Two Awards For Safety In Traffic In Chanute
A Chanute hospital faced a formal review amid accusations of favoritism and payroll padding. The state investigated after three former employees and a citizen filed charges, with a traffic safety award program linked to the Chanute hospital’s role in statewide safety education and traffic inventory efforts.
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State Highway Commission
National Safety Council
Walter McDaniels
Highway Commission and Safety Council
Chanute
Sige Matlock
Matlock
R. J. Hayes
Parrot Tony Strays Across Town as Hanna Family Searches
Tony the pet parrot escaped Friday and roamed the neighborhood across Forest and Garfield, with voices calling for help and the Hanna family planning to bring him home. Reports place Tony at 316 N Forest and 905 N Garfield while neighbors heard him talk as passersby gathered.
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David Hanna
N. Forest
Tony
Ray Zumalt
N. Garfield
Ambulance Crew Uses Diesel To Remove Tar In Wake Of Crash
Truck driver Clarence Hardin, 34, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was coated with tar when his tractor trailer left a highway near Ellijay, Ga. An alert ambulance crew bought five gallons of diesel and rushed it to the hospital to dissolve the tar, then treated a fractured hip.
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Ellijay, Ga
Clarence Hardin
Chattanooga
Halloween Drive Reaches $135 for Teen Activities
Donations totaling 135 are collected by the student Halloween committee toward a 500 goal for a three day program. Senior High, Junior College, Royster and St. Patrick's Junior Highs join in. Local civic clubs are asked to contribute. Royster students collect funds with 100 from the Elks 25 from the Kiwanis and 10 from the Optimists.
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Royster
St. Patrick’s
The
Elks
Kiwanis
Optimists
Dick Powell Quits As Head of Film
Hollywood AP reports actor producer Dick Powell, who disclosed his cancer, asked stockholders of his television company not to reelect him as president. He proposed Thomas McDermott become president while Powell would serve as chairman of the board.
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Hollywood
Dick Powell
Powell
Thomas McDermott
Astronaut Schirra Visits Kennedy After Space Flight
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr meets President Kennedy in the White House office with his family present. The visit included light family talk and a Pony display tour, as Schirra plans a nine hour space flight report and Gemini design work in Cape Canaveral after returning to Houston. The welcoming mood followed a confetti filled reception in New Jersey.
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Washington
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Earth
Kennedy
Schirra
White House
Schirras
Walter III
Suzanne
Houston
Tex
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New Jersey
Citizens Planning Group As Interim to City Action
The city considers forming a interim citizens advisory planning committee as a stopgap while the chamber drafted planning candidates debate representation. Mayor Lapham may propose eleven appointees to align with the official commission as funds for planning studies may run out. Members of the chamber committee plan to submit names for approval at a late October meeting, with an October 30 deadline noted for final submission.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sions
Dave Evans
W. J
Citizens Planning Group
City Action
Chanute
Citizens’ Committee
Official Planning Commission
Chamber Planning Committee
City Planning Commission
Chamber
Area Planning Committee
Lapham
City Commission
Planning Committee
Jim Blessing
Mahlon Morley
Joe Melnyk
G. C. McLaren
R. J. Burkman
Dean Foster
R. D.ward
M. L. Morton
Parole Board Takes Full Charge of Chandler Release
The Board of Probation and Parole said it assumes full responsibility for Mary Eileen Chandler’s parole from the Kansas Women's Industrial Farm last June. Governor Anderson defended the action, calling the issue political and noting no shortened sentence, just release by parole. Dale Saffels criticized the case as political leverage in his gubernatorial bid.
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Topeka
Board of Probation and Parole
Mary Eileen Chandler
Kansas Women’s Industrial Farm
Dale Saffels
John Anderson
McPherson
Anderson
Chandler
Probation and Parole Board
Kansas State Industrial Farm For Women
Saffels
Stark Savonburg Kimball Approve School Merger
Stark Savonburg and Kimball voters approved consolidation of their elementary districts by clear margins at special meetings. Kimball 87 31 Stark 170 26 Savenburg 76 28. State law sets consolidation within 10 days of approval, with a three member board to start, then possibly five.
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G Stark
Savonburg
Hazel Meeker
Neosho County
Kimball
Stark
Savenburg
Meeker
Praise for Carriers Marks Three-Week Tribune Contest
Readers of The Tribune submit 247 comments praising carriers in a National Newspaper Boy Day contest run by the Daily Press Assn. Five top winners will receive pins and certificates based on service salesmanship subscriptions and tenure.
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Tribune
Land Daily Press Assn
Farm Barn Destroyed on Rural Highway 39
A barn on the Mrs. Bruce Wheatley farm 22 miles east of town on highway K39 burned early today. The fire origin is undetermined. the structure had hay and tools. Firemen arrived after a patrol car reported the blaze at 2:35 a.m. but the barn collapsed and the alarm was cancelled as there was no spread risk. The barn was insured.
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Bruce Wheatley
K39
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log for October 25 1962
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours ending 9 am Tuesday lists 4 fatalities for October 25 1962. The year’s total reaches 453, compared with 424 fatalities in the same period of 1961.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mrs FDR Improves at Hospital in New York
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, hospitalized since September 26 with a lung infection, was reported more cheerful and active today in New York.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Man Pleads for Help Before His Body Is Found
Corpus Christi police say neighbor accounts place Melvin B. Graning 61 crying for help before his body was recovered in the Nueces River. Investigators report his wife Loraine Graning 41 and her son Dickie 16 admitted drowning him after attempting to hire someone to kill him.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Melvin B. Graning
Nueces River
Loraine Graning
Graning
Dickie
Light Frost Opens Season Across Kansas
Northwest Kansas marked the season’s first freezing temperatures led by Goodland at 30 degrees. Skies cleared and are expected to stay clear as forecasts call for high 50s to 60s across the state with lows ranging from the upper 30s to 40s. Monday highs spanned 68 at Goodland to 86 at Chanute as overnight lows dipped to 30 in Goodland and 59 at Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Two General UF Meetings To Plan Residential Drive
Two general UF meetings will prep workers for the Cha nute United Fund drive starting Oct. 22 at the Memorial building. A second session duplicates the first to ensure attendance. Individual contributions average $20.55 year to date, up from $10.43 last year, interpreted as acceptance of a day’s pay. Coffee proceeds will be collected Thursday at Tioga Hotel while coffee is served. Contribution canisters will be placed on tables in the coffee shop.
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Chanute United Fund
Memorial Building
Tioga
Indivi
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