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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1957
Page
1
While frog hunting along the Neosho River east of Chanute, Mr and Mrs Robert Trabue and Jack Brennan observed a red fox and beaver activity. A meeting in Chanute formed a tentative class for exceptional children with 21 attending and 17 signing to promote the effort.
A 24-year-old Missouri mother, Mildred Brink, reports her husband Walter Brink and their two daughters, Michelle 5 and Tracy 3, missing since June 16 after he left with their belongings. Police say the case is civil and not police jurisdiction.
William G. Jones of 914 N. Grant pleaded guilty in city court to enticing a child for immoral purposes and lewd conduct. Judge Robert Pennington sentenced six months on each count, parole granted for two years, and costs of court action were ordered.
Glenn M. Snider, 50, of Burlington, Kansas, died from loss of blood after his hands were caught in a hay baler. He was alone eight miles northwest of Burlington Thursday night while trying to loosen tangled twine. the accident was discovered four hours later.
Seattle King County Grand Jury charged Teamster President Dave Beck and his son Dave Beck Jr. with grand larceny of union funds. Beck denied the charges at a press conference calling them ridiculous and planned a national tour after posting 3000 dollar bond.
Eldon Baugh, 38, a former dancing instructor from Moberly, Missouri, received a 30 month federal sentence for interstate transportation of $9,000 in forged American Express money orders. The forged blanks, stolen in Wichita, were taken to Littleton Colorado on March 31. Baugh was arrested April 18 in Fort Branch Indiana. His brother Paul Baugh, 37, was later sentenced in St Louis for robbery and implicated in the forged orders scheme.
Michael Fox, 64, recently named police chief, arrested Abraham Buchalter, 56, after finding him in possession of gambling equipment. Buchalter was booked on gambling equipment charges.
State Accident Records Section reports 0 fatalities in past 24 hours, total 256 for 1957 to date, compared with 329 for the same period in 1956.
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The Operations Alert drill described evacuations and housing for 10 000 evacuees at Chanute and noted Wichita Kansas City and Salina were bombed in the mock assault. Jim Gilbreath kept radio duty for 17 hours, coordinating 15 counties as Pittsburg station ran around the clock. Officials reported 95 521 526 people in simulated bombed areas and 191 vital targets were supposedly struck. The exercise produced delays in communications and left officials cautious on its success. President Eisenhower spent the weekend at his Gettysburg farm after a helicopter trip to a secret capital hideout.
Chanute police and county officers with a search warrant raided the home of Carl Brooks at 1301 N Washington last night and found a gallon of bootleg whiskey under a bed. Brooks was taken into custody and charged with possession of bootleg whiskey.
Dunsmuir California faces runaway trucks on U S Highway 99 as a heavy plywood hauler plowed through Main Street. A driver was killed, two seriously hurt, five treated for minor injuries, and a highway patrol response followed as officials plan talks with the city to curb the danger.
A crash at Main and Plummer damaged a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Hazel May Richardson and a 1937 Pontiac driven by A L LaSalle of 101 N Plummer. LaSalle was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene, later released on a $150 bond with a hearing set for 4 p.m. next Wednesday.
House Democrats protest a reported presidential order to hold 1958 federal spending to 1957 levels. Rep. Cannon accuses the administration of duplicity as the Appropriations Committee eyes a spending ceiling for the President.
The Weather Bureau in Topeka cautions a minor cool front moves into northwest Kansas offering little relief from heat. Expect 90s north and 100 to 105 in the south with tonight’s lows 60s to 70s. Skies to stay fair to partly cloudy through Sunday with scattered thunderstorms in the northwest and extreme north tonight and Sunday.
Gaylene Fox leaves today for her home in Quincy Illinois following a visit since Monday with her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Don Haymaker 2020 Evergreen.
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed 200000 for start on Neosho River dam construction and 125000 planning for Burlington dam and Council Grove reservoir. They also approved 4700000 for Toronto dam on Verdigris River. Neosho Cottonwood Flood Control Assn officers plan July 28 talks with Army Engineers from Tulsa on Burlington and Council Grove progress.
Senator Gore of Tennessee says he is consulting with Republican and Democratic senators to devise a substitute for the administration civil rights bill. The move aims to craft an alternative approach through bipartisan talks in Washington.
The Rev W Gaye Bender resigns as pastor of First Baptist Ottawa to become Superintendent of Missions for the Missouri River Baptist Association in Kansas City Kansas beginning Aug 1 He will coordinate and promote denominational work among 41 churches from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City He will attend a Greenlake Wisconsin conference before leaving and his family will stay at 120 N Forest Ottawa until mid August Meanwhile the Senate enters a weekend session for civil rights bill debate with a tentative Tuesday vote under a unanimous consent agreement and potential filibuster threats
A six hour severe electrical storm drenched the Chicago metro area with 6.24 inches of rain, flooding basements and streets. At least three people died, hundreds fled homes, Midway airport halted operations, and Joliet and nearby towns reported extensive damage and rescues.
Delores Peterson travels to Kansas City to spend the weekend with Mrs. Al Sill.
Civil Defense workers faced a real emergency as a national mock alert proceeded. A local power outage knocked the courthouse headquarters offline, halting work until Louis Menager retrieved a flashlight and resumed operations after 15 minutes.
Police Department enforces rules prohibiting dogs from running at large or howling to disturb the peace. Ady 77-41 references cite enforcement actions and penalties for violations. The measure aims to curb disturbances and maintain neighborhood order.
Beatrice N Felt of Wichta drove on K39 about 13 miles east of Chanute when her car struck the bridge concrete bannister. Sheriff L Montgomery said loss of control while slowing for a preceding vehicle caused the crash. The driver was uninjured. the concrete barrier was cracked.
Gov James E Folsom lets a bill become law without approval eliminating most Negro residential areas from Tuskegee Alabama city limits. Negro residents have boycotted white merchants for two weeks in protest of the measure. Khrushchev and Bulganin plan to fly back to Prague after a swing through Czechoslovak hinterlands ending with separate departures from Bratislava.
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