Peach Tree Overloads Yard At Chanute
In Chanute, D. H. Stevenson of 1824 S Allen grows a six to seven foot peach tree loaded with large peaches. A broken branch on display at the Tribune office shows nine peaches. Neighbors plow at Hessel Ray farm while Ray rests as a patient at Neosho Memorial Hospital.
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Chanute
D. H. Stevenson
S. Allen
Stevenson
Tribune
Hessel Ray
R. 2
Humboldt
Ray
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Second Vote for Museum Proposed by Chamber Promoters
The Chamber of Commerce promotion committee voted to ask for a second vote on the Osa and Martin Johnson museum bond at the November general election. Electors rejected a 93 500 bond 1 666 to 791 in the primary. costs may be cut and more information provided to voters. The plan includes entering a model of the museum in Progressive Architecture magazine with Stitzel and Stitzel of Coffeyville, designers of the project, as the entry.
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Chamber of Commerce
Osa
Martin Johnson
Les Matthews
Matthews
Progressive Architecture Magazine
Stitzel
Coffeyville
Neosho County Democrats Meet in Erie Monday
Neosho County Democrats will hold their annual organizational meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in Erie. The courthouse district court room will host the gathering led by chairman Mrs. Floyd N. Kelley. Democratic candidates for county offices are expected to attend.
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Neosho County
Erie
Floyd N. Kelley
Democratic Committee
Budget Hearing Scheduled for Chanute City 1959 Budget
The Chanute city budget for 1959 will be reviewed at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Memorial building. The session in the commissioners room will precede formal budget adoption.
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Ruplic
Chanute City
Memorial Building
Commissioners
Thayer and Erie Prepare for Fairs At Erie
The 47th annual Thayer Homecoming Picnic and Fair will run September 3 to 5 at McLachlen Park Thayer with over 300 in premia offered for farm garden domestic science art and exhibit work. Erie hosts the Neo County Fair August 22 to 25 with official judging 2 p.m. August 22 and a full schedule of 4-H events livestock parades and sales concluding August 25.
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Thayer
McLachlen Park
Erie
Neosho County
Lloyd Dulavey
Gale Mullen
Harold van Cleave
Mahlon Morley
John Gorton
Milford Hall
Melvin Morley
Charles O. Carter
Hanserd House
Dorothy Ricketts
Emery Gard
John Harris
Ralph Bonewitz
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Norman Haigh
Fredonia
Two Fishermen Drown Near Scott City
In Garden City, Kansas, two Scott City men Duain Nicholas 27 and Conndy Woodson 23 drowned in Beaver Creek 16 miles north of Scott City after diving into the cold water to swim. A third man Arnold Trujillo Trujillo reported the swift submersion and attempted rescue. Their bodies were recovered about an hour later.
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Garden City
Beaver Creek
Scott City
Kansas Highway Patrol
Darrel Kaufman
Duain Nicholas
Conndy Woodson
Arnold Trujillo Trujillo
Woodson
Tragic Auto Crash Claims Life Of Chris Steinmetz
Chris Steinmetz 25 of Nakoma Kansas died in a hospital after injuries from a Highway 96 crash one mile west of Albert. Lee Wasser for Insurance reported the incident. Steinmetz passed away Tuesday night.
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Great Bend
Kas
Chris Steinmetz
Nakoma
Lee Wasser
Albert
Docking Recommends Maurice Martin as Highway Director
Gov. George Docking proposes Maurice Martin, 44, as the Kansas highway director after serving as acting head since January. The Kansas Highway Commission will consider the nomination at its Aug. 27 meeting. Martin, a former IRS employee, has resided in Yates Center and joined the highway staff in 1957.
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Topeka
George Docking
Maurice Martin
Martin
Lynn Brodick
Marysville
Kansas Highway Commission
Yates Center
Federal Internal Revenue ‘Service
Highway Staff
Brodick
Results List with Henley Real Estate Agency
Real estate ad listing results list for Henley Real Estate Agency. Includes contact phone 2195. Appears as a short classified notice for available properties and agency services.
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Henley Real Estate Agcy
Senate Finance Committee approves social security bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 7 percent increase in social security benefits for 12 million beneficiaries. It kept most of a public assistance provision, reducing the total public aid by 39 million to 249 million dollars yearly, and moved the effective date to January 1, 1959. None of the text beyond these facts.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
House
Arthur S. Flemming
Senate
Two Inmates Escape Kansas Honor Farm
Two older inmates escaped from the Kansas State Penitentiary honor farm in Lansing. Identified as T. J. Brown, 86, life sentence for felonious assault in Leavenworth County, and Burl Harris, 65, 15 years for second degree burglary in Pratt County. Harris had been at the farm since 1952.
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Lansing, Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Honor Farm
T. J
Tom) Brown
Leavenworth County
Burl Harris
Pratt County
Harris
Mitchell White
Tracy Hand
Teel Named State Weed Supervisor in Kansas
Warren C. Teel, Shawnee County agricultural agent, will become state weed supervisor October 1, replacing Jake R. Ubel. The appointment announced in Topeka outlines a transition for the Kansas weed control program.
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Topeka
Warren C. Teel
Shawnee County
Jake R. Ubel
Big Plane Crashes Off Ireland Killing Many Aboard
A KLM four engine airliner with 91 passengers and 8 crew vanished in a squall 130 miles off Ireland after leaving Shannon for New York. Reports said survivors possible on rafts though searches found wreckage and bodies. Passengers included Americans and a German-born naturalized citizen Mrs Maria Humphrey and her daughter from Wichita.
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Shannon
Ireland
Shannon Airport
New York
Amsterdam
Atlantic
British
Royal Air Force
British Overseas Airways
the Hague
KLM
Maria Humpty
Wichita
Elizabeth Kratzer
Wich
Ita
Maria Humphrey
Bloomfield
N.M
United States
Munich
Germany
Humphrey
Chris Humphrey
Clyde ‘Humphrey
Kiowa
Kas
Britain Backs Eisenhower Middle East Plan at UN Session
Britain welcomed President Eisenhower's six point Middle East plan as a basis for reconciling views and stability. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd outlined full support ahead of the General Assembly, while noting disappointment at Soviet rhetoric. Britain and the United States in close talks on a resolution covering political aspects and troop withdrawal from Lebanon and Jordan.
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N.Y
Britain
Eisenhower
Middle East
Selwyn Lloyd
General Assembly
Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Generally Fair Area Outlook and Thunder Storms Report
The Topeka area forecast calls for generally fair, warm and humid conditions through Friday with highs around the 90s and lows 70s. Yesterday saw scattered storms in northwest Kansas, with varying rainfall totals from Tribune 0.78 inches to Goodland 0.02, and winds up to 40 mph at Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune
Achilles
Norcatur
Hill City
Goodland
Kirwin
Webster
Cedar Bluff Dam
Olathe
Higher Up Probe Shifts To Teamster Activities
Senate probes switch focus from Hoffa era to a defunct Indianapolis taxi company after Hugh Wagner testifies that union leaders took over the firm before president Probstein vanished in 1955. Hoffa and Owen Brennan loans of 8000 dollars are disclosed along with calls for accountability on the 1953 House probe.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Teamster
Hugh Wagner
Senate
Dave Probstein
Wagner
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Owen Brennan
International Teamsters
Probstein
Former Kansas governor testifies on Teamsters influence in campaigns
Payne Ratner, Kansas governor 1939 to 1943, told the Senate Rackets Committee of Teamsters campaign contributions to Gov. George Docking and former Gov. Fred Hall. He described a secret plan paying Wichita taxi operators $15,000 to settle a 1953 54 drivers strike and said he sent $3,500 from the Teamsters to Hall’s pre primary campaign this year.
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Washington
Kansas
Senate
Teamsters Union
George Docking
Fred Hall
Payne Harry Ratner
Ratner
Teamsters
Jack Graham
Rex Bulleigh
Wichita
Hall
Clyde Reed ,Jr
Docking says no knowledge of 1956 Teamsters donation
Gov. George Docking stated he has no personal knowledge of a 1956 $3,500 Teamsters Union contribution to his campaign. He noted it could have gone to a county or state Democratic committee or an individual donor, and said he would not have accepted such a gift from former Gov. Ratner.
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Topeka
George Docking
Teamsters Union
Docking For Governor Club
Democratic Committee
Gov. Payne) Ratner
Docking
Teamsters
Tom Corcoran
Clay Center
Democratic State Committee
Woodrow Wilson Miller
Lawrence
State Docking For Governor Club
Kansas Federation of Labor
Frank Theis
Theis
Tribune Phone Help and Evening Call Instructions
Instructions advise contacting Tribune via phone for carrier issues. If the person cannot be reached by beach, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Police Crackdown On Young Drivers
Police continued a crackdown on young drivers with four new citations bringing the total to ten. Cited were Robert Edward Coomes and Darlene King for disturbing the peace with car horns, David Webb for reckless driving, and Kenneth Dale Easley for disturbing the peace with an illegal muffler. Easley posted a ten dollar bond. hearings were set for 4 p.m. today for the cited and previously reported drivers.
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Robert Edward Coomes
S. Malcolm
Darlene King
N. Evergreen
David Webb
North Santa Fe
Kenneth Dale Easley
Humboldt
Easley
Santa Fe Train Kills Pittsburg Man
Victor H. Hofmeister, 77, was killed by a Santa Fe train while walking along Pittsburg railroad tracks. A retired farmer, he was hard of hearing and did not hear the whistle as he moved from his Pittsburg home toward his southeast farm.
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Pittsburg
Victor H. Hofmeister
Santa Fe
Hofmeister
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