Local residents visit Chanute area and institute attendance rises
Mr and Mrs Floyd Hill of Earlton and others from Thayer Benedict Galesburg and Erie visited Chanute today. An Neosho County Institute enrollment reached 75 with 78 county schools. A maple Grove church homecoming drew near record attendance. Saxophonist Marvin Holladay of the Paul Neighbor Orchestra to perform on CBS TV.
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Mrs
Floyd Hill of
Earlton
Neosho County
Erie
Nelle H. Stevens
Allen
Wilson
Marvin Holladay
Joe Holladay
N. Grant
Paul Neighbor
CBS
Chanute features Grange Youth camp and homecoming
Ald Burk Paul and David Johnson attended the Kansas State Grange Youth camp from August 5 to 8. Refreshments were served to 27 by committee members Mrs. Arthur Carlson and Mrs. Fred Ebert. Terrill Allday of Chanute pleaded guilty in police court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and faces six months in the Erie county jail. Cottage Grove school plans its second annual homecoming on August 21 with a basket dinner at noon, inviting former pupils, teachers and friends.
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Maple Grove
A. H. Harnish
Calvin Leonard
E. R. Ford
Pauline Mundinger
Mamie Gray
Ald Burk
Paul
David Johnson
Kansas State Grange
Arthur Carlson
Fred Ebert
Terrill Allday
Chanute
Erie
Cottage Grove
Heat marks on popcorn field and local notices rush
Southeast Kansas reports warm spell hits Coffeyville area as Euell Hermann finds kernels popped by heat in his popcorn patch. Fredonia sees petitions for a new armory bond issue of 55 000 with 45 000 state funds. Allen County treasurer notes 59 taxpayers paid delinquent taxes on 80 properties. Jean LaRue sustains burns from weed burning but recovers. Bill Rich loses three toes when mower runs over his foot while mowing a lawn.
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Coffeyville
Euell Herriman
Fredonia
National Guard
Burlington
Bill Rich
Hartford
E. J. Clawson
Finn twins sign parole certificates under protest
George and Charles Finn, aged 41, signed certificates of parole yesterday and were released from Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution under protest.
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Los Angeles
Finn Twins
George
Charles
Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution
Wyoming's Acting Governor A. G. Crane Dies at 77
Cheyenne report says A. G. Crane 77 Republican acting governor of Wyoming in 1949 and 1950 and former University of Wyoming president died at Veterans Administration Hospital from complications of old age.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
A. G Crane
Wyoming
University of Wyoming
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Sharp Cutback In Industry Aid Will Be Studied
Senator O Mally urged Congress to praise the Eisenhower administration as it curtails tax benefits fueling industry growth. Arthur Fleming announced orders suspending incentives in 38 industries as a review focuses on mobilization needs. Pending applications total about 9.3 billion dollars in proposed plant and equipment. Con Edison said its plans remain unaffected while Aluminum Co of America may alter expansions if tax breaks end.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Eisenhower
Arthur 8. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Flemming
Consolidated Edison Co
New York
Aluminum Co. of America
Pittsburgh
Pathologist Delays Inquest Into Varner Death
Fredonia reports coroner’s inquest into 81 year old J. B. Varner of High Prairie north of Altoona is not yet set. Sheriff Spohn says Kansas City pathologist’s report is awaited, may take days. Varner died Sunday at Wilson County Hospital Neodesha after a neighbor dispute. Justice F. T. Stewart acts as coroner. seven-man jury named: Chase, Harlan, Meyers, Bennett, Blankinship, Surber, Strecker.
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Fredonia
J. 8. Varner
High Prairie
Altoona
Charles A. Spohn
Spohn
Kansas City
Warner
Wilson County
Neodesha
Justice of the Peace
F. T. Stewart
Raymond Beal
D. A. N. Chase
Fin Harlan
Clyde Meyers
Merrill Bennett
Sid Blankinship
Burris Surber
C. E. Strecker
Carl Killion Purchases Dairy Queen Here
Carl Killion announced the purchase of the Dairy Queen at 924 N. Santa Fe from Emmet Bolze. He will run it with his wife Nina and two sons Bob and Jim, while he works as a production engineer at the Parsons Ordnance Plant. The family lives at 302 S. Evergreen and plans a Fourth Street home near Larson, with occupancy expected December 1.
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N. Santa Fe
Emmet Bolze
Carl Killion
Pittsburg
Killion
Nina
Bob
Jim
Parsons Ordnance Plant
S. Evergreen
Fourth Street
Larson
Pittsburg State College
Baxter Springs
Movie on steer digestion shown at Central Park auditorium
A full color film from Ohio State University demonstrates digestion inside a steer. It explains fistula creation, rumen factors, and how cattle digest low grade roughage to improve weight gains. Nutritionist Dewey E. Moore will explain feeding developments. refreshments provided.
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Central Park Auditorium
At & P.m
Ohio State University
Dewey E. Moore
Pay Way Feed Mills
Kansas City
Moore
Chapman Feed Service
Rubber industrialist Seiberling dies at 95 in Akron
Akron obit notes Frank A Seiberling who built Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co from 1898 debt to a $20 million fortune. He lost Goodyear in 1921, then with brother Charles W. founded Seiberling Rubber Co after facing debt and loss of his previous enterprise.
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Akron
Ohio
Frank A. Seiberling
Seiberling
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Charles W
Seiberling Rubber Co
Queenstown News to Miss Edition for Vacation Week
Queenstown Md publisher George J Steinfelt says the weekly Queenstown News will skip an edition next week marking 73 years without a missed issue. He told readers the editor is on vacation.
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Queenstown, Md
George J. Steinfelt
Queenstown News
Steinfelt
One-man News Publisher Plans Weeklong Family Vacation
The editor publisher owner and janitor notes a planned week off for a休 holiday. The News circulates about 800 copies and operates as a single-handed operation, hinting at a temporary absence from front-page duties.
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the News
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
The state accident records show one traffic fatality in the last 24 hours in Topeka. For year 1955 the tally is 323 to date, compared with 325 for the same period in 1954.
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Topekap
Kansas
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