97th Birthday for Eli Wiss at Bryant Rest Home
Old Kansan Eli Wiss born December 24 1862 in Council Grove celebrates his 97th birthday at Bryant Rest Home Chanute. He worked with Missouri Pacific Railroad 50 years lived in Buffalo then moved to Chanute to live with daughter Mrs Walter Davis.
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Eli Wiss
Bryant Rest Home
Kansan
Council Grove
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Buffalo
Chanute
Walter Davis
S. Larson
Bryant's
W. H. Pool
E. J. Wiss
Ardmore, Oklo
Parakeet Gift Arrives For Crippled Child After Delay
A parakeet sent to Donna Hart, a crippled five year old in Warwick Rhode Island, arrived after the first bird froze to death in transit. Newark Air Express workers donated to send a replacement parakeet to the child for Christmas.
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Newark
N.J
Air Express
Donna Hart
Woonsocket
R.I
Equipment Drive Reaches $212 for Neosho County Home
A drive to fund equipment and furnishings for Neosho County's home for the aged has reached 212.05 dollars. The county welfare board advisory committee sponsors the drive, seeking wheelchairs walkers screens footstools and commodes not covered by county funds.
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Neosho County
Nelle H. Stevens
County Welfare Board
C. A. Deay
Stevens
Adeline Fortney
Tioga Hda
Ladies of the Gar
Outlook Study Club
First Methodist Church
WSCS
Athenaeum
Grace Episcopal Church Women's Auxiliary
Delta Mothers Club
Modern Mothers Club
PEO Chapter DD
Lapm Neosho Valley No. 8
Jean Jones Haines
Yule Hope of Millions Is to Know Real Peace
As Christmas Eve dawns, hopes rise for a first postwar peace with Eisenhower and Khrushchev central to open talks. The piece notes ongoing conflicts in Algeria and border tensions involving Iran, Iraq, and Red China, while Bethlehem faces crowded holy observances and calm in Arab-Israeli areas.
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J. R. Triplet
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Algeria
Iran
Iraq
Partly Clearing and Warmer Christmas Day Forecast
Forecast from Topeka indicates mostly cloudy tonight with partial clearing and a warmer Christmas Day. Highs near 40 today, 45 to 50 Christmas Day, lows in the 30s. Kansas not expected to have a white Christmas per U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
U. S. Weather Bureau
Garrett
Eight Year Old Girl Killed When Car Door Opened
In St. Joseph Missouri Barbara Lee Curtis an eight year old girl died after a rear door of a car opened while the family toured Christmas decorations. She fell under a rear wheel as four other children rode in the back seat. Mr and Mrs Carl Curtis accompanied by six children were involved in the incident.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Carl Curtis
Barbara Lee
Kansas City Woman Dies of Stab Wounds
A 53 year old woman, Mrs. Ann Vickery, died from stab wounds after claiming the blows were from her husband Leo Marvin Vickery. Doctors gave 10 pints of blood but she died. Police found her in a pool of blood at her apartment. the husband was incoherent and intoxicated when found.
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Kansas City
Ann Vickery
Leo Marvin Vickery
Holiday Closures Mark Christmas Observance Across Offices
Christmas holiday alters normal operations with state and county offices closing today and reopening Monday. Many firms take extended vacations through the weekend while some reopen Saturday morning. Post office services run with regular Sunday schedule and deliveries tomorrow. The Tribune will not publish tomorrow.
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Erie
the Tribune
Noel Missouri Welcomes 400000 Holiday Parcels
Noel Mo AP Noel processed more than 400000 holiday parcels and greeting cards at the small town post office. Mail came from all 50 states and many countries including France. The Noel postmaster notes locals value the Noel postmark and its Christmas City of the Ozarks greeting.
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Noel
Japan
Missouri
Kenneth Perry
Noel Chamber of Commerce
Mail
Noel Post Office
Steelworkers seek four cent cost of living raise
The United Steelworkers Union asks U S District Court for a four cent hourly cost of living increase for basic steel workers effective January 1 and retroactive benefits to November 7 after the 500000 workers ended a 116 day strike. Negotiations with the industry remain unsettled as federal mediators report no progress and plan resumed company by company talks.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Herbert P. Sorg
Labor Department
Washington
Tribune
Eisenhower
Steel
Eisenhower urges open peaceful partnership for mankind
President Eisenhower in his Christmas message calls for an open peaceful partnership among nations, stressing aid to needy countries and a shared quest for a just peace. He spoke after a 11 nation tour, urging friendship with America and investment in developing nations to expand freedom and progress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
White House
Africa
Asia
Europe
Rare Blood Given Boy By Wichitan
A St Louis hospital needed type A negative blood for 6 year old Chris Marshall who was critically burned. Charles J McConnell of McConnell Air Force Base Wichita is one of only two such matches listed. Blood was flown to St Louis by Ozark to aid the boy who had a 50 50 chance to survive.
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Wichita, Kan
St. Louis
Chris
Merrick Marshall
Red Cross
Wichita
Charles J. Mc Connell
Mc Connell Air Force Base
Air Force
Mc Connell
McConnell
Ozark
Army in Europe Hosts 75000 For Christmas Cheer
In Heidelberg Germany the U S Army in Europe hosts 75000 Germans Italians and French at Christmas parties as Operation Good Cheer begins. Volunteers contribute thousands of dollars to fund the effort at every Army installation on German Italian and French soil.
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Frejus
West Europe
Poland
East Germany
Europe
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Star Tank and Boat to Open Independence Plant
The Star Tank and Boat Co of Goshen Indiana will open a fiberglass pleasure boat plant in Independence late January. Mid-America Inc and Independence Industries announced the project which will create about 35 jobs at start. The plant will be on a site bought from Rilco Inc and leased for 10 years with option to buy.
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Independence, Kas
Star Tank and Boat Co
Goshen
Ind
Independence
Mid-America, Inc
Southeast Kansas
Independence Industries, Inc
Star Company
Indiana
Independence Industries
Rilco, Inc
Albert Lea, Minn
Star
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report 1959 Log
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 am reports 1959 fatalities and compares with 1958 figures. The Topeka area shows a rise or decline in deaths from the previous year based on the log data.
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Topeka
T AP
Kansas
Frank Young Dies. Chanute Leader at 71
Frank F. Young a Chanute oil and gas leader and civic figure died at 10:30 p m at the University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City Kas aged 71 after a month of illness from cancer He had lived in Chanute since 1900 large farm and business interests in Neosho Wilson and Woodson Counties Funeral set for 2 p m Saturday at the First Methodist Church with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Johnson Mortuary in charge He worked in railroads early and helped build Chanute’s oil and gas industry including the Mid-America Refining Co and other ventures
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Frank F. Young
Chanute
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
First Methodist
Charles Wesley Garrett
Memorial Park Cemetery
Johnson Mortuary
Young
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Samuel L
Mary Kitch Young
Frank Felix Young
Kanorado
Falls City
Neb
Neosho County
Santa Fe
J. H. Gidney
C. L. Oliphant
W. H. Hose
J. L. Barnes
Payson Ripley
Las Vegas
N. M
City and Central
Charles Baxter
Commonwealth Oil Properties
The
Petroleum Products Co
Mid-America Refining Co
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North Pole
Matt
Fanner
Little Brother
Rudolf
Santa
China
Khrushchev
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ
Friendship and Peace In Freedom
Geneva
Holy Land
Algiers
Mediterranean
France
Perry
U.S. District Court
Partnership In Peace
Wichitan
U.S. Army
Frank Young
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Ey Center
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