Children Compose Chanute Songs About City History
Third grade pupils under teachers Mrs. Margaret B. Hollenshead and Mrs. Lucille Anderson created lyrics for Chanute themed tunes. Roosevelt class by Mary Lee Breyfogle and Roger Sallee contributed lines referencing Tioga and New Chicago consolidation into Chanute. Other lyrics praise the town and local churches as it grows, inviting community participation.
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Margaret B. Hollenshead
Roosevelt
Mary Lee Breyfogle
Roger Sallee
Tioga
New Chicago
Chanute
Murray Hill
Lucille Anderson
Penalty on Car Tag Sales Increases Next Month
Erie county treasurer reports steady tag sales with no rush yet. Beginning tomorrow buyers face a 50 cent penalty, rising 50 cents monthly through the year as applications continue to arrive by mail and in person.
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Erie
Don Harding
Lincoln
Harding
Dynamite blast hits Clinton Tennessee Negro section
A dynamite laden suitcase exploded in Clinton Tennessee injuring a Negro woman and baby and wrecking a restaurant. Witnesses say a white man placed the charge and fled in a car. The blast was the eighth in the area since Clinton High School admitted 12 Negro students under a federal order. Police offered no firm clues linking the attacks to school integration.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Clinton High School
Open House Sunday At Lakeside Addition
Curtis C. Taylor, developer of Lakeside Addition, announced a public open house Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the new tract south of Santa Fe Park entrance. Residents may inspect a new residence and view building sites in the addition.
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Lakeside
Santa Fe Park
Curtis C. Taylor
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka and State Records
Kansas accident records report 1 traffic fatality in the last 24 hours and 51 for the year to date 1957, compared with 62 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Top Grades Bring Honors To 12 Seniors
Senior High School announced the 1957 senior class honor group at a assembly. Twelve students qualified by ranking in the upper 10 percent with at least an average of 2.5. Members include Sheila Bray Rosalynd Booth Kathleen Crabtree Gary Grogan Kay Har grove Larry Harris Forrest Junod Claudette Judy Alice McCune Karen Penner Joan Rana barger and Richard Schultz.
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Larry Harris
Claudette Judy
Rosalynd Booth
Gary Grogan
Kay Hargrove
Sheila Bray
Alice McCune
Forrest Junod
Joan Ranabarger
Richard Schultz
Kathleen Crabtree
Karen Penner
Tribune
Tax Assessors Are Named
Erie deputy assessors for Neosho County and J. L. Naff P. W. Kyle named. Chanute deputies listed as A. L. LaSalle Frank Vaughn Mrs. Lou Darlington Charles R. Bertram Fred J. Smith E. A. Reeves L. R. Somers W. A. Strean. Township deputies Ge orge Wright Erie Hurley Heat on Big Creek Joe Ermey Tioga Henry Hazen Walnut Grove Arnold Smith Mission L. W. Thur man Centerville John Ewen Chetopa Dan Hines Danville Herman Bonine R J Magner Lahore Ivan Shafer Lincoln S E Raney Grant.
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Erie
Neosho County
Marion Showalter
Chanute
A. L. LaSalle
Frank Vaughn
Lou Darlington
Charles R. Bertram
Fred J. Smith
E. A. Reeves
L. R. Somers
W. A. Strean
J. L. Naff
P. W. Kyle
George Wright
Hurley Heaton
Big Creek
Joe Ermey
Tioga
Henry Hazen
Walnut Grove
Arnold Smith
Mission
L. W. Thurman
Centerville
John Ewen
Chetopa
Dan Hines
Danville
Herman Bonine
Shiloh
R. J. Magner
Lahore
Ivan Shafer
Lincoln
S. E. Raney
Grant
Final Induction For Three Men
A call was issued for three men to report on March 4 for final induction into the armed services in Kansas City with physical pre induction exams set for the next Wednesday. Nine men are slated to undergo examinations in Kansas City next Wednesday and report here Tuesday. Two listed men are from Chanute, Calvin R. Wooton Olpe Kas and Donald L Schooley Bountiful Utah. Others include Ralph E. Ray Ol 111 S Gretchen Donald E Fager R 2 St Paul Dwight L Hummer 619 N Washington William W Hunt 110 S Tennessee Ralph E Debler 80242 W Main James E Smith Galesburg and Ronald E Kyle Erie.
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Armed Services
Kansas City
Selective Service
Post Office
Chanute
Calvin R. Wooton
Olpe
Kas
Donald L. Schooley
Bountiful
Utah
Youth Killed in One-Car Crash Near Delavan
Bernard Burns 27 was killed in an early morning one car accident two miles from his parents home near Delavan. The crash occurred in rural Hermington Kansas and authorities investigated the fatality.
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Herington
Kas
Bernard Burns
Zora Burns
Delavan
City Water Usage Figures
Water use yesterday totaled 1 150 000 gallons, down from 1 284 000 a week earlier and 1 347 000 a year ago. Over the last seven days consumption was 8 164 000 gallons, versus 8 495 000 gallons in the prior seven days.
Fire Loss at Varndell Farm In Morning Thunderstorm
Lightning caused a total loss at the E A Varndell dairy farm four miles west of 21st and Plummer. A barn burned and contents valued around 10 000 including 300 400 bushels of barley milking equipment grain elevator and tools. Fire department arrived at 6 10 am, fought minimally and protected other buildings.
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E. A. Varndell Farm
Varndells
Chanute
Varndell Farm
21St and
Plummer
K39
Park Planned At Kanopolis Reservoir Kansas Plan
Kansas Park Authority selects a Wichita firm to draft plans for a Kanopolis Reservoir state park near Salina. Contingent payment hinges on $1.0 to $1.25 million bond issuance for construction of a 90 room lodge and 25 to 40 cabins. Legislature is urged to fund other facilities and a feasibility study continues. Governor Docking backs initial facilities and a $1 car entry fee proposal.
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Topeka
Kanopolis Reservoir
Salina
Ray Dillon Jr
Hutchinson
Kansas Park Authority
Wichita
Dillon
Park Authority
George Docking
Kanopolis
Sudden Water Crisis Strikes Jefferson City
Missouri capital suffers a water emergency as big pumps drawing from the Missouri River are damaged. Repair crews work through the night and may not restore pumping until noon. Some areas have no water while others report low pressure.
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Jeferson City
Missouri
Missouri River
L. W. Helmreich
Capital City Water Co
Forbes Awards Contract for 640 Family Homes at Forbes AFB
Forbes expands Washington report says George B. Emery Jr of Topeka wins a contract to construct 640 family housing units at Forbes Air Force Base.
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Washington
George B. Emery Jr
Topeka
Forbes Air Force Base
Gromyko Installed as Soviet Foreign Minister
The Soviet News Agency reports Andrei Gromyko has replaced Dmitri Shepilov as foreign minister. Congress members discuss tax exemption as a means to boost Savings Bonds appeal for small investors. Northeast waterfront talks continue amid alternating optimism and despair. Jefferson City faces a water crisis with emergency operations, closed schools, and business disruption.
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London
Andrei Gromyko
Dmitri Shepilov
Washington
Congress
New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Bricklayer Newburgh to Face Plane Theft Charge
Kansas City FBI says John F Newburgh 35 of St Paul Minnesota will be charged with airplane theft. Newburgh a bricklayer landed a light plane at Grandview Air Force Base without permission claiming low fuel. Percy Wyly of FBI says Newburgh admitted stealing the plane at Flying Cloud airport in Hennepin County Minnesota.
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Kansas City
FBI
John F. Newburgh
St. Paul
Minn
Newburgh
Grandview Air Force Base
Percy Wyly
Flying Cloud
Hennepin County
Regents Seek Salary Boosts for Kansas State Universities
The Kansas Board of Regents asked the Senate Ways and Means Committee to add 657,787 to Gov. George Docking’s budget for state schools. They proposed five percent raises across the board plus a merit based five percent for faculty and researchers, with specific allocations for KU, KState, Pittsburg State Teachers, Emporia Teachers, and Ft. Hays State. Regents noted revenue gains from higher fees and cited K State’s 106 lost faculty in a year, urging larger raises over two years to match land grant peers.
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Topeka
State Board of Regents
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
George Docking
Docking
Regents
University of Kansas
Kansas State
Pittsburg State
Emporia
Ft. Hays
Ways and, Means
James McCain
Kansas State College
McCain
Franklin Murphy
K. U
1600 Valentines for El Dorado Boy
Roger Dean Hunter, a 32 year old in El Dorado, received more than 1600 valentines as his wish. Newspapers and radio stations spread the story, bringing cards, gifts, toys, candy and a TV set. His mother and six siblings live on county relief. the father is jailed for child desertion.
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EL Dorado
Roger Dean Hunter
Roger
Floyd Hunter
State of Kansas to try Lonnie Kennedy March 18
The district court clerk announced that Lonnie Kennedy faces grand larceny in the case State of Kansas vs Kennedy, scheduled for jury trial on March 18 in district court in Erie.
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Erie
State of Kansas
Lonnie Kennedy
Cemetery memorial and water tests dominate city meeting
The city governing board discussed a monument for Memorial Park cemetery at 3250 dollars and plans to resubmit the industrial fund levy. They passed an ordinance adding the O L McMillen tract to limits and planned a sewer district. a water well test west of the Varndell farm and possible private funding were also reviewed. Edith Martin’s retail beer license was approved. The meeting opened with an Evangelical United Brethren church blessing.
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Memorial Park Cemetery
O. L. McMillen
Hare & Hare
Kansas City
Arch Allen
The
Allen Monument Co
Ross Cooper
Dale Stemple
E. A. Varndell Farm
Neosho River
Woter
Edith Martin
Little Piza
S. Steuben
Paul Life
Fof
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Rain totals and cooling forecast across Kansas state area
Today's weather center reports .70 inch rainfall area wide with Humboldt and McPherson recording higher totals. Showers moved across Kansas with counties like Canton, Galva, Leigh, Parsons and Independence reporting between .74 and 1.80 inches. Clearing and cooler tonight and Saturday with lows 20s to 30s and a five day outlook near normal highs.
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Humboldt
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Associated Press
McPherson
Canton
Galva
Leigh
Parsons
Fort Scott
Marmaton
Independence
Oswego
Iola
Moran
McCune
Coffeyville
Eureka
Hillsboro
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Russell
Salina
Manhattan
Wamega
Garden City
Wichita
Hill City
US 59 Reroute Into Ottawa Likely
J. R. Cheney as state highway commissioner said US 59 will be rerouted to run roughly straight north from Richmond toward Ottawa. He noted interchanges with a new Ottawa Kansas City superhighway and a planned 15th street interchange, despite right of way and housing obstacles. The eight mile relocation is costly but deemed necessary.
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J. R. Cheney
the Tribune Today
Richmond
Princeton
Cheney
Ottawa-Kansas City
15Th Street
Ottawa
Forced Insurance Liability Opposed by Chanute Board
The Chanute Insurance Board of 16 agencies met to oppose a compulsory automobile liability law. It backs a “Security-type Financial Responsibility Law” with uninsured motorist endorsements, claiming compulsory insurance inflates costs, fails to compensate all types of injuries, and does not deter high risk drivers. The board cited studies showing higher insured vehicle rates and stronger medical coverage under the financial responsibility approach.
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Chanute Insurance Board
Kansas Legislative Council
Tise
Kansas Gasoline Tax Refund Bill Sent to Governor
The Kansas Legislature completed action on a bill allowing claims for gasoline tax refunds up to September 30, even if refunds were not claimed within the six month limit. The measure passed the House 91 to 0 on the 26th day of the session and was sent to Gov. George Docking.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Docking
Advertising Ban In Liquor Killed In Kansas House
The Kansas House State Affairs Committee killed a bill to ban liquor advertising in printed publications, radio, television, and films. Sponsor Rep. John Vermillion proposed the measure.
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Topekaw
Kansas
House
John Vermillion
Independence
Docking Plan Bills in Hopper For $20 Million
Kansas lawmakers introduced Gov. Docking revenue measures to net more than 20 million dollars annually. The package doubles corporate income tax, broadens sales tax, taxes inheritance documents, reduces cigarette tax discount, and extends tax to services and contractor materials for public buildings. The Senate sent 11 bills to the House, including delinquent tax list publication and corporate stock redemption provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Kansas
Senate
Kansas Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Sam Charlson
Manhattan
Frank Hodge
Hutchinson
Fayette Rowe
Columbus
State Board of Review
House
Workers vote to keep union at Swift & Co Kansas City plant
In Kansas City Kansas, 1,824 production workers cast 863 to 749 to remain with the National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers rather than join the rival Valid Packinghouse Workers. The result confirms continued union affiliation.
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Kansas City
Kas
Swift & Co
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
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Forbes
Mo.p
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State Board of Health
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Cooper
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