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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
1
Chanute fire chief C. W. Brennan reported six June fire calls for the city, fewer than last year, with 77 total runs for the first six months compared to 95 in the prior period. Rainy weather and the city trash collection program reduced fires. losses in June were minor.
State Accident Records Section reports 24 hour toll of 8 deaths. For the year 1955 the year to date total is 263, compared with 258 in the same period of 1954.
Chanute police announce a ban on shooting fireworks before July 4 to reduce risks. The warning outlines enforcement by the Police Department and urges residents to comply for public safety.
A public notice announces a drawing with a top prize of 120 dollars for correct postcard submissions by Tribune subscribers. Additional bonuses apply for qualifying entrants under the stated rules.
A Chanute Kansas Tribune puzzle page lists cryptic clues numbered 3 6 8 10 12 14 15 17 18 20 23 24 25 26 with crosswords hints. It also outlines submission instructions including postcard entries, deadlines, prizes, and eligibility rules for contestants and winners.
Mrs. William M. Matlock twenty one was critically injured when a 1951 Henry J. two door car wrecked on a country road northwest of Chanute Thursday at about 545 pm. Her husband William Matlock suffered a left arm bruise. Their son Ronnie Crawford five was uninjured. An attending physician said Mrs. Matlock has internal chest injuries. Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Assistant Police Chief Lige Matlock investigated. The accident occurred as Matlock drove about 50 mph hitting a rough spot and rolling the car into a ditch. Mrs. Matlock was thrown from the first roll and was taken to a nearby hospital by Clyde Tunnell.
The text discusses a puzzle by Little tinker with 2,557 entries this week, noting many nearly solved clues. It includes explanations of difficult clues like CURS AC Rts and references to wordplay, revisions, and interpretations of clues about age, manners, and vessel terms.
Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore were matched for a heavyweight title fight on September 20 at Yankee Stadium. The purse offers Marciano 40 percent and Moore 20 percent with a rematch obligation if Moore wins. Tickets priced 40 30 20 and 10.
The body of Lt. Alan Murdock McAneny of Yonkers is identified in the wreckage of an FJ2 Fury on Oshima Island, 65 miles south of Tokyo. McAneny was one of four missing Marines from a jet incident tied to searches for two other fliers lost in fog Sunday night.
Senate Appropriations Committee recommended 56535 million dollars for flood control and navigation projects including Turtle Creek in Kansas. The plan covers construction and planning for Army engineers projects with totals for construction 411,223,000 and 83,560,000 for maintenance, plus investments in Lower Mississippi, Niagara remedial works, and other Kansas sites. House previously approved Turtle Creek dam work and several Kansas projects.
Washington Burma Prime Minister U Nu received a purple carpet welcome at the Agriculture Department after a prior delay caused by Benson. A later 4 p.m. meeting with U Nu and a British delegation ran briefly over time, Benson noting the Prime Minister could not stay longer due to a tight schedule.
Chanute City Court costs rise to four dollars per case effective today from three dollars and fifteen cents. A second law lets motorists cited by Kansas Highway Patrol post bond by mail at the arrest scene, with five dollars in bond and costs mailed to the court. failure to appear at the hearing may forfeit the bond.
Erie schools driver Glen Gough is a Kansas School Bus Driver of the Year nominee based on a safe driving record and traffic knowledge. He will compete at the KMCA convention in Wichita for a $50 prize and an engraved plaque.
PITTSBURGH U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers reached a 15 cent per hour wage boost plus an average raise to end the shortest nationwide strike in steel history. Union President David J. McDonald lauded the deal after talks with John A. Stephens. Mills and furnaces were expected to restart quickly after midnight walkouts with other firms likely to follow.
Union leaders celebrate a wage settlement with U S Steel and other major producers after 24 hours of talks. The agreement provides an 11 1/2 cent hourly pay boost and raises the spread between job classifications to 6 cents an hour, effective immediately, with the contract expiring June 30 1956.
Weather conditions yesterday allowed rapid progress in harvest operations across wheat fields in all ripe areas. The state control office reported the quick pace of harvesting and noted favorable conditions aided growers statewide.
Expansion at 218 Main and adjacent 219 E Main is underway under manager Charles Ballou. Removal of the wall next week will open space for a larger self service store with meat, produce, dairy, frozen foods and ice cream. The project adds about 25 feet of width and 58 by 90 feet of sales area, with new tile, lighting, shelving, refrigeration and a concrete back room.
The Kansas Turnpike bids its first paving project, a 17.3 mile section in Butler and Chase Counties, with McCarthy Improvement Co. of Davenport Iowa listed as apparent low bidder at 3 132 047 dollars.
Kansas City reports the Truman family confirmed that a Columbus firm bought 105 acres of its Grandview farmland for a shopping center. The buyer is Don M Casto and Casto Jr. Developers formerly connected to Harry S Truman and his siblings Mary Jane Truman and J Vivian Truman completed the deal. About 400 acres remain under Truman ownership. Price not disclosed.
Private Arthur Clark of Vicksburg Mississippi died when an Army truck failed to make a curve and slid down an embankment near Fort Riley Kas. The incident occurred yesterday and the deceased was listed as a serviceman from Mississippi.
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