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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
7
UN Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice Commission accuses Jordan of sending about 150 aggressors across into Israel from Jordan-controlled land who fired on a passenger bus to Elath and two escort jeeps, killing a Israeli woman passenger and three soldiers.
In Birmingham Alabama two Black men George Johnson aged 33 and Clyde Jones 29 were denied permission to take Civil Service exams for city patrol positions. Personnel Director Ray Mullins cited the white only stipulation on the application and said tests would be offered only after the City Commission decides to include colored applicants. Reverend F L Shuttleworth, president of the Alabama Christian Society for Human Rights, accompanied them.
The Associated Press reports a cool air mass from Canada sweeping over central and northeastern regions. Temperatures fell to the 40s in the northern Great Lakes and 50s up to northern Oklahoma, about 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours earlier from Arkansas to Virginia. Heavy rain marked the leading edge from the Texas Gulf Coast to the North Atlantic states, with up to 3.5 inches west of San Antonio.
A 30 year old mother and former San Antonio waitress Marjorie Inez Evans is held on a bogus check charge in Stillwater Oklahoma. Police say she belongs to a forgery ring that passed about $15 000 in bogus checks in Oklahoma and surrounding states. Evans was stopped after attempting to cash a check and warrants in Oklahoma City show she cashed nearly $400 recently.
Floyd Palmer, 81, claimed as the oldest living American veteran twin, died in a nursing home after a heart attack. He and his brother Frank enlisted in the Army during the Spanish American War. Floyd served in Puerto Rico while Frank served in Cuba.
An advertisement page promotes safe shopping practices and highlights trusted vendors in the guide. It explains how to verify seller reliability, spot scams, and protect payments while shopping for everyday goods.
Humboldt residents report two week vacation in Colorado visiting relatives in Montrose Littleton and Denver with a Kansas City stop to see Lydia Betty. Local families hosted gatherings in Ottawa Chanute Wichita and Emporia as seniors attended BYF events and Ottawa University assembly with several youths and relatives visiting over the weekend.
Visitors in the Clements home were Mr and Mrs Jack Clements of Kansas City and Mr and Mrs H L Rapp of Ottawa. Helen Grother returned from Kansas City after visiting with Lois Ann Meath. Paul Johnson and family of Independence Mo attended the funeral of Mrs W F Fussman and stayed to visit family. Rossner of Kansas City joined the Fussman service. he is Mrs Fussman’s brother. Ben Guthrie returned from Missouri after vacations in Columbia Kirksville St Louis and Carleton.
Birmingham reporter James G. Atkins recalls a puff adder kept as a pet was terrified by a live baby chick. The chick pecked at the snake while it hissed and coiled, prompting Atkins to swap the snake for frogs and rats to feed the adder.
O. O. Hillman 73 recalls arriving in 1905 to find the town pump supplying cool well water, the only such feature in northeastern Colorado. Other longtime residents cannot remember when the pump first came into use.
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