Bomb scare grounds Continental planes in Kansas
An anonymous caller threatened Continental Air Lines flights prompting grounding of three planes for about an hour in Kansas City and Wichita. Authorities investigated the claim as police and airline officials coordinated to ensure passenger safety. No injuries were reported, and flights resumed after security checks.
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Kansas City
Continental Air Lines
Kansas
Denver
FBI
Garden City
Hutchinson
Topeka
Wichita
Clyde Bevis
Crest Theater
Icrest
Klepper
Traffic Toll Rises But Slower Pace Across Nation
The Associated Press reports the New Year holiday saw 285 total deaths from traffic, fires, and other accidents as the 102 hour period nears its end. Kansas recorded three traffic deaths while New Year’s tolls remain below Christmas levels with a rising long weekend risk, especially on New Year’s Eve.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Dearborn
NSC
Charles Fritzemeier
Stafford
Simon Kenski
Kansas City
Kas
Fritzemeier
Kenski
Arvie D. Peters
Ft. Riley
Skintook
Okla
Winfield
Brush Fires Under Control in Santa Monica Mountains
A foggy start helped crews gain control as three fires in the Santa Monica Mountains burned over 60 square miles. Sixty seven homes were destroyed and one man was killed with two firefighters seriously injured. Equipment from local agencies and half of California counties returned to base as embers remained within perimeters.
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Malibu
Calif
Santa Monica
California
Zuma Beach
Zuma
Lake Sherwood
Fort Scott Driver Arrested Here on DWI Charge
Raleigh Victor Ellis of Fort Scott was arrested early Sunday at First and Lincoln for driving while intoxicated and transporting an open bottle. Police say he ran a stop sign around 3 a.m. He was released on a $150 bond with a 4 p.m. hearing set for January 3.
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Raleigh
Victor Ellis
Fort Scott
First
Lincoln
Ellis
Festive New Year Events Planned Across Community
Festivities mark the New Year with multiple events. Elks Club dance at Masonic Hall at 9:30 p.m. features Gordon Elliott and band with hats and noise makers. Peoples Theater hosts a watch party with four features starting 7 p.m. and ending at midnight. Chanute Country Club and Eagles Club stage dances with Jack McCrate and Maceo Bridgewater orchestras. Main Street Theater offers four features from 7 p.m. to midnight. Church of the Nazarene hosts a watchnight service at 9:30 p.m. with candlelight communion at midnight.
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Elks Club
Masonic Hall
Gordon Elliott
Lolo
Scherel Booe
Raymond Friederich
Gerald Steward
C. D. Hanson
Peoples Theater
Chanute Country Club
New Eagles Club
Club Forest
Maceo Bridgewater
His Orches
Tra
Mainstreet Theater
Church of the Nazarene
First
Lafayette
Claude E. Pittenger
Mad Bomber Trap Planned in New York
New York police renewed efforts to catch the elusive "mad bomber" as bomb scares declined. The 34-man special bomb squad checked threats amid 75 bogus calls since 1940, with 22 explosions injuring 15. no deaths. Three bomb-like devices found yesterday were harmless.
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New York
DeBolt Retires as Insurance Agency Sells to Rideau Group
Charles C. DeBolt announced the sale of the DeBolt Insurance Agency at 20 W. Main to Edwin J H Rideau Associate Agencies effective tomorrow. DeBolt, a Main Street longtime business figure, has worked in insurance 32 years and in local business 53 years. He started at the Daily Sun in 1903 and later held roles at The Tribune, local banks, and Dimick Insurance before selling his agency. The 20 W. Main office will serve as Edwin H. Bideau agencies headquarters, with Bideau and his mother also running the Frank B. Burris agency from the same location.
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Charles C. DeBolt
DeBolt Insurance Agency
W. Main
Edwin JH. Rideau
DeBolt
Main Street
The
Daily Sun
Fred Cone
Chanute
the Sun
Cavaness Brothers
Chanute Tribune
Tribune
Peoples Home State Bank
Fidelity State Bank
Humboldt State Bank
Humboldt
Dimick Insurance Agency
Barnes
Edwin H. Bideau
Bideau
Marie Bideau
Frank B. Burris
New Year's Stork Derby Starts in Chanute Territory
The 1957 Stork Derby kicks off at midnight with prizes for the first baby born in the Chanute trade area. Rules require birth after midnight, parental and doctor details, and residency within the Chamber of Commerce map area. Last year’s winner James Michael Adelgren is noted as having moved away.
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Chanute Trade
the Tribune
Chanute Trade Territory
The
Tribune
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce Trade
James Michael Adelgren
John Adelgren
U N Salvage Fleet Aims Channel Through Suez By March
Lt General Raymond A Wheeler says U N salvage fleet will open a small channel through the Suez Canal by early March and clear passage for ships of all sizes by May. U N vessels began clearing the southern end while northern work starts today under Egyptian authority.
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Egypt
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. N
Suez Canal
Wheeler
U. S
United Nations
U.N
El Dorado Builds Water Pipe Line Bond Vote
El Dorado voters go to the polls on January 25 to approve a 71000 bond issue covering El Dorado share of a 350000 project to expand Mulvane water pipe line facilities. The line brings water from underground Kansas River beds at Mulvane to El Dorado and Augusta, funded with contributions from three local refineries: Skelly Oil Co, El Dorado Refining Co, and Socony Mobil Oil Co.
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EL Dorado
el Doradoans
Mulvane
Augusta
Arkansas River
Skelly Oil Co
el Dorado Refining Co
Socony Mobil Oil Co
Cessna Model 310 Wins Air Force Light Twin Title
Cessna Aircraft Co announces its twin engine Model 310 won the light twin engine competition of the Air Materiel Command for administrative liaison and light cargo planes.
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Wichita
Cessna Aircraft Co
U. S. Air Force
Air Materiel Command
Missing Arizona boy hunted by bloodhounds and planes
In Seligman northern Arizona a 7 year old boy, Jack Hodges, remains missing after wandering from a ranch visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hodges. Bloodhounds two Air Force planes a helicopter and volunteers search the rugged wastelands as temperatures drop. The dog returned without the boy.
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Seligman, Ariz
Air Force
Jack Hodges
Arizona
Lloyd Hodges
Seligman
Jack
Tribune Delivery Help Line Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. If the carrier is unavailable, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance with delivery issues.
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Tribune
Holiday Cold Snap Hits Kansas After Mild Spell
Topeka forecast shows partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with a cold front lowering temperatures. Tonight’s low expected 20 to 25 degrees, Tuesday high in the 40s. Prior days saw highs from 63 in Topeka and Kansas City to 73 at Dodge City, 25 to 35 degrees above normal. An arctic front moves toward eastern Kansas with 20s to upper 30s expected New Year’s Day.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas City
Dodge City
Goodland
Hill City
Fire damages Kansas City Structural Steel plant
A smoldering blaze swept through an office building of the Kansas City Structural Steel Co in Kansas City causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Company officials include plan restoration costs for engineering drawings damaged by smoke. Chief craftsman John C. Fast identified designs for a Colorado Springs Air Force Academy building a Table Rock Bridge at Branson Missouri and Kansas Turnpike access bridges in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kansas City Structural Steel Co
John C. Fast
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Table Rock
Branson
Ash Grove to Start On Humboldt Water
Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co will resume operations using Humboldt water. Kenneth W. Wright says twelve 4500 gallon trucks will haul water from the Neosho River reservoir to the Ash Grove lake once a loading dock is built. Hauling may begin midweek. plant has kept staff and repaired equipment on a four day week.
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Ash Grove Lime
Humboldt City
Humboldt Reservoir
Neosho
Ash Grove
Wichita
Wright
Dlock
Humboldt Dam
Ash Grove Head Sunderland Dies
Allan B. Sunderland 55 president of Ash Grove Lime and Portland Cement Co. died Sunday morning at Trinity Lutheran Hospital Kansas City after a heart attack six weeks earlier. He led Ash Grove with his brother Paul after their father Lesier Sunderland's death in 1955. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stine McClure Funeral Home Kansas City.
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Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Kansas City
Sunderland
Chanute
Lesiier T. Sunderland
Omaha
Neb
University of Michigan
Ash Grove
Paul Sunderland
Portland Cement Association
Employers Reinsurance Corporation
University Clup
Kansas City Club
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Georgia M. Sunderland
George A. Braun
Bel-Air
Calif
Pau
Elmer J. Sunderland
William Allan Braun
Stine McClure Funeral Home
Park Extension Contract Signed City Boosts Pay
A city board adjourned meeting approved expansion of Santa Fe Park by purchasing 120 acres from Mrs. Lulu Cross Collier of Austin for 25590 dollars and included a residence. City employees receive an average cost of living raise of about 16 dollars monthly, with City Manager Ross Cooper's salary rising 800 dollars per year to 8000. Also approved was 3870 dollar bid for public library air conditioning equipment by Durham & Jordan Plumbing and Heating Co. from Chanute, with plans for three 5 ton units and a 15 ton cooling tower installed in the building. Eight retail beer licenses were approved, bringing the year's total to 21.
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Lulu Cross Collier
Austin
Texas
Ross Cooper
Durham & Jordan Plumbing and Heating Co
Chanute
Tvo
Lassman & Steeves, Refrigeration Equipment Co
Heating and Air Conditioning ,Inc
York Electric
Orley Barker
Orley’s Cafe
W. Main
Sally Mary Godinez
el Tampico
S. Forest
Jess Donaldson
Donaldson's Food Center
S. Santa Fe
Jack L. Durham
American Legion
N. Evergreen
Warren H. Fitch
Traffic Vigilance At Fort Scott
Fort Scott police chief Claude Emrick and officers intensify traffic checks for New Year’s Eve. By 11 30 am today the city reported no traffic fatalities in 1956, comparing to three deaths in 1955 and one in 1954.
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Claude Emrick
Three Teens Found Dead in Car From CO Poisoning
Three teenage boys aged 16 and 14 were found dead in a car in a closed garage behind a victim's home in Ypsilanti Michigan. Police said the engine idled with the fuel tank empty while the youths sat inside, reportedly missing for two days. The dead are John Edward Brown 16 Edward Bennett 16 and Donald Swartout 14.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
John Edward Brown
Edward Bennett
Donald Swartout
New Year Holiday Closures Across the Area
Businesses suspend operations as retail stores and offices close for New Year. Post office observes holiday with no mail routes. police and fire departments remain on duty. Some services like cafes filling stations and drug stores may stay open. The Tribune will not publish.
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the Tribune
Burglars Hit Buffalo and Benedict Stores Saturday Night
Thefts occurred at Buffalo and Benedict Saturday night with cash, cigarettes, and a car reportedly taken. Packages of cigarettes and small cash sums were stolen from multiple shops including Buffalo Tire Buffalo Gro ffalo Grocery Store and A Cafe. Authorities report multiple break ins and thefts with minor losses and no injuries.
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Buffalo
Nith
Benedict
Buffalo Tire
Buffalo Groffalo
Jeery
Bill Pool
Gene Hickey
Smith’s
Elder's
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S. Allen
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Jack McCrate
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Arch Allen
Dave Evans
Dean Blackwood
W. C. Porterfield
Stork Derby
Suez
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Portland Cement Co
Kenneth W. Wright
E. C. Wilson
Wilson County
Charles Spohn
Fredonia
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