Work Progresses On Chanute Projects Despite Steel Strike
Construction continues on Chanute's three largest projects including the Neosho County Home for the Aged the new city water system and the Southwestern Bell Telephone building. Supervisors report delays from rain and steel shortages but remain ahead or on schedule with roof walls and foundation work advancing.
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Chanute
Neosho County
New City Water System
Southwestern Dial Telephone
Ray Ruthrauff
Home For
Ruthrauff
Ford
Gretchen
Robert Hill
Tribune
Fire Chief's Home Fire Doused By Self Aid
A minor fire at Fire Chief C W Brennan's home was contained by Brennan using a fire extinguisher. A gas refrigerator fuel line valve caused the blaze when Brennan moved the refrigerator for wallpaper. He reported refrigerator and floor damage and personal disappointment. A Life magazine photographer visit to Chanute was discussed with O K James and Miss Bourke White.
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All Places
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Life Magazine
Chanute
Margaret Bourke- White
O. K. James
Little League
Miss Bourke- White
James
Altoona High Announces Enrollment Dates for School Year
Altoona High School will enroll students on August 24 and 25, announced superintendent James McCollam. Seniors and juniors enroll Monday, sophomores and freshmen Tuesday, with school hours 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Buses will not run, so students must provide transportation.
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Altoona
Altoona High School
James McCollam
Pratt truck driver dies in fire after crash
Julius A. Richardson, 38, of Greensburg, died in a Pratt hospital from burns after his gasoline tank truck burst into flames when he crashed into a bridges railing to avoid a careening car.
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PRATT
Julius A. Richardson
Greensburg
Pratt Hospital
Thayer Approves Water Plant Bond in Special Election
Thayer voters approved a 130000 bond issue by 129 to 59 with 192 ballots cast to fund a city water system. The plan funds a dam reservoir treatment plant and elevated tank with contracts to be let separately this fall.
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Thayer
Carl Studebaker
Studebaker
Rittencure Investment Co
Wichita
Quake Trapping Campers And Fishermen In Montana
Eight dead, fears rise to thirteen as avalanche and landslide trap vacationers near Hebgen Dam and Rock Creek. By Tuesday a road opened, airlifted shelters supplied by helicopters, with 60 injured and 27 in four Montana hospitals.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Montana
Rock Creek
F. R. Bennett
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Carole
Susan
Tom
Bennett
Phillip
Martin Stryker
Berkeley
Calif
E. H. Stryker
Martin
John
Morgan
Lakes
Madison River Valley
U.S. Highway 287
Hebgen Dam
Thomas Stowe
Sandy
Utah
Stowe
Yellowstone Park
Madiison River
Park
Partly Cloudy Warm Weather With Scattered Thunderstorms
Kansas forecast calls for scattered thundershowers tonight and hot humid days through Thursday. Lows upper 70s, highs 90s. rainfall light with a few locations reporting traces. Wichita, Emporia tied for 91 degrees. Goodland 64, Hutchinson 73. Lee Wasser for insurance.
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Porecast
Topeka
Kansas
Clathe
Dodge City
Chanute
Lecompton
Abilene
Tom Arnold
Wichita
Emporia
Kirwin Dam
Goodland
Hutchinson
Thayer Homecoming Fair Preview by Watermelon Ambassadors
Two goodwill ambassadors Harry Minnich and Ernie Harms toured Thayer planning stops in Fredonia Altoona Neodesha Cherryvale and Parsons for Thayer’s 48th Annual Homecoming Picnic and Fair. They noted peak watermelon quality and a strong crop with premiums over 300 and events set from Sept 1 to Sept 3 at McLachlen Park arena and Case Tractor Co. displays.
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Thayer
Harry Minnich
Ernie Harms
Chanute
Fredonia
Altoona
Neodesha
Cherryvale
Parsons
FE. J. Stitt
Garland Chrisman
George McCready
Virgil Taylor
Frank Meek
Rex Wheeler
Minnich
Harms
Stitt
McLachlen Park Arena
Tribune
Asleep on the Job Leads to Court Appearance
Wayne Smith, 25, must appear in Municipal Court after police say he was found sleeping on a bed in John Riechert's second floor apartment in North Bergen New Jersey. Smith allegedly climbed the fire escape to rob the apartment but dozed off, charged with breaking and entering.
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North Bergen
N. J
Wayne Smith
John Riechert
Smith
Wilson Charged With Murder In Kansas Farm Shooting
Eli J. Wilson age 49 arraigned on first degree murder charges for the shooting of Delta M. Seematter 27 at her farm home near Wamego. He pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for Aug. 25 with bail denied.
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Westmoreland, Kas
Eli J. Wilson
Wilson
Richard Edwards
John W Brookens
Westmoreland
Pottawatomie County
Delta M. Seematter
Robert Lyon
Wamego
Repair Job Fatal For Joplin Trucker
Joplin Missouri scene reports Ralph A. Dixon was fatally crushed when the bed of his dump truck collapsed while he worked on the hydraulic lift at his home. The 59 year old was found by his wife about two hours later.
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Joplin
Ralph A. Dixon
Dixon
Kiser Named Pastor for Calvary Baptist Church
The Rev Don Kiser was called as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church located at 1111 S Lafayette. He graduated from Baptist Bible College Springfield Mo in 1955 with theology degree and has pastored in Missouri and Iowa, most recently Centerville. He is married with three children James 3 John Mark 2 and David 10 months. A church membership meeting discussed plans including building a new church soon.
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Don Kiser
Calvary Baptist Church
S. Lafayette
Kiser
The
Baptist Bible College
Springfield
Missouri
Iowa
Centerville
James
John Mark
David
J. E. Kiser
Malcolm
Plaque to honor Neosho County WWI dead planned
Twenty nine names have been obtained for a World War I memorial plaque to be erected by the Boerstler May post of the American Legion. Fred L. Johnson adjutant of the post said the plaque will include all Neosho County residents who died in service or from injuries in World War I. Plans call for mounting the plaque at the Memorial building beside a World War II and Korean War plaque dedicated last Veterans Day as a county cooperative project involving the Legion and other organizations.
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Boerstler-May
American Legion
Fred L. Johnson
Johnson
Neosho County
Ralph W. Akers
Forrest Allen
Harry Boerstler
Arthur L. Boerstler
Charles E. Burdick
Walter Burton
Ralph R. Chambers
Emmett M. Collins
James G. Daley
Harry Downing
Joseph F. Fairchild
Charles Frye
James R. Gough
Henry J. Hall
Mark E. Heller
George L. Hendricks
Homer M. Johnson
Walter C. Martin
George C. Munday
Frederick K. Nantz
Joseph R. Norris
Clennie B
Wichitan killed while changing tire near Augusta
James A. Doctor, 49, of Wichita, was struck and killed by an automobile three miles west of Augusta while changing a tire. Local authorities reported the fatal incident occurring today prompting an investigation by sheriff's deputies.
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Augusta
Kas
James A. Doctor
Wichita
Tight security urged after escape from Larned State Hospital
State Rep. Marshall Gardiner inspected Larned State Hospital amid calls to tighten security at the criminally insane unit after Harlan Noble, a 99 year sentence sex offender, escaped. Officials plan to change locks and review ward assignments while noting staffing shortages and past lapses.
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Larned, Kas
Larned State Hospital
Marshall Gardiner
Noble
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Neb
Larned
Gardiner
Narimore
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Fred Cochran
Katy
Ralph Ford
Dial Telephone Building Project
DIAL
Dial Telephone
First
Agene
Thayer Oks
Sanea Aeet
Lee Wasser
Melons Herald Fair
Thayer High School
Case Tractor Co
Don Williams
Seematters
Seematter
Williams
Lyon
Delta
Bob
Leematters
Calvary
State Prison
L. J. Naramore
Lansing
Naramore
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