Cost of Living Rises to New Peak in September
The Labor Department reports living costs rose 0.2 percent in September to 126.8 percent of the 1947-49 base, 1.3 percent higher than a year earlier, with housing and apparel costs driving the increase. Many workers will gain small pay boosts as contracts adjust to the index, while after tax earnings and buying power show mixed changes.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert Myers
Labor Statistics
Nedelin Dies In Aviation Mishap As Rocket Chief
Soviet Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, 57, commander of the strategic rocket forces, was killed Monday in an aviation accident. His deputy, Marshal Kirill Moskalenko, 60, becomes head of the rocket forces and a new defense minister.
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Moscow
Mitrofan I. Nedelin
Strategic Rocket Force
Kirill S. Moskalenko
Nedelin
Khrushchev
Francis
Gary Powers
Sverdlovsk
Weather update and rainfall across eastern Kansas
A Topeka report notes heavy Tuesday downpours in eastern Kansas with Matfield Green 3.50 inches and Gridley 3.38, Virgil 3.10, Burlington 3.01. Rain ended after noon. forecasters predict clearing skies, with tonight lows 49 to 50 and Thursday highs in the 60s to 70s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Matfield Green
Gridley
Virgil
Burlington
Cities Service gas rate cut offered to Missouri Kansas cities
A proposal to reduce a 1959 gas rate increase from Cities Service would lower rates in Missouri and Kansas if approved by the Federal Power Commission. A negotiating committee led by John Weston Miller of Springfield along with Kansas and Missouri officials seeks final FPC approval before rebates can be issued to consumers.
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Cities Service Gas Co
Missouri
Kansas
Associated Press
Kansas City
Federal Power Commission
FPC
John Weston Miller
Springfield
J. Lee Willard
Cities Service
Chanute
Harold R. Williams
Little Committee
Williams
Christmas Preview offers gifts and cash prizes in Chanute
Chanute merchants launch a Christmas Preview tied to lay away shopping with gifts or cash valued over 500 dollars. No entry fee. coupons printed in The Tribune or close facsimile must be deposited by coupon owners. Winners for each firm drawn and posted in store windows.
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Chanute
The
Tribune
Community Council weighs United Fund drive support
Chanute civic and service groups will be contacted to back a United Fund campaign next year. A sponsor is needed before action can be taken. A committee including Alfred Krone C A Wood and Mrs Carl Ranabargar will survey groups and report at the November 29 meeting. Officers for 1961 were elected Glen Halbe president W E Kennedy vice president and C A Wood treasurer. The November dinner was postponed due to Thanksgiving conflicts.
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Chanute
United Fund
Joe Lewis
Chamber of Commerce
National United Fund
Alfred Krone
C. A. Wood
Carl Ranabargar
Glen Halbe
W. E. Kennedy
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Update
AP reports Kansas traffic deaths for 24 hours to 9 am Wednesday 41 in October and 392 in 1960 versus 470 in the comparable 1959 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
800 Texans Flee Flash Flooding
Nearly 800 people were driven from their homes by eight inch floods in Kenedy and Pettus Texas on Tuesday night. At least two died when a car was swept from a flooded highway. About 600 Kenedy residents fled, with temporary shelter and meals provided by churches.
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Kenedy
Tex
Texas
Pettus
San Antonio
John Berry
Alvin Rose
Pawnee
Chuck Martin
KAML
Clothes Dryer Blast Injures Joplin Woman
JOPLIN Mo AP Mrs Dorothy Fegley 52 was severely burned after a clothes dryer exploded when gasoline-soaked clothing was dried Fire Chief Dan Abernathy said the blast blew the door off and caused first and second degree burns on her lips face and neck She was listed in satisfactory condition at a Joplin hospital.
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Joplin
Dorothy Fegley
Dan Abernathy
Fegley
District PTA Meeting Draws 200 In Chanute
About two hundred people attended the fall conference of District 4 of the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers at the First Methodist church. The event featured sessions on membership programs health and parent education, with leaders from Chanute Parsons Wichita Emporia and neighboring counties in attendance.
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Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Walter Aday
S. Evergreen
Roosevelt Pta
Bill Allen
S. Edith
Lee Embry
N. Garfield
Chanute Council
Wendell Bowyer
N. Grant
Alcott Pta
Oren Gray
Parsons
District 4
Quentin Nelson
First Methodist Church
Harry C. Walz
Quinter
Alfred Modesitt
Meadowview Pta
Gray
Chanute
Embry
Clifton B. Huff
Emporia
A. D. Mayfield
Wichita
Nelson
Walz
Supt
C. M. Shenk
Osage City
Buford Fishier
Elizabeth Pieper
Dell Reed
Paul Parsons
Robert Geiger
Dwight McCreight
Glen Halbe
Nora Knight
Freda Betts
Hazel Meeker
Labette County
Harry Dean
Mayfield
Shhenk
Otto Igo
State Board
Huff
Neosho
Wilson
Montgomery
Labette
Crawford
Cheirokee
Chanute organizes five day Halloween program for youths
Chanute youths will participate in a five day series starting tomorrow featuring window decorating contests, trash pickups, dances, films, church activities, and a spook parade. Organized by the Chanute Senior High Student Council with merchants and civic groups, the plan includes penalties for vandalism and potential half day off school next Tuesday. Cash prizes totaling 129 dollars will be awarded across grades four to twelve for best window decorations.
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Chanute
Chanute Senior High Student Council
M Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Royster
St. Patrick's
Royster Junior High
Robert Blunk
Joel Lewis
Richard Good
Randall Diver
City
Dew Drops
Chanute Merchants
Peoples Theater
Chanute Churches
American Legion
American Legion. Junior High Students Will Have Their Dance At the Teen Canteen
American Legion Hall
Leach
iMain
Forest
Main
Highland
Memorial Building
Chance
Lige Matlock
Buford Fisher
Area Bankers Meet Draws 300 From 17 Countries
About 300 bankers from 17 southeastern Kansas counties travel to the Country Club Friday for a Kansas Bankers Assn meeting. The event features morning and afternoon sessions with talks on careers, credit services, and banking in the 1960s. A women’s tea, museum tour, and a 5:45 dinner with a magic act complete the program.
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Kansas
Kansas Bankers Assn
Country Club
St. Patrick's School
Burton L. Lohmuller
Centralia
KBA
Roger L. Reisher
Kansas City
KBA Bank
Charles Musselman
Jean Lemons
Wichita
U.S. Savings Bonds
Darrel Dunn
Washington, D. C
Farmers Home Administration
Rudolf Modley
Kent
Conn
Credit Union Authority
Arthur A. Smith
First National Bank
Dallas
Little Girl Hit By Car In Baxter Springs Accident
An 11 year old Baxter Springs girl Polly Mitchell was critically injured when she darted into the path of a car driven by Lowell Woods. Woods swerved to avoid her and his vehicle hit an embankment then struck Polly as she crossed to the shoulder on 0 S 66.
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Baxter Springs
Kan
Polly Mitchell
Ft. Riley Soldier Accidentally Killed
A Ft. Riley soldier on guard duty at a Nike missile site near Mead Nebraska was accidentally shot and killed on Tuesday night. Spec 4 Thaddeus J Preuitt Jr 20 Kansas City Kansas was killed when Pvt Joseph B Gillim Jr 19 New Smyrna Beach Florida accidentally discharged a carbine. Both men were assigned to the head quarters detachment and had been on duty at the site since September.
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FT. Riley
Mead
Neb
Thaddeus J. Preuitt Jr
Kansas City
Kas
Public Information Office
Joseph B. Gillim Jr
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Tot electrocuted at Great Bend
Great Bend Kansas AP report says two year old David Ray Franklin was accidentally electrocuted Tuesday when he touched a small radio while kneeling in a kitchen sink. His parents John W. and Mrs. Franklin have three other sons.
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Great Bend
Kan
David Ray Franklin
John W. Franklin
Hartke Addresses Demo Rally On Kennedy Waste Charge
Indiana Senator Vance Hartke told about 200 at Chanute that John F Kennedy would halt waste and expand resources. He accused the Eisenhower era of high debt and wasted money, contrasting Kennedy’s go go go with Nixon’s go slow. The event featured several local candidates and a Docking theme discussion.
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Keith Wright
John F. Kennedy
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Eisenhower
Hartke
Kennedy
America
Russia
Jack Kennedy
GOP
Truman
Roosevelt
Nixon
Frank Theis
Arkansas City
U.S. Senate
Denver Hargis
Coffeyville
K. L
Ken) Smith
Henry Watkins
Erie
John Lapham
Chanute
J. E. Kirchner
George Docking
Theis
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Soldier Killed in Ft. Riley Truck Crash
A Fort Riley soldier died and five recruits were injured when a three quarter ton truck left a road at a 40 foot embankment at the northeast corner of the reservation. The dead man’s name and hometown were withheld pending notification. Injured were Recruits Lawrence A. Sarrazin James P. Voigt Roy W. Burnette Charley L. Reynolds and Larrie D. Sidener. They were hospitalized at Irwin Army Hospital. The vehicle apparently struck loose gravel before going over the embankment.
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Junction City
Ft. Riley
Military Co
Lawrence A. Sarrazin
James P. Voigt
Roy W. Burnette
Charley L. Reynolds
Larrie D. Sidener
Irwin Army Hospital
Governor Docking to Attend Chanute Luncheon
Gov. George Docking will visit Chanute tomorrow as guest of honor at a luncheon arranged by the Neosho County Democratic Central Committee at the Tioga Hotel. The event precedes a county motor caravan tour by Democratic candidates, with the cavalcade leaving Tioga at 1 45 p.m.
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George Docking
Chanute
Tioga Hotel
Neosho County
Democratic Central Committee
The
Tioga
Safe Jet Landing With 118 Aboard
An American Airlines 707 jet from Los Angeles to Dallas skimmed onto a foam covered runway in Fort Worth after fuel exhaustion. The craft circled the Dallas Fort Worth area for over an hour with 118 passengers and eight crew aboard. There were no injuries.
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Fort Worth
Tex
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Dallas
Dallas- Fort Worth
See Wasser for Insurance Carrier Contact Details
Tribune note directs readers to contact Wasser for insurance via phone 119, with a backup to call 700 after 6 p.m. if the carrier is unreachable. The fragment implies a local ad or notice about insurance contacts and after-hours routing.
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Tribune
Wasser
Four Men Killed In Santa Cruz Earthslide
The earthslide at a dam construction site 12 miles north of Santa Cruz killed four men: Floyd F. Gordon of Redding, Everett McIntosh age 60 of Santa Cruz, Alton L. Thomas 31 of Watsonville, and Gerald Kenley of Santa Cruz. A fifth victim was still being sought as searchers worked through the debris.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Here
Floyd F. Gordon
Redding
Everett McIntosh
Alton L. Thomas
Watsonville
Gerald Kenley
Splintered Wreckage From Two Brothers Reaches Monterey Rocks
Wreckage from the 42 foot Two Brothers washed ashore near Monterey after heavy fog likely caused a collision. Coast Guard recovered two bodies as four Pacific Grove men were aboard the vessel at the time of the incident.
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Monterey
Calif
Pacific Grove
Coast Guard
Jon
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Fred J. Smith
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University of Wichita
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