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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1958
Page
1
The piece portrays Chief Tom Morehead admitting he fixed a parking ticket with little argument, showing scenes of a street, a meter installation, a police check, and a ticket cancellation after a resident’s confrontation. Separate items note a Tribune carrier wait, a bike theft, and TV show sightings of Chanute residents now living abroad.
A two car collision in North Kansas City last night killed Clyde A. Smith, 73, of Excelsior Springs. He was thrown through a windshield. his wife was hospitalized. The other driver sustained no injuries.
Kansas traffic fatalities totaled 240 year to date, per the state accident records section. In the last 24 hours there were no deaths, marking a quiet period compared with 261 fatalities at the same point in 1953.
Robert Earl Hughes 32 known as possibly the heaviest man died in Bremen Indiana after becoming ill while traveling with a carnival. He weighed 1 041 pounds and could not be hospitalized due to his size. His body was embalmed on his trailer bed and burial planned near Binville Illinois with a special coffin likely too large for a church.
City Clerk Howard Parsons reported slow initial registrations with most activity expected July 21 to 25 as the office extends hours to 8 am to 10 pm. Register by 10 pm July 25 for the Aug. 5 city and state elections. registration required for first time voters or those who changed residence.
Clyde M. Reed, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, told a Bourbon County GOP dinner that factory work is now as important to farmers as to city dwellers. He said many farmers supplement incomes with factory jobs, enabling them to stay on the farm.
Erie county superintendent Nelle Stevens and county clerk Marion Showalter attended a Kansas Official Council meeting today in Howard. The event focused on county education administration and local governance.
The Senate approved a million dollar appropriation to begin John Redmond dam work on the Neosho river this fiscal year. A $400,000 grant funds construction near Burlington. Elk City reservoir gains $300,000 for its start. The measure, from the House, moves to President Eisenhower after conference adjustments amid a no new starts policy.
Attendance rose at the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion event with 800 pounds of beans to be cooked for Friday's bean feed. Opal Fielder will perform organ music at 8 p.m. on the temporary bandstand south of the courthouse as part of five day festivities ending Saturday.
AP reports Parsons Construction Co of Parsons submitted the apparent low bid of 3335 dollars for an addition to the superintendent's residence at Parsons State Hospital.
About 450 students from foreign countries will visit Chanute August 8 to 10 as weekend guests. Dr. J A Buzzle of the University of Kansas said the Fulbright program participants will be hosted by local families to familiarize them with American life before starting fall college terms. Local sponsors include AAUW Chanute branch UNESCO Neosho County chapter and the Chamber of Commerce.
City policemen Robert Fullerton and Thomas Ogden were chosen to attend a July 21 26 peace officers school at the University of Kansas Lawrence. The program offers police science traffic and basic information with forty four hours of instruction in its 12th year. Chanute dispatches two officers annually to keep them current. basic expenses are paid by the city.
A two vehicle crash on West Main at 2:45 p m damaged the left rear of Lelia Lam s car and the right rear of Bobby Trout s vehicle. No injuries were reported and no investigation was noted.
South Mound common school district 104 has been allotted 851.40 by the Department of Health Education and Welfare, Rep. Myron V. George reported. Funds were certified for immediate payment for schooling of children of federally employed parents, a school spokesman said.
Soviet civilians roughed and threatened U S airmen after a transport was shot down in Soviet Armenia on June 27 Col Dale D Brannon said Maj Bennie A Shupe narrowly escaped lynching The group endured two to three hours in civilian hands before Soviet military authorities intervened Names include Maj Robert E Crans and others aboard the burning aircraft and Captain James Kane navigator James Luther Lu ther.
Highway construction contracts in Kansas for the first half of 1958 total 43.56 million dollars, with 25.4 miles of primary state highway work in Neosho Montgomery and Labette counties. Projects include US 59 grading and bridges north of Parsons and concrete paving in Labette.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Diefenbaker agreed to create a U.S. Canada Cabinet Committee on continental defense to supplement existing bodies like the Joint Defense Board. The talks also covered trade with Red China and preventing a surprise attack.
Logan Sanford of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said no real leads exist on Jeff Williams Sr. the missing Hoyt bank cashier. Williams is charged by Jackson County Atty. E V Bruce with embezzlement of an undetermined amount as the bank in Hoyt was closed and taken over by the State Banking Department.
A major quake struck southeastern Alaska Wednesday night with three reported dead in Yakutat after a 20 foot surge on Khantaak Island. Coast Guard sent rescue boats to Lituya Bay as boats reported trouble and injuries were described though details were unclear. Seismologists called it a major event with Sitka recording the first severe jolt at 10 17 18 p m and aftershocks following. A tidal wave alert was issued for the Hawaiian Islands.
Heavy rains moved into northeast Kansas with severe storms and strong winds in places. Rainfall totals reached 2.13 inches at McFarland and over two inches in Marysville, with forecasts of more showers mainly northern areas through tomorrow. Temperatures rose to 96 at Garden City and will stay warm and humid through Friday.
A Union Pacific yard clerk, Jake J. Britton, 62, was fatally injured in Armstrong yards when a boxcar struck him during a switch. He died en route to a hospital after coworkers freed his right leg from beneath the wheel.
The notice advises readers to contact their Tribune phone or their carrier if unable to reach the service. It directs calling number 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
An application by the Santa Fe Railway to abandon operation of motor trains 25 and 26 between Emporia and Winfield will be heard by the Kansas Corporation Commission at El Dorado on September 11.
Work resumed on the Fairfield Consolidated School east of Chanute after Electrical Workers Local 718 and McPherson Electric Company settled a dispute over hiring a non union contractor. A union electrician was hired and the picket removed. Construction now won’t finish until about October 1 requiring use of four of seven district schools temporarily. three surplus sites will be sold. The board will meet to resolve student transport and grade distribution concerns for the temporary arrangement.
ALAMOSA Colorado AP The ordeal ended as husky John L Sanders, 35, was rescued after five days on a canyon wall ledge near Conejos Canyon Northwest of Alamosa He avoided sleep fearing a fall while his fishing partner William E Garver 38 University of New Mexico auditor died in the earlier plunge Sanders slept little for two days survived on small rations and was winched to safety by Army mountaineers He walked three miles to a hospital with his wife Carolyn
In Honolulu, 38 year old Eleanor Mahi shot her 14 year old son Thomas after he faced commitment to a territorial mental hospital, then killed herself. Their bodies were found in a locked car in a remote Oahu area.
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