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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1958
Page
5
Rummage Sale set for August 6 and 7 by Sunflower Chapter Masonic Temple. Les Demoiselles meeting postponed to Wednesday night at 6 30 in Highland Park. Notices include Tribune delivery help line and local contact details.
Daily Transcript lists weekend and today admittances at Neosho Memorial Hospital with names and addresses, followed by dismissals for Saturday Sunday and today, a birth for Sunday, another birth today, and police traffic citations with names and bonds. Notable individuals include Elmer Young 1302 W Main and Ronald Clements 518 N Lafayette.
President Eisenhower vetoed a 62 billion dollar appropriations bill for 17 federal agencies citing excess of 500 million dollars for the Civil Service retirement fund. He argued Congress should reconsider allocating more than half a billion not needed and warned of a potential 12 billion dollar deficit this fiscal year. This marks his first veto of an appropriations bill since 1953.
The measure, known as the Independent Offices Bill, is marked for Veterans Administration. Details on its scope and status remain unclear in the fragment.
J H Parker 87 former Chanute resident died at home in Carthage Mo Friday. He lived at 516 S Highland, served as Chanute night patrolman and worked in oil east of the city. Born Feb 10 1871 Urbana he married Georgia Anna List in 1894 and moved to Carthage in 1927. Funeral in Carthage with burial at Park Cemetery. survivors include wife two sons Walter and Vern and other relatives.
A souped-up merry-go-round named the Comet hurled riders into a crowd at the Orange County Fair in Middletown. Francis Kearney, 18, Monticello, died about three hours after admission to the Middletown Sanitarium. George Van Aken, 30, Middletown, suffered a possible fractured spine and was hospitalized.
State police reported a ride at the sanitarium malfunctioned when a cable on the Comet ride snapped. Ten cars suspended from cables whirled at about 45 miles an hour, sending the two riders into a concrete sidewalk. Four bystanders suffered shock and bruises.
Plattsburgh New York AP A young Air Force sergeant quit after talking 60 hours in a vain bid to outtalk a North Carolina woman who had already gabbed 92 hours. Two other staff sergeants remained at it as the test continued for other participants.
A brief note describes a noncommissioned officers club located at a Strategic Air Command Base in northeastern New York, outlining its role as a social venue for airmen and staff.
Boston based detective satire from the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Assn newsletter suggests a man buy a saloon at home and rely on his wife as supplier. It outlines staged whisky purchases to accumulate savings for the widow over years, ending with a cynical financial windfall.
In Guilford Connecticut John Robinson 27 paid 9 dollars after his uncle John Robinson 53 was fined 9 dollars for loaning a driver license to his nephew and driving over the 60 mile per hour limit on the Connecticut Turnpike. The judge noted the uncle’s gratitude for a childhood home loan.
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