Forks for Garbage and Tomatoes in Sunday School Prizes
City commissioners approve a 15.67 dollar appropriation for garbage forks amid questions from Mayor Dahlgren. Howard Jenkins brings clinging tomatoes to Builders Sunday School, prompting multiple prize wins but refusal. Cafe owner Mrs. Sale notes cash register tape errors and corrections. Young Scott Blunk boasts of fishing skill at his grandfather’s home, joking about retrieving a school of fish if he gets the teacher.
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Howard Jenkins
S. Allen
Jenkins
Builders
First Methodist Church
Summer Courses At Lincoln Grade And High School
About 120 Cha nute pupils attend summer study with 72 in a reading program at Lincoln Grade School and 17 in a plane geometry course at the high school. A Driver Education class teaches 30 youths in seven hours of behind the wheel training. Courses run through August 1.
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Chanute
Lincoln
Marion Stevens
Harley Wolgast
Wolgast
City Vehicles Involved in Minor Accidents
Two city owned vehicles were involved in minor crashes yesterday with no injuries or damage to city equipment reported. George Phillips said a city tractor on Main near Wil son struck a car driven by an unidentified woman. Charles Doudna’s city truck backed into his car’s left rear fender, per Fred Mosier. No police investigation occurred.
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George Phillips
Main
Kansas
Wilson
Fred Mosier
City Light Department
Charles Doudna
Man on Shelf Rescue Prolonged in Colorado Canyon
Rescue teams struggle to reach a man trapped on a narrow rock ledge in Conejos Canyon for five days as another companion corpse is recovered below. Winds hinder helicopter attempts. Don Bewley lowers supplies and identifies the trapped man as John Sanders.
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Ft.Carson
Colo
Swift Fighter For Protection
The F108 interceptor will carry at least two atomic warhead guided missiles and attack before enemies reach U S soil. It is designed for speeds above 2000 mph using conventional fuel to stay out of populated areas while the B70 bomber uses high energy fuel for bursts of speed. Officials say engines are the same, but chemical fuel will be used in phases for the bomber while the fighter may use inventional jet fuel. first flight of a chemically fueled plane could be more than two years away.
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Washington
House
Air Force
North Amerian
Fire Destroys 2000 Acres Wheat in Hamilton County
In northeast Hamilton County approximately 2000 acres of wheat and stubble burned last night after lightning struck in a Jackson ranch field. Firefighters worked 52 hours to control the blaze as high winds and rain-soaked ground hindered access. two thirds to three fourths of the wheat remained uncut with yields around 20 to 30 bushels per acre.
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Syracuse
Kas
Hamilton County
Jackson Ranch
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Records
In the last 24 hours Kansas accident records show four traffic fatalities. To date in 1958 the state totals 240 fatalities, compared with 26 in the same period in 1957. One fatality occurred previously but was not reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Applications Open For Parking Permits
The city now accepts parking meter license permits approved by the city commissioners. Decals will be distributed later. Permits allow parking within a meter zone without payment at the meters and are transferable if the original car owner changes. The $2 monthly rate applies for the rest of the year, with a $24 annual fee thereafter. Permits expire December 31.
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Tom Morehead
Morehead
Clyde Reed Campaign Stops Across Southeast Kansas
Republican governor candidate Clyde M. Reed Jr. visited Chanute for an hour before flying to Leavenworth after another stop in Allen County. He spoke in Lola noon yesterday and planned events in Bourbon Fort Scott Woodson counties, ending with a 7 p.m. Republican dinner and rally at the Tioga ballroom tomorrow.
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Clyde M. Reed Jr
Chanute
Municipal
Leavenworth
Parsons
Allen County
Lola
Bourbon County
Fort Scott
Woodson County
Reed
Tioga Ballroom
Colorado Girl Killed In Kansas Accident
A 15 year old Colorado Springs girl Viola Jeanette Amrine was killed when their car overturned on a country road near Elkhart Kansas. Her 14 year old cousin Bernice Doyle sustained serious injuries including a possible skull fracture. The crash occurred near the Doyle farm about 23 miles north of Elkhart.
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Elkhart, Kas
Colorado Springs
Viola Jeanette Amrine
Bernice Doyle
Elkhart
Doyle Farm
Goldfine guest list at Waldorf Astoria questioned by House panel
Bernard Goldfine testified that he entertained seven to eight business guests at New York's Waldorf Astoria in January 1954 while Sherman Adams, a close Eisenhower aide, happened to be in New York and stayed as his guest. He denied any prearranged meeting to influence federal action and explained a $1,620.23 hotel bill, noting part paid by Adams for a two day stay. The hearing focused on potential influence by his friendship with Adams and the FTC matters.
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Washington (Ap
Bernard Goldfine
New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Sherman Adams
Goldfine
Federal Trade Commission
Adams
Eisenhower
Boston
Special
House
Waldorf Astoria
Gov. Adams
Robert Lishman
Lishman
FTC
Power Line Repaired After Brief Eastern Town Outage
Electrical power was cut for about two minutes for routine work on a power line in the eastern part of town. Fred Mosier, city light plant superintendent, said the outage began around 9 a.m. while repair crews worked on the line in South Central.
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Fred Mosier
City Light
Ion South Central
Nickell Sees Kansas Guard Retention Amid Reductions
Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell states Kansas cities with National Guard units may keep them under a plan cutting national guard strength from 400000 to 360000. He estimates Kansas could lose about 1000 soldiers from 6434, noting June 30 1955 Armed Guard strength was 5446. The Air National Guard is unaffected.
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Topeka
Joe Nickell
Kansas Cities
Nickell
Kansas
Army Guard
Kansas Guard
Kansas Air National Guard
George Docking
National Guard
Uickell
35Th Infantry
Missouri
First Night Attendance Record At Erie Reunion
Erie marks an 85th Soldiers and Sailors Reunion with a record crowd on opening night featuring one of the oldest gatherings in the state.
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Erie
Soldiers and Sailors
R L Reese Dies In Mine Cave-in Near Westcliffe
Richard L. Reese 42, of Chanute, died when a mine walls collapsed on his thorium claim 12 miles northeast of Westcliffe Colorado. George H. Austin 32 of Pittsburgh also perished nine feet underground. Rescue efforts arrived too late. Reese left Chanute in 1936, later worked as an airline pilot before turning to mining. He is survived by a son Robert and his mother Mrs L Reese of Kansas City, plus sister Mrs W W Barton and other relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending with Johnson Mortuary.
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Chanutes
Richard L. Reese
Westcliffe
Colo
Reese
George H. Austin
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Colorado
Robert
Lawrence Knobby
Knobby
Fred Squire
Chanute High School
Chanute
L. Reese
Kansas City
W. W. Barton
Jess Cox
Lee Francis
Susan Francis
Doris Neyhard
Merle Estes
Driver Fined $100 on DWI Charge
Clyde Dyches of Toronto was fined $100 for driving while intoxicated and $25 for illegal transportation plus $5 court costs in Justice of the Peace court. Passengers Carrell Cunningham and John Rigo were fined $25 each for drunkenness on a public highway. Trooper R L White arrested them two miles south of Chanute on US 169. they were held in Chanute jail prior to Erie arraignment.
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Erie
Toronto
Clyde Dyches
Justice of the Peace Court Today
Dyches
Carrell E. Cunningham
Mound Valley
John Rigo
Joliet
Lll
Chanute
Us-169
R. L. White
State Highway Department
Cunningham
Rigo
Independence Man Injured in Crash
Wayne W. Singhurst, 36, of Independence, was said to be making satisfactory progress at Neosho Memorial Hospital after a Monday one car crash eight miles east of Humboldt. He skidded on a gravel road, struck a power pole, and was assisted to the hospital by Clarence A. Johnson of Elsmore.
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Wayne W. Singhurst
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt
Singhurst
Clarence A. Johnson
Elsmore
Candidate Wilma Charlesworth Campaigns in Chanute
Democrat Wilma Charlesworth campaigned in Chanute for state superintendent of public instruction. The Coffeyville resident has no opposition in the August primary.
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Wilma Charlesworth
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chanute
Coffeyville
Two Women Die In Bus Car Crash Near Lindsborg
A car collision with a bus northeast of Lindsborg Kansas killed Molly Bain 64 of Miltonvale and Effie Brown of Delphos. Six St Paul Minnesota boy scouts aged 14 to 15 were injured lightly. another boy was hospitalized for a checkup. The bus driver E P McShannon of St Paul sustained minor injuries.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Kansas
St. Paul
Keith Moldenhauer
E. P. McShannock
Jean Ashley Qualifies In Broadmoor Tourney
Jean Ashley 19 daughter of Dr and Mrs Ed Ashley qualified in Broadmoor Women’s Invitational championship flight with 87 at Colorado Springs. Mrs Robert N Allen and Mrs Don Emerick also qualified for Class A with 95 and 92. Natash Matson of Wichita led with 75.
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Jean Ashley
Ed Ashley
S. Highland
Colorado Springs
Robert N. Allen
S. Larson
Don Emerick
Chanute
William Gray Sr
Natash Matson
Wichita
Miss Ashley
Two Men Held In Manley Transfer Robbery
Two men are being held in the Kansas City robbery of the Manley Transfer Company at 1400 Intercity Trafficway Monday night. They tried to cash a forged check drawn on a blank Manley check. Officers recovered office machines and seized ten calculators adding machines and typewriters plus the blank checks after the break in.
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Kansas City
Manley Transfer Company
Kenneth Caldwell
Caldwell
Chanute
Manley Transfer
Wagon Train Tenderfeet Learn Fast
ENNIS Texas AP three Gulf Coast college students camped in Ennis on a Beaumont to San Francisco wagon trek. They admit inexperience driving a wagon fixing an axle shoing animals yet they press west learning as they go. Lamar Tech students from Beaumont say fund ideas inspired trip and Highway 287 Association backs their venture.
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Ennis
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Beaumont
San Francisco
Jerry McElroy
Port Neches
Bill Hickman
Nederland
Bob Williams
Grove
Lamar Tech
Here
McElroy
California
Highway 287 Assn
Fair Mild Ils Forecast Fair Mild Temps Through Thursday
Forecast calls for fair and mild weather through Thursday with a low tonight around 65 and high near 85 to 90. In western Kansas sparse showers interrupted wheat harvests with isolated storms near Goodland and Bird City, while Hutchinson and Olathe topped 82 and lows dipped to the 60s.
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Goodland
Bird City
Scott City
Hutchinson
Olathe
Dodge City
Flier Jumps to Safety From Flaming Jet
Lt. Thomas C. Ross of Wellington Kansas bailed out at 8000 feet when his jet flameout occurred during a gunnery exercise over the Gila Bend range. He parachuted to safety and sustained no injuries while based at Luke Air Force Base. He is the son of Thomas W. Ross and his wife of Wellington.
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Gila Bend
Ariz
Kansas
Thomas C. Ross
Wellington
Kas
Ross
Luke Air Force Base
Thomas W. Ross
Flemming Named Secretary of Health Education Welfare
Flemming nomination to head the Health Education and Welfare Department cleared the Senate with unanimous support. President Eisenhower secured Senate approval for Flemming to lead the new cabinet post.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Arthur S. Flemming
Health, Education and Welfare
McCone Confirmed to AEC Nomination
The Senate confirmed John A. McCone by voice vote as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission today, marking his entry into the agency.
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Washington
Senate Today
John A. McCone
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Voice
Vole
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Fairfield School
Fred Branch
Electrical Workers
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