Hoyt Banker Returns To Assist His Brother
Jeff Williams, cashier of Hoyt a Kansas bank, a defunct institution, surrendered to the Jackson County sheriff. He had been missing since June 30 and faced embezzlement charges for a 157000 shortage. Orion Williams, bank president and Jeff’s brother, is accused of falsifying a statement and accepting deposits knowing the bank was insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holton
Kan
Jeff Williams
Hoyt
State Bank
Jackson County
Williams
Orion
State Banking Department
Vic Obley
Jeff
Obbey
Hoyt Bank
Banking Department
State
John O'Leary
Here
Jeff Cashier
John E. Kirk
O'Leary
Kirk
Ivy identification request sparks local botanical inquiry
A Nevada resident sought help from Les Matthews, Chanute chamber manager, to identify ivy covering trees seen during a Chanute visit. Rotary International officials and Doane R. Farr from Clinton, meeting in Chicago, discussed Rotary plans while snowy conditions disrupted Chanute-Humboldt club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada, Mo
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
J. E. Harris
Chanute
Rotary International
Clinton
Okla
Chanute Rotary Club
Chicago
Doane R. Farr
Humboldt
Farr
Two Major Banks Weigh Merger Talk in 1940s U.S. Banking
The Manufacturers Trust Co. and Bankers Trust Co. discuss a possible merger. Combined assets would be about $6.78 billion, still far below leaders First National City Bank of New York, Bank of America, and Chase Manhattan Bank. The article notes the relative ranks of the nation’s largest banks and cites asset figures as of December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manufacturers Trust Co
Bankers Trust Co
First National City Bank of
Bank of America
San Francisco
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
Gene Tierney Returns To Menninger Clinic
Hollywood actress Gene Tierney withdraws from the film Holiday For Lovers and re enters the Menninger Clinic in Topeka Kansas the studio says. The 37 year old star previously spent eight months at the clinic and eighteen months earlier in Hartford Connecticut.
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Hollywood
Gene Tierney
20Th Century Fox
Miss Tierney
Menninger Clinic
Topeka
Kan
Hartford
Conn
$2 Million Building Planned for K C by Panhandle Eastern
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co announced plans for a $2,000,000 five story office building at 35th and Broadway in Kansas City. The 100000 square feet will serve as the headquarters for the natural gas firm whose system runs from the Texas Panhandle to the Great Lakes and Canada. The firm’s 400 employees currently occupy nine stories of a downtown building.
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Kansas City
API
35Th and
Broadway
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co
Texas Panhandle
Great, Lakes
Canada
Kansas oil and gas tax study notes wide local impact
A legislative study finds 1958 oil and gas taxes averaged 2.78 percent of market value for March 1957 to February 1958. It warns replacing property taxes with a severance tax would disrupt local budgets and notes uneven county tax bases, with ratios from 1.73 to 6.54 percent.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Legislative Council
Grant County
Sedgwick
Weather highlights bring cheer and melting ice in Kansas
Persistent cold eased today as sun drenched Kansas turning snow and ice into a sparkling landscape. Temperatures moderate to near freezing with highs around 26 today and near 46 tomorrow, while highways remain slick and hazards persist as melt may refreeze tonight.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Associated Press
Topeka
Olathe
Goodland
Garden City
Wichita
Salina
Two Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Neosho Missouri
In Carthage area a blaze destroyed a one story frame house north of Neosho killing Wanda Jo Collings 13 and Lonnie Bill Joe Collings 35. Their father and grandmother were hospitalized along with another daughter Bobbie Jo 11. The grandmother was treated for shock. A fourth daughter Sandra Faye 14 was in Wichita with her mother. The cause was unknown and the father said he heard a crackling sound before the roof collapsed.
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Carthage
Neosho
Wanda Jo Collings
Lonnie
Bill Joe Collings
Josie Collings
Bobbie Jo
Collings
Jasper County
Bobbie
Sandra Faye
Wichita
Kas
Alaska Governor Egan Resting Comfortably in Seattle Hospital
Alaska’s young Democrat governor William A. Egan, hospitalized since his inauguration for a bowel obstruction, was reported resting comfortably. Doctors cautioned the outcome remained uncertain as he was on the hospital’s critical list with several days needed to determine recovery.
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Seattle. Wash
William A. Egan
Alaska
Henry Bosshard
Egan
Joel W. Baker
Shoveling Fatal Claims Elderly Kansas Farmer
A heart attack likely triggered by snow shoveling caused the death yesterday of August P. Schwarting 85 a Wabaunsee County farmer and stockman.
Traffic Fatalities In Topeka Report 1959 Totals
Kansas traffic fatalities from the state accident record section show 0 in the last 24 hours, and a year to date total of 23 for 1959, matching the 23 for the same period in 1958. The report notes no increase for the period observed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Truck Ditches To Avoid Collision On US 169
A semi truck loaded with cattle ditched on US 169 east of Earlton to avoid a head on with a jackknifed trailer. Three cattle died, one passenger injured, and the highway remained blocked about an hour while wreckers pulled the vehicles free. Sheriff Sloan assisted. insurance details noted.
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Highway Patrol
Son
US 169
Earlton
Donald R. Hinger
Kincaid
Hinger
Carl Davis
Mission
William L. Prickett
Plainville
Sapulpa
Oklo
Willard Knox
Thayer
Fleming Co., Inc
Topeka
Cecil C. Gunter
Oklahoma City
Jerry Sloan
Mrs Carlson Injured In Ice Slip At Home
Mrs Eph Carlson 75 suffered a left hip fracture and left wrist injuries after slipping on ice near the barn on Route 2 yesterday afternoon. She lay exposed in freezing weather for minutes before her husband, ill himself, called help. She was moved to Neosho Memorial Hospital and reported in satisfactory condition.
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Janice Young
Roscoe Young
W. Pine
Chanute
Tribune
Eph Carlson
Kansas Republicans unveil 19 point no tax pledge platform
Republican lawmakers in Topeka adopted a 19 point legislative program led by state chairman Sam Mellinger. The plan pledges no new or higher taxes and reflects ideas echoed by Gov. George Docking. It includes home rule for cities, reapportionment, expanded jobless and injured worker benefits, and state aid to schools in full.
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Topeka
Sam Mellinger
George Docking
Docking
Dan Cain
Shawnee ‘County
Democratic
Legislative Efficiency and Economy Committee
Mellinger
Tho
Fayette Rowe
Columbus
Docking Happy GOP Adopts Most Democratic Proposals
Gov George Docking says Republicans have adopted most of the Democratic program after a caucus approving a 19 point plan. He notes overlap with his last week’s recommendations while criticizing a missing sales tax combination proposal and raises questions about W A Colvin’s employment under Hatch Act rules. Colvin, a Republican, is Manhattan Mercury editor and KS College instructor.
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Wunsch
Docking
GOP
Topeka
George Docking
Paul Wunsch
Kingman
Senate
W. A.colvin
The
Manhattan Mercury
W. A. Colvin
Kansas State College
Colvin
Refueling Plane Crashes Killing Six at England AFB
A four engine Air Force refueling aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from England Air Force Base in Alexandria. All six crew members died as the bomber exploded on landing and burned across the field before stopping on a railroad track. The jet fuel laden plane crashed near residences with identification of victims pending.
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Alexandria
England Air Force Base
England
Miners Drown After Shaft Collapse at Pittston Mine
Three men were reported drowned and several others feared trapped after a mine shaft collapse at Knox Coal Co. in Pittston. Officials indicated an emergency and would not discuss details. One report said up to thirty men were underground as water from the Susquehanna flooded the slope section.
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Scranton
Pittston
Knox Coal Co
Susquehanna
Showcase Trial of Batistans Opens After Big Havana Rally
Fidel Castro speaks to more than 500000 Cubans at Havana’s Palace rally as capital’s first Batistan murder trial opens at the Sports Palace. He calls for extradition of Batista followers and Cuba seeks US return of Batista associates for trial. Batista denies plans for invasion in exile in the Dominican Republic.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Batistans
Jareas
Castro
Batista Castro
Cuban Telephone Co
International ‘Telephone & Telegraph Co
Ment
United States
the Hitler of
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
New York
WNEW
Ruth Lloyd
All Roads Open In Kansas With Slick Spots Reported
The Kansas Highway Department says all roads are open but many covered with slick spots. Northwest areas report two-way traffic and some packed snow. Southeast reports slick and hazardous conditions with ice. South central US 81 sections glazed with ice. remaining routes noted as icy in sheltered spots.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
Northwest
North Central
Normal
Salina
South Central
Wichita
Four-Unit Diesel Engine Derails with Seven Cars Near Mexico
A Gulf Mobile & Ohio freight train on westbound No. 97 derailed near the U S Highway 54 overpass in Mexico Missouri. Four locomotive units remained upright while five of seven derailed cars plunged down a 60 foot embankment. No injuries reported. Cause undetermined after a second GM&O derailment in as many days.
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Mexico, Mo
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
U. S. Highway 54
Shortfall in drive to buy county home site
Neosho County aims for a $10,000 site fund for a home for the aged but remains about $400 short. Don McCune reports initial $8,400 in ten days, then $1,600 borrowed to secure the deed. $1,000 added next week, with $170 more since Jan 13.
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Neosho County
Don McCune
Erie
Martin Tractor
Chanute Teachers Association
Harrison Shoe Stores
West Main
Oedeeu Ae Relph Beeson
Circanes Ae Newcastle
Fire destroys J. C. Penney store in Salina
AP reporting Salina sees over 400000 in damage as the J. C. Penney store burns in the business district. Two adjoining buildings suffer heavy water and smoke damage. Fire chief J. E. Travis notes more than 400000 in losses. Several firefighters are injured or overcome by smoke and cold.
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Salina
J. C. Penney
J. E. Travis
C. R. Anthony and Co
Duckwall
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Hoyt Banker
Chamber
Matthews
Rotary
S. D. Propst
Exporing Merger
K.C
Iola
Us-169
Gov. Egan
Wasser
Lady
Mrs. Carlson
R-Kingman
Rey
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