Oil Discovery 100 Years Ago Observed by Area Industry
Area industry marks a centennial since the oil discovery, with 200000 barrels monthly within five miles of Chanute. Local refining shifts show 43 percent of a barrel becomes jet fuel and road asphalt, while octane rises to 91 for regular. The Chanute directory lists 60 firms in oil related work and inventories are up 4.5 percent except residual fuel oil.
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Chanute
Oscar Cunningham
Mid-America Refining Company
Mid-America
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Sandfrac
Water Bill Veto Override Supposed Challenge on Capitol
Capitol Hill reacted with heated criticism after President Eisenhower vetoed the water projects bill. House leaders planned to seek an override, while opponents argued the measure funds flood control navigation power beaches and land reclamation. Supporters noted strong Senate and House votes already backing the measure.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Neal Smith
D-Iown
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
Europe
Johnston
White House
Senate
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
40 Beauties In Contests At Humboldt
Beauty contests and a swimming show run tonight at the Humboldt pool starting 8:30. Twenty toddlers aged 1 to 4 compete, followed by swimming races by Humboldt Boy Scouts and a diving exhibition by Karl Krumsick and Verle Williams. Twenty teenage girls compete for prizes including a wrist watch. Judges include Woods, Johnson, Sakata, Works, and Mrs Williams.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Pool
Humboldt Boy Scouts
Karl Krumsick
Verle Williams
Pittsburg
Plan for Winter Community Concert Series by Board Meeting
The Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Federation room of the Memorial building to plan the winter Community Concert Series. The membership campaign runs the week of September 21 to 26. Mrs. O H Cunningham serves as president of the organization.
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Board of
Federation
Memorial Building
O H. Cunningham
We Board
Bird Man Quits Mount Vernon Bird Eradication Effort
Otto Standke a 71 year old from Great Bend Kansas quit his Mount Vernon New York starling removal bid after failing to clear the birds within a week. He claimed the town would be overwhelmed by starlings by next November and dismissed the $4,000 reward.
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Standke
Mount Vernon
Topekan Dies In Shooting At Park Dispute
Douglas Jackson seventeen of Topeka was killed by a shotgun blast in what police described as a dispute between white and Negro youths outside Walter Griffin’s home. Griffin eighteen was held for questioning. A .22 rifle was later taken from the group.
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Topeka
Kan
Douglas Jackson
Walter Griffin
Jackson
Griffin
C. E. Laird
Laird
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Area
Kansas traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours ending 9 a m show 1 death. To date in 1959 the total is 384, compared with 343 for the same period a year earlier.
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Topeka
Kansas
Family In Missing Plane Sparks Kansas City Search
Four Albuquerque residents missing after a flight from Lamont Iowa to Kansas City. Civil Air Patrol and Air Force planes searched north of St Joseph and Maryville. The Scotts were aboard a blue Beech Bonanza N5866C.
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Kansas City
Albuquerque
N. M
Lamont
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
Garland Scott
CAP
Air Force
St. Joseph
Maryville
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Scotts
Wausau
Wis
Lamoni
Scott
Three Are Arrested For Beating Officer
In Harlem a patrolman was assaulted after stopping a car for a red light. The attackers fled on foot, an off duty officer fired, a bystander was shot, and three men Sammy Brown Willie Brown and Willie Jones were later arrested.
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NEW York (Ap
Harlem
Walter J. Verville
John Hersey
John Buckingham
Sammy Brown
Willie Brown
Willie Jones
Navy volunteers set gravity force records in water filled capsule
Navy volunteers withstood up to 31 g in a water filled capsule during centrifuge tests at Johnsville. others reached 28 and 26 g. The Iron Maiden device immersed riders in water to cushion impacts, enabling five second sustained forces. Researchers aim to study protective methods for future space missions.
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Washington
Navy
Air Force
John Stapp
Johnsville
Soviets Agree To Hold Off Nuclear Tests
Moscow says it will refrain from testing nuclear weapons if Western powers also pause. Khrushchev pledged in August to not be first to test again, but Moscow reserves the right to end the moratorium if the United States Britain or France carry out tests, as Paris moves toward Sahara detonations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
France
United States
Britain
Sahara
Geneva
Tumbleweed Market Expands From East to Kansas
The Kansas Development Commission considers tumbleweeds as a new homegrown industry with potential profits and nuisance reduction. Philadelphia requests large shipments for decoration and gifts after a New York firm sold tinted tumbleweeds. Don Ingle, Sedgwick County agent, notes no shipment restrictions beyond the weed itself and its difficult packaging.
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Wichita
Kansas Development Commission
Kansas
Philadelphia
New York
Prairies
Don Ingle
Sedgwick County
Winter Hours Start At Library Sept. 8
Public Library announces winter hours beginning September 8 with adult hours 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and children’s hours 3 to 6 p.m. Weekday and Saturday hours differ by department, and Sunday remains closed.
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Vivian Hensley
Melnyk Named New Cha nute Chamber Manager
Joseph R. Melnyk, currently C of C manager at Clear Lake Iowa, will become Cha nute chamber manager on September 15 after an interview with the selection committee. He is 44, has a background in management and economics from Arizona State College, and has held roles with the Department of Agriculture in Omaha. He and his wife Helen have two children, Mark and Jane.
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Joseph R. Melnyk
Chamber of, Commerce
Clear Lake
Chanute Chamber
Howard Jes
Ter
Les Matthews
Newton
Chanute Schools
New Britain
Conn
Melnyk
Helen
Mark
Jane
Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Arizona State College
Tempe
American Institute For Foreign Trade
Phoenix
Chamber of Commerce Executives Assn
The
Lutheran Church
Rotary
Masonic Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
Tribune
Kansas City Stabbing Fatal to Marine Sergeant
Marine Sgt. James A. Springmeyer 30 died after a tavern brawl Aug. 19 in Kansas City. Prosecutor Collet planned first degree murder indictments against two of four suspects jailed on assault charges. Springmeyer, on temporary assignment at the Olathe Naval Station, was off duty at the time and sustained a back stab wound requiring removal of a kidney.
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Kansas City
James A. Springmeyer
William A. Collet
Springmeyer
Olathe
Kan
Independence Man Electrocuted In Rental Unit
Vernon Guyland, 36, died after an electrical extension cord shocked him while inspecting plumbing under a rental house in Independence Kas Police said the wet ground beneath the house contributed to the accident.
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Independence
Kas.ap
Vernon Guyland
Eisenhower and Macmillan Meet at Chequers for Cold War Talks
President Eisenhower arrived at Chequers, England, after visiting Queen Elizabeth II, for a weekend with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. They planned talks on West Berlin, disarmament, nuclear test bans, and strengthening NATO, ahead of Eisenhower's planned meeting with Nikita Khrushchev next month.
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Wendover
England
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Chequers
Long Gallery
West Berlin
North Atlantic Alliance
Oil Operator W A Pau Dies in Houston
Independent oil operator W A Pau died Friday in a Houston hospital after several months illness. Pau, 61, was active in drilling in Texas New Mexico and Colorado. He worked in Kansas and Oklahoma fields in the 1920s and served as superintendent for several independent operators before moving to the Gulf Coast in 1935.
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Houston
Tex
W. A. Pau
Paul
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast
Family Argument Ends With Shooting in Garden City
A shooting occurred after a family argument in Garden City. Leslie Albert Russell, 37, was wounded in the chest and placed in critical condition. Mrs Ollie Page was taken into custody and admitted the shooting in an oral statement. Police Chief Mitch Geisier reported.
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Garden City
Ley Leslie Albert Russell
Ollie Page
Mitch Geisier
Page
Russell
Train Car Crash Fatal to Little Girl
A fast passenger train struck a farm family's car at a rural crossing six miles east of Abilene yesterday, killing 5 year old Janice Karl and injuring her mother and sister Sandra 27. The child was the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Karl.
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Abilene
Here
Janice Karl
George Karl
Close Vote In Senate Over Labor Bill Heads To Floor
In Washington a tight Senate vote is expected next week on the labor regulation bill. Sen. Barry Goldwater predicts 45 to 55 votes for instructing conferees to yield to the House on disputed points while Sen. John F. Kennedy backs a partial House compromise with Senate provisos. The conflict centers on the seventh title covering Taft Hartley law changes with several points already settled.
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Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
House
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
No Man's Land
Kennedy
Warm stretch to ease after heavy rains in Kansas
Central and eastern Kansas faced heavy Friday night rains that moderated a two week heat wave, with a cool front expected to stall. Weekend forecast calls for hot humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms, highs near 80 to 95, overnight lows around 70, and rainfall totals up to 3.5 inches northeast of Clifton.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Salina
Hutchinson
Russell
Hill City
Abilene
Manhattan
Wamego
Dodge City
Comcordia
Goodland
Pittsburg
Wichita
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Gordon
Jack Laber
Willis
Kansan
Mount Vernon, N. Y
Otto Standke
Little Great Bend
Bird Eradicator
Topekan
Gravity Force
Tumbleweed
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II
Alan
Pau
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