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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
2
Police say a school bus rear-ended another as it stopped to pick up a student. Four pupils and one driver were hospitalized for minor injuries. Police Chief Lawrence King identified the crash cause and location.
Pittsburg Alton L. Jones of Joplin was elected president of the Mc Kan Area Boy Scout Council with March 1 as start date. Vice presidents include Maynard Angwin Pittsburg Thomas J. Cusack Jr. Joplin William Lee Neosho Mo and Francis Myers Fort Scott. Other officers listed.
A Sunday night fire at the John Napier farm one-half mile north of Oswego destroyed a barn and caused an estimated $4,000 loss. Four calves and two hounds perished in the blaze.
Twenty-five schoolchildren were injured yesterday when a loaded school bus collided with another vehicle on a highway near Paris Tennessee. Authorities described the crash as serious but not life threatening.
DENVER The University of Denver junior Thomas Lyle Blunt, born in Lyon County Iowa, has pursued college after a long history of hospitalizations for tuberculosis and farm work. He entered in 1951, spent years in the Army, and now earns high grades earning Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Portsmouth City Council declared an extraordinary emergency due to no telephone service since Oct. 15. The resolution demands immediate restoration by Ohio Consolidated and authorizes the city manager to seek National Guard aid if police cannot maintain order. A majority vote is needed to call in the guard amid rock-throwing and cable-cutting incidents. The Communications Workers of America says they do not bear responsibility for strike violence.
In Paterson New Jersey cabbies Jacob De Hass and George Blanos previously met a late train to drive a woman a short distance home. Following a city cab strike they still escort the unnamed woman, now on foot, after meeting the train each night.
Gov elect Docking eyed Kansas state hospitals to decide next fiscal year funding. He said aim is to maximize value for money while expanding mental health programs. Dr. George W. Jackson noted a quarter of patients pay, some could afford higher rates. Lawmakers discussed raising the $12 weekly cap and financing via a statewide tax levy.
Alice Brooks offers a devotional embroidery pattern titled Needle Picture 7312 16 by 19 inches with transfer instructions color chart and framing ideas. Price 25 cents with 6 cents shipping, orders to The Chanute Tribune Arts Dept New York NY.
Pattern 9183 offers Misses sizes 10 through 20 with a size 16 dress requiring 3 yards and a jacket needing 1 1/2 yards in 39 inch fabric. Priced with 35 cents postage for pattern add on plus extra per pattern. mail to Marian Martin care of The Chicago Tribune Pattern Dept. New York address.
Elvin C. Brenton and W M Roy J Chapple listed as officers in the adv. 20011 notice. Brenton is the named head and Chapple serves as secretary in the section.
Pattern offer promotes two free designs in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for home and personal use. Readers are urged to send 25 cents to obtain the book, with many additional designs available by mail order.
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