Holiday Traffic Deaths Set Record but Far Below Projections
New Year weekend traffic fatalities reached 407, tying the holiday record, with 71 fire deaths and 109 other accidents, for a total of 587. California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois led with 20+ deaths each. Nebraska, Nevada, Utah and Vermont had none. Kansas reported five traffic deaths and two fire deaths during the four day period.
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Kansas
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Chicago
Nebraska
Nevada
Utah
Vermont
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Ray E. Smith
Hutchinson
Kansas Jersey Cattle Club
Donal O. Wise
Muncie
Tom Glasscock
Kansas Highway Patrol
National Guard
Vacation Returns for Chanute Students
Chanute's 2341 pupils resume classes after Christmas vacation as Superintendent Buford Fisher reports normal progress. Upcoming events include Chanute Junior College Student Council dinner at 6 30 p m and Future Teachers club meeting at 7 30 p m.
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Chanute
Buford Fisher
Chanute Junior College
Teachers Club
Tomor
Pee Comets
Putsy Purple Dragons
Black Panthers
Fort Scott
First in Line for 1957 Vehicle Tags in Neosho County
Don Harding’s office reported brisk tag sales as 150 people queued at dawn for 1957 motor car and truck plates. W E Allen of Galesburg claimed No. 1 for both his car and truck after arriving at 12:30 a.m. Others winning early numbers included Alma Cassingham Chanute No.2 motor car and Earl Cas singham Chanute No.2 truck.
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Erie
Don Harding
W. E. Allen
Galesburg
Stockman and Farmer
Neosho County
Alma M.cassingham
Chanute
Earl W. Cassingham
Ray L. Atkins
Henry L. Broughton
Allen
Harding
New Year's Day Quiet: No Major Highway Crashes
Police report a calm New Year's Eve across the fourth division with only one minor traffic accident at Highland and Main. No fatalities were recorded. patrols conducted road checks on US 59 169 and other points.
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Clarence Shelton
The
Highway Patrol
Chanute
Shelton
Sheriff's Office
Highland and
Main
Gary L. Lantz
W. Fifth
Daniel James Mitchell
West Main
Neodesha
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
S. Grant
Bus Service Is Suspended in Tallahassee Violence Spikes
Tallahassee officials suspend City Transit Co. bus service after rocks shattered a leader’s home window and a Negro store was shot at. Gov. Leroy Collins uses emergency powers to halt public transport amid a charged integration dispute led by Rev. C. K. Steele, who says actions were pushed by the Florida White Citizens Council.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Leroy Collins
Collins
Cities Transit Co
C. K. Steele
Florida
Coloradoan to Open 17 Old Gold Mines
Cripple Creek Victor Coloma region will see the reopening of seventeen mines that formerly produced about 20 million dollars in gold. J Selby Young of Beacon Hill mines firm announced operations start today after buying mines from Thomas Copeland and James Knight.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Cripan Creek
Victor
Coloma
J. Selby Young
Colorado Springs
Beacon Hill
Thomas Copeland
James Knight
Tribune
Chicago
Young
Stanlick Baby Named New Year’s First in Trade Area
Tisha Lynn Stanlick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stanlick of Chanute, was born at Neosho Memorial Hospital at 10:37 a.m. on New Year’s Day weighing nine pounds six ounces. She is the leading contender for the Stork Derby in the Chanute trade territory with potential awards from sponsors. If no other entrant claims the prize, Tisha Lynn will be declared the winner.
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Tisha Lynn
Earl Stanlick
W. Mulberry
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Mother
Chanute Trade
Iola
Fredonia
Neodesha
Parsons
The
Tribune
Singer Sewing
Marietta Smith
Chanute
Stanlick
Erie
C. L. Stanlick
S. Grant
Lloyd Smith
Wichita
P. E. Mueller
S. Malcolm
Mercy Hospital
Warren Welch
Canadian Newsprint Price Increase From Abitibi
Abitibi Power and Paper Co Ltd raises newsprint by four dollars per ton effective March 1. A company spokesman noted the rise stems from higher costs including increased freight charges and a December 31 letter to publisher customers informing them of the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Abitibi Power & Paper Co., Ltd
Abitibi
Kansas Turnspike Stretch Wins Federal Interstate Status
The Federal Bureau of Public Roads approves 85 miles of the Emporia to Wichita turnpike for the interstate system and adds 60 miles Newton to Salina. Gov. Hall notes plans proceed toward Kansas City to Ottawa while funding questions and route details remain under study.
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Topeka
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Emporia
Wichita
Newton
Salina
Fred Hall
Kansas
Kansas City
Ottawa
Hall
Congress
Bureau
Newton-Sailina
Frank Harch
Newton-Salina
Harwh
Income Tax Seminar To Be Here Tomorrow
A seminar for employers and staff on preparing short form federal income tax returns will be held in the Federated Room of the Memorial Building from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. No advance registration required. The event is organized with the Chamber of Commerce and mirrors similar sessions across the state. A IRS representative will also be available January 30 to assist with tax questions on the Memorial Building’s second floor from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Internal Revenue Service
Memorial Building
Chamber of Commerce
House Democrats reelect officers as 85th Congress opens
The Democratic caucus renominated Sam Rayburn as speaker and John McCormack as majority leader with Ralph Roberts named chief clerk while Rep Melvin Price became caucus chairman. Senate leaders remain largely unchanged as Congress prepares to convene and consider Eisenhower's State of the Union program and a proposed joint session on Middle East action.
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Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Ralph Roberts
Indiana
William Miller
Mississippi
Zeake Johnson
Pennsylvania
H. H. Morris
Kentucky
House
Rep
Melvin Price
Illinois
John Rooney
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Eisenhower
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Earle C. Clements
Clements
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Walter George
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. Knowland
California
Congress
Union
Washington
Middle East
Rayburn
New
Dulles
Lalk
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
State Department
D-Tex
U.S
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
New Trooper Richard White Joins Kansas Highway Patrol
Richard White, 25, of Columbus, joins the Kansas Highway Patrol as a trooper assigned to Neosho County. He trained at the State patrol school at the University of Kansas and will patrol with Trooper Duane Houck. White is a Navy veteran, married with a 15 month old daughter Alyce Lee, and a Columbus High School and Kansas State College Pittsburg alumnus.
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Richard White
Columbus
Kansas Highway Patrol
White
University of Kansas
S. Gretchen
Alyce Lee
United States Navy
Duane Houck
Neosho County
Columbus High School
Kansas State College
Pittsburg
Himself
Houck
Clarence Shelton
Southeast
Kansas
Art Jensen
Three Small Sons Of Family Have Polio
Three of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas's sons have contracted polio in Wichita. Kevan six months Donald one and a half David two and a half were hospitalized last week. Their physician said the polio type is undetermined while an older son, vaccinated, remains healthy.
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Wichita
William Thomas
Kevan
Donald
David
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Thomas
French Liner Sails After Repairs
The French liner Liberte left Le Havre for New York today, 67 hours after returning to port for storm damage repairs. It sailed on December 27 with 1533 passengers, two loading booms bent and a cargo hatch stove in during the voyage.
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LE Havre
France
Liberte
New York
Chanute offers free drinking water to Iola residents
Iola officials, led by Leslie Norton, announce a friendly gesture to Chanute by supplying free drinking water from a tank truck. Water will be available at the Chanute city warehouse near Second and Santa Fe and at a Sycamore and East Street faucet, with the condition that it not be sold.
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Iola
Ross Cooper
Chanute
Leslie Norton
Lola City Hall
Lola
Sycamore
East Street
Courthouse Square
Norton
Norston
Weather outlook for Kansas turns warmer with light rain possible
Forecasters expect increasing clouds and warmer temperatures in Kansas over the next 24 to 36 hours. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 30 to 35 and Thursday near 50. Light rain is possible in northwest Kansas Friday and statewide Sunday and Monday. New Year’s Day highs ranged from 33 to 50 with lows from 17 to 27. no moisture reported yesterday or today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Northwest Kansas
Wamego
Garden City
Emporia
City Water Usage Figures Highlight Daily Totals
Water consumption data show yesterday's usage at 1,209,000 gallons, compared with 1,269,000 a year ago yesterday and 1,224,000 a week ago yesterday. The city logged 8,565,000 gallons in the last seven days versus 8,668,000 in the prior seven days.
Trade Pact Signed Between Britain and Poland in Warsaw
The East German ADN agency reports Britain and the Polish People’s Republic signed a three year trade agreement in Warsaw. The accord covers economic cooperation and mutual commerce measures between the two states.
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Berlin
Britain
Poland
Warsaw
ADN
Bomb Scare Clears Kansas City Theater
An anonymous call prompted evacuation of Loew's Midland Theater in Kansas City forcing 2,800 people to flee. Police and theater staff searched the venue. no bomb was found. A fake device on a Prospect Avenue trolley was dismantled in a park during the scare.
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Kansas City
Loew
Prospect Avenue
Carbon Monoxide Fatal to Kansas Girl
A 16 year old girl Sandra McFerron died from carbon monoxide fumes in a car parked in the Seley home garage Junction City. Cedric Seley 19 was found unconscious. he was taken to City Hospital for treatment after a New Year’s Eve outing with another couple ended at the Seley residence.
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Junction City
Sandra McFerron
H. J. ‘McFerron
Cedric Seley
C. E.seley
Seley
Young Seley
City Hospital
Miss McFerron
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S. Kansas
Johnny Heaton
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Little Miss
Mideast
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Leslie Arends
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