Unusual Name Pairs Highlight Chanute 1959 City Directory
The Kansas City Polk office notes odd surname pairs in the Chanute directory including Betts and Gamble and Old and Young. The directory lists 6,408 Chanute residents over 18 and 3,896 in Neosho County, with 343 business classifications. Copies are available for public consultation at the Chamber of Commerce in the Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kansas City
R. L. Polk & Co
Neosho County
Abbott
Zion
Kansas, Missouri
Oklahoma Cities
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Antitrust Question Arises Over Drug Licensing Deals
Senate inquiry into prescription drug pricing questions Schering Corp licensing agreements with major firms. Kefauver cites possible antitrust violations, while Irving Jurow argues royalties on unpatented inventions are permissible and do not curb distribution.
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Washington
Senate
Schering Corp
Francis C. Brown
Schering
Irving H. Jurow
Bloomfield
N.J
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Jarow
Galesburg High School Burglary Report
Galesburg authorities report the high school was entered last night with a small amount of money taken. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said the loss was under $10. Entry was via a broken door glass to the administrative offices, which were ransacked. The unlocked safe was searched and filing cabinets pried open.
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Galesburg
Jerry Sloan
Ralph Thayer
Sloan
Chanute Board Plans Expansion For Alcott And Lincoln Schools
Chanute school board directs Superintendent Fisher to seek rough sketches from area architects for expansion at Alcott and Lincoln Grade Schools. Four new classrooms are planned at Alcott, two at Lincoln plus a multi purpose room, with an estimated bond total possibly reaching 100000 depending on costs.
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Chanute School Board
Buford Fisher
Alcott
Lincoln
Alcott School
Fisher
Lincoln School
S. Western
Murray Hill
Santa Claus to Visit Chanute for Kids Sleigh Ride Tomorrow
Santa Claus is slated to appear in Chanute tomorrow shortly before 10 a.m. on Main Street for a sleigh ride with children. He will ride from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. giving free rides in a 40 to 50 seat sleigh loaded with 140 lights and a public address system.
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Santa Claus
Chanute
Main Street
Santa
Main
Santa Fe
Chamber of
Merce
Thayer Traffic Crash Involves Umbarger and Aikins
A non-injury crash on US 169, half a mile south of Thayer, involved Cher Umbarger, 18, Thayer, and Larry Carl Aikins, 19, Chanute Road 1. Aikins attempted a U turn, causing damage totaling about 350 dollars to Umbarger 1955 Chevrolet and Aikins 1954 Ford.
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Thayer
US 169
Here
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Cher Umbarger
Larry Carl Aikins
Chanute R. 1
Aikins
Chevrolet
Ford
Kansas Weather Outlook Sees Soft Warmup After Cool Night
Kansas enjoys a stretch of fair weather with temperatures slightly cooler tonight and warmer by Wednesday. The Weather Bureau notes generally fair skies through midweek, with cooler tonight and warmer Wednesday, temperatures near the mid 70s in central areas. Garden City and Goodland reached 69 while Miami Beach hit 68. Jacksonville, Florida dropped to 28 with Pittsburg at 33.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Florida
Garden City
Goodland
Miami Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Pittsburg
Prison break at Ivy Bluff yields 20 inmates armed with weapons
Twenty North Carolina inmates escaped from Ivy Bluff Prison in a coordinated breakout. They overpowered guards, seized a prison truck and cars, and fled with up to 17 weapons as a massive hunt spread into southern Virginia. Charles Stewart is linked to planning the escape.
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Ivy Bluff
N. C
North Carolina
Alcatraz
Virginia
Yanceyville
William F. Bailey
San Francisco Bay
Raleigh
Virginia State Line
R. A. Allen
Charles Stewart
Wilmington
Central Prison
Stewart
John Case
Case
E. N. Pegg
Jefferson
Ohio
Tennessee
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas 1959 vs 1958
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the state accident records show 537 deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am this period to date in 1959 compared with 521 in the comparable period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower urges enforceable disarmament amid Pakistan visit
President Eisenhower in Karachi called on world leaders to join a binding disarmament system while stressing the United States and Pakistan will stay strong to pursue peaceful, just paths. He and Ayub Khan reaffirmed defense alliances and U S aid to Pakistan as part of a broad non Communist collaboration.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
United States
Mohammed Ayub Khan
U. S
Free World
Central Treaty Organization
Middle East
Tan
Press
James C. Hagerty
Police Court Bonds and Fines Rise Slightly in November
Police department summary shows bonds and fines totaling 476 in November up from 415 in October. Parking meter fines amount to 267 for the month. Year to December 1 bonds and fines reach 7,232 with parking meter fines at 2,284. Calls for service drop to 154. one felony and nine misdemeanor arrests reported.
Kensett Heads Financial Drive For Museum
Dr. James W. Kensett is named to lead a Chamber of Commerce public subscription drive to fund the Osa and Martin Johnson memorial museum. Remodeling of the Santa Fe freight depot at 16 S. Grant is planned with a $3,000 to $5,000 cost and aims to open by spring. The project will use donated labor and focus on the lower floors, with future displays possible. The museum hopes to attract Boy Scouts en route to the 1960 Denver Jamboree and Kansas centennial events.
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James W. Kensett
Chamber of Commerce
Osa and
Martin Johnson Memorial
Chamber
Kensett
Santa Fe
S. Grant
Joe Melnyk
E. E. Rosenthal
Melnyk
Denver
Kansas
All-School Yule Program Set for Chanute December 16
The annual all-school Christmas program will be held December 16 at 7 p m in the Memorial Building. Mrs. Howard Hollenshead, director, said the program will draw on Biblical scriptures and the Christmas story with musical numbers. About 500 Chanute public school students will perform across the primary, elementary, junior high, senior high and junior college choirs, with small ensembles like the Choral Aires and the Vocale. Harold Tarpley assists, directing choral music. five tableaux directed by Mrs. Mannoni with art by Pat Royster.
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Chanute
Fisher
Donald Mayes
Alcott
Harold Anderson
Hutton ‘School
Unesco
Mexico
Junior College Magazine
Kansas State High School Activities Assn
State Department of Public Instruction
Kansas State Teachers Assn
Memorial Building
Howard Hollenshead
Hollenshead
Royster
Choral Aires
Vocale
Harold Tarpley
S. A. Mannoni
Pat Royster
Americans sentenced by Cu ban tribunal in Fidel Castro case
A Cu ban military tribunal condemned two Americans, Frank Austin Young of Miami and Peter Lambton of Nassau, to lengthy prison terms for conspiring against Fidel Castro. Bertot, a Cuban- formerly Columbia University student, received 30 years, with Young also at 30 and Lambton at 20 years. prosecutors had sought death for Young and Bertot.
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Pinar del Rio
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Fidel Castro
Young
Fernando Bertot
Columbia University
Lambton
Bertot
Former Surgeon General Dr McIntire Dies in Chicago
AP reports Dr Ross McIntire former surgeon general and FDR personal physician died at Grant Hospital after being stricken during the night. He had served as executive director of the International College of Surgeons with headquarters in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ross McIntire
United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
Grant Hospital
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Betts and Gamble
Little and Biggs
Coffey
Drybread
Cook
Fry
Dame and
Mann
Day and Knight
Old
Wasser
Tribune
Hutton
Roosevelt
Alcott School District
Chuck Rodgers
Wendell Bowyer
James McKenzie
Dana
N. Carolina
Humboldt
Roy Kirkpatrick
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Ayub Khan
U. S. Marine Corps
Polo Field
Robert Blunk
Dr. McIntire
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