Syndicate Gunplay Kills Touhy in Chicago
Police say gang violence felled Touhy on his sister’s steps as two shotgun blasts killed the mob chief and wounded Walter Miller who says the syndicate carried out the hit. Investigators weigh old rivalries and ransom theories as inquests proceed.
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Crime Syndicate
Touhy
Chicago
Roger Touhy
Genevieve Miller
Walter
Loretto Hospital
Miller
Assassina
Tion
John
Jake the Barber
al Capone
Chanute Luminaries Planned For Christmas Eve
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch Spanish luminarios, growing in popularity during holidays in Chanute, will be set up next week in the South Larson and Tennessee area. Neighbors plan to arrange sacks Wednesday and burn them on Christmas Eve and night from about 6 p.m. Supplies are sold locally. custodial details include using No. 12 brown paper sacks, folding tops outward, and placing lights about 9 feet apart from the street with sand in the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
South Larson
Tennessee
Fred Harris
W. 2Nd
Fair and warmer forecast for Topeka area
Weather notes report sunny conditions in Kansas with a pending rise in temperatures. Highs today reach mid fifties to lower sixties in some areas with clear skies expected through Saturday and cool nights.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Eldin
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Goodland
Pittsburg
Salina
Russell
Lawrence
Emporia
Girard High School Annexes 100 Square Miles
Voters in Girard and surrounding rural area approve a resolution making Girard city high school a rural high school and annexing 100 square miles to the district. The district will cover 188 square miles. City voters 527 to 11 approve, rural voters 405 to 13 approve.
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Girard, Kan
Girard City High School
Girard
Steamfitters Strike Ends at KOP Plant
AP reports the Kansas Ord nance Plant steamfitters strike ended with a six cent hourly raise ratified by union negotiators. The union had sought seven cents while the contractor offered four. Electrical workers, who watched a picket line, also accepted a six cent increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kansas Ordnance Plant
National Gypsum Co
Refuge petitions circulated to urge Kansas refuge vote
Petitions asking action on the Neosho County refuge near St Paul are circulated in Chanute and Neosho County. G R McGuire says volunteers seek signatures to overcome a six member Fish and Game commission deadlock and start refuge construction before June 30 using federal funds. About 400 signatures collected at the Chanute fire station. copies sent to Gov Docking and commission officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Neosho County
St. Paul
Chanute
G. R. McGuire
Chanute Fire Department
George Docking
Fish and Game
Dave Leahy
Commission
C. E. Kaup
Manhattan
Bill Fowler
Fourth District
Weir
McGuire
Rep
Fire Department
Fish and Game Commission
Montgomery
Wilson
Labette
A. H. Aldcock
McDonald predicts decisive union rejection in contract talks
Gary scene hears USW President David J. McDonald tell about 5,000 steel workers that management seeks to deceive them and that a rejection of the final offer should lead to a negotiated settlement. He vows to push for an industry-wide court action if needed to force bargaining.
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Gary
Ind
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Steel Industry Management
Gary’s Memorial Auditorium
McDonald
United Steel Workers
Chicago
USW
Arthur J. Goldberg
Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Steelworkers
Christmas Traffic Toll Is Estimated at 530
CHICAGO AP The National Safety Council estimates 530 people may be killed on highways during the Christmas weekend, higher than the usual 370 for a nonholiday period. The 78 hour counting period runs from 6 p m Thursday December 24 to midnight December 27. Last Christmas period saw 594 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Cuban Trial For Newsman
Fidel Castro says James Buchanan, jailed Miami Herald reporter, will be tried by revolutionary tribunals in Havana. He hinted deportation as possible outcome and warned of belt tightening in 1960 to revive Cuba's foreign exchange reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
James Buchanan
Miami
Fla
Herald
Buchanan
Cuba
Underground shelter trial ends as 96 emerge after two weeks
In Pleasanton California a Civil Defense test closed after 96 bearded men left an underground shelter two weeks into a nuclear fallout survival drill. The volunteers, grimy but cheerful, had lost a few pounds and needed baths after eating Army rations and a USDA special diet.
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Pleasanton
Calif
U. S. Department of Agriculture
San Francisco Bay Area
Tax Deadline Extended for Neosho County Taxes
Neosho County taxpayers have until Monday evening to pay 1959 taxes as Dec 20 falls on Sunday. The total 1959 tax is 1,994,978.94, up 285,000 from 1958. Monday is the deadline for the first half of 1959 taxes without penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho County
Freda C. Locke
De Gaulle Snarls At NATO Air Defense Plan
Paris AP reports NATO ministers approve steps toward an integrated air attack warning system for Western Europe but France refuses to place its air force under NATO command. US seeks unified forces. De Gaulle blocks. Leaders face meeting with Eisenhower Macmillan Adenauer to seek progress, unlikely soon.
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Paris
Europe
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
United States
Western Europe
Harold Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Area
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Friday shows 0 fatalities. For 1959 period total deaths 546, compared with 532 in the comparable 1958 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mail Scatters Across Tracks After Train Sack Breaks
Erie postmaster Verle Craven reports about 2500 first class letters scattered from Erie to Savonburg when a mail sack broke from a northbound MKT train from Dallas to Kansas City. Most mail for Erie routes was recovered and delivered, with some pieces found north along the tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
Savonburg
Verle Craven
MKT
Dallas
Kansas City
Craven
Eisenhower Heads to Paris for Western Summit Talks
President Eisenhower and Christian Herter rode a train through rural France en route to Paris for the Western summit. Security kept stations closed as the leader, fit and cheerful after a Mediterranean cruise, prepared for the Paris meeting. The Des Moines and 6th Fleet duties accompanied the journey with a Christmas greeting to the crew.
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Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Toulon
Paris
Mediterranean
U. S
Des Moines
Span
Louis Jacquinot
France
Charles de Gaulle
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Saratoga
Essex
Boston
6Th Fleet
Athens
Four Men Die In Tunnel Waterline Blast In Long Beach
Four workers were killed and two injured after a deadly gas explosion and fire in a tunnel excavation for a waterline in Long Beach California. Two men, Joe E. Snow and Allen R. Holmes, were trapped and burned while attempting to rescue a colleague.
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Long Beach
Calif
Joe E. Snow
Allen R. Holmes
Holmes
Snow
Long Beach Community Hospital
Teen Canteen Drive Nets $1413 for Operation
A total of $1,413.27 was raised to fund operation of the Teen Canteen. The breakdown includes $463.40 from a house to house canvass, $394.85 from the business district, $423.21 from advance gifts, and $135.81 from last Saturday's Tag Day. A spring student benefit may cover the remaining needed funds. H. C. Miller becomes canteen manager. Lester Grove to chair the board with Wayne Sparks vice chair, Joan Turner secretary, and Gail Malson treasurer.
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H. C. Miller
Tribune
Lester Grove
Wayne Sparks
Joan Turner
Gail Malson
Humboldt Christmas Lighting Contest Lights Up City Homes
Humboldt residents compete in a Christmas lighting contest with seven prizes from the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce. First prize $15, second prize $10, and five prizes of $5 each. Judging is set for Tuesday evening.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
Sooner Ordnance Plant Declared Surplus by Army
The Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Chouteau is declared surplus for Army needs. Capt. James R. Bryant of the Kansas Ordnance Plant said the Army will turn the installation over to the General Services Administration for disposition. Oklahoma seeks private development. the plant covered 15,867 acres, produced smokeless powder in World War II, and has been idle since.
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Parsons, Kan
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Chouteau
Okla
Army
James R. Bryant
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Oklahoma
Bryan
Bryant
Chief of Army
Right From Wrong Known by Andrews in Kansas Trial
Dr. Richard F. Schneider testified that 19 year old Lee Andrews knew right from wrong the day he killed his parents and sister. The psychiatrist, one of three court appointed examiners, rebutted defense claims Andrews was insane at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City. Kan
District Court
Commission of Psychiatrists
Lee Andrews
Richard F. Schneider
University of Kansas
Wolcott
Impatient Bandit Foiled In Berkeley Hotel Robbery
In Kansas City AP reports bandit Jack Emerson Lord 29 burst into the Berkeley Hotel lobby firing a revolver at night clerk Charles Hook and threatening day clerk Alex Wilson for money. Wilson and Charlie tackled him after being struck. a discharged gun shattered a lobby window as two friends helped subdue Lord. He cited prior prison terms for burglary and robbery and sought funds for his family.
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Kansas City
Berkeley
Charles Hook
Alex Wilson
Wilson
Charlie
Jack Emerson Lord
10 Day Jail Sentence For Columbus Driver
Harry Jackson, 63, of Columbus, was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to transporting an open bottle. He pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license, with trial set for December 21.
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Columbus
Harry Jackson
Jackson
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