Slain Trash Hauler Jim Ross Had Hidden Cash Hoard
Bank clerks tally the estate of 179 year old trash hauler Jim Ross and count more than five thousand dollars as detectives probe his murder. Autopsy shows Ross shot and beaten. Probate judge says no heirs yet and funds may go to the county school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichitap
Jim Ross
James Reeves
Ross
Floyd Smith
Smith
James V. Riddell Jr
James Harrison
Riddel
Klepper
James V. Riddel Jr
Remembering Hero Pilot Haley in Local Eulogy
Local men recall Herb Haley a bush pilot who trained Civilian Pilots during World War II. Haley, 55, died in Alaska when his plane crashed while flying for an Alaskan airline. he once taught CPA students in Concordia and mentored a young pilot who later spoke of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Haley
Haley
Alaska
Concordia
Kas
Associated Press
Ross Cooper
CPA
Elderly Bachelor Farmer Beaten and Robbed Near Colby
A 66 year old bachelor farmer Ed Cersovasky was beaten and robbed at his home five miles northeast of Colby. Two men entered early yesterday. one carried a shotgun and the other a pistol. They tied him with rope, took $200, and fled after failing to locate more cash. He required eighty stitches for head and facial injuries and was hospitalized. Sheriff Jake Grove and County Attorney Keith Willoughby said the attack was to force a larger haul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby, Kas
Ed Cersovasky
Colby
Jake Grove
Keith Willoughby
Cersovasky
New Officers Installed By Kiwanis Club for 1956
Kiwanis club members installed 1956 officers Monday night. Pascal Grimes became president succeeding Eldon Penner. Other officers include Billy Coats 1st vice president Paul Parsons 2nd vice president Irvin Barnett secretary Cecil Pankratz treasurer. Directors Emmet Bolze Harry Carter Raymond York Fred Skinner Fred Mosier Wayne Smith Ina Hubler. Installing officer was Gerald Pyle Coffeyville lieutenant governor elect of the 3rd division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Pascal Grimes
Eldon Penner
Billy Coats
Paul Parsons
Irvin Barnett
Cecil Pankratz
Emmet Bolze
Harry Carter
Raymond York
Fred Skinner
Fred Mosier
Wayne Smith
Ina Hubler
Gerald Pyle
Coffeyville
Byrd Attacks Foreign Aid Billions Wasted
Sen. Byrd of Virginia said US foreign aid funds have been used to cut British taxes and to help Denmark pay its debt. He urged an end to economic aid while supporting military aid, as proposed to reach about 4.9 billion dollars for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Denmark
Virginian
Congress
Eisenhower
Europe
Harold EE. Stassen
Britain
Dulles
Gasoline Truck Explodes in Kansas City Neighborhood
A gasoline truck exploded in the Strawberry Hill area of Kansas City Kansas, injuring no one. The blast ruptured a 5 100 gallon main tank and ignited two 40 gallon safety tanks after the engine caught fire. Driver Donald Bucklinger 26 said the line broke and fumes ignited through a release valve. Bucklinger alerted residents of two homes as a planned razing for a trafficway project looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Strawberry Hill
Donald Bucklinger
Bucklinger
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Kansas 1955 Update
State Accident Records Section lists Topeka deaths from Kansas traffic in the last 24 hours. To date in 1955 total 561, compared with 593 in the same period of 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Christmas Weekend City Businesses Close For Two Days
Stores will close at 5 30 p m Saturday for Christmas Eve observance and reopen Tuesday morning. State and federal offices including the Selective Service and Kansas State Employment Service will be closed Saturday through Monday. The Chamber of Commerce and local welfare and city clerk offices close early or late Saturday and reopen Tuesday. The public library closes Saturday afternoon. Mail delivery ceases Monday and the Tribune will not publish. City schools begin vacation now and resume January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Office
Memorial .Building
Kansas State Employment Service
East Main
Chamber of Commerce
Neosho County Welfare
Lief Nelson
Tribune
Two Million Fire Ravages Lynchburg Business District
A fire in Lynchburg Virginia burned for about five hours injuring four men and gutting seven stores. Exploding ammunition in a basement blew out windows along the street as three quarters of Main Street’s 1000 block was destroyed. Firefighters Mitchell Smoot and Tweedy were hurt. others suffered shock and smoke exposure. Public Safety Director Hoice secured equipment from Roanoke for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Main St
Charles Mitchell
N. E. Smoot
W. H. Tweedy
Mitchell
Sam Hendricks
J. H. Hoice
Roanoke
Honor System Fails At Church Parking Lot
Marietta Georgia The First Methodist Church reports its honor system parking lot is failing as a driver stole the cash box and contents yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Methodist Church
$1 Bills Altered to Look Like Ten Dollar Bills
Ashland Kentucky police warn stores to watch for counterfeit trickers making ten dollar bills by converting four ten dollar notes into one dollar bills with corner pieces cut and pasted. The altered bills can pass as tens even if a corner is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Ashland Police Department
Charles F. Howard
Ford Reveals Ford Motor Co Finances And Stock Sale Plan
Ford Motor Co reported assets of 2.483 billion dollars and nine month earnings of 312 million on 4.043 billion in sales. The firm plans to offer about 10.2 million shares to the public with a possible price up to 75 dollars a share and a 60 cent dividend for Q1 1956. The move shifts ownership from the Ford family toward public investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Pioneer Auto
Securities & Exchange Commission
Ford
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford
SEC
Blood Drive Underway at Memorial Building
About 90 people donated blood by 1 p.m. at the Red Cross collection center on the Memorial Building's third floor. The goal was 150 points by 3:15 p.m as the Wichita Blood Center mobile unit arrived early and volunteers set up the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Collection Center
Memorial Building
Red Cross
Wichita Blood Center
Chanute Post Office Sees Record December Mail
The Chanute post office expects a December mail rush to set a new receipts record with over 34 000 cancellations reached this week. Final totals depend on remaining volume and Christmas deliveries continue through Saturday with noon windows and Sunday handling if needed. Delays earlier from a Kansas City rail derailment have been resolved and Santa Fe train 69 impact minimal, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Leif R. Nelson
Nelson
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Bartlesville
Christmas Gift Arrives Early for Memorial Hospital Patient
John Eiden Jr a Sterling Colorado refinery worker injured in April burns told of a Christmas Eve family gathering at his Nelson family home in Chanute now recovering after multiple skin grafts and hospital care He expects to be discharged in four to five weeks and plans to return to work soon with his wife and two children following his long road to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eiden Jr
Memorial Hospital
Eiden
Sterling
Colo
Kiden
Hiden
Biden
Chanute
Jannett Nelson
A. J. Nelson
S. Central
Theresa Kay
Michael Wayne
Ekiden
Nelsons
Fother
Houston
Texas
Kiwanis To Judge Christmas Homes Thursday Night
Christmas decorated homes will be judged for Kiwanis Club awards tomorrow night. Wayne Smith chairs the committee with Raymond York and Gene Christian. Judging starts at 6 o'clock and winners announced Friday morning with city prizes of 10, 5 and a 3 award per ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Wayne ‘Smith
Smith
Raymond York
Gene Christian
Weather forecast predicts warmer spell through Thursday
Forecaster Tom Arnold says Western Kansas will rise from tonight lows in the 20s to 30s and highs in the 40s to around 50 by Thursday. Central and eastern Kansas stay milder tonight with partly cloudy skies and more clouds in the east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Goodland
Olathe
Concordia
Manhattan
560 Traffic Fatalities Estimated for Holiday
The National Safety Council estimates 560 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday period from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Dec 24 is usually the deadliest day due to Christmas Eve travel and festivities, potentially setting a new record versus the 1982 four day Christmas total of 656.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Lake Placid Chamber to Send Cards for Guest Register
The Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce planned to send Christmas cards to 1,931 signed guest register entries this year but only 681 names were legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Are Placid, N. Y.P
Lake Placid
Boy Chewing on Peanuts Ends With Smoke at School
In San Antonio Texas 11 year old Herbie Hamilton filled pockets with tiny firework bombs while eating peanuts at school. Smoke poured from his mouth and nose alarming teachers and classmates though a school nurse could not find injuries. His mother said he seems unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Herbie Hamilton
Herbie
R. H. Hamilton
Airliner Crashes Near Florida City Killing 17 Aboard
A Eastern Air Lines Constellation crashed on its landing run near Jacksonville Florida killing all 17 aboard. The flight from Miami to Boston had planned stops in Washington and New York. Sixteen bodies were badly burned and fire crews took three hours to reach them.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
Miami
Tom McBrien
Leroy Connell
William Hess
Boston
Washington
New York
Florida
Tampa
Gulf of Mexico
Air Force
Port St. Joe
Gulf Coast
C. B. Thrift
Eastern Air Lines Accounting Department
Washington, D. C
Handicapped Workers Employed by State Agencies
Gov. Fred Hall announced Kansas state agencies employ about 9 percent of personnel as physically handicapped. A recent personnel division survey shows 9, physically handicapped workers on state rolls, with handicapped employees described as productive taxpaying individuals rather than tax-consuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Fred Hall
Fire devastates Lehigh County business section
Fire swept the main business district of Lehighton Pa for over three hours early today destroying nine buildings and large quantities of Christmas merchandise. Fifteen families were forced from their homes into frigid five degree weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehighton, Pa
Pennsylvania
Welfare Names Stanley Topeka Public Information Officer
The Institutional Management division of the State Social Welfare Department announced the appointment of Ernest L. Stanley of Topeka as public information officer and statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Social Welfare Department
Ernest L. Stanley
The Historical Christ in Christmas Faith
Rev Peter Finnegan of St Patrick's Catholic Church argues Christmas is a documented historical event. He states the Gospels are honest historians not romances and that God becoming human in Jesus fulfills prophecies and proves divinity. He emphasizes Mary’s consent to bear God’s son as central to Christian theology.
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Peter Finnegan
St. Patrick's Catholic
Jesus
Bethlehem
Finnegan
Christ
God
Mary
Bechiehem
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Jas
South Side
Joe Klepper
Alcott School
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Myrtle H. Moeller
Sen. Byrd
Virginia
John Hiden Jr
Scribblers
Florida City
Stanley
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