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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
1
A lemon weighing one pound seven ounces sent to Mrs Bradshaw raises questions of uses and preservation. Chanute marked extreme heat a year ago with 113 degrees at 1 30 pm and 117 as the all time high, while today the mercury reached 94 degrees at 1 30 pm after a 68 degree low.
Mary Ann Torrence of Erie will perform a trumpet solo at the Highland Park city band concert Friday night. The piece is Whirlwind Polka, with other features including Briegel cowgirl melodies and Rogers and Hammerstein. The trombone section also stars in Trombone King by King.
The Tribune reports 1 913 Little Stinkers entries received by the Wednesday 5 p.m. deadline, up 29 from last week. Record 2 557 was set two weeks earlier. Prize now 130 dollars. Puzzle No 12 and results to be printed Friday. Entries must arrive at The Tribune office by deadline, not just by mail.
Topeka Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 285 to date in 1955, with 280 for the same period in 1954.
President Eisenhower’s signature is needed to resume the Tuttle Creek Dam project in Kansas as part of a $554 million flood control and navigation appropriation in the final bill sent to the White House. The measure funds Kansas sites including Turtle Creek, Toronto reservoir, Wichita and Valley Center, plus planning in Abilene, Manhattan, Ottawa, Pomona, Salina, Strawn, and Topeka, with Missouri Basin allocations for Bostwick, Kirwin, and Webster units also approved.
Veracuz Mexico packed passenger boat La Flecha sank in the Gulf of Campeche forty minutes after departure from Veracruz. Twenty-nine feared lost and twenty-six missing with three bodies recovered and 37 rescued. The 145 ton vessel carried Mexicans and was bound for Progreso on the Yucatan Peninsula. Coast guard and fishing boats searched for survivors as cause remained unknown.
Air Force airman second class John F. Crogman filed in District Court for $10,000 against Lt. Col. Walter Callahan alleging slander. The accusation of laziness was made in the presence of airman Miles Miller at Tinker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City.
P Three engineering firms have been invited to submit estimates for a study and recommendations on a future additional water supply for Emporia.
In Erie District Court John C. Jensen and B F Schupbach sue the United States Department of Agriculture and related bodies over 1954 wheat crop rulings and a 1955 marketing card. They seek cancellation of an extra penalty and issuance of a marketing card to sell wheat. The suit names Neosho County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee members as defendants.
Harold Wadkins of McCune was taken into custody on West Main yesterday for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He posted a $200 bond and was released. His hearing is scheduled in police court for 4 p.m. Thursday.
BRATTLEBORO Vermont Mrs Lucille Miller a 45 year old woman was convicted on 18 counts of advising young men to evade military service. Federal Judge Ernest W Gibson scheduled sentencing for August 8. The verdict followed about an hour of deliberation.
A group of eastern investment firms led by Pennrod Corp and State Street Investment Corp gained representation on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad board after purchasing more than 500,000 Katy common shares. The board withdrew a plan for capitalization revision before the Interstate Commerce Commission, signaling a long term investment approach by the new directors led by Robert E. Thomas.
Department of Defense has given final approval for Boeing Wichita as a secondary source for building B52 jet bombers. J. E. Schaefer announced the decision today, confirming the sourcing change for the project.
Secretary of State Dulles arrived in Paris to finalize Western policy for the Geneva summit. He planned talks with Antoine Pinay and Harold Macmillan and a Saturday meeting with NATO foreign ministers to align plans for the Big Four talks. Khrushchev and Zhukov accompanied Bulganin to Geneva, seen as normal. Dulles voiced hope for a peace settlement rich in human values and noted unity among Western Allies should be easy to achieve.
Europe endures a week long heat wave with at least 70 deaths across Western nations. Sweden faces ice cream rationing as temps reach the 90s, Denmark imposes water limits, and Rome reports heat linked drownings with 10 deaths among 21 in Italy.
Fred Primmer, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Primmer, was injured when his bicycle collided with a motor car at Main and Lincoln. He was treated at Neshio Memorial Hospital and released to go home. The driver of the car was Phillip Leon McCoy, 17.
Dr. David Gelfand heads a cardiac work evaluation unit at Philadelphia General Hospital with Heart Association backing. In a study of 438 adults, about 46 percent show a psychological factor in heart risk, especially repressed feelings that can raise blood pressure and trigger heart attacks. Patients are advised to express anger at work rather than keep it bottled up.
Four Air Force officers were killed when a B47 Stratojet crashed and burned near Shreveport Louisiana. The victims Capt J B Brashear Capt L R Castle Jr Capt Co J De Jung and A J C James Waller were with the 512th Bomb Squadron 376th Bomb Wing. Wreckage covered a wide area along the Red River as investigators faced rain and witness accounts of flames.
Partly cloudy and hot through Friday with late afternoon or evening thundershowers. Tonight's low in the lower 70s, Friday highs in the 90s. Storms last night dropped temperatures in western Kansas with a twister causing damage at Cimarron and notable temperature drops from 95 to 66 in one hour at Russell.
Nine states including Kansas and Missouri receive nearly one million injections from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Eli Lilly Wyeth vaccine units are allocated for children in the nine states and overseas with the armed forces. Kansas and Missouri receive 50 001 cubic centimeters each. One cubic centimeter equals one injection.
Halliburton On Well Cementing Co Duncan Oklahoma Wednesday announced a five percent wage increase for about 6 400 employees across seven states including Wichita The boost takes effect July 31 and adds about 1 380 000 to the annual payroll Hourly paid workers and those on a contract pay plan are covered The raise affects 2 100 employees in the region alongside workers in Wichita and Oklahoma City and parallels hikes granted in prior years
In Missouri a circuit court jury awarded Mil dred Schulz of Paola Kansas seven thousand dollars for injuries from a collision with a truck owned by Delmont David of Mexico. The crash occurred on Highway 54 near Vandalia in May 1954 during an attempted pass. Dry, the driver, swerved into the oncoming lane. Dry's employer Edgar John Dry of Paris was involved. A highway patrol trooper testified Dry appeared to have been drinking after the crash. Schulz is an assistant cashier. her husband is a Paola businessman.
SOUTH BEND Ind Workers on the final assembly line at Studebaker Packard Co walked off the job idleing about 6000 plant employees and halting production of Studebaker cars The stoppage arose from a seniority dispute with management saying most details were being discussed with CIO United Auto Workers The company noted about 3000 nonproduction staff remained at work and officials were seeking a settlement on the bumping system.
An Eastern Airlines Constellation skidded after its right landing gear collapsed at National Airport. Sixty people escaped injury, including 55 passengers shaken but unharmed, and Rep. Keating of New York was aboard. The flight was from Newark to Houston with five crew members.
Audrey Brandt 42 admitted taking Donna Sue Davis from her Sioux City crib and confessed to carrying her toward a Nebraska field where her body was found. He faces vagrancy charges after arraignment and FBI fingerprint checks are under way.
Walnut public schools have filled two of three teacher vacancies. Charles Key of Hume, Me., will teach seventh and eighth grades, while Merlin B. Zollars of Pittsburg will teach shop, band, and driver education. A Chanute agency will supply a new car for driver education, and a new school bus has been ordered for delivery next month. The high school earned a B classification from the State Department of Education, and Harleigh Everts leads an extensive repair and redecorating program.
A farmhouse five miles north and a mile west of here was destroyed by fire Saturday night blamed on defective wiring. Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Irvin Bennett lived there for three months and had just left briefly before the blaze. Mrs Bennett is Marjorie Jarbo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Jarbo of rural Walnut. Firefighters fought the flames as the house and furnishings burned within half an hour.
Agents Billy R. Coats and Paul T. Brennecke report demand easing yet steady for the new permits. They have processed nearly 4,000 applications since sales began on July 5, with ongoing activity in the current period.
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