Four Kansas girls stage backyard circus to aid TB hospital
Linda Willis Marcia Allen and Kathie Sloan nine year olds organized a one ring backyard circus in their neighborhood raising 1.14 for the Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital patient benefit fund. Daisy Willis acted as announcer and tickets were sold at a dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Linda Willis
William Willis
Marcia Allen
Robert Allen
S. Larson
Kathie Sloan
Ray Sloan
S. Denman
Linda
Daisy
Willis
Osborn Appointed VP GM of Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
D. H. Osborn, assistant to the operating VP at Chicago, named vice president and general manager of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway at Galveston Texas. The appointment takes effect September 1 1959, succeeding L. M. Olson who moves to Topeka as GM of Santa Fe eastern lines. Osborn's career spanned San Angelo Slaton and El Paso Texas. Fort Worth and Emporia. served as a lieutenant colonel in Europe 1944 46. family listed at 315 S Central and R 2 Floyd Osborn surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Osborn
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Galveston
Tex
E.S. Marsh
Osborn
L. M. Olson
Topeka
Chanute
San Angelo
Slaton
Pueblo
Colo
Dodge City
el Paso
Ft. Worth
U. S
Europe
Ft Worth
Winslow, Ariz
Emporia
Margaret Osborn
Edwin Weber
S. Central
Floyd Osborn
R. 2
Strong offshore quake rattles Humboldt County communities
A powerful earthquake struck offshore near Eureka California with its epicenter at sea. The tremor, the strongest since December 1954, was felt across Humboldt County in communities about 60 miles apart and caused no reported damage.
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Eureka
Calif
Humboldt County
Tribune Delivery Help Line Guidance
If you do not receive the Tribune contact your carrier and try again. If the carrier is unreachable call 70 after 6 p.m. for assistance and pickup options.
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Tribune
St Patrick's Catholic church gets 11000 repair program
An 11000 remodeling plan at St Patrick's Catholic church and school began in June and nears completion. The work includes acoustical tile ceilings in the school, repainted rooms, new floors, complete rewiring, new desks, window and door painting, a new rear entrance, and sanctuary remodeling. Funding came from parish members via a fundraising drive.
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church
David Cushing
Cushing
St. Patrick's
C. J. Pillot
S. Malcolm
St. Patrick's Parish
Tribune
St. Patrick's School
Donald Briley
N. Lafayette
Forecast for Kansas: Clearing skies with scattered storms
eastern and central Kansas see clearing after thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail reported in multiple towns. Tonight's lows in the 60s, highs Saturday in the 70s, and western areas may see afternoon and night storms. Rain totals include La Cygn e 2.16 inches and Brookville 1.40 inches with some minor wind damage reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
la Cygne
Herington
Brookville
Hillsboro
Claflin
Sun City
Newton
Garnett
Elmo
Chapman
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Salina
Englewood
Hesston
Bobby Rice Wounded In Gun Accident
Bobby Rice age 14 son of Mr and Mrs Orie L Rice of 1109 N Garfield was injured when a rifle he was cleaning discharged at about 12 30 p m yesterday at his home. He suffered superficial injuries to his right foot and the wound was not serious.
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Bobby Rice
Orie L. Rice
N. Garfield
Traffic Reform Sparks Heated City Committee Session
Howard Godfrey of the City Planning and Zoning Department clashed with the Mayor's Traffic Safety Committee by proposing a drastic policy: allow on streets only cars that are paid for. The exchange highlighted sharp tension over traffic solutions in Mesa, Arizona.
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Typical Update 1959
Kansas traffic fatalities updated by the State Accident Records Section show 0 deaths in the last 24 hours ending 9 am today. To date in 1959 total 307 fatalities, compared with 278 in the comparable 1958 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wheat farmers approve controls in fourcounty vote
Kansas and nationwide ballots show wheat acreage controls pass with broad support though turnout is low. In four counties 76 percent voted yes, while statewide figures in Kansas show 20,950 for and 7,010 against. Across the nation 160,718 favored the program to 38,522 opposed.
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Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Allen
Neosho County
Wilson County
Woodson County
ASC
Yates Center
Allen County
Kansas
Washington
Nixon and Khrushchev clash at Moscow exhibition
Nixon and Khrushchev traded barbs in a public debate at Moscow's Sokolniki Park while touring American exhibits. They discussed bases, peace, and power as cameras clicked and officials watched, with Nixon promising uncensored TV coverage and Khrushchev agreeing to show tapes in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
Sokolniki Park
Khrushchev
Exhibition Grounds
Kremlin
Possible Berlin Truce Talks Discussed in Secret
Soviet Andreev Gromyko and Western ministers met in secret in Geneva to discuss a possible Berlin truce, with British pressure to salvage a summit. Officials said little progress occurred as Gromyko pressed for greater recognition of East Germany before any suspension of the West Berlin threat.
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Berlin
Geneva
Soviet Union
Andrei Gro
Mate Anristian
A. Merier
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
East Germany
West Berlin
Mmnyso Nag Deen Wink
Britain
Lantern Lights Way For Corn Robbers
In Darksville Missouri two farmers used a lighted lantern to guard sweet corn, but the thieves, described as Black, continued to raid the patch with the lantern merely lighting the scene. Sam Broaddus and Rollie Miles Sr. reported the incident, noting the nighttime theft despite illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darksville
Sam Broaddus
Rollie Miles Sr
Industrial Site Survey Planned for Chanute Today
A committee from the Chanute Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee Mid-America Inc Chanute Development Co and the city engineer will survey Chanute for potential industrial sites. The group met at the Tioga Hotel for a noon luncheon and will identify suitable locations before raising funds to purchase and build on the chosen site through the Chanute Development Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Mid-America Inc
Chanute Development Co
Chanute
Tioga Hotel
W H. Caldwell
Paschal Grimes
Dale Painter
Mid- America
Joe Balch
Kenneth Brown
C. of C. Industrial Committee
Brown
Wasser
Polio Cases Jump in Week to 166 Paralytic Rise
Washington reports a 50 percent rise last week with 166 paralytic polio cases and 257 total polio cases for the week ended July 18, compared with 178 cases the prior week and 110 paralytic in 1958. Through July 18, paralytic cases total 956, with 437 in 1958 and 1,500 in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Savage Beating Fatal to Ottawan
Ottawa Kansas police investigate the beating death of Edgar Smiley a 46 year old construction worker found near his trailer with a broken baseball bat cap and 60 cents nearby neighbors reported hearing cries for help late Wednesday night
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Ottawa, Kan
Edgar Smiley
Girl Found in Grant Park Recalls Newark Kidnap Tale
New Jersey heiress Jacqueline Hart, missing since Tuesday, ran to a Chicago policeman sobbing a tale of kidnapping in Newark. FBI and Chicago police opened a large investigation, with some officials skeptical yet noting no discrepancies in her story.
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Chicago
New Jersey
Jacqueline Gay © Hart
Grant Park
Newark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles Pierson
Pierson
Miss Hart
Ralph A. Hart
Colgate-Palmolive ,Co
Jack Blakeslee
Gay Hart
Blakeslee
James Meskell
Detective Bureau
Stanley Gaines
Fayetteville
W.va
Richard Auerbach
FBI
John Ascher
Auertach
John Kellogg
Gaines
Entrance to Plant Cleared of Women
Kansas City AP report says the strikebound Standard Oil refinery at Sugar Creek had its entrances cleared of unauthorized women pickets after a court order and a petition. Two days of women from the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union staged a sitdown, stopping railroad traffic and keeping 28 non-striking clerical workers inside for two nights despite objections from husbands and union officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Standard Oil
Sugar Creek
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
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Iso
Manhattan, Kan
Battle of
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Senate
Eisenhower
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Ottawan
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