Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
Jeanette Wickstrom retired from teaching in May and faced a bizarre misadventure on a road trip to Colorado. A car rolled down an incline, narrowly avoided damage to a portable TV, and ended in a yard near a cottage after a tree stopped it. An officer noted the damage but no owner reported it initially. Everett Diver of Yates Center won a beef prize for the first baby born in Woodson County after Father’s Day, with the prize provided by local ranchers.
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Jeanette Wickstrom
Dodge City
Gold Hill
Colo
Everett Diver
Yates Center
Woodson County
W. J. Pringle
Diver
Jim
Dick Pringle
Cattlemen and Cow Belles Association
Harvest Weather Keeps Kansas Wheat Moving Amid Warm Winds
In Topeka Kansas harvest weather stays favorable with no rain in 24 hours except Russell and St Joseph areas. Temperatures mostly in 90s. Goodland hits 104. A cool front from the northwest lowers Goodland to 59 and may trigger showers or thunderstorms as it moves southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Russell
St. Joseph
Emporia
Goodland
550 to Continue Work At Sunflower Plant
De Soto Kansas AP about 550 persons will continue working at the Sunflower Ordnance plant which had been scheduled to shut down today. The deadline set last year was abandoned when orders for rocket propellant kept the plant producing into February. Lt. Robert Conzemus said it would take several months to put the plant on a standby basis.
Bids Led by Freete Construction on K39 Chanute Work
Freete Construction Co. of Pittsburg appears low bidder at 192,119.44 for 0.7 mile grading and concrete paving on the new K39 highway relocation inside Chanute. Anderson & Oxendale Construction Co. of Herington bids 265,217.19 for base course and double asphalt seal on 14 miles of K39. T. F. Marbut Construction Co. of Emporia bids 166,006.80 for 4.3 miles of grading on a new US 75 grade north of Yates Center. Seeding bid 12,587.40 by Howard Veteto of Colony. No bids received for three bridges on the US 75 project.
McGuire Seeks State Representative Seat in Neosho County
G R McGuire of 1009 S Santa Fe filed as a Democratic candidate for state representative from Neosho County. A Chanute resident for 44 years, he worked for the Santa Fe as a fireman and engineer from 1914 to 1951. He and Mrs McGuire have a son James M McGuire in Chanute and he aims to overhaul taxes by curbing rebates and equalizing taxes between rich and poor.
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G. R. McGuire
S. Santa Fe
Neosho County
McGuire
Chanute
The
Santa Fe
James M. McGuire
Severe Storm Forecast For Northeast Kansas
The Weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm forecast for parts of southeast Nebraska northeast Kansas northwest Missouri and southwest Iowa. Thunderstorms in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa were expected to intensify this afternoon from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. with some storms severe bringing large hail and damaging winds along a line from 60 miles northwest of Concordia Kansas to Lamoni Iowa.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Concordia
Kan
Lamoni
Bids Sought for Eisenhower Hall Addition at KSC
AP reports bids will open July 30 for a two story addition to Eisenhower Hall at Kansas State College in Topeka. The project, estimated at about 450000 dollars, includes classrooms a lecture hall a small auditorium and related facilities managed by the state architect office.
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Topeka
Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Lee Wasser
Directors Approve Chamber Budget Change Plan
Chamber of Commerce leaders at Tioga Hotel luncheon accept five recommendations to solidify finances. Dwight Wallingford chairing the budget committee proposes higher dues, more multi memberships, and an earlier April end of fiscal year drive.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Dwight Wallingford
Chamber
Wheat harvest in Neosho County tops two million dollars
Neosho County’s wheat harvest, with about 45 000 acres and an estimated 30 bushels per acre, is projected to exceed 2 160 000 dollars in farm income. Yields vary from under 25 to 50 bushels, with test weights around 62 pounds and protein near 10.7 percent. In Chanute, 132 carloads of wheat and barley had been shipped out by noon, surpassing the entire 1957 total of 129 carloads for these crops combined.
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Erie
Neosho County
Gale Mullen
Mullen
Kansas City
Chanute
Santa Fe Railroad
Millers Strike at 16 Elevators Ties Up Kansas City Terminals
Grain millers local 16 walked out at 16 Kansas City terminal elevators amid wage dispute. About 240 union members affected as 3,000 carloads of wheat pour from Kansas fields. Union sought 15 to 20 cent raise plus pension welfare plan. management offered 8 cent raise with future talks.
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Kansas City
Grain Millers Union
Greater
Santa Fe
Brewery Workers
Kansas Fields
American Federation of Grain Millers Local 16
J. A. Leveridge
St. Joseph
Leveridge
Hearing Proper In Adams Case
House investigators in the Sherman Adams case said they acted properly in hearing Adams' primary accuser John Fox in public session. Chairman Oren Harris reported the committee’s unanimous conclusion after a closed session, with plans to address Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine next. Fox warned of libel suits and accused Goldfine of special treatment via Adams, while Goldfine’s team urged a closed hearing.
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Washington
House
Sherman Adams
Adams
Boston
John Fox
Oren Harris D-Ark
Harris
Bernard Goldfine
Fox
Goldfine
Eisenhower
Pittsburgh
Harris Committee
Congressional Committee
Committee
Parsons Man Injured In Accident Near Erie
Francis M. O'Hara, 19, of Parsons, was injured when his ice truck overturned on highway K146 two miles north and east of Erie. He suffered a head injury but was not believed seriously hurt and was taken to Mercy Hospital in Parsons. Damage was estimated at $500. several hundred pounds of ice spilled from the truck.
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Erie
Francis M. O'Hara
Parsons
Here
Highway Patrol
O'Hara
Mercy Hospital
Duane Houck
R. L. White
Chanute Highway Patrol
Water shutoff on North Forest and North Grant area
City water will be shut off on North Forest and North Grant from Pine Street northward Wednesday morning between 9 and 10 a.m. Officials advise residents to plan accordingly and store water if needed.
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North Forest
North Grant
Pine St
Humboldt School System Sees Summer Improvements
Superintendent W S Bill Scott oversees summer projects across three Humboldt schools. Improvements include cleaned and sealed floors and updated offices and classrooms. New equipment for various departments, updated handbooks, and six new teachers join the coming term while custodians retire.
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Larry Mathews
Bill
W. S
Bill) Scott
Humboldt
Washington Grade School
Commerce
Lincoln
Charles Wilkerson
Washington School
Charles Leonard
Lincoln School
W. S. Scott
Tribune
Cuban Rebels Kidnap Four More Americans in Cuba
Rebels abduct four Americans from a United Fruit Co sugar plant at Guaro in Oriente province. The raid follows earlier seizures as two U S diplomats plead for the release of 41 Americans and three Canadians seized since Thursday.
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Havana
Cuba
U. S
United Fruit Co
Guaro
Preston
Oriente
A. F. Smith
New Hampshire
J. F. Stephens
Oklahoma
H. F. Sparks
Indiana
Ford
Moa
Fidel Castro
U S Refuses Blackmail Pay Dulles Says
Secretary of State Dulles declares the United States will not pay political blackmail for the release of Americans held captive in East Germany and Cuban rebel areas. He favors securing releases by other means and says military intervention in Lebanon would be a last resort. Nine Americans held in East Germany since June and four in Red China are noted.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
East Germany
U.S
Lebanon
U.N
Syria
Guantanamo
Diaffaires
Sergei Striganov
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Geneva
Warsaw
Yalles
U. S
Soviet
Armenia
Proneers
Strike Delays Pairfield School Construction Earns Picket Line
Construction on Pairfield Consolidated School, three miles east of Chanute, stalls after a dispute between Parsons Electrical Workers Union and McPherson Electric Company over hiring a non union electrician. A union picket blocks site, three non union laborers cross. Board director Marion Steeves warns delay will deprive about 100 children of a fall opening while stressing bids were submitted in good faith.
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Pairfield Consolidated School
Chanute
Electrical Workers Union
Parsons
McPherson Electric Company
McPherson
Marion Steeves
Fireworks Use Prohibited Before 6 A.M. July 4
Chanute police warn that firing fireworks before 6:00 a.m. on July 4 is illegal. The warning is issued by the Police Department.
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Chanute
Lebanon Rebels Near Beirut Face Government Air Attack
Government jet fighters attacked rebel hill positions near Beirut International Airport as security forces and irregulars launch a new ground push. Druze tribesmen led by Kamal Jumblatt reached within five miles of the airport, but could not elbow into the capital, with Saeb Salam as rebel leader in Beirut and Jumblatt seeking to expand before forming a rebel government.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Kamal Jumblatt
Jumblatt
Saeb Salam
Basra
Truck Exhaust Ignites Wheat Field West of Town
Fire Chief C. W. Brennan reported a two acre wheat fire two miles west and one mile north of the municipal airport, caused by sparks from a mired truck engine. The truck also burned, tied to a stubble burn set later to clear fields, with inquiries directing observers to the scene.
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C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Frank Young
Chanute
Kermit Adelgren
Traffic Fatalities In Kansas For 1958 Reach 221
The State Accident Records Section reports 221 traffic fatalities in Kansas for the year to date 1958, with zero in the last 24 hours. A note urges readers to contact the Tribune phone line or carrier. after 6 p.m. call 700.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tribune
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