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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1957
Page
1
Police found two teenage boys breaking bottles in the 500 block of South Central and supervised their cleanup before returning them to parents. A 20-year-old Chanute youth admitted taking roasting ears from a cornfield near the east river dam on land owned by Dale Rush and eating them on the river bank. No charges will be filed.
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section show 0 in the past 24 hours and 281 to date in 1957, compared with 349 in the same period of 1956. Readers are reminded to contact their Tribune carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m. if undelivered.
FBI says an unexploded blasting cap was found in a damaged Western Airlines Convair on the Las Vegas to Los Angeles flight. A passenger body was found on a Mojave Desert hill. Saul F. Binstock, 62, of North Hollywood was identified as missing and autopsy ordered.
The weather service predicts a warm sticky weekend across Kansas with scattered thundershowers in the northwest and east, highs in the 90s and western 95 to 100, little overall change tomorrow, and rainfall in the last 24 hours concentrated around Emporia with varied readings across county towns. The forecast also notes high humidity, a steady barometer, and lingering heat after today’s temps.
Mrs Constance O Reilly 37 who lost her left arm at birth gave birth to her 12th child at St Margaret's Hospital The girl weighed 8 pounds 12.2 ounces The couple Richard J a dock builder and wife have seven girls and four boys Their oldest is a 15 year old boy One child died at six months
Five persons were killed in a head on collision seven miles west of Watertown Wisconsin on two lane Highway 19 in a farming area. Victims identified as Donna M Sullivan 22 Donald Finnel 25 Royce N Mosher 21 all from Waterloo Loretta Beck 20 of Phelps and Charles Tschan 20 of Reeseville.
Police report three no fund checks written last week by a man from Oklahoma staying at a hotel in Chanute. The total amount is 55 dollars. He has left town, headed toward Tulsa. One victim plans to sign a complaint.
Roy L. Betts aged 55 of Independence was killed when he slipped and fell about 50 feet from a bridge under construction 22 miles southeast of Elk City. He left 13 children. his son Cecil was working nearby. Betts had 17 years with the Universal Atlas Cement Co. plant at Independence and had spent the last three weeks on the bridge project.
New York film star Elizabeth Taylor, wife of Mike Todd, entered Harkness Pavilion at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center on Thursday due to premature labor pains. Her condition is described as satisfactory and she was expecting a child in October.
In Chicago Jimmy Hoffa gains solid support from about 800 Teamsters leaders who endorsed his bid to succeed Dave Beck. Beck faces Senate Committee charges of misusing union funds, while Hoffa, previously acquitted on bribery and conspiracy charges, strengthens his campaign amid rival John O'Brien’s hint at withdrawal. Nomination occurs September 30 in Miami.
Gov. Raymond Gary said the Lawton to Oklahoma City turnpike is stymied for now though he will not quit. Smith Barney & Co. told him bonds cannot be sold presently to finance the project. The Legislature had guaranteed $504,000 annually to guarantee bond payments if revenue sufficed.
The Treasury reports strong demand for its latest securities offering with rates up to 4 percent, the highest since 1934. Of 23.9 billion dollars maturing in August and October, 22.8 billion holders opted to swap for new issues, an attrition rate under 5 percent.
In Appleton Wisconsin eleven typewritten lines comprise the will of the late Sen Joseph R McCarthy The peti tion lists personal property over 5000 dollars and debts about 1000 dollars The will names his widow Jean Kerr McCarthy as sole beneficiary and executrix of the estate.
Sen Humphrey denounces jury trial amendments as a smokescreen in the civil rights bill fight. Northern Democrats and administration allies push to limit changes while Dixie forces vow to defeat the bill without a jury trial concession. Senator McClellan threatens extending anti subversive measures if jury trials are banned in civil rights cases. Senate leaders say Eisenhower remains firm against a jury trial concession.
President Eisenhower orders Secretary of State Dulles to travel from Ottawa to London for a personal review of stalled disarmament discussions. White House aide Hagerty calls it a routine step to gain a clearer view of issues under negotiation. Dulles will depart Ottawa at 11 p.m. and arrive in London at 5 15 p.m. Monday.
Louis Silver, a 46 year old former Los Angeles liquor salesman, accused of stealing $500 in offerings at Billy Graham’s Yankee Stadium rally, spoke privately with Graham at Madison Square Garden. Graham promised to help him find a job and gave him a Bible though Silver remained jailed on $2,500 bail awaiting a hearing on grand larceny and related charges.
Oklahoma City architects Harold Jack Begrow and Jack W. Brown of Birmingham Mich plan to meet with shrine promoters midweek to finalize the building design They won a national contest with the plan chosen by the museum board of trustees.
President Carlos Castillo Armas was shot four times after a reception at the palace by Romero Vasquez Sanchez who then killed himself. Luis Arturo Gonzalez became acting president as a possible junta discussion began amid reports of martial law and political turmoil in Guatemala.
Des Moines city manager George Forster received a life threatening phone call while at city hall for his 52nd birthday observance. Police guarded his home as investigators traced the caller and noted recent crackdowns on gambling rackets in the city.
President Eisenhower will nominate William Francis Quinn a 38 year old Honolulu Republican for a four year term as governor of Hawaii. He succeeds Samuel Wilder King who resigned. Quinn a Rochester New York native and Harvard Law School graduate has lived in Honolulu ten years and served as a naval officer in World War II.
In San Francisco Mrs Betty Schardt, aged 78, was found eight days after becoming paralyzed and trapped in an empty bathtub. Neighbors, noticing stacked newspapers on her doorstep, alerted police on Thursday night. She regained strength at French Hospital and was reported in surprisingly good condition.
Flood waters swept western New Mexico as cloudbursts near Grants and Albuquerque closed U S 66. About 50 to 100 people evacuated in Grants uranium town while 1 800 cars remained trapped for hours after creeks rose. By midnight waters began to fall and evacuees returned home.
In Plains Kansas a 52 year old retired wheat farmer and his wife were found shot dead in their home. Sheriff Carmichael ruled the case murder and death by own action. Son Ward Pippitt Jr. found them. a .22 rifle was near the bodies. Coroner's inquest planned for today.
Ailing nine year old Richard Skelton travels to Paris with his parents and sister Valentina for a four day visit, hoping to see Brussels if possible. Red Skelton, the boy’s father, aims to show him as much of the world as time allows before a longer European itinerary including London and Scotland.
In Alexandria President Nasser reviews navy units and flags three submarines bought from the Soviet Union. He praises the United States for opposing aggression but rejects the Eisenhower doctrine for its strings and conditions. He calls France and Britain responsible for the Suez conflict and vows independence from Western alliances.
Jimmie Lee Morris of Tulsa, serving one to five years from Neosho County for grand larceny, will apply for parole on September 26. A state penitentiary notice in Lansing confirms the plan. He and two women companions were arrested after stealing two half gallon bottles of whiskey from Swiler's liquor Store on March 23, 1955, and were found with additional stolen clothing from Erie, Iola, and Coffeyville. Morris pleaded guilty in Erie district court on June 1, 1955.
Oklahoma City Maj. Gen. Charles J. Bondley Jr. predicted at a luncheon that aircraft will reach speeds ten times the speed of sound within a decade and combat craft will ascend to 75,000 feet within three years. The remarks came during the Oklahoma division of the U S Air Force Association's 50th anniversary event.
A front of a 1950 Chevrolet pickup and left side of a 1949 Dodge were damaged in a collision at First and Malcolm around 9 20 a.m. Officers said the pickup owned by Robinson Auto Supply was driven by Robert D. Lancaster and the Dodge by B H Korphage. No injuries noted and no damage to a second car backing from the curb.
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