21 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
1
A survey shows more than 700000 people enrolled in correspondence schools last year. Radio television and electronics courses lead with 18 percent of new students, while religious study attracts about one in seven new home students.
Weather forecast notes mild temperatures with a warming trend into the weekend. It projects scattered showers tonight and tomorrow, possible snow in the northwest, rain or snow in the east, and a chance of snow on Christmas Day in northern Kansas.
The state accident records show 4 fatalities in the last 24 hours. For the year 1956 the to date total reaches 647, compared with 569 for the same period in 1955.
London faces anger at the U.S. UN and itself as Britain reflects on the Suez crisis. The piece argues Eden’s government overreached, was forced to back down, and risks long-term political consequences while Britain clings to a costly, flawed sense of primacy.
ERSE Neosho County reports $1,076,657.26 in first half 1956 tax receipts, up from $614,820 a year earlier. Large corporate payments boosted totals with $97,839.57 from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and $83,986.43 from Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad. Deadline passed for first half payments without penalty as staff processes mail and issues new motor vehicle licenses. total taxes due about $1.6 million.
Robert Lee Cole, 31, of Great Bend, was crushed when he fell beneath a tractor ditching machine he operated. Authorities say he apparently slipped off the seat while on duty. Cole worked for a plumbing firm.
Pueblo Colorado bus driver Robert C. Carpenter 35 leaped to safety as a Missouri Pacific Eagle passenger train struck his vehicle in downtown Pueblo. He said he saw the speeding train approach but could not move the vehicle off the tracks.
In America Matchless Beauty In Christmas Tree depicts a nationwide spirit of giving. Notable acts include a Philadelphia deli owner lighting a tree for the homeless and Judge John J. Walsh in Utica sparing a chronic alcoholic after a daughter’s letter. Dr. Laurence Jones of Piney Woods School brings trees and pecans to Hungarian refugees at Camp Kilmer. A TV program aids veterans in San Fernando tuberculosis wards and California volunteers fund-raise for care. Phoenix Boy Scouts face jamboree loss as seven related to a family tragedy prompts tree sales for orphans.
City water consumption by day shows 1,341,000 gallons yesterday and 1,506,000 a year ago yesterday. Weekly figures record 9,036,000 gallons for the last seven days and 9,061,000 for the previous seven days as officials urge conservation.
Eight people died in six air crashes from California to Pennsylvania yesterday. A U S Steel executive and two crewmen perished when a twin engine plane exploded near Tyrone Pennsylvania. Pilots and passengers from California New Jersey Michigan Maine and Maine were named with several missing. A Jet trainer disappeared over the Southeast and a C54 crash near Millinocket left one dead and one injured.
National Safety Council estimates 45 million cars on roads over the four day holiday, totaling seven billion miles. Officials warn a record 660 lives may be lost unless drivers and pedestrians use unprecedented caution during the period from 6 p.m. tonight to midnight Tuesday.
Gov Fred Hall said he and Mrs Hall and their son Nibs will spend the Christmas holidays at the home of Mrs Hall's mother Mrs H F Vandever in Enid Oklahoma The governor added his mother Mrs Fred Hall Sr Newton will also attend the family gathering.
Reverend J M Torrence extols Christmas music as a heavenly blessing from God. He cites the angels at Bethlehem, notes music's role in uniting families and churches, and praises how song inspires joy and generosity during the season. He urges humble praise and gratitude for heavenly music.
The report notes two deaths after a train derailment and plunge from the tracks. Officials at the scene describe the incident as a train accident with multiple injuries and fatalities. Further details and exact location were not immediately available.
Eastern Kansas marginal oil producers met with state and local officials in Ottawa to oppose a proposed severance tax. They argued high recovery costs reduce profits and warned the tax could threaten operations, urging alternative revenue methods like a five percent gross production tax. They noted rising production costs from 90 cents to $2.50 per barrel and cautioned counties reliant on oil taxes would suffer.
Television station KSWM channel 12 in Joplin will switch to a new maximum power of 316000 watts on Sunday December 23. The move, aided by Mickey Mantle Yankee star center fielder Harry D Burke and Johnny Holmes sports director, pairs with a 710 foot tower to make the station the most powerful in the four state area. After the first of the year the call letters will change to KODE and the station will service the CBS television network.
An auto-truck collision on U S 40 near Hays yesterday killed three 15-year-old Hays high school boys and injured two others. Dead are Gary Swim Larry Carpenter and Don Smith. Walter Hobbs 35 and his wife 32 were hospitalized with multiple injuries after their car caught fire following a tire blowout.
Neosho County farmers may buy hay from South Dakota via a representative Mahlon Morley county agent. Wilbur Buetow will purchase hay on order for Labette and Neosho farmers at 23 dollars per ton loaded, freight 14 dollars from Erie to Brookings. Farmers pay about seven dollars per ton after a half freight subsidy through Jan 15, with a possible 7.50 dollar drought refund.
Bernard P. Budd was named Parsons city manager to succeed Virgil C. Knowles. Budd has served as city engineer and water superintendent and will assume the post January 1 with a salary of 8000 dollars. He is a Kansas State graduate and former assistant city engineer at El Dorado.
In El Dorado area near Augusta intruders entered a residence and removed a heating stove several light fixtures and the kitchen sink leaving the home partially stripped and unsettled.
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