Clown Don Washburn Reflects On Circus Life
Don Washburn, 24, a Chanute native and performer with the Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus, endures risky acts including fire eating and rope tricks. He grew up in Chanute, attended local schools, and has spent six years on the circus circuit, pursuing magic and various entertainment skills.
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Don Washburn
Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus
Washburn
Chanute
George Washburn
N. Wash
Ington
Circus
Tinker Toys
Bunker Hill
Harvey Rhodes
Chanute High School
Hagen Bros. Circus
Robert Blunk Jr
Pittsburgh State College
Adams Bros. Circus
Christianni-Wallace Circus
Clyde Beatty
Cole Bros. Circus
Pennsylvania
Long Beach
Calif
Dodgers Clinch Opener Behind Koufax Five Runs
Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 5-2 in the 1963 World Series opener as Sandy Koufax struck out 15, a series record, and John Roseboro homered in the four-run second inning. Koufax allowed six hits, blanked the Yankees until Tom Tresh’s eighth-inning homer, and Whitey Ford took the loss. Dodgers lead series 1-0 heading to game two at Yankee Stadium.
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NEW York
Sandy Koufax
John Roseboro
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Koufax
Yankee Stadium
Dodgers
Whitey Ford
Carl Erskine
Yankees
Elston Howard
Tom Tresh
Harry Bright
Ford
Roseboro
Bill Skowron
Dodger
al Downing
Johnny Podres
Los Angeles
Williams
Hamilton
Howard
T. Davis
Kubek
Pepitone
Skowron
Tracewski
Paris
Wills
Mantle
Maris
Mort Cooper
St. Louis
Genovese Ties to 1931 Mob Slayings Unfolds in Senate
AP reported Joseph Valachi linked Vito Genovese to the 1931 killings of two rival gang leaders, Massaria and Maranzano, detailing a crime plot involving Charles Lucky Luciano and others. Valachi claimed Genovese remained a crime syndicate boss from Leavenworth, while police notes show Massaria was killed in a Coney Island restaurant in April 1931. The testimony also touched on other mob figures and a Newark “boss” name.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Vito Genovese
la Cosa Nostra
Valachi
Genovese
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Giuseppi Massaria
Joe the Boss
Coney Island
Charles Lucky
Ciro Terranova
Salvatore Maranzano
Massaria
Maranzano
New York
Lucky Luciano
Massalia
Luciano
Italy
Leavenworth
Charley
Lucky
Vito
al Capone
Frank Costello
Vince Mangano
Joe Adonis
Dutch Schultz
Park Avenue
Newark
Joe Bonano
Brooklyn
West 15 St
Ralph Salerno
New York Police Department
Girolamo Santuccio
Bobby Doyle
James J. Cowan
Wilbur Law
Kansas Highway Commission Safety Department
Two Captives Break Away From Officers
Perry Oklahoma AP report details John Engberg 29 Denver and Oscar Floyd Wharton 36 Little Rock who overpowered two Payne County officers and fled in the unmarked car with the officers’ guns. They were jailed for armed robbery and had escaped Sedgwick County Jail September 25. They were arrested in Little Rock with a woman. extradition waived. Both fugitives are considered dangerous and are armed with pistols and a sawed off shotgun.
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John Engberg
Denver
Oscar Floyd Wharton
Little Rock
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Kansas
James Tapp
Max Christman
Engberg
Wharton
Flower Basket Samples Shown for Main Street Project
Chamber of Commerce women’s committee reviews hanging flower basket samples at Nation’s Cleaners. Baskets will use artificial flowers, rotated for seasons, with first displays planned at Main and Lincoln intersection to gauge interest and comment.
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Chamber of Commerce Women’s Committee
Nation's Cleaners
Main
Lincoln
Collection Time for Tribune Carriers and Subscribers
Collection time is here as carriers collect one month in advance for October. Subscribers are asked to have the money ready for the Little Businessmen when they call.
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Tribune
Drivers Refreshed After Evening Adult Course
About 40 persons attended an adult driver refresher course last night at the Home Savings building. It was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce highways and transportation committee.
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Ash Grove
John McMeekin
Highways and Transportation Committee
Home Savings Building
Chamber of Commerce Highways and Transportation Committee
UF Drive Underway Advances Chanute United Fund
The third annual Chanute United Fund campaign reports $161 collected toward a goal of $21,896.09. The advance gifts drive began Monday with totals updated from headquarters at Main and Santa Fe. No reports were logged at the same time last year. Contributions came from clubs organizations employees and businesses. Daily updates will come from campaign headquarters and an hourglass painting on Main displays current totals. The headquarters phone is HE 1-1320.
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Chanute United Fund
Main
Santa Fe
Man Roach says subject now lives in Hartford
Valachi and Lt. John Roach of the Hartford police identify the man in photographs as someone Roach says now resides in Hartford. Roach notes the man “hangs around the streets and has no visible means of support.” Hartford Police Chief John J. Kerrigan adds the man, Santuccio, had been idle recently but ran a pizza restaurant until about three months ago.
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Valachi
John Roach
Hartford, Conn
Roach
Hartford
Autumn Kansas Weather Looks Mild Across State
AREA FORECAST calls for fair conditions with little temperature change through Thursday. Tonight lows 50 to 55, Thursday highs in the mid 80s. Topeka reports near perfect autumn weather with highs in the 80s and lows 40s to 45. Tuesday records include Pittsburg 84, Hill City 95, Concordia 92 breaking a 1919 mark, and Dodge City 94 tying a local record. Five day outlook remains generally mild and clear.
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Topeka
Kansas
Pittsburg
Hill City
Concordia
Dodge City
One Area Horse Victim Of Sleeping Sickness
Sleeping sickness spreads through a mosquito vector affecting horses across western Kansas and the Chanute area. An Appaloosa owned by Harvey Green is the only Chanute case. several hundred horses have been vaccinated with a two shot regimen one week apart. The illness harms the brain and many survivors are brain damaged. last local outbreak was 1957.
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Ward
Chanute
Harvey Green
S. Plummer
Thayer
Humboldt
Kansas
Garnett
Parsons
Girard
Yates
Traffic Fatality Log Shows September 41 and October One
Kansas traffic death log reports 41 fatalities in September and 1 in October up to 9 am Wednesday. The totals compare to 419 in 1963 and 435 in the comparable 1962 period, with one fatality counted in both September and October.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute School News Highlights Student Activities
Chanute schools report busy week with club officer elections and installations, art and science workshops, and band trips. Faculty sponsors include Nora Knight and Jerry Steele. officers include Dana Williams president and Sam Allen treasurer. Upcoming events feature the Future Homemakers workshop, a November chorus and football activities, and SAT tests for students.
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Chanute
Murray Hill
Hal Dacrayon Company
Visis
Kay Club
Dana Williams
Dean Youngberg
Bill Hutchison
Sam Allen
Bob
Stu Cox
Cecil Pankratz
Virgil Kents
Educa- Akination Assn
Topeka
Nora
Ameri- Knight
Jerry Steele
Linda Bogle
Larry An
Sandra Stoll
Emma Lou
Bids Due On Projects In Neosho And Johnson Shawnee
Bids for a Neosho County highway project near Thayer and for Interstate 435 work in Johnson and Shawnee counties are set to be opened in Olathe on October 17. The four lane divided I 435 completion aims for early next fall, leaving about 20 miles of Kansas I 435 to Missouri.
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Neosho County
Olathe
Addison H. Meschke
Topeka
Thayer
Johnson
Shawnee
Kansas
Missouri
Intercepted Letter About Koufax and Roseboro Signals
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressing Cha and jokes about the Yankees suspecting Koufax of throwing a baseball, with Roseboro returning a pitch after it. The exchange hints at a playful baseball stereotype and team dynamics around pitching and fielding.
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Yankees
Koufax
Roseboro
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Willis
Gilliam
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Richardson
Chanute Optimist Club
Charles’ Lucky
Perry
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Kan
Payne County
Glennice Allen
Cherrie Zillner
Karen Olson
Ganized
Margaret Sale
Lyn- Don O'Connor
Dwight da Lassman
Wicker
Rick Joyce Anderson
Mrs. Crawford
Janalee Davis
Amr
Bob Geiger
Moran
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Emporia State Colleges
Stu
Colall
Gezebo
Cha
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