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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1959
Page
1
Mrs. Bill Sparks of Sparks Auto Salvage helped recover a stolen 1955 Mercury convertible. A 19 year old Michigan boy was arrested after Dodge City officers relayed a report that the car, owned by Orlin E. Ard Jr. of Wichita, was heading east. The vehicle was stopped in Holly Colorado two hours after the tip.
More than 900 people attended the dedication of the new St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Humboldt despite rain. Two services were held in the $211,000 church with 575 at the morning service and 334 at the evening. Rev. H. Seyfert led the rite. sermon by Rev. Willis E. Laetsch and evening talk by Rev. Lonnie Lassman. Choir from Zion Lutheran Chanute sang. A third service is planned for Aug 23 with Bernard Eggers as speaker. Open house set for next Sunday.
Eight Kansans died on weekend Kansas highways in two crashes. Five perished Saturday when a car hit a Santa Fe mail train near Newton. the victims were Frank Edmiston and family, plus Wesley Hendricks. A second crash in Johnson County killed Edward Schopper and two others on wet pavement. Missouri also reported a multi vehicle crash killing 11 and injuring 11 near Columbia.
Thayer residents will vote tomorrow on a 127000 bond to fund a city water system. The plan includes a dam and reservoir west of town, a water treatment plant, supply and distribution lines, and an elevated storage tank to replace wells and cisterns.
A reptile garden worker in St Joseph Missouri was bitten by a four foot Indian cobra. Coast Guard and Air Force teams flew anti cobra serum from Miami to St Joseph. The serum was injected six hours after the bite and White showed signs of recovery.
The car of Mrs Lytle Marland, widow of Ernest Marland the Oklahoma governor, has been located in Missouri. Private detectives traced the vehicle through serial numbers and sold to a junk dealer by a teen buyer, with traces back to Marceline and Kansas City areas.
The AP reports state accident records show 359 fatalities in the 48 hours ending at 9 a.m. on the date in 1959, versus 327 in the corresponding period of 1956. Authorities urge caution as road danger persists.
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A four year old Wichita girl named Patrick Keys fell from her family car on highway K39 about five miles west of Chanute causing cuts and bruises. She received treatment at Neosho Memorial Hospital. A second Saturday incident involved a 1946 Ford left front damaged on US 169 underpass when a crane truck struck the underpass roof and a pulley dropped onto the Harris vehicle.
Chanute approves the 1960 city budget totaling 2,213,789 with an eight mill levy. The hearing closed without protests or inquiries.
A $234,897.73 internal improvements bond issue was sold today to Stern Brothers and Co. of Kansas City on a net bid of $41,189. The 10 year bonds carry an average annual interest rate of 3.17 percent. Proceeds fund 1957 sewer installations and 1957 58 street paving. Auction sale attracted eleven bidders, starting at $44,000.
Neosho County teachers gather August 25 to 27 for the annual Institute themed Teaching Is Guidance. Sessions at the Neosho high school 시작 8 a.m. with a program for secondary and elementary staff, workshops on August 27, and a noon picnic.
Westmoreland Kan AP 49 year old handyman Eli J Wilson admitted shooting Mrs Delta M See matter 27 at her farm home near Wamego after being spurned. He planned to kill hired man Robert Lyon and confessed early Sunday. County Attorney Don Williams says murder charges will be filed. Funeral services were held Sunday.
Kansas City news item reports 27 year old Jack Anderson preparing to leave a driveway when a 2300 volt power line broke and fell across the truck cab. Believing rubber tires insulated him, Anderson stayed put and smoked while awaiting power company responders who arrived after about 30 minutes and found the line dead.
In Missouri a head-on collision on U S Highway 40 eight miles east of Columbia killed eleven people and injured eight others after one car swerved into the other. The dead include six adults and five children with many identifications pending. A third car bumped into the wreckage but its occupants were not hospitalized.
Suzanne Ector was born 9000 feet above Missouri on a Delta Air Lines flight. The 27 year old mother from Argentina Canada delivered by stewardess and two passengers in the plane’s rear compartment before landing in Memphis. Mother and daughter, both reported fine, were taken to a Memphis hospital.
The Tribune cannot verify a report of a 19 month old Chanute child dying of polio. County health officer Dr J D Gough stated no such death is known locally.
Ray Broughton of Webb City Mo was arrested by the highway patrol at 2 30 p m Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated reckless driving and transporting an open bottle He was released today on 150 bond and his hearing is scheduled for 4 p m Wednesday
The Thomas A Powner family of Cranbury New Jersey completed a two week civil defense isolation in a 72 square foot bomb shelter at Princeton University. Heat odors and humidity challenged them while 38 miles of tape recorded every word. The family stores 130 dollars of canned food and learned shelter life for future plans.
A regional forecast notes fair and warm conditions with a chance of isolated storms tonight and Tuesday. Rainfall totals over the weekend varied, with El Dorado at 7.4 inches and other towns recording 4 to 5 inches, while river levels and humidity remained high.
A 28 year old man, Leslie Imboden, killed his estranged wife Jane Imboden, 25, at Fran's Lounge in Joplin and then shot himself. Police say he fired five shots at her head and chest before reloading and killing himself. The victim, a bar maid, worked at the lounge owned by Frances Downey. An Oklahoma City driver, Franklin Botone, testified Imboden had been brought to Joplin by Lee Wasser for insurance purposes.
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