Kansas Civil Service Exams Set in Chanute and Elsewhere
Kansas to hold civil service examinations for social welfare and employment service posts in Chanute on July 30 with tests led by Howard A. Jester. Jobs include social worker and welfare director among others. applications due by July 20. Similar exams planned in Salina Hays and Wichita. A gas line puncture on the Earl Wertz farm caused a fueling fire near Chanute. State park table and bench plans advance to all parks. Chalk footprints marked Nancy on the Crown Drug sidewalk as authorities seek clue.
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Kansas
Chanute
State Department of Administration
Topeka
Howard A. Jester
Salina
Hays
Wichita
Earl Wertz
Five Die in Missouri Crash Involving Illinois Family
Five persons died when two cars collided on a wet pavement near Palmyra Missouri. Four victims were from an Illinois family, and a sixth person remained in critical condition at a Hannibal hospital. The dead include Harry Colbert 51 and his wife Mary 34 of Moline Illinois and their sons Charles 10 and James 5 and Vivian E Atchison 29 of Dallas Texas. James Atchison 32 husband of Vivian was critically injured. The Illinois car skidded into the Texas vehicle on U.S. Highway 61.
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Missouri
Hannibal
Missouri Highway Patrol
Harry Colbert
Moline
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Mary
Charles
James
Vivian E. Atchison
Dallas
Tex
James Atchison
Big Little Stinker Price Shift Spotted to 140 125
A market blip shows the price of Big Little Stinker moving from 125 to 140, reflecting a recent update in value. Traders monitor the swing as buyers weigh the shift and potential demand.
Word Puzzle Snippet Teases Crossword Contest Rules
A battered puzzle fragment lists clues and notes about a Chanute Tribune crossword contest. It includes entry rules, prizes, submission details, dates, and eligibility restrictions for readers and Tribune staff.
Elusive Tinker Prize Crest Ties at 140
The weekly prize puzzle remains unsolved after 12 weeks with 1 913 participants failing to submit a correct answer. The author explained several clues including 4 CLUES ACROSS discussing terms like whip, ship, dip, tip and police as possible interpretations, noting multiple meanings and the puzzle’s difficulty.
Southeast Kansas Leaders Board Plane to Fort Carson Visit
Twenty business and civic leaders from Southeast Kansas boarded an army plane at the municipal airport for a visit to the Kansas National Guard encampment at Fort Carson Colorado. The trip included city tours arranged by the Chamber of Commerce and a flight from Chicago Fifth Army Headquarters to Colorado Springs Peterson Field. The group will visit their home units at Camp Carson before returning Saturday evening.
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Ill
Walter Wulf
Humboldt
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bill Young
E. W. Johnson
E. E. Rosenthal
Kansas Highway Commission
West Fourteenth
West Seventh
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Camp Carson
National Guard
Chanute
Fort
Bid Date Signals Beginning On Electric Plant Project
City commissioners set July 28 as the bid date for a new steam generator and boiler at the municipal electric plant a million dollar improvement program approved previously by Chanute voters. Plant revamping includes a turbine, cooling tower, piping and other equipment with an estimated total cost of about 1.2 million dollars and work on the distribution system continuing. Also proposed are five street projects across downtown blocks and a sewer extension between 10th and 11th streets with two residences south of 10th to gain service, while an adjourned session July 26 will consider an appraisal report on assessment costs and a West Main water line extension outside city limits. City Manager Ross Cooper and City Attorney Rob ert L. Briley discussed the plans along with appraisers Charles DeBolt, W. Marcus Barbee and Frank D. Hotchkiss. Local officials noted black topping in the east Santa Fe Park area is progressing. The meeting was led by J. D. Lightfoot with Randall Diver presiding in Mayor Charles Rice’s absence. the session opened with a church prayer.
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Chanute
Lar- Son
Santa Fe
Washington
Steuben
Lafayette
10Th
11Th Streets
Malcolm
Robert L. Briley
Ross Cooper
Charles DeBolt
W. Marcus Barbee
Frank D. Hotchkiss
Santa Fe Park
Weather snapshot and forecast for Kansas region
The report notes yesterday’s extremes with 98 degrees at Salina and 65 at Russell. Partly cloudy and hot through Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight. Temperatures across the state are expected to stay near the upper 90s in the southwest and low 90s in the northeast with low readings from 65 to 70.
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Salina
Russell
Fire Flares in Austin Tunnels During Severe Storm
Underground transformer fires sparked by a fierce electrical storm threatened two landmark buildings in Austin. Firemen evacuated six downtown blocks while battling flames in electrical conduits beneath the Driskill Hotel and Scarborough Department Store. No injuries in Austin. four National Guardsmen hurt at North Fort Hood from a similar event.
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Driskill Hotel
Scarborough
North Fort Hood
Texas
36Th Infantry
Kilgore
East Texas
Topeka Population Up by 1839 in Year
Topeka's population rises by 1839 to 83970 officials report. Shawnee County totals reach 115006, an increase of 2413 from last year per County Assessor John Towle.
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Topeka
John Towle
Shawnee
Towley
Cha nute School Budget on Levy and Expenditures
Cha nute boards adopt a 1955 56 school budget with a 28 90 per 1000 levy on an estimated 10 809 900 valuation. Expenditures total 636 731 65 with higher costs for salaries social security and operating needs. 10 000 set for a music room at Senior High. Public hearing Aug 1 at 7 p m accompanies the board meeting.
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The
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H. S&s
Germ Tests in War Admitted in Japan
Japanese magazine report cites eyewitness Hiroshi Akiyama claiming 1500 to 2000 people died at a germ warfare center 25 miles south of Harbin Manchuria. He says human guinea pigs were injected with germs. many died, bodies burned, bombs spreading germs failed, and prisoners were fed arsenic before August 9 1945.
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Russia
Japan
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Atomic Power Group Formed by Kansas Utilities
Six private power companies in Kansas joined in the Atomic Power Associates of Kansas formed at Topeka to study atomic developments and the feasibility of atomic power plants. Members include Kansas Gas & Electric, Kansas Power & Light, Kansas City Power & Light, Empire District Electric, Wester Light and Central Kansas Power, with Pioneer Service and Engineering and firms under a U S Atomic Energy Commission agreement assisting.
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Kansas
Atomic Power Associates of Kansas
G. W. Evans
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Wichita
Topeka
Evans
The
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Kansas City Power & Light Co
Empire District Electric Co
Wester Light & Telephone Co., Inc
Central Kansas Power Co
Kg&e
Pioneer Service and Engineering Co
Foster-Wheeler Corp
Diamond Alkali Co
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Brandt Cleared In Abduction
The FBI cleared Audrey Brandt of involvement in the Donna Sue Davis rape slaying and charged him with making a false confession. Investigation placed Brandt near St. Clair and Salisbury, Missouri, when the Iowa crime occurred, while the 2 year old victim’s body was found near Sioux City. Brandt to be arraigned in Springfield after release in Joplin on a vagrancy charge.
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Kansas City
FBI Today
Audrey Brandt
Hall to Carson to Inspect National Guard Units
Governor Fred Hall flew to Fort Carson Colorado to observe nondivisional units of the Kansas National Guard during training. He will review readiness and discuss program updates with the Fort Carson staff and Guard leaders.
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Topekap
Fred Hall
Kansas National Guard
FortVarson
Colo
More Polio Vaccine For Kansas Children
The State Board of Health plans to distribute enough Salk polio vaccine to vaccinate 50 000 children with their second shot early next week. They have been allocated 50 000 cubic centimeters of vaccine. About 75 000 first and second grade pupils in Kansas received the initial shot, and the new supply should cover current demand as many students are away on vacation.
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Topekap
State Board of Health
Action on Sugar Asked in House by Sheehan
Rep. Sheehan urged the House Agriculture Committee to take no action this year on renewing the Sugar Act, which expires in 1957, and to conduct an exhaustive study of the act before recommending new legislation to the House. He spoke for large sugar users including the bottled beverage industry as hearings neared completion.
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Washington
Sheehan
D-Ii
House Agriculture Committee
House
Man electrocuted while installing transformer in Olathe
James Pat Simonton a 52 year old civilian worker employed by Kansas City Electrical Construction Inc was electrocuted today while installing an electric transformer at the Olathe Naval Air Station in Simonton Overland Park Kansas authorities reported the incident occurred at the facility during routine maintenance workers at the site described him as a trained electrical technician from the Kansas City firm.
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Olathe, Kas
James Patin Simonton
Olathe Naval Air Station
Simonton
Overland Park
Kansas City Electrical Construction, Inc
Beech Plans to Open Boulder Engineering Plant
Beech Aircraft Corp. of Wichita announced plans to open a new engineering facility in Boulder Colorado this month. The extension of its Wichita division will handle two initial assignments, both described as classified projects.
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Boulder
Wichita
Beech Aircraft Corp
Colo
Charter Issued For Kansas Game Breeders Association
The Kansas Game Breeders Association in Wichita is incorporated today as a non profit organization to promote game bird raising. Herbert P. Harrison is named resident agent.
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Topeka
Kansas Game Breeders Assn
Wichita
Herbert P. Harrison
Minister's Son Dies of Leukemia in Augusta Kansas
Curtis Eugene Hamm aged 19, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Clarence H. Hamm, died at his parents home after a five month illness from leukemia. His father is pastor of the Methodist Church in Augusta and secretary of the Central Kansas Conference. He formerly served at Kin sley and Plains.
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Augusta, Kas
Curtis Eugene Hamm
Clarence H. Hamm
Methodist
Augusta
Central Kansas
The
Methodist Church
Kinsley
Plains
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Kansas In 1955
State accident records list traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours and year to date. Comparison shows 1955 figures and a prior-year tally. readers are advised to call the Tribune for missing editions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Safe Landing Ends Long Vigil For Capt. Theodore Roosevelt
At Hamilton Air Force Base a Globe air transport with 79 paratroopers and eight crew landed safely after both starboard engines failed. Captain Theodore Roosevelt of Elyria Ohio flew through dense fog and kept the plane straight as two tires blew. Roosevelt said everyone remained calm and the crew feathered the propellers while fighting output from the port engines for hours. The mission, part of Operation Gyroscope moving the 187th Regimental Combat Team from Japan to Fort Bragg, left 7,000 pounds of gear dropped overboard to lighten the load.
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Earl R. Roberts
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Tex
Willie Johnson
Milo
Okio
Erskine Carpenter
Hatsman
Wad Siasler
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