Half Million Flee Path of Carla Huricane to Texas Coast
Carla the most intense Texas hurricane this century pounds Louisiana and Texas with 173 mph winds and 11-foot tides. More than 400,900 people flee coastlines in Texas and Louisiana as ports and towns like Galveston and Port Aransas face rising floods and power loss. Coast Guard crews, National Guardsmen, and rescue teams operate as inland towns report widespread damage and communications outages.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Corpus Christi
John Stallings
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Port Aransas
Cameron
Aransas Pass
Matagorda Bay
Port Lavaca
North Beach
Corpus ‘Christi
Chicago
Dreamland Cafe
John Sealy Hospital
University of ‘Texas Medical Center
Galveston News
Bowers
Associated Press
Texas City
Galveston Island
Civil Defense
Kirby Smith
Rio Grande Valley
North Forest Block Party Brings Neighbors Closer
About 70 residents gathered for a Saturday evening block party on North Forest with city permission to close a stretch between Elm and Walnut. Local residents shared food and games while Rev. Ray J. Hutchison screened Holy Land trip movies. A pigeon rescue at 101 N. Forest ends with Lassman keeping the escaped bird, hoping a second might be claimed.
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Merrill Moore
N. Forest
Marvin Wolfe
Ray Hutchison
North Forest
Elm
Walnut
The
Holy Land
Ray J. Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Fall Is Fatal For Topeka Painter
Howard W. Felts, 34, a Topeka painter, died after a 30 foot fall from a scaffold while painting the interior of a water tower at Forbes Air Force Base. The accident occurred Thursday. Felts died Saturday night from his injuries.
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Topeka
Howard W. Felts
Felts
Forbes Air Force Base
Missouri Crash Fatal to Five
A two car collision two miles north of Bagneil am killed five people and injured four others. Victims include Rev Melvin Ray Frey 55 his wife Florence Emmett L Frey 55 and Vera Frey 50 and Ruth Thompson 50. Injured are Joe D Thompson 55 his son James 24 Lucille 20 and David 11. Reports say one car made a left turn to stop at a filling station when struck by the Frey vehicle.
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Eldon
U.S
Bagneilam
Melvin Ray Frey
Florence
Emmett L. ‘Frey
Lindsay
Ohio
Vera
Ruth Thompson
Leeton
Joe D. Thompson
Ruth
James
Lucille
David
Highway Patrol
Frey
Woman detained after fatal self-inflicted shooting on rural road
A Pittsburg area case reports a man driving up to a car with a pistol, fatally shooting himself after firing at a woman who said her husband was trying to kill her. Mrs. Minnie Sheets was wounded. Sheriff identifies the self-inflicted death as ruled by Crawford County coroner.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Clint Riley
Midway
Minnie
W. G. Rinehart
Crawford County
New School Additions Open for Fall Term
About 650 people toured Lincoln and Alcott elementary school additions during open houses yesterday. About 400 visited Alcott and 250 Lincoln. The expansions add four classrooms, easing crowding. Lincoln cost about $80,000 and Alcott about $65,000.
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Lincoln
Alcott
PTA
Hurricanes Leave Port a Ghost Town
Port Lavaca Texas reports Carla approaching near Matagorda Bay as Indiansola remains a ghost town after past storms. The Texas coast's old shipping hub has stood empty for decades, echoing 19th century hurricanes.
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Port
Port Lavaca
Tex
Carla
Indianola
Matagorda Bay
Texas
1500 Free Beet Sandwiches At Thayer Homecoming
Thayer Homecoming and Fair concluded its 50th annual event with about 1500 free barbecued beef sandwiches served at the fairgrounds. Five hundred pounds of beef were cooked overnight at a large pit, and a centennial program featured honored attendees from 50 years ago, a centennial costume winner, and performances by a square dance group, a rock n roll contest, a community sing, and a barbershop quartet.
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Thayer
Thayer Homecoming Assn
A. L. Palmer
Jor Thayer
Roy Crockett
Hershell Woolery
A. W. Burton
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log shows 48 hours to 9 am Monday 25 September 1961. Comparable 1960 period records count 327 deaths. Local transportation officials note rising fatality numbers and urge safer driving.
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Topeka
Kansas
Topeka Woman Severely Beaten
Topeka AP reports Mitzi Wheless a 34 year old woman was found by friends in her apartment with multiple skull fractures after a Saturday beating. Detectives found nothing missing and no weapon located at the scene.
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Topeka
Mitzi Wheless
Miss Wheless
Thousands on Strike At Most GM Plants
Thousands of UAW members walked out at GM plants nationwide over local issues after failed talks. The strike, extending to 129 plants, began as negotiators reached a money-package deal but failed on nonfinancial concerns.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
UAW
Tne
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis GM Seaton
Seaton
International Union of Electrical Workers
Gm-Uaw
J. Arthur Goldberg
Ford
Chrysler
600 Attend District II Convention at First Christian Church
About 600 persons attended the largest District II Christian convention in the area at the First Christian church in Chanute yesterday. Thirteen Kansas counties represented with key speakers from Coffeyville Columbus Independence and Chanute. District officers were elected and church groups hosted two banquets across venues. The 1962 convention is set for Parsons.
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First Christian Church
N. Grant
Kansas
Chester Werbin
Jack Matthews
Columbus
LaMoine Waldron
First Christian Church of
Chanute
W. L. McEver
Coffeyville
Alice Cobble
Independence
Virgil Feever
Girard
William Livingston
Monte
Frank Taylor
Iola
World Outreach
Jack Barron
Waldron
Clayton Ward
Christian’ Hills
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Christian Men's Fellowship
Grace Episcopal Church
White Shrine
Mountain Accident Claims Kansan In Colorado Crash
John L. Myers Jr. 22 of Topeka Kansas died when a car driven by his brother David 17 left a mountain road and plunged 65 feet. Myers, a University of Kansas senior, was photographing Colorado scenery and hoped to teach geology after graduation. David Myers was hospitalized in Glenwood Springs Colorado with injuries.
House Tentatively OKs Military Construction Bill
The House tentatively approved a 947,878,750 military construction appropriation with a final vote delayed to Wednesday due to a Senate dispute over one project. The measure funds hundreds of military public works projects in the U S and abroad.
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Washington
House
Senate
United States
Neosho County Plans School District Reorganization
An 11 member sub committee of the Neosho County planning board will meet in Erie to study possible reorganization of county school districts. The panel will evaluate all district systems, draft a plan, and submit it to the planning board for approval before state review.
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Merle ‘Hayden
State Committee On
Robern Powers
Brewster
Mantineg
Erie
Neosho County
Hazel Meeker
Planning Board
Fof
Ed Rideau
Floyd Potter
Chanute
Dale [Anderson
Thayer
George ‘Simmons
Kimball
John Halzen
Everett Allen
Galesburg
Gerald Umbargerments
Earlton
Joe O’brien
St. Paul
Kenneth Young
Fairfield
Glen Neely
Hillcrest
Erie High School
Lightning strikes tractor tip proves top tipster tale
Mrs Don Cooper of rural Chanute wins 3 for last week's top news tip in The Tribune contest. The winning item described Claud e Camp planting alfalfa northeast of Chanute when lightning hit the tractor umbrella, flattening rear tires. Camp uninjured but shaken.
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Don Cooper
The
Tribune
Claude Camp
Chanute
Camp
Satur- Topeka
Northwest
Kansas
Pertions
Kansas B
Richard Garrett
Carla
Gulf Coast
Weather forecast shows clouds showers and cooler turn
A forecast for tonight and Tuesday calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms and cooler conditions. Lows near 5 degrees overnight and highs around 70 on Tuesday.
Strike Ends At Miami Oklahoma Tire Plant
The 46 day strike by United Rubber Workers ends as 600 members ratify a contract at the B F Goodrich tire and tube plant in Miami Oklahoma. The agreement raises wages 2 percent to 9 cents an hour for 261 workers and includes seniority re hire provisions. The strike idled 1400 employees.
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Miami
Okla
B. F. Good‘rich Co
United Rubber Workers
Kindergarten enrollment totals rise across Cha nute schools
A total of 222 kindergartners enrolled last week across Cha nute kindergarten schools signaling a sharp pre school enrollment rise. Officials noted 14 late enrollments in other grades this week bringing all public school enrollment to 2629 with more late registrations expected.
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Chanute
Alcott
Hutton
Lincoln
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Royster Junior High
Junior College
Alcott ‘School
Hutton School
Hepatitis Outbreak Reported Near Dodge City Area
AP: An outbreak of infectious hepatitis is reported about 15 miles northwest of Dodge City. Ford County health officer Dr. F Burke Scagnelli says there is no cause for undue concern.
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Dodge City
F. Burke Scagnelli
Ford County
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