Rd
Highland
Intercepted Letter to Cha Reveals Kansas Politics
An intercepted letter notes the governor is right about Kansas not being built by cowboys alone and suggests giving Republicans some credit. The fragment ends with a personal signoff: Yours.
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Kansas
Pope Takes Stand in Bank Robbery Trial
Duane E. Pope testified about his youth and self image as defense in a Nebraska bank robbery case. He described fears, strict parents, and high school honors while prosecutors pursue psychiatric testimony about a possible schizoid personality after McPherson College graduation and the June 4 robbery.
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Lincoln
Neb
Duane E. Pope
Robert B. Crosby
Pope
Big Springs
McPherson Kan
Crosby
Roxbury
Prince Charming
Weather Area Forecast for Topeka Kansas
Cool air moves through Kansas bringing fair skies and sharp temperature drops. Tonight will be a hard freeze with lows around 25 to 30 degrees, and Wednesday a cool day with highs near 50.
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Topeka
Kansas
Salina
Chanute
Hill City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Tire Vandalism Reported at Skilling Residence
Police logged a fourth incident of air being released from tires at the Charles Skilling home at 11 E. 3rd. Four tires on a car and three on a pickup were punctured, likely by ice picks. Skilling’s sign company vehicle was targeted again Saturday night.
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Charles Skilling
Skilling
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