Thayer boosters tout watermelon fair signs and harvest notes
H M Minnich and Ernie Harms of Thayer promoted the Thayer Home-Coming and Fair set for September 3 to 5 by distributing watermelons. They reported the area’s crop will yield large melons but smaller than past years due to wet weather. The melons came from E J Stitt farm near Thayer. A description mix up on a local page called Ronnie Owens a different 4H member. Four wheelbarrows were stolen from the Fairfield school site near Chanute, with sheriff Jack Reynolds skeptical about the motive.
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H. M. Minnich
Ernie Harms
Thayer
Chanute
Minnich
Harms
Tribune
Fair Boosters
E. J. Stitt
C. W. Wright
Fairfield
Jack Reynolds
Supreme Court to convene extra session on Little Rock case
The Supreme Court will hold a special Thursday session to review the NAACP petition to cancel a desegregation delay in Little Rock. Chief Justice Warren announced the Aug 28 noon sitting to consider vacation and stay petitions aimed at ending the 1958 district court stay and 8th Circuit stay.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
National Assn
Advancement of
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Sth Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Warren
Justice Whittaker
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United States Court of Appeals
8Th Circuit
United States District Court For
Eastern District of Arkansas
Whittaker
Solicitor General
United States
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Arkansas
Orval EF. Faubus
Central High School
Central High
U.S. District Court
8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
NAACP
Kansas Weather Turns Forest-Loot Tail to Mountain Tone
Topeka AP reports a weekend weather pattern with 70s to 80s highs, 40s to 50s lows, a record low 52 at dawn, and scattered showers in the southwest. Garden City totals 0.44 inch. Dodge City 0.11. traces elsewhere. The forecast calls for continued warm but slow rise and a few eastern showers tonight, with a five day outlook for temperatures 2-4 degrees below normal and .25 to .50 inch rain in thundershowers.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Wichita
Hill City
Pittsburg
Chanute
Garden City
Dodge City
Weather Bureau
Warning to slow for school kids in zones after August 28
Police Department issues a caution to drivers to watch for school children crossing streets in school zones after August 28, outlining renewed enforcement and safety reminders for morning and afternoon traffic.
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Police Department
Winners Named At Neosho Fair
ERIE Sharon Johnson of Erie exhibited the Grand Champion baby beef in the junior division an Angus steer. Reserve champion went to Bill Frederick Earlton with a Hereford. Champion Shorthorn belonged to Sherre George Thayer. Sheryl Brooks Thayer owns the grand champion Angus Keifer with Duane Brooks Thayer as exhibitor. Grand champion Hereford heifer belonged to Sharon Bussman Chanute. Reserve Hereford to Janis Umbarger Thayer. David Swiler Earlton owns the grand champion fat pig. Earl Hole Chanute the reserve. Breeding gilt grand champion Duroc Pat Johnson Erie. reserve Tom Thurman Erie. Grand champion fat lamb Joyce Wemeldorff St Paul. reserve Lowell Sharp Erie. Breeding ewes grand and reserve in Shropshire to Lowell Sharp. Suffock to Joy Broughton Chanute. Daily division winners include Holstein grand champion Roger Fickle Earlton. reserve John LaRue Erie. Jersey grand Jene Hudson Eric. reserve Yancy Hudson Erie. Ayrshire grand Dwight Clemens Chanute. Milking Short horn Duane Brooke Thayer. Grand poultry pen Lee Tipping Erie. reserve Margaret Tipping Erie. Each rabbit champion Janice McKelvy Chanute. champion Linda Rice Erie. Fitting and showing winners Bill Frederick Earlton beef. David Swiler Earlton fat pigs. Joy Broughton Chanute sheep. Yancy Hudson Erie dairy. Open dairy winners Holstein Leo Fickle Earlton. Guernsey H EF Weil and Son Edna Brown. Brown Swiss Large Farm Iola. Jersey Jane Hudson Eric. Milking Shorthorn Roy Starbuck Thayer. Ayrshire Wayne Shively Walnut. Fat stock sale closes Neosho Fair tonight.
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Sharon Johnson
Neosho County
Bill Frederick
Earlton
Sherre George
Thayer
Sheryl Brooks
Angus Keifer
Duane Brooks
Sharon Bussman
Chanute
Hereford
Janis Umbarger
David Swiler
Theowner
Fat Ipig
Earl Hole
Pat Johnson
Tom Thurman
Joyce Wemeldorff
St. Paul
Lowell Sharp
Shropshire
Joy Broughton
Holstein
Roger Fickle
John LaRue
Jersey
Jene Hudson
Eric
Yancy Hudson
Ayrshire
Dwight Clemens
Duane Brooke
Lee Tipping
Margaret Tipping
Janice McKelvy
Linda Rice
Leo Fickel
Guernsey
Weil and Son
Edna
Iola
Jane Hudson
Roy
Starbuck
Wayne Shively
Trucker Protest Ahead of City Hall Meeting On Parking Ban
A strong protest by truckers and businessmen is expected at tomorrow's city commission session over an ordinance banning truck parking on certain Canute streets. Chamber members from industrial retail and tourist committees back further study, while Capitol Truck Lines’ Jack Thompson labeled the proposal unfair and harmful to local business and revenue.
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City Commission
Canute
Chamber of Commerce
Commission
Chamber Today
Jack Thompson
Capitol Truck Lines
Thompson
Hays Pair Shot Husband Killed in Local Tragedy
Anthony Wiesner and his wife were shot at their Hays home last night. Investigators could not determine a motive as Wiesner died hours later and Mrs. Wiesner remained critically ill. A .22 pistol was found at the scene.
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Hays
Anthony Wiesner
Wiesner
Atomic Sub Skate Docks in Norway
The US atomic submarine Skate tied up in Oslo today and prepared for a visit from Norway's King Olav V Tuesday. The sub, denied permission to stop at Copenhagen, arrived after a coastwise trip from Bergen, its first port of call after traveling under the Arctic ice cap.
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Norway
Olav V
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bergen
Artic
85th Congress Ends Session Ends Voting Judgment Ahead
The 85th Congress adjourned after an 18 hour session in which lawmakers approved a $3.298 billion foreign aid package and a $6.09 billion across agency funding measure. The end of the session signals voters will judge performance on space age issues and recession as campaigns begin for the 1960 elections.
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Washington
85Th Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Masked bandit robs Peru State Bank near Caney
A masked stickup man obtained about 4000 in a daytime bank raid at Peru State Bank just before opening. Kansas and Oklahoma officers scoured nearby woods near Caney for the suspect, deploying a cordon, bloodhounds, and aircraft. A wrecked car tied to the suspect was later found near the U S 166 crossing.
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Oklahoma
McAnlester
Eddie Lyberger
Independence
Montgomery County
Independence Flying Club
Floyd Huggins
Jeff Davis Duree
Bartlesville
Okla
Kansas Highway Patrol
Coffeyville
Sedan
Caney
W. S. Alford
Alford
Betty Swinney
O. R. Nutter
Nutter
U. S. 166
Red Chinese Attacks On Quemoy Slacken
Washington reports indicate Communist China has slackened attacks on Quemoy and Tan islands as Eisenhower and Gen. Twining confer. Dulles warns any conquest of the islands would threaten regional peace while the 7th Fleet scales back precautions in the Formosa area.
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White House
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Quemoy and
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Far East
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Dulles
U.S
Clement Zablocki
D-Wis
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
United States
Matsu
Defense Department
Formosa Straits
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Department
Alaska Votes on Statehood in Tuesday Referenda
Alaska voters head to the polls to decide three statehood referenda with forecasts favoring a 2 to 1 majority among over 35 000 ballots. Admission would follow a presidential proclamation after a November general election. Voters will for the first time select governor and secretary of state, and nominate two U S senators and a U S representative.
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Juneau
Alaska
Tribune
Wasser
Neosho GOP Elect Officers at County Meeting
Neosho County Republican Central Committee elected Mrs. Ed Peterson as chairwoman and Mrs. Bert Long as treasurer at a courthouse meeting. Robert N. Allen became vice chairman, replacing Hugh T. Jones Jr. The group praised Senators Schoep pel and Carlson and Congressman Myron V. George for state service and supported Clyde Reed Jr. for governor.
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Erie
Ed Peterson
Chanute
Neosho County
Republican Central Committee
Robert N. Allen
Bert Long
Eric
Peterson
Allen
Hugh T. Jones Jr
Long
U.S
Andrew Schoeppel
Frank Carlson
Myron V. George
Rep. George
John Redmond Dam
Burlington
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Parsons
Kansas
Chanute Public Schools Open for 1958-59 Term
The Chanute Public Schools begin the 1958-59 term with half day sessions on Friday. Elementary enrollment is from 9 to 12, while Junior High, Senior High, and Junior College start at 8 with assemblies and orientation before the regular schedule. Full-time classes resume September 2.
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Chanute
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Injuries Fatal To Mrs. Robert Albo in Hwy Crash
Mrs. Robert J. Albo of Pittsburg died at St. Francis Hospital Wichita after a Thursday crash on highway K47 northeast of Thayer. The 29 year old was riding in a convertible driven by her husband who swerved to avoid a left turning car. the vehicle overturned. Albo was taken from Neosho Memorial to Wichita by ambulance plane. Her husband, 32, sustained non serious injuries.
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Robert J. Albo
Pittsburg
Thayer
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Albo
Highway Patrol
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Rise in 1958
Topeka report shows 3 deaths in the last 48 hours with year to date fatalities at 330 for 1958, compared with 342 for the same period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Traffic Fatal to Two
Two people died in Kansas highway crashes over the weekend. Gerald Lewis Clark, 18, of Peabody, died when his car on U S 50 near Newton overturned after swerving into a ditch. a passenger was injured. John G. Fultz, 78, of Holton, was killed in a two car crash six miles west of Holton. Missouri reported eight fatalities including Bobby D. Kemper, 32, in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
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Peabody
Kas
Newton
U. S
Gerald Lewis Clark
Clark
John G. Fultz
Holton
Missouri
Kansas City
Bobby D. Kemper
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