Imperial Wizard Silent On $4,000 From Dixie Engineering
Washington AP report notes Robert Shelton refused to answer whether the $4,000 from Dixie Engineering Co. funded political influence. The House Un-American Activities Committee dismissed him as a witness with possible contempt of Congress warning. Shelton cited constitutional rights over multiple questions about Klan finances and activities.
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Washington
Robert Shelton
Dixie Engineering Co
Mobile
Ala
Shelton
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Willis
Chanute Bonds Aim to Boost Growth and Schools
Hugh Chapman of the Chamber of Commerce argues area bonds will attract business and improve schools, helping Chanute grow as a regional trade center while preserving property values and enticing employees to live in a modern city.
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Chanute
First Snow Contest Entries Pour In at The Tribune
The Tribune invites readers to guess when the first snow of a quarter inch or more will fall. Mail a postcard with name and address and the predicted date to the snow editor. Entries must be postmarked by Saturday for a chance to win $10.
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Tribune
The
Stolen Car Recovered Burned Out in River
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation car stolen Monday in Mattoon Illinois was found yesterday burned and in a river. Ron Klingenberg and two Chanute officers drove to Illinois to testify in a burglary case involving John Edwards Jr and Robert Edwards. Evidence from the Edwardses' car was taken to Illinois and later safeguarded.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mattoon
Ijl
Ron Klingenberg
KBI
Chanute
Lige Matlock
Charles Record
Illinois
John Edwards Jr
Robert Edwards
Edwardses
Word to People Delays in Tornado Warning
In Reno AP report, Lawrence Hughes of the Kansas City Weather Bureau says advances in forecasting are not enough without effective warning to residents. A severe storm seminar urges Midwesterners to improve defense plans after Palm Sunday tornadoes killed 271 across Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ohio.
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Reno
Nev
Lawrence Hughes
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Hughes
American Meteorological Societ
Midwest
Maurice E. Pautz
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Mrs John Kennedy Leases Small Farm
Mrs John F Kennedy widow of the late president leases a small farm in the secluded and exclusive Somerset Hills Bernardsville New Jersey as reported by AP sources.
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John Kennedy
Bernardsville, N.J
John F. Kennedy
Somerset Hills
Mullinville Church Damaged by Fire
Fire caused major damage to the E. U. B. Church in Mullinville Kansas the town’s only church in Kiowa County late Tuesday according to AP reports.
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Mullinville
Kan
Kiowa County
United Fund Drive Kickoff in Chanute Reaches Goal Push
The 1965 Chanute United Fund Drive begins with a goal of 22460.38 dollars as Glen Dormois leads volunteers. Captains are urged to raise 1000 each, with early collections surpassing 1000 by Buford Fisher Joe Balch and Jerry Willis. Fresh money includes contributions from traveling salesmen. residential drives will start Nov 1 to serve as a reserve.
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Chanute
Glen Dormois
United Fund Drive
Tioga
Chanute United Fund
Kansas City
Wichita
Dormois
United Fund
Buford Fisher
Joe Balch
Jerry Willis
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Howard McNeill
Floyd Potter
Chamber of Commerce
Grace Kibler
Potter
City Opens Diesel Power Plant for Public Open House
City Manager R. J. Hayes announces an open house at the diesel power plant on October 31 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1515 N. Garfield, with hourly remote control demonstrations from the two 2,000 kW units. Coffee and doughnuts will be served and door prizes given. The plant, funded by a $680,000 bond issue, is Kansas’s first remote controlled diesel electric plant, linked to the main plant at 219 N. Santa Fe.
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R. J. Hayes
N. Garfield
N. Santa Fe
Kansas
Weather Area Forecast Skies Clear Across Kansas Tonight
Mostly fair conditions persist tonight and Thursday with near 70 degree highs. Skies stay generally clear across Kansas as temperatures run below normal.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Mentions Imperial Wizard Amid Probe
An intercepted note refers to a stormy imperial wizard and his quiet period during an ongoing congressional probe. The fragment hints at tensions within the Ku Klux Klan era activities and a perceived escalation or inquiry.
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Air Force
Imperial Wizard of
Union Funds Pay Hoffa Legal Fees
The Labor Department reports 570 396 dollars of Teamsters union funds were used to pay legal fees for union president James R. Hoffa in three criminal trials since 1962. Hoffa was convicted in Chattanooga in 1964 and Chicago later, with appeals pending. A Philadelphia group seeks recovery of the funds.
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Washington
Labor Department
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
anti-Hoffa
Philadelphia Teamsters
Landrum- Griffin Labor-Management
Neosho County Community Junior College to seek bond vote
A $1.55 million bond issue for a four building NCCJ C complex will be decided by a countywide vote on Tuesday. The report outlines accreditation needs, anticipated enrollment growth, federal aid potential, and long term facility plans to serve Neosho County students for decades.
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Neosho County
Kansas
State Department of Public Instruction
Chanute Junior College
NCCJC
Thayer Water Chosen for Neosho County Rural District
Neosho County Rural Water District No. 6 will source water from Thayer rather than Chanute. The board cited lower construction costs and substantial savings, with approval from State Farmers Home Administration engineers. The district has 70 users and warns delinquent meter fees of 250 dollars must be paid by November 1.
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Neosho County
Here
Thayer
Chanute
State Farmers Home Administration
Bill Guy
Gerald Umbarger
Marjorie Brant
Ora Cheyney
Gene Leaming
Man Freed At Age 92 From Kansas Prison
Tom J. Brown, age 92, the oldest inmate at Kansas Penitentiary in Lansing, walked out on parole. He was accompanied by parole officer Otis Burdette, from Kansas City, with officials not disclosing his destination.
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Lansing
Kan
Tom J. Brown
Kansas Penitentiary
Brown
Otis Burdette
Kansas City
Sherman Crouse
Fire damages Fraser residence on Central Avenue
Fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage yesterday to the James M. Fraser home at 1706 Central. Fire chief C W Brennan said the blaze started along the eaves of a porch and burned through the roof into the attic, leaving a hole in the roof and damaged rafters ceiling and walls. No wiring near the start and investigators suspect a bird dropping a cigarette into nesting material. Alarm sounded at 3 10 p m and crews returned to quarters at 4 25 p m.
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James M. Fraser
S. Central
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
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