One-Inch Rain Boosts Chanute Crop Prospects
A low pressure system brought nearly an inch of rain to Chanute area, boosting winter crop prospects and filling dry ponds. Total rainfall for the two days reached .96 inch, with month total 1.95 inches and year total 19.52 inches. Temperatures will drop tonight with clearing skies tomorrow in the 40s.
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Lawrence
Wetmore
Manhattan
Hillsboro
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Osawatomie
Alta Vista
Garnett
Fort Scott
Ioa
Pittsburg
Beware scam targeting Social Security recipients by sales pair
Police and the Chamber of Commerce report complaints about an unidentified man selling expensive fire extinguishers to Social Security recipients. He claimed a new law required extinguishers and that benefits would be lost without one. A woman accompanied him. police did not locate them. They were seen in a 1955 car with an out of state plate, possibly Buick or Chevrolet.
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Connally
Kennedy
Yarborough
Secret Service
Dallas
Mal Couch
William McKinley
Panel Proposes Tax Plan For School Aid
A Kansas conference panel at Emporia State College urged an earnings tax of one percent as a funding source for school aid. John Berns of Peabody, chair of the Kansas Livestock Association taxation committee, led the proposal during the closing session. The panel also forecast trouble for the foundation finance plan and pressed state aid for school construction.
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Kansas School Facilities Conference
Emporia State College
John Berns
Peabody
Kansas Livestock Association Taxation Committee
Lawrence Slocumbe
Marion County
House
Carl Althaus
Department of Public Instruction
United States
Frank Lil
Embezzlement Guilty Plea at Macon Bank
Norma Sue Kirks, 30, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to embezzling 176000 dollars from Macon Atlanta State Bank in Macon Missouri and making a 31000 dollar false entry. Judge Regan scheduled sentencing for December 27 after a pre sentence investigation. The case stemmed from an FBI investigation begun last summer.
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Norma Sue Kirks
U.S. District Court
Macon
John K. Regan
FBI
James Glenn
Missouri
Kirks
Time Eliminates Eight From Snow Contest
Eighty-one amateur forecasters have been eliminated from The Tribune snowfall guessing contest. The figure reflects those who predicted the first snowfall of a quarter inch or more would occur in the first three weeks of November. With nine days left in November, many readers will watch the sky as 85 guesses remain for the later period.
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Chanute
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Martin Johnson Airport
With Identical Twins Trouble Is Double
In Tacoma Washington two year old identical twins faced medical trouble after one swallowed powerful pain pills. Their mother Hannah Mac Intyre watched as doctors pumped out both stomachs in a rare dual emergency.
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Lita
Rita
Hannah MacIntyre
Sunny Skies Forecast for KUMU Game in Lawrence
The Weather Bureau predicts sunny conditions for the Kansas Missouri football game in Lawrence. Kickoff temperature around 40 degrees with a northwesterly wind near 15 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Lawrence
Hope Fades For Missing U2 Pilot Off Key West
Navy divers searched Gulf waters to locate Capt. Joe G. Hyde Jr. after his U2 jet crashed northwest of Key West on Wednesday. Other vessels and aircraft scoured a wide area as the Defense Department and SAC cited probable mechanical failure and noted the mission was secret.
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Defense Department
Strategic Air Command
U S Accused of Making Road Rules on Berlin Autobahn
Moscow reports accuse the United States of trying to set duties for Soviet checkpoint officials on the Berlin autobahn. The Kremlin warned they will not permit U S convoy headcounts and delays, citing multiple held up Allied convoys since Oct 10. The U S protest delivered November 6 challenged Soviet procedures at checkpoints.
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Unsolved Murder Rewards Placed in Kansas City Area
AP reports rewards totaling 6250 dollars have been offered in four of nine unsolved murder cases in the Kansas City area this year.
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Holiday Season Plans By Local Chamber Of Commerce
The Chamber appeals for volunteers from civic and church groups to decorate windows of vacant Main Street buildings for Christmas. Mrs. Forrest Richardson chairs the committee. Santa arrives next Friday with a schedule to be announced in advance. Santa’s House goes up at Lincoln and Main next week. Donations to the Christmas activities fund total $732 and cover expenses. New lights and a Santa suit cost more than $100. the old suit will be loaned overnight. A nominal cleaning fee applies. Chamber events next week include a streets and highways committee meeting Monday at 3:30 p.m. and an Ambassador Club breakfast Wednesday at the Silver Grill. A Dec 11 general membership coffee is planned at the chamber office.
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Main
Forrest Richardson
Santa
Lincoln
Chamber
Milt Snyder
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Snyder
Farmer Kills Four and Himself in Trumann Rage
In Trumann Arkansas a farmer Sam my Penter, 34, killed his wife Juanita, 35, step-daughter Belinda Gairhan, 6, mother-in-law Mrs. W. J. Byrd, 63, and sister-in-law Mrs. Jimmy Moon, 31, with a .30 rifle as relatives arrived for a birthday party then killed himself with a .22 pistol after a two hour spree. Sheriff Ray Holmes said a note on the kitchen table was incoherent. Police arrived after Byrd summoned officers to the house where the bodies were found.
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Trumann
Ark
Ray Holmes
Sammy Penters
Juanita
Belinda Gairhan
W. J. Byrd
Jimmy Moon
Penter
Holmes
Herman Talley
Luther Taylor
Edgar Sullins
Buron Jackson
Labor lands Scottish by election victory for Peter Doig
In Dundee Scotland Labour's Peter Doig defeated Conservative Dr. Robert Taylor in West Dundee's by election. Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home campaigned on behalf of the Conservatives but failed to hold the seat as Doig claimed 22 449 votes to 17 494.
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Scotland
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Alec Douglas-Home
Alec
West Dundee
House of Commons
Peter Doig
Robert Taylor
Nationalist Commandos Raid Communist Island
Nationalist China reported two raids on Communist held Nanjih Island Tuesday. Ten Red soldiers were killed and five captured. All Nationalist commandos returned safely to base.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Nanjih Island
Italy Bank Strike Impacts Banks Nationwide
Rome AP reports a 24 hour walkout by more than 100,000 bank tellers clerks and staff across Italy. Pro Communist and non- Communist unions press for a cost of living bonus: an annual sum equal to 125 percent of monthly pay but not less than 224 dollars to offset rising living costs.
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Italy
Tribune Phone Contact Reminder
A notice instructs readers to contact the Tribune via phone if unavailable, stating to call HE 1-3400 after p.m. when the primary line cannot be reached. The brief directs use of the stated number for timely connection.
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