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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
11
Community items list travelers visitors and family announcements from Chanute area including births, visits, school merger discussion at Shirley School District C 12, Grange meeting cancellation, and assorted local residents shown visiting relatives and towns. Also notes about newspapers delivery and polio insurance ads and church meetings.
In police court Raymond C. Prable of Neodesha pleaded guilty to vagrancy and received 10 days in jail with a parole condition to leave town after posting a $15 bond. Miss Singleton, a Blondie star, is cast as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, joining Runyon inspired production with Loesser songs.
The fourth 1955 summer production at Starlight Theatre in Swope Park runs July 11 to July 17 with a star studded cast led by Penny Sin. The show adapts Damon Runyon characters for an outdoor Kansas City stage.
Seoul announced the activation of the final two of ten U S financed army reserve divisions, marking completion of a program to bolster regional forces. The move follows earlier activations and underscores ongoing security cooperation with the United States in the alliance.
Stafford England Frederick Cross 83 pleaded guilty to murdering a man he met at a public house. He explained he planned self harm after his wife left him but lacked courage to die and instead fatally stabbed Donald Lainton 28 an insurance agent. The court ordered Cross hanged.
The Associated Press reports July brought hot humid conditions and high heat indices across multiple regions. Residents faced daily highs near record levels with elevated humidity complicating outdoor activities and energy use.
An incident occurred as a New York to London Pan American plane neared Shannon Ireland. A crate carrying 26 rattlesnakes copperheads coral snakes and unidentified varieties escaped. All were believed poisonous. Passengers were unaware of the danger.
Taeko Suzuki in Fukuoka denied any marriage to U.S. airman Laudon Jr. held on a triple murder charge in Texas. She said she never loved him and is now engaged to another man. Lauhon was captured in Nogales Mexico while trying to sell Mrs. Ruby McPherson’s car after her Dickinson Texas family was found murdered.
Temporary cooling came from night showers in central regions as a broad heat wave persisted across the nation. Readings topped the 90s and exceeded 100 in the hot belt from California to the Gulf states and Texas. In New York, former President Truman completed a 500000 word manuscript of his memoirs after two years of work.
London reports Captain Cameron T. Walker of Massapequa New York killed a poisonous snake with a jungle knife aboard his airliner as it moved toward the crowded cabin. Walker previously landed a nose wheel jam incident with passengers aboard last year.
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