Mystery on West Seventh street highway patrol chase
A high speed midnight clash on West Seventh street ended without wreckage. Two young drivers raced from a dead stop at the airport corner toward the hospital corner. A float bearing a giant fish rolled through Chanute. Nine students and their teacher traveled to Pittsburg by Ozark Airline plane, returning the same day. Traffic counters appeared citywide as state officials probe highway planning.
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West Seventh Street
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Airport Corner
Airport
Nyla Hobbs
Abbott School
Chanute
Ozark
Municipal Airport
Pittsburg
Barbara Coffey
Tribune
Ex King Farouk Seeks Employment in Rome
Former Egyptian monarch Farouk is seeking a job but struggling to find work, according to the Italian magazine Tempo. The report notes his current status and effort to secure employment in Rome.
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Romep
Farouk
Egypt
Tempo
Doorknob Door Prize At Lola Lions Zone Meeting
Lola Lions club hosted a Lions zone gathering in Lola with Chanute Lions members and spouses in attendance. A door prize went to Mrs. Ervin Brune, wife of a Chanute Lions member, and was taken to the Santa Fe freight office to be sent back to Idle club. Joe Davidson chauffeured the prize home, and Chanute attendees listed include Clifford Gibson Harley Wolgast Orville Moulton Gene Geyer Dale Dahlgren Buford Fisher Oscar Bell Randal Diver Ralph Beeson Charles Ballou Pete Kelley Joe Davidson and Ervin Brune.
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Ervin Brune
Lions Zone
Iola
Iola Club
Brune
Charles Ballou
Joe Davidson
al Goodwin
Davidson
Pete Kelley
Goodwin
Tribune
Lola Lions Club
Lola
Chanute Lions
Lions
Gene Geyer
Dale Dahlgren
Buford Fisher
Oscar Bell
Randal Diver
Ralph Beeson
Cargo Ships Collide in Dense Fog Off North Carolina
Two foreign cargo ships collide in fog off the North Carolina coast. The 320 foot Bahia de Matanzas and the 223 foot Colombian Ciudad de Bogota sustained damage. A Bogota cook died after being pinned beneath a steel plate. Coast Guard units and a Lookout minesweeper aided in the scene as fog hampered position reports.
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Manteo
N. C
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Bahia de Matanzas
Ciudad de Bogota
Bogota
Matanzas
Barber
Cherokee
Oregon Inlet
Yale Senior Rejects $350,000 Trust, Seeks Self Reliance
Eugene F. Suter Jr., a Yale senior, petitions Surrogate’s Court to renounce a $350,000 trust fund. Trustees object, saying principal not due until 1963 and noting he may change his mind. Surrogate William T. Collins reserved decision.
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New York
Eugene F. Suter Jr
Yale University
William T. Collins
Suter
Frankfort Daily Index Sold to P Max Claussen
Frankfort Kansas business changes hands as P Max Claussen of Wummerfield purchases the Frankfort Daily Index from H H Hartman and A P Hartman. The Hartman family had operated the paper for over fifty years.
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Frankfort
Kas
P-Max Claussen
Wummerfield
Frankfort Daily Index
H. H
A.P. Hartman
Hartman
Costly Sleeping Pills
The income tax office received four $100 bills in an envelope with an anonymous note claiming worry and sleep loss and promising further payments if still unable to sleep. The message implies an attempt to influence tax authorities through bribe-like payment.
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Chicago
Income Tax Office
Kansas Civil Air Patrol Plans Sixth Annual Search Mission
The Kansas Civil Air Patrol wing will conduct its sixth annual search and rescue mission at Hays municipal airport this Saturday and Sunday. Col. J. J. O'Connor of Wichita says over 100 planes and 400 members will participate, observed by Air Force Rescue Service officers as CAP trains for its search and rescue role. Last year the Kansas wing ranked second in the north central region, which includes the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska and Missouri.
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Wichita
Kansas Civil Air Patrol Wing
Hays
J. J. O'Connor
Air Force Rescue Service
CAP
Kansas
North Central
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
National Bank Call Requests Bank Condition Reports
The comptroller of the currency orders a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Monday April 11. The Federal Reserve Board issues a similar call for condition reports of state banks that are members of the reserve system.
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Washington P
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve System
Tallulah Bankhead Collapses During Performance
St. Louis reports actress Tallulah Bankhead suffered a gastric upset and collapsed in her dressing room after the first act of Dear Charles. The show was canceled and theater manager Paul Beisman expressed hope she would be well enough to perform tonight.
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ST. Louis
Tallulah Bankhead
Dear Charles
Paul Beisman
Miss Bankhead
Brown Named Architect for State Office in Topeka
Dwight C. Brown of Topeka is appointed state architect by Gov. Fred Hall to succeed John A. Brown, also of Topeka, whose term expired March 7. The Browns are not related.
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Topeka
Dwight C. Brown
Fred Hall
John A. Brown
Kansas Towns Hit By Severe Rains From Midwest Storm
Wide areas of Kansas received heavy rains last night with up to 8 inches in Gypsum and Roxbury areas of Saline and McPherson counties. Flooding reported along creeks, with 3.75 inches at Big Bow and 4.45 inches in Beaver, while forecasts call for fair weather to return and temperatures near 60 Thursday.
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Topekap
Kansas
Gypsum- Roxbury
Saline
McPherson
J. E. Pallesen
Big Bow
Stanton County
Ulysses
Satanta
Garden City
Jetmore
Jet Nore
Elkhart
Beaver
Barton County
Richard Garrett
Weather Bureau
Garrett
Lower
Smoky Hill
Goodland
Wichita
Olathe
Hospital Wing Plan for Neosho Memorial To Ease Overload
County hospital trustees approve a $90,000 addition at Neosho Memorial Hospital to add a four bed ward wing for up to 22 patients. The project, designed by Williamson Loebsack and Associates Topeka, includes furnishing costs and may be funded by a resolution to the county commission. A radiology consultant contract with Dr Vernon A Berkey of Pittsburg is approved.
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
County Board of Hospital
Williamson, Loebsack and
Vernon A. Berkey
Pittsburg
Joe F. Balch
Advanced First Aid Class Planned Here By Red Cross
Time is growing short for registrations for an Advanced First Aid course announced by Mrs. Ann Hummer Red Cross executive secretary. The Memorial Building hosts six two hour sessions on April 18 22 25 29 and May 3 6 starting at 7 30 p m taught by A G Scofield Red Cross field representative. Eligibility requires completion of the standard course. The program runs in coordination with Neosho County Civil Defense and aims to train instructors to cover the county.
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Ann Hummer
Red Cross
Memorial Building
A. G. Scofield
Scofield
Hummer
Neosho County
Kansas Town Hit by Flood
Gypsum Kansas endures heavy rainfall causing streets to flood as three creeks converge. Water reached sidewalk level and spilled into several businesses. Upstream reports show Gypsum Hobbs and Spring Creeks delivering several inches of rain with Roxbury nearby recording higher totals. Anticipated rise in Gypsum water depth could reach about eight inches. Abilene and Salina recorded lighter rainfall.
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Gypsum
Kas
Saline
Gysum
Hobbs
Spring
Roxbury
Hobbs Creek
Spring Creek
Abilene
Salina
Census estimates show U S population at 16 367 000
The Census Bureau estimates the nation’s population on March 1 at about 16 367 000, including armed forces overseas, up 2 825 000 or 1 7 percent from a year earlier and 8 8 percent above the last general census total on April 1 1950.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Woodwind Quintet Clinics Educate Area Students
The Kansas City Philharmonic woodwind quintet led clinics at Royster School for about 225 elementary and junior high students in the morning and at Senior High for older students in the afternoon. Demonstrations covered instrument history while observers from 11 area towns attended.
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Kansas City Philharmonic Woodwind
Royster
Evans Music Co
Galesburg
Stark
Thayer
Erie
Elsmore
Altoona
Iola
Moran
Yates Center
Humboldt
Buffalo
El Dorado Bridegroom Arrives Suiting Up Without Trousers
In El Dorado Kas the groom arrived for his wedding with no trousers after leaving them at home in Wichita. A quick save by the bride's brother provided a blue suit alternative and the groom walked down the aisle in time. The minister remarked on the unusual omission.
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EL Dorado
Kas
Wichita
Gratitude Fund Proposed for Dr. Salk
In Richmond Virginia sales engineer M B McReynolds proposed a gratitude fund for Dr Jonas E Salk developer of the polio vaccine He said he would mail to University of Pittsburgh researcher one dollar from each of the three McReynolds family members The gesture follows his view that Salk contributed greatly yet earned little beyond his college pay
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Richmond
Jonas E. Salk
M. B. McReynolds
University of Pittsburgh
McReynolds
Traffic Fatalities Reported For Topeka Area
State accident records show traffic fatalities in the Topeka area over the last 24 hours and to date in 1955 with 126 deaths, compared to 128 in the same period in 1954. One earlier fatality not previously reported is included in the latest figures.
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Ansas
City Dogs Prohibited From Running At Large
Ordinance bans dogs from running at large in the city with fines from five to one hundred dollars. Chief of Police handling enforcement reference (ady 300 71).
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Ady
Humboldt elects M L Brown mayor and swears in officials
Humboldt council swears in new mayor M L Brown and city officers including Wallace Mills treasurer J W Braucher judge and six council members. Bids for a water tank are open with none accepted as of Monday. Clean-up week is set for early May and Centennial Week May 24. Building permits issued to three residents. An adjourned meeting is scheduled for April 25 to discuss waterworks expansion.
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Humboldt
M. L. Brown
Wallace Mills
J. W. ‘Braucher
Paul Lassman
William Manion
R. W. Blattner
Paul Magill
Howard Morrison
LeRoy Wright
M. L. Wellcome
Bill Griffith
James Crow
Polio Vaccine Wins Ground In Salk Breakthrough
AP report from Ann Arbor notes major gains in polio fight as Jonas Salk develops a vaccine with up to 90 percent effectiveness. Public funding via March of Dimes supports free inoculations for nine million children, while 30 million kids are slated for spring and summer vaccination.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Ann Arbor, Mich
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Record-Breaking Year for Chanute Building & Loan Assn
Chanute Building & Loan Assn held its annual meeting announcing a record year with total assets at 2 059 113 74 and over 900 000 in new mortgage loan business. Two new directors, Carl H Haight and Tommy Anderson, were elected to the board, succeeding William M Gray and E E Lofgren.
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Chanute Building & Loan Assn
Carl H. Haight
T. W
Tommy) Anderson
William M. Gray
E. E. Lofgren
Robert N. Allen
Association
Allen
Alten Saifs
Chanute
Haight
Clarence
Anderson
Floyd'l. Johnson
Gordon Barker
Erma Joe King
Marian E. Shike
Jean Mitchell
Harry Byers
Kenneth G. Horton
Seth B.gray
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Coda
Lyle
Leon Briley
Susie
Roger
Daniel Fickel
Madine Chickadonz
Betty Burdue
Jerry Neely
Mrs. Hobbs
State Highway Commission
Commission
Highway Commission
Ross Cooper
W. Main
N. Santa Fe
S&s. Highland
Lincoln
Frankfort Index
Civil Air Patrol
Tallulah
Brown
Cosesecs
S.icecssees
Kansas Town
Woodwind
Dr. Salk
Pittsburgh
National Institutes of Health
Bldg. & Loan
Gray
Lofgren
Casey Drug CO
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