Benedict residents visit kin and friends in multiple states
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wilson of Benedict toured Martin City Missouri and Independence with visits to Beamon Morris and family. The Chambers family met relatives in Springfield Missouri while the Dollars hosted guests from Benedict. Visitors from Arkansas City and Neodesha joined Benedict households for dinners and overnight stays. The Quality Oil Co of Topeka plans a service station at the junction of highways 39 and 75 south of Midway Consolidated School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Wilson
Benedict
Martin City
Charlie Beamon
Paul L. Morris
Mike
Vicki Jo
Leonard
Lee Ann
Independence
Mike Morris
Frank Boyle
Steve
Tommy
Arkansas City
Boyle
David Culbertson
Carol
Janis
Donna
Ellen
Charles Palmer
Ronnie
Fredonia
The
Quality Oil Co
Topeka
Midway Consolidated School
Erie Barn Fire and Local News Roundup
Fire crews responded to a barn blaze owned by Clarence Richardson just west of Erie at 2 am. The barn burned with hay and grain losses. no livestock. Half of Erie attended, but the fire was mostly out by afternoon. City officials discussed sewage disposal plans and a dam on the Neosho. Local residents and visitors, including Mr and Mrs Pierce, James White, and others, are noted for various travels and hospital matters. A missing child alert concerns Billy Martin of Brazil Indiana after a carnival sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Richardson
Erie
James White
Topeka
State Board of Health
Neosho
Charles Gambrill
Parsons
Travelers Return From California Visit
George of New York Lloyd Schneider and Vera of Kansas City completed a three week California visit. Schneider and Vera proceed to Kansas City while Mrs. Burmeister remains for an extended stay at the Herod home. Mrs Clyde Copeland of Bethel was summoned to Okmulgee Oklahoma by a relative illness accompanied by her daughter Mrs Leonard Wood of Tea E E Thomas Wichita. He was sentenced to 10 days in county jail for passing a five dollar no fund check at a Chanute area filling station and fined costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
New York
Lloyd Schneider
Vera
Kansas City
California
Schneider
Burmeister
Herod
Clyde Copeland
Bethel
Okmulgee
Okla
Leonard Wood
Tea
E. E. Thomas
Wichita
Justice of the Peace Court
Chanute
Kansans Vote On Postal Rate Increase Roll Call
Washington report lists Kansas voting in favor: Avery Rees Scrivner and Smith. Against: Breeding. Not voting: George. Missouri tally includes Jones for and Bolling Brown Cannon Carnahan Christopher Hull Karsten Moulder Sullivan. Curtis not voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas
Avery, Rees
Scrivner
Smith
George
Missouri
Jones
Gas Service Co plans to buy Central West properties
Kansas City area deal would transfer Missouri properties of Central West Utility Co to Gas Service Co. The acquired network serves 4 300 customers in Liberty Smithville and part of Gladstone while Gas Service operates across Greater Kansas City Central West runs at Bonner Springs DeSoto and central Kansas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The
Gas Service Co
Missouri
Central West Utility Co
Liberty
Smithville
Gladstone
Central West
Bonner Springs
DeSoto
Kansas
West Big Creek Social Roundup
Mrs. Mary Baker and Mrs. Ella Funston hosted a Sunday basket dinner for visitors including Vesta Snider of Fresno Sylvia Snider of Fair Okas and local families Hurley Butts Henry Snider Willie Snider Frank Thomas and Lowell Palet plus others at Stark. Nearby gatherings included a Friday dinner in Humboldt and a Chanute park picnic with Laver Cation Palet and Beeson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Big Creek
Mary Baker
Ella Funston
Vesta Snider
Fresno
Calif
Sylvia Snider
Fair Okas
Hurley Butts
Henry Snider
Willie Snider
Frank Thomas
Stark
Lowell Palet
Harry Lee
Larry
Humboldt
Clyde Laver
Maple Park Social Roundup and Visits
Maple Park residents share weekend visits with relatives in Neodesha Rural Erie and Marion Dorris. Mr and Mrs Floyd Talbolt spend Saturday with their son William and family while Bertha Clum visits her sister and two other Hines sisters. Carol Ann and Mary Duleavy visit Marilyn Jones. George Dorris family host Sunday callers. Ladies aid met to repair relief clothing for Korea. Bertha Clum visited Mrs Ralph Gough. Merrill Hodgen traveled to Wichita to see cousin John Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Park
Floyd Talbolt
Neodesha
William
Bertha Clum
George Hines
Earl Hines
Erie
Carol Ann
Mary Duleavy
Marilyn Jones
George Dorris
Marion Dorris
Ladies Aid
Brethren Church
Congress Aims To Adjourn Next Week
Washington news briefs outline Senate and House plans for action on civil rights and six major measures, with adjournment target next week if the House breaks the stalemate. Johnson and Knowland push for postal pay hikes, FBI file limits, Atomic Energy Commission funding, foreign aid, extended act, and TVA board nominee Arnold Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate House
Senate Judiciary Committee
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Johnson and Knowland
GOP
Arnold Jones
Kansas
Tennessee Valley Authority
Big Production Boost For Nebraska Crops
Nebraska crop production this year may be 60 percent higher than 1956, per state federal division of agricultural statistics. Present estimates point to the best crops since 1952 across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Division of Agricultural Statistics
AFL-CIO Moves Toward Action on Teamsters Case
The AFL-CIO Executive Council plans to finalize action on charges of corrupt influences against the Teamsters before the September convention. Hearings are set for September 5 and 6 in Washington with a council report due around September 23. If processed, the council may issue recommendations for Teamsters changes to stay in the federation. Hoffa is expected to succeed Beck. Hutcheson of the Carpenters faces no action yet awaiting more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Teamsters
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Beck
Teamster
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meaney
Meany
Executive Council
Miami Beach
Hoffa
Hoss
Maurice Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Hutcheson
Senate
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Main
Tribune
Douglas Chambers
Mary Marie
Mr. Chambers
Bob Chambers
Debra
Jackie
Springfield
Robert J. Dollar
Joe Paul
Mary Hofmeister
Patricia
Warren Nicodemus
Michelle
Paul Kroeker
Chouteau
Robert Brinkley
T. D. Brinkley
Colorado
M. J. Marley
Boulder
J. R. Yeager
Myrtle Brinkley
Denver
Erie & Vicinity
Everett McGowen
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mildred Griggs
James Pierce
R. A. Cottey
Pierce
Pamela Jo Pierce
Cleo I. Dalton
Erie Savings & Loon Assn
State Savings and Loan Board of Directors
KE. E. Duvall
E. Z. Duvall
Rose Herod
Stella Burmeister
Billy Martin
William Martin
Brazil
Ind
Fidel Castro
Sierra Maestra
Alberto del Rio Chaviano
Oriente
Cuba
the Tribune
PE PN
the Friendly Store
Chanute Building & Loan
P.O. Box
Chanute, Kans
Main & Santa Fe
Ronnie Quillan
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Chanute Tribune
W. A. Pownall
S. Highland
AUTON
Philco
East Main
Johnson Furniture CO
Harold's Furn. & Appl
MIX Mercantile Stark
B. & M. Electric Buffalo
Shultz Hardware
Thayer, Kansas
Shannon
IOLA
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