Kiwanis Santa clothing drive outfits 33 Chanute children
The Kiwanis Club completed Operation Santa outfitting 33 Chanute school children ages six to fourteen with new clothing during a shopping trip. About $25 per child was spent totaling $750 funded by $500 from pancake day proceeds and anonymous gifts. The effort may become an annual club event.
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Kiwanis Club
Chanute
William A. Helton Jr
Kiwanis Boys’ and Girls
Helton
Kiwanians
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Indoor Nativity Scene At Gutierrez Home
A recurring indoor Nativity scene at Rosario Gutierrez’s home 1126 S Garfield is open to visitors from tonight until New Year’s. The display, a family tradition, began with his parents and continues today. Five blocks of streets will be lit by Mexican lumanarios tonight in the Second and Larson area. Neighborhood families helped set up the candles, which burned last night and will burn tonight and tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. The lumanarios, tied to a Mexican legend, light the way for the Christ child to the doors.
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Rosario Gutierrez
S. Garfield
Gutierrez
Lumanarios
Second and
Larson
Fred Harris
W. 2Nd
Santa Claus Retires After 50 Years of Burlingame Visits
Burlingame California veteran Santa Percy Woodhouse, 83, retires after 50 years of visiting children's parties. Injuries from a 3 year old accident left him with limited mobility but memories of reindeer, church windows, and the magic of Christmas endure. He plans to pass the suit and bag to his grandson Paul Lown.
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Santa
Percy Woodhouse
Woodhouse
Santa Claus
St. Nick
Dover
England
Burlingame Avenue
Santa Woodhouse
Tate
Paul Lown
Paul
Needy Receive 8500 From Borough Official’s Gift
Pittsburgh area veteran Burgess David Hershman donated his entire $8500 annual salary for the 12th year to help the needy. He owns a furniture store and says political duties do not fund his needs. This year he bought Christmas food baskets for 350 persons.
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Pittsburgh
Burgess David Hershman
McKees Rocks
Hershman
Christmas Pilgrims Cross Into Jordan Toward Bethlehem
Forty blind or ailing pilgrims led by destination Bethlehem crossed from Israel into Jordan at Mandlebaum Gate. They walked 200 yards into Jordan and proceeded to Jerusalem's Old City en route to Christ’s birth site in the Judean Hills.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Bethlehem
Mandlebaum Gate
No Man’s Land
Old City
U.N
No Snow On Christmas In Kansas Weather Bulletin
In Kansas no white Christmas is forecast with temperatures in the 50s to 55 degrees. No snow is expected tonight as a cool front lowered temperatures by up to 22 degrees in parts of the state. Yesterday’s high reached 57 at Pittsburg and Manhattan dropped to 15.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Truck Split in Two In Santa Fe Freight Collision
A semi truck was hit broadside by a Santa Fe freight train near Garden Plain and split in two. The train derailed after traveling about 100 yards. Doris Burns, 28, a passenger, suffered a fractured pelvis and severe lacerations. her husband John Burns, 34, the driver, had mild shock. The accident disrupted the Pratt to Wichita daily service.
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Garden Plain
Santa Fe
Here
Denver Bland
Doris Burns
John Burns
Wellington
St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka State Record Summary
Kansas traffic fatalities list from the State Accident Records Section shows 1 in the last 24 hours, 561 to date in 1957 versus 670 in the same period in 1956. Readers urged to contact Tribune carriers or call 700 after 6 p.m. for delivery issues.
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Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower urges sincerity from Russians for peace
President Eisenhower urged the Kremlin to show sincerity in negotiations and action to reduce world tensions and reach disarmament. Secretary Dulles echoed the call while dismissing a Russian request for a special session of the UN for disarmament talks. The United States signaled Russia must move as well as yield at any future conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Moscow
Kremlin
America
Paris
Dulles
Russia
United Nations
NATO
United States
Homes Glowing With Christmas Decorations In Chanute
A large number of Chanute homes are decorated for Christmas with multicolored lights nativity and Santa scenes and lit candles along walks. A drive through residential areas at night offers a pleasant heart warming holiday experience.
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Chanute
Drum Corps Home From Florida Trip With Telecast Fame
The CHANUTE Senior High drum and bugle corps returned by bus at 7 45 a m after a Florida trip featured on a nationwide telecast. They met friends at Fort Scott and Chanute, described the trip as wonderful. The group toured St Petersburg performed during the NAIA Holiday Bowl and met Red Grange. Thirty eight girls and three sponsors traveled. performance filmed on 200 feet of film. Pittsburg State beat Hillsdale 27 26.
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Florida
Fort Scott
Chanute
Helen Anderson
St. Petersburg
Red Grange
Footbal
Doctors Motel
Gulf
Miss Anderson
Pittsburg
$300 Stolen At Humboldt
Humboldt police report thieves entered the City Market after 6:30 p.m. yesterday by forcing a skylight and unlocking a back door. About $300 in cash was taken. no merchandise or major damage was reported. Ace Sterling owns the market, William P. Feeney said.
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Humboldt
William P. Feeney
Ace Sterling
Feeney
254926 Contract For Topeka Post Office
A construction contract totaling 254 926 dollars was awarded for work on the Topeka post office. The General Services Administration said the low bidder was Jesse C Hastings Construction Co of Kansas City Missouri with 41926 dollars for fluorescent lighting painting flooring and related tasks.
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Washington
Topeka
General Services Administration
GSA
Jesse C. Hastings Construction Co
Kansas City
Gift Is Presented Friend of Trainmen
In Hugo Oklahoma a six year old girl named Joan Mason has greeted Frisco Railroad trainmen for three years with a wave of the hand and a nightly wave of a flashlight as the eastbound freight passes a Millerton area farm. On an unscheduled stop of Train 735 the conductor L E Hay presented Joan with a brand new Christmas bicycle purchased by the trainmen.
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Hugo
Okla
Frisco Railroad
Millerton
Joan Mason
Frisco
L. E. Hay
Joan
Santa Claus On His Way to the United States
NORAD reports Santa’s departure from the North Pole traveling at 35000 feet using jet streams for speed. NORAD radar lines track his sleigh across North America with fighter interceptors and missiles guarding skies for any threat.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Santa
North Pole
North American Air Defense Command
Point Barrow
Alaska
United States
NORAD
Mid- Canada Line
Pine Tree Line
Santa Uo
North America
Bogus Checks Reported In Local Area
Lee Lasater reports receiving a no account check for 3.92 from Robert Williams R 2 yesterday. Description matches a man who gave Jack Wood a 50 no account check. Williams also linked to a 15 no account check in Bartlesville, police said.
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Lee Lasater
N. Grant
Robert Williams
Lasater
Jack Wood
W. Oak
Williams
Bartlesville
Expensive Candle Sparks Family Money Woes in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City Milt Haskin boasts a costly homemade Christmas candle by his 14 year old son Gary. The project aimed to save money but ruined the mother's egg beaters and led to wax being poured down the sink. Mrs Haskin faced a $15 plumbing bill to fix the mess.
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Oklahoma City
Milt Haskin
Gary
Santa Claus Arrives For Shipyard Christmas Party
At Hunters Point Naval Yard a crane lowered Santa into the midst of 90 children and guests. The event was staged for 1,200 workers at the yard Christmas party.
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SAN Franciscop
Hunters Point Naval Yard
Santa Claus
Christmas Peace Appeals Amid Cold War Tensions
The Associated Press reports on Christmas Eve 1953 as people worldwide pray for peace while Cold War strains persist. Eisenhower urges Americans to toil for goodwill, with refugees in Austria and Gaza, and service members delivering aid and holiday celebrations from the South Pole to Korea and Germany.
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Associated Press
Final Buyers Rush Boosts Yule Trade
Chanute merchants reported heavy late Christmas shopping with a final surge looming before closing. Trade was strong with volume near record highs, stores jammed by last minute buyers, and many shops set to close early for Christmas Eve. City offices slowed today and will be largely closed tomorrow, with post office service unchanged and The Tribune not published.
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Chanute
the Tribune
Erie Youth Injured In Car-Bike Mishap
Charles Forsyth 12 suffered a slight head concussion and cuts when his bicycle collided with an eastbound car driven by 16 year old William Lewis Stephens at West Third in Erie. He was treated at Erie clinic and admitted to Parsons hospital. Stephens alerted authorities including Forsyth’s father the Neosho county attorney.
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Erie
Charles Forsyth
Forsyth
Erie Clinic
Parsons Hospital
West Third
William Lewis Stephens
Stephens
Neosho County
Turkey Dinner For Nine Inmates Of County Jail
Erie Sheriff Montgomery notes room for 13 more at the county jail as Christmas dinner for nine inmates is prepared tomorrow. A 17 pound turkey baked by Mrs Montgomery will be served with trimmings. Visitors may drop in. knives or guns are not allowed. Two inmates finish sentences before year’s end, two more have six month terms. Chanute city jail has no special arrangements this year.
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Erie
Lee Montgomery
Montgomery
Chanute
Kansas Draft Call In February Reaches 151 Men
Topeka report states 151 men will be drafted in February in Kansas, the largest local call since July. Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell, state selective service director, notes the 151 aligns with a national draft figure of 13,000, and marks an increase from 115 Kansas draftees next month.
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Topeka
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Selective Service
Christmas Party For South Side Horses Attracts Crowd
In Chicago a yule party for old horses that pull coal larts and junk wagons drew guests who fed them carrots. The event moved from a vacant lot to livery stables, sponsored by the Anticruelty Society which lacked gifts for all horses. 12 received new blankets.
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Chicago
Near South Side
Anticruelty Society
No crime found as Tulsa arrestor claims tire theft here
John C. Jones, 32, arrested in Tulsa, still says he stole two truck tires locally and is willing to be extradited. No report of missing tires here.
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John C. Jones
Tulsa
City Dads Endorse Easement for Chanute Refinery Pipe
City commissioners met in a brisk Memorial Building session approving an easement for a 3 inch pipe on city land to serve the Chanute Refinery. Ray Coder filed the application, with R J Hayes directed to negotiate the agreement. Land involved includes a one acre tract west of the Santa Fe line on 21st and a 40 acre parcel south of the airport.
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Memorial Building
Ray M. Coder
Chanute
R. J. Hayes
Santa Fe Railroad
Hayes
Christmas at the White House with Eisenhowers
The Eisenhowers plan a relatively quiet Christmas in the White House with tape recordings of carols in the east room. Sixteen trees including a 15 foot balsam fir adorn the living quarters. Present will be Maj John S Eisenhower and wife Barbara with four grandchildren. No church plans announced. Turkey dinner to be served.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Maj
John S. Eisenhower
Barbara
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Mary Jean
Mrs. Eisenhower
Narrow Escape for Tot as Car Stalls in Embankment
In Sedona Arizona an 18 month old girl Linda Lee McCreary was left in a car while her mother shopped. The brakes failed and the vehicle rolled toward a 300 foot embankment before a group of men formed a human chain to halt it. Dr Leon Schnur reached the downhill end and opened the door to rescue the child.
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Sedona
Ariz
Linda Lee McCreary
Arizona
Linda Lee
Leon Schnur
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