City approves nod for $1.2 million electric plant expansion
The Nod to Plant Expansion confirms Universal Engineering Co. of McPherson as the contractor with a flat $46,000 fee for the project. A supplemental guarantee contract will ensure performance and completion as bids on new equipment are expected in about 50 days. The plan includes a 7 500 KW turbine generator and boiler with upgrades to distribution lines. The meeting also touched on site options for a new Kansas National Guard Armory, with state funds totaling $40,000 of a $90,000 building budget and a site inspection by the Kansas Military Board.
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Universal Engineering Company, Inc
McPherson
Fred Diehl
Chanute
Charles Rice
J. D. Lightfoot
Randall Diver
Lem
Kansas National Guard
Ross Cooper
Kansas Military Board
City buys nine picnic tables at Santa Fe Park
Left Hand reports each of nine sturdy picnic tables costs about nine dollars with marble tops valued at fifty cents per table. City workers built and placed them. Police consider chemical tests for drivers suspected of intoxication with a 90 day license suspension for refusals.
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Santa Fe Park
Ross Cooper
Spring Cleanup Delayed By Snow at Fort Scott
Fort Scott Kansas delays annual spring cleanup due to heavy snow on December 29. Street commissioner Albert Price says cleanup funds exhausted by snow removal costs, overtime for crews and rental of machinery, leaving cleanup indefinite.
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Fort Scott
Kas
Albert Price
Price
Four Santa Fe Directors Reelected at Stockholders Meeting
Four Santa Fe Railway directors whose terms expire this year were reelected without opposition at a stockholders meeting. Renamed for four year terms were Fred G. Gurley Chicago Santa Fe president W Laird Dean Topeka Thomas S Lamont New York and Aubrey H Mellinger Chicago.
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Topekap
Santa Fe Railway
Fred G. Gurley
Chicago
Santa Fe
W. Laird Dean
Topeka
Thomas S. Lamont
New York
Aubrey H. Mellinger
You Can Win Up to Thirty Dollars for Correct Solutions
A contest offer promises a top prize of up to 30 dollars for correct entries. Bonus rewards may apply if a postcard entry is mailed or if the entrant is a Tribune subscriber. Rules referenced but not detailed.
Little Tinker Puzzle Clue List From 1900s Page
A collection of crossword style clues numbered 2 to 30 with varied wordplay. Entries include modeling substance, a humbled person, looking intently, gold rush leftovers, a child, a girl’s name, disbelief about grapes, long term storage, to agitate, a career turning point, Ayres in films, precedence, chilliness, negations, vows as a nun, conditional regret, charm of people, club trouble, tropical fish gift, horse owner asset, past tense of win, artists’ tie to fine things, and more with multiple definitions and wordplay hints.
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Ayres
Little Stinker Prize Puzzle Rules
Puzzle rules for the Little Stinker contest from The Chanute Tribune outline entry methods dates and entry forms. Prizes include a $5 bonus plus a possible $10 for Tribune subscribers and judges' decisions are final.
Accident Near Lebo Fatal to Three Men
A car traveling west collided with a semi trailer truck on Highway 50 South near Lebo Kansas killing three men. The victims were William Martin Christian 24 Lane Kansas Melvin Osbourn 24 Kansas City Mo formerly of Ashland Kansas and Jack Stenger age unknown Wichita. Jerry Brown Wichita sustained minor injuries. The truck driver Virgil was in the eastbound truck.
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Lebo
Kan
Here
Highway Patrol
William Martin J Christian
Lane
Melvin Osbourn
Kansas City
Ashland
Ikxan
Jack Stenger
Wichita
Jerry Brown
Virgil
Boonville Residents Escape After Truck Crash
Lee Williams and Howard Smith, both Boonville residents, escaped with slight injuries after a truck crash. Smith, the truck owner, was asleep inside the vehicle when he was thrown from it onto the pavement.
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Lee Williams
Boonville, Mo
Howard Smith
Boonville
Smith
Elsmore Savonburg mark centennial with events May 14
Elsmore and Savonburg celebrate 100 years with a Free beans and basket dinner at 11 30 opening festivities. The program includes coronation of a centennial queen an Indian dance revue races and both round and square dancing.
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Elsmore
Elsmore-Savonburg
Prosperity in May May Be Record Says Weeks at Hannover
U S Secretary of Commerce Weeks told Hannover audience 1955 may bring all time prosperity for Americans. He cited a 369 billion GNP, 46.8 million households owning 4832 million cars, 3 percent annual productivity, 165 million population, and a booming construction sector. He urged tariff retention and customs simplification to boost trade with Europe.
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Weeks
Hannover
Germany
U.S
Sinclair Weeks
United States
U. S
America
Europe
Little tinker puzzle arrives as a national tease
A puzzle called Little tinker debuts on this page offering cash prizes up to 30 dollars with 15 dollars to the winner and 25 dollars for a regular subscriber. A 5 dollar bonus applies if entries are posted on a 2 cent post card. Multiple winners split prizes.
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Little $Tinker
Harris in Satisfactory Condition After Heart Operation
S F Harris president and publisher of the Ottawa Herald was reported in satisfactory condition at Hahnemann Hospital after a heart operation. The procedure was performed by Dr Charles P Bailey head of thoracic surgery at Hahnemann Medical College.
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Philadelphia
S. F. Harris
Ottawa
Herald
Hahnemann Hospital
Charles P. Bailey
Hahnemann Medical College
Civil Defense A-Blast Postponed Fourth Time
LAS VEGAS announces a major Civil Defense open shot postponed for 24 hours for the fourth time. The elaborate test of a model city with tanks and weapons to simulate nuclear fury cannot occur until Sunday at the earliest.
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Las Vegas
Red Cross Leaders Aim to Save Neosho Blood Program
Neosho County Red Cross directors vote to extend the current fund drive after receipts fall short by about 2 780 to fund next year’s blood collection and activities. County Chairman Herman A. Janzen presides as Chanute physicians back renewed efforts and donors are urged to increase contributions.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
Herman A. Janzen
Chanute
Henry K. Baker
Neosho County Medical Society
Donald E. Ray
Janzen
Kansas Set to Cut Crude Output by 25000 Barrels Daily
Kansas crude oil production faces a May limit of about 300000 barrels per day, a 25000 barrel daily reduction from April. Wichita conservation director T A Morgan urged prorated wells to cap at 25 barrels daily and unprorated fields to endure a flat 10 percent drop. Jeff Robertson presided and will decide on the recommendation.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
T. A. Morgan
State Conservation
Jeff Robertson
Commission
Junction City to kick off centennial celebration
A three day celebration marking Junction City's founding a hundred years ago starts Sunday in Junction City Kansas. Local officials plan events across the town highlighting the community's history and heritage.
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Junction City
Kas
First Round of Polio Vaccine Given in County Schools
The first round of Salk polio shots for first and second graders was completed yesterday by doctors in the county with Thayer. Mrs. Margaret Wood says a precise tally will come next week, but most eligible children reportedly received the first dose. No Cutter Laboratories vaccine was used here, amid concerns about its safety. The two-dose program resumes May 24 to May 26 at Erie St. Paul Chanute and Thayer, with minor incidents and adequate supply maintained under the Operation Lollypop plan.
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Thayer
Margaret Wood
Erie
St. Paul
William C. Weir
E. C. Bryan
Chanute
Chanute and
Camporee Brings Scouts From Six Towns To City Park
Boy Scouts from Chanute Humboldt Erie Iola Galesburg Toronto and possibly Yates Center gather for a two day district Camporee in City Park. The event features a Saturday campfire program open to the public with a Scout sing and oath led by Galesburg and mayoral welcome. Contests include signaling knot tying compass reading fire building and first aid relay with overnight stays and an early church service.
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W. N. Gardner
Chanute
Humboldt
Erie
Iola
Galesburg
Toronto
Yates Center
Teachers and Students To Attend KU High School Day
Three city teachers and three Senior High students will attend the University of Kansas home economics department's High School Day in Lawrence. The group includes Mrs. Marie Kyle, Mrs. Pat Weddle, and Dorothy Coldwell, with students Nancy Watt Emily Mc Neal and Peggy Franklin. A style show featuring outfits made in school is the highlight, with about 200 girls expected and Yates Center also represented.
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University of Kansas Home Economics Department
Lawrence
Marie Kyle
Pat Weddle
Dorothy Coldwell
Nancy Watt
Emily McNeal
Peggy Franklin
Miss Watt
Miss Franklin
Yates Center
Warmer Trend in Forecast Across Kansas
Topeka forecast indicates sharp temperature rise through Saturday under strong southerly winds. Expect some cloudiness but no rain, with blowing dust in extreme west today extending into central areas tomorrow. Lows tonight 65–60, highs 85–90 tomorrow with recent highs near 74 and lows near 41 in various cities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Toll Rises
State accident records show 3 traffic deaths in the last 24 hours in Topeka. For 1955 year to date, fatalities reach 153, up from 158 in the same period of 1954.
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Topekap
Kansas
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The
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Chanute Tribune
Savonburg
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Eileen Cumings
Murray Hill School
G. C. Sullivan Jr
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S. Plummer
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Robert Stadler
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Buford Fisher
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Jim Cooper
George Palen
Herla Rush
Lester
J. D. Gough
E. W. Johnson
Robert Lewis
Felix Bouray
Dale Steinman
Louis Junod
Harry Lewis
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Hutchinson
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Harry Dill
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Paul Lowe
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Floyd Bray
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