Iran Quake Death Toll Reevaluated As Toll Tops Ten Thousand
Devastating tremors in Dan-Isfahan northwest of Tehran killed thousands. Reports from the Iranian Red Cross and government say up to 10,000 dead with tens of thousands injured as relief efforts mobilize, airlift supplies reach remote villages, and nationwide mourning and prayers are ordered.
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Dan-Isfahan
Iran
Tehran
Shap Tmday
U.S
Ea Seaneapet
Sanaret
Coclenee
Dan-Istan
Allah
Sirap
Germany
Red Cross
Kiavan
NFO Holds Action After Labor Day Push
Corning Iowa reports the National Farmers Organization says its holding action is proceeding as expected with high farmer enthusiasm. Minuteman squads will run info centers in counties to monitor progress and recruit members while direct buying points handle most livestock and grain transactions.
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Corning
Iowa
Oren Lee Staley
Membof Rea
Minuteman
NFO
Progess
Staley
Longtime golfer achieves hole-in-one at Country Club course
Left Hand Pitch golfer Harlie Wolgast finally holed out on No. 5 green for a hole-in-one using a No. 6 club during a nine hole round. Wolgast, a 35 year veteran and Senior High School teacher and golf coach, posted a 35. Arch Allen, Tony Lockyear, and Dr. Joe Johnson played as his partners. Allen countered with an eagle on No. 9 while shooting 37.
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Wolgast
Arch Allen
Tony Lockyear
Joe Johnson
Allen
Lockyear
Dr. Johnson
Chamber planners discuss Chanute issues at breakfast meeting
A Tioga Hotel breakfast session of the area planning committee covered highway approaches to Chanute Elm Street crossing Santa Fe tracks and a deadlocked community planning board appointment. Industrial prospects’ relocation blamed on lack of ready plant buildings while a shell building is considered. Eight members attended. chair Jim Blessing was absent.
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Chamber of Commerce Area Planning Committee
Tioga Hotel
Chanute
Santa Fe
Main
City Commission
Mahlon Morley
Chamber
Jim Blessing
Withholding Action Affects Kansas City Livestock Receipts
Kansas City marketing officials report that a farmers withholding action has some effect on livestock receipts at local terminal markets. National Farmers Organization urges farmers to hold livestock and grain across 16 Midwest states to bolster prices. Shipments fell due to late week strategy and rains ahead of a holiday, with receipts lighter than usual.
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Sas City Marketing Authority
Jim Leathers
Kansas City Livestock’ Market Foundation
National Farmers Organization
Midwest
Leathers
Ship
District Demos elect Saia chairman in new fifth district
Democrats chose Joe Saia as chairman of the new fifth district unifying the former third and fourth districts. Ernes tine Brennen, Betty Graham, and Champ Graham were elected senior officers. Jane Lane named registration chair, with county chairmen to serve. About 175 officials attended at the Tioga Hotel. candidates Wade Myers Jules Doty Paul Aylward were present.
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Joe Saia
Frontenac
Saia
Ernestine Brennen
Fort Scott
Betty Graham
Winfield
Champ Graham
Emporia
Grahams
Frank Lila
Lyon County
Sala
Jane Lane
Iola
Floyd Kelley
Chanute
Neosho County
Kelley
Tioga Hotel
Wade Myers
Paul Aylward
Ellsworth
U.s.senate
Andrew Schoeppel
Jules Doty
Ottawa
Ifor
Hutchinson Man Crushed While Repairing Truck Hoist
John Otis Davies of Hutchinson was crushed to death when a hoist failed while he assisted on a truck at the W. L. Lang farm 22 miles northwest of Tribune during wheat planting.
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Tribune
Kan
John Otis Davies
Hutchinson
W. L. Lang
Davies
Stark School Lunch Room Break-In Reported
Stark School, in Joint Rural High, suffered a weekend break-in with $17.90 stolen from the lunch room. Authorities say front doors were pried open and the incident was discovered yesterday. Offices were entered but nothing else was taken.
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STARK
Joint Rural High School
Erie
Jerry Sloan
Sloan
Cooperative plan for Kimball Stark and Savenburg schools
Kimball school board confirms a one year cooperative program for grades across Kimball Stark and Savenburg. Eight students from dissenting families may withdraw, with a separate room and a new teacher for the eight member group in Kimball. Final results depend on future developments.
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Kimball
Kimball, Stark and Savenburg
Kimball School Board
George Simmons
Simmons
Savenburg
Stark
E. R. Gilmour
Simmens
Weekend crashes injure two with one in critical condition
Two men sustained injuries in Labor Day weekend crashes. Cecil C. Christmas, 42, Humboldt, suffered a severe head injury after being thrown from a moving pickup on highway K39 near Plummer. he is listed in critical condition at Neosho Memorial Hospital. Donald Amos Moses, 26, Erie, received a severe laceration to the left arm when his 1960 Ford overturned on the Neosho River bridge on K39 east of town. he is hospitalized after the crash, with his car totaled.
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Cecil C. Christmas
Humboldt
Donald Amos Moses
Erie
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Christmas
K39
Plummer
Moses
Neosho River
Chanute
City Park
Janet L. Crownover
N. Forest
Ronald Culbertson
Lavonburg
Culbertson
A. J. Mannen
Potwin
Mannen
L. O. Bradfield
N. Santa Fe
South Santa Fe
Fred L. Zornes
Iola
Gary Metzger
Wichita
Leon Stoner
Miami
Fla
Stoner
Marie Rideau
S. Highland
Ronald Reed
E. Main
Blood Bank Seeks Donors Ahead of Red Cross Visit
Red Cross officials urge two day drive to collect 240 pints. The bloodmobile will operate at the Methodist church Thursday from noon to 5 15 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. Donors may contact the Red Cross office in the Memorial Building.
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Red Cross
Memorial Building
Methodist Church
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log for September 1962
Kansas traffic death log records 386 fatalities in September 1962, compared with 355 in the same period in 1961. The Topeka dispatch notes year over year increases in road deaths and highlights the ongoing deadly trend in the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kennedy Signals Indian Economic Self Sufficiency Hope
The Kennedy administration told about 600000 American Indians in Cherokee North Carolina that the government aims for their economic self sufficiency full participation in American life and equal citizenship rights.
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N.C
Weather Outlook Turns Colder After Rain Across Kansas
A cold front brought widespread rain and record coolness to Kansas. Temperatures fell to 42 in Goodland and 66 in Pittsburg with highs expected 65 to 70 in the north and 70 to 75 in the south. Rain should end today though cool temperatures persist through Wednesday. Northwest moderation begins, with heaviest rains in the southeast.
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Kansas
Harris
Florence
Plevna
el Dorado
Augusta
Thayer
Goodland
Pittsburg
Labor Day traffic toll sets new record nationwide
The National Safety Council reports at least 500 traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend, plus 22 boating fatalities and 57 other mishaps for a total holiday toll exceeding prior records. Final counts may rise with delayed reports, surpassing the 461 traffic deaths recorded in 1951.
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National Safety Council
Salute to Industry Series Resumes With Luncheon
The Chamber of Commerce will resume the Salute to Industry series with a noon luncheon tomorrow at the Tioga Hotel honoring Mid America Refining Co. A refinery tour at the north city limits on US 169 will follow. Friday includes a 7 a.m. breakfast for directors and committee chairs at the Tioga and a 2:30 p.m. retail committee meeting at chamber offices.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Mid- America Refining Co
U2 Flight Charge Brings Soviet Rivalry to Fore
The United States called a U2 overflight of Sakhalin unintentional and said winds may have driven the aircraft over Soviet waters. Moscow issued a stern note demanding answers and warning of retaliation if repeats occur.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Moscow
Sakhalin Island
Japan
United States Air Force
Pacific
Sakhalin
U.S
Kennedy
State Department
John M. McSweeney
Soviet Union
Kremlin
White House
Giorgi Pushkin
John M
Erie man wins Tribune tip on near fatal county courthouse incident
The Tribune awarded Chuck Forsyth of Erie a $3 tip prize for reporting a near fatal sewer gas incident at the Neosho County courthouse construction site. Hollis Stith of Iola collapsed while measuring a manhole. Roy Perry of Pittsburg revived him by supplying oxygen.
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Chuck Forsyth
Erie
The
Tribune
Neosho County
Forsyth
Hollis Stith
Iola
Roy Perry
Pittsburg
Stith
the Tribune
Chanute
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S. Larson
Kansas City
District Demos
Stark School
Karen Marks
Karen
Webb Marks
S. Lincoln
Lois Erickson
Highway Patrol
Carroll H. Christmas
Poplar Heights
Ford
Tod Gay
Anne
Council
Associated Press
Salute To Industry
C of C Tomorrow
Setar
Sea of Okhotsk
la Perouse
Sakhali
Hokkaido
South Sakhalin
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Chuck Forsyth Tip
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