Fast Friends in Two Days with Foreign Students Visit
Chanute residents bid farewell to 45 Fulbright students who spent the weekend in Chanute with picture taking speeches and tears. Hosts praised hospitality and noted friendships formed across language barriers. The students boarded a 4 15 p.m. bus to Lawrence and will study at various U S colleges this fall. the visit was sponsored by The Tribune with UNESCO and AAUW aid.
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Chanute
Fullbright
J. A. Buzzle
Kansas University
Osama Ya'coub Kakish
Jordan
Lawrence
United States
the Tribune
AAUW
Unesco
Ashraff Hossain Siddique
East Pakistan
America
Election Year Benefits Decried By Risk Leaders
Industry spokesmen told the Senate Finance Committee that 7 percent boosts to old age benefits would damage the Social Security program and the economy. AMA leaders urged broader expansion while others warned against patchwork, election-year changes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Albert C. Adams
Philadelphia
National Assn. of Life Underwriters
Adams
Insurance Industry
A. D. Marshall
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
J. Howell Turner
Chicago
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Congress
Hoover Celebrates 84th Birthday at Greenwich Home
Former President Herbert Hoover turned 84 on Sunday surrounded by family at son Allan Hoovers Greenwich Connecticut home. Messages poured in from around the world to his Waldorf Astoria apartment and friends from various circles visited in Greenwich.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Allan
Greenwich
Young Galena Man Is Shot to Death
In Galena Kansas a 21 year old man, Frank A Link, was shot to death after a tavern dispute. Tavern owner operator Please M Duncan, 58, was taken into custody for investigation but no charges were filed immediately, according to County Attorney Paul Armstrong.
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Galena
Kan
Paul Armstrong
Frank A. Link
Armstrong
M. Duncan
Champion table tennis star from Bombay visits Chanute
Fullbright exchange student Kashinath Chandorkar of Bombay has defeated all challengers in Chanute. In 1957 he beat the US Junior Champion in singles and with a partner defeated the US doubles champions. He plans to enter the University of California in September to study Organic Chemistry after practicing about eight hours daily during the tour.
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Kashinath Chandorkar
Bombay
India
Chanute
Channarkar
Tribune
Chandorkar
United States
Lee Judy
S. Central
University of California
Jim
David
Miss Stone
David Gough
Jim Gough
Judys
Gough
Ashraff Hossain Siddique
Blimp Heads South From Polar Island
The Navy blimp ZPG2 and its 14 crew plus International Geophysical Year scientists left a polar ice island to head to South Weymouth Massachusetts. They are due to arrive at the Lee Wasser for Insurance air station by tomorrow morning for further observation and supply demonstration work.
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South Weymouth
Mass
Navy
Lee Wasser
Ph. 119
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka 1958 Update
State records show 303 traffic fatalities to date in 1958, compared with 310 for the same period in 1957, with the last 24 hours of data compiled by the State Accident Records Section in Topeka.
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Topeka
Chanute Couple Seriously Hurt in Pittsburg Area Crash
Mr and Mrs Cheslie McCon nell of Chanute were seriously injured in a two car collision about 9 30 a m three miles south of Pittsburg near the Pittsburg Country Club road US 69 bypass. McConnell suffered a punctured lung while Mrs McConnell had a skull fracture and scalp injuries. They were taken to Mount Carmel Hospital Pittsburg. William Gene Dunn of Wichita drove another car in the crash and his wife was hospitalized with cuts and shock. Damages were about 800 dollars per vehicle.
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Cheslie McConnell
W. 7Th
Pittsburg
McConnell
Mount Carmel Hospital
William Gene Dunn
Wichita
Pittsburg Country Club
Dunn
McConnells
Governor Docking Throws Up Parking Ticket Incident
In Lawrence, Gov. George Docking reportedly asked a police officer to tear up a parking ticket after it was issued to his private car. The 50 cent fine was paid later by Frank McDonald, Douglas County Democratic chairman. Docking confirmed McDonald paid it and noted a separate overparking ticket on his official car he left unpaid.
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Docking
McDonald
Frank
Lawrence
Vehicles Damaged In Crash Near Erie
The collision on US 59 four and a half miles northwest of Erie at about 8 10 a m caused about 100 dollars in damage to a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Francis Eugene Frevele of Pittsburg Route 2 and a 1946 Chevrolet truck driven by Charles L Ludlum of Walnut Route 2. Neither driver was injured. Undersheriff Jack Reynolds reported Ludlum began a left turn as Frevele attempted to pass. both vehicles were traveling north.
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Erie
Here
Jack Reynolds
Reynolds
Francis Eugene Frevele
Pittsburg
Charles L. Ludlum
Ludlum
Frevele
White Approved to Head Civil Rights Division
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to approve W. Wilson White for the Justice Department civil rights division. Four absentees will be polled before the final vote.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
W. Wilson White
Justice Department
Trains Collide in New York Killing Five and Wounding Twenty Five
Five people died and at least 25 were injured when two Erie Railroad passenger trains collided head on in Rockland County New York near Sterlington. The wreck occurred as a freight train blocked a track and a commuter train bound for Port Jervis was rerouted.
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New York
Sterlington
N.Y
Erie Railroad
Monroe
Hoboken
Robert Youchman
Warwick
Pauline Cronon
Tuxedo
Sam Nardo
Charles G Mitchell
Martin J. Walsh
Erie
Rockland County
New York City
Hillburn Fire Department
Robert Lillibridge
Good Samaritan Hospital
Satiern
Tuxedo Hospital
Robert Higgins
Port Jervis
Suffern
Coon Dog’s Odd Firefight Ends With Sleepy Confession
In Wyandotte county Kansas a man shot at noises in the night and pretended a murder scene. The corpse then stood up and explained he was reacting to a coon dog's baying. Deputies confiscated his weapons and escorted him to bed while his sister calmed the scene.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Sheriff's Office
Woman Shot to Death Near Fort Collins
The 37 year old Mrs Marvy Lynch a Fort Collins barmaid and mother of seven was found shot to death beside a rural road seven miles southwest of Fort Collins. Robert Pelts 29 is held for murder investigation after being arrested 75 miles away. A newspaper delivery man found the body and officers recovered a billfold with 69 cents. Lynch a West Plains Missouri native moved to Fort Collins in 1948 and worked for the Rural Electrification Administration. She was separated from her husband and their children range from 1 to 18 years old.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Here
Marvy Lynch
Larimer County
Ray K Scheerer
Robert Pelts
Pelts
Norman Woodruff
Jackson County
Bike Rider Killed Near Atchison
Atchison Kansas AP reports Bernhard Jacobsen 48 of near Atchison died when his bicycle collided with a cattle truck a mile west of Atchison on U S 59. The crash occurred today. Local authorities investigated the fatality.
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Atchison (Ap
Bernhard Jacobsen
Near
Atchison
U. S. 59
International ties shine at Chanute host weekend barbecue
Visiting foreign students from Finland Japan India Colombia Greece Turkey Korea Vietnam joined Chanute families for picnics, barbecues, and informal gatherings. The weekend featured Alaskan slides, music, ballads, rock and roll, and a Buddhist wedding demonstration by Japanese guests.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Park
Carter Brookhart
Johan Fredrik Sohlberg
Helsinki
Finland
Ernest W. Johnson
Haruo Kondo
Japan
Pete Rosenthal
Michel Pillet
France
Robert Williams
Prabhakar Sowani
Poona
India
Paul Parsons
Soewonoo Atmodarsono
Indonesia
John Jordan
Guest
Young Kook Kim
Korea
Gordon Gray
Marlene
Jack
Jane Brookhart
Gray
Helina Rautavaara
Brookhart
Jack McKelvy
R. W
Bike Riders Hurt in Crash at 15th and Edith
Two boys were injured when a bicycle collided head on with a car at 15th and Edith about 11 15. Garry VanGotten 11 suffered a possible skull fracture but was improving. Eddie King 12 had cuts and bruises on the head left elbow knee and ankle. The car was driven by Neal Gillihan 19 of 1420 S Highland. Police said the boys were turning from 15th onto Edith when the crash occurred.
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Edith
Garry VanGotten
Frank C. VanGotten Jr
S. Santa Fe
Eddie King
Edgar King
S. Highland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
15Th Street
Teamsters Threaten West Coast Strike
Sacramento Council of Teamsters drivers, about 2350 strong, are said to have voted to strike from the Oregon line to Bakersfield if trucking firms carry through with a unified demand. After a 90 minute meeting, picket captains were named and bands handed out to organize the action across 1600 Western firms.
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Sacramento
Calif
Sacramento Council of Teamsters
Oregon Line
Bakersfield
Sacramento Council
Federal Grand Jury To Hear Gambling Case
INDIANAPOLIS AP U S Dist Atty Don A Tabbert briefed a federal grand jury on the government s probe of a Terre Haute gambling syndicate Beginning later today jurors will hear testimony from about 180 witnesses including more than 160 bookmakers and bettors The government seeks to prove the group handled bets on football and other sports and its estimated gross was 3 million dollars before a Navy raid on Feb 29
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Indianapolis
U. S
Don A. Tabbert
Terre Haute
Indiana
Ntation
Terre Haute@group
Fabbert
Navy
Heavy Rains Boost Northeast Streams With Flood Risks
Weather report notes six inch rainfall in a Topeka area and widespread downpours in surrounding counties. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with thundershowers through Tuesday and river crests near or above flood stage along the Marais des Cygnes and tributaries.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Delta
Jackson County
Emmett
Pottawatomie
Shawnee
Jackson
Douglas
Elk
Woodson
Ottawa
Pomona
Nelosha Rapids
Maraise Des Cygnes
Kansas
Emporia
Garden City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Marais Des Cygnes
Osawatomie
la Cygne
Trading Post
Wakarusa River
Lawrence
Man Dies in Cell Autopsy Ordered
John Ferdinand Lukenbill a 39 year old man died in a police headquarters cell after convulsions following a disturbance complaint An autopsy was ordered His brother in law said relatives planned to have him cared for at the Veterans Administration Hospital and he had a nervous breakdown Relatives said he became violent last night and threatened family members He was the third man to die in police custody in the last month
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Kansas City
John Ferdinand Lukenbill
General Hospital
Lukenbill
Louis Collebert
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pittsburg Man Killed in Oklahoma Accident
Pittsburg Kansas AP reports Fred William Ver ren 55 of Pittsburg was killed in a one car crash 22 miles west of Leach Oklahoma on Saturday. Driver John Frank Flynn 24 of Pittsburg escaped injury.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Fred William Verren
Oklahoma
John Frank Flynn
Leach
Flynn
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