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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1958
Page
1
The Chanute School Board approved a 1958-59 budget totaling 686,962.20 dollars an increase of 46,281.58 over 1957-58. The estimate places the levy at 33.08 mills with actual levy likely lower due to higher valuations.
The Big Creek Watershed project charter for Joint District No 20 in Neosho and Allen Counties was received by attorney Howard Immel in Iola. A July 25 board meeting will elect permanent officers, after which the working plan will be drafted and submitted for public approval before seeking federal funds for construction.
A Norwegian freighter picked up two U S airmen after RB66 jet bomber crash in the Atlantic off the Azores. A third crewman was seen on a raft as a Portuguese patrol ship guided rescuers. The Vespasian is headed for the Azores and the trio are based at Shaw Air Force Base.
Part one of the American Red Cross water safety instructors course begins at 9 a.m. July 21 at the municipal swimming pool. Mrs. Carl Ranabarger will lead, with daily sessions 9 to 12 Monday through Friday. Eligibility requires senior life saving certificate and age 18.
If you cannot reach your Tribune phone your carrier, try calling 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
The Neosho River at Chanute reached 23.33 feet this morning and was forecast to crest near 24 feet late tonight, with a rising rate around 0.7 feet per two hours. Kansas River stood at 17.6 feet in Topeka as flood threats eased with improving weather.
A head on collision on US 169 near Humboldt killed temporary resident Chester Beighle, 49, and injured Fred Taylor, 34, and his wife. Beighle died at 2 am at Allen County Hospital. the Taylors were treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital Chanute with multiple injuries.
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities by the State Accident Records Section. In the last 24 hours one death. to date in 1958 seventy three deaths more than the same period in 1957.
Mrs. Raymond Pierpont found a copy of the College Journal, the Chanute Business College publication, dated January 1905. She transported it to Calvert's for display, noting the college advertised itself as a permanent institution located in the post office building.
Washington and London pressed for steady policy as Nasser's Iraq regime sparked a broad crisis. Lloyd and Dulles clashed over intervention limits while Marines and air forces built up in Lebanon and Jordan. Khrushchev and Nasser held talks amid Soviet show of force as oil and regional loyalties hung in the balance.
Capt. Marion Boling, in a bright orange Beechcraft Bonanza, landed on Wake Island after a 13 hour solo flight from Honolulu. He aims to reach Manila then attempt a record solo nonstop 8500 mile flight to Wichita, Kansas, starting July 30. He plans two days on Wake, two on Guam, then Manila with his wife and three children aboard.
City workmen will complete surfacing of the parking lot across from the Municipal Building by tomorrow. Afterward bumper rails will be installed and stripes painted. Traffic will enter on Lincoln and exit through the alley behind the Public Library, with a counter clockwise flow inside.
In Atchison Kansas two flood damaged buildings collapsed yesterday while officials ordered a third razed. No injuries occurred as the sites were abandoned though two insurance adjusters and two workmen had just exited one building when it fell. The flash flood hit last Friday.
About 100000 Russians gathered outside the U S Embassy in Moscow amid protests over the Lebanon landing of U S Marines. Demonstrators pelted the building with ink and projectiles as militiamen struggled to control the crowd.
Phillip Fitzgerald 49 of Ottawa Kansas was jailed in Ridley Township on $2,500 bail for criminal negligence after the body of 7 year old Clifford Shinn was found in a water filled ditch. The boy’s playmate said he leaned for a rake and fell in. The ditch, part of a 24 inch pipeline trench between Philadelphia and Cleveland, measured 74 by 23 feet and filled from an underground spring.
Kansas safety director Claud McCamment calls the first 17 days of July the bloodiest period on state highways. The 1958 death toll reached 262 for the year, 41 deaths in July and five fewer than the same period in 1957, despite intensified patrols and enforcement. McCamment warns drivers and courts of the grave danger.
Berlin reports Communist West Germany has restarted secret negotiations with the United States on releasing nine American Army helicopter prisoners held in the area.
Donald Christy of Scott City is the new chairman of the Kansas Water Resources Board. He succeeds Arno Wind of Scheffel Smith Center. R Seaton of Coffeyville was re elected vice chairman.
A two ton truck wreck near Thayer off K47 at 1 30 a m. loaded with frozen chickens survived damage. a Missouri salvage truck saved the cargo and re loaded it while authorities towed the wreck to Parsons. Driver Jerry Lee Camp 21 of Pea Ridge Ark said a car forced him off the road.
Forty five foreign scholars arriving noon August 8 will be hosted at a basket dinner before being assigned to local homes for weekend visits. The Tribune AAUW Unesco and civic groups organize luncheon and housing. Students arrive from Lawrence, attend meal at Methodist church basement, tour the city by bus, then go to hosts by 3 p.m.
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