Santa Fe Freight Office Building Given to City for Museum
The Santa Fe railroad donated its former freight office on South Grant to Chanute for a new Osa and Martin Johnson museum. A quitclaim deed, excluding mineral rights, was presented to city commissioners by J. E. Lester. The building is valued at about $16 234.50 and will be explored as a museum site with Chamber of Commerce involvement.
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Santa Fe Railroad
South Grant
Chanute
Osa and Martin Johnson
J. E. Lester
Topeka
Santa Fe
H. C. Willis
Arkansas City
William C. Burk
Santa Fe Park
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Johnson
Les Matthews
J. J. Lester
Harold R. Williams
Dallce Rush
Lester
Dave Evans
Williams
Evans
RK. D. Churchill
Tribune
R. J. Hayes
C. W. Brennan
West Main
Santa Fe Lake
Memorial Building
Junior Chamber of Commerce
City reviews fire rating downgrade risks and upgrades
City commissioners discussed steps to retain Chanute’s Class 6 fire insurance rating after a critical Kansas Inspection Bureau report. The bureau cited water supply shortfalls, aging equipment, and training gaps, warning that failure to act could drop rating to Class 7 with higher premiums for mercantile, public buildings, and dwellings.
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Chanute
Kansas Inspection Bureau
Bureau
Ciy
Roseburg blast injures locals and damages business
Left Hand Pitch Mr and Mrs FE J Freadman former St Paul residents suffered property losses in the Roseburg Oregon dynamite blast and fire last Friday. Their Roseburg grocery was demolished and home windows blown out though they escaped with minor cuts. A floral oddity was shown to Tribune staff a Paul Scarlet rose stem with a second bloom and an unopened bud atop it.
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FE. J. Freadman
St. Paul
Roseburg
Ore
Freadmans
Paul Scarlet
Wheat Quality Up In 1939 Kansas Crop
The 1939 Kansas wheat crop was reported as slightly above average in quality by federal and state agriculture departments. Wheat buyers and growers noted overall good protein levels and grain strength, with weather favorable during development.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Record U S July employment hits new high amid steel strike
Employment rose by about 252000 to a July total of 67594000 while unemployment fell by 238000 to 3744000. Labor officials cited continued improvement despite poor farm weather and a shrinking teen-teaming labor pool. A steel strike affected about 100000 workers in allied industries though strikers were not counted as unemployed unless seeking work.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area 1959
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 0 deaths in the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. To date in 1959 total 346, compared with 308 in the comparable period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Steel Strike Talks Resume Amid Union Leader Absence
In New York a four week steel strike talks resumed with a dour tone as Steelworkers President David J. McDonald shunned the parley and toured picket lines. The industry rebuked him while a second string union bargaining team joined by federal mediator Joseph Finnegan met company reps led by R. Conrad Cooper of United States Steel Corp. Cooper pressed McDonald to bargain with the designated four company reps, saying they have full authority to negotiate.
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New York
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Joseph F. Finnegan
McDonald
Pittsburgh
Health forces R. D. Churchill to quit city post
R D Churchill resigns from the Chanute city commission citing health after a May 16 heart attack. Harold Williams and Dallce Rush accept the resignation with regret and Evans Music Co owner Evans is named interim to fill the vacancy pending a potential special election. Evans, 49, a McCune native and local music shop owner, holds a degree in music and has taught at Royster Junior High and other schools.
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R. D. Churchill
City
Evans
Nigat Ana Wave Evans
We Evans Music Co
Churchill
Williams
Rush
Jack
East Side Machine Works
George Donaldson
Lafayette
McCune
Chanute
FE. Main
Pittsburg State College
Royster Junior High
Yates Center
Sedan
Caney
Jasper
The
Methodist Church
Three Hurt in Curve Crash Near Erie
On US 59 near Erie three people were injured when a 1951 Ford driven by William L. Gillette overturned on a curve. William Gillette 20 of Fredonia Warren Dodd 21 of Lake Charles La and Elizabeth Robinson about 20 of Parsons were taken to Erie Clinic and Mercy Hospital Parsons. Robinson suffered a possible pelvic fracture. the men had minor head injuries.
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Erie
Here
Highway Patrol
William L. Gillette
Fredonia
Warren Dodd
Lake Charles
Eliza
Beth Robinson
Parsons
Miss Robinson
Erie Clinic
Mercy Hospital
Gillette
Drive for the Backed Labor Bill in House Debate
A Republican-Southern Democrat coalition launches a drive in the House for an administration backed labor bill touted as tough by unions. Debates open with Rep. Howard W. Smith opposing Shelley and Landrum-Griffin proposals, while Eisenhower and GOP leaders back the administration measure amid threats alleged by Hoffa’s camp.
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Washington
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Rules Committee
Eisenhower
McClellan
Senate
House Labor Committee
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Hoffa
Halleck
James R. Hoffa
International Teamsters Union
John F. Shelley
Calif
Shelley
Landrum - Griffin
Landrum-Griffin
Temperatures Edge Up as Kansas Sees Mostly Steady Weather
TOPEKA AP Temperatures rose slightly Monday with Kirwin Dam reporting 100 and readings reaching 89 at Lawrence and Olathe. The Weather Bureau expects little change through Wednesday with highs near 90 to 100 and overnight lows around mid 60s to mid 70s. A few showers were reported in western areas with a trace to .23 inch rainfall between Goodland and Bird City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kirwin Dam
Lawrence
Olathe
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Bird City
Concordia
Workers Aid Family Of Poison Victim In Kansas City
Fellow workers at Bendix Aviation in Kansas City raised 3980 for the widow and four children of Kenneth H. Nelson a 45 year old lathe operator who died of botulism after drinking home canned beer during a Idaho trip. The poison also killed Nelsons daughter Wanda 15 and his stepfather Aaron Gruwell of Osgood Idaho while the family was visiting. Mrs Nelson 41 remains hospitalized in Idaho Falls.
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Kansas City
Kenneth H. Nelson
Bendix Aviation
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Nelson
Wanda
Aaron Gruwell
Osgood
Kansas Polio Cases Reach 68 for Year
AP reports 68 polio cases in Kansas this year with 34 in all of 1958. Latest cases include two in Washington County and one in Neosho County.
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Kansas
Topeka
Washington County
Neosho County
Canadian Bases Likely In Canada Says Defense Chief
Ottawa AP Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy said it is conceivable the Canadian government may want intercontinental ballistic missile bases in Canada. He noted the possibility during remarks in Ottawa about defense cooperation and security in North America.
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Ottawa
U.S
Neil H. McElroy
Canada
Father Saves Small Son From Cave-in
In Des Moines Iowa a father Ira Curtis dug with his bare hands for almost an hour to free his 4 year old son Billy trapped by a ditch cave in. The boy survived with minor injuries after rescuers helped. Donald Curtis 9 and neighbor Marvin Connett 8 were also involved as the cave in trapped the youths and police and fire crews responded.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ira Curtis
Curtis
Billy
Donald
Marvin Connett
Connett
KCC asks FPC for bond on Cities Service rates
The Kansas Corporation Commission urged the Federal Power Commission to require Cities Service Gas Co. to post a bond for potential refunds tied to recently raised industrial rates set to take effect on June 23, 1959. The ECC warned that if the rates prove unreasonable, Cities Service could have windfall profits amounting to several million dollars that refunds could not recover.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Cities Service Gas Co
ECC
Cities Service
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Osa
Africa
South Seas
Highland Park
Carl
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Carl Jackson
the Tribune
Jim Gordon
Grant
Harold Williams
Tho
Wasser
Everett M.dirksen
Inois
GOP
White House
Landum- Griffin
KCC
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