July 4th Area Activities Pack Highlights City Park Events
A warm holiday weekend brings free veterans sponsored shows at City Park at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. with a fast-draw contest and a car giveaway. Fireworks at Chanute Country Club and a buffet precede the display. Scotch foursomes and women’s golf fill Sunday morning and afternoon courses. Offices close all day. Tribune not published.
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New 49 star flag in use tonight in United States
Chanute residents learn the 49 star flag will officially fly at midnight though the 48 star flag remains in use locally for now. No 49 star flag has been found among veterans groups, officials, or the post office.
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United States
Chanute
Counter Action Worries Castro Troops Move
In Cuba, widespread troop movements and a Havana raid on an arms cache signal growing counterrevolutionary activity. Eight men, including six exmilitary police, were arrested as rebels operate in the mountains and eastern Cuba. Ex-senator Masferrer and ex-general Pedraza are linked to the plot. Castro warns of a death sentence for counterrevolutionary acts and accuses air force chief Diaz Sanz of traitorous conduct.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Lestates
Fulgencio Batista
Rolando Masferrer
Miami
Fla
Jose Pedraza
Batista
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Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz
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Skillful Truck Driver Prevents Damage
Joseph Richard a 22 year old truck driver for a local contracting firm steered a runaway 2 ton truck rolling backward down a hill on Sixth Street Atchison Kansas after the drive shaft failed and the brakes gave way He used rear view mirrors to steer honked and narrowly avoided cars and pedestrians to prevent a major wreck.
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Richard
Le Havre Opens Europe’s Largest Suspension Bridge
The 16 million dollar suspension span across the Seine River opened to traffic. At 3149 feet long and 164 feet above the water, it cuts a Brittany to Paris trip by 62 miles.
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France
Europe
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Britanny
Paris
Tribune Delivery Phone Line Reminder
If you don’t get your Tribune, call your carrier. If he cannot be reached, call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Police Records Show Busy June With Fines and Bonds Totals
Police handled 268 calls in June, 8 family or juvenile cases, 2, felony and 15 misdemeanor arrests. 975 parking meter tickets, 21 traffic arrests, 35 arrests yielding 195 in bonds and fines. Accidents involved 40 vehicles, 6 injuries, most between ages 30 to 34. patrols logged 6,447 miles and 375 gallons of gas.
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Four Tulsans Die in Crash Near Republic Missouri
Tulsa oil executive David Alex Garrick 48 along with Cherokee Labs officers William Gobson Wood 45 and Harry J Richey 33 and Tulsa attorney Fletcher Rogers 30 died when Garrick's twin engine Beechcraft crashed on a farm 12 miles west of Springfield Missouri as they traveled to Indianapolis on a business trip Witnesses said engines sputtered and the plane spun before plunging into a wooded area Garrick had recently been named Tulsa Republican party chairman and his 11 year old son J B Garrick was critically injured
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Cherokee Labs, Inc
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J. B. Garrick
William Gobson Wood
Five Die In Spokane Freeway Crash At High Speed
Five persons were killed when a speeding automobile struck the Argonne Street overpass abutment on the Spokane Valley Freeway and burst into flames. Patrol officials estimated the car traveled at least 90 miles per hour. three men and two women were aboard. Immediate identification was not possible.
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Spokane. Wash
Spokane Valley
Argonne Street
New Peaks In Dividends for Chanute Building and Loan
Chanute Building & Loan Assn reports record six month dividends of over 67000 and 12 month totals above 127000. President Robert N. Allen cites asset growth driven by the trade area with current loans around 3875000 and 1600 loan customers. Savings exceed 4 million with 3500 accounts, up from 3200 a year earlier.
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Robert N. Allen
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Vandals With BB Guns Damage 17 Car Lots in San Antonio
Police report vandals used BB guns to shoot windshields in 64 automobiles across 17 used car lots in San Antonio. Estimated damage at least 3200 dollars.
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San Antonio, Tex
Michael Scully Begins Recovery After Serum Treatment
In Pawtucket Rhode Island AP Michael Scully eight months old was critically ill three weeks ago from extema vaccinatum a usually fatal disease when special serum arrived from the University of Colorado Medical School.
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Pawtucket, Rl
Michael Scully
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Moore Bout Postponed to July 29 in Montreal
Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore will defend his title against Canadian Yvon Durelle in Montreal. The fight was postponed from July 15 to July 29 due to Moore injury, promoter Eddie Quinn said.
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Montreal
Archie Moore
Yvon Durelle
Eddie Quinn
Wildcat Strikers Return to Work at Republic Steel
Republic Steel Corp the nation s third largest steel producer said wildcat strikers were returning to work today and some operations were being resumed in all departments The walkout at Republic is part of a wave involving about 30000 workers after the United Steelworkers contract expired The union president David J McDonald urged a return to work as talks resume The day shift turnout supported holiday operation and wider plant activity continues amid ongoing negotiations with 12 major steel firms.
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United Steelworkers Union
New York City
David J. McDonald
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Recovery speed shown by figures in midyear report
The New York AP midyear business update shows strong recovery indicators for the first half of 1959. GNP rises to 480 billion annually, personal income climbs to 380 billion, industrial production up to 154 percent, employment near 66 million, unemployment down to about 3.75 million, and equities average 228.10.
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New York
Associated Press
Warm July Fourth Weather Forecast for Kansas
Topeka area expects a warm holiday with partly cloudy skies and a chance of scattered afternoon storms. Highs reach 85 to 92 degrees with comfortable overnight lows in the mid 50s to 60s, while western and northern portions face scattered storms tonight.
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Emporia
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Higgins Resigns as Red Sox Manager
Boston Red Sox announced Mike Higgins has resigned as manager. Jack Maloney, the club's public relations director, said Rudy York will be temporarily assigned to the managerial post.
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Mike Higgins
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Jack Maloney
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Rudy York
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 262 For 1959
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities in the latest 24 hours ending 9 a.m. show 2 deaths. To date in 1959 the total is 262, compared with 235 for the same period in 1954.
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Topeka
Kansas
Boy regains hearing after accident in Garden Grove
Four year old J Byron Patterson was struck by a car, suffered brain injuries, and after four hours of surgery began to hear again. He had been almost deaf since birth and now responds to family sounds and voices, with tests planned to gauge exact hearing. His mother Dorothy notes improvement and hopes schooling may not be needed for the deaf.
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Calif
J. Byron Patterson
J. Byron
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Two Chanute youths sentenced for theft and paroled
Two 16 year old Chanute boys were given M day jail terms and paroled for six months after pleading guilty to stealing two half cases of cigarettes from a Self Service Grocery warehouse. Most cigarettes were recovered and parole requires $26.39 within 30 days. Police linked the theft to recent teen questioning amid a city shooting probe.
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Chanute
City Street
Long Planning Kickoff For Campaign Despite Heart Tests
Gov. Ear K. Long weighs a Saturday re election kickoff as doctors run extensive heart tests after a hospital release. He toured New Orleans and Covington while planning four Southern speeches before a beauty contest trip, amid concerns over his fragile heart.
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New Orleans
Ear K. Long
Paul Pratt
Long
Covington
Baton Rouge
Roosevelt Hotel
Canal Street
Louisiana
Train Explosion Toll Rises to 22 in Meldrim
The Savannah AP report says the Meldrim train disaster death toll reaches 22 with Marjorie Hales Smith 23 dying at Memorial Hospital. She joins husband James Russell Smith 26 their two sons Wayne 3 Timothy 4 and sister Barbara Ann Hales 14 as victims burned by butane gas when the train derailed on a river trestle near a recreation area. Several other victims remain hospitalized with burns.
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Savannah
Meldrim
Marjorie Hales Smith
Memorial Hospital
Meeker Begins Term as Erie County Superintendent
Mrs Walter Meeker of rural Erie who was elected county superintendent of schools at the November election begins her term Monday. She will be sworn in at noon by County Clerk Marion Showalter succeeding Mrs Nelle H Stevens of rural Chanute who will teach district 40 south of Chanute next year. Mrs Bess Debus of Erie is hired as secretary.
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Walter Meeker
Marion Showalter
Meeker
Nelle H. Stevens
Chanute
Stevens
Bess Debus
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