Left Hand Pitch and Aliens Must Register This Month
Local aliens in the area must register their addresses at the Chanute post office this month per postmaster Leif R. Nelson. Address cards are available. exemptions include those with diplomatic status, UN representatives, and Mexican contract laborers. Dr. Robert G. Landon gave Rotarians a Scotland briefing, noting Scotland’s size and Gaelic use. Highway patrol in the fourth division stopped 7,500 cars over New Year, with 113 arrests including seven for DWI.
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Chanute
United Nations
Highway Patrol
Clarence Shelton
Bank Call Requests Condition Reports From Banks
WASHINGTON the comptroller of the currency issues a call for a statement of condition of all national banks as of close of business Monday Dec 31 Topeka Kansas bank commissioner R B Medlin issues a similar call for state banks and trust companies as of Dec 31 for Kansas
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Topeka
R. B. Medlin
Kansas
Chanute Production Credit Association Fully Member-Owned
The Chanute Production Credit Association becomes fully member owned as it pays off $180,000 in capital stock to the Production Credit Corporation and subscribes $16,000 of stock in the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Wichita. The association, with 450 former members across nine Kansas counties, lent $2 million last year to farmers and ranchers. The annual meeting is set for February 12 at the Masonic Temple dining hall.
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Chanute Production Credit Association
Arthur Solomon
Association
Law
Main
Production Credit Corporation
Chanute Association
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Wichita
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Solomon
Allen
Neosho
Woodson
Wilson
Bourbon
Cherokee
Crawford
Labette
Montgomery
Wichita Bank
Chanute Production Association
Masonic ‘Temple
Hall Still Undecided on RNC Chair Step Down
Washington reports Leonard W. Hall has not made a final decision about leaving as chairman of the Republican National Committee. He says no decision has been reached, though persistent reports suggest a departure may come soon.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
City Traffic in 1956 Sees 280 Accidents and No Fatalities
City police summary notes 280 traffic accidents in 1956, two fewer than 1955 and six under 1954, with no fatalities inside city limits for 12 months. Among drivers, 415 men and 125 women were involved. 29 accident arrests were made including drunken driving, reckless driving, and stop-sign violations.
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Tom Morehead
Chanute
Morehead
Record Rainfall Drought Declares 1956 the Driest Year
Records show 1956 was the driest year on record for southeast Kansas with 22.08 inches of precipitation. Burl O Connor notes Topeka weather records began in 1887 and 1952 held the prior low at 22.83 inches.
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Burl O’connor
CAA
Topeka
Kansas
Chanute
Salina man killed in Abilene-area crash on U.S. 40
Robert Barney of Salina, a former airman at Smoky Hill AFB, was fatally injured in a one car crash on U.S. 40 about five miles west of Abilene.
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Abilene
Robert Barney
Salina
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Lw U. S. 40
Two Chanute Churches Relocate for Services Sunday
Evangelical United Brethren and Assembly of God churches announce new service sites. EUB now at Seventh and Kansas in a remodeled mansion. Assembly of God moves into the former EUB building at Third and Forest. Both pursue expansion and dedication events with a diamond jubilee slated for next fall.
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Chanute
Evangelical United Brethren
Assembly of God
EUB
Neil S. Jones
Seventh and
Kansas
Third and Forest
Chestnut
C. J. Utley
Wichita
New
Assembly of God Church
Glen L. Ahlf
Hall Resigns as Governor Named to Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Gov Fred Hall resigns effective immediately and is appointed to Position No 1 on the Kansas Supreme Court. John McCuish, who becomes governor as Hall leaves, swear in Hall and faces a brief term before George Docking takes office. Chief Justice William Smith resigns. Hall and McCuish comment on the rapid succession and political maneuvering.
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Topekap
Fred Hall
Kansas Supreme Court
Hall
William A. Smith
John McCuish
Smith
McCuish
George Docking
Supreme Court
Jay Parker
State Highway Patrol
Newton
Topeka
William Smith
Statehouse
Docking
Frank Theis
Theis
Cooler Here is Forecast for Topeka Inches
Forecast calls for generally fair and cooler weather in Kansas tonight with lows around 30 in the east and 15 to 20 in the northwest. Friday’s high near 40 with partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions statewide. Last night’s lows ranged from 23 in Gooc hland to 34 in Topeka.
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Weather Bureau
Goochland
Topeka
Postal Receipts Hit New Peak In 1956
The local post office reported 1956 postal receipts of 103 846 29 dollars, an all time high. Postmaster Leif Nelson said total sales rose by 4288 62 from 1955’s 99 557 67 record. December 1956 receipts were 15520 02, down from 16607 73 in December 1955.
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Leif Nelson
Nelson
Collision Damages Chevrolet Vehicles Outside Oil Field Lab
A 1957 Chevrolet truck and a 1951 Chevrolet four door were damaged in a front of Oil Field Research Laboratories at 536 N Highland about 1 p.m. yesterday. Massoth drove the truck and Pate the car. both vehicles are tied to the laboratories.
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Oil
N. Highland
Carl Pate
Mathias Joseph Massoth
S. Malcolm
John L. Pate
Massoth
Ash
Highland
Laboratories
Pate
Barometer Found In Bomb Leads to Maker
A barometer used in a fake bomb found on a trolley bus is identified as part of high altitude balloon gear. Maj. Eugene Pond, chief of detectives, says the find could trace the source of the hoax. Anonymous calls spurred searches at schools, the Kansas City Board of Trade Building, and Grandview Air Force Base. no bombs were found.
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Kansas City
Eugene Pond
Chanute Fire Losses Rise in 1956 with 3 Deaths
1956 fire losses in Chanute estimated at 16008 up 3664 from 1955. Three deaths include William Boyd Beeney in a Feb crash, Cecil D. Mitchell in Sept home fire, and Hattie L. Emerson in Nov burns. Alarms totaled 216, up 41 from 1955, with 112 by Chief Brennan in his car.
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Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
William Boyd Beeney
Cecil D. Mitchell
Hattie L. Emerson
Two Quintuplets Die in India Hospital reports two deaths
In Madras India two of the nation's first quintuplets have died. Hospital authorities say the remaining three babies include one girl in critical condition. the other two infants are reported healthy.
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India
Madras
14 Bad Checks Totaling 230 Passed Here
Police report at least 14 checks totaling 230 were passed in Chanute during the holiday period. Three suspects are linked to the fraud: a Wilson County woman who passed four checks totaling 105 on Dec 22 and 29. a man from a rural Humboldt address who passed five checks totaling 46.22 each on Dec 22, 24. and a 60 year old man with a Thayer address who passed five checks totaling 79.50 on Dec 22 and 24. Checks were drawn on First National Bank and cashed at multiple local stores.
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Chanute
First National Bank
Humboldt
Humboldt National Bank
Thayer
First National Bank of
Five Persons Perish in Rural Marshall Fire
Five persons died today when a rural Norton area home near Marshall was destroyed by a fast spreading fire. Fire officials reported the fatalities and investigated the blaze with responders at the scene northeast of Marshall.
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Marshall
Norton
Democrats Take Control Of 85th Congress In Brief Senate Pivot
Democrats win control of the new 85th Congress after a tight Senate vote 49 to 46 with Sen elect Lausche voting for the party. Javits was absent and House leadership passed to Sam Rayburn as Speaker 227 to 199 amid a charged session. Adlai Stevenson attended as a witness to the transition.
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Washington
Senate
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Jacob K. Javits
RNY
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Lausche
White House
Adlaid
E. Stevenson
Stevenson
James Finnegan
Philadelphia
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Sen
Carl Hayden
Arizona
GOP
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Hayden
Bridges
Javits
Nixon
Hannah Missionary Society Meets Second and Fourth Friday
The Hannah Missionary Society of the Mexican Baptist church will hold its monthly meetings on the second and fourth Friday evening at 7 30 in the church.
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Hannah Missionary Society of the Mexican Baptist Church
March of Dimes Fund Drive Starts in Neosho County
The March of Dimes campaign begins in Neosho County with a countywide goal set after last year’s $3 267.40 donation. Dale Bainter of Chanute directs the county chapter. county chairmen include Mrs. Dormois and Mrs. Hoofnagle among others. The campaign will feature a mothers march or porchlight parade led by local mothers clubs and teens Mary Ann Fargo and Judy Weigand amid calls to exceed the national quota of 46 900 000 as polio fight efforts continue.
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Neosho County
Glen Dormois
Dale Bainter
Chanute Banker
National Foundation
S. IM. Hoofnagle
Chanute Campaign
Dormois
Vir
Gil Mix
Stark
Nelle Stevens
Chanute
Agnes Carter
South Mound
St. Paul
Orum Adams
Thayer
Wayne Atherton
Galesburg
Robert Moran
Earlton
Gertrude Salle
Eric
Hoofnagle
Mothers Clubs
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Scotland
Robert G. Landon
England
Edinburgh
Edinboro
Loudon
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Ross Cooper
Don B. Porter
T. H. Cronemeyer
Lee Judy
Shelton
State Highway Commission
Tisha Lynn Stanlick
Tisha Lynn
Earl Stanlick
W. Mulberry
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Tribune
Credit Firm
Lafayette
Koch Brothers Furniture Co
Paul Life
Life
Ted Mason
Earl Ford
Lola
South District
W. Main
Seveceue Tees
Pi Hannwunedaan
Wilson County
Demos Control House
Ike
Eisenhower
U. S
Middle East
March of Dimes
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Chicago
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