Wiggans Welcome Daughter as Gifford Visits Over Holidays
Mr and Mrs Galen Wiggans Sherman Texas announce the birth of a daughter Thursday joining siblings Gar and Shelley The Johnsons travel from Sherman for the event Fred Gifford son of Gerald Gifford Chanute visits over Christmas break. Paul Norris Johnson of Chanute earned Phi Kappa Phi freshman honors at Kansas State College Manhattan last year among 162 cited students. Kansas Power and Light reports 61county tax use for schools aiding a 3 1/2 million dollar assessment with Neosho County paying 2552 71 as half of 5105 42 tax due.
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S. Larson
Roy Wiggans
N. Western
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Gerald Gifford
N. Forest
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Chanute
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Phi Kappa Phi
Kansas Power and Light Company
Neosho County
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs James E Just and Mrs E V Anderson
Mrs James E Just 86 died at Bryant Rest Home after long illness. She was born 1871 in Indiana, married Oct 20 1890, lived in Parsons and Chanute. Survived by husband two daughters seven grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral at Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel at 2 PM Monday with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs E V Anderson funeral held at Vilas Bethel Lutheran Church with burial in Vilas cemetery. Text notes choir and flower attendants.
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Nevada
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Albuquerque
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Koch- Skinner Memorial
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Henry Nelson
Senator Chavez Inspects Portales Birdbaths
Portales New Mexico resident Senator Dennis Chavez inspects city birdbaths as part of a tour of the U S Highway 70 route through Portales. He notes drainage failures leave pools described as birdbaths in the urban area.
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Portales
N. M
Portales News-Tribune
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Kansas crop values rise to 484 million in 1957
Agriculture statistics show Kansas crop value totaled 484 321 000 in 1957 up from 480 036 000 in 1956. Wheat value fell to 195 216 000 as prices averaged 1 95 a bushel, while corn rose to 50 925 000 with prices at 1 15. Oats and barley also climbed in value despite lower prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Santa Claus Visits Humboldt Schools and City
Santa arrived in Humboldt at 1 p.m. on Friday by a North Pole bus with entertainers for a 3:30 p.m. show. Schools dismissed at 3 p.m. to attend, treats were distributed, and stores closed at 9 p.m. A second visit is planned this afternoon. The Humboldt Chamber of Commerce sponsor funded the holiday program as Christmas vacation begins and students exchange gifts in classrooms. William S. Scott notes classes resume January 2.
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Humboldt
North Pole
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce
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Grasshoppers May Be Less Next Year
The Agriculture Department predicted grasshoppers may be less troublesome next year after a late summer and fall survey showed lighter infestation on croplands. Major threat areas include Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota and Montana.
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Soviet call for UN session on disarmament
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a special United Nations session or an international conference to discuss disarmament and hinted China should participate. He said NATO proposals block progress and that disarmament talks could lead to an East West summit. Khrushchev then called for an East West summit to settle all problems including disarmament and for no war.
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United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
NATO
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Russia
Red China
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchevy
United States
US Homes Contain Over Two Million Automatic Dishwashers
A survey notes about 2,238,000 automatic dishwashers are installed in United States households today. The figure highlights growing appliance adoption and hints at rising convenience in home kitchens across the nation.
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Elvis Presley Receives Army Induction Notice
MEMPHIS TENN Elvis Presley reports January 20 for induction into the Army unless Hollywood delays it eight weeks Draft board greetings for the 22 year old rock n roll idol arrived yesterday He accepts with calm remarks saying It s a duty I ve got to fill and I m going to do it Daddy s already told me to be a good soldier or bust
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Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Hollywood
Idol
Paramount Pictures
Presley draft delay eyed to save King Creole
Hollywood studio boss Y Frank Freeman said Elvis Presley’s delayed induction could cost King Creole further funds as the draft board in Memphis was asked to postpone his induction exactly eight weeks. Presley’s manager Tom Parker faced potential income loss from missing personal appearances while Presley serves as an Army private.
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Paramount
Hollywood
Y. Frank Freeman
Presley
Memphis
Elvis
Missing Section Generates Town Hall Mystery in Scituate
In Scituate Mass officials face a missing section from the bound 1952 55 town reports. The loss was found when town counsel tried to reference March 1952 town meeting records. The town holds bound copies dating back to 1850 for public inspection.
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Scituate
Mass
Selectmen’s Office
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