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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1958
Page
5
A collection of miscellaneous facts notes that about 20 Americans are injured daily in accidents, roughly 30,000 per day overall. It lists diverse trivia, from topsoil formation to famous historical figures and place names, in a light, quotable style.
President Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace program gains momentum as U S firms install and plan reactors across multiple nations. AMF reports sixteen reactors either finished or started in the United States and abroad, with installations in the Netherlands Germany Canada Greece Italy Iran Israel among others.
Brief note describes uses to activate materials for engineering tests including food processing and sterilization, triggering biological reactions by radiation, and determining wear in machinery.
President Eisenhower nominates Wilbur G. Leonard 41 from Council Grove Kansas for U S attorney in Kansas. The current U S attorney William C. Farmer resigns effective August 31 after serving since February 1957. Leonard has been Farmer’s assistant and was former executive director of the Kansas Republican state committee.
Walnut residents and relatives share weekend visits and travels. Many are visiting parents in Iowa Kansas City Derby and Parsons, with relatives from Chanute Augusta Belle Plaine Wichita and Derby hosting and returning.
Roy Brannum of Sabetha is presented with a plaque for outstanding service work in 1958 by the executive committee in Chanute. The ceremony lists E. E. Taylor of Pittsburg and names McGrew, Mound City, and Pittsburg as participants.
Wichita AP report says William Haney of Topeka elected state American Legion department commander at the Kansas convention final session. Other new officers include Harold Hollis of Great Bend and additional national assignments announced.
James Blake disappeared while swimming the Catawba River Saturday night. Police and 60 lifeguards searched through the night and into Sunday as his friends said he phoned his wife to fetch him, claiming he had fallen asleep in a boathouse and felt fine. In Los Angeles, the International Federation of Women Lawyers opened its 10th conference with Dr. Luisa Perez Pereza noting women push humanitarian justice through equal rights.
Monterey Park. Johnny Underwood, 3, crawled into the family car and started the engine, rolled down a hill and crashed into a concrete wall. His father Edward Underwood said he won’t be driving for a long time as the license is revoked for at least 15 years. In Whittier, Gillian says they chose the area for more room to raise children.
Roberts said he moved his family into a new home a week earlier to start anew. Fire investigators blamed a clothes dryer short circuit for igniting the deadly fire that killed two children.
Sam E. Smith of Local 795 Wichita testified that the Teamsters Union gave Gov. Docking a total of 3500 in 1956. He said a Wichita attorney delivered 1000 in Kansas City and a Salina meeting produced 2500 in cash via press secretary C. E. McGuckin.
New pill Primatene offers relief from asthma spasms and hay fever in minutes with hours of freedom. The 1957 Whitehall Pharmacal Company product promises bronchial opening and mucus relief without injections or nebulizers. Available without prescription at drugstores for 98 cents with money back guarantee.
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