Altoona Builds Modern High School and Gym
Altoona commits $275000 for a new two-story school replacing a 58-year-old building. The Z-shaped facility will serve 100 students with eight classrooms a science lab a cafeteria library and a gym seating 800. Architect Coler S. Hissem Wichita contractor H G Weller Wichita and electrical contractor Jack Eaton Neodesha.
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Altoona
Coler S. Hissem
Wichita
H. G. Weller
Carter Plumbing and Heating of
Jack Eaton
Neodesha
Taylor Fisher Vows Planned In Mexico
Las Vegas AP report says Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor plan to marry in Mexico within six weeks. Fisher hoped Debbie Reynolds would consent to a Nevada divorce. Reynolds has a California divorce not final for a year. Taylor hopes Reynolds may agree after she returns from Spain. pickets outside Tropicana protested.
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Las Vegas
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Mexico
Debbie Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Nevada
California
Fisher
Miss Taylor
Europe
Spain
Debbie
Eddie
Tropicana Hotel
Howard Taylor
la Jolla
Calif
Liz
Chanute Reports $550 Fire Loss in March
Chanute fire department logged 47 runs in March including 26 grass fires. Chief C W Brennan cited city losses at about $3,680 for Jan–Mar, with 105 service calls. Last March saw 15 runs and $684.40 loss.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Tioga
Danville
Enlisted Men Bump Colonel Off Plane
Seven airmen thanked a general after a colonel was bumped from a flight home from Tokyo. The plane was ordered back after a phone call to Lt Gen Burns. Charles Platt Jr. and his family were removed to allow the soldiers to depart on emergency leave. the colonel stayed in Japan to face an investigation.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Air Force
Platt
City Voters Registered for Next Tuesday Election
City Clerk reports 4 395 voters registered for the city election next Tuesday an increase of 89 from the prior primary but 537 fewer than the general election two years ago Polls open 8 am to 6 pm at listed wards and sites Chanute district voters may vote for school board but not city commission ballots in first ward two city commissioners and three school board members will be chosen and a one half mill industrial levy proposal appears on the ballot
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Howard Parsons
North Malcolm
Alcott School
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Chanute
School Board
City Commission
Clowns Set World Record in SMU Car Stunt
Thirty four members of Kappa Sigma at Southern Methodist University crowded a Renault Dauphine to set a world record matching NYU’s feat. Eleven rode in the trunk and 23 in the main body of the small car as a publicity stunt.
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Dallas, Tex
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Southern Methodist University
New York University
Land Case Goes to Jury
ERIE The FE. Ly Geiger land condemnation award appeal went to the jury at 11 a.m. today in district court here. Testimony ran longer than expected and the jury was taken to view the land after yesterday's session. Geiger and his wife appeal the award from an appraisal commission in the condemnation for the new Parsons city reservoir.
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Erie
FE. Ly Geiger
Gieger
Parsons City
Princess Grace to Have Brief Appendectomy in Lausanne
Princess Grace of Monaco will undergo a short appendectomy in Lausanne with a Philadelphia surgeon stating the procedure will take six or seven minutes. The operation is described as routine and without complications expected.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Grace of
Monaco
Philadelphia
Bobby Buzbee Improves After Car Injury in Kansas City
Bobby Edgar Buzbee, 3, son of Richard E. and spouse of Burlington Iowa, formerly Chanute, improved and partly conscious at Research Hospital Kansas City after head injuries and severe bruises from being struck by a northbound car on M-65 while crossing to fetch mail. Vehicle driver Helen Kallenberger, 39, Norborne Missouri, faces patrol reports.
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Bobby Edgar
Richard E. Buzbee
Burlington
Chanute
Bobby
Research Hospital
Kansas City
Burbee
Tribune
Iowa
Hawkeye Gazette
Buzbee
Jackson County
Lafayette
Helen Kallenberger
Norborne
McCune Businessman Dies in 1959 Highway Fatality
Thomas R. Landes 69, longtime McCune Mutual Telephone Co. superintendent, died at Parsons hospital after a March 22 collision at U S 160 and K103. Three others injured in the crash. Funeral services set for Friday morning.
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McCune
Kan
Thomas R. Landes
Crawford County
Parsons Hospital
U. S. 160
Landes
McCune Mutual Telephone Co
Ike Urges Free World Unity Against Reds and NATO Ties
In Indianapolis Minnie Nicholas testifies she trained with the pistol used in the Teel killing as prosecutors allege premeditation. Eisenhower lauds NATO’s 10 years but warns of ongoing Cold War tension and urges unity and negotiations with the Soviet Union.
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Indianapolis, Ind
Minnie B
Connie) Nicholas
Forrest Teel
Washington
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Free World
NATO
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Paul-Henri Spaak
Council
Joseph M. A. H. Luns
Netherlands
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Kansas Weather Outlook Sees Warm, Sunny Benefit Ahead
Topeka AP reports a fair stretch with warmer temperatures ahead. Highs expect 70s to low 80s today, cooling slightly Friday with 55 to 60 in the north and west and 75 in the southeast. Lows range from 45 to 50 tonight as clear skies persist across western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Olathe
Garden City
Hill City
Concordia
Goodland
Russell
Shave and a Haircut Prices Rise in Chicago
CHICAGO AP reports barber prices soon increase to 3 dollars 25 cents for a shave and haircut with 2 dollars for a haircut and 1 dollar 25 cents for a shave. The step up marks one of the nation’s highest price levels.
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Chicago
March police report shows declines in bonds and fines
The March police department report records bonds and fines down to 473.17 from 779.44 in February while parking meter bonds rose to 188.17. Traffic arrests declined with one drunk driving arrest in March versus three in February. 221 service calls, six nontraffic arrests, and various property crimes are noted along with patrol mileage and prisoner lodging.
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March Police Department
Tribune
Lee Wasser
Angus Cattle Sale Averages $281 Per Head
Sixty eight head of cattle consigned to the Southeast Kansas Angus Breeders Assn sale brought an average of 281 dollars per head. Paul Stinson of Iola reported 23 bulls averaged 305 and 45 females 262. Top price was 550 dollars for a bull. All animals were consigned by association members. Sale at Chanute Sales Pavilion followed the breeders annual meeting with about 250 stockmen in attendance from southeast Kansas.
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Southeast Kansas
Four Men Die In Missouri 35 Crash Near Clinton
Four men were killed when two cars collided on Missouri 35 seven miles west of Clinton. Harold J. Perry 40 of Kansas City Robert Pruitt 43 of Hickman Mills James E. Corder 33 of Hickman Mills and William F. Walton 18 of Urich died in the wreck. The Perry Pruitt Corder car swerved into Walton’s car killing him after Walton had just bought a new auto and was out for a joy ride. A mile east the three men’s car sideswiped Oliver Cox 27 of Kansas City Cox chased them and they failed to stop before hitting Walton.
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Clinton, Mo
Missouri
Clinton
Harold J. Perry
Kansas City
Robert Pruitt
Hickman Mills
James E. Corder
William F. Walton
Urich
Missouri Highway Patrol
Perry
Pruitt
Corder
Young Walton
Walton
Oliver FE. Cox
Cox
Girl Hit by Car in City Street
Linda Osborn an 11 year old girl of 321 South Tennessee was bumped by a car at 12 East Main Street about 4 20 p m yesterday but suffered only minor bruises. Police said the car was driven by Mrs G William Gardner of 319 North Lafayette Street. She said the girl ran in front of her as she was parking.
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Dep
Judson Haggerty
Gano
Linda Osborn
S. Tennessee
E. Main
G. William Gardner
N. Lafayette
KIDC Workshop Set For April 14 In This City
Kansas Industrial Development Commission schedules a workshop at the Tioga hotel starting 9 a.m. April 14 to guide businessmen and officials through industrial promotion. Led by five KIDC staff with local host Chamber of Commerce, the event covers locating industry financing planning and community effort.
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Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Tioga Hotel
KIDC
John H. Sticher
John E. McCauley
Clarence Becker
Gene Steuart
Don Richards
Chanute
Dodge City
Hays
Beloit
Newton
Topeka
Large Dog Pins Child to Ground In Local Incident
Police responded to 218 N Malcom Street last night where a large dog pinned a child to the ground. The boy, Steven Morrison, was not bitten but scratched. The dog was taken to the city pound with orders that it be released to the owner only if kept tied or penned.
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N. Malcolm
Steven Morrison
Tax bill on dividends becomes law without Docking’s signature
AP reports a bill exempting dividends from banks and trust companies from state income taxes became law without Governor George Docking’s signature. Docking, a banker by trade and stock owner, said he would have vetoed it if lawmakers had shown opposition.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported for 1959
Topeka AP summary shows state accident records listing 111 fatalities to date in 1959, up from 94 in the comparable period of 1958, with a 24 hour update noting one additional death.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tour for Viewing 4 H FFA Projects
A deferred fed steer and heifer tour, sponsored by the Bank of Commerce, will depart the bank building at 8 a.m. Saturday, visiting 14 stops to showcase 4 H and FFA project progress. Youths purchase six month calves and fatten them for sale, with two tours held yearly in spring and late summer.
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Bank of Commerce
FFA
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Altoona High School
Bobby Buzbee
Ike
Nicholas
William Gano
Teel
Chanute Livestock Sales Co
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