Reflector taping program resumes for bicycles and scooters
Chanute Community Council restarts reflector tape application for bikes with volunteers delivering to schools. Members plan sessions at Murray Hill, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Hutton, Alcott, St Patrick's and Royster Junior High between Thursday and Wednesday. Fire station will stock tape. Clipping notes Tribune first Linotype date and operator E M Gilchrist's death on June 2, 1904.
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Chanute
Murray Hill
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Hutton
Alcott
St. Patrick’s
Royster Junior High
Youth Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge
A Chanute teenager admitted guilt in city court for assaulting another youth at Santa Fe Park last Saturday. He was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail after the confrontation began when a carload of boys pushed the attacked youth’s parked car and one struck back.
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Santa Fe Park
Mild Weather In Forecast For Kansas Region
Topeka Kansas reports fair weather with no rainfall expected through tomorrow. Temperatures remain mild with highs in the 70s and lows in the lower 50s tonight. Strong winds and dust affected western areas yesterday, easing today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Riots and Strike Shaken Jordan Premier Hussein Khalidi
Rioters organized by pro Egyptian leftists pressed through Amman demanding the government resign and Jordan federate with Syria and Egypt as a general strike and demonstrations continued for hours.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein Khalidi
Syria
Egypt
Parole Board Fires Four Agents in Kansas
In Topeka the State Board of Penal Institutions dismissed four parole agents as politics and civil service rules collide. The action, voted by the two Democratic members, sparks critique from Robert Turney who opposed all removals except the appointment of Daisy Sharp as superintendent of the state Industrial Farm for Women.
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State Board of Penal Institutions
Dan O. Cain
Dale A. Spiegel
Tracy Hand
Leavenworth
State Penitentiary
Arthur Hoffman
Daisy Sharp
Lansing
Cain
Sharp
Turney
Kansas
Educator warns gifted children being neglected in U S
Pittsburgh AP educator William M Cruickshank of Syracuse University says America neglects gifted children and may run short of leaders in politics military and science He notes focus on normality dims potential and calls for full opportunity to produce scientists doctors and leaders for the nation Frieda McWilliams Earl M McWilliams comments on fear Russians have more better bombs and praise for gifted education to produce leaders
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William M. Cruickshank
Syracuse University
Cruickshank
Syracuse
Katy Case In U S Court
U S District Judge Arthur J. Mellett retained jurisdiction in a Kansas suit seeking to bar the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad from moving Parsons shop and office forces. The case, originally in Labette County District Court, seeks enforcement of a 1923 state agreement to keep certain forces in Parsons. The judge denied removal and dismissal motions and allowed shipment of accounting records to Denison Texas to proceed, pending possible return if the state prevails. A Labette Court injunction earlier halted a carload shipment scheduled for March 18.
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Missouri- Kansas-Texas Railroad Co
Parsons
U.S
Arthur J. Mellett
Labette County
Mellett
Accounting Office
Denison
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Kansas
Labette
Denis
State Commander to Visit Legion Meeting
Howard F. Lawrence state commander of the American Legion will visit the local post for its regular meeting at the resub house Thursday evening. The session opens at 6 45 p.m. followed by a steak feed with trimmings Delegates to the district convention in Coffeyville will be elected.
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Garnett
The
American Legion
Resub House
Coffeyville
Safe Safer Than Thought
Detroit report where burglars failed to crack a clerk’s safe but looted $3,000 hidden in filing cabinets of a bar and janitor supply firm. Mrs Tillie Morin had kept most cash in cabinets after distrust of the safe. Police investigate the daytime break in.
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Detroit
Tillie Morrin
Injuries Fatal In Jetmore as Car Leaves Highway
Carl Olson 32 an insurance agent of Jetmore Kansas died from injuries after his car left U S 56 eight miles east of Jetmore and overturned late last night. He died today from the injuries he suffered in the crash.
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Jetmore, Kas
Carl Olson
Jetmore
U. S. 56
Phone Installers Plan Walkout In sympathy across states
A union official says about 9,800 Western Electric employees in 22 states will join a sympathy walkout over transfer policy. The action began April 15 with 1,300 Texas and Oklahoma installers leaving in protest of eight Dallas workers being assigned to Waxahachie on a commuter basis. Cantrell said 3,000 installers marched in the Atlanta district. Locals in many states planned walkouts, targeting Louisiana to Ohio and beyond.
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Dole Named Chief Grain Inspector in Kansas
Topeka Kansas Gov George Docking named Harry S Dole of Prairie Village as chief grain inspector effective May 1 He will replace Donald C Lunt Iuka whose term ends Dole recently moved from Pratt to Prairie Village and remains Pratt County Democratic chairman Docking said he would resign that post Dole has farmed and run irrigation equipment businesses and spent 13 years with the U S Department of Agriculture as state director of the Farmer's Home Administration
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Harry S. Dole
Prairie Village
George Docking
Donald C. Lunt
Iuka
Dole
Pratt
Pratt County
Docking
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Farmer's Home Administration
Senate set to pursue democracy insured funds and union controls
Sen Mc Clellan outlined two main legis lation aims in rackets hearings: safeguarding union funds and insuring democracy within labor organizations. President Eisenhower plans to meet Sec Mitchell in Augusta to discuss reforms, while avoidance of Taft Hartley amendments tempers the drive for broader labor law changes.
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Eisenhower
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Congress
Administration
Organized Labor
Woman bitten by large brown dog in yard attack
Joan Dozier of 1614 S Santa Fe reported being charged by a large brown dog while hanging clothes. The bite injured her hip and shoulder and a doctor treated her. The dog matching the description evaded capture. police instructed A. E. Clark to shoot if possible.
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Joan Dozier
S. Santa Fe
A. E. Clark
Engaged 44 Years Couple to Wed in California
In Buena Park California Nina Duden 68 and her fiancé Ben F McAllister 72 plan to marry after a 44 year engagement. They first agreed in 1913 at Downs Kansas when Nina accepted Ben’s proposal but delayed due to caring for invalid relatives. Nina shows an engagement ring with a worn band signaling repeated settings.
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Buena Park
Calif
Ben. F. McAllister
Nina Duden
Downs
Kas
Ben
Nina
Driver Ticket Void After Bus Zone Paint Mixup
Miami police found William H McCormick parked legally yet faced a traffic ticket when he returned to his car in a bus zone. Assistant City Manager Ray A Williams tore up the citation after McCormick complained the curb had been painted bus yellow after his parking.
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Miami
Fla
William H McCormick
Ray A. Williams
McCormick
Community Council Sets Up Youth Volunteer Plan
The Community Council approved steps to form a three person committee to establish a countywide youth counseling group for pre delinquent youths. Judge Hemphill urged civic group involvement and a three part anti delinquency program including a county probation officer and enhanced recreation. The Teen Canteen fund drive raised 1064 dollars. funding shortfall noted with two school dances planned to help raise more. Twelve organizations attended as Chanute Insurance Board sought council membership. baseball programs for Legion VFW Elks were outlined.
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Jack Durham
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Lockheed X17 Reaches High Speed At Patrick AFB
Reported speeds exceed 9,000 mph with the Lockheed X17 three stage missile launched from Patrick Air Force Base Florida. Observers cite 9 240 mph near 14 times the speed of sound and an altitude around 600 miles, but no official confirmation yet.
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Washington
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Wallops Island
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Fishing Line Balloon Rescue Lands Steeplejack
In Cleveland coworkers used a black fishing line with a helium weather balloon to lift steeplejack Wallace Kanally from a 250 foot steel smoke stack. He was trapped for more than six hours during a thunderstorm before being lowered safely with a rope and moved to the stack top.
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Wallace Kanally
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Kanally
Republic Steel
Yma Sumac In Wild Los Angeles Family Feud Ends In Brawl
A chaotic morning at Moises Vivanco’s home in Los Angeles erupted into a melee involving singer Yma Sumac private eyes Inca dancers a collie dog and multiple bystanders. Miss Sumac sought belongings amid accusations of theft and a gun dispute with private eye Fred Otash leading to police and district attorney involvement.
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Vivanco
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Yola Rivero
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Farfan
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Miss Rivera
Prince
Smokey the Bear From New Mexico to Washington Zoo
A longtime tale of Smokey the bear from Lincoln National Forest to Washington Zoo. The six year old black bear, found burned as a cub in 1951, grew hostile after his feet healed. Ray Bell fostered him in Santa Fe before Smokey joined the Forest Service pursuit of a firefighting symbol.
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Washington Zoo
Lapital
Lincoln National Forest
Ray Bell
New Mexico Game Department
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Santa Fe
Game Department
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Forest Service
Washington
Canada
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Report
Topeka dispatch shows 11 traffic deaths in the last 24 hours, 152 for the year 1957, against 182 in the same period of 1956, per the State Accident Records Section.
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Topeka
Kansas
Judge Directs Acquittal for 3 In Tulsa Case
U S District Judge Royce H Savage directs acquittals for Nolen Bulloch Cliff Wells and Bernard Neil Williams among 20 defendants charged with conspiring to import and sell liquor in dry Oklahoma The ruling comes as the trial enters its seventh day with remaining defendants to proceed While the government sought to prove a protection payoff system no adequate proof of a pre April 1 1956 conspiracy was found and Wells Bulloch and possibly Williams are freed while subpoenas are issued for them to testify for the prosecution
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U. S
Royce H. Savage
Nolen Bulloch
Cliff Wells
Bernard Neil Williams
Bulloch
Tulsa Tribune
Wells
Williams
Savage
Oklahoma
B. Hayden Crawford
Crawford
Jay L. Jones
Jones
Eagle Picher Closes Down Shocking Tri-State Plants
Eagle Picher Lead and Zinc Mining Co announces an indefinite shutdown of all mine and mill production in Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri with about 1400 workers laid off. The cut, due to oversupply in domestic zinc, affects Henryetta Ottawa County and 15 smaller plants. resumption depends on market conditions.
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Okla
Eagle- Picher Lead and Zinc Mining. Co
O. A. Rockwell
Tri-State
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Henryetta
Eagle- Picher
Central
Ottawa County
Eagle-Picher
Rockwell
Driver Kills Himself After Car Strikes Boy
In Shinnston West Virginia Darnell Rutter 29 took his own life within half an hour after his car struck 12 year old James Zecco Jr The Harrison County coroner Dr Kenna Jackson said Rutter rushed from the doctors office where Zecco Jr was taken drove to his home and shot himself with a shotgun Ronnie Crayton 16 a Zecco friend said the boy was examined and released to go home
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