Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch in World Tour News
Jack McVaugh 21, son of Fred C. Heinze, describes a US Air Force Drum and Bugle Corps tour from Washington to London and Africa. The group performed for royalty in London during a fund raising program for Sailors and Airmen Families Association and visited landmarks before continuing to Tripoli and Morocco.
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Jack McVaugh
Jack
Fred C. Heinze
United States Air Force
Morocco
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Azores
London
England
White City
Tripoli
Libya
French Morocco
Marseilles
France
Mrs Beatty Returns From Flagstaff Funeral for TWA Victims
Mrs. Beatty, Beverly Miller before marriage, returns to Chanute after attending the mass funeral in Flagstaff Arizona for the TWA crash victims. Beatty was a passenger on the plane that crashed near the Grand Canyon, killing all 70 aboard. He had been stationed in Anchorage and just discharged from the Air Force.
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Robert V. Beatty
Chanute
Flagstaff
Ariz
TWA
Arizona
Beatty
Grand Canyon
Beverly Miller
Harold C. Miller
S. Central
Bruce
Bryan
Anchorage
Alaska
Janet
Wichita
Jeanine Anderson
Time To Register For Aug Primary Election Here
Newcomers and others who changed addresses since the last vote must register or reregister to cast ballots in the August 7 primary. Those who turned 21 since the last election or women who married since then also must register. Registration is at city clerk’s office Memorial Building 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays. Beginning next Monday, registration is open at night until 10 p.m. July 27 for workers, then books close to check registrations and prepare poll books.
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Memorial Building
Fall From Tractor Ends Life Of Four Year Old
Four year old James Michael Powell died in a tractor accident on his father’s farm near Norton Kansas. He fell from a tractor driven by neighbor Marion Cheesman and was run over by the plow.
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Norton
Kas
James Michael Powell
Here
Marion Cheesman
Youth with suitcases linked to phony check case in Kansas
Coffeyville residents recount capture of Carl J. Lewis a 22 year old accused check forger who fled on foot after leaving seven suitcases in a car. Parsley a Springdale hitchhiker testified he and Tom Fanning were picked up and later found suitcases believed to belong to Wichita man H R McQuilliams and Kentucky resident Frank H Carr. Four suitcases remained at police HQ and Lewis was captured near Overbrook after wrecking a car near Carbondale.
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Coffeyville
Parsley
Carl J. Lewis
Knowledge
Topela
Lewis
Rom
Tom Fanning
Springdale
Sedan
Fanning
United States Army
Sam
Chanute
Tom Morehead
H. R. McQuilliams
Wichita
Frank H. Carr
Dayton
Overbrook
True
Carbondale
Morehead
Tonganoxie
Chanute School Board Accepts Furnace Bid
The Chanute school district budget for 1956 57 received final approval at an adjourned meeting. The board accepted Heat ing & Air Conditioning Inc 3 131 for gas furnace supply and installation at the Senior High Junior College building. York Electric Co was the other bidder. A coal stoker bid by York Company 425 was accepted as the coal stokers were no longer needed due to conversion.
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Chanute
Buford Fisher
Heating & Air Conditioning Inc
York Electric Co
E. Main
York Company
Tribune Delivery Guidance and Contact Route
If you do not receive your Tribune, contact your carrier. If the carrier cannot be reached, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Uniontown woman marks 103rd birthday amid dandelion tale
Mrs. Nana Duerson observed her 103rd birthday in Uniontown Kansas. Once a 100 year old dandelion digger she lies bedfast now after a long life on farms around town. Her daughter Ida Kidwell, age 82, will have a birthday Thursday. County records show 49 residents are 70 or older, with seven over 85.
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Uniontown
Kas
Nana Duerson
Duerson
Kansas
R. M. Culbertson
C. W. Byers
A. C. Duerson
W. Main
McKeon pleads innocent in drowning march case
Sgt Matthew C McKeon, charged with involuntary manslaughter and oppression of recruits after leading a 74 man platoon into a swamp where six trainees died, pleads not guilty. The court martial at Parris Island also faces drinking charges. defense seeks to view Marine poll results as context.
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Parris Island
S. C
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Emile Zola Berman
Berman
Edward L. Hutchinson
Woodbury
N. J
Irving N. Klein
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Klein
Marine Corps
Rev Pittenger For Nazarenes Succeeds Para In Local Church
The Rev Claude E Pittenger of Fairbury Nebraska has accepted the Nazarene pastorate here succeeding the Rev Milton Para. Pittenger a Kansas City seminary alumnus will begin August 12 and has a wife Ellen and three daughters Betty Jean and Claudia Sue. A supply minister Rev John Taylor will fill the pulpit until Pittenger arrives.
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Claude E. Pittenger
Fairbury
Neb
Milton Para
Church of the Nazarene
Kansas City
Chickasha
Okla
Ellen
Betty
Jean
Claudia Sue
Seven new polio cases reported in Kansas
Seven new polio cases were reported in Kansas last week, bringing the year total to 23. This compares with 47 cases at the same point last year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Injured Dies in Wichita After Collision
Sybil Upchurch 36 of Augusta Kansas died in a Wichita hospital from injuries sustained in a two car crash two and a half miles west of Augusta on Highway 54 Saturday night.
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Wichita
Sybil Upchurch
Augusta
Kas
Poisoned Rose Arsenic Dust Blamed for Luce Illness
New York report says arsenic dust from the leaded paint on Clare Boothe Luce’s Rome bedroom ceiling caused a long illness. Time magazine details the hidden poison as doctors traced symptoms to arsenate of lead and later repainted the room.
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New York
Rome
Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Italy
Time Magazine
America
John D. Jernegan
A 90 year old Syrian immigrant seeks final return home
Ferris Keroney, after 53 years in Kansas, departs Coffeyville for Syria. He flies to Cairo then Damascus to reunite with family in Souieda. Neighbors raise 547 dollars to fund the journey aided by Travelers Aid Society.
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New York
Kansas
Ferris Keroney
Syria
Coffeyville
Cairo
Damascus
Nejim
Souieda
Travelers Aid Society
Keroney
Letha Bowser
Mexico
Springfield
House approves large military construction bill under speed
The House passed a 2.14 billion dollar military construction bill by unanimous consent after a veto dispute with President Eisenhower. The measure now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Eisenhower
City Plant Sets New Peak of 5700 KW Load
City manager Ross Cooper reported the municipal electric plant reached a new all time peak output of 5700 kilowatts yesterday afternoon, surpassing the previous 5600 KW record set earlier this month. Officials noted a brief service disruption on a South Lafayette line after a line fuse blew.
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Municipal Electric
Ross Cooper
Lafayette
Traffic Fatalities Reported for 1956 Totals in Topeka
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 3 in the last 24 hours and a year to date total of 326 for 1956, compared with 299 for the same period in 1955.
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Topeka
Kansas
Guard Plans 2-Week Camp for Chanute Unit
Members of Chanute Kansas National Guard Battery B 297th Field Artillery Battalion prepare for a 15 day summer training period at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Capt Charles Rice says the unit will move in three sections Aug 9 10 and 11 with 57 enlisted men and three officers. Two new 5 ton trucks will be received for towing 155 mm howitzers.
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Chanute
Kansas National Guard
297Th Field Artillery Battalion
Camp McCoy
Wis
Charles Rice
Rice
Jim Carson
W. H. Robison Jr
Topeka
Kansan Drowns in Mill Creek After Move to Washington
Leo Cross, 67, a retired Haddam druggist, who moved to Washington after retirement, drowned last night in Mill Creek. The Kansas native had lived in Washington for about a year. Authorities reported the incident as a drowning.
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Washington
Kas
Leo Cross
Haddam
Mill Creek
Abilene florist organizer A. Miller dies at 76
Abilene obituary notes the death of A. Miller aged 76 a key organizer of the Kansas Florist Association and a prominent figure in state floral circles at his home yesterday.
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Abilene
A. Miller
Kansas Florist Assn
Southeast Kansas Wheat Boom Defies Size of Farms
Southeast Kansas becomes a major wheat region not by vast fields but by high yields on small plots. Officials note 518000 acre 1957 allotment across 14 counties contrasts with larger Central Kansas allocations, while farmers aim for 40 to 60 bushels per acre amid many 15 acre or smaller fields and a growing free wheat sector.
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Kansas
Southwest
Ford
Finney
Reno J
Sumner
Wilson County
Ralph Wilson
Neosho County
ASC
Labette County
Chanute
Neodesha
Crawford County
Social Security Added Benefits Action On Senate Vote
Senator George moves a disability benefits amendment for totally disabled adults 50 plus financed by a new tax. Senator Byrd leads opposition while the Eisenhower administration cites cost and admin issues. Early agenda included a separate retirement proposal for women at 62, later dropped. Leaders target votes today with final action planned next day.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
White House
Eisenhower
House
Finance Committee
Kerr
D-Okla
Weather Forecast Shows Little Change Ahead
The Topeka weather service notes little change in temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible late today into Wednesday. Cedar Bluff Dam recorded 1.37 inches of moisture. Garden City 0.45 and Dodge City 0.03 inches. Highs yesterday ranged from 90 to 97 degrees. lows from 61 to 75 across several towns.
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Topeka
Cedar Bluff Dam
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Wichita
Hill City
Chanute
Pittsburg
Federal income tax called vicious and evil
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner T Coleman Andrews told the Beverly Hills Rotary Club that the federal income tax is vicious and evil. He argued the tax violates rights guaranteed by Article IV of the Bill of Rights by depriving Americans of protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
The
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