Color touches brighten Junior College gym and lighting upgrades
Summer work includes blue lanes for easier officiating at the Junior College-Senior High gym and new fluorescent lighting throughout Senior High classrooms and the library. Additional repairs cover baseboard removal at Hutton, hardwood flooring at Royster, and a planned gas furnace installation. Elsewhere, engineers report an unexpected water source along the US 75 highway north of Buffalo complicating the roadbed with a stabilizing drain to be installed.
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Hutton School
Royster
Buffalo
State Highway Commission
Senate approves foreign aid package amid cuts rejected
The Senate voted 57 to 33 to fund a foreign aid bill totaling about 4.11 billion dollars including 2.3 billion for military assistance, after defeating an effort to cut 126.6 million. Chicago Daily News reports the steel industry may offer a 10 cent an hour pay raise to end the steel strike. Wichita district farm credit loans exceed 116 million dollars for the year ending June 30, up 21 million from last year.
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Washington
Senate
Administration
Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Wichita
A. J. Troup
Production Credit, Corp
Burglars Break Open Safe at Long Bell Lumber Co
Burglars broke open a safe at the Long Bell Lumber Co. on North Grant, stealing about 407.80 in money and checks totaling 4287.89 described as non negotiable, plus a new electric drill. Intruders gained entry by knocking off the knob and may have entered through a back door as drawers in the office were ransacked and money taken from drawers outside the safe.
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Long Bell Lumber Co
North Grant
Carl W. Kelley
Topeka
Kansas
Muathattpeehudy,bureau
Casper to Lead Airlift Exercise Pine Cone in August
Lt. Col. Kenneth D. Casper of the 442nd Troop Carrier Wing will serve as executive officer for a joint Air Force Reserve airlift training division in Exercise Pine Cone. The August operation in North Carolina recalls to active duty for 60 days and involves over 8,000 paratroopers and Army forces in the largest peacetime maneuver of its kind.
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Kenneth D. Casper
S. Tennessee
North Carolina
442Nd
Air Force Reserve
Grandview Air Force Base
Air Force
Army
Oklahoma Runoffs Highlight Democratic State Races
Oklahoma voters face three runoff contests for nominations in the Democratic Party. Rep. Victor Wickersham trails Dist. Judge Toby Morris in the 6th Congressional race. Judge Das Jones defends his seat against State Sen. Kirksey M. Nix. Harold Freeman seeks a first full term on the Corporation Commission after a narrowly nonmajority primary.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dantocratic Party
Criminal Court of Appeals and Corporation Commission
Victor Wickersham
Mangum
Dist
Toby Morris
Lawton
Morris
Das Jones
Kirksey M. Nix
McAlester
Nix
Harold Freeman
Corporation Commission
Andy Payne
State Supreme Court
Indian Army units hunt for quake victims in Anjar
Indian army units dug through wreckage in Anjar northwest coastal town seeking additional victims after Saturday’s quake. Official toll stood at 109 dead with 400 injured, 40 serious, and about 800 missing. Some 12,000 homeless with tent camps. Army medical units began mass inoculation program.
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New Delhi
India
P—Indian Army
Anjar
Anderson Body Found in Truck
Vincent Anderson 41 was found dead in the cab of his panel truck near Oasis road beside U.S. 169. A 22 caliber rifle lay beside him. Sheriff Lee Montgomery and coroner Dr. Howard Swain ruled the death a personal safety related bullet wound in the forehead with no motive established. Family details and funeral plans follow.
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Vincent Anderson
N. Forest
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
Howard Swain
Oasis
Tom Ogden
Clifford McCoy
Dr. Swain
Tom Morehead
Montgomery
John Phelps
Charles Forsyth
Chanute
Erie
Anderson
Parsons
Iola
Dorothy
Gwendolyn
Zelda
Kathaleen
Pamela
Larry
Carl Anderson
Kansas City
Kan
Wesley
Lyle Anderson
Thayer
Alta Hammack
Ruth Miller
San Bernardino
Calif
Marie Harned
Casper
Wye
Wilson-Johnson
W. Gayel Bender
First Baptist Church
Galesburg Cemetery
Two Escapees Return To Maine Prison Farm
State Police issued an alarm for Armand Vigue 23 who escaped from the State prison farm. The alarm was recalled when Vigue returned to the farm with a pig in his arms claiming he chased the animal for two hours after it broke from its pen.
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Maine
Warren
Armand Vigue
Vigue
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1956 and 1955 Totals
Kansas State Accident Records lists 4 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 335 to date for 1956, versus 307 to date for the same period in 1955. Note notes include one previously unreported fatality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansan Killed in Oklahoma Two-Car Collision
Herbert Glenn Poppe of Wichita was killed when two cars collided about a mile south of Davis Oklahoma last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Okla
Herbert Glenn Poppe
Wichita
Here
Eisenhower silent on ruckus over Nixon as Herter gains push
President Eisenhower returned from Panama amid a growing ruckus over whether Nixon should again be the No 2 on the GOP ticket. Harold Stassen pressed his move for Herter and pressed Hall for talks while Eisenhower greeted Nixon warmly.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Panama
Harold Stassen
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Stassen
GOP
Leonard Hall
Hall
Eisenhower- Herter
Herter
New Billing Dates For Southwestern Bell
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co announces new billing dates for Chanute Humboldt Erie St Paul Yates Center and Iola to spread statement preparation work. Billing will use the usual rate and be prorated for the transition period during which the changes take effect.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Darrell Green
Bell
Chanute
Green
Humboldt
Erie
St. Paul
Yates Center
Iola
Truck Driver Killed In Topeka Accident
One person died and another was injured in a collision east of Topeka involving a loaded cattle truck and a pickup. Gerald W. Root, 34, of Kansas City Kansas, died. Dale Root, 32, of Kansas City Kansas, was injured. Art Carter of Perry Kansas drove the cattle truck.
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Topeka
Here
State Highway Patrol
Gerald W. Root
Kansas City
Kas
Dale Root
Highway Patrol
Art Carter
Perry
Chanute Public Schools Budget Sees Small Levy Change
The 1956 57 budget for Chanute public schools shows a levy of 28.97 per thousand vs 28.90 last year. Expenditures exceed 694000, with salary costs rising about 25000 due to higher pay and new staff, funded by higher valuation and a 15000 internal transfer. Valuation rises to 11210871 from 10776644, supporting the larger tax revenue, while Junior College bonds are eliminated and Senior Trade School payments end next year. Public hearing August 6 at Senior High School.
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Chanute
the Tribune
Buford Fisher
Fisher
Debate plans set for Hall Shaw on right to work issue
Fred Meek said a Hall Shaw debate on the right to work will be arranged soon after both candidates agreed yesterday. Hall vetoed the 1955 right-to-work bill. Shaw supports it. Republican chairman Lloyd Ruppenthal declined to moderate, citing party unity. James W. Pratt proposed Ruppenthal or another acceptable moderator.
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Topeka
Fred Meek
Fred Hall
Hall
Warren Shaw
Shaw
Lloyd Ruppenthal
Ruppenthal
James W. Pratt
Meek
Pratt
Kansas GOP Delegation Backs Nixon for Ticket
Kansas 22 member GOP delegation expressed solid support for Vice President Nixon’s renomination at a Topeka meeting. A telegram to President Eisenhower pledged support for Ike and Dick. Wilbur Leonard said others were polled and three favored Nixon, while a separate push to drop Nixon was announced by Harold Stassen.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Ike and
Wilbur Leonard
GOP
Nixon
Leonard
Not a Candidate For Vice President, Says Herter
Boston Gov. Christian A. Herter declares he is not seeking the vice presidential nomination despite Harold E. Stassen’s support. The statement reiterates his denial amid national political maneuvering.
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Boston
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Young Kansas Pilot Killed in Nebraska Crash
James Capouse 21 of Alma Kansas and the Rev Edmund Navratil 30 of Dwight Nebraska were killed when a light plane piloted by Navratil struck a tree on takeoff near Loma Nebraska. Capouse was Navratil's nephew and an assistant pastor at Assumption Church in Dwight.
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David City
Neb
James Capouse
Alma
Kas
Edmund Navratil
Dwight
Loma
Navratil
Capouse
Assumption
September Draft Numbers Reach 193 in Kansas
Kansas plans to supply 193 men for the September draft, compared with 136 this month and 179 in August.
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Topeka
Kansas
Airport Aids Prosperity Here With Payrolls and Trade
Chanute airport has funneled at least half a million dollars into local trade in the past decade. Fred Montague, port manager, told a Chamber luncheon that most new money comes from outside the area. Voters will decide in August on $48 000 in city bonds to match federal funds for improvements, including runway easements, a 100 foot by 2 50 foot asphalt strip, admin building expansion, and a water line extension to the airport. The CAA station and seven full time staff are based there, with a total payroll over 50 000 annually. County officials say maintaining federal standards is key to future aid. Open house planned before the August primary to show needs and projects.
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Chanute
Fred Montague
Chamber of Commerce
Montague
Topeka
Kansas
Winndale
CAA
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
West Seventh
Lavuusauu
Clarence Sievers
United States
State ‘Tuberculosis
Victim Dies After Gas Explosion Linked to Man
William Kulka a 40 year old mechanic linked to a death by own action explosion died at St. John's Hospital Queens. The blast last Wednesday killed a 6 week old girl injured four others and leveled a two story Queens home where Kulka lived.
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New York
William Kulka
St. John’s Hospital
Queens
Kulka
Autopsy Planned In Air Force Officer's Fatal Sierra Shooting
Downieville Calif coroner planned autopsy to verify report of four pilots visiting Sierraville when 2nd Lt James Ohlhausen was accidentally shot during target practice. 2nd Lt Joseph Andrews reloading a .22 pistol fired the fatal bullet near the heart. Roscoe and Newport accompanied the group en route to Stead AFB from Altus AFB.
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Downieville
Calif
Air Force
High Sierra
Sierra County
Philip C. Newberg
James Ohlhausen
Leavenworth
Kas
Yuba
Sierraville
Joseph Andrews
Dunn, N. C
Ohlhausen
Portola
Plumas County
Edward P. Roscoe
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Altus Afb
Oklo
Andrews
Roscoe
Bobby D. Newport
Oklahoma City
Five Persons Killed In Texas Truck Crash
Dallas report states a concrete mixer truck collided with a car carrying eight people at an intersection. Five persons died including Cecil Hilburn 16 and David McClendon 7 both of El Paso, John McClendon about 30 of El Paso, Peggy Brewer 13 and Gary Brewer 10 of Arlington. Three other car passengers were injured.
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Dallas
Cecil Hilburn
el Paso
John McClendon
David McClendon
Peggy Brewer
Arlington
Texas
Gary Brewer
Abscessed tooth cancels St. Louis mayor dinner
Mayor Raymond R. Tucker canceled his dinner appearance for 55 dentists in St. Louis due to an abscessed tooth. The event sponsor was not listed and no further health details were provided.
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ST. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
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297Th Field Artill Battalion
Kansas National Guard
Tribune
Long Bell
Ersesee
Oswego
Altamont
Lebo
Independence
Coffeyville
Walnut
Emporia
Waverly
Garrett
Fort Scott
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
Garden City
Salina
Goodland
Kenneth Casper
Kansan
Lke
Capitol
White House
Canton
Mass
Southwestern Bell
Board of Education
T ‘Board
East River Bridge
Waitis
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Roy A. Lawson Jr
New State Hospital
Chester L. Hamsher
Charles Henshall
Chamber
Les Matthews
Southwestern Institute For Chamber of Commerce
Tex
Matthews
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