Iron Horse to Grace Chanute Santa Fe Park
A restored steam locomotive No. 762 from the Santa Fe will be moved to a new rail and tie foundation in Chanute's Santa Fe park. The 115 ton engine with tender, retired July 10, 1952, may be moved on a low boy or laid on temporary track sections for final positioning. Other Kansas cities have recently received similar gifts for parks.
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Chanute
Santa Fe Park
Santa Fe Railroad Co
Old Southern Division
Santa Fe
Tulsa
Winfield
Coffeyville
Emporia
el Dorado
Garden City
Kansas
Alan Kepley
Orval L. Kepley
S. Malcolm
Jimmy Philips
Dallas Hart
S. Forest
Tribune
Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
Nancy Rene Weaver 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Weaver of Chanute, suffered third degree burns when her clothing caught fire by a fireplace. She receives treatment at Neosho Memorial Hospital two days after moving there from elsewhere.
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Nancy Rene Weaver
Eugene Weaver
N. Highland
Nancy
Chanute
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Judge Grants Betty Hutton Divorce in Mental Cruelty Suit
LAS VEGAS Nevada The same judge Frank McNamee who married Betty Hutton and dance director Charles O Curran two years ago granted her a divorce yesterday on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank McNamee
Betty Hutton
Charles O’curran
Death Takes A Citti 81
A Citti 81 well known furniture dealer died this morning at 7 45 at Neosho Memorial Hospital after treatment. Born Marseille Dec 25 1873 he came to America as a boy, lived in Philadelphia and Washington D C, married Lena Braun June 25 1895, moved to St Joseph and later to area in 1911 to open Citti French Creamery then C C Furniture store. Survivors include son Charles four daughters three grandsons two great grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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A. Citti
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Marseille
France
America
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Citti
St. Joseph
Lena Braun
Citti French Creamery
South Evergreen
C. C
S. Highland
Kansas City
Clarenda’ T. Davis
Parsons
Frances C. M. Sjoholm
Junction City
Charles Citti Jr
Donald Sjoholm
Larry Dean Bullard
Lee Citti
Ogden
Utah
Sam Citti
Roy
Gibson Funeral Home
Resuscitator Fund Drive Aids Two Victims Simultaneously
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges sponsor a fund drive to buy a two headed resuscitator costing about 625 dollars. It can revive two accident victims at once and aid cases from carbon monoxide poisoning to drowning. The device will be displayed at The Sport Shop and donations may be left there or given to lodge members. Committee members are E. L. Dutfield, Lester Marts and T. L. Baker.
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Odd Fellows and
Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodge
E. L. Dutfield
Lester Marts
T. L. Baker
Band Concert Wednesday At Senior High Auditorium
The Senior High School Junior College concert band will give a free program of popular music at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Band director Kenneth Tebow notes movie music marches and selections from well known comedies, with the madrigal singers featured in some pieces. The Southeast Kansas Chorale Festival will be held Friday at Fort Scott with about 100 students from here, guest conductor Harold Decker of the University of Wichita. A Fort Scott Memorial Hall concert follows at 7:30 with two numbers from each town and eight massed chorus pieces.
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Kenneth Tebow
Tebow
Fort Scott
Harold Decker
University of Wichita
Fort Scott Memorial Hall
High School Aid Bill Moves Through House Panel
The House Education Committee advanced a 6.25 million high school aid bill as a compromise after debated distribution changes. The panel voted 153 to 4 to remove the measure, with adjustments deducting one mill levy from non high school territory and raising the first 60 pupil guarantee from 575 to 400 dollars, balancing gains and losses for smaller districts.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
House Education Committee
Marvin Cox
R-Kingman
Kansas Assn
Cox
William Mitchell
R-Hutchinson
Kansas
Senate
Trial of Leigh Gets Underway
Lawrence Lorra ine Leigh 34 Iola faces burglary and larceny charges in a Chanute White Swan case break in last September. Jury impaneled at 10:45 a.m. States evidence near completion with few defense witnesses. Fields of Chanute awaits May term.
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Erie
Lawrence Lorraine Leigh
Iola
Leigh
White Swan
S. Santa Fe
Chanute
Washington
Henry Fields
Fred Robertson
Don Friederich
Herschel Robertson
Herbert R. Fox
William W. Wood
Russell Page
Blaine Heady
Eric
Albert Siemsen
Earlton
Albert Lydick
Joseph Burk
H. J. Treiber
St. Paul
W. F. Young
Thayer
Fire destroys former school building in Sawyer Kas
A former grade school built in 1910 and used recently as a school bus garage burned last night in Sawyer. Firefighters battled the blaze as the old structure was engulfed and time of discovery remains under investigation. Nearby properties reported no damage.
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Sawyer, Kas
Severance Tax Bill Returns On Oil And Gas Production
Kansas House reintroduces a 3 percent severance tax on oil and gas, aiming to raise about nine million dollars for the general fund. The proposal, opposed by the industry, would add to ad valorem taxes and face years of legislative defeat. Sponsors include Van Cleave and Charlson, with finance tied to cigarette tax revenue for free textbooks.
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Topekap
Kansas
State General Fund
House
Plenamini Orously
Casey Drug Co
Sam Charison
Manhattan
M. FE. Rohrer
Abilene
Glenn&. Strickler
Ramona
Thomas van Cleave
Kansas City
van Cleave
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Karl Bruck
Paola
Bentley
Charlson
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Antitrust Case Against Kansas City Star Jury Under Way
A federal court jury in Kansas City began deliberations to determine if the Kansas City Star and its advertising director Emil Lees violated antitrust laws.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Emil Lees
Leaders of Civil Defense Plan Chanute Council Organization
Leaders of Chanute civil defense outline steps to form a 10 division council at Memorial building. Fred Montague and Burl O Connor detail duties while noting evacuation planning for Wichita and Kansas City and a 10 000 evacuee impact on Chanute.
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Chanute Council of Civil Defense
Memorial
Warren Paramore
Topeka
Kansas Civilian Defense Program
Paramore
United States
Kansas
Hutchinson
Siberia
Fred Montague
Chanute Civil Defense Program
Burl B. O'Connor
Montague and
O'Connor
Montague
Wichita
Kansas City
Chanute
Monta Cue
Robert L. Briley
CC W. ‘Brennan
Tom
E. L. Duffield
Southeast Kansas
Memorial Building
J. D. Lightfoot
Raymond York
Ross Cooper
Lent Observances Begin Across Area Churches
The community marks Ash Wednesday starting Lent with Holy Communion services at 7 and 9 80 a m Zion Lutheran worship at 7 30 p m St Pauls Lutheran at 7 p m Beth el Vilas at 8 p m and St Patrick s Catholic at 6 30 a m with additional masses and devotions. Grace Episcopal hosts Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at Sawyer hall and Chanute church women attend World Day of Prayer at First Methodist Friday at 9 30 a m.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Sawyer Hall
Zion Lutheran Church
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
Bethel Lutheran
Vilas
Patrick's Catholic Church
Area Forecast Shows Little Change For The Region
The forecast indicates mostly unchanged conditions with increasing cloudiness and a rise in temperatures tonight. Strong northerly winds are expected, with possible snow flurries and a cold spell on Wednesday, lows in the upper 20s to near zero in the northwest, highs from the 5s to the 40s across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Wichita
Concordia
Traffic Fatalities Reported by State Accident Records
Traffic fatalities show 0 in the last 24 hours and 72 to date in 1955, with 76 deaths in the same period of 1954, per state records. This brief summary notes no recent fatalities but lists yearly totals for comparative context.
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Topeka
Kansas
Snow Avalanches Kill Lingerin Lives In Northern Italy
Avalanches across northern Italy today buried mountain slopes and claimed multiple lives. Rescue teams rush to reach survivors as authorities assess the aftermath and danger zones.
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London
Italy
Lenten Series Begins Tomorrow in Chanute
The Chanute Tribune announces a Lenten series starting on Ash Wednesday. Local church members will write daily essays reflecting on what their faith means to them throughout the Lenten season.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Chanute
House Approves Court Split Plan in Neosho County
The Kansas House passed a bill by 7 to 4 to hold one term of the Neosho County district court in Chanute each year. Some Democrats warned of added taxpayer costs during debate. Rep. John N. Sherman Jr. of Chanute introduced the measure, now advancing to the Senate where a similar bill by Sen. Wilfrid Cavaness has already won approval.
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Topeka
Neosho County
Chanute
House of Representatives
House
John N. Sherman Jr
Senate
Wilfrid Cavaness
Riff in Clouds Reveals Doom in TWA Crash
A plane crash near the Sandia Mountains killed 16 aboard a Trans World jet. Officials and a veteran New Mexico pilot say the pilot likely read his instruments wrong and strayed from course, causing a fatal approach to a mountain spawn. Bodies were recovered by a team including NMU professor Dr. Frank Hibben. Captain I R Spong and co pilot A J Creason had prior ties to the university.
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New Mexico
TWA
Sandia Mountains
I. R. Spong
Prairie Village, Kas
Chanute, Kas
Frank Hibben
New Mexico University
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Hibben
Spong
A. J. Creason
University
Mike Martin
Robert Martin
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