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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
1
A Massachusetts off season game called skite uses a 16 gauge shotgun to shoot a kite towed from a boat. Teams of gunners on two boats compete as the kite flies at 35 to 40 yards with evasive maneuvers, scoring by the fewest shots to break the kite frame.
The forecast shows hot conditions through Wednesday with highs near 95 to 107 in Kansas. By Thursday a cold front is expected to move in, bringing cooler air and scattered showers across eastern to western areas. Forecaster Tom Arnold notes rain between a half inch and an inch possible, with overnight lows around 70 in western regions and 70s elsewhere.
Two gunmen robbed the First National Bank in Moore Oklahoma at 10 15 a m today taking an undetermined amount of cash. They lined up five employees and two customers and left without threats of violence. Bank vice president J K Griffith said the heist lasted about five minutes and the pair fled in a late model car on a gravel road east of Moore.
In Los Angeles a motorcycle officer and a motorist exchanged playful nicknames. Sgt Lester Friday and David W Crockett, 20, confessed the joke but Friday still issued a ticket for running a red light.
A three member advisory committee to study Kansas revenue and tax reform was named by Gov. Fred Hall. Members are John G. Stutz of Topeka executive director of the League of Kansas Municipalities E W Johnson editor of The Chanute Tribune and Dr Ethan P Allen KU political science chair and government research center director. The panel will review the entire revenue system with the Legislative Council and report to the budget session next January.
Mrs. Bernice Meyer of Oklahoma City died in a Newton hospital from injuries suffered in a car truck collision at Florence Kansas. Her husband Fred H. Meyer was hospitalized with multiple lacerations and head injuries. The truck driver Olen Higgins of Wichita was not hurt.
The Georgia Board of Education voted to revoke for life any teacher who instructs both Negro and white pupils in the same classroom. The measure strengthens segregation policy and adds that teachers required to teach nonsegregated classes who refuse will be paid for the full term of their contract.
City water users are asked to conserve water tonight after a main pump at the city water plant failed around midnight. The largest of four pumps, it pumps about 1,000 gallons per minute. Repairs began immediately and are expected to finish by tonight, with service to resume.
An avalanche on Mt Temple near Banff Alberta killed four Philadelphia youths and one from St Louis, with two more missing and several injured. The Wilderness Club boys aged 12 to 16 were led by O E Dickison and W H Oeser from Philadelphia. 11 of the 18 were Denver party members, base camp at Morraine Lake.
Two planes collided near Fairfax Airport in Platte County Missouri. The Cessna from Bakers Flying Service carrying an instructor Thomas D. Jones and co-pilot Samuel Hoyte Rempel, both from Kansas City, died. The second plane a Trans World Airlines DC3 trained crew including Captain H D Orr and co-pilot R L Horton landed safely.
Milwaukee hosted the first All-Star game under sunny skies drawing about 45 000 fans to County Stadium. Weather was warm with a high near 80 and low humidity for the 22nd meeting between the National League and American League stars.
Final report from Great Bend Kansas shows the wheat harvest near completion with no further needs for workers or equipment. State Employment Service official ER B Gilkison says a few labor offices remain open in extreme western areas to route grain cutters and workers heading to northern states.
Harold Bell 17 of Wichita was killed when a tractor overturned on a farm near Fredonia Kansas last night. He was the son of Leonard Bell of El Dorado and Mrs. William Joy of Wichita.
Willard Schmidt, noted for adding new pitches to his fast ball, was purchased today by the St. Louis Cardinals from their Omaha farm club in the American Association. The move follows strong spring training impressions from Cardinal officials in 1952.
A Pittsburg Kansas Dixieland band of Mirz Temple entertained firefighters and about 2000 shoppers after a faulty transformer sent smoke through the lower floors of the Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street. Shoppers evacuated calmly as the 12 piece band performed, with Smoke Gets in Your Eyes among the selections.
Three new polio onsets in the last week raise Kansas total to 43 this year, against 67 by the same date in 1954, state board of health reports. Cases occurred in Great Bend, Kirwin and Coffeyville affecting boys ages 5, 9 and 10. it is probable none had received Salk vaccine.
The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Eisenhower's request for 30 million dollars to fund free polio vaccine for needy children citing lack of authorization. The panel approved a 1.649 billion dollar appropriations bill with cuts to atomic and defense programs and halted work on the 125 million dollar Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. It also funded evacuation planning, a summit, and prison plans while criticizing the farm program and delaying prison construction.
An annual Chanute retailers meeting is tentatively set for Oct 4 per a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Tioga Hotel. R W Fisher leads Back to School planning with Orval James and Mrs Sara Wilson. The group reviews a Kansas City auction ordinance and contemplates a Chanute quitting business sales rule. Veterans groups plan a Nov 11 Veterans Day program. Caldwell reports three new chamber members.
Eight slot machines were seized at the Elks Club here in a state wide raid led by Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer. The operation targeted veterans groups and fraternal lodges in eight cities, with seizures at Elks Moose Eagles Veterans clubs and others totaling 96 devices. No arrests were reported and hearings will determine each machine's status.
Herman Andres ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Andres of Roper was seriously injured when his bicycle collided with a northbound car driven by Mrs Ethel Anderson of Chanute. He suffered a skull fracture and multiple injuries and was taken to St Margarets Mercy Hospital in Fredonia. Investigators Fred L Lambert undersheriff Wilson County and Burris Millican state trooper Independence indicated the boy rode along one side before crossing and the crash occurred on Highway K39 about half a mile east of Roper.
Kansas traffic fatalities are itemized by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours 21, to date in 1955 28, for the same period in 1954 278. Both fatalities occurred earlier but had not been reported previously.
The House Appropriations Committee orders an abrupt halt to all Air Force Academy construction at Colorado Springs. It demands a firmer architectural design before more funds, citing design criticisms and calling for Talbott to consult with the Fine Arts Commission. The panel rejects 79 million dollars in new funds and suspends remaining appropriations until a approved plan is set.
President Eisenhower named Reuben B. Robertson Jr. of Champion Paper and Fibre Co. to be deputy secretary of defense. Robertson, 47, a Cincinnati resident, succeeds Robert B. Anderson whose resignation was announced yesterday after 13 years of government service.
Dana Dorst announced the sale of his interest in the Smoke House Billiards at 18 N. Lincoln to partner Mel Browning of 421 W Fourth. Dorst opened the business in 1933 with Ernest Roe, Roe sold his stake after 14 years, price not disclosed, Dorst plans to relax and fish.
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