Plans for Storm Warning Explained by Police Chief
Police Chief Tom Morehead outlined how tornado warnings will be issued. A city alert will trigger whistles from local plants and the city electric plant, with the fire department siren excluded due to its single-tone use. Agencies including the Kansas Highway Department and CAA will relay storm reports, while troopers actively track funnel clouds. residents in Chanute need more organized effort to boost safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morehead
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Mid-America Refining Co
Chanute Refining Co
Warwick Wax Co. Inc
City Electric Plant
Kansas Highway Department
Kansas Highway Patrol
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wichita
Police Department
Parsons
Morehead
Weather Bureau
Kansas
CAA
Chanute
Rural mail carrier days live on in Hugo Larson pictures
A Chanute area picture postcard collection owned by Hugo Larson recalls early rural mail service. The 50 plus year old card shows an enclosed mail car pulled by one horse on Chanute Route 5 with John C. Moore delivering Christmas greetings. Larson also has a 1912 view of Chanute Main Street with few motor cars and horse drawn traffic. Gypsies are accused of stealing several television sets from Allen County farms, per the sheriff’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Larson
W. Main
John C. Moore
Chanute
Larson
Eric Larson
Arthur
Allen County
Sheriff’s Office
Lola
Fair Weather Area Forecast Summary
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Tuesday. Tonight lows around 60s and highs Tuesday near 70s. Last night was cool across the state with lows from 56 to 63 and highs up to 90 in Garden City and Emporia. A warming trend begins tomorrow with light rain in east central Kansas Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hill City
Dodge City
Garden City
Emporia
Goodland
Two Cars Damaged In Thayer Collision
A Thayer collision on U S Highway 169 near town left two cars with damage but no injuries. Charles T Lain 67 of Joplin drove northbound and sideswiped Marvin D Nahon 24 of rural Pittsburg, causing Nahon's car to overturn in a ditch. Lain was cited for passing without sufficient clearance and posted a $15 bond for Erie court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Here
Dick Harbaugh
Iola
Charles T. Lain
Joplin
Marvin D. Nahon
Pittsburg
Nahon
Bob Johnson
Harbaugh
Lain
Erie
Nahan
Kansas Park Authority Reorganizes After Turmoil
The Kansas Park Authority held its first meeting since January amid a dispute with J. Ed Thompson. A new chairman was to be chosen, plans were set to open an office in Topeka and hire a director, and three Kansas reservoir sites were eyed for possible state parks. The group aims for cooperation with federal agencies and a possible audit. Governor Hall pressed Thompson to resign as clashes persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Park Authority
Shiairman
Vallainstiani
Kanapolis Dam
Salina
Cedar Bluffs
Hays
Fall River
Wichita
Oklahoma Park System
Kansas
Corps of Army Engineers
Burreau of Reclamation
Fred Hall
Thompson
Jones Letter Judged Tops In Contest
Rev Judd Henry Jones of First Methodist won first prize for his letter Reason for Justice in Peoples Forum. He praised the City Commission for making the municipal pool open to all races and praised Black leadership for reasonable, just appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Forum
Reason For Justice
Judd Henry Jones
First Methodist Church
Jones
City Commission
Robert E. Talbott
N. Siewben
Talbott
Ruth Cragg
W. Main
Driver Held on DWI Charge in Buffalo
Franklin L. Robinson, 24, of Buffalo, was arrested Saturday night for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was held today awaiting posting of an appearance bond, police headquarters reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin L. Robinson
Buffalo
Fabled WWII Planes Suffer Weather and Vandals at Andrews
At Andrews Air Force Base the Enola Gay and the Swoose, famed World War II aircraft, endure rust and damage as glass and instruments are broken or stolen. Paul Garber, Smithsonian official, laments the lack of a dedicated air museum building to shelter the planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Paul Garber
National Air Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Hiroshima
Japan
Clark Field
Philippines
Outmoded Air Control Laws Questioned After Crash
House subcommittee hearings into the TWA United crash that killed 128 probe if U.S. air traffic rules are outdated. CAB and CAA officials push for improved coast to coast controlled airways ground stations electronic warnings and CAB-CAA liaison while noting shared responsibility for the 21000 foot level where the collision occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Commerce Subcommittee
Twa-United Air Lines
Controlled Airways
CAB
CAA
Harris
Las Vegas
Nev
Washington
TWA
United
William K. Andrews
Airways
Andrews
Los Angeles
Oscar Bakke
Bakke
James R. Durfee
John A. Garrison
Mass Burial For Victims Of Air Crash
In Flagstaff Arizona sixty seven coffins lay in Flagstaff Cemetery for a mass burial of victims from the Grand Canyon crash of a Trans World Airlines Constellation on June 30. Seventy eight relatives were flown in from Kansas City and separate services are planned for the 58 victims aboard the DC7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Ariz
Trans World Airlines
Grand Canyon
United Air Lines
TWA
Sigvald Aase Quits Benedict School Post
Sigvald Aase resigns as Benedict schools superintendent after five years to take a similar post in Boardman Oregon. He served nine years with Benedict and four years as coach before becoming superintendent. He plans to move with his family next week and a replacement is not yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Sigvald
Aase
Boardman
Ore
Record US employment peaks in June as jobholders reach new high
Washington reports 66.42 million Americans employed in June, up 1.055 million from August’s prior record. Unemployment rises to 2.9 million or 4.2 percent. Youths leaving school and graduates seeking work push gains in both employed and job seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Rural Letter Carriers Hold 54th State Convention in Chanute
About 300 visitors attended Chanute events marking the 54th annual Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association convention. Activities included a banquet at the Masonic Temple, addresses by Frank Paschal and others, joint sessions, and auxiliary and junior group meetings led by local and state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association
Masonic Temple
Frank ‘A. Paschal
Kansas
Frank Car
Kathleen McClung
Clell McClung
Walnut
J. D. Lightfoot
Chamute m
Clarence Sievers
Chamber of Com
Post Office Department
Memorial Building
Jack Emeigh
Washington, D.C
Ralph D. Argo
Wellington
F. S. Henderson
Pittsburg
Jesse V. Horton
Mother- Trip Is Fruitless, Phone Call a Hoax
A hoax call lured Beatrice Weinberger from her home to search for her kidnapped five week old son Peter. Queens police said two men admitted the call at 7 30 pm and made three more calls later while the mother kept vigil with 5000 dollars. The suspects were Gordon Rowell and Robert Giebler both Queens residents. a third man was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
N. Y
Beatrice Weinberger
Peter
Queens
New York City
New York
Raymond V. Martin
Gordon Thomas Rowell
Woodside
Robert Francis Giebler
Jackson Heights
Rowell
Giebler
Weinberger
115 Are Marooned By Flash Flood
A flash flood at Camp Ohio in northern Licking County Ohio marooned 115 4 H Club campers for four hours last night. Four inches of rain in two hours caused the flooding before rescue workers reached high ground. No injuries were reported and the campers began cleaning mud and debris today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Ohio
Camp Ohio
Licking County
Hopper Threat to Southwest Kansas Wheat Crops
Garden City reports a large grasshopper infestation in southwest Kansas threatens seeded wheat this fall if insect control fails. Local officials warn farmers to act to mitigate potential extensive crop damage and economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kansas
Multiple Fatal Crashes Reported Across Kansas and Arkansas
Casualties include Charles Kirker 22 of Baldwin after a one vehicle crash near Edgerton on U S 50. Otis Bryant of McPherson the other driver not hurt. Leo Holdings Jr 15 electrocuted in Wichita when his model plane hit a high voltage line. Mary Grace Sowers 16 killed in a two car crash south of Clathe. Jane Clark 28 dies after a collision on Highway 64 in Fort Smith Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kas
Charles Kirker
Baldwin
U. S. 50
Edgerton
Johnson County
Kirker
Otis Bryant
McPherson
Wichita
Leo Holdings Jr
Leo Holding
Clathe
Here
Mary Grace Sowers
George H. Sowers
Lynn Thomas
Adam Webster
Fort Smith
Ark
Newton
Jane Clark
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 312 for 1956 Year
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 312 to date in 1956, with 4 in the last 48 hours. The same period in 1955 recorded 290 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Search Is On For Soldier At Muskogee
Federal and state officers searched Muskogee for Lawrence Kavanaugh of Seattle one of three soldiers charged with kidnapping a Missouri forest ranger near Powell. The other two soldiers Billy Findly of Anderson South Carolina and Roy Creel of Hollandale Mississippi were arrested in Muskogee and arraigned with bonds set at five thousand dollars each. All three allegedly abducted E L Thomas, operator of a lookout tower, and forced him to drive to Muskogee before leaving him bound two miles south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Lawrence Kavanaugh
Seattle
Missouri
Billy W. Findly
Anderson
S. C
Roy E. Creel
Hollandale
Miss
D. A. Bryce
Oklahoma City
FBI
Findly and
Creel
U.S
Forrester Brewster
Thomas
Powell
Two Traffic Accidents Here Over Weekend
Police reports list two weekend accidents in the city with no injuries. Mrs. Ruby Alice Olson of Buffalo had damage to the right side of her car after being backed into at 200 E Elm by T. O. Day of Iola. A second collision at 11th and Evergreen damaged the front end of Billy B. Derby’s car and the right rear fender of Fred H. Thielenhausen’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Alice Olson
Buffalo
E. Elm
T. O. Day
Iola
Billy B. Derby
Central
Fred H. Thielenhausen
Earlton
Lith
Evergreen
House OKs Four Billion Ceiling On Foreign Aid
The House approved a four billion dollar ceiling for foreign aid for the next year, sending the measure to the Senate. The vote was quick and quiet as leaders consider adding funds to meet President Eisenhower’s requests. Eisenhower urged restoration of cuts, warning reductions could lead to dictatorship or foreign domination in dependent nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
House Appropriations Committee
Rep. Taber
Appropriations Committee
Congress
White House
U.S
Neosho Voters Shift Party Tags Before Deadline
Twenty two voters in Neosho County changed party affiliations at the county clerk office before the deadline. Only one person, Lee J Longest Jr of Chanute, switched from Republican to Democratic while county clerk P W Kyle moved from Democratic to Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Neosho County
Lee J. Longest Jr
Chanute
P. W. Kyle
Inez L. Berthot
Wayne F. Berthot
Juanita M. Rush
E. E. Henderson
Thayer
J. Howard Wilson
Ethel A. Snyder
J. H. Snyder
Gertie Barkley
R. E. Barkley
Ruby Boman
Thomas W. Boman
Lena C. Every
Jessie H. Brecht
Lora
Open Verdict In Judge's Death
An inquest jury returned an open verdict on the death of Federal District Judge Rubey M. Hulen found with a pistol wound in his head in his suburban backyard. The coroner ruled the jury could not determine if the judge, 61, killed himself deliberately or accidentally and stated no further investigation would be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis V
Rubey M. Hulen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm Ko” BF
Pnana
Tribune
Lehman
Humphrey
D-Minn
Harry S. Truman
Athens
Greece
Aegean Islands
Byron T. Shaw
The
Agricultural Research Service
ST. Louis W
Laclede Gas Co
Bob Friend
Pittsburgh
Billy Pierce
Chicago White
Grand Canyon, Ariz
Oren Harris
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sigvald Aase
Benedict School
Mary Margaret Moore
Dexter
Ralph Argo
Association
Ers
Edwin C. Schmidt
Gerald F. Griggs
Delphos
Argo
Tioga Hotel
Virgil F. Young
Clearwater
Byrce
Ft. Crowder, Mo
E. L. Thomas
Powell, Mo
Missouri Conservation Commission
Neosho Voters Change Party
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!