Downtown Chanute asks if education changed since schooling
Local residents including Mrs. Olson Harmon and Robert Harmon discuss changes in American education. Opinions vary from improved methods and faster world learning to concerns that depth may have diminished while emphasis shifts to different content and detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Robert Harmon
W. Elm
Green Copper
J. Q. Green
1605
S. Evergreen
S. R. Copper
Logan
Iowa
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Kansas 1962 Update
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 A M Saturday November 26 1962 with 510 fatalities for the year compared to 473 in the same period of 1961. Ambiguous source text notes Topeka AP dispatch. Experts urge caution in interpreting early data.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pressure on Soviet bomber removal and Cuba crisis
Washington reports say the United States will not move on other fronts until the Soviet bomber presence in Cuba is resolved. Kennedy and advisers view the bomber issue as central, believing Khrushchev may abandon Cuba rather than risk broad U.S. retaliation and renewed tensions over surface to air missiles and IL 28 bombers.
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Washington
Russia
Cuba
Khrushchev
United States
Kennedy
Castro Threat at U.N. May End Talks
U.N. delegates fear Fidel Castro's warning to shoot down U.S. reconnaissance planes could derail Cuban crisis talks. The United States insists flights remain necessary until Khrushchev inspects for Soviet weapons, while the Soviet stance backs Castro.
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U.N
Castro
Fidel Castro
U.S
Pro-Castro Trio Arrested For Sabotage
FBI announces the arrest of three individuals in a pro Cuban sabotage conspiracy against the United States. A cache of weapons and explosives was seized. Roberto Santiesteban Casanova a Cuban mission attache in New York Jose Sueiro and Jose Garcia Orellana named as conspirators. others named but not arrested due to immunity.
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New York
FBI
United States
United Nations
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Roberto Santiesteban Casanova
Antonio Sueiro
Jose Garcia Orellana
New York City
Jose Gomez Abad
Elsa
Jose Garcia
Hoover
Roberto Santiesteban
Weather brings widespread snow and rain across the nation
Snow and rain blanket much of the country as a broad East and West coast storm moves from Maine to the Rockies and toward the Great Lakes. East towns report 11 inches in Old Town Maine and 9 in Bangor while Evanston Wyoming output reaches 5 inches and Denver 1 inch. The system tracks across the Midwest toward the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes.
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Associated Press
Old Town
Maine
Bangor
Rocky Mountain States
Evanston
Wyo
Cheyenne
Leadville
Colo
Denver
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Grand jury blames U S Marshals for university riot violence
The Lafayette County grand jury indicts two outsiders for alleged role in the Sept. 30 desegregation riot at the University of Mississippi and condemns Chief Marshal James P. McShane for ordering tear gas. Sheriff Ford ordered arrests for the next court session March 2, 1963. names withheld until arrest.
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Oxford, Miss
Lafayette County Grand Jury
University of Mississippi
Grand Jury
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss
U.S
James P. McShane
McShane
Joe Ford
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Walter M. O’barr
Philatelist Strikes Back Over Dag Hammarskjold Stamps
A judge ordered the Post Office to halt selling 320000 misprinted Dag Hammarskjold stamps after Leonard Sherman of Irvington New Jersey filed for the court order. The USPS suspended sales while the Justice Department seeks to dissolve the order and resume distribution to flood the market before collectors drive up prices.
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Ful Philatelist
Post Office Department
Dag Hammarskjold
3Rd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Newark
N.J
Leonard Sherman
Irvington
Justice Department
U.S. Atty
David M. Satz Jr
Green hair dye mistake at Kansas City party
Mrs. Alden Smith planned a country club dress night but grabbed a can of green paint instead of hair spray. The mishap left her hair and outfit color matched, yet she faced no teasing at the gathering.
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Kansas City
Alden Smith
Laughton in Serious Condition at Hollywood Hospital
Hollywood AP Charles Laughton 63 remains seriously ill with spinal cancer as hospital attendant reports.
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Hollywood (Ap
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Grainfield Gathers Loss In Train Car Collision
Delbert A. Johnson, 61, of Quinter Kansas, died Friday in Grainfield after his car collided with a Union Pacific train. Local authorities investigated the fatal crash near the railroad crossing.
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Grainfield, Kan
Delbert A. Johnson
Quinter
Kan
Union Pacific
Grainfield
Intercepted Letter Warns About Gun Danger
An intercepted, cautionary note warns Dear Cha to stay vigilant. guns are made to kill and to keep companions and oneself out of the gun sights as a deterrent against harm. The fragmentary text underscores fear and urgency.
United States Advances Moon Quest With Saturn Test Flight
The Saturn booster completed a 4 minute 55 second test flight at Cape Canaveral, reaching 104 miles before being exploded to dump 23 000 gallons of water into the ionosphere. NASA officials led by D Brainard Holmes praised the milestone as a step toward manned lunar landing while Wernher von Braun outlined future Saturn stages and Apollo links through 1970s lunar missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
D. Brainard Holmes
Wernher von Braun
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Moon
Apollo
Earth
Rose Bowls Perfect Game In Chanute Local Bowling Scene
Dick Rose of 19 N. Lafayette rolled a 300 in a non sanctioned Elks League warmup at Sportsman’s Bowl, becoming Chanute’s first 300 and Rose’s personal first. Sam Mariucci observed. Eleven other bowlers posted over 200 as Rose’s league scores lagged with 181 194 and 179.
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Dick Rose
N. Lafayette
Rose
Sam
Mariucci
Chanute
Recreation Director Hired for Chanute Program
Martin A. Rotunno, 24, a Chicago native, was named unanimously by the Chanute City Recreation Commission as director of the Chanute recreation program to begin Dec. 15. Rotunno holds a BA in sociology from Colorado University and an MS in recreation from the University of Illinois, with prior roles in recreation and rehabilitation work and military service. The commission faced a two year search and 45 applications, and will maintain current winter programs pending new planning for next summer.
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Chicago
Chanute
City Recreation Commission
Martin A. Rotunno
Roturno
Schurz High School
Denver University
Colorado University
University of Illinois
Rotunno
Downey Veterans Administration Hospital
Downey
Urbana
American Recreation Society
Recreation Commission
W. H. McMurray
Commission
Martin Rotunno
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Buffalo Youth Hurt in Crash
Raymond G. Clarkson 23 of Buffalo is treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for a mouth injury after his 1960 Ford hit G R McGuire’s parked 1951 Chevrolet on South Santa Fe about 11 35 yesterday. Damage is $250 to the Clarkson car and $100 to the McGuire vehicle. Clarkson cited for reckless driving and posted 25 bond to forfeit. Earlier today Ray J Childers 69 of 1510 W 3rd collided with Roy Romig 59 of 2017 S Plummer at Main and Plummer after Childers swerved to avoid a car. Damages: $25 to the pickup and $75 to the Romig car.
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Raymond G. Clarkson
Buffalo
Neosho Memorial Hospital
South Santa Fe
Clarkson
G. R. McGuire
McGuire
S. Santa Fe
Main
Romig
One of 56 Paintings Still Not Recovered
Police recovered 55 of 56 stolen paintings from a dilapidated barn near Paris after an anonymous tip to Cultural Minister Andre Malraux. The July 17 1961 theft from the Annonciade Museum in Ste Tropez involved an unguarded Riviera museum and a discriminating taste by the thieves.
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Paris
Riviera
Andre Malraux
Villiers-Saint-Georges
Annonciade
Ste. Tropez
Snow Moves Through Kansas Itself Ahead of Weekend Cold
Kansas faces a winter snow stormfront moving in from New Mexico with western counties under heavy snow warnings. Forecasters expect snow across the state today with light rain east, overnight lows in the 20s to 30s and Sunday highs in the 30s. Reports show Goodland one inch of snow cover and Dodge City moisture near 0.6 inches.
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Topeka
Kansas
New Mexico
Dodge City
Goodland
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United Nations, N.Y
Arthur Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
Dean
Carlos Lechuga
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Moscow
Red Star
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THE
Kenny Wilson
S. Edith
Gary Newton
Larry Mathews
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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von Braun
Boulder Recreation Department
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