Cost of Living Stays Steady in August
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index unchanged at 126.6 in August, about 26.6 percent above the 1947-49 base. Earnings after taxes fell for workers with three dependents, while spendable income edged up slightly but buying power lagged. Price stability came from declines in food, autos, and most home appliances.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Freer UN Role in Katanga Turmoil Allows Action
UN field commanders in Leopoldville gained latitude to intervene in Katanga Province clashes between Katanga troops and Baluba rebels. The change comes after reports of a brutal suppression of an antigovernment demonstration in Luena and amid Mobutu’s calls for Ghanaian and Guinean troop withdrawal. Ghanaian units remain at Patrice Lumumba's residence to deter mob actions targeting the former premier.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Luena
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Ghana
Patrice Lumumba
Delaware Speeder Arrested by Best
Creedon R. Yost of Carlisle Pennsylvania was arrested for speeding at 100 mph in Middletown Delaware. A chase by State Police Colonel John P. Ferguson Captain John F. Herbert Lieutenant Walter Nedwick and Governor J Caleb Boggs followed before Yost was stopped and fined 204 dollars. He claimed he was rushing to aid a disabled truck.
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Middletown
Del
Creedon R. Yost
Carlisle
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Yost
John F. Herbert
John P. Ferguson
Walter Nedwick
Parking Tickets Unpaid Poet Faces 30 Day Jail Chance
In San Francisco poet Jory Sherman, 28, faced 30 days in jail after unpaid parking tickets. He told Judge Andrew J. Eyman he had paid $40 on the tickets, while the judge noted the car continued to be parked at the same site. Sherman retorted that the citation was ignored by police.
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San Francisco
Jory Sherman
Sherman
Andrew J. Eyman
Eyman
Bomb explosions heard in Vedado Havana
Two loud explosions shook the Vedado district of Havana during the night as nuisance bombings continued. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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Havana
Vedado
Wasser
Chanute Fall Festival Opens With Big Talent Show
About 1,000 people attend the Festival Frolics at the Chanute Memorial Building where Anders wins the top prize a $25 gift certificate for a 17th annual Fall Festival. Second place goes to Billie Solomon and third to Ricky Hummer as local acts compete amid parade preparations and carnival plans.
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Dick Andert
Henry Andert
Gretchen
Memorial Building
Anders
Billie Solomon
Ricky Hummer
al Jolson
Lyle
Lynn Lyman
Linda Hall
Dew Drops
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Hutton
St. Patrick's
People’s Theater
Murray Hill
Alcott
Chajnute
Pittsburg
Royster Stadium
JayCee
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign War
National
iGuard
Hibbs Wins Grand Champion in Corn at Fall Festival
Thayer farmer Ralph Hibbs takes grand champion in corn exhibits at the Memorial Building judging morning. Doris Shellhorn of Erie earns reserve champion. Judge Dan Pherigo, Wilson County farm agent, noted about 100 crop entries from 47 exhibitors, with overall strong results across crops and canned goods.
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Ralph Hibbs
Thayer
Memorial Building
Doris Shellhorn
Erie
Dan Pherigo
Wilson County
Fredonia
John Gorton
Marie Kyle
Chanute Junior College Foods
Mrs Naughton Hurt in Crash at Lincoln and Sixth
Mrs Naughton 44 of R 3 suffered a neck injury in a traffic collision at 6th and Lincoln about 5 25 p m yesterday. She rode with daughter Sydney 15 and was rear ended by Jay Hall 15 of 1507 S Evergreen. Damage estimated at 100 to the Naughton Dodge and 300 to Hall Ford. A summons was issued to Hall’s parents on permitting a minor to drive.
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John Naughton
R. 3
Lincoln
Naughton
Sydney
Jay Hall
S. Evergreen
Liberal Supermarket Destroyed by Fire
Liberal Kans Ideal Supermarket No 2 the towns largest food store was destroyed Thursday night by a fire sparked by lightning during a thunderstorm Flames spread toward five large tanks containing gasoline and diesel fuel The blaze remained out of control until two pumping units from Haliburton Oil Well cementing Co arrived to blast water on the flames with exceptionally large for trucks delivery.
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Liberal, Kan
Liberal
Ideal Supermarket No
Haliburton Oil Well
X15 Engine Fails Over Edwards Base
The X15 rocket engine failed during flight at Edwards Air Force Base California. Navy test pilot Lt Cmdr Forrest S Petersen, flying the craft for the first time, executed a successful emergency landing and walked away unharmed.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Cmdr
Forrest S. Petersen
Traffic Fatalities Log Report in Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am with 1 fatality, comparing 1960 figures to 1959 period at 433. Earlier fatality noted as not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune Phone Contact Instructions
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone, contact your carrier. If he is unreachable, call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Khrushchev Urges UN Overhaul and Global Disarmament
Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposed moving the UN out of New York and eliminating the secretary general, while calling for a three-member executive and a three-stage disarmament plan. He urged immediate independence for colonies, warned of World War III over the U2 incident, and pressed for a new summit on West Berlin with Eisenhower and Western leaders.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nikita Khrushchev
New York
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
West Berlin
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Sion
World Organization
Sweden
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Soviet Union
Congo
Educational TV Proposed for Here
A Kansas Legis lat ive Council survey says a statewide educational television system is feasible and could solve major educational problems. It recommends FCC channel applications, a state educational TV authority, and $6.7 million in capital plus $710,000 for two years of operating costs.
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Topeka
The
Legislative Council
Kansas
FCC
Chanute
Garden City
Grainfield
Hutchinson
Lincoln
Emporia
Pittsburg
Hays
Kansas City
Lawrence
Manhattan
Wichita
Autograph Hunter Seeks Presidential Signatures
Kansas wheat farmer John A. Feist has collected more than 3,800 autographs since 1925. The 72 year old from Hays KS aims to add a U S president's signature and the Alcatraz warden's. He recently toured 5000 miles to the east coast and Canada seeking leaders including Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower.
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Kansas City
United States
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Feist
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
$25,000 Coin Theft Wipes Out Collector
A New York coin dealer reports a $25,000 loss after a briefcase of coins was stolen from a locker at Municipal Air Terminal. Marcel Silton of Jackson Heights said the thief pried the locker open while he ate. he estimates the collection and records were lost, with insurance around $10,000.
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Kansas City
New York
Municipal Air Terminal
Marcel Silton
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Lilton
U S Ready for Moon Shot as Atlas Able Prepares
Cape Canaveral reports the Atlas Able rocket dubbed Pioneer VI is ready for a potential weekend launch to study lunar environment. The 19 story launcher carries a 388 pound instrument package intended to map radiation magnetic fields and micrometeorites in a 1500 to 2500 mile lunar orbit before a reverse burn pulls it toward the moon.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Lunar
Moon
Pioneer VI
Earth
Yale decorations fund drive letters to merchants
Letters will be mailed to businesses and offices tomorrow to raise funds for Christmas street decorations. Floyd Nafi says about 400 letters go out. Donors contribute 50 cents per foot of frontage with a $10 minimum, matching prior drives. Funds replenish worn decorations and buy new ones. Contributions due by September 30 to allow delivery of items.
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Floyd Nafi
Chamber of Commerce Retail Planning Committee
Weather forecast and Kansas rainfall impact on crops
Latest forecasts predict mostly cloudy conditions through Saturday with partial clearing Saturday afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, local heavy rains tonight and early Saturday, cooler tonight with upper 50s lows and high 70s Saturday. In Kansas soaking rain ended a drought with over three inches statewide, central and western areas hit hardest. Weather ahead includes more rain mainly in east and south, soils set for 1961 wheat crop. temperatures in west 60s, east 70s. Top Thursday ranged 61 to 92, lows 43 to 68.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wichita
Richard Garrett
Goodland
Chanute
Pittsburg
Storm threats target Oklahoma and Kansas towns today
Tornadoes and large hail are forecast across western and north central Oklahoma and parts of south central and southeast Kansas. The forecast predicts scattered severe thunderstorms with a few tornadoes and large hail along a line from Hobart Oklahoma to near Chanute Kansas between 1 and 7 p.m. CST today.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Hobart
Okla
Chanute
Kas
Pope John XXIII Returns to Vatican City
Pope John XXIII returns to Vatican City after a two month stay at his summer residence in the Alban hills south of Rome.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Alban Hills
Rome
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