300 Attend Meet of District IOOF Girard 60 Site
About 300 people attended the 140th anniversary program Saturday at Murray Hill school in Girard held by the Southeast Kansas Anniversary Assn. of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Girard will host next year with officers elected from local lodges.
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IOOF
Girard
Murray Hill School
Southeast Kansas Anniversary Assn
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Chanute Lodges
Hector No
The
Oddfellows
Banner No
Rebekahs
Pittsburg Rebekahs
Chanute
Garment Plant Plans New Oswego to Chanute Factory Move
The Glenn Berry Manufacturers of Oswego will open a garment plant in Chanute with temporary quarters and 70 to 75 machines. Expected staffing is 90 to 100 workers. Kenneth Hause of Denver named manager. major building planned in Chanute with site decisions early this week. The company also moves its Oswego operations and headquarters to Commerce Oklahoma, home of Mickey Mantle.
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Glenn Berry Manufacturers, Inc
Oswego
Chanute
David Rose
Rose
Burlington Manufacturing Co
Kenneth Hause
Denver
Hause
Polaris Rocket Soars at Cape in Troubled Trials
The 28 foot Polaris test rocket lifted from Cape Canaveral at 1030 hours marking its sixth flight in seven months. The two stage solid fuel missile has suffered explosions and fizzled attempts in prior tests while resembling the operational submarine launched weapon. A black smoke trail and orange nose marked its ascent through thick cloud as engineers monitor performance.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Cape
Three Die In Rainy Highway 275 Crash Near Tabor
A two car collision on Highway 275 seven miles south of Tabor in a rain storm killed three people including Phylis Larson 18 of Norfolk Nebraska Mrs. Thom as Harris Jr 21 of St Joseph Missouri and her daughter Diana 2 The crash left six others injured Miss Larson rode with James R Moross 21 of Murdo South Dakota an airman at Altus Air Force Base Oklahoma.
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Tabor
Iowa
Phylis Larson
Norfolk
Neb
Thomas Harris Jr
St. Joseph
Diana
Altus
Okla
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Kansas
Kansas traffic fatalities list from state accident records shows 0 in the last 24 hours, 127 to date in 1959, compared with 125 for the comparable period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Soviet Denies German Patrols In Berlin Air Corridors
The Soviet Embassy in East Berlin denied that MIG fighters have begun regular patrols in the air corridors linking West Berlin and West Germany. American officials echoed the denial. Moscow said there has been no change in air corridor operations on its side, despite U.S. claims to fly to West Berlin above 10 000 feet.
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U.S
West Berlin
Moscow
United States
Berlin
Pawnee Indians Claim Before Commission in Omaha
A two man Indian Claims Commission board opened a hearing in Omaha to fix the amount of a $23 million Pawnee judgment against the federal government for lands lost to whites between 1833 and 1876. Attorneys said the hearing may last through the week.
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OMAHA
Indian Claims Commission Board
Kansas
Nebraska
Eisenhower appeals Khrushchev on test talks deadlock
The President sent a personal letter to Soviet Premier Khrushchev urging consideration of a step by step Western proposal to halt atomic and hydrogen weapon tests. The disclosure came at a three power conference meeting and was later acknowledged by Western sources.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Man Dies on Bus in Dodge City
Charles Hand a Mattoon Illinois salesman died of a heart attack on a bus traveling from Oklahoma City to Denver. The driver headed to a Dodge City hospital when Hand slumped in his seat and was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Dodge City
Kas
Charles Hand
Mattoon
Ill
Oklahoma City
Denver
Lee Wasser
Hand
Unseasonably Cold Weather Grips Kansas Into Weekend
Clouds linger as a sharp drop in temperatures follows a high of 74 yesterday and 41 this morning. Forecasters promise a cool, windy period with highs near 50 to 55 Tuesday and mid 30s tonight, while rainfall totals top a quarter inch over the weekend in many counties.
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Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Osage City
Quenemo
Lyndon
Wamego
Ft. Riley
Blue Rapids
Frankfurt
Soldier
Horton
Centralia
Fact
Clay Center
Alta Vista
Sal
Lost family sought after Beloit trip
Butler Pennsylvania AP State police issued a 13 state alert for the Perkins family of Butler County who reportedly left Beloit Ohio after visiting Anna Mae Armitage. Chester Perkins 54 his wife Elizabeth 48 their son Harry 26 and his father John 79 are missing. Ethel Lombardozzi says she has not heard from them since they left Beloit and were due home in Fenelton last Thursday. Fenelton lies about 90 miles from Beloit. West Virginia police report two Clarksburg women missing since April 8 near Sutton, further south from Butler.
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Butler County
Beloit
Ohio
Anna Mae Armitage
Chester Perkins
Perkins
Elizabeth
John
Harry
Ethel Lombardozzi
Fenelton
Lombardozzi
Buller
West Virginia
Clarksburg
W.va
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
Beckley
Sutton
Junction City Crash Injures Sooner Youth
Don ald H. Weisen a University of Oklahoma student was critically injured in a Sunday car crash south of Junction City. Richard Holley the driver said he swerved to avoid a dog and lost control. Weisen suffered a skull fracture and was treated at City Hospital. The two other students in the car were unhurt.
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Junction City
Donald H. Weisen
University of Oklahoma
Lincoln
Neb
City Hospital
Richard Holley
Weisen
Here
Recah
Fall Fatal at Clearwater Grain Elevator Project
John W. Sparks, 27, died yesterday after a fall from scaffolding at a grain elevator construction site in Clearwater Kansas. Authorities investigated the accident and noted the incident occurred at the remote project location.
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Clearwater, Kas
John W. Sparks
Beauty queen injured in Kansas car crash
Miss Karen Mowry an 18 year old Fort Hays State student and winner of a district American Legion beauty contest was injured when her car slid off a muddy road near Lucre near Norton. She received 92 stitches for facial wounds but neither she nor her mother was critically hurt. The district win qualified her for the state contest at Hutchinson in July.
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Lucerne, Kan
American Legion
Karen Mowry
Fort Hays State
Mowry
Norton
Clarence Mowry
Here
Hutchinson
Jury Selection In Haddan Land Condemnation Appeal
Testimony for appellants in the land condemnation appeal of Zulah Z Haddan and others began in district court after jury selection. The case involves land condemned by the State Highway Commission near Stark for the K-6 highway project and is the second of five such appeals set for trial this term. The jury was seated at 9 25 a.m. with members L R Rathbun T F Ahlers Chanute Warren Knox Grafton Heaton Roy Claus Harley Johnson Eric Ira Williamson South Mound Wayne Gibson Francis Grillett St Paul Emil Semrad Thayer Sam Yockey Waldene Reasnor Parsons.
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Zulah Z. Haddan
State Highway Commission
Stark
L. R. Rathbun
T. F. Ahlers
Chanute
Warren Knox
Grafton Heaton
Roy Claus
Harley Johnson
Eric
Ira Williamson
South Mound
Wayne Gibson
Francis Grillett
St. Paul
Emil Semrad
Thayer
Sam Yockey
Waldene Reasnor
Parsons
How to Get the Tribune by Phone
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier first. If unreachable, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Frisco Freight Train Derails In Oklahoma City
The Frisco freight train derailed in Oklahoma City early today. Six crewmen were injured none seriously. Engineer L R Harbell seventy two year old? No. The train traveled slowly after a split rail, a derailed one car upended. all injured were treated and released at an Oklahoma City hospital.
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Oklahoma City
L. R. Harbell
Castro Pays Tribute To Unknown Soldiers
Fidel Castro in full revolutionary uniform laid a pink and white carnation wreath at Arlington National Cemetery tombs of the unknowns. He wore a jacket and tie rather than the usual open-necked shirt, signaling a formal tribute to unknown warriors.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Castro
Herter Named Secretary of State Vows Team Role and Travel
Washington AP report notes Christian A Herter new secretary of state says he will be a strong team worker who travels overseas as needed. He returned from a Charleston plantation rest to assume control after John Foster Dulles. He hints C Douglas Dillon may be promoted. confirmation awaits.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
John Foster Dulles
Herter
Senate
Charleston
S.C
New
Daylight Saving Time Confusing Quiz explainer
AP reports on the DST maze across states with a quiz guiding readers through the basics the start date April 26 the April to October window and differing practices by Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Delaware California Nevada Indiana Wisconsin Massachusetts and more including Kentucky Butte Montanas June 1 to Sept 6 and Illinois mixed adherence.
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Middle West
Butte
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Montana
Kentucky
Lexington
Frankfort
Iowa
Davenport
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Dalai Lama Statement Denounced by Peiping Radio
Peiping radio and the New China News Agency criticized the Dalai Lama's statement denying abduction and Tibet’s independence. The Panchen Lama called it fabrication as China asserts Tibet remains under Beijing’s influence and self rule has not been granted.
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Dalai Lama
Red
Saturay
Tezpur
India
Red China
Tibet
Chou En-lai
China
Peiping
Foreign Ministry
NCNA
Boy Tied to Stake Burns Fatal in Vermont Play Incident
Charles Andrus, 13, of Fair Haven, died at Rutland Hospital after being tied to a stake by friends during a game. Dry grass ignited, burning clothing and causing third degree burns over half his body. Police report the incident occurred Saturday and residents nearby smothered the flames.
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Rutland, Vt
Charles Andrus
Fair Haven
Rutland Hospital
Andrus
Scientists Give Space Man Race Top Priority in U S
Washington AP. Dr T Keith Glennan head of NASA told the House Space Committee that the man in space program has the highest priority. He asked for nearly half a billion dollars in fiscal 1960 spending authority and said the Soviets have technical know how though subject to propaganda claims.
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Soviet Union
U.S
T. Keith Glennan
Congress
Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House Space Committee
True
Eisenhower Nominates Christian Herter as Secretary of State
President Eisenhower formally nominates Christian A. Herter 64 as secretary of state to succeed John Foster Dulles. Herter, undersecretary, will face Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing and is expected to win quick approval. He will represent the United States at a Paris meeting of Western foreign ministers starting April 29 and Geneva talks with the Soviet foreign minister.
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Eisenhower
Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
James Wadsworth
Dulles
Senate
Graf
Augusta
Christian A. Herter
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Paris
Washington
Two Killed In Kansas Weekend Highway Disasters
Two fatalities occurred on Kansas highways over the weekend. Anson Maine native Byron Robert Nelson, 20, an airman from Olathe Naval Air Station, died after his car collided with a train Friday night in Olathe. James F. Claypool, 77, a retired farmer, was killed in a separate truck train crash near Stafford on Friday night.
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Kansas
Olathe Naval Air Station
Byron
Robert Nelson
Anson
Maine
Olathe Hospital
Stafford
James F. Claypool
Missouri
Pittsburg and Frontenac Swap to Dial Telephones
Pittsburg and nearby Frontenac transitioned from manual to dial telephones yesterday. M H Helmick, manager of the Pittsburg office of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co, said about 7200 telephones will operate from the new exchange building. All numbers use the Adams 1 exchange prefix and the Pittsburg exchange offers direct distance dialing.
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Pittsburg
Kas
Frontenac
M. H. Helmick
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas City Youth Killed in Crash Near U S 71 Bypass
Independence Missouri AP reports 21 year old Frank Earl McAvoy of Kansas City North died when his car veered from a curve and struck a stock pen of railroad ties on Cement City road a half mile west of the U S 71 by-pass.
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Independence
Frank Earl McAvoy
Kansas City
Cement City
U. S. 71
May 1 Designated Child Health Day Proclaimed
President Eisenhower designated May 1 as Child Health Day and urged all citizens to reassess ways to provide full opportunities for healthy growth and development of children in a formal proclamation.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Trainmen Seek 14 Percent Pay Increase This Year
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announces a 14 percent raise demand for nearly 200,000 members in new contract talks. Notices go to railroads. the cost of living bonus slated to be added to base wages before the raise is calculated. Conductor and brakeman basic rates cited, with yardmasters and dining car staff tied to railroad pay scales.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood
BRT
Manned Space Flight Funds Are Requested
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 45 million dollars to push manned space flight programs. Funds would support a 17 million pound thrust single chamber rocket engine and ongoing NASA projects. The request accompanies the fiscal yearend appropriation and follows existing Congressional authorizations.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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