Chanute United Fund kicks off drive with $23,070 goal
The Chanute United Fund drive for next year began with a kickoff at the First National Bank. Drive chair Les Lawrence urged every employer and wage earner to support the effort as a community responsibility and outlined a $23,070.74 goal with emphasis on speed and efficiency in soliciting from business and industry.
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United Fund
Chanute United Fund
First National Bank
Les Lawrence
Drive
Chanute
USC
Lawrence
Glen Dormois
Bill Young
Young
Ghana Official Daniel Ado Mensa Brown Visits Chanute Program
A full Chanute schedule honors Daniel Ado Mensa Brown principal secretary of Ghana's Education Ministry. Events include Safari Museum tour, Fall Festival parade head of line, public reception at Orchid Buffet, church services, school tours, press conference, lunch at Tioga Hotel, and a Sunday basket dinner and school tour. Brown travels under State Department auspices.
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Daniel Ado-Mensa Brown
Ministry of Education
Ghana
Safari Museum
Brown
United States
State Department
Altamont
Hugh Chapman
Chanute Area
Mattix
Chamber
Jaycees
First Presbyterian Church
Tioga Hotel
Safari Museum and Chamber of Commerce Boards of Directors
Supt
Buford Fisher
Council On Leaders
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in Chicago Post Office
A logjam of third class mail stacks up in the Chicago post office with no zip codes observed, marked by the handwritten salutation Yours.
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Chicago
Woodson Unified 366 Seeks $1,045,000 School Bond
Voters in Unified District 366 go to polls Tuesday to approve a 1 million 45 thousand dollar school bond for constructing and equipping an elementary junior high school to replace two existing elementary schools. Polling places vary by area with hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The district’s assessed valuation is about 15 million dollars, implying a 5.17 mill levy over 20 years.
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Yates Center
Unified District 366
Piqua-Neosho Falls
Piqua
High Winds Blamed In Traffic Death
Mrs. Bernice M. Biffer of Wichita, 61, died when her car lost control in a cross wind two miles west of Beaumont on K-6. Patrol said a gust of wind appeared to catch her car as she exited a highway cut amid 50 to 60 mph winds.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Bernice M. Biffer
Wichita
Beaumont
Highway Patrol
Snowstorm Hits Northwest Kansas And Rockies
A major early fall snowstorm moved into northwest Kansas with up to three inches by midmorning and zero visibility in Goodland. The system brought gusty winds, blowing snow, and forecasts of six inches in extreme northwest Kansas, while Wyoming and Colorado reported widespread snows and road closures.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Goodland
Tribune
Hill City
Colorado
Monument Hill
Denver
Colorado Springs
Wyoming
Lander
Wyo
Mercury
Rockies
Cut Bank
Mont
Ely
Nev
Utah
Montana
Nebraska
Afrian diplomat's wife kills children then herself in New York
In New York on 86th Street an African diplomat's wife Olive M. Mwalilino aged 19 hurled her two children Kotoki one and Janet three months from an 18th floor window before leaping to her own death in the courtyard. Police described the scene as bloody. The Malawi delegation official G T K Mwalilino was identified as the husband. A nearby witness Gerald Cristodero reported the events from a roof.
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New York
Olive M. Mwalilino
Kotoki
Janet
Malawi
United Nations
G. T. K. Mwalilino
U.N
Gerald Cristodero
Cristodero
Bombing Record Prompts Truce Zone Threat in Vietnam
U S military reports a record 173 bombing missions against North Vietnam and warns the eastern end of the demilitarized zone may be bombed again if infiltration continues. A helicopter rescue followed the downing of an F105 near Vinh as ground fighting remains light in the south. A major convoy opens 80 miles of highway to the rubber plantations, hauling rice for 40 000 people and returning with 2500 tons of rubber worth 2 million dollars.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Vinh
North
Viet Nam
Woman Wounded Protecting Dog in Gas Office
Virginia Stark 42 was shot in the thigh when two armed men robbed a Hollywood Florida gas company office. The dog bit a bandit and she stepped in front of the gun, sustaining a thigh wound as police described.
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Hollywood
Fla
Virginia Stark
Eisenhower Observes 76th Birthday on His Gettysburg Farm
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower celebrated his 76th birthday quietly at his Gettysburg area farm near the Civil War battlefield site.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tribune Phone Contact Guidance
If you cannot reach your tribune by phone contact your carrier. If he is unavailable after 6 p.m. call HE 1 3400.
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Tribune
Neo County Junior College Rejects Apparent Low Bid
The board of Neo County Community Junior College rejected the apparent low bid for the general contract of the college construction project. Caro Construction Co. of Wichita remained favored for the award, with Wilson Construction of Salina submitting the lowest bid at 1,059,885 dollars, 138,615 below Caro. The panel cited possible omissions and arranged a meeting with bidders and officials to decide on the award, aiming for federal HUD approval within about 10 days.
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Neosho County Community Junior College
Caro Construction Co., Inc
Wichita
Buford Fisher
Caro
Wilson Construction Company of
Salina
William Wilson
College Justees
Joe Balch
W. H. McMurray
Wilson
Caro Construction Company
Fisher
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fort Worth
Powell Arrest Ordered as Civil Contempt in Harlem Defamation Case
New York AP Justice Wilfred A Walte ordered Rep Adam Clayton Powell arrested for civil contempt when Congress recesses for failing to answer a December 15 1965 subpoena in defamation judgment proceedings seeking 164000 against the Harlem legislator. This marks the second such arrest after June 1964.
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New York
Supreme Court
Wilfred A. Waltemade
Adam Clayton Powell
Parade Highlights Jaycee Fall Festival Finale in Chanute
Tomorrow features a 1 30 p m Main Street parade starting at City Park heading west to Forest with 12 local bands and drum corps plus Shrine clowns and a Santa Fe miniature train. Also a 3 p m team pulling contest offering 200 purse and a 7 p m show de o with saddle clubs at City Park.
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Brown
George McCune Jr
Jaycee
Wilbur Thompson
City Park
Forest
Shrine Clowns
Santa Fe
Sekanaires Gospel Singers
Joe Rovito
Social Security Increase Move Slowed By Congress
Washington AP report says a fast Social Security benefit boost this year slowed as House Ways and Means seeks two simplified alternative plans. Senate leader Mansfield cautions hearings may be needed before adjournment. some members expect action next year. Proponents remain hopeful Congress will act before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
James A. Burke
D-Mass
Johnson
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
No Serious Injury Reported In Parsons Chanute Junior High Game
Last night's junior high football game between Parsons and Chanute ended without serious injuries. Chanute quarterback Randy Harding was carried from the field on a stretcher but returned shortly after and did not reenter the game. Initial fears pointed to a shoulder or neck injury.
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Parsons - Chanute
Chanute
Randy Harding
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Reported For 24 Hours
Kansas traffic death log shows 2 fatalities in Topeka within a 24 hour period ending 9 am Friday in October 1966, compared with 50 in the same period of 1965.
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Topeka
Kansas
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