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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1957
Page
1
A garden lizard is found in a cat’s mouth in Phoenix. In Charlotte a man pretends to be his brother in a street prank and ends up in hospital with minor injuries. In Valley Forge a boy’s handcuff key bends, seven police try tools for an hour before success.
Exmouth reports 6750 kilowatts as the highest peak load at the municipal plant on Monday, surpassing the 6700 KW high set Saturday. City officials say air conditioning and the new diesel engine help meet demand, with expectations of 7000 KW before summer’s end.
Combine activity accelerates as farmers salvage dry wheat amid improved weather. Reports from Chanute Erie Fredonia and Humboldt elevators note half the crop cut with yields from 10 to 30 bushels per acre and test weights between 40 and 60 pounds. State agencies say about one third remains unharvested with gains in upland areas and variable yields across eastern counties.
Valley Forge Pa veteran observers reflect on youth and vitality as 53 000 Scouts rest after a rally day. Elders discuss ideals and the need to preserve youth’s uncompromising spirit while educators officials and journalists note the camp atmosphere and talks.
Midway High School announces Band practice for junior high and high school students Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Wayne Adams, the music director, says parents and residents of the community are invited.
General Electric will send engineers from Syracuse to Chicago to probe the electrocution of 6 year old Howard Erenstein Jr. in Skokie. Parents testified a cabinet moisture may have grounded the set while a neighbor reported high voltage on similar units. Hearing paused to await engineering findings and July 26 testimony.
The Builders Committee of the Chamber of Commerce decided at a meeting yesterday to conduct an all-out membership drive next fall. Plans call for the campaign to be held in September with Clarence Sievers as committee chairman presiding.
Senate Banking Committee votes 8 to 7 along party lines to defeat the Eisenhower proposal for a presidential commission to study the nation's finances. The move blocks a potential bipartisan financial reform plan amid heated debate.
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Senate GOP leaders report President Eisenhower remains supportive of all four parts of the civil rights bill including the Section 3 provision feared by Southern opponents. Senate action favored on bringing the House approved bill before the Senate with a heavy margin, while Morse’s seven day review plan would kill the measure.
Marysville Kansas detective reports P W Hutchinson 53 a manager at the J B Gabbert Oil Co plant was found dead today with a self inflicted gunshot wound County Coroner H S Haerle ruled the death as self inflicted Sheriff Leonard Grable said Hutchinson had suffered illness for a year or more
Topeka reports two new highway patrol stations will open August 1 at Leavenworth and Goodland. Col. Harvey Schmedemann, patrol superintendent, said the new stations bring total trooper stations to 81, with nine opened since January 1.
Kas Kansas reports that award winning farmer Russel A. Taylor was found dead from a self-inflicted wound near a grain bin about a mile from his home. A .32 caliber revolver lay beside the body and coroner Gordon Rhorer noted the death as self-inflicted with no motive given. Taylor’s family had won Edwards County’s balanced farm and family living award five years earlier.
Kansas braces for continued heat with 100 degree readings across Salina and other towns. Forecaster Garrett notes northern activity and little relief. showers limited to a few western spots. Tonight lingers with lows 65 to 75 and Wednesday brings more near 100s.
Nine year old Regina Whitaker died from gunshot wounds after a shooting that killed her mother Alma Martin and her brother Jack Whitaker less than a year after the father Thomas Whitaker swapped wives with a friend. Prosecutor John Jett will seek grand jury review for Regina and pursue another first degree murder indictment.
In Paris at Sante Prison inmates started a fire while guards were on strike. The disturbance followed delays in meal service caused by replacing regular staff with national police.
The Lockheed Super Constellation Neutron crashed into 600 feet of water off Biak Island while en route to Amsterdam via Manila Jakarta Bangkok Rangoon Karachi Beirut and Rome. Sixty persons aboard included 53 Dutch and 3 Britons with 11 bodies recovered and four survivors seriously injured.
Marine Major John Glenn Jr. piloted a F801 Crusader from Los Alamitos to Floyd Bennett Field to cover 2460 miles in 3 hours breaking the prior 3 hour 44 minute 53.88 second mark by an F84F. A second Crusader diverted to Albuquerque due to refueling trouble.
An Army spokesman reported Georgia soldier Set. J.C. Arden L. Alexander, 45, from Hawkinsville shot himself in his apartment yesterday, 24 hours after his wife gave birth to their third child. He had 16 years of Army service.
Boston reports proposed changes to Massachusetts weapon laws would impose five year prison terms for juveniles found in possession of switch knives or brass knuckles. The measure targets youthful offenders and seeks to tighten penalties for carrying offensive weapons statewide.
Secretary of State Dulles proposed studying a NATO stockpile of atomic weapons to satisfy allied fears over disarmament cuts. He favored a centralized NATO arsenal under Gen. Lauris Norstad, avoiding transfers to individual nations. He also discussed Soviet leadership changes and dismissed plans for a U S tour behind the Iron Curtain.
Nikita Khrushchev urged closer cooperation between Soviet Communists and Western progressive parties during a Prague stop. He spoke at the Town Hall Square after signing a Soviet Czech communique advocating unconditional bans on atomic and hydrogen weapons.
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 0 in the last 24 hours. To date in 1957 there are 257 deaths, compared with 334 in the same period of 1956.
Paul A. Shakley, 24, of St. Louis drowned in the Verdigris River after a final dive attempt. He struck his head on a rock in the water and died at the scene.
Kansas City police hold Billy Sartin 32, an osteopathic student, after a TWA hostess Lucienne Colbrant 27 is found dead in his trailer. An autopsy is pending. Colbrant, a Brussels native and former Belgian actress, was four months pregnant according to Sartin who claims he tried two heart stimulants and disposed of medical instruments. Miss Budjac, another TWA hostess, aided police after Sartin left to discard evidence.
Miss Clare Ebert a 43 year old Standard Oil clerk died after police found her beaten in her blood spattered Kansas City residence. Investigators said she was raped by an unknown assailant with a weapon resembling a small pry bar. The brutal attack left her skull crushed and deep lacerations across the head and face. A neighbor reported screams and a brief light in the bedroom before officers arrived. Autopsy planned.
W Beryl Simpson Jr. 18 died in an accident while cleaning light fixtures at a manufacturing plant in Atchison. He is survived by his widow and a two week old son.
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