Downtown Chanute asks: what was the last book you read
In downtown Chanute residents answer the question about reading. Names include Larry Hill Mrs Logan Hunt Mrs Henrietta Olson Mrs Seth Gray Mrs Mary Alice Streeter Wilbur Allison and others. Replies range from current magazines to health books and war coverage with varied reading habits.
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Chanute
Larry Hill
Logan Hunt
S. Malcolm
Henrietta Olson
S. Lincoln
The
Tribune
Seth Gray
S. Evergreen
Walter Kerr
Mary Alice Streeter
S. Rutter
Wilbur Allison
W. 4Th
Jack
Parr
Clarence Daly
Yates Center
Edith Sloan
N. Forest
Tito to Visit Soviet MOSCOW in December
The Soviet news agency Tass said today that Yugoslav President Tito will visit the Soviet Union in December.
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Tito
Soviet
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Beans Ham on City Power Plant Tour
About 60 guests attended a beans and ham dinner at Chanute’s municipal power plant as part of the Chamber of Commerce Salute to Industry series. They toured the plant, heard a brochure overview by John Lofthouse and City Manager R I Hayes, and learned how the system has boosted the local economy with payroll, transfers, free electricity, and expanding capacity.
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Te Municipal Power Plant
Chamber of Commerce
John Lofthouse
R. i. Hayes
Te Gas System
Chappell’s Corner
Chanutes
Chanute
Chanute City
Kansas Cities
Parsons
Independence
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
el Dorado
Arkansas City
Gene Howe elected to Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame
Lawrence AP report confirms Gene Howe former publisher of the Atchison Globe and Amarillo Globe elected to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. He led Atchison Globe 1911 1951 and founded Amarillo Globe 1924, known for The Tactless Texan column.
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Lawrence, Kan
Gene Howe
Atchison ‘Kan
Globe
Amarillo
Tex
Kansas
E. W
Ed) Howe
Atchison Globe
Amarillo Globe
Howe
Hall of Fame
Atchison
Old Tack
Amarillo Globe News
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
United States
University of Kansas School of Journalism
University of Kansas
Dr Butin Plans Long Rest For Chanute Practice
Dr James A Butin senior Chanute physician announces temporary closing of his office for several months after a three week stay at Kansas University Medical Center for checkup and tests. He was dismissed Thursday and no duration was given. Mrs Butin also checked into the Medical Center during the stay.
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James A. Butin
Chanute
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Butin
Weather and rainfall report for Kansas with forecast
Temperatures ranged from 64 to 78 degrees with a high today near 78 and a low around 64. Rainfall totals included 0.01 inch today and 0.18 inch yesterday as a cold front brings showers and thunderstorms.
K State student killed on turnpike in Lawrence area
A Kansas State University student, 18 year old George Robert Stein of Leawood, was killed Friday night on the Kansas Turnpike five miles east of Lawrence after the hood of his car flipped up causing the car to swerve through six guard posts and down an embankment.
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Lawrence, Kan
Kansas State University
Kansas Turnpike
George Robert Stein
Leawood
Kan
Kansas City
Lawrence
Stein
Peanuts Pensions and Pork Hold Congress Late
Congress remains in session with House split on adjournment. The $6.28 billion foreign aid compromise bill and a postal rate raise shape Friday action while Kennedy barnstorms. House delays adjournment as Senate plans to reconvene Monday and leaders push pork barrel water projects amid budget and pension plan debates.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
House
Senate
Congress
Berlin
Rules Committee
Senate House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Kennedy
Hundreds of Bay of Pigs prisoners freed in Cuba
About 1,113 inmates held in Cuban jails from the Bay of Pigs invasion have been released and will likely be sent to the United States. Details on timing and arrival were not available, but a Miami exile source and the Miami News suggest the removal will proceed as quickly as possible.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Miami News
Ten New Firms Attract 325 Jobs In Southeast Kansas
F E Howell of Parsons reported at a Mid-America trustees meeting that ten new industries employing 325 people have been secured this year in southeast Kansas. The non profit group has spent 39000 securing payrolls totaling 1917000 annually. Trustees planned a membership drive as eleven trustees and two staff attended.
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Kansas
F. E. Howell
Parsons
Mid-America, Inc
Mid-America
Tribune Phone Contact Note
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he cannot be reached, dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Kennedy campaigns for help as he tours Michigan and Minnesota
President Kennedy pushes for a strong Democratic Congress to spur economic growth. He visits Flint and Muskegon before a bean feed in St. Paul and plans frequent weekend politicking through Election Day November 6. Crowds are sizable but calmer than in 1960.
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Detroit
Kennedy
Michigan
Minnesota
Flint
Muskegon
St. Paul
Praise for Tribune Carrier Boys in Six-Week Contest
Readers praise Tribune carriers amid a six week contest started last Monday. 143 comments gathered from ads show 125 excellent ratings and 11 good while 4 fair and 3 poor. Chanute’s top carrier has 18 excellent ratings. a chart lists each boy’s scores and routes amid a mix of strong and weaker remarks.
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Tribune
Chanute
Inland Daily Press Assn
Youth Held on Reckless Driving and License Charge
Doug Willhite, 17, of 1 E. 3rd, was held at the city jail today on charges of reckless driving illegal tag display and not having a driver's license. Police arrested him about 12 30 a.m. and requested bond set at 75 dollars.
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Doug Willhite
Great Grandfather Becomes Father of Twins at 75
Everett Franklin of Wichita Kansas welcomed twins Don and Naomi born Aug 20 after forty seven years as a father. His only other child is a 47 year old daughter in Topeka and he has a 28 year old granddaughter plus a great grandson. Franklin, a former carpenter, now relies on old age assistance and plans to enjoy babysitting.
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Wichita
Kan
Everett Franklin
Don
Naomi
Franklin
Topeka
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows October 1962 Toll
Topeka traffic death log records 441 fatalities in October 1962 and 409 in the comparable 1951 period, with 24 hours ending 9 am Saturday noting four deaths. The AP report frames year to date totals and monthly comparisons.
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Topeka
Kansas
Multiple Minor Crashes Reported In City Traffic Spike
An outbreak of accidents over yesterday and today caused more than $2,000 in damage and several minor injuries. Police logged six collisions at locations including 18th and Santa Fe, Grant and Walnut, Main and Central, and 1501 S. Santa Fe, with drivers named Endicott Purdy Dixon Roecker Rush Brown Bideau Ridenour Lantz and Crowder involved. Endicott and Roecker cited for traffic offenses. Brown and Crowder reported bumper and behind impacts.
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18Th
Santa Fe
Phil Franklin Endicott
Pittsburg
Vernon E. Purdy
S. Lafayette
Tri-State Steel Co
M. E.summers
Endicotts
Grant
Walnut
Bill Dixon
E. Chestnut
Ernest W. Roecker
Gretchen
Dixon
Roecker
Ethel Green
N. Grant
Paul
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Dixon-Roecker
Philip Rush
Phyllis J. Brown
N. Garfield
Main and
Central
Rush
Brown
Marie Bideau
S. Highland
Harold Casper
George O. Ridenour
Lawrence
Lloyd Lantz
S. Santa Fe
Ridenour
Lantz
Big Welcome For Schirra At Hawaii
Walter M. Schirra Jr. arrives aboard the USS rearsarge in the Pacific to a mass welcome in Hawaii. Thousands are expected at Hickam Air Force Base for a brief public greeting before he proceeds to a Houston news conference.
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Uss
Rearsarge
Pacific
America
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Schirra
Paul Haney
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hickam
Haney
Oahu
Houston
Texas
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Harley Williams
Carl Beagley
Humboldt
Mrs. Hunt
Mrs. Olson
Mrs. Gray
Mrs. Streeter
Mrs. Daly
Miss Sloan
Mrs. Beagley
Austin
Buffalo
Vilas
Urbana
Earlton
Havensville
Onaga
Turtle Creek Dam
Roger Toomey
City Power Plant
Keith Wright
Mike
Tribune Carrier Boys
Alyou
Charles Crowder
Main Street
Crowder
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