Kansas School Fund Plan Aims To Stabilize Finance
Adel F Throckmorton state superintendent unveiled a $50 million per year public school finance plan in Topeka. The foundation program, an expanded version of a prior proposal, seeks to raise education quality and reduce burdens on property taxpayers through four main parts: per pupil state support, revised transportation aid, building aid for unified districts, and state aid for other needs.
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Topeka
Adel F. Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Carl B. Althaus
The
Statisti
Cal Services
Kansas
Althaus
Algiers denies Marrakech peace deal amid fighting
Algiers Radio denied reports that a cease fire was agreed in principle at Marrakec peace talks to end the undeclared Algeria Morocco war. Moroccan minister Boutaleb said progress was possible, while Algerian negotiator Yazid left Marrakech saying no solution yet. Fighting continued near the frontier with reports of continued offensives around Hassi Beida and Tinjoub.
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Algiers
Radio
Marrakech
Algeria
Morocco
Abdelhadi Boutaleb
M’hammed Yazid
Ahmed Ben Bella
Yazid
Colomb-Bechar
Disputed Frontier
Hassi-Beida
Tinjoub
Bloodhound Raising Sparked by Tragedy
Three years after a Missouri boy died of exposure a Cha nute resident begins breeding bloodhounds to aid tracking. Larry Chaney buys stock from Decatur and Walters and has built a line of four registered dogs. Pups sell for about 50 dollars, with buyers including Wichita police and Arkansas State Penitentiary. The dogs train in scent trailing, aid in hunting and pet ownership, and Chaney offers free use to law enforcement if needed.
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Missouri
Chanute
Larry Chaney
R. J
Ash Grove Cement Co
Chaney
Decatur
Mich
Sid
Walters
Okla
Sue
Convair Astronautics
Huntsville
Ala
Salina
Main
Wichita
Arkansas State Penitentiary
Little Rock
Chaney + Mone
Cheney
Dean
Gary
Debra
Tito Receives Red Carpet Welcome at White House
President Tito of Yugoslavia was greeted with a red carpet welcome at the White House in Washington, six years after a planned visit fell through, signaling a renewed high level exchange between Yugoslavia and the United States.
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Ident Tito
Communist
Yugoslavia
White House
Can
Tito
Kennedy
United States
General Assembly of
United Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rain and Relentless Showers Dominate Chanute Forecast
Area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Friday. Temperatures hold near 60 low and around 80 high. Two day rainfall totals reach .17 inch in Chanute with more showers expected across southeast and south central Kansas. Major rainfall measurements include Hesston 2.21 inches, Emporia .95, Leroy 1.50, Gridley 1.59, Trading Post 1.10, and Lacygne 1.07 as a heat wave ends. Kennedy Tito meeting highlights state visit with talks on world issues and a private two hour session planned in Washington.
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Chanute
Kan
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Hesston
Emporia
Leroy
Gridley
Trading Post
Lacygne
Wichita
Liberal
U. S. 54
Hayne
Can
No-Account Checks Reported Passed Here
Police reported yesterday several no account checks drawn on the First National Bank were made out to Floyd Boswell and signed Stanley Patterson indicating a possible credit and fraud incident at a local location.
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First National Bank
Floyd Boswell
Stanley Patterson
Youth Placed On Parole After Plea in Parsons
Larry Caldwell of 217 S Larson pleaded guilty in Parsons district court to second degree burglary and larceny then applied for parole. Granted for two years with conditions including church and school attendance curfew and psychiatric treatment. Also tied to Dennis Baker of 521 S Central Chanute and linked Neosho county burglary cases. Baker sentenced to Hutchinson reform school. Caldwell free on bond awaiting hearing with psychiatric consul tation ongoing. Robert Pennington Neosho county attorney plans preliminary hearing soon.
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Larry Caldwell
S. Larson
Parsons
Caldwell
Chanute
Dennis Baker
S. Central
International Harvester Agency
Baker
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Neosho County
Robert Pennington
Arkansas Basin Meeting Friday in Coffeyville
Senator John L. McClellan who heads the Senate Investigations subcommittee on organized crime will be featured speaker at the Arkansas Basin Development Assn second annual meeting in Coffeyville Friday night. Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas and Congressman Joe Skubitz of the Fifth District will also attend, with Carlson introducing McClellan.
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John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Senate Investigations
United States
Arkansas Basin Development Assn
Kansas
Coffeyville
Frank Carlson
Joe Skubitz
Fifth
Sen
Carlson
McClellan
Probation Given to Two Youths in Erie Case
Two youths, James R. Baker of rural Erie and Robert Berckefeldt of Chanute, were placed on five years probation under suspended sentence after pleading guilty in district court to second degree burglary larceny and arson. The crimes stemmed from farm home thefts and a garage fire at Urbana last month. Two other Parsons youths, Jimmy Sample and Jerry Dixon, pled guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses and sought parole. a hearing is set for next Wednesday.
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Erie
James R. Baker
Robert Berckefeldt
Chanute
Urbana
Jimmy Sample
Jerry Dixon
Parsons
Intercepted Letter Ends With Cheerful Clouds Remark
A short excerpt titled Intercepted Letter shows a playful line Dear Cha. The writer muses on clouds being cheerful and signs off with Yours.
United Fund Progress Report in Chanute Drive
United Fund contributions rose by 1299.50 in the last 24 hours, reaching 6955.00, about 31.8 percent of the 21896.09 goal. Donor cards total 460 with an average gift of 15.11, while Jerry Morris’s team leads the advanced gifts contest at 31.5 percent of calls. General chair Glen Halbe warns funds remain under half the target as the one week residential drive begins next Monday.
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Chanute United Fund
Jerry Morris
Glen Halbe
New Astronauts Will Be Selected Friday
Houston AP reports a new group of astronauts will be chosen Friday with a California air base as a likely source. Nine of the present 16 were named to the space flight manpower pool after advanced pilot training at Edwards Air Force Base. Six of the nine selected in 1962 had Edwards backgrounds, including Maj. Gordon Cooper Jr., Capt. Virgil Grissom, and Maj. Donald Slayton, Edwards graduates on the original Mercury team selected in 1959.
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Houston, Tex
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards
LeRoy Gordon Cooper Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
Donald K. Slayton
Vehicle Damaged In One Car Crash Near St Paul
An 18 year old driver Frank E Purdon of Walnut R 1 lost control on highway K57 four miles east of St Paul to strike a culvert in a one car accident about 8 am yesterday. He was accompanied by Betty Jean Leritz 18 of Walnut. The car suffered about 400 dollars damage and neither occupant was injured.
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Erie
Frank E. Purdon
Walnut
K57
St. Paul
John VanVickle
Purdon
Betty Jean Leritz
Dry Weather Helps Restore Lost Ring on Caddo Lake
SHREVEPORT La. Farmers may not like the dry spell lowering lake levels but E L Brewton is glad. Three years after losing his diamond ring while fishing on Caddo Lake he returned to the same spot and searched the mud for 30 minutes to recover it.
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Shreveport
E. L. Brewton
Caddo Lake
Truce Called In Chicken War Between US and Common Market
The United States and the six nation European Common Market halted their tariff dispute on poultry after 16 months. A neutral international panel will review the tariff impact and issue an advisory ruling in about three weeks. The panel will assess damage claims of 46 million by the US and 19 million by the Common Market.
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Washington
United States
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Common Market
West Germany
Brussels
U.S
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Boutaleb
Sahara
R. J. Chaney
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Celed
Arkansas Basin Meeting
Cha
Yours
Thayer
Altoona
Brant
Sharon Bram
Shirley Brant
Right
Wayne Brant
Cindy Brant
Sharon
Shirley
Wendell Brant
United Fund
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