ILC Products To Open Chanute Plant For 25 Jobs
ILC Products Co. a division of Industrial Lamp Corp of Elkhart Ind will open a Chanute plant in a city shell building on West Cherry to manufacture aluminum doors and windows for mobile homes. The operation aims for 25 to 30 hires initially with growth to 50 by spring and possibly doubling by next year. Ches ter Cwik will be plant manager, arriving within two weeks, and hiring will favor local workers for light machining and assembly.
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G. A. Goulet
ILC
Indiana
West Cherry
ILC Products Co
Industrial Lamp Corp
Elkhart
Ind
Goulet
Chester Cwik
Cwik
Industrial Lamp
ILC Products of
Kansas
O. H. Williams
Chicago
Chanute
Millville
Montezuma
Los Angeles
California
W. H. Caldwell
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas Industrial Development Association
Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Industralist
Commis
Pearson recalls Chanute circus trip from childhood recollections
The Tribune reprints Drew Pearson's Washing ton Merry-Go-Round note about a childhood circus visit to Chanute Kansas. Pearson says he was about ten, rode with his mother Edna Wolfe and her friend to Higgenbacks Animal Circus, recalling long hot drive, two restless youngsters, and his parents’ heroine status. He mentions his father Paul Martin Pearson and ties to Humboldt and Baker University.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
the Tribune
Singapore
Chanute, Kaw
Chanute
Parks) Helmick
Humboldt
Baker University
Coffeyville
Cherryvale
Osawatomie
Pearson
Edna Wolfe
Paul Martin Pearson
Intercepted Letter About Watermelon Seed Storage
A Thayer grower says he stored watermelon seed for next spring in a quonset type building. He planned to plant just one seed, which he had to build the building around. This note arrives as an intercepted letter to Cha.
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Thayer
Kennedy Approves Wheat Sales to Soviet Bloc Nations
President Kennedy authorized private sales of several million bushels of U S wheat to the Soviet Union and other Communist bloc countries for use in their region not Cuba. He cited potential economic gains and noted the example of a 4 million metric ton sale worth about 250 million dollars could boost the U S balance of payments and gold reserves.
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Kennedy
Washington
Soviet Union
Europe
Cuba
United States
National Security Council
Congress
Thurlow Lieurance Dead at 85 in Boulder Colorado
Kan sas born composer Thurlow Lieurance died in Boulder Colorado at 85. He directed a Chanute band half a century ago and wrote Indian songs including By the Waters of Minnetonka. Local residents Barbee Cable and Dr. James Butin recall his Chanute years and influence.
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Thurlow Lieurance
Chanute
Boulder
Colo
Lieurance
Minnetonka
Marcus Barbee
S. Highland
Leslie Cable
James ‘Butin
S. Evergreen
Birdman
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Macmillan Steps Down From Leading Conservatives
BLACKPOOL England AP Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced he cannot lead the Conservative party at the next general elections. The message was read at the party conference by Lord Home after Macmillan underwent prostate gland surgery in London. He said he cannot carry the physical burden of leading the party.
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Blackpool
England
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Lord Home
London
701 Plan Discussed by City Planning Commission
The city planning commission discussed aspects of the 701 planning program at its October meeting with consultant planner John Welker from Burgwin and Martin Topeka. An amended final contract for planning services was signed.
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City Planning Commission
John Welker
Welker
Burgwin and Martin
Topeka
Olson posted $1000 bond in Erie probate court
Olson 28, faces charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 14-year-old babysitter drank liquor last Saturday leading to a shoplifting spree involving Chanute teenagers. Police recovered $400 worth of merchandise and the girl named 26 others. Olson, a former Chanute resident, said his address is Osage City and he travels state wide for work. He was arrested at Wellington and returned by Neosho County Sheriff George Neely. A parents and teens meeting with police and juvenile authorities is set for Saturday to finish the inquiry.
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Leon Olson
Erie
Olson
Chanute
Osage City
Wellington
Neosho County
George Neely
Public Hearing Set on Kimball Area Road Project
A public hearing on the Neo Sho county secondary road improvements through Kimball is offered. The 6.1 mile project from US 59 west of Stark to K146 west of Walnut includes grading, culverts, 30 foot roadbed, 9 feet right of way, and bituminous surfacing. Flashing lights will be installed at the Katy railroad crossing. funding from federal and state sources. Contact William S. Hill at the Neosho county courthouse in Erie by October 21 for details.
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Neosho County
Kimball
Addison H. Mescheke
William S. Hill
Erie
Mescheke
Stark
Walnut
Katy
Hill
Weather area forecast for Topeka Kansas
Continued generally fair conditions with cooler air moving in by Friday night. Tonight's low 55 to 60 and Friday's high 83 to 88. A front from the Dakotas will reach Kansas Friday night and cross the state Saturday bringing about a 10 degree drop. No rain is expected, keeping the dry spell intact.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dakotas
Massive Italian flood wrecks hundreds in Dolomites
A massive Alpine landslide created a 4 mile long reservoir wave that inundated Longarone and surrounding villages on the Piave River. By dawn, hundreds were dead or missing with estimates of up to 3,000. U.S. Army helicopters and SETAF units aided rescue as Italian authorities mobilized thousands of soldiers and police.
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Associated Press
Belluno
Italy
Vaioni
Piave
Dino Menardi
SETAF
Harrison A. Gerhardt
Red Cros
UF Climbs To Two Thousand Three Hundred Forty One
The Cha nute United Fund reports week two of the advanced gifts drive at 587 dollars, pushing the total to 2341.50. Donor cards amount to 149 with an average gift of 15.71 dollars. About two thousand donors contributed last year. The drive spans three weeks followed by a week of residential effort with a campaign goal of 21896.09 dollars.
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Chanute United Fund
Neosho County Unification Plan Faces Key Decisions
County planning boards in Neosho shape a school unification plan under the 1963 act. Officials discuss gray areas, boundaries, and whether to join Crawford or Bourbon counties while outlining schedules for published data, public meetings, and a two-stage vote leading to unified districts by 1966.
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Neosho County
Bourbon County
Gray Area
Neosho
Ward
Chanute
Edwin Rideau
Wardes
Don Abbuehl
Bob
Chanute Board of Educaings
Joe O'Brien
Unifica Lakeview
St. Paul
Kenneth Ward
Neoshocom- Young
Fairfield
Hazel Meeker
McCune
Erie
Crawford County
Crawford
Unifica
Hepler
Legislative Council
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Ed Caldwell
W. J. Althaber
Robert Goulet
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Wilfrid Cavaness
N. Steuben
Cavaness
Baldwin
Higgenbacks Animal Circus
Cha
Yours
Harry Kelly
Strom Thurmond
Vermont
George Aiken
Thurlow Weed Lieurance
Kimball Area
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U.S
Harvey C. Mayse
Wenatchee
Wash
Mayse
Longarone
St. Martino
Viaspesse
Carlo Prestamburgo
Cadissago
Rivalta
Pirague
Castellato
Adriatic
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