Mysterious Moon-Sized Object Seen Over West Sky
The W I Hill family of 119 S Highland reported a white object in western skies around 10 30 last night. Doris Hill said the sky stranger looked about 12 inches in diameter at first and grew to 18 20 inches before, as they watched from their back yard, it disappeared after she spoke to her mother.
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W. I. Hill
S. Highland
Doris Hill
Mrs. Hill
Los Angeles
Daggett
Calif
Mohave Desert
CAA
TWA
United
DC7
Arizona-California
Constellation
Kansas City
New York
Lake Mohave
Colorado River
Shaw elevator bid sparks votes and cost questions
Warren W. Shaw, chairman of the State Office Building Commission, said the commission overrode the low bid for six Otis elevators at 497 861, arguing the approved bid met specs while the lower bids did not. Rep. Jennison criticized the action, noting higher costs and questions about bids on paint contracts. The Highway Commission defended paying more for paint that met state specifications.
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Topeka
Warren W. Shaw
State Office Building Commission
Kansas
Shaw
Fred Hall
Robert H. Jennison
Healy
House
State Highway Commission
Otis Elevator Co
Jennison
Otis
United States
Tom Pendergast
Otis Company
Elm Tree Topples Seven Dead in Ontario Picnic Drive
A 70 foot elm toppled by a storm killed seven members of a picnicking family near Sutton Ontario. The victims were Ainsley Joseph Glazier 29 his wife 26 their two sons Allen 4 and Donald 16 months Mrs Glazier’s parents Mr and Mrs Fred Jones and their son Roy 10. The car was crushed a foot high. Ten men worked two hours to cut the tree and free them.
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Sutton
Ont
Ainsley Joseph Glazier
Allen
Donald
Kansas City Man Held for Hearing
William Bryant of Kansas City was arrested early Sunday for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was jailed in Erie to be held for a 4 p.m. Tuesday hearing after patrolmen saw his car narrowly miss several parked cars. Bond set at $125.
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William Bryant
Kansas City
Erie
Bank Commissioner Calls for June Bank Statements
Topeka W R B Medlin state bank commissioner issued a call for statements on the condition of state banks at the close of business on June 30.
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Topeka
W.R. B. Medlin
Weather Harsh: Severe Storms Target Kansas City Region
A severe weather forecast for eastern Kansas and western Missouri warns of scattered thunderstorms and a possible isolated tornado from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Topeka area reports heavy rains over three inches with strong winds and property damage in several towns. gusts reached 70 mph near Hutchinson and elsewhere. Temperatures show wide swings from heavy heat in the south to cooling in the north and west.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Topeka
Lovewell
Lebanon
Old Springfield
Liberal
Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Kingman
Medicine Lodge
Anthony
Burlington
Osage City
Harveyville
Newton
Andale
Mankato
Elbow
Garden City
Dodge City
Hays
Covert
Stockton
Hillsboro
Emporia
Wamego
Worden
Plains
Hugoton
Elkhart
Kirwin
New Chamber of Commerce Manager Arrives in Chanute
L. D. Matthews, new Chanute chamber manager, arrives with family from Greensburg. He plans to shed mail, swap a long sleeve shirt for a sport shirt, and settle in at 909 S. Grant while awaiting moving van. He succeeds Wayne Taylor, now with Kansas City chamber. Luncheon set for July 9 at Tioga Hotel.
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L. A. Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Greensburg
Matthews
Wayne Taylor
Kansas City
Kas
Buzzie
Melanie
Robert Lassman
S. Grant
Chanute
Chamber
Tioga Hotel
Medical Center Grants Teaching on TV Expansion
The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City received a 100000 dollar grant from the W. D. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek Michigan to expand its television teaching program. Dean Dr. Clarke Wescoe noted KU pioneered black and white television medical instruction in 1949 and the grant invites broader use of this graphic method across departments.
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Kansas City, Kas
University of Kansas Medical Center
Clarke Wescoe
W. D. Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek
Mich
K. U
Wescoe
Kellogg
Airman's Wife Killed in Wakarusa Collision
Mrs. Phillip H. Knotts wife of a master sergeant at Forbes Air Force Base died in a two car crash four miles west of Wakarusa. Five others were injured and hospitalized in Topeka. The other car occupants were Jacob Heise and his son Murray of Wakarusa.
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Topeka
Phillip H. ‘Knotts
Air Force
Wakarusa
Forbes Air Force Base
Jacob Heise
Murray
Tribune Delivery Notice and Phone Contact
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Tired Prospector Clings to Uranium Claim in Klamath Falls
In Klamath Falls Oregon Earl Sheridan, a veteran prospector and descendant of George Nurse, camps on Main Street arguing a uranium strike under the curb. He refuses to move after his appendicitis attack, claiming a right to mine and warning officials of a potential million dollar discovery amid no city action yet.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
George Nurse
Oregon
Earl Sheridan
Sheriidan
Sheridan
Henry Perkins
Eugene Frank Named Bishop
Bishop Eugene M. Frank of Topeka was consecrated as bishop at the south central jurisdictional conference and will lead the Missouri area. He succeeds Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St Louis on the college of bishops as Holt retires. The conference approved a $1,298,410 missionary program for Indians in Oklahoma and Spanish speaking peoples of Texas and New Mexico, and set a goal of 2,000 overseas missionaries by 1960 with programs in Korea, Bolivia, the Belgian Congo and northern Borneo.
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New Orleans
Eugene M. Frank
Topeka
Missouri
Frank
First Methodist Church
Ivan Lee
Holt
St. Louis
College of Bishops
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Korea
Bolivia
Belgian Congo
Borneo
Thieves Raid Stark Store in Saturday Night Break-In
Thieves raided the Mix general merchandise store in Stark on Saturday night stealing several hundred dollars in goods. Neosho County Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps investigated, with a first check listing fishing gear, meats and cheese, appliances, electric razors, and two pairs of loggers boots among items. Entrance was gained by forcing an outside window and loot moved through a rear door. Transport method was undetermined.
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STARK
Mix General Merchandise
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Fourth of July observance closes many local offices
Businesses, banks, offices, and the Chanute Public Library will close for Independence Day. The post office will offer Sunday service with no mail delivery. The Tribune is not published. The Veterans of Foreign Wars parade and free circus acts are planned at City Park with a 9 p.m. fireworks display and an auto giveaway.
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Chanute Public Library
the Tribune
City Park
Youths Escape Serious Injury In Car Smash
Five teenagers suffered cuts sprains and bruises when a 1956 Ford carrying them crashed on US 169 near the city edge around 12 40 p m Saturday. Police initially considered a hit and run as Dr Charles Shortstall of Kansas City was briefly detained before it was learned his car was not involved.
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Charles K. Shortstall
Kansas City
Joe Walker
W. Main
Dale Stone
George Gregory
Richard Hargrove
Marcilee Hobson
Winfield
Tom Morehead
Shortstall
Chanute
Clarence Shelton
Morehead
South City
Tom Ogden
Tornado Strikes Farm Near Wichita Causes Barn Damage
A tornado touched down briefly on the Stew art Smith farm about 13 miles northwest of Wichita yesterday evening. It destroyed a barn and damaged outbuildings, machinery, and equipment. no injuries were reported as the storm lifted back into the air.
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Wichitap
Stewart Smith
Here
1956 Kansas Traffic Fatalities Reported
Traffic fatalities list from the State Accident Records Section shows 299 deaths to date in 1956, compared with 275 in the same period of 1955, reflecting 48 hours of records.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Woman in Canyon Crash Victim Identified
Louise S. Davis 33 of Chanute died in the Grand Canyon crash of a TWA Constellation and a United DC7. She had been visiting San Diego and El Cajon with two sons in Parsons, Kansas, before traveling home. Helicopter crews recovered 128 bodies as investigators probed the disaster.
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Chanute
Canyon
Louise S. Davis
Grand Canyon
Ariza
Arizona
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
R. P. Parshall
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Safety Investigation
Effort Made On Steel Talk
The top U S government mediation officer resumed an effort to restart steel contract talks as 90 percent of U S production remains halted. Joseph Finnegan conferred by phone with Arthur Goldberg and John A Stephens while David J McDonald and other union leaders were also reported in contact. Allied industries began layoffs as railroads face business declines tied to the steel stoppage.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
United Steelworkers
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Arthur Goldberg
USW
Finnegan
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Allied Industry
U.s.steel Corp
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Goldberg
Washington
Eisenhower Signs Large Defense and Public Works Bills
President Eisenhower, recovering from surgery, signs 21 bills including a 34.66 billion defense appropriation and an 863.1 million TVA and public works bill. He meets aides and indicates plans to talk with USW President McDonald and U.S. Steel executive Stephens while unions discuss resuming talks after Independence Day.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
White House
James C. Hagerty
Blast Shakes Research Plant in Queens
A double explosion at the Sylvania Electric plant in Bayside Queens injures nine and prompts AEC to reassure no radiation hazard outside the building. The blasts hit the metallurgy laboratory on the second floor of the 56 acre site, with authorities detaining about 73 responders for inspection of radioactivity effects.
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New York
Queens
Atomic Energy Commission
Sylvania Electric Products Co
AEC
Bayside
Sylvania
Shooting Fireworks Illegal in Chanute Before July Fourth
Chief of Police warns residents that fireworks shooting is unlawful in Chanute prior to July 4, citing local ordinances and potential penalties. Public notices urge compliance with safety rules and state regulations.
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Chanute
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Eugene Frank
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Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Ernoon
Richard Lee
Charles Craig
Charles H. Glover
S. Western
Davis
Louise Holm
Glover
Stone Street
Parsons
Parsonian
Baker Dress Factory
Slater
The
Glovers
Coffeyville
Raymond Davis
Ames
Ila
Lars Holm
Des Moines
Harriett Shirley
el Cajun
Lester Nelson
Salter
Wilson-Johnson Mortuary
James Womack
Mrs
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