Death of Ginger the King family dog marks a sad day
Ginger a Pekinese-Cocker and canine companion of Billy King dies from unknown injuries after five years of loyal play on the King farm. Billy King, son of Harold and Mrs. King, will soon enter Parsons State Training School in late February or March. The article also notes anticipated dial telephone adoption in Chanute by 1960 and broader Bell system changes across Kansas.
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Ginger
Billy King
Billy Is
Harold L. King
R. J. Chanute
Chanute
Billy
Bell System
Carl Ulffers
Topeka
General Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Ulffers
Kansas
Scots thrift shaped by nature taught by visiting student
Eileen Black, 18, Iola Junior College student from Inverurie, Scotland, spoke at the Rotary club Christmas dinner in Tioga Hotel. She described Scots as thrifty yet generous, shaped by a long struggle with coast and land, noting fishermen and farmers’ hard lives and communal loyalty. Her talk covered Christmas customs and a marriage tradition among fishermen families, and she noted her parents will visit Iola next spring as her father preaches at the local church.
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Scotland
Eileen Black
Iola
Rotary Club
Tioga Hotel
Inverurie
Miss Black
Rotary Clubs
Heather
Iola Presbyterian Church
Fresno Wife Admits Killing Husband With Pipe
A Fresno woman, Barbara Schattinger, 27, told deputies she beat her husband James, 28, to death during a Friday argument, then hid the nude body in a closet for five days. Neighbors saw no signs and she continued daily chores as officers investigated at the couple’s festive duplex.
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Fresno
Calif
Melvin Willmirth
Barbara Schattinger
James
Schattinger
Kathy
Youth Admits Killing Wife In Lincoln Case
Lincoln City Forester Darrel F. Parker, 22, confessed to strangling his wife Nancy Parker, 22, after she refused his advances. He said he then staged a rape scene to mislead investigators and signed the statement cited by Lancaster County Atty. Elmer Scheele. Nancy Parker’s partially clad body was found December 14 in their Lincoln home.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nancy Parker
Lincoln
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Lincoln City
Darrel F. Parker
State Capitol
Parker
Nancy
Scheele
Travis Convicted in False Affidavit Filings Case
Denver labor official Maurice E. Travis, 45, was convicted last night of filing false non Communist affidavits with the National Labor Relations Board in 1951 and 1952.
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Denver
Maurice E. Travis
National Labor Relations Board
Spirit of Christmas In Chanute Shares Christ’s Heart
Rev Judd H Jones writes that Chanute embraces Christmas with civic programs gifts and charity. He argues the spirit of Christ is at the heart of the season as stores decorate communities, clubs and churches hold music and food baskets, and people give to aid the poor and benevolent causes.
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Dones Lions
Christ
Blood donors exceed quota at Red Cross drive here
Volunteers gave 156 pints, surpassing the 150 pint goal in the Red Cross fundraiser. Herman A. Janzen chairs the Neosho County Chapter with recruitment chief Mrs. Don Abbuehl praising donors and workers. Thirty five drop-ins contributed, with lists naming Bernard Koch reaching 16th pint and several donors earning one gallon club status. Door prizes and Santa Claus whiskers added to the event.
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Red Cross
Herman A. Janzen
Neosho County
Don Abbuehl
Ann Hummer
Thayer
Humboldt
Bernard A. Koch
R. 1
Roy K
Babcock
Dale Edwards
Gun Accident Fatal To Newton Man
Norman G. Spore, 30, of Harvey County, died from a bullet wound to the head after a .22 revolver discharged while he cleaned his guns at 2 a.m. His wife Jeanne said he had risen from bed and lifted the gun from a drawer when it fired. Police chief C. E. Patterson reported the incident.
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Newton
Norman G. Spore
Harvey County
C. E. Patterson
Spore
Jeanne
First Family welcomed new grandchild and travel plans
President Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower became four time grandparents with a birth of a daughter to Barbara Eisenhower and Maj John Eisenhower at Walter Reed. The White House celebrated with about 700 staff as doctors advised a post Christmas trip to a warmer climate for the President.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Barbara Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Colorado
Secret Services
James C. Hagerty
Augusta
Winter's Mild Start Brings Warm Kansas Day
The first official day of winter brings Kansas unusually mild weather. Highs near 65 in Goodland and 40 in Olathe, with lows from 29 to 38. Forecaster Tom Arnold expects continued mild temperatures through Friday, with 30s tonight and 50s to 60s by Friday, partly cloudy skies.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Olathe
Concordia
Wamego
Tom Arnold
C G Grain to Build 20 Concrete Storage Tanks
C G Grain Co will start construction January 1 on 20 additional concrete storage tanks expanding total storage to over four million bushels, announced manager Bob Armstrong.
Gas Explosion Strikes Newland School Amid Fire
A gas line blast near the Newland school southwest of Chanute caused a fire that destroyed the building while seven pupils and their teacher Mrs. Edwin Greer escaped with non life threatening burns. The explosion sent flames about 400 feet high as students and the teacher led others to safety.
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Newland
Chanute
Edwin Greer
Tribune
Ruby Greer
Linda Denney
Roberta
Charles Greer
Newland School
Storms threaten Oregon as floods rise again
Flood drenched western Oregon faces a new Pacific storm after 2 to 5 inches of rain. Roads blocked, some schools closed, and low-lying areas evacuated as emergency crews brace for more severe weather. In California and the Northeast, heavy rains and cold grip the nation.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Associated Press
California
Kansans Called for 71 Man February Draft
Topeka Kansas is being asked to provide 71 men for the armed forces in February. Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell state selective service director says the quota is the lowest for any month since April 1952.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Selective Service
284 Loan Firms Licensed In Kansas
Lloyd J. Frevert, consumer loan commissioner, announced that Kansas now licenses 284 loan firms under the small loan act enacted by the 1955 Legislature. The count reflects firms authorized to operate under state regulation.
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Topeka
Lloyd J. Frevert
Kansas
Pay Boost Ends Railroad Wage Dispute Across Nation
Nearly 800,000 railroad workers receive pay raises after agreements with carriers and 11 brotherhoods. Nonoperating employees gain 14% cents an hour plus hospital and medical benefits retroactive to December 1. Operating workers get 10 cents an hour and 31 cents daily for conductors, with total cost to carriers over 300 million dollars yearly.
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Chicago
Fifty Dollars Missing From Humboldt Station
Two men in a car with California plates stopped for gas at Bert Doyle’s Humboldt station around 6 p.m. yesterday. The driver entered the station while the attendant, Lawrence Berry, filled the tank. After they left, Berry found about $50 missing from the cash register and notified nearby police.
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Humboldt
California
Bert Doyle
Lawrence Berry
Berry
Newsprint Producers Plan Cuts and Delays
Five major newsprint producers told customers they will cut deliveries by 17 to 13 percent at the start of the year, while 10 companies are running six to 22 days behind. ANPA notes record-high consumption and the lowest U.S. stock since June 1933.
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New York
ANPA
U.S
Paving Contracts Awarded for 88 Mile Toll Road
Oklahoma City contracts for the first paving on the 88 mile northeastern toll road between Tulsa and the Missouri line were awarded yesterday by the State Turnpike Authority. Phone number quoted for Tribune delivery changes.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Missouri State Line
State Turnpike Authority
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Roy Starbuck
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