Snowy Southeast Kansas Year Ago Sparks Crops Hope
A year after a heavy storm blanketed Southeast Kansas, Fort Scott reported 26 inches of snow while Chanute saw three inches and Countywide six to eight inches. Roads were hazardous but moisture aided crops. Officers aided a mattress fire at Chanute city jail, then jailed a vagrant, Van Stevenson. City upgraded to a new cash register costing about 2800 dollars, replacing a 1921 model that processed millions.
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Fort Scott
Chanute
van Stevenson
Stork Derby Opens in Chanute Trade Area for 1956
The Chanute trade territory launches its annual Stork Derby inviting babies born after midnight December 31 1955 to win 30 gifts from local merchants. Eligible parents send birth details to Baby Page Editor at The Tribune. winners receive baby items groceries and a nightgown plus other rewards.
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Chanute Trade
Chanute
Tribune
The
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Ray Larson
Lawrence Larson
Humboldt
Baby Page
Chanute Building & Loan Assn declares 1955 dividend
The Chanute Building and Loan Association announced a cash dividend near 31000 for the six months ending tomorrow. President Robert N. Allen said dividends for the year exceed 58000, up over 25 percent from 1954. The firm reports assets around 2400000 with insured savings near 2200000 and over 3,000 customers. It issued about a million dollars in new home loans this year.
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Chanute Building & Loan Assn
Robert N. Allen
Association
Chanute
Allen
Night Clubs Sold Out in New York for New Year’s Eve
New Yorkers rush to major clubs as New Year’s Eve seating fills quickly. Embassy Club and Knight Box top at 30 dollars each with reservations ahead of last year. State law enforces a 3 am closing. all-night licenses aren’t allowed. Chateau Madrid Copacabana and Latin Quarter report sold out.
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New York
Embassy Club
Ambassador Hotel
Park Avenue
Chateau Madrid
Copacabana
Latin Quarter
Tribune Delivery Help Line Instruction
If you do not receive your Tribune, call 17 between 5 30 and 6 30 pm including Saturdays for assistance.
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Tribune
AAU Official Denounces Allen Charge as Tommyrot
Dan Ferris of the AAU rejected Dr. Forrest C. Allen's claims that AAU officials are quadrennial hitchhikers and that the group relies on others for Olympic spending. Ferris asserted most officials pay their own way to the Games and highlighted exceptions among past presidents and officials who funded and supported Olympic efforts. He noted Allen himself traveled to Helsinki in 1952 as an assistant basketball coach.
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NEW York
Dan Ferris
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Forrest C
Phog
Allen
University of Kansas
AAU
Kansas City
Ferris
Harry Henshel
Doug Robey
Lou Wilke
Olympic Fund
Helsinki
New Year's Holiday Observance Affects Local Shops
Retailers close about 730 PM tomorrow night for the holiday. Business resumes Tuesday morning. The post office offers Sunday service for the holiday period both days. The Tribune will not be published Monday.
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Post Office
the Tribune
Record Kansas corporate growth in 1955
Secretary of State Paul Shanahan reports a record 1,312 Kansas corporations chartered through December 27, up 275 over the 1954 peak. An additional 377 foreign corporations were authorized to do business in Kansas, surpassing last year’s 291.
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Topekap
Kansas
Paul Shanahan
Shanahan
Lumber operator Gordon Gray ill. hospitalized in Neosho
Gordon Gray of the Gray Brothers Lumber Company 420 East Main was taken ill downtown this morning and taken by ambulance to Neosho Memorial Hospital where he remains under observation.
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Gordon Gray
Gray Brothers Lumber Company
E. Main
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Kansas Reported
State accident records list traffic fatalities in Topeka within the last 24 hours. To date in 1955 the sum is 584, compared with 608 for the same period in 1954.
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Topekap
Kansas
Kansas Affair prompts Hall critique of federal review
Gov. Fred Hall defends Kansas Highway Department over a federal probe into contractor bid qualifications. He calls the Bureau of Public Roads review routine and insists it stays within state control, while the assistant director says the reviews are standard business practice with about a dozen of 109 contractors requalified so far.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
State of
Kansas
Hall
W. C. Buck
Bureau
Kansas Highway Department
Highway Department
Buck
Federal Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
Frank Harch
Two Minor Accidents Reported to Police
Two minor motor car accidents were reported at police headquarters yesterday. Hurley Heaton, R. J. Erie, halted for a stop light at Main and Lincoln when bumped by a truck driven by Leonard Mead, Paola, causing rear end damage. A parked car owned by D. Hogg, Sonoma, California, was brushed in the business district on South Highland by a telephone company truck driven by L. J. Junod, Chanute, causing slight damage.
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Main
Lincoln
Hurley Heaton
R. J. Erie
Leonard Mead
Paola
D. Hogg
Sonoma
Calif
South Highland
Telephone Company
L. J. Junod
Chanute
Embezzlement Case May Total One Million
Norfolk Virginia a well known business woman Minnie G Mangum 52 a Commonwealth Building and Loan official faced a $100000 grand larceny charge today in an embezzlement case that eventually may total one million dollars She was accused of embezzling the $100000 from her employer over a year.
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Norfolk
Minnie G. Mangum
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn
Passenger Plane Destroyed by Fire at San Francisco Airport
A Southwest Air Lines passenger plane and its hanger burned early today at San Francisco International Airport. Fire fed by gasoline and oil caused about one million dollars in damage, according to airport crew chief William Purcell.
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SAN Franciscopa
Southwest Air Lines
San Francisco International
William Purcell
Four Point Tax Revenue Plan By Gov Hall for Added Funds
Gov. Fred Hall proposes a four point plan to raise 9.6 million dollars for 1957 and 1958, including repealing exemptions in the sales tax and taxing services, earning interest on inactive bank balances, extending insurance premium tax to Kansas firms, and raising the state income tax to align with other states. He notes alternatives exist and promises a detailed breakdown next week.
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Gov. Hall
Topeka
Fred Hall
Kansas
Tax Commission
Budget Department
Hal
Motorist Rescued After Creek Crash Near Newton
Claude Shaft of Newton escaped a wrecked car that plunged into a creek. His clothing was frozen stiff and had to be broken free before he could stand or enter a passing car. He suffered bruises and head injuries but was in good condition after treatment at Newton hospital.
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Newton
Glenn Dale Holm
Peabody
Shaft
Holm
Beer Licenses Are Approved by City Commissioners
Eighteen applications for 1956 retail beer licenses were approved at an adjourned city commissioners meeting. Licenses expire at midnight Sunday. fee is 50 dollars. Several 1955 license holders have not yet reapplied. Approved establishments include The Spot, The Rabar, Owl Drive Inn, EK & M Lunen, Southside Tavern, El Tampico, Ty’s Cafe, Hudson Market, Top Hat Club, Elks Club, VFW, Seventh Street Market, The Smokehouse, Empire Billiards, and Donaldson Food Center among others.
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Ross Cooper
Imogene Leslie
The
Spot
N. Santa Fe
Ruby
Mary Middendorf
Southside
Santa Fe
Ermalee Williams
Erma Cafe
Main
Esther G. Ysusi
el Tampico
Forest
Roy Tyson
Tyson's Cafe
W. Main
E. L. Hudson
Hudson Market
Sam Lambert
Top Hat Club
Elks Club
EE. Main
VFW
Oma L. Caldwell
Seventh Street Market
W. 7Th
W. A. Browning
the Smokehouse
N. Lincoln
Burris and Hillard Blume
Empire Billardes
BE. Matin
Jess Donaldson
Donaldson ‘Food Center
Armed Men Hold Boy and Father in $600 Robbery
Mark Blum and his 13-year-old son were taken by three armed men at their Wichita home. The thieves demanded money, robbed Blum of about $600 to $700, and tied him up before fleeing. The boy was held hostage for two hours.
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Wichita
Mark Y. Blum
Blum
Mark
Plane Balance for Reds Washington
The Far East Air Forces commander says the United States has fewer airplanes in Korea than at war end while the Communists possess many more, highlighting a widening air power gap in the region.
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Washington
Far East
Korea
Pawnee Farmer Elvin Forrest Elmore Killed in Crash
Elvin Forrest Elmore a 31 year old Pawnee County farmer was killed last night when his pickup ran off a rural road and overturned crushing him beneath the vehicle near Rozel Kansas.
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Rozel
Kas
Elvin Forrest
Elmore
Pawnee Counry
Here
Traffic toll estimate tops prior records in 1955
The National Safety Council pegs 1955 traffic deaths at about 38,500, the highest in 14 years, based on 24,690 killed in the first 11 months and late-year reports. Christmas and New Year enforcement followed a deadly holiday period, with 1,624 deaths over Christmas and 420 projected for the New Year weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
the Council
Associated Press
The
Safety Council
U. S
Guard Planes To Aid Patrol Of Highways
Kansas National Guard planes will be used over the New Year weekend to prevent highway deaths. Highway patrolmen will ride with pilots and maintain radio contact with ground units as officials mobilize split shifts to keep cars patrolling at least 18 hours daily. Governor Hall urged strict traffic enforcement and driver caution during the three day period.
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The
Safety Council
Arizona
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
National Guard
Texas
Kansas
Topeka
Fred Hall
Hall
Highway Patrol
Gas Line Break Leaves Town Without Fuel
In Ottawa County near Ada Kansas a road grader severed a main gas line causing a multi hour outage. Workmen shut off meters repaired the leak and reactivated service by 9 p.m. Residents used electric heaters and coal or wood stoves in the interim.
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Minneapolis
Kas
Ottawa County
Ada
Alert Operator's Call Brings Rescue to Editor
In Waupun Wisconsin early today a telephone operator and a policeman saved editor George Green and owner of the weekly Waupun Leader-News as fire destroyed the print shop. Green collapsed from smoke inhalation after knocking the receiver from its hook. Miss Gertrude Van Egtern alerted police about 4 30 am and Officer Gilbert Grabner carried Green from the burning building to safety.
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Waupun, Wis
Waupun
Leader-News
George Green
Gertrude van Egtern
Gilbert Grabner
Green
Chances Bright For Another Year Of Top Prosperity
Washington reports November gains in manufacturers sales and new orders with a 53 percent backlog value. Secretary Weeks predicts 1956 could be another record year if policy stays prudent, while Labor Secretary Mitchell calls 1955 the most satisfactory year for American workers despite farmer income declines.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce and Labor
Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Mitchell
Fair Warmer Area Forecast For Kansas City Era
Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with a little warmer conditions. Highs in the 40s and overnight lows in the teens to mid 20s across eastern and western Kansas. Outlook for 1956 begins with 3 to 6 degrees above normal temperatures and little precipitation.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Garden City
Dodge City
Concordia
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Ness City Men Die in Auto Crash South of Town
Two Ness City men aged 23 died in an automobile accident south of Ness City. Ralph Gassman died at the scene while Thomas J. Rupp died in a Hays hospital last night as the second victim of the crash.
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Haysp
Thomas J. Rupp
Ness City
Hays
Ralph Gassman
Monica Lewis and Jennings Lang Plan New Year's Day婚
Santa Monica singer Monica Lewis aged 28 and her 40 year old agent Jennings Lang plan a New Year’s Day wedding in Santa Monica followed by a honeymoon in New York City.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Monica Lewis
Jennings Lang
New York
Tobacco Control Push Anchors Grower Referendum Outcome
Washington reports that most U.S. tobacco will be produced under strict government controls on production and marketing after growers vote in a referendum, shaping national policy and farm operations.
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Washington
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Dr. Allen
New Kansas
Ili
Road Bureau
Legislative Council
Driver Ice Bound
Harold Bennett
Claude Shaft
Butler County
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