Local Briefs Include Visitors and Family News
Luraine Whisman arrived from Thayer today. Adeline Fortney Grace Hill vacation at Dr Norman Hill's Pilgrim Michigan summer home. Dr Hill teaches at University of Nebraska. Charles Marsh Linda visited grandmother Laura Marsh and uncles Randall and Willard Marsh and cousin Mrs Ray Almond in Benedict area. Marsh to enter Kansas University after US Air Force release. John Nunnery Sammy Don Linda and family hosted by Clark Brinkley in Benedict. Bills Masseau from Los Angeles visiting J T Cullison Jesse in Benedict. Henry Williams and sons John George Dickson Tennessee visiting Wynn Hull and family in Benedict.
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Adeline Fortney
Grace Hill
Norman Hill
Pilgrim
Mich
Hill
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Marsh
Linda
Laura Marsh
Denman
Randall Marsh
N. Steuben
Willard Marsh
Thayer
Ray Almond
Highland
Marsh
U. S. Air Force
Kansas University
Mrs. Forest Marsh
la Harpe
John Nunnery
Sammy
Don
Balls, Tex
Clark Brinkley
Gary
Wayne
Benedict
Henry Williams
John and
George
Dickson
Tenn
Wynn Hull
Loren
Keith
Anita
Memorial Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Listed
Daily Transcript records admits for Mrs. Robert Shockley Thayer surgical A M Lemon 216 W 3rd surgical. Dismissals today Nancy Desselle 1814 S Santa Fe. Dismissals include Harry Lewis 719 S Malcolm Darlene Martin R 1 George Dillon R 2 Mrs Jimmy D Jones and a son Buffalo Mrs James Fehrenbach and daughter 1313 W 4th Morris S Shipman 207 S Western John Wilkins Chanute Mrs Jimmie Orton and daughter Stark. Birth Tuesday Mr and Mrs Elmer Hess Humboldt a son. Traffic Citation James Morris 708 N Grant running stop sign at Walnut and Lincoln 2 bond posted.
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John Wilkins
Chanute
Jimmie Orton
Stark
Elmer Hess
Humboldt
Four Nabbed Near Winfield in Jail Break
Four escapees from a Chickasha jail were arrested in a Winfield cemetery. Flora Mae Giddings, 25, charged with beating her child to death in California, plus W. R. Garrett, 29, Ivan C. Allen, 35, and Cornelius Cook, 29, were identified. Officers said the group took a small quantity of whisky in the escape.
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Winfield, Kas
Chickasha
Okla
Winfield
Flora Mae Giddings
Dinuba
Calif
W. R. Garrett
Ivan C. Allen
Cornelius Cook
Jack Weddle
Robert Berry
Oklahoma
Four Suspects Detained After Car Daubed In Green Paint
Officers pursuing a report of four suspicious individuals spotted W. L. Hudson’s car, which had been amateurishly repainted green to mask its color. The chase ended when the vehicle entered Highland Cemetery near Winfield before officers arrested the four. They are held in Cowley County jail for Oklahoma authorities.
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Cowley County
Oklahoma
Deaths and Funerals in Kansas Area
Gregory Doyle Young three weeks old son of Mr and Mrs W B Young of Lawrence died Sunday at the University of Kansas Medical Center after heart surgery. Survived by two siblings Patti Lynn and Blaine, maternal grandmothers Edith Clawson and Bess Young, and maternal grandfather J S Clawson. Funeral yesterday in Lawrence with Chanute and Earlton relatives attending. Adelaide Johnson mother of Mrs Ed Ashley died at St Luke’s Hospital Kansas City after a long illness. Born Adelaide Rawlings May 3 1885, married Theodore Johnson in 1914, husband died in 1933. Survived by daughter, sister, two brothers, and three grandchildren. Funeral at Reynolds Mortuary Jacksonville Friday, burial Manhattan Monday. Body lies in state at Burliew-Cowan Manhattan Sunday.
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Gregory Young
Gregory Doyle Young
W. B. Young
Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical Center
Youngs
Chanute
Patti
Lynn
Blaine
Edith Clawson
S. Highland
Bess Young
S. Malcolm
J. S. Clawson
Adelaide Johnson
Ed Ashley
St. Luke's Hospital
Kansas City
Adelaide Rawlings
Franklin, Ill
Theodore Johnson
Manhattan
Kas
Johnson
Jacksonville
Ashley
J. G. Reynolds
Howard
Leslie Rawlings
Judy
Jean
Joan Ashley
Reynolds Mortuary
Burliew-Cowan
Mrs Wilford Morton longtime Chanute native dies in Oklahoma
Mrs. Wilford E Morton 59 formerly of Chanute died yesterday at Tallant Oklahoma. She was the former Lucille Haines daughter of the late J W and Mrs Haines former Chanute residents of 215 N Grant. She married Wilford E Morton and lived in Chanute Petrolia before moving to Oklahoma. Survivors include husband two sons Wilford E Morton Jr Wichita Arnold Morton Sandwich and a daughter Mrs Ida May Richards Okmulgee plus five grandchildren and a brother William M Haines Chanute. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday in Tallant with graveside service 4 p.m. Memorial Park cemetery. Local arrangements by Wilson Johnson Mortuary.
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Wilford E. Morton
Chanute
Tallant
Oklo
Lucille Haines
J. W. Haines
N. Grant
Chanute High School
Petrolia
Oklahoma
Cities Service
Ida May Richards
Okmulgee
Okla
Wilford E. Morton Jr
Wichita
Arnold Morton
Sandwich
Inl
William M. Haines
Ethel Eaton
J. W. Barker
St. Louis
Two Brothers Admit Hanging Their Pet Dog
In Baldwin New York two boys aged 9 and 12 admitted hanging their four month old family dog at Loft Pond park. Police say witnesses claimed a beating with a stick occurred but the boys deny this. A $150 reward had been posted for the dog's killer after it was found hanged and badly cut about the ears. The father brought the youths to the station after reading reports of the death and said he intended to straighten them out.
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Baldwin
N. Y
Loft Pond Park
Plans for US169 meeting studied by chamber committee
The Highway and Roads Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met to plan a fall gathering with representatives from Kansas towns along US 169 to press for highway improvements. They discussed straightening a crooked K39 bridge west of Stark and recommended relocating a traffic hazard postoffice box at Elm and Lincoln farther east on Elm. Hugh Jones Jr. chaired. other members listed include John Sherman Jr. and Jay E. Tabor.
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Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Stark
Elm
Lincoln
Hugh Jones Jr
John Sherman Jr
Jay E. Tabor
Leslie Cable
David McCune
Wilfrid Cavaness
Ed Peterson
Southeast Kansas air force plant urged by senator Carlson
Senator Carlson and a Southeast Kansas delegation scheduled a conference with President Eisenhower and Sherman Adams to push an Air Force manufacturing plant for southeast Kansas. The plant would create about five thousand jobs and bolster regional industry.
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Kansas
Sen
Carlson
Washington
R-Kas
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Air Force
Federal Grand Jury Probes Gasoline Prices
A federal grand jury was impanelled to investigate the gasoline industry for possible antitrust price fixing. Judge William T. McCarthy said the panel will hear about the gasoline sector and also about rolled gold plate and concrete pipe industries and pipe machinery.
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Boston
U.S
William T. McCarthy
Drivers Test Ordered After Traffic Mishap
S. W. Mayes, 79, of 632 S. Katy, must repair his car and refrain from driving until he passes a driver’s test after a police court hearing. Found guilty of operating without license plates and with faulty brakes, he received 20 days in jail, 10 days on each count, paroled on condition he follow the judge’s ruling after his car ploughed through a hedge at 221 E. 8th.
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S. W. Mayes
S. Katy
Robert Pennington
Mayes
Pershing's Sister Anna May Pershing Dies at 89
Miss Anna May Pershing, 89, sister of the late Gen. John J. Pershing, died yesterday in Lincoln Nebraska. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Thursday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She is survived by her nephew Warren of New York City, son of the general, and was born at Laclede Missouri.
Wall Street Stocks Edge Higher In Moderately Active Trading
New York stocks advanced in a moderately active market with prices rising between one and two points at the best. Losses were fractional and trading started fast before subsiding, totaling an estimated 2,200,000 shares for the day.
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New York
New Floor Contract Awarded in Kansas House to Topeka Firm
A contract to install a raised floor in the Kansas House of Representatives was awarded to George Reniner Construction Co. of Topeka. The firm submitted the lowest bid of 12,290 dollars.
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Topeka
Kansas
House of Representatives
George Reniner Construction Co
Heat Costs Up in Britain This Winter
London reports higher heating costs as domestic coke rises to an average 23.80 a ton from next Monday. Coal prices were already increased last month, signaling a tougher season for households and industry.
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London
Britain
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady with Mixed Fed Rates
Kansas City livestock market shows cattle mostly steady with uneven trade, hogs active with lighter weights steady and heavier ones down, sheep steady with good lambs 17.5 to 19.5. Parson's market notes hogs steady, cattle ranges 14.25 to 21.5, veals 15 to 19, sows 10 to 13.5, plus Kansas City Produce reports eggs, butter, and poultry prices.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Nebraska
Parsons
Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady Across Commodities
Chicago wholesale market reports butter steady with receipts 841,683 and prices 93 score AA at 57.25 and 92 A at 56.75. Eggs firm with receipts 8,696 and prices up to 3 higher. U S large whites 60-69.9 cents, standards 33.5. Live poultry steady with coop receipts 928 and f o b prices unchanged to 1 higher. heavy hens 21-25, fryers 29-30, roosters 13.5-14.5, caponettes 32-34, over 5 lb 35.
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Chicago
U. S
F.o.b
Chicago Grain prices rise amid light gains across grains
Dry weather again lifts grain prices in Chicago with modest gains for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans while Kansas City cash markets show mixed car counts and steadiness in prices amid sparse receipts and junk values.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Kansas City
South Korea Demands Freedom for 20,000 Prisoners
Seoul Asia demanded that Red China immediately free 20,000 Korean prisoners of war and civilians. Acting Foreign Minister Cho Chung Whan issued the statement with no reference to North Korea.
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Seoul
South Korea
Red China
Cho Chung Whan
North Korea
Airman Convicted of Desertion Sentenced to 18 Months
Quintin R. Stangley, 22, an airman, was convicted by a court martial at Forbes Air Force Base for desertion after failing to report to his new station. He received 18 months hard labor.
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Topeka
Quintin R. Stangley
Forbes Air Force Base
Fire Damages Shel-Rich Drug Store in Girard News
Southeast Kansas report covers a fire at Shel-Rich Drug Store that damaged nearby Paul Sell Hardware and a section of the drug store. Firemen fought the blaze about an hour. cause undetermined. Other items include a crash recovery near Altoona, a Benedict teaching staff update, Parsons water main disruption, an elementary school bond plan, and Coffeyville College building repairs and potential class relocations.
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Girard, Kas
Benedict
Marilyn Jean Moore
Barns'dall
Okla
Miss Moore
A&m College
Stillwater
Coffeyville
Coffeyville College
Harding
Elk City Runaway Youth Reported in Independence
A brief Independence note reports two runaway youths from Elk City were last seen in the area. Local authorities request tips and describe the missing pair as teens suspected to be together, with no injuries reported.Residents are urged to contact police with information.
Girls missing prompt sheriff's office report in Kansas
The sheriff's office reported Tuesday that 12 year old Janet McElwain and her 9 year old sister Judy left home around 7 am with hints one girl planned to travel to Chicago and the other to Medicine Lodge. The piece also notes Allen County 1955 tax levy implications and 1956 budget figures. A Colony note describes a cat that catches snakes for Mrs. Wilmoth.
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Sheriff's Office
Janet McElwain
Judy
Chicago
Medicine Lodge
Iola
Allen County
Nine Thousand Homeless From Viet Nam Fire
Nine thousand refugees from North Viet Nam have been made homeless by fires set by unknown persons, the official government news agency reported today.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Work Piles Up During Eisenhower Presidency
President Eisenhower faced 304 bills on his desk with many more passed in Congress's late session before adjournment. The surge in legislation signals a busy end to the session as the administration reviews substantial policy measures and funding proposals.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Congress
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