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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1956
Page
9
Tremors and tidal waves devastate Thira Santorini and Amorgos killing 42 and injuring 51. Twenty people reported missing as thousands camp in fields after the quake and aftershocks continue.
Texas Ranger Johnny Klevenhagen killed Tilman Hanson Jr., 20, near Somerville after Hanson wounded Constable Milton Lewis and fired on the pursuing officer. Hanson, a former mental hospital patient, had been hunted by bloodhounds and a posse of up to 150 men.
The Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Highway Council endorsed financing turnpike extensions with revenue bonds backed by gasoline taxes. They discussed an 18th Street link in Kansas City and a Wichita to Hutchinson route, while a Legislative Council review studies the bond guarantee plan and port of entry impacts on business.
In Sacramento Claiborne Reed, 28, began throwing stones and bricks at City Hall as officers moved in. Reed had threatened to stone the hall unless granted a welfare aid letter and was charged with malicious mischief and disturbing the peace.
United States weather observations for a 24 hour period ending at 6:30 am list cities with highs and lows. Entries include Bismarck North Dakota Edmonton Fort Worth Havre Los Angeles Minneapolis New Orleans Kansas City Oklahoma City Washington and Ming with varying max and min temperatures and occasional precipitation notes.
Shaw, Republican candidate for Kansas governor, urges increasing state indirect tax funding for schools and paying high school and elementary aid in full. He calls for fairer high school aid, local control, better property assessment, and enabling federal building funds, plus survivor benefits for teachers. He also notes the Clement selection and expresses support for Stevenson.
Gov. Frank G. Clement of Tennessee was chosen to keynote the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The decision followed a three hour meeting of the Convention Area Committee, which did not vote unanimously but praised his familiarity with issues and ability to discuss them fluently.
Senator George, retiring this year at 78, urges a disability Social Security program as part of a compromise amendment. The plan would provide benefits for those 50 or older, funded by a special tax, and aims to liberalize future Social Security rules while facing cost and administration hurdles.
Secretary Benson selected Iowa State College at Ames as the site for a government 18 million dollar animal disease laboratory. The site was chosen for its scientific strength and access to utilities, with Colorado A&M College Fort Collins named as an alternative.
Providence wires report Miss Sandra Lee Bozella of Walpole Massachusetts will represent Rhode Island in the Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach California. Bozella had earlier placed second in a state pageant to choose Miss Massachusetts.
The Chanute governing body approves a plan to improve Franklin Avenue with concrete paving and curb and gutter from Oak Street to Walnut Street. Residents owning more than half the property may protest within twenty days of final publication. otherwise the work will proceed per law. Mayor J D Lightfoot signed June 28, 1956. City Clerk Howard Parsons attested.
Oklahoma Crime Bureau closes its probe into the Stilwell jail shooting that killed Adair County Sheriff Chester Crittenden and Democratic nominee Bob Alberty. Ballistics show Alberty was killed by Crittenden's pistol while Crittenden died from Alberty's gun.
The South Carolina Tax Commission and State Auditor J. M. Smith overestimated or underestimated the 1955 56 tax take by about four thousand dollars on a predicted 119 946 million revenue due by June 30. Actual collections reached 119 950 million. The piece notes the state’s natural gas industry as the sixth largest in the nation with sixteen billion dollars.
Fragmented text lists names addresses and contact details with missing context and unclear regions or dates. readable fragments mention city state and phone related lines but lack coherent event or action for a fuller notice.
Chanute voters will decide August 7 1956 on issuing airport improvement bonds up to 48000 for development and equipment of airport facilities and acquiring easements. Polling places are listed by ward across Chanute Neosho County Kansas.
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