Iola hosts sportsmanship trophy presentation
Left Hand Pitch officers visited Iola to present the Chanute Iola good sportsmanship trophy, with Chanute losing this year after last year’s Chanute possession. The pageant also notes plans to buy a new trophy and to curb unsportsmanlike acts such as sidewalk painting. Police report parking meter fines rise with higher penalties. A Berkshire pig weighing 45 to 50 pounds was stolen from the Rov Johnson farm five miles west of Chanute Wednesday afternoon.
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Iola
Chanute-Iola
Chanute
Bennie Green
Nan Donaldson
Jean Ashley
Howard A. Jester
Rov
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Two Men Die In Snowbound Bus Car Collision
A head on crash on a slick highway in Hannibal Missouri killed two men in a car. Identified by patrol as T B Conlon 45 Overland Park Kansas driver and Sverre R Aune 51 Clayton St. Louis suburb. Four bus passengers injured with Averill House 41 Mexico Missouri remaining hospitalized.
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Hannibal
T. B. Conlon
Overland Park
Kas
Sverre R. Aune
Clayton
St. Louis
Trailway
Averill
Man Falls to Death in Odd Plant Accident
Herbert Wahlberg, 57, died at the Standard Milling Co plant in Kansas City after tumbling four stories while riding a vertical escalator. He apparently failed to disembark at the top, his head striking the roof before he fell to the ground.
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Kansas City
Kas.p
Standard Milling Co
Herbert Wahlberg
Wahlberg
Three Neosho Families Win Farm Balance Awards
Three Neosho County farm families were honored with Balanced Farming and Living awards at Erie Chamber of Commerce fete. Recipients were Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Hanson Chanute R2 Mr. and Mrs. George Defenbaugh rural Stark and Mr. and Mrs. C R Thurman Erie R3. The event featured agronomist John Miller of Consumers Cooperative Association Kansas City who spoke on farm price pressures rising costs and census declines. The Erie Chamber president W R Naff led the banquet at Erie High School with about 100 attendees.
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Erie
George Defenbaugh
Robert
Kathy
Stark
Cecil Thurman
Sandra
Neosho County
Erie Chamber of Commerce
Glenn E. Hanson
Chanute
C. R. Thurman
John Miller
Consumers Cooperative Association of Kansas City
Miller
United States
W.R. Naff
Erie Chamber
J. M. Torrence
Erie Federated Church
Mahlon Morley
Erie High School
Two Wichita teens bound for trial in armed robbery case
William Otis Scranton and Donald Ray Foster, both 17, were bound over for District Court after waiving a preliminary hearing in Common Pleas Court. Arraigned before Judge Tom Baum, they faced $1,500 bonds each for a $156 Wichita market robbery and implicated liquor store and filling station robberies.
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Wichita
Common Pleas
William Otis Scranton
Donald Ray Foster
Iola
Tom Baum
Kenneth Briggs
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas Reports 521 In 1955
State accident records show 521 traffic deaths in 1955 to date, up from 559 for the same period in 1954, with 24 hours tracking. The report, from Topeka, details the year to date figures and compares annual totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Injured Youth in Car Truck Collision Near Leavenworth
Howard Miller, 19, of Bonner Springs Rt. 2, was critically injured yesterday afternoon when the car he was driving collided with a truck seven miles south of Leavenworth, authorities reported. The incident occurred on a rural road and prompted an emergency response. Miller was transported to a regional hospital for treatment.
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Leavenworth
Howard Miller
Rt. 2
Bonner Springs
Leavenworth Lown
Christ Gift of Obedience By Rev E M Pearson
Grant Avenue Baptist pastor urges Christmas focus on obedience to Christ the King. He contrasts singing and gifts with submission, citing Jesus words about Lord Lord and doing his sayings, and invites readers to bring gold frankincense and myrrh of an obedient life. For the Tribune, call 17 to request a copy.
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Christ Jesus
Jesus
Rev. Pearson
Jesus of
Christ the King
Herod
Christ
Fire drives guests from two Kansas City hotels
Fire swept two small hotels the Imperial and the Tower and four business places at 12th and Oak this morning forcing about 30 persons to flee into near freezing weather. Residents were led down ladders from second and third story windows. Loss estimated at $100,000.
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Kansas City
12Th
Oak
Imperial
Tower
Strike ends two unions’ 4 week walkout at International and Brown
A four week strike by two unions against International Shoe and Brown Shoe ends with a two year contract. The agreement provides a 5 percent raise now and 3 percent next year for workers. The settlement concludes labor action at both companies in St. Louis.
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International and
Brown Shoe
Governor Blames Legislature for Kansas Finance Woes
Gov. Fred Hall charges a decade of inaction by the Legislature left Kansas finances strained. He defends the one shot financing of high school aid as sound and says it saved about 6.5 million in taxes for one year. Sen. Paul Wunsch counters that poor financing and exhausted war balances caused the predicted 1957 deficit.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Hall
Legislative Council
Kansas
Wunsch
Long-Bell Official Killed in Oxford Auto Crash
Leroy Bone 49 of Wichita and Long-Bell Lumber Co division manager was killed when his car struck a bridge railing on U S 160 at Oxford's east edge. He was alone. the right side of the car was sheared off. Survivors include his widow a son and two daughters.
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Oxford, Kas
Waldo Leroy Bone
Wichita
U.S. 160
Oxford
Bone
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Remote-Control Train Opens 10 Mile Run for Officials
Nearly seventy five New Haven Railroad officials rode a 10 mile round trip between Larchmont and Rye in a self propelled rail car controlled from a station platform using electronic gear. The trip marked the first remote controlled train run in the United States.
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Larchmont
N. Y
New Haven Railroad
Here
Rye
N.Y
Generator Boosts Turbine Capacity at Topeka Plant
TOPEKA The Kansas Power and Light Co increased the Cum esh plant output by placing in operation a new 33 000 kilowatt turbo generator and auxiliary equipment.
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Topeka
Kansas Power & Light Co
Tecumesh
Safe Driving Day tolls and Chanute traffic record set
Chanute reports its first no-traffic-accident Safe Driving Day record while Kansas observes a national SD Day with 69 fatalities nationwide. A single south Chanute crash injures 18-year-old Alvin Bowyer. statewide totals include fatalities in Dodge City and Hutchinson amid hazardous conditions.
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Tom Morehead
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
Alvin B. Bowyer
Lavonburg
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New Drive for Federal Funds to Aid in School Construction
Washington reports a new push for federal school aid focused on construction. President Eisenhower may ask Congress for a broader program with distribution by need to states. The NEA and labor leaders see positive outcomes, aiming to speed passage of a bill for 400 million dollars annually for distressed districts.
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Eisenhower
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City Hires John Lofthouse as Assistant Power Plant Manager
John W. Lofthouse, formerly of Coffeyville, is hired as assistant superintendent at the city electric plant and will supervise pumping station construction and electrical work next summer. He holds a University of North Dakota engineering degree and previously worked in North Dakota and California. The Lofthouse family resides at 1001 8S Highland with seven children.
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Coffeyville
City Electric
Ross Cooper
Cooper
Lofthouse
University of North Dakota
California
Highland
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Jay
Rae Lynn
St. Patrick's School
Robin
Clark
North Dakota State Teachers College
Valley City
N.D
Carl
Armed Services
Ft. Belvoir
Bruce Koehn
Seattle
Wash
MFA Chanute sales reported at annual Missouri meeting
The Chanute exchange of the Missouri Farmers Assn reported sales of $479,601.50 during the past year and a membership of 518 persons at the MFA Central Cooperative annual meeting in Columbia Missouri. Attendees from the Chanute area included Melvin Carlson Vyrl Fogel John Waltermire and Clayton Van Meter.
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Chanute Exchange
Missouri Farmers Assn
MFA Central Cooperative
Columbia
Chanute
Melvin Carlson
Vyrl Fogel
John Waltermire
Clayton van Meter
Navy Diver Trapped Nine Hours Rescued Off Patuxent River
Joe Tallarico 35, a Navy diver, was trapped 120 feet deep when lines fouled on an anchor at the Patuxent River test facility. He was freed after a four hour ascent, spent four hours in a decompression chamber, and walked unassisted from the chamber. He declared readiness to dive again. His wife Carmela embraced him as reporters watched.
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Solomons
Joe Tallarico
Patuxent River
Tallarico
Chanute Banks Distribute 125000 Christmas Club Savings
Christmas Club funds totaling about 125000 are being distributed this week by Chanute's two banks. About 1200 people receive checks from 12.50 up to 500. Distribution started yesterday by mail at one bank and on the lot at the other.
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Chanute
Kansas
Winter storm eyed as Kansas expects light snow
Topeka forecasts a new winter storm bringing snow and much colder air to Kansas tonight and Saturday. Snow confined to northwestern and north central areas with drifting winds. Temperatures could dip to 15 to 20 degrees in the northwest and 40s in the southeast tomorrow.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
North Central
Olathe Lecompton
Wanego
Manhattan
Chanute
Emporia
Wichita
Hutchinson
Salina
Concordia
Russell
Hill City
Chamber Seeks Subsidy to Save Sterling Theater
The Sterling Chamber of Commerce vows to rescue the town's only theater after owner F. L. Lowe of Lebanon Missouri warned it would close due to poor attendance. He cited TV competition and local drought as causes.
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Sterling, Kas
Sterling Chamber of Commerce
F. L. Lowe
Lebanon
Indicted Officials Blame Politics
Matthew J. Connelly and Theron Lamar Caudle, Truman administration officials accused of conspiracy to defraud the government, blame their indictments on politics as a federal grand jury returns the charges after investigating alleged tax frauds during the Truman era.
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ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamar Caudle
Truman
Winfrey Named TOPEKA Dairy Assay Manager
J W Winfrey of Kansas City Mo has been appointed manager of the Kansas Dairy Assay and will open an office here December 12.
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Topeka
J. W. Winfrey
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas Dairy Assay
AFL CIO Merge Creates United Labor Federation
The AFL and CIO merged to form a single federation with about 16 million members. George Meany will lead the new American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, while CIO President Walter Reuther may head the Industrial Union Department amid opposition from Michael J. Quill.
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AFL
CIO
Free World
New Yorker
Hotel Statler
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
71St Regiment Armory
Michael J. Quill
Quill
CTO
Walter P. Reuther
David J. McDonald
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Joseph A. Beirne
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George Meany
Reuther
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