Bank drive-in tale oddity with saddle horse witness
Earl Wertz rode a six year old Palomino into a bank drive-in to cash checks. The horse remained calm while teller cages and customers, including Mrs. Chet Hale and Mildred Robinson, completed the transaction. Wertz described the horse as high-spirited but rideable, and noted he bought the horse last fall and raised it to town for shoeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Commerce Drive-In
Earl Wertz
Chet Hale
Mildred Robinson
Palonino
Wertz
Eisenhower delays term decision amid vacation extension
President Eisenhower will delay any formal announcement of his political plans until around March 1, possibly at a news conference. He extended his vacation until Friday or Saturday as White House aides denied any rushed decision.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
White’ House
James C. Hagerty
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
White House
Washington
Hagerty
TV Drive Here Nets 3606 In Cerebral Palsy Drive
Chanute reports total contributions of 3606.46 from cash and pledges during a 16 hour telethon ending Sunday. The Elks Lodge secretary said the campaign in Southeast Kansas and nearby areas surpassed a 40000 goal and expected over 60000 with tabulation continuing in Joplin.
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Chanute
Ray L.smith
the Elks Lodge
Joplin
Chanute i
Cerebral Palsy Fund
Elks Club
of Elks Lodge
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Koam-Tv
Joe Jacobs
Sue A. Bird
Ruler of
Elks
Theresa Williams
Ray Smith
Russell Anderson
Tribune
Neosho Republicans Set Delegates for District Convention
Neosho County Republican Central Committee will meet in Erie district courtroom to elect 11 delegates to the district convention. County chairman Mrs Edna Peterson announced and District Judge B M Dunham Chanute will keynote. District convention is scheduled for March 7 in Coffeyville. Democratic chairs say no date set for their county convention.
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Neosho County
Republican Central Committee
Erie
Edna Peterson
B. M. Dunham
Chanute
Coffeyville
Floyd Kelley
Democratic Central Committee
Oscar nominees in hot race for top film prizes
Hollywood reports a tight Oscar race with Ernest Borgnine, James Dean, Susan Hayward and Anna Magnani among top names. Other leading contenders include Marty, Picnic and East of Eden with regulars Spencer Tracy James Cagney and Frank Sinatra among the acting nominees. Additional top films listed are Love is a Many Splendored Thing Mr. Roberts Picnic and The Rose Tattoo.
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Hollywood
Ernest Borgnine
James Dean
Susan Hayward
Lillian Roth
Anna Magnani
Marty
Arthur O'Connell
Jo van Fleet
Dean
East of Eden
NBC
Spencer Tracy
James Cagney
Frank Sinatra
Tracy
Black Rock
Cagney
Sinatra
Jennifer Jones
Katharine Hepburn
Eleanor Parker
Miss Jones
Miss Hepburn
Mr. Roberts
Federal Funds Proposed For National Elections
Senator Neuberger proposed federal financing of national election campaigns at a news conference. He described the plan as removing financial fetters and noted recent controversy over a $2,500 contribution during debate on a natural gas bill. The measure would provide equal contributions from the federal treasury to each major party for presidential and congressional campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Neuberger D-Ore
Nueberger
Sen
Francis Case
RSD
Neuberger
Teddy Roosevelt
Federal Treasury
Seven enlist in Chanute National Guard unit during Operation 1000
Chanute Kansas Battery B 297th Field Artillery Battalion added seven new members last week as part of Operation 1000 aims to reach a 17 man quota. Sgt. Raymond Friederich reported 58 enlisted, three officers total, with recruits from Chanute Humboldt and nearby towns.
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Chanute
Kansas National Guard
297Th Field Artillery Battalion
Raymond Friederich
Charles Rice
Armoory
Friederich
Raymond Smith
Humboldt
Kenneth Easley
Louis Corbett
R. J
Eric
Hugh Berthot
Harley Montgomery
Charles McKellips
Jerry Myers
Neodesha
Buford Hazen
James Culbertson
Wayne White
Chainute
Allen to Lead Comet Grid as McMurray Steps Back
Noah Allen will succeed W. H. McMurray as Senior High football coach next year, per Supt. Buford Fisher. McMurray shifts to Junior College duties including basketball coaching. Allen will also coach track and assist with basketball. Stowell to help with football. Goff remains with basketball. McMurray became coach in 1952.
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Noah Allen
W. H. ‘McMurray
Buford Fisher
Fisher
McMurray
Allen
Don Goff
Dick Stowell
Stowell
Goff
Chanute
Fort Sill High School
Oklahoma
University of Wichita
Pittsburg
University of Kansas
Winfield
Derby
Fort Sill
Weekend Chanute Traffic Injuries Report Two Minor Crashes
Police reports show two noninjury car accidents in Chanute over the weekend. At Fourth and Evergreen, P. E. Carl’s left front fender was damaged around 12 40 p.m. Sunday while the other vehicle driven by Yancy Whitworth escaped damage. A second collision near 11 S. Lincoln at about 5 p.m. Saturday damaged Walter Packard’s left front fender and Mrs. Mary Mendenhall’s right front fender as Packard pulled from a curb into traffic.
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Chanute
P. E. Carl
Evergreen
Fourth
Yancy Lewis Whitworth
Central
Walter D. Packard
Santa Fe
Mary Mendenhall
R. J. Thayer
Packard
S. Lincoln
Vehicle Collision Near Station Involving Donna Castle
Mrs Donna Castle drove into the Hudson Oil Company station on Saturday to buy brake fluid. Her brakes failed to hold and she collided with Carl Rutledge's car as he stopped for gas. The Rutledge vehicle rear and Castle’s headlight were damaged. Police issued Castle a summons for operating a motor car with defective brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Castle
N. Santa Fe
Hudson Oil Company
Carl Rutledge
R. J. Earlton
Rutledge
Fertilizer Firm Re-Elects Officers and Directors
Neosho Fertilizer Inc stockholders re elected officers and directors at a Friday meeting at the Memorial Building. Elected were Shelton Propst president Dee D Mitchell first vice president Weaver Blake second vice president Robert Briley secretary James F Cooper treasurer Harry E Davis assistant secretary and general manager and directors Ross Cooper and Wilbur Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho Fertilizer, Inc
Memorial Building
Shelton Propst
Dee D. Mitchell
Weaver Blake
Robert Briley
James F. Cooper
Harry E. Davis
Ross Cooper
Wilbur Thompson
Crash of Airliner In Egyptian Area
A large Trans Port Aeriens Intercontinentaux DC6 Cloudmaster with 64 aboard crashed near Cairo. Fifty two dead and twelve survivors include French and Vietnamese passengers. Captain Charles Billet seriously hurt. Rescue by Egyptian army and American pilots. Airline HQ cites 52 dead.
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Cairo
Egypt
Paris
Charles Billet
Saigon
William Judd
Judd
South Haven
Kas
New York
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Malta
Karachi
Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux
U S Can Hold Reds Gen Taylor Says
Gen Max Taylor told Senate investigators the Army is developing weapons to hold Communist armies in check and counter their land forces if aggression occurs. He said the United States and allies have the will and capability to field ground forces and counter the Communists. Secretary Brucker joined in noting Army know-how in new weapons.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Senate
Army
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Brucker
Taylor
Ike's Teacher Unable To Receive Award
Abilene Texas Miss Addie Over, praised by President Eisenhower as a beloved teacher, cannot attend the 1955 National Teachers Award ceremony due to illness. Judy Alford, 12, a former student at Eisenhower's grade school, will substitute at the National Association of School Administrators convention in Atlantic City. Miss Over, 83, was selected by six national education groups to receive the gold key award.
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Abilene
Addie Over
Eisenhower
Judy Alford
Miss Over
National Assn
Atlantic City
N. J
Life Underwriters Meet Kansas City and Wichita Executives
Life insurance executives G. J. Tritch of Kansas City and John Askew of Wichita were guests at the Allen Neosho Underwriters Association luncheon held at Tioga Hotel. Mrs. Ed Peterson, the president, presided over the brief meeting and introduced Askew as the principal speaker.
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G. J. Tritch
Kansas City
John Askew
Wichita
Life Insurance
Allen‘Neosho Underwriter’s Assn
Tioga Hotel
Ed Peterson
Askew
Public Hearings Open on $2500 Offer to Sen Case Probe
A Senate special committee announced new public hearings in its probe of a $2,500 campaign contribution offered to Sen. Francis Case. Another panel seeks roughly $300,000 for a wider inquiry into improper influence on federal elections and legislation. The George committee may broaden its scope beyond the Case incident.
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Sen. Case
Washington P
Senate
Francis Case
R-Sd
Sen
George
D-Ga
Case
Senate Elections
Gore
Dtenn
Subcommittee
Rpublicans
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Superior Oil
Neff
Hayden
D-Ariz
Bridges
R-Nh
Thye
R-Minn
Tension Mounts as Eisenhower Reveals Re Election Plans
In Thomasville Georgia and across the nation an air of expectancy surrounds President Eisenhower as he weighs a second term. Forecasters predict partly cloudy, warmer weather with highs in the 60s into Tuesday.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Washington
Scott Hotel
Tank Shipment Touchy Question For U.S. Officials
Washington reports President Eisenhower faces two tough questions after deciding to ship 18 tanks to Saudi Arabia. Israel seeks rapid arms aid and a security guarantee while Congress demands an explanation from Dulles. Egypt’s Nasser warns of a possible spring Israeli attack as regional tensions mount.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Saudi Arabia
State Department
Department
Israel
Abba Eban
U.S
Dulles
Bahamas
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arabia
United States
Middle East
Egypt
Gamal Abdel ‘Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Eban
CBS
Elephant ticketed in crowded Manhattan street walk
An elephant from Texas was tagged by a New York patrolman after strolling on a crowded Manhattan sidewalk. Mack MacDonald of Harlingen, Texas, said the animal would walk in his hometown, but Patrolman Samuel Sapan warned that elephants and pedestrians do not mix in New York.
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New York
Texas
Manhattan
Samuel Sapan
Mack MacDonald
Harlingen
Tex
Sapan
Traffic Fatalities in State Accident Records 1956
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 64 deaths to date in 1956, 73 for the same period in 1955, with figures compiled over the last 48 hours. The brief note records the ongoing toll and comparisons between years.
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Topeka
Kansas
Master Salesman Lent Sermon by Herman A Janzen
The article presents a Lenten Series piece by Herman A Janzen at 415 N Lafayette, using a traveling salesman as a symbol. It recalls a famous speaker’s image of a salesman’s life and duty to demonstrate faith, noting Christ offers a lifetime bargain and asks if our demonstrations meet the payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Janzen
Christ
Four Die in Kansas Highway Accidents
Four people died in separate Kansas crashes yesterday. Cherokee County added nine deaths for the year, matching its 1955 toll. Gary Crabtree, 18, Baxter Springs, died from injuries after a bridge collision. Alberta Moody, 42, Pittsburg, and Ethie Church, 46, Grayville Illinois, perished in a two car crash near Galena. Moody’s husband, the Rev. Henry Moody, was injured. Dan Allen Neil, 20, was killed when his car collided with a Katy freight train near Moran.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Cherokee County
Baxter Srrings
Gary Crabtree
Baxter Springs
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Alberta Lorraine Moody
Pittsburg
Ethie Ja ‘Nell Church
Grayville
Ill
Galena
Crops Victory for Cherryvale in Southeast Kansas Contest
Cherryvale won first place in the southeast Kansas crops judging contest held Saturday by the Future Farmers of America. Fredonia placed second with 2,678 points, 351 behind Cherryvale, with eleven schools entered. Pat Maher of Cherryvale led individual scoring with 840 points. two other Cherryvale entries finished second and third.
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Cherryvale
Kansas
Future Farmers of America
Chanute
Lawrence
Fredonia
Altamont
Neodesha
Coffeyville
Independence
Riverton
Humeboldt
Brennan Attends International Fire Chiefs Convention
Chanute fire chief Co W Brennan travels by motor car to Memphis Tennessee for the annual convention of the International Fire Chiefs Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Brennan
Chanute
Memphis
Tenn
International Fire Chiefs’ Association
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Boeing Airplane Co
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Buffalo Evening News
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WBEN
Wben-Tv
Fred Hall
Kansas Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Roy Frost
Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Neosho
National Guard
Comet Grid
Fertilizer
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Ike
Life Underwriters
George Committee
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Ross
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Richard Garrett
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