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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1955
Page
1
Police said a woman selling linoleum door to door was ordered to leave town after complaints of shortchanging customers. One buyer received enough material for one room but paid for two, and the peddler refunded the extra. Sheriff notes a linoleum racket implicating a man and woman in several towns and rural areas.
IRS records show 148 Americans had incomes over a million dollars in 1952, down 23 from 1951. They reported total income of 289,224,000 and paid 180,198,000 in federal income taxes. Personal income tax revenues reached 28 billion dollars.
A Senate subcommittee approved a five year road modernization bill worth 22 billion dollars, cutting key features of the Eisenhower program. The vote was 6 to 3 as Gore described the measure as a compromise with the administration’s 101 billion dollar ten year plan. Bush called it inadequate and urged adopting Eisenhower’s forward looking program instead. The full committee would take up the measure next week and Congress expected it to pass. The bill increases federal aid and would raise federal share on interstates from 60 to 75 percent.
In Sodus New York a 27 year old housewife was slain by a shotgun blast as she ran screaming. Her husband Richard Vanderbrook 32 was charged with first degree murder after being captured near his home. The victim Blanche Vanderbrook left three young daughters and a 12 year old step daughter Mary Seymour witnessed the attack. Authorities say an afternoon argument led to the fatal blow.
A resident of R. 2 George Madill reports a thrush nesting in the twin horns of his 1947 Plymouth. Over three weeks eight nests formed with one egg in the latest, while the bird remains unseen by Madill. The car, used daily for work at Santa Fe shops and trips to school, sits in front of his home most of the time, sometimes in a garage during storms. The duration of the nesting is still unknown.
The Tribune reports 37 Little Stinker puzzle entries arrived by mail with hundreds more expected before Wednesday 5 p m. The $30 prize is claimed easy by some, though judges will only know the correct solution after entries are checked next Thursday.
Mrs Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris faces eviction from the home of Mrs Fuller W Fooshe after a dinner guest arrangement from 11 years ago. Magistrate P Donald Fisher ordered her removal though she says the dispute is a misunderstanding.
California Supreme Court reverses downgrade and imposes life terms on Harold Jackson and Joseph Lear for kidnapping real estate man Leonard Moskovitz. Court finds no bodily harm as required by the Little Lindbergh law, 4-3 decision. Original death verdicts overturned as judges had reduced Lear while keeping Jackson’s sentence.
Albert Einstein left 65 000 in bequests to his two sons Eduard and Hans Albert, stepson Margot, and his long time secretary Helen Dukas. Eduard lives in Switzerland and Hans Albert teaches at UC Berkeley. The will also assigns a trustee role to Dukas for literary property and leaves a violin to Bernhard C. Einstein.
Kansas state accident records show 159 traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours and to date in 1955, matching the same figure for 1954. The brief note lists totals for the Topeka region with no further details on causes or specific incidents.
The CIO United Auto Workers move targets Ford as the first of the Big Three to confront the guaranteed annual wage issue. GM extended its pact to June 7, while Ford’s contract would expire June 1, with Reuther leading talks and dues the first week of the month under review.
The Men’s Mission at St Patrick’s Catholic church will close at 3 p.m. Sunday after two weeks of services conducted by Very Rev Timothy J. Tracy O.P. P.G. and Very Rev David Balla O.P.
Weather cooperates as up to 350 visiting flyers expected for a fly-in breakfast and aviation exhibits. 175 light aircraft plus civil and military planes will be on display. Jet bombers and fighters fly by in afternoon, with B 17 and F 86D Saber jets scheduled. Special traffic rules aid parking as JayCee Flying Club and Chamber of Commerce sponsor the event.
About 25 boosters in a truck and car caravan toured Buffalo, Roper, Benedict, Thayer, Galesburg, Erie, St. Paul, Walnut, Hepler, Stark, Sawnburg, Elsmore, Moran, LaHarpe and Humboldt yesterday. They distributed show programs and spoke with residents. The Chamber of Commerce sponsored the campaign. An antique tractor will decorate Main Street for the event and workers wore gingham dresses or overalls to draw attention.
In Saigon the revolutionary assembly deposed Bao Dai as chief of state and backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. The body called itself the revolutionary democratic forces of the nation and ordered Bao Dai removed while directing Diem to form a new government.
The third annual two day Community Arts and Crafts Fair begins Sunday at 2 p m in Murray Hill school auditorium. Exhibits feature local members and art students from Junior High Senior High and Junior College. Robert Blunk Jr art instructor is general chairman with Sunday demonstrations on pottery enameling weaving and painting. Closing hour 5 30 p m. Monday fair opens at 4 p m closes 9 30 p m demonstrations in the afternoon and a 7 p m fashion show.
Humboldt cenntenial nominees for Queen include Mary Frances Temming Lucille Jones Gloria Armel Sandra Morris Judy Finney Peggy Morelan Joan Davis Patty Gibson Norma Wolford Roberta Womack from Knights of Columbus American Legion Lions Rotary Chamber of Commerce Boy Scouts Explorer Post 87 and 4-H clubs. The group will brief the centennial committee at Iola Country Club Monday night.
Thurman Priest of Grand Prairie Texas was sentenced to life for murdering 11 year old Jeannette Earnest. Priest was convicted of kidnapping and killing the girl near Lebanon Missouri on November 17. Prosecutor Edgar Mayfield said Priest loved the girl and did not want others to have her. Priest claimed amnesia about the events.
Frank Sinatra sues producers of On The Waterfront for 500000 claiming an oral agreement for the lead role was breached. The suit names Samuel Spiegel Horizon-American entities and seeks 1 percent of net profits plus 550000. Brando won the role and the film earned Academy Awards.
Don Grogan son of Earl and Mrs Grogan of 125 S Western is to receive an Eastern Star Training Award Religious Leadership scholarship worth 350. Announced by Mrs Klint Johnson ESTAR committee chair of Sunflower Chapter with members Mrs Lois Cady and Mrs Clarence Sievers. Award funded by Kansas Grand Chapter and not a loan. Grogan a senior at Senior High School may use the funds at any school.
Mr and Mrs E B Peavey owners of the Skyline Motel and Dairy Land at 1218 W Main announce the sale of the properties to Mr and Mrs BE Rosenthal of Oklahoma City. Included in the sale is the Peaveys new residence at the same location. The Rosenthals are experienced motel operators and the sale becomes effective Sunday. The Peaveys came to Chanute on Sept 1 1952 bought the Dairy Land in 1953 built the motel and residence and will remain in Chanute with a home at 305 S Larson. They plan little else beyond fishing.
Partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and moderate southerly winds predicted for Kansas through tomorrow. Tonight and Sunday forecast low 60s high in the 90s in the southwest and 80s elsewhere with scattered local dust and thunderstorms in the west portion this afternoon or evening. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ranged from 47 at Emporia to 74 at Olathe.
An American Airlines DC6 with 58 passengers and 5 crew skidded 50 feet after landing at La Guardia Airport when its nose wheel buckled. Sixty three persons escaped injury as the plane remained upright and damage was estimated at 200000 dollars.
Gov. Fred Hall will receive the first degree ever conferred by St Mary of the Plains College at its commencement May 29. President F J Donahue announced today.
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