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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1959
Page
1
Washington AP reports both labor and management claim Mitchell's figures back their position in the steel strike. He warned a national emergency could arise if no settlement by late September, while negotiations continue with no clear progress.
A temple elephant in Kandy during the Buddhist Perahera charged a crowd of about 200000 injuring many and killing twenty before police shot the animal. The incident happened as dancers and drummers participated near the Temple of the Sacred Tooth.
Picket lines halted operations at Phelps Dodge properties in Douglas Bisbee Morenci Arizona El Paso Texas and Los Angeles California as Mine Mill and Smelters Workers walk out. About 3 650 Mine Mill workers at Phelps Dodge plus 1 500 idle expected. strikes began August 10 at Kennecott and expanded to San Manuel Magma Anaconda actions followed with 5 600 at Montana Utah plants and 13 ASARCO sites. Contracts expired June 30 for Mine Mill and July 31 for USW. day to day extensions continued as wage increase demands of 15 cents an hour plus benefits were pressed.
TOPEKA AP Bids totaling 3 104 231.04 have been approved by the State Highway Commission for five counties road and bridge projects. Federal funds are involved in only one project the 5 350 foot Turtle Creek Reservoir. The commission delayed 49 contracts pending Congress action to provide more federal aid for Turtle Creek bridge which will be the longest in Kansas totaling 2 432 6M.
The hippo born last Friday to Cleopatra at Swope Park Zoo is announced female. Cleo the mother previously had a first-born daughter who is now two years old, also female.
A slow moving cold front approaches Kansas with scattered showers possible northwest and central areas. Generally fair hot humid weather continues elsewhere with highs in the 90s to near 100 and lows in the 60s and 70s. Reported rainfall includes 0.22 inch in Wichita and 0.04 inch in Pittsburg.
AFL-CIO vice president James B. Carey sent identical letters to House backers of Landrum Griffin urging action at the ballot box. Some members, including Rep. William H Ayres, condemned the threats as improper and compared Carey to Hoffa while Senate and House conferees pursued agreement on the bills.
Mrs Lois M Begey 49 and her son Gregory 11 of rural Parsons sustained minor head injuries when their 1958 Chevrolet overturned on the US 59 detour north of Parsons about 6 45 p m The sheriff s office and Trooper Duane Houck investigated The car was a total loss Frank Cunningham of Parsons was arrested at the scene on a driving while intoxicated charge He pled guilty in Erie justice court and was fined 19 plus costs
Continental Oil Co contributes 10000 to a disaster fund for victims of a gasoline fire in Kansas City. The bulk station at Southwest Boulevard and Bist Street was the blaze site. The total fund exceeds 15000 and will aid families of two dead firefighters Virgil L. Sams and Neal K. Owen both 28 and support 17 hospitalised personnel, five in critical condition.
Tom Hatcher, visiting with his parents Oscar and Mrs. Hatcher, pursues acting after quitting premed at Oklahoma University. He trained at Actors Studio in New York, appeared on United States Steel Hour, and toured in Tea and Sympathy. He seeks film work but models for income and values steady study and a routine.
John Ediston 15, son of Henry H. Ediston, vice president of Kansas City Life Insurance Co., died when a sports car overturned in the Mission Hills Country Club driveway in Kansas City. Three other youths were injured.
Mrs George C Wallace 708 N Evergreen shaken with a minor ankle injury after a two car collision at Lincoln and Walnut about 7 55 last night. Virginia Jenkins driving a 1956 Plymouth belonging to Rosalie Crabtree 715 N Garfield left turned in front of the Wallace car. Jenkins cited for failing to yield right of way with a $5 bond.
An ERLE-Contraband liquor auction at a sheriff's sale yielded 1980 20 with 1123 bottles of whiskey gin and vodka sold. Sixty three bottles were fifths while the rest were pints and half pints. The confiscated liquor came from an Oklahoma car stopped by highway patrol at US 169 Shaw road junction south of Chanute on July 6. Proceeds after advertising go to the county school fund.
Topeka AP reports state accident records show 24 hours ending 9 am 3 fatalities. Year to date 1959 totals 366, compared with 331 in 1958. One earlier fatality is included.
The search for a body continues along the Wilson Greenwood county line northwest of Fredonia. Inmate Truman R. Bentley said he ran over a hitchhiker in a stolen car on K96 about 6.2 miles northwest of Fredonia June 12 and buried the body in a wooded area. Police have not found the body. no missing persons reports have been filed since June 12. Bentley, 21, of Parsons, was arrested in Parsons June 29 for a car stolen in California and is on parole from Hutchinson Reformatory.
A 30 year old Marine James Allen Springmeyer was stabbed and critically wounded at the P38 tavern after men mocked a swagger stick. Four men were questioned. Springmeyer and another Marine were on temporary duty at the U S Naval Station near Kansas City.
State Welfare summary shows Kansas total population rising to 2 100 665 in 1958 from 1 904 584 in 1950. The under 18 group grew 155 924, while 18 64 years up 1.9 percent and 65 plus up 9.6 percent. County figures highlight Sedgwick Johnson and Shawnee jumps.
The State Board of Tax Appeals upheld Wyandotte County valuations for five Rock Island grain elevators denying a reduction to $91,635 from $340,080. The board also kept Mills Co. mill at $61,000 after fire and denied most reapportionment appeals in Leavenworth County. It approved several tax levy and no fund warrant requests and allowed Colby to spend $38,059.23 in its water and electric fund.
The St. Louis San Francisco Railroad asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to abandon 16 miles of track between Parsons and Cherryvale Kansas. Officials say the line has operated at a loss and the freight service is no longer viable for the region.
Walter Linda mood a 67 year old resident of Topeka Kansas died at Colorado General Hospital from injuries in a head on collision on U S Highway 40 west of Byers Colorado on August 7. He was the seventh fatality from the crash. He suffered fractures of both legs and internal injuries.
William Seager a 39 year old farmer and part time mechanic was arrested after his wife Ruth Seager 34 was shot while driving away from their home in a family truck. Prosecutor Bill Neff said Seager signed a statement admitting three shots were fired during a quarrel.
The body of a man was found in a burning car on a rural road northwest of Hesston. Hutchinson resident Mrs. John Pratt identified the body as her husband. Cause of death pending. authorities, including a county pathologist, investigate after a late night incident linked to an argument in Moundridge.
Topeka AP reports Kansas Power and Light Co declares a quarterly common stock dividend of 4 cents a share to be paid October 1. Di Lee Wasser for Insurance provided the notice.
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