Veteran recalls Iwo Jima flag rise at Brotherhood meeting
Left Hand pitch veteran and Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen member John Shepherd, now in Denver, attended the state meeting with 500 others. He served in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 78th Marines, part of the force that planted the flag atop Mt Suribachi during the 32 day battle. Shepherd knew the six flag raisers and helped cover their advance with a heavy machine gun as prints of the image circulated. Only two of the six remain, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley. Bradley was wounded and tended by Shepherd.
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John Shepherd
Brotherhood
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78Th Marines
Secretary of Navy
Forrestal
Shepherd
John Bradley
Navy
Rene Gagnon
Ross Aviation Seeks Kansas Regional Air Routes Approval
Tulsa based Ross Aviation Inc asks the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to run scheduled service with twin engine aircraft to Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas and Missouri. Proposed Tulsa to Kansas City Missouri via Bartlesville Coffeyville Independence Chanute Topeka and more. Also Tulsa to Little Rock via Muskogee Fayetteville Fort Smith Hot Springs and routes to Tulsa Wichita and Oklahoma City via Bartlesville Ponca City Enid.
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Ross Aviation, Inc
Tulsa
Civil Aeronauics Board
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Kansas City
Bartlesville
Okla
Coffeyville
Independence
Chanute
Topeka
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Little Rock
Muskogee
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
Ark
Wichita
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Ponca City
Enid
Ross
Ford Restarts Half Its Plants After UAW Strike
Ford Motor Co resumes production at about half of its 16 assembly plants after a 13 day UAW strike. The company aims to reach full output by midweek as the Rouge complex deal prompts key back to work. Three core plants, including Walton Hills, loom as potential bottlenecks.
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Ford Motor Co
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UAW
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Dearborn
Mich
Ford
Walter P.reuther
Walton Hills
Cleveland
Ohio
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Kennedy calls for united labor front on jobless crisis
W P Kennedy grand president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urged a common labor front to fight unemployment at a two day state convention in Chanute. He cited six to seven million jobless in the nation and railroads shedding workers amid diesel power automation and consolidation. He urged Congress to ease railroad regulation and consider reviving railroad business as the convention paid tribute to long serving auxiliary members and marked by a Chanute dedication plaque.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
United States
Kennedy
Congress
Masonic Temple
Brotherhood and Auxiliary
Mary Gorman
Chanute
J. H. Snyder
Gorman
Bessie Barker
Celesta Gossett
Snyder
Armory
Pratt
Triplets Born in Jersey Cow Win Tribune Tip Award
Mrs. Raymond Hutchins of Thayer wins the Tribune weekly tip contest with a report of triplet calves born to a Jersey cow owned by Lloyd Dulavey. All three calves survived and thrived. The story appeared in Saturdays Tribune.
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Chate
Oil Truck Explodes Killing Driver in Elmo Kansas
An oil truck unloading at a state highway storage tank in Elmo Kansas exploded, killing driver Leslie J. Kiser, 32, of Wichita. Waldo Wollam, district highway engineer, called the accident unusual and announced an investigation. He explained road oil is heated and hauled in insulated tankers, with a spark possibly triggering an explosion if heated beyond a critical temperature.
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Nason on Education Series Begins on Tribune Page Four
The Tribune launches a new Nason on Education series by Dr. Leslie J. Nason Ed D author of How to Get Better Grades. The pieces will appear Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. A new batch of booklets is on order for delivery soon.
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Leslie J. Nason
Tribune Phone Numbers For Contact
If you cannot reach your Tribune line contact your carrier. When unavailable try dialing HE 1-3400 after 6 7 for assistance.
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State Traffic Fatal to Five
Five persons died over the weekend from Kansas traffic accidents. In Johnson County a sport car overturned killing a man and a woman. Patricia Y. Ross was identified as a victim. A second fatality occurred in a head on crash near Olathe injuring Patrolman George Burger. Additional deaths occurred in Scott and McPherson counties from two-truck and two-car crashes on U S 83 and U S 56 involving Emory S. Grippin Mrs. Evert Sutphin and Esther Wayman.
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Johnson County
Street
State Line
John E. Johnson
Raymond McCause
Patricia Y. Ross
Kansas City
Clara Barthel
Olathe
George Burger
Scott County
Emory S. Grippin
Garden City
U. S. 83
Scott City
Grippin
Evert Sutphin
Galva
McPherson Hospital
U. S
Esther Wayman
Peabody
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka Kansas 1961 Update
Kansas traffic death log shows 48 hours to 9 am Monday October 17 with 1961 total 414 and 1960 period 385. The report outlines fatalities in the Topeka area over the stated window and compares year over year figures.
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Buffalo Holds Centennial Homecoming Parade In 2 000 Crowd
About 2,000 residents line Buffalo Main Street for the annual Homecoming parade tied to the centennial celebration. Students from Midway High and Chanute schools join drum corps as Marilyn Cutler is crowned queen. A noon bean feed feeds 700, with rides, carnival games, prizes, and evening events concluding with a Legion sponsored dance.
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Altoona
Coyville
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St. Patrick's
Royster Junior High
Drum and Bugle Corps of
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Tony Richards
Homer May
Marilyn Cutler
Melvin Cutler
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Miss Cutler
Buffalo American Legion Auxiliary
Chanute Plans Two Day Halloween Program To Curb Vandalism
Chanute organizers from student councils Chamber of Commerce and civic groups schedule a two day Halloween effort with free spook shows at Peoples Theater, window painting contests, UNICEF drives, a rock n roll dance, a trash pickup, a spook parade, and a Nov. 1 half day for non destructive students with prizes total over 700 dollars and support from Kiwanis Rotary Lions and American Legion.
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Bob Blunk
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National Guard Armory
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American Legion
Struck With Bat Kansas Cition Dies
Jesse F. Herd aged 58 died after a baseball bat strike by his 19 year old son Erwin Lee Herd at their Kansas City Kansas home. Detectives say the assault occurred September 15 when Herd became drunk and menaced Mrs Herd. The son was held on a charge of assault with intent to kill but released after family declined prosecution.
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Jesse F. Herd
Frank Steach
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Erwin Lee Herd
Family man wounded in Kansas target shooting incident
Donald L. Reed, 32, of Lola Kansas was critically wounded Sunday when a .22 pistol fired a shot behind his ear at a pond near Colony. Reed was taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Mrs Seth Winter and her two sons were present. Winter quoted one boy as saying the gun failed to fire before it discharged toward Reed.
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Three Die In Carthage Two-Car Crash
A two car collision eight miles west of Carthage Missouri on Saturday killed Gordon Potts 51 and his wife Ruth Elizabeth Potts 45 of Oronogo and Virginia Wallace Nesch 58 of Pittsburg Kansas. Roland John Nesch 59 was injured. Mrs Nesch was Crawford County Red Cross secretary.
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Virginia Wallace Nesch
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Nesch
Roland John Nesch
Crawford County Red Cross
Mild March Weather Persists Across Kansas
Topeka reports clear dry conditions with no moisture expected for several days. Sunday highs ranged from 71 in Olathe to 79 in Goodland and Hill City, with overnight lows from 40 to 50. Weather Bureau notes a slight warmup today, especially in eastern Kansas, with highs in the 80s and lows in the 40s, aiding eastern harvest and wheat planting.
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