Windless Yarn Wins 1959 World Liar Title in Wisconsin
Texan W. C. Cook of Wichita Falls earned the 1959 world champion liar honor from the Burling ton Liars Club in Burlington, Wisconsin. His entry claimed windmill shortages and fence removals to explain lack of wind, with honorable mentions going to tales from Manitoba and Pennsylvania clergyman Ralph W. Heller.
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Pootner
W. C. Cook
Wichita Falls
Cook
Burlington
Arctic Circle
Manitoba
R. T. McCullough
Winnipeg
Ralph W. Heller
Transfer
Ohio
Left Hand Parade and Missing Couple Take Two Roads
A 1909 Rose Parade memory from Mrs. C L Campbell in Pasadena contrasts era crowds and flower covered floats with horse drawn wagons. Separately Ralph Taylor Jr reports concern over parents missing from Chanute to New Orleans, later found in Natchitoches after radio and TV alerts.
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Ralph Taylor Sr
Chanute
Louisiana
New Orleans
Eisenhowers to ring out 1960 at Augusta party
President and Mrs. Eisenhower plan private New Year’s Eve gathering in the Trophy Room at Augusta National Golf Club. Eisenhower spent part of the morning at his club office and a dinner party was scheduled with a small group of friends and club members. No injuries were reported in a fire at the veterans facility.
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Augusta, Ga
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
White House
Eisenhowers
Mem
Tribune Wars
Wasser
jJames C. Hagerty
Eisenhower lauds NATO leadership as Wright retires
President Eisenhower praises Admiral Jerald Wright on his retirement as Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic and welcomes Admiral Robert L. Dennison to NATO duties. The message emphasizes Wrights leadership earning NATO and free world admiration and assures Dennison of continued U S command alignment for mission needs. Notables present at a club gathering include Gen Alfred M Gruenther and Barry Leit.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Barry Leithead
Troy
N.Y
Cluettan Peabody & Co
Ellis D. Slater
New York
Eisenhower
Adm
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic
NATO
Robert L. Dennison
Wright
Free World
Dennison
U.S
U.S. Atlantic
Brakeman Killed in Brewster Accident Near Goodland
Jerry Hallacy, 61, a Rock Island Railroad brakeman from Goodland, was killed Wednesday night in an accident at the edge of Brewster, about 17 miles east of Goodland.
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Goodland (Ap
Jerry Hallacy
Goodland
Rock Island Railroad
Brewster
Another Dog For Blind Man In Prospect
John J. Hess, a 32 year old blind door to door salesman, may receive another guide dog from the same organization that gave him Janie after Janie was killed. Everett Stacy, a saw mill worker, is held on a charge of maliciously killing a dumb animal. his bond was set at $1,000 and his trial is scheduled for January 26. Hess estimates a replacement dog would cost about $2,000.
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ST. Louis
John J. Hess
Janie
International Assn. of Machinists
District 9
Hess
Fredericktown
Everett Stacy
Stacy
Fidel Castro Hosts New Year's Eve Dinner in Havana
Prime Minister Fidel Castro will host a New Year's Eve dinner in Havana for a group of Americans and other foreigners invited by the Cuban Institute of Tourism. Guests include ex heavyweight champion Joe Louis, Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Claude Faux and his wife, and Claude Julian of Le Monde.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuban Institute of Tourism
Revolucion
Joe Louis
Los Angeles
Willie Mays
Roy Campanella
Jackie Robinson
Claude Faux
Claude Julian
Paris le Monde
1960 Area Stork Derby Starts at Midnight in Chanute
The 1960 Stork Derby in the Chanute trade territory opens at midnight with fame and gifts for the first area birth. Last year’s winner Richard Allen Aikins arrived at 5 26 am Jan 3, and a prior year winner showed up at 12 40 am Jan 4. Gifts include a silver feeding spoon five dollars in cleaning two five dollar certificates a baby sweater diapers a baby picture baby shoes a savings account birth announcements and dairy foods from twelve cooperating firms.
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Chanute
Tribune
Stork
Richard Allen Aikins
Ray Aikins
S. Katy
Midwest
Dorothy Elizabeth
Drisdell
Koch Brothers Furniture
Phillips Jewelry
First National Bank
Econ
Ers
Calvert's
Olson's
West Main
Cha ‘Note
Pabey Page
The
Chamber of Commerce
Next Week Assessors to Meet in Neosho County
Township assessors will meet next Tuesday and city assessors next Thursday at 1 30 p m in the Neosho County Courthouse for instruction and supply distribution as part of preparations for the 1960 real and personal property assessments. The piece notes that assessments will shift to year end inventories, benefiting merchants, school boards, and rural areas by allowing earlier valuation availability and streamlined budgeting.
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Erie
Neosho County
Marion Showalter
Showalter
Dimes March Drive Begins With Local Chairmen Named
Mrs. Robert Pennington will chair the Chanute campaign for the March of Dimes drive starting Saturday with help from Mrs. W. G. Bodley. Countywide chairs cover Erie Thayer Galesburg St Paul Stark and rural schools as fund raising plans unfold. No quota set. coal collectors in stores and school cards will distribute to collect donations for polio birth defects and arthritis research.
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Robert Pennington
Chanute
John Gorton
Neosho County
National Foundation
Pennington
W. G. Bodley
Gorton
Robert Kreiger
Erie
Orum Adams
Thayer
C. C. Duccy
Galesburg
Ray George
St. Paul
Virgil
Bill Leroy Pleads Guilty on Check Charge
W. T. Bill Leroy of 1216 S Forest was arrested on a misdemeanor no funds check. He pleaded guilty in police court and received 15 days in county jail plus 25 days remaining on a prior 30 day sentence, totaling 40 days.
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W. T
Bill) Leroy
S. Forest
Smallpox Vaccination Effort Affects 800 In Reeds Spring
In Reeds Spring Missouri more than 800 people were vaccinated for smallpox after a bus driver Willie Withnell 40 contracted the disease. About 400 students teachers and staff at the school were vaccinated Tuesday and roughly 400 adults lined up at a downtown drugstore. Withnell was in good condition and the illness marked Missouri's first smallpox case in eight years. Superintendent Mearle Bell urged vaccination of all pupils and teachers regardless of prior vaccination.
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Reeds Spring, Mo
Reeds Spring School
Willie Withnell
Missouri
Withnell
Mearle Bell
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Kansas 1959
A brief AP traffic toll log shows 24 hours to 9 AM with 0 deaths, comparing 1959 figures to 1958 counts of 554 fatalities, indicating a period update for Topeka Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Spiritual and Physical Climb to the Stars at Century’s Turn
The piece surveys the 1950s as rockets and computers reshape humanity while old problems endure. It notes global tensions easing, prosperity rising, medicine expanding lives, but facing overpopulation and environmental impact from peace-time weapon testing. It contrasts jet travel speed with less sight or time, and hints at a cautious, uncertain dawn of the Sixties.
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Associated Press
Far East
Parties and dances greet 1960 New Year events
Cha Joe Rovito’s band plays at the National Guard Armory and Chanute County Club for a New Year’s Eve dance at 9 o’clock. American Legion posts host music by Smokey Stover and others, with a post-midnight breakfast. Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a social hour, 9:30 start, and telecast bowl games. Junior Chamber attendees join a New Year’s Eve banquet at the Tioga Hotel with shows at Peoples Theater. Elks plan a gathering with continued entertainment past midnight.
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National Guard
Lang Syne
Cha- Joe Rovito
Nute
Chanute County
American Legion
Smokey
Stover
Legion Vision
Peoples Theater
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Tioga Hotel
Elks
Masked Bandits Take $1000 From Market Robbery
Three men in Halloween masks robbed an A and P supermarket in Kansas City of about $1000 after the manager refused to open the safe. They fled in a car with a fourth man. fifteen customers were unharmed.
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Kansas City
Eldon Stegeman
Holiday Closures Hit Chanute Businesses and Offices
Chanute will observe New Year’s Day with most businesses and government offices closed tomorrow. Retailers will close at 5 p m today and resume 9 to 5 Saturday, while many shops and offices stay shut until Monday. Sunday mail will be delivered. Tribune will not publish.
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Chanute
Erie
the Tribune
Loot At Buffalo Breakin Reports Cash Missing
Buffalo police said about 175 dollars in cash and cigarettes were taken in a breakin at the Hi Way Cafe. The thieves entered by breaking the front door glass of the connected service station and fled through the rear exit. The cafe is owned by Mr and Mrs Jess Guiou on the highway east edge of Buffalo.
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Buffalo
Jess Guiou
Traffic deaths in U S average over 100 daily this year
CHICAGO AP Auto accidents killed slightly more than 100 persons per day this year. An estimated 1,400,000 suffered disabling injuries. National Safety Council put the death toll at 37,500 to 38,000 based on 11 months of data and December projections.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Chanute B and L Posts Record Year Dividends and Loans
Chanute Building and Loan Association reports a record half year dividend of 69736.13 and total 1959 dividends of 137123.73 for about 3800 savers. The year also sets a loan volume high with over 1 million in new loans and assets rising to 4687000 while savings climb to 4188000. The dividend rate rises to 4 percent from 3.2 percent. A new Lincoln and Walnut office is under construction for July completion.
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Chanute Building & Loan Assa
Robert N. Allen
Allen
Chanute Trade
Associaton
Lincoln
Walnut
Harry Byers
Erma Joe King
Wendell Bowyer
Marian Shike
Marie Galt
Allen, Byers
Kenneth Horton
Carl Haight
Tommy Anderson
Wilbur Thompson
Mountain Pass Pile-Up Injures Two In Oregon Crash
In SUGENE Oregon two persons were injured after a mountain pass collision disrupted traffic on Willamette Pass. A Greyhound bus a truck and seven autos were involved as snow clogged the highway and several vehicles skidded off the road in the Cascade Mountains.
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Ore
Mountain Pass
Greyhound
Willamette Pass
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Storm forecast for Kansas with rain and snow risk
The Weather Bureau predicted warmer, cloudy conditions in Kansas with rain and a major storm approaching from the west. Precipitation was slated to begin in the west and move east, starting as rain then turning to snow as temps fall below freezing. Overnight lows ranged from 17 at Manhattan to 29 at Wichita with Gardens City at 44 and Concordia at 33.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Manhattan
Wichita
Gardens City
Concordia
Crash on Shaw Road Injures Three Family Members
A pickup overturned on Shaw road 2.4 miles west of Shaw injuring John Albert Paulie 61 his wife 45 and their 15 year old son Michael The driver Mrs Paulie suffered a fractured hip while the man and boy had facial scalp and leg injuries They were treated at the scene by an Erie doctor and Mrs Paulie was transported to Mercy Hospital Parsons The trooper cited tire failure as the cause and the truck was a total loss Investigating with Undersheriff George Neely.
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St. Paul
Shaw Road
Shaw
John Albert Paulie
Michael
Duane Houck
Highway Patrol
Paulie
Erie
Mercy Hospital
Parsons
Houck
George Neely
Murder Charge Faced as Man Wounds Improve
James McGill 26 faces first degree murder charges in the Christmas Day deaths of his ex wife Sherry 22 and their 15 month old daughter Lee Ann. He turned a .22 rifle on himself after the killings and is reported to be improving from chest wounds before hearings.
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Richmond
James McGill
McGill
Sherry McGill
Lee Ann
Two MSU Students Feared Lost on Mt Washington
Two Michigan State University students Richard B. Onnier and Harold Karagosian from Watertown Massachusetts were reported missing on Mt Washington after starting their climb last Sunday. White Mountain National Forest officials identified the climbers and said they have not been heard from since.
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N.H
Michigan State University
Mt. Washington
White Mountain National Forest
Richard B. Onnier
Harold Karagosian
Watertown
Mass
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