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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1957
Page
1
Left Hand Pitch J L Taylor of 212 N Highland reported harvesting his second peach crop yesterday. A Redbird Cling tree yielded about a bushel suited for canning, with peaches large and well colored. Four peaches weighed over 17 ounces. His first crop produced Mayflower peaches.
The United States argues William Girard cannot be freed while the Supreme Court considers if he should be tried by U.S. or Japanese authorities. The case centers on transferring the Army specialist from Ottawa, Illinois, to Japan for trial on a charge involving a Japanese woman scavenging on an Army firing range.
Paul Starrett 90 renowned builder who constructed the Empire State Building and many other landmarks died. His work included Pennsylvania Station New York Life Metropolitan Life Bank of Manhattan Flatiron Macy's Plaza and Commodore hotels plus Lincoln Memorial and Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Born in Lawrence Kansas he left school at 16 then pursued varied early jobs before starting construction career in 1887 with Burnham & Root. He rose to president of George A Fuller Co.
A watershed development meeting was held at Grady school last night with about 50 attendees. P McKinnie and Eric of the Neosho County Soil Conservation Service presided, outlining steps to form a water shed district under Kansas law. Gail Malson represented the Chanute Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee.
National Safety Council reports Independence Day period saw traffic deaths stay low compared with predictions, with 236 highway deaths, 132 drownings, and 53 miscellaneous fatalities by Sunday midnight. Michigan tragedy of seven deaths highlighted peak single-event tolls.
Showers broke out in western and central Kansas as warmer, more humid air moved in. Temperatures were expected to reach into the 90s with possible 100 in the southwest, while a cool front promised slightly cooler weather tomorrow in western Kansas and moving across the state.
In East St. Louis Illinois Daniel Wells 9-year-old became wedged between his house and the ground while chasing newborn pups. His mother tried to rescue him and city workers helped but could not until workers ripped up a bedroom floor. The pups remained under the house at last report.
Rep Wint Smith argues new laws are needed soon to curb communism in the United States. He asserts recent Supreme Court rulings nearly wrecked efforts to combat communism by lawful means.
Washington supporters of the natural gas bill expect House Commerce Committee action on Tuesday with forecasts of a narrow margin. Voters foresee votes around 18-14 or 17-15 in favor, while some anticipate a two vote margin. The panel rejected a Williams substitute seeking full removal from Federal Power Commission regulation.
The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee faces a choice on a new approach to grant immunity for testimony after the nine-judge Appeals Court ruled the panel acted prematurely in attempting to compel four witnesses. The court did not rule on immunity law constitutionality, saying immunity cannot be promised to nonwitnesses before they appear or refuse to answer.
Independence Missouri reports Former President Harry S Truman ready to dedicate the Harry S Truman Library and Museum a 21 million project including 3.2 million documents and personal mementoes. The ceremony features Earl Warren as chief speaker with Hoover and Roosevelt widow among attendees. Basil OConnor to present building.
Denver police are told by George G. Shinn that a robber and an accomplice attacked him while he picked up two hitchhikers at about 3 am. One man choked him and the other tore the seat from his trousers to steal his billfold containing 610 dollars.
Oklahoma City reports 91 wells completed in the state last week, down from the prior week by three. There were 27 dry holes and five gassers, with oilers breaking even at 54 and service wells slipping one to five. Locations staked rose to 155 from the previous week.
Robert Dale Wilson, 32, of Enid Oklahoma, was captured after a chase by police and booked in the city jail on charges of passing bad checks. He allegedly passed three rubber checks at a shoe store and two at clothing stores, with amounts from eight to fifteen dollars, and was later found walking along the highway after leaving a cab bound toward the K39 and US 75 junction west of Chanute. He is also wanted for passing bad checks in Severy yesterday.
In Pueblo Colorado two teenage boys James McCarty 14 and an unnamed companion fell 60 feet into an abandoned mine shaft while driving a jeep they had overturned the vehicle and spent seven hours at the bottom. They were rescued by game warden David Riggs and James’ father William McCarty after the wrecked jeep was lifted from the shaft. James suffered severe cuts but both boys survived.
London reports Russia promised careful study of the U S offer to meet Moscow more than halfways on dismantling nuclear weapons. U N disarmament subcommittee recessed as Harold Stassen proposed halting new builds and breaking down some H bombs for peaceful use under strict inspection. He urged a 53 47 split of fissionable material and four conditional points to begin.
W Jonnie Lee Keller, 8, died in a hospital in St. Joseph Missouri last night from injuries suffered in a July 4 fireworks blast. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Keller of Hemple Missouri and was standing near a cherry bomb case when it exploded. Pieces of a wooden box penetrated his body.
AP reports that 300,000 Soviet youths are sent from European Russia to central Asia and Siberia to harvest grain under Khrushchev's virgin lands program. Drafted through the party and the Young Communist League, they work summer months, receive transport, lodging, and wages in grain plus cash.
Sen. Mundt predicts a civil rights compromise will offer right to vote guarantees for Negroes and other minorities plus features acceptable to the South. He expects a mid-August adjournment and frames it as an Eisenhower victory. He contrasts his view with Knowland who sees a longer Senate fight possibly into September and round-the-clock sessions.
Billy A. Brown aged 33 of Fredonia cut both wrists with a razor at the Manhattan Hotel. Police said he was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital and then held at the Erie county jail on an intoxication charge after being taken there by a deputy. A relative reported Brown had telephoned saying he would kill himself, though she thought he was bluffing.
Mrs Harold Stroud secretary at the Junior College office suffered a right ankle fracture and a scalp laceration when her 1956 Oldsmobile collided with a pickup two miles north of Urbana at 7 30 this morning. Ronald V Ely rural Earlton drove the pickup. Stroud was northbound after visiting her father John A Ewen of Urbana. Front damage to the car estimated 500 dollars. truck damage slight. Stroud taken to Neo sho Memorial Hospital by Oscar Swiler of Earlton.
Mary Frances Kinderknecht, 9 months old, died yesterday when the steering wheel failure caused a car to overturn near Ellis. The mother, Mrs Ralph Kinderknecht, 18, of Ellis, escaped with bruises.
Polish media in Paris extols Mao Zedong as a leader modernizing socialism while criticizing Stalinist remnants. Przekroj lauds his February party committee speech as a classic Marxist document and hints other Communist states should follow China’s model to counter Soviet pressure.
Police said 24 year old Jean Ricio wrestled free from her mother Anne Ricio during a rooftop pursuit at an east side rooming house. The woman slipped from her jacket and fell five stories to her death during the struggle.
Ruth Stout of Topeka was installed as first vice president of the National Educational Association last night. She is a staff member of the Kansas State Teachers Association.
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