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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
1
A man posing as a salesman knocked at the Lee Osborn residence on Walnut Street about 9 am. Mrs. Osborn drew a pistol and ordered him out as he forced entry. He departed after kicking the family dog. described as six feet tall with dark hair and a green and white Mercury car, possibly 1947 or 1948, mud-smeared plate.
A highway crash on U S 66 east of Lebanon left Frank H. Crocker and Charles H. Crocker dead and four others injured. Treatment was hampered by a 30 minute blackout at Lebanon Hospital, with flashlights used to aid emergency care.
State Accident Records Section lists 2 fatalities in past 24 hours in Topeka and 259 for the year to date in 1957, compared with 334 in the same period of 1956.
Mrs Walter Bodle traveled to Kansas City this morning to spend the day there and return later. She planned to visit local attractions and meet friends during the outing.
President Eisenhower said a Zhukov-Wilson meeting might be useful as a way to bring together the defense ministers of the United States and the Soviet Union. He spoke at a news conference touching on foreign policy and the civil rights bill, stressing no deployment of troops to enforce school desegregation.
Kansas City. Bill M. Sartin 32 was charged with manslaughter by abortion in the death of airline hostess Lucienne Colbrant 27 of Belgium found in Sartin’s trailer. Bond set at 3000 pending July 24 preliminary hearing. Sartin a third year osteopathy student. Coroner Dr Hugh Owens said autopsy confirmed pregnancy but other results inconclusive. Sartin said Colbrant tried to abort herself.
Bridgeport California reports the 2 year old David Allen Scott died of exposure near Eagles Peak at 8500 feet after wandering from his Sierra campsite with parents from San Diego. He climbed about 3000 feet above the camp, wearing a T shirt and single shoe. Undersheriff Jack Gardner said death occurred Saturday night.
Buffalo deputy William A. Buyers spent a year posing as a disgruntled cop and would be bandit to help smash the Coppola gang. Coppola, 24, Niagara Falls, was convicted last week in a $52,529 branch bank holdup and given 20 years. Buyers balanced college study, a full time job, and undercover work to trap the gang with a tip leading to Jan. 11 arrest en route to a tavern holdup.
A five ton onion truck rolled down a Guthrie hill with no driver as the emergency brake failed. It struck a car and a pickup before smashing four Glock Motor Co windows. The incident caused estimated damage over $2000 with no injuries reported.
Oneonta New York city officials completed a new water filtration plant worth 975000 dollars. Ten years of planning followed by two years of construction culminated yesterday as the old system failed. Clarence M. Taylor led the effort as public director.
Municipal electric plant demand reached 6750 kilowatts yesterday to tie the all time load record set Monday. Superintendent Fred Mosier announced the peak and noted the system remains prepared for demand spikes.
Topeka forecast hot with highs near 100 for five days and only slight cooling possible in the northwest by Friday. Jim Hosey of the weather bureau expects continued hot, fair conditions statewide with possible isolated thunderstorms in the northwest today and tomorrow. Temperatures yesterday hit 100 or more across much of Kansas, including 103 in Topeka and Garden City.
Technical trouble at the Atomic Test Site forces a 24hour postponement of the next detonation in the 1957 series. The Atomic Energy Commission now schedules the shot for 6:30 a.m. tomorrow, previously set for today.
President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine sending federal troops to enforce school integration and outlined four goals for any civil rights bill. He opposed attorney general driven enforcement without local requests while supporting measures like a civil rights division and investigation commission. Senate action followed a party line vote to take up the House bill amid Southern opposition intent on blocking or filibustering the measure.
Topeka reports the Osawatomie State Hospital superintendent files brutal mistreatment charges against four civil service appeals by Emil Brooks Charles E Kennedy Leroy Patz and Bill McMeins Brooks and Kennedy allegedly injured a patient June 14 Kennedy allegedly threw a bed sheet over the patient and helped Brooks throw him to the floor Patz and McMeins were suspended not dismissed for failing to intervene State officials say abuse can lead to dismissal and a civil service hearing may be set this Friday.
Secretary of State Dulles urged Congress to reject sharp foreign aid cuts, warning that reduced funding would trigger more draft calls and hinder a possible disarmament agreement. He spoke as the Senate and House debated a 2.24 billion authorization with a three year plan for growth loans abroad.
Valley Forge Pa. reports a Boy Scout Jam boree where happiness comes from memories and friendships. Vignettes describe Jack Davis of South Webster Ohio keeping a pup named Venus, Texas boys smuggling fireworks, and an eight foot boa constrictor drawing crowds.
Dr A A Kihm a 1955 KU Medical College graduate has joined the Ashley Clinic as a general practitioner arriving from San Luis Obispo California. He is married to Barbara and has two children Kathryn Jeane six and Albert Jr twelve. The family resides at 416 N Kansas.
Maj John Glenn Jr rescaled the nation by flying a Navy F8U Crusader from Los Alamitos California to Brooklyn New York in 3 hours 23 minutes 6.4 seconds averaging over 726 mph and surpassing the previous cross country record. Glenn said speed felt like driving 70 mph and thanked his family for souvenirs after landing at Floyd Bennett Field. The 36 year old Marine major is a World War II and Korean War veteran with three Distinguished Flying Crosses and 17 Air Medals.
Washington today marks the close of testimony in the bribery conspiracy trial of James R. Hoffa. Hoffa denies knowing John Dye Cheasty worked for the Senate Rackets Committee while the government argues Cheasty aided Hoffa by providing confidential committee information. Hoffa says he hired Cheasty only as a lawyer for Midwest Teamsters conference hearings and learned of any committee ties only after his March 12 arrest. Final arguments loom as Judge Matthews prepares jury instructions ahead of possible verdict.
WARTON England Britain new fighter the English Electrical exceeded the existing world air speed record of 1132 miles an hour though the company would not reveal the exact speed for security reasons. Washington House Committee on Un-American Activities begins effort to show Communists control vital media. Berlin East Germany behind in promised heavy machinery deliveries to Russia by over 100 million rubles. Budapast People's Supreme Court reduces death sentences to prison terms for seven in revolt case. seven sentences upheld.
Government reports 76 dead and 300 missing after flood from Typhoon Wendy in Pangasinan province. Earlier counts by the Philippine News Service claimed 230 drowned and over 1,000 missing. Mabini area most affected with at least 10,000 houses destroyed as relief supplies flow in.
In Garden City a two car crash killed George Paul Steb ens, 59, of Lakin. Three others were injured, not seriously. In Desoto Lewis Dewey Pratt, 56, of Sunflower Village, died when a car plunged off a road. In Kansas City Frederick Burt Denison, 47, of Kansas City, fell 40 feet from a painters scaffold and died.
In Chicago Blue Streak a two year-old racing pigeon completed a 724 mile journey from New York to his home setting a new distance record. He was released with Red Streak and Triple Streak at 5 a m EST and arrived at 8 a m after being flown to New York by Trans World Airlines with the return route expected on its own.
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