Chicago Drug Ring Bust Ties to Cosa Nostra Chief
Chicago arrests crack a $10 million per year narcotics ring that controlled 80 percent of the city’s dope traffic. Am erico DePietro described as the ring’s narcotics officer answers to Moe Giancana. 12 arrested, 35 ounces heroin seized, indictments naming 41.
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Chicago
Chicago Cosa Nostra
Americo
Pete) DePietro
Charles G. Ward
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Ward
DePietto
Lombard
Cosa Nostra
Momo Salvatore
Moe) Giancana
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Giancana
St. Louis
Cleveland
Kansan Plans Move to Australia to Escape Crowding
HAVEN Kan AP 62-year-old Fred Plymell plans to move to Australia because of crowding and government red tape. He has passports for his wife and 10-year-old daughter, aims to sell a 960-acre Colorado ranch, and hopes to lease 6,700 acres on Australia’s east coast to run about 4,500 cattle. He says land is easier to buy there and the big cities here feel stifling.
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Haven
Kan
Fred Plymell
Australia
Plymell
Colorado
United States
Kansas
Fort Scott Junior College Faces Possible Athletics Cut
Fort Scott Junior College, a new Jayhawk Conference member, may drop athletics as board members cite rising costs. Superintendent Hicks said one quarter of the budget funds athletics. The board considers one more year for study, while Calvin Cooper warns the issue must be addressed. Scholarships were increased to 40 football, 15 basketball, and 5 track with added benefits. admission fees for school athletic contests were raised.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Fort Scott Junior College
Jayhawk
Robert E. Hicks
Joe F. Gregory
Calvin Cooper
Chanute United Fund Nears Goal With Small Rise
The Chanute United Fund edged toward its $21,896.09 target, adding $645 to reach $17,463.49 from 1,817 donors for an average $9.61. Residential drive nears completion with 40 of 461 blocks unfinished as board meets to plan last minute strategy to raise the remaining $4,433.
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Chanute United Fund
United Fund Board
Free Turkey for 215000 Kansas Students
Kansas City AP report notes 632500 pounds of turkey allocated to 1168 Kansas schools under the national school lunch program. USDA plans donated meat from its 432 million pound stock to ensure students receive turkey for meals beyond Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Agricultural Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dallas
USDA
Drought Disaster Areas Allow Limited Grazing Permits
Neosho Allen and Woodson among 13 southeast Kansas counties named drought disaster areas for a limited time pending county committee approval. Grazing or haying soil bank land requires prior ASCS permission and land value appraisal, with deductions from farm payments. Cattlemen may also hay wheat stabilization and feed grain land. lack of permission can incur fines.
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Erie
Neosho
Kansas
Ralph Willson
ASCS
Sth
Allen
Woodson
Willson
Father’s Tractor Fatal to Little Boy
Five year old Michael Fortmeyer died when he fell under the wheels of his father’s tractor while mowing weeds near the family residence in Grant County Oklahoma. Ralph Fortmeyer said his son was riding with him at the time of the accident.
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Caldwell, Kan
Michael Fortmeyer
Ralph Fortmeyer
Grant County
Okla
Snowfall Guess Contest Opens At Chanute Tribune
Readers in the Chanute trade area submit post cards guessing the first snowfall of one quarter inch or more this winter. Deadline is Saturday November 2. The prize of ten dollars goes to the entrant closest to the actual date.
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Tribune
Tribbune
Chanute
Weather forecast for Kansas with a cold front moving in
AREA FORECAST: Partly cloudy with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Low 45 to 50, high near 76. TOPEKA AP reports a cold front crossing Kansas will bring increasing clouds and possible rain mainly north of the state, with clouds and rain moving south later. Today highs near 70, Tuesday highs 53 to 69, lows 37 to 52, colder than Monday morning in northeast Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Concordia
Garden City
Hill City
Pittsburg
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha A Kansan Moves to Australia
A 62 year old Kansan claims to have found a way to relive the past by moving to Australia. The note titled Intercepted Letter Dear Cha outlines the idea and its implications.
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Cha
FBI Agents Arrest 2 in Spy Case in New Jersey
FBI capped seven months of work with arrests of John William Butenko 38 of Orange an electronics engineer and Igor A Ivanov 33 of New York City a Russian chauffeur on espionage charges They met in Englewood near an old stone railroad station while two Soviet diplomats were released due to diplomatic immunity The case alleges delivery of information relating to U S national defense The first meetings spanned Norwood Closter Fort Lee Paramus and Teaneck with a camera and Air Force contract data seized in the Russians car
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Newark
N.J
FBI
Englewood
United Nations
New York
Air Force
Butenko
International Electric Corporation
Norwood
Closter
Fort Lee
Paramus
Teaneck
International Electric
Halloween Activities Launch Three Day Chanute Schedule
Halloween events begin tonight in Chanute with a Kiwanis Club parade for grade school and kindergarten students. Participants meet at 6 and parade at 6 30, followed by awards at the Memorial Building. Tonight also features junior high and high school dances, with curfew relaxed until 10, and an open gym for younger youths. Future nights include band dances, spook movies, and a high school football game against Parsons. Admission requires honor cards. activities rotate among venues and age groups.
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Forest
Kiwanis Club
Chanute
St. Patrick’s
Sym
Royster Junior High
Memorial Building
Rhythm Aces
Parsons
American Legion
Masonic Temple
JayCees
Living Cost Unchanged in September
The Labor Department said the cost of living held steady in September as price fluctuations across items balanced. Food dropped 0.6 percent while transportation eased due to gas price wars and lower 1963 model car prices, but clothing rose and services costs, including auto and medical services, increased 1.9 percent. The overall price index stayed at 107.1 for the second month, meaning a $10 basket would cost $10.71.
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Labor Department
Midwest
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Reach
If you cannot reach your Tribune carrier try the after hours number HE 1 3400 after 6 pm. Use this residential line to contact the carrier when lines are busy or unavailable during daytime hours.
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Tribune
Prisoner Escapes At Iola Kansas Jail
IOLA Kan AP A 25 year old prisoner escaped today by breaking away from a jailer returning him to the county jail from a barber shop Ronald Dean Helmer was arrested ten days ago on a bad check while on parole from the Oklahoma State Reformatory He is also wanted in El Dorado on a check charge Jailer Roscoe Hoddy was unarmed when the escape occurred as he escorted Helmer down a business street search was under way for Helmer
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Iola
Kan
Ronald Dean Helmer
Oklahoma State Reformatory
el Dorado
Roscoe Hoddy
Helmer
Burglars Enter Jail Looting Civil Air Patrol Property
In Wichita the old county jail was broken into and Civil Air Patrol property valued at about 2500 dollars was stolen. A Civil Air Patrol officer who was inspecting the site discovered the burglary Tuesday.
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Wichita
Civil Air Patrol
Erty
Bipartisan push for civil rights bill gains traction
In Washington the House moves toward a long delayed civil rights compromise with bipartisan support from President Kennedy, Speaker McCormack, and Leader Halleck. The Judiciary Committee approved the measure 23 to 11 and it now faces hearings in a Southern-dominated Rules Committee and a potential Senate filibuster requiring a two-thirds vote. The bill would create a federal commission to ban private sector employment discrimination, bar discrimination in hotels and public venues, and allow the President to cut funds from federal programs for discriminatory practices.
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Washington
House
Congress
Kennedy
John W. McCormack
Charles A. Halleck
Rules Committee
Senate
Subcommittee
Federal Commission
Pri
Drill Near 3 Trapped Miners at German Iron Mine
BROISTEDT Germany AP rescuers drilled within 62 feet of three miners trapped in an underwater air pocket 259 feet underground after a dam flood. Eighty six miners escaped. 40 remain unaccounted for believed drowned. Rescuers reinforced shafts and prepared air locks to prevent a pressure drop as drilling resumes. The trapped men Fritz Leder 36 Emil Pohler 34 and Gerhard Hausch 45 maintain hopeful spirits during the critical operation.
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Broistedt
Germany
Fritz Leder
Emil Pohler
Gerhard Hausch
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