Surprise night stop leads to manhunt in Allen County
Chanute College instructor Bob Martin and four students in his car were halted by Allen County officers while two hours earlier a jail escapee had been sought. Passengers list Antonia Sharp Pat Lofthouse Delbert Winder and Tommy Brazil as officers checked for the fugitive during a misty roadside stop near Iola. Meanwhile the Favorite Bachelor contest accepts ballots with a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline and new nominees include Harvey Tefft John Waltermire Isham Gray and Reuben Uden among others.
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Bob Martin
Chanute Junior College
Iola
Martin
Kansas City
Allen County
Antonia Sharp
Pat Lofthouse
Delbert Winder
Tommy Brazil
Ralph Seidel
Bill Fairchild
Earlton
Grace Kelly Faces Guest List Crunch for Monaco Wedding
Grace Kelly says the Monaco Cathedral can only hold 400 guests for her marriage to Prince Rainier. More than 500 journalists seek attendance, so Monaco authorities will handle most invitations. Two ceremonies are planned April 17 and 18 with a palace reception and yacht honeymoon visiting Spain.
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Hollywood
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier of
Monaco
Prince
Miss Kelly
Associated Press
Rome
Spellman
Spain
Colorado Girl Killed in Bus Crash After Embankment Fall
A school bus carrying Arapaho students to a basketball game skidded on an icy highway in Hugo Colorado, plunging over a 10 foot embankment. Anna Carol Koneene 15 of Arapaho died from a fractured skull and internal injuries. Eleven high school girls two women teachers and the driver Wendell Billinger were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Colo.p
Anna Carol Koneene
Arapahoe
Colo
Wendelon Billinger
Arriba
Nebraska Man Killed in One Car Crash Near Sabetha
A Nebraska man identified as John T. Bennett, 26, of Dawson, was killed early today in a one car crash on U.S. Highway 36 near Sabetha, Nebraska, according to highway patrol reports.
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Sabetha
Kas.p
Nebraska
U.S. Highway 36
Here
Highway Patrol
John T. Bennett
Dawson
Neb
Dulles Confident of U S Victory in Soviet Front Doctrine
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States and its allies can defeat a new Soviet unity front strategy with little change in U S activity. He said post Stalin leaders are dropping violence and intolerance and that Russia is failing to gain global control. Some senators disagreed and urged shifts in policy to meet the evolving threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Dulles
United States
Russia
United Front
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
D-Mont
Barkley
D-Ky
Humphrey
Dminn
Morse
Sparkman
GOP
Sen. Aiken
RVI
Democrats
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Aiken
George Washington
Chanute Delegations To Attend Flood Meet
Flood control projects in the Arkansas river basin will be discussed at a meeting in Emporia next Wednesday evening. Col. W. J. Himes Tulsa district engineer will speak. A Chanute delegation will attend. Plans for reservoirs on the Neosho and Cottonwood will be reviewed at a Chanute Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday at 10 a.m. Barker chairs the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Engineers
Arkansas River
Emporia
Gordon Barker
Neosho - Cottonwood
Woman Driver Arrested for DUI in City Report
Mrs. Marie Hilbert of 1116 N. Garfield was taken into custody last night at Fourth and Santa Fe on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. She posted a $125 bond and was released after booking per a police headquarters report.
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Marie Hilbert
N. Garfield
Fourth and Santa Fe
Call after 6 p.m. for home delivery by taxicab
If you cannot reach your carrier, call No. 700 after 6 p.m. and a taxicab will bring the paper. Do not call 700 before 6 p.m. Remember carriers prefer you call them first. Tribune office closes at 5 p.m. daily and 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Tiotis Duytie
the Tribune
Tribune
Vargas Found Guilty By District Court Jury
Vargas Topeka was found guilty in district court on two counts of assault with malicious intent. Sentencing was deferred. The jury panel was discharged after the verdict as other cases were disposed of by other means.
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Erie
Merced Vargas
Topeka
Vargas
Frozen Europe Thaws Amid Snowdrifts and Relief Efforts
Snow shortages persist across Europe as thaw edges appear in Italy and southern France while Siberian blasts keep many areas blocked. Death toll rises to 842. rescue teams shift to sandbags and evacuations as a landslide endangers Vasto Italy. Rome and Marseille see 56 degree highs. U S Army ships 3000 ration packs to coastal villages and France cuts gas prices and vegetable taxes.
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Stanley Godfrey
London
Europe
Italy
France
Siberia
Iberian Peninsula
Vasto
Mediterranean
Rome
Marseille
U.S. Army
la Rochelle
Gironde
Fire Damage to Garage at McQueen Home
Fire caused extensive damage to the interior of a garage at Mrs. F. A. Mc Queen home 1102 N. Santa Fe yesterday afternoon. Losses included a stove lawn mower hose tools and tables. insurance covered the claim. Firemen answered at 3 42 p m and returned at 4 30 p m after preventing spread to adjacent property. Earlier at 12 28 p m they extinguished a grass fire at 1016 N. Santa Fe.
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F. A. McQueen
N. Santa Fe
Shotgun Wound Fatal to Pratt Railroader
Nathan Bolin a 51 year old Rock Island Railroad conductor died after a shotgun wound at a Pratt Kansas hospital. Coroner Dr G F Freeman said the gun went off accidentally as Bolin retrieved it from the basement after telling his wife he would take a walk with his dog.
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Pratt
Kas.p
Nathan Bolin
Rock Island
G. F. Freeman
Pratt County
Bolin
Blood for Feed In Nowata Drive
Nowata Oklahoma blood drive to exchange blood for animal feed has a turnout next Wednesday. Charles A. Whitford, chairman of the Nowata General Hospital board, said donors at the bloodmobile will receive a 100 pound sack of feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowata
Okla
Eisenhower Ends Vacation Returns to Washington
President Eisenhower finishes a south Georgia stay with plans to disclose his 1952 re election decision around March 1. He may hold a news conference Wednesday as he resumes full duties and continues strenuous outdoor activity to test his endurance.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
South Georgia
Washington
John S. Doud
Denver
White House
Florida
County Clerk Names Assessors for Erie and Chanute
Erie County Clerk Wendell Bowyer announced deputy assessors for personal property during the upcoming assessment period starting March 1. Chanute’s assessors include W. A. Strean Lou Darlington E A Reeves Charles Bertram Fred Smith Lester Somers and Frank Vaughn with district designations to follow. Don E Wells is named Erie assessor, continuing in that role from prior years. Trustees in townships serve as assessors, with named appointees listed for各 townships such as Grant S E Raney Big Creek Hurley Tioga Danville Dan Hines Eric Hurley Bohrer Walnut Grove J J Hoag land Mission Arnold Smith Centerville L W Thurman Chetopa Shiloh Herman Boney Lahore John Hicks Lincoln Ray Burnette.
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ERIE
Wendell Bowyer
Chanute
W. A. Strean
Lou Darlington
E. A. Reeves
Charles Bertram
Fred Smith
Lester Somers
Frank Vaughn
Don E. Wells
Grant
E. Raney
Big Creek
Hurley Heaton
Tioga
Joe Ermey
Danville
Dan Hines
Eric
Hurley Bohrer
Walnut Grove
J. J. Hoagland
Mission
Arnold Smith
Centerville
L. W. Thurman
Chetopa
John Ewen
Shiloh
Herman Bonine
Lahore
John Hicks
Lincoln
Ray Burnette
Dust storm rips Southwest killing six in Texas and Oklahoma
A massive dust storm described as a black blizzard swept across Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico at its peak. It caused zero visibility traffic stoppages and several fires. Six people died and other injuries were reported including jet crash landings and power outages across several towns.
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Dallas
Tex.p
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Louisiana
Mississippi
Lubbock
Matador
Tex
Douglas Meador
Matador Tribune
German Train Wreck Leaves 32 Dead and 40 Injured
East Germany reports a collision near Bornitz between Riesa and Oschatz left 32 dead and 40 seriously injured. A fast freight train struck an express passenger train from Dresden, derailing three locomotives and damaging multiple cars. Rescue teams recovered the victims at the scene.
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Berlinp
Saxony
East Germany
ADN
Bornitz
Riesa
Oschatz
Berlin
Dresden
Two Kansans and Texan killed in Oklahoma crash
In Turpin Oklahoma a head on collision killed Carl White 20 and Elvis A Flesner 36 both Liberal Kansas and William Claude Tennison 57 Perryton Texas. The crash occurred yesterday with three fatalities.
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Reed Killian
Ada
Okla
New Mexico
Oklahoma
West
Texas
Kansas
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Albuquerque
N.M
Air Force
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Wynnewood
San Angelo
Chickasha
Beaver County
William Claude Tennison
Perryton
Carl F. White
Elvis A. Fleshner
Liberal, Kas
Turpin
Carl White
Elvis A. Flesner
Liberal
Kas
William Claude iTennison
Safety Cord Pulled Injuring 20 on Train Near North Station
An emergency signal was pulled when a passenger in the ninth car reached for a coat, causing a sudden stop on a 13 car Boston and Maine excursion train outside North Station. About 980 passengers, many from Worcester, were en route to the Ice Follies in Boston Garden. 20 injured.
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Boston P
Boston & Maine
North Station
Worcester
Boston Garden
House Group OKs Funds For Leavenworth Projects
The House Armed Services Committee approves Army construction funds for next year. Kansas projects include 1,092,000 for St. Leavenworth and 1,519,000 for Ft. Riley. Missouri gets 3,346,000 for the St. Louis support center.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Kansas
Missouri
Army
St. Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
St. Louis
Mud balls and record heat mark chaotic Kansas cold front
A prankish cold front swept Chanute last night bringing mudball showers high winds and a 21 degree temperature plunge after a record high. The wind gust peaked at 52 mph and a plate glass window was blown in at a vacant store. A 82 degree high followed by Topeka sunshine as cold air moved through Kansas with snow in northwest areas and widespread cool readings.
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Chanute
CAA
E. Main
Edmiston’s
Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Goodland
Salina
Lecompton
Wamega
Russell
Hill City
Dodge City
Concordia
Pittsburg
Neff Associate Subpoenaed in Gas Bill Inquiry
Senator George says he subpoenaed Nebraska lawyer Paul Gerdes and documents in the Senate probe of a $2500 campaign fund offer. Neff and Gerdes will be questioned at the resumed hearings as part of the four member committee led by George investigating if the offer aimed to sway Senator Case's vote on the natural gas bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D-G
Nebraska
Senate
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Paul Gerdes
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
Case
Gerdes
G George
Fatal Crash Claims Lt. George M. Munson USAF Instructor
Lt. George M. Munson, USAF jet instructor at Perrin AFB in Sherman Texas, was killed in a Sherman plane crash. Born April 1933 in Elsmore Kansas he attended Elsmore High School Chanute Junior College and Kansas State College. He earned aviator wings in 1954 and is survived by his wife Myrna daughter Marlene Beth and other relatives. Funeral services are set for Humboldt Methodist Church with burial in Elsmore cemetery and military honors.
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George M. Munson
USAF
Perrin
Afb
Sherman
Tex
Dave Munson
Elsmore
Phoenix
Ariz
Munson
Elsmore High School
Chanute Junior College
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Texas
Myrna Thompson
Jake Thompson
Humboldt
Marlene ‘Beth
Charles Munson
Pittsburg
John Gray
Minnie Munson
Carl Heckinstable
Eugene
Ore
Humboldt Methodist Church
Johnson Funeral Home
Damages Awarded in State Lake Land Condemnation
A Butler County District Court jury awarded Mrs. Robbie Jean Brandt and L. D. Brandt 52 785 in land condemnations by the State Forestry Fish and Game Commission for a new state lake near Latham. The award exceeds appraisers by about 1000 and involves about 191 acres.
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EL Dorado P
Butler County
Robbie Jean Brandt
L. D. Brandt
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Latham
Salina Woman Killed in Pickup Car Collision
Salina report states Lyda Nordboe, 73, died in a collision between her pickup and a car south of Salina. Two other people were injured in the crash yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Lyda Nordboe
Here
Soviet 20th Congress Approves New Course
The Soviet Communist Party's 20th Congress approves the new policy direction endorsed by top leaders over the last eleven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Lenten Series Day of Reverence by Mrs Mavis Haller
Australian reader shares Good Friday customs and her mother's words on faithful devotion. She describes churches as the only open doors on Good Friday, urges Americans to observe the day with reverence and prayer for Jesus Christ.
Couple Dies Within Minutes Of Each Other
Mrs Inez Cline aged 69 collapsed and died of a heart attack moments after her husband Olen G Cline aged 74 died of a heart condition The husband died several hours after hospital admission on Thursday night The couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in May They homesteaded in Stevens County in 1903 and later moved to Tyrone Oklahoma after relocating across the state line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Cline
Olen G. Cline
Stevens County
Tyrone
Okla
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topekap Area
State Accident Records list 3 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 70 to date in 1956. for the same period in 1955 the count is 77. The figures reflect Topekap and surrounding Kansas traffic incidents recorded by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Tornado Strikes St Clair County Killing Six In Illinois Towns
A tornado ripped through St Clair County near St Louis causing six deaths in Millstadt Summerfield and nearby areas. Victims include Darrel Butler 14 and Willard Holloway Jr. A 4 year old died near Centerville Station and Elizabeth Krumley is believed aged in the 80s. Six injured and extensive property damage followed as crews aided by Scott Air Force Base searched the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Clair County
Illinois
Millstadt
Here
Summerfield
Baer
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Darrel Butler
August Ganz
Elizabeth Krumley
East St. Louis
Ill
Willard Holloway Jr
Sharon
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Francis Seeks Full Term as Neosho County Commissioner
Lee Francis announces he will seek a full four year term as Neosho county commissioner from the second district. A World War I veteran and former oil and gas producer, he has served since November 10, 1954, filling the unexpired term of Ed Brinkmeyer. He lives on a Tiogan township farm with his wife and daughter and is active in the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Francis
Neosho County
Ed Brinkmeyer
Francis
Chanute
Wing breaks from Neptune plane. crew escapes unharmed
A Navy Neptune patrol bomber based at Hutchinson NAS lost a wing during a practice landing at Great Bend. One engine detached, fuel lines leaked, wing caught fire, and all four crewmen escaped injury as the fire was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
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Ebur Schultz
U.S
Chanute City
McQueen
Leavenworth
Riley
Tibet ‘Naad
Rene
CSL LS Gale Tivier Eee
Mrs
Mavis Haller
S. Forest
Brian
Mavis
Mrs. Maller
U.S. Highway 50
Trenton
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