Rainout dampens Kansas City Athletics baseball trip
In Chanute a rainout of the Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox game disappoints local fans and 160 Little Leaguers who traveled by chartered buses, while trip leader Paul Brennecke notes the journey itself provided joy for many youths. Nearby, Marion Mintz shows off oversized Calfornia mango peppers weighing a pound, and a thunderstorm with a fire in a stubble field south of Chanute casts a dramatic scene as ambulance activity reports medical aid for a boy from Thayer.
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Chanute
Kansas City Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Ivan Engel
Thayer
Piedmont
Everett George
Earlton
Ottawa pioneer B D Bennett dies at 97 after illness
B D Bennett, longtime Ottawa industrialist and president of Bennett Creamery, dies at 97 after a brief illness. He worked in lumber in Williamsburg Wichita Harper and Pittsburg before returning to Ottawa in 1905 to run coal and ice operations and cofound Forest Park Creamery, growing it into a major regional dairy.
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Ottawa
B. D. Bennett
Bennett Creamery
Bennett
Franklin County
Williamsburg
Wichita, Harper and Pittsburg
Marais Des Cygnes
Forest Park Creamery
Midwest
Gas in Water Mains Jars Belleville Residents
Liquefied gas seepage into water mains caused six explosions in Belleville Illinois amid a night of jitters. About 2,500 residents were evacuated for six hours. four sustained minor burns. No serious injuries or mass exodus occurred. a family of six had major damage to their home. Fires from blasts were put out quickly.
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Belleville
Ill
St. Louis
Relics Unearthed in Fort Scott Flood Area Hunt
In Fort Scott Kansas a flood cleanup turned into a relic hunt as Johnny Mayhew a 17 year old found arrowheads and old tools north of the city where 250 people were evacuated. The finds include an 1852 dime corroded brass bullets and old muskets parts as townsfolk joined the search before renewed rain halted the effort.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Johnny Mayhew
Marmaton
Mill Creek
Fort Scott Tribune
Mayhew
Lewis D Robinson
Watershed Meet Tonight in Iola for Offic ers Election
Temporary officers of Neosho and Allen counties in the Big Creek Watershed project plan to elect permanent officers tonight. The meeting, at attorney Howard Immel’s office, lists Lyle Meyer, Bob Eberhart, Earl Reinhardt, Marion Stevens, Ebar Schultz, and C. P. McKinney of the Soil Conservation Service among attendees.
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Iola
Neosho
Allen
Big Creek
Howard Immel
Lyle Meyer
Bob Eberhart
Earl Reinhardt
Marion Stevens
Ebar Schultz
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
C. P. McKinney
The
Soil Conservation Service
Erie
Tax Appeals Board Denies Two Railroads Request
TOPEKA AP Appeals by Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern for reduced taxable property valuations were denied by the State Board of Tax Appeals. The railroads argued valuations were too high relative to actual value versus state real estate averages. 1958 assessed values were Missouri Pacific Kansas property $47,843,953 and Kansas City Southern $2,331,450.
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Topeka
State Board of Tax Appeals
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City Southern
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific Kansas
Emporia Woman Killed in Rainy Car Crash
An accident in Emporia involving three cars in rain killed Mrs. William Zink, 66. Her husband, 69, and Mrs. Margaret Peterson of Allen, Kansas, were hospitalized but not believed to have serious injuries.
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Emporia
Azemporia
William Zink
Margaret Peterson
Allen
Kan
Wasser
Registration Deadline in Chanute City Clerk Announces Last Chance
Chanute voters were reminded by City Clerk Howard Parsons that tonight is the final opportunity to register for the Aug. 5 primary. The clerk’s office stays open until 10 p.m. and about 125 voters have registered this week.
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Chanute
Howard Parsons
Parsons
Hearing Continued for Waymond J. North on Larceny Case
Preliminary hearing for Waymond Joe North of Coffeyville on larceny and burglary charges was continued until August 6 in Justice of the Peace court here. North faces accusations tied to the March theft of a safe from the W. F. Haines home at Chanute and is held in the county jail on a $3,000 bond.
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Erie
Waymond
Joe North
Coffeyville
Justice of the Peace
North
W. F. Haines
Chanut
No Swimming Prohibited in Santa Fe Park
Chanule Police Dept advises the public that swimming is not allowed in Santa Fe Park due to safety and regulatory concerns. The notice urges compliance and warns of potential penalties or enforcement actions.
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Santa Fe Park
Chanule
Hall Predicts GOP Victory in Kansas Governor Race
Fred Hall, seeking the Republican nomination, tells reporters that winning in November is essential for the party to survive in Kansas. He cites experience and general elections strength, disputes polls, and says he would support fellow candidate Clyde Reed Jr. if Reed secures the nomination.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
George Docking
Hall
State Supreme Court
Clyde Reed Jr
Parsons
Reed
Party
Ike Proposes U N Plan Summit Talks
President Eisenhower proposes that the United Nations Security Council decide on a Middle East summit and set a date. He favors a U N Security Council meeting rather than a five power conference to shape rules and invitees.
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Ike
U.N
Washington
Eisenhower
New York
Eisen
Geneva
Security Council
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Reach 272 This Year
Kansas traffic fatalities rose to 272 year to date, with 24 hour tally at 1, as of 1958. The AP report notes 289 fatalities for the same period in 1957 and 272 so far this year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Humboldt Consolidated District Okays Five Acre School Site
A five acre site five miles east and a half south of here was approved for a new school by patrons of consolidated common district No. 83. A bond election on August 1 will raise 176000 for the project with polling at Center Grove school from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Harold Whitaker, district director, said the site includes two acres of the old Maple Grove lot and three more acres from W. C. McCormick.
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Humboldt
Here
Consolidated Common District No. 83
Center Grove
Harold Whitaker
Maple Grove
W. C. McCormick
Whitaker
Prairie View
Cottage Grove
Oakland
Central Avenue
Bethel
Jeddo
Fairview
Foreign Group In Lawrence To Visit Here
First 30 of 51 foreign students arrived in Lawrence for six weeks of orientation before U S assignments for the new school year. The group of 44 men and 7 women will spend August 8 to 10 in Chanute, then travel to Lawrence. Arrangements are by The Tribune with AAUW UNESCO, plus a Methodist church basket supper planned.
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Lawrence
U. S
J. A. Buzzle
The
Tribune
Chanute
State Department
Fullbright Program For Advanced Study
Iceland
India
Turkey
Japan
the Tribune
American Association of University Women
Unesco
Methodist Church
AAUW
Buzzle
City Reports 1957 Operations and Wilson & Company Surveys
The Tribune publishes a special six page section with the city’s 1957 operations report and most of the water survey by Wilson & Company, plus related surveys by the firm. It also includes articles on utility sales the proposed Osa and Martin Johnson museum and city department work.
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The
Tribune Today
Wilson & Company
Osa and
Martin Johnson Museum
the Tribune
Armed Girls in Rebel Force Guard Posts in Beirut
In Basra the rebel held hill area around Beirut hosts at least 50 women and girls trained for military duty. Three 16 year old teens man barricades with rifles and a pistol while serving in a rebel hospital and guard posts. They train two hours at sunrise and fight at dusk. They say they join to defend their country and set an example for men amid Chamoun’s perceived injustice.
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Belman Morin
Beirut
Lebanon
Basra
Camille
Chamoun
Samira Sunno
Zeynah Mesri
Popular Resistance Movement
Samia Sunno
Flash Floods Hit Southwest Missouri Areas and Roads
Heavy rains in southwest Missouri caused flash floods knocking out power and communications. Turkeys Creek near Joplin and Shoal Creek to the south flooded as U S 71 closed briefly near Neosho. Joplin logged 4.1 inches in five hours ending 4 am with other towns recording several inches. A power line was downed by a falling tree leaving parts of the city in darkness for hours. An elderly man, Tom Snodgrass, was rescued from Turkey Creek. No deaths were reported.
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Joplin
Missouri
Turkey Creek
Shoal’ Creek
U. S. 71
Neosho
Cassville
Springfield
Nine Youths Called For Pre-induction
Nine youths registered with the local Selective Service board have been called to take Army pre induction physical examinations. Names and current addresses include Raymond Lee Smith San Diego California Delbert Dean Beebe Kansas City Kansas Roy Alan Graham Fort Hall Idaho Orville Le Libby Independence Kenneth Wayne Alger Howard Edward Rutledge Earlton R 1 Julian Joseph Westhoff St Paul R 1 and James Leon Morris 6062 W Main. Those in the area will travel to Kansas City next Tuesday for exams the following day. Examinations for the others will be arranged through their boards and papers returned.
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Selective Service Board
Gene Wall
Raymond Lee Smith
San Diego
Calif
Delbert Dean Beebe
Kansas City
Kas
Roy Alan Graham
Fort Hall
Idaho
Orville le Libby
Independence
Kenneth Wayne Alger
Howard Edward Rutledge
Lew Mervin Snowden
Earlton R
Julian Joseph Westhoff
St. Paul R
James Leon Morris
W. Main
Smith
Graham
Chanute
Beebe and
Libby
Erie
Selective Service Boards
Weather Forecast and Neosho River flood outlook
Partly cloudy and cooler through Saturday with a high in the mid 80s and lows in the 60s. The Neosho River rose to 10 feet above normal after 1.01 inches of rain in 24 hours, with crests expected along Burlington Iola Oswego and Neosho Rapids, bankfull levels reached or near.
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Neosho
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Weather Bureau
Macy Press
Topeka
Blue Rapids
Nebraska
Lowell
Baxter Springs
Pittsburg
Osawatomie
Parsons and
McCune
la Cygne
Gridley
Trading Post
Worden
Holton
Manhattan
Goodland
Wichita
Good
Gity (Ap
Neosho River
Neosho Rapids
Burlington
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Tax Appeals Board
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