Deep Snowbound Winter Recalled By Chanute Notables
Retired Chanute businessman C. E. Eklund recalls a bitter North American winter 53 years ago when temperatures fell to 23 degrees below zero and snow blocked roads making travel by horseback nearly impossible. Fire crews battled multiple incidents including a gas flame on 1109 S. Washington and grass fires on 102 S. Allen and 6:14 W. Oak, plus a cat rescue on 1000 S. Highland.
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C. E. Eklund
Chanute Business
S. Allen
S. Highland
W. Oak
Vending Machine and Cash Stolen From Texaco Station
Thieves broke the front door glass at a Texaco service station on Highway K47 in St Paul to steal a cigarette vending machine valued at 175 dollars and about 5 dollars in cash. They also took motor oil containers. The machine was abandoned several miles southwest of Erie. Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps investigated.
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ST. Paul
Texaco
Pat Beachner
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Erie
Youth Arrested After Car Stalls In Police Chase
Earl Schultz twenty two of 524 West Pine was arrested after a pursuit when his car stalled and crashed following a collision at Main Street Santa Fe crossing with John R. Crownover. Schultz was booked on driving under the influence and leaving the scene. A companion rider was released. Hearing set for 4 p.m. today.
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Earl Schultz
W. Pine
Schultz
John R. Crownover
Chanute
Santa Fe
Main
Ashby and
L. R. Spencer
C. J. Record
East Main
Traffic Fatalities Reported in 1956 to Date
The State Accident Records Section lists traffic fatalities in the last 48 hours and year to date for 1956 and 1955. Figures cover Topeka and surrounding areas with numbers for the same period in the prior year.
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Topekap
Kansas
Kelsey Captured by Officers Here
Emory Kelsey, 45, who escaped from Allen County jail Thursday night after slugging a jailer, was captured Saturday evening while visiting a friend. Police officials said he offered no resistance and was arrested by Lige Matlock and Tom Ogden. He faces transfer to state prison after a forgery conviction in Allen County.
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Emory Kelsey
Allen County
Tom Morehead
Chanute
Lige Matlock
Tom Ogden
Kelsey
Iola
Alec Milne
Milne
B. E. Lorance
Lloyd Baker
Dick Harbaugh
Jola
Kansas banks without FDIC protection expose deposits
State Bank ing Department reports 97 of 432 Kansas state banks lack FDIC insurance. Smolan State Bank shows a $258000 shortage, meaning depositors may receive only 50 to 60 cents on the dollar. National banks are insured. FDIC fees and rebates affect others.
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Topeka
State Banking Department
Kansas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Smolan State Bank of
Smolan
FDIC
Burglars Loot Sheriff’s Pistol Range in Phoenix
Weekend burglars stole a pistol, ammunition, a telescopic sight and pistol grips from the county sheriff’s pistol range in Phoenix. No arrests reported as of press time.
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Phoenix
Ariz.p
Community Concerts Drive Begins Fifth Anniversary
A membership drive by Community Concerts Association opened with a complimentary luncheon at Tioga Hotel ballroom. Kenneth Tebow spoke as president and Mrs. O H Cunningham outlined plans for the drive ending Saturday. Braggiotti was announced for March 5 at Senior High with a reception. 40 samples served at lunch.
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Chanute Community Concerts Association
O. M. Cunningham
Robert M. Wickard
Kenneth Tebow
New York
Dan Shull
Tioga Hotel
Tribune
Community Concerts Association
Com
Evans Music Store
Braggiotti
Judd Jones
Dave Petterson
Mmes
John Nation
C. H. Pankratz
Howard Earnest
H. Howard Hollenshead
Messrs
Buford Fisher
E. W. Johnson
Wayne Taylor
Five Die After Potomac Boat Capsizes Off Cobb Island
A motorboat speeding over rough Potomac River water near Cobb Island Maryland flipped, throwing seven into the water. Five passengers Kay Roundtree 20 Glenda Stafford 18 Kay 16 Russell Walling? Peyton C Wodzell owner and operator all drowned. Two women Linda Knight Barbara Ann Russell survived. Bodies recovered. sheriff notes the boat’s bottom tore open from speed.
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LA Plata
Potomac River
Kay Roundtree
Washington
Glenda Stafford
Kay
River Springs
Russell Walling
Colonial Beach
Peyton C. Wodzell
Warrenton
Wodzell
Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission
Linda Knight
Barbara Ann Russell
Miss Roundtree
Bainbridge Naval Air Station
Cobb Island
Maryland
Jet bombers set cross country record flight time
Two Air Force jet fighters completed a nonstop cross country flight from California to Langley AFB Virginia in eight hours thirty four minutes. the attempt reportedly set a record for speed between those bases.
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Langley Air Force Base
Air Force
California
Langley Afb
Navy Reveals Atom Powered Guided Missile Submarine Plan
The Navy disclosed plans for the first atom powered guided missile submarine. This development marks a significant advance in underwater propulsion and strategic deterrence, signaling a push to extend range and endurance for future naval deployments.
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Washington
Navy
Bomber Crash Killing At Least Nine Near Dayton
A four engine B30 Superfort crashed onto a farm ten miles south of Dayton injuring and killing at least nine airmen. The plane exploded burning the barn and farmhouse though no one was in the buildings. Wright Patterson Air Force Base aircraft from Wright-Patterson AFB assisted responders.
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Dayton
Ohio
O. C. Henderson
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright Air Development Center
Wright-Patterson Afb
Harmony Reigns As Neosho GOP Names Delegates
In a two hour caucus the Neosho county Republican central committee reaffirmed loyalty to President Eisenhower and praised Governor Hall. They endorsed Hugh T. Jones Jr. for alternate national delegate and elected 11 delegates and 11 alternates to both district and state conventions in Coffeyville and Wichita. The meeting featured strong unity and calls for post primary party unity.
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Erie
Neosho County
Eisenhower
Hall
County Central Committee
Hugh T. Jones Jr
Chanute
San Francisco
Coffeyville
Wichita
Edna Peterson
Robert N. Allen
John N. Sherman Jr
Robert Pennington
B M. Dunham
Verle Craven
Charles Forsyth
Eric
Harry Rash
Thayer
Joe Volmer
Parsons Rural Route
Russell Page
Elsie McMullen
Virgil Moody
Jess Hoagland
Walnut
Dica Magner
Galesburg
Virgil Mix
Stark
E. W. Johnson
Wilfrid Cavaness
Paul Brennecke
Elsie Hargrave
Richard Ashley
Ora Chaney
Cary Pruitt
South Mound
Cleo Dalton
Clark Fleming
Ruth Stafford
John Nation
Lee Judy
Charlies Henshall
Everett Strange
Shaw
Charlies Payne
Ann
Klingier
Gaiesburg
Clara Morgan
Rural Walnut
Lawrence Legge
Gus Nelson
Gordon Barker
Lou Darlington
Ralph Alexander
B. M. Dunham
Jones
Emmet Park Verle Cravens
E. L. Strange
E. W.johnson
Pauline Page
Credentials
Winnie Eaton
Marion Showalter
Esie McMullen
Six Bail Out of Plane Near Kansas City
The State Highway Patrol reports six men bailed from a plane near Cleveland Missouri on the Kansas Missouri line in Cass County south of here. Grandview Air Force Base officials provided the notice. Ground and aerial search parties were sent to locate the aircraft and occupants.
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Sees Summit
State Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Kansas-Missouri Line
Cass County
Here
Grandview Air Force Base
Kansas Mother of Year Nominations Due
Kansas mother of the year nominations are being received with a March 28 deadline. Mrs. Harry B. Brown of Wichita chairs the state committee and the winner may advance to American mother of the year. The 1955 Kansas winner was Mrs. Ollie Knoche of Stafford.
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Wichita
Kansas
Harry B. Brown
Ollie Knoche
Stafford
Lent and Faith Challenge to Live Christlike
Mrs Moore reflects on Lent as a call to imitate Christ more openly and consistently. The piece urges shedding worldliness, embracing spiritual effort, and finding security in faith over material possessions, ending with a note to phone the Tribune carrier if delivery fails.
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Christ
Ike’s Likely News Conference Amid Uncertain Second Term
Washington reports the White House predicting a probable Wednesday news conference by President Eisenhower though no firm timing has been given. Officials deny past heart-condition rumors while noting the president hopes to decide by March 1. Eisenhower returned to Washington after an 11 day stay at Humphrey’s Georgia plantation amid continued public questions about a 1953 heart issue and second term plans.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Drew Pearson
iMarch
Moultrie
Secretary of State Dulles
National Presbyterian Church
Foreign Policy Changes Little To Face Soviet
The Eisenhower administration plans no radical shift in U.S. foreign policy to counter the Soviet political and economic offensive. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles push Congress for a new cold war weapon enabling long range aid pledges, amid debate on whether to pursue it amid contrasting views from Humphrey and Harriman.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Congress
Philadelphia
Asia
Africa
Moscow
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
U.S
Eight Die in Kansas Highway Crashes Weekend
At least eight Kansans were killed in separate weekend highway crashes. Victims include Patricia Lyon 16 of Wichita, James Unrein 21 of La Crosse, Marilyn Lierz 16 of Holton, Jerry Alberts 2 Moran, Gable Davis truck driver Wyandotte, Damon Peterson Beloit, and two youths from Lansing Robert Kley 28 and Dudley Brown III 16.
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Associated Press
Talala
Oklahoma
Jerry Alberts
Jessie Alberts
Moran
Kas
Nowata
Okla
Wyandotte County
Gable Davis
Turner
Beloit
Damon Peterson
Ft. Riley
U.S. Highway 73
Lansing
Robert Kley
Dudley Brown III
Leavenworth
Kley
Brown
Erie School Receives $1684 Federal Entitlement
Erie Common School District No. 105 is allotted a tentative federal entitlement of 1684.62 for federally connected students. Rep. Myron V. George relayed that 1095 dollars is certified for immediate payment. The entitlement reflects the 1954-55 ADA of 17 federally connected children and recalls a peak payment era near the Kansas Ordnance Plant.
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Erie
Erie Common
Myron V. George
Washington
George
E. G. Horine
Horiie
Kansas Ordnance
Parsons
Mayor Asked to Quit After Letter to Reds
Aurora Illinois. Controversial Paul Egan who became mayor in 1953 has been asked to resign after writing a letter to Soviet deputy premier Anastase I Mikoyan protesting that freedom of speech is dead in the United States. Egan, 57, made the protest amid political turmoil and questioned U.S. civil liberties.
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Aurora
Ill
Paul Egan
Russia
Egan
Anastase I. Mikoyan
United States
Weather forecast and past temperatures across Kansas state
Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with high in the 40s to 50s and night lows in the 20s. A fast moving low pressure system brought cold air from the north, with snow in extreme northeast Kansas and trace amounts in Atchison Leavenworth and Lecompton.
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Topekap
Kansas-Oklahoma
Kansas
Atchison
Leavenworth
Lecompton
Weather Bureau
Hill City
Pittsburg
Goodland
Concordia
Blast at WaKeeney Damages Swim Pool
Explosion destroyed the south end of the Wakeeney swimming pool and a bath house, with damage estimated at 20000 dollars. Officials linked the blast to dynamite and noted two factory-made bombs found in the city last week may be connected. Pumps motors and pool chemicals were destroyed in the bath house.
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Wakeeney, Kas.p
Wakeeney
Peace Move Hinted in Cyprus Crisis
A hurried surprise visit by British Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd sparked speculation that a new peace move could be near in the Cyprus dispute. Lennox-Boyd’s arrival in Nicosia prompted officials to discuss possible steps toward resolving the ongoing conflict and future governance of the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Alan Lennox-Boyd
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Chanute City
the Tribune
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Neosho Gop
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Kansas City
Challenge For
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Ike
Soviet
Middle East
Roy Clark
McConnell Afb
Patricia Lyon
Stephen Lyon
Jamees Unrein
la Crosse
K96
Rush County
Timken
Marilyn Lierz
Holton
Shawnee- Jackson County
Reds
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