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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1958
Page
1
A blown fuse trapped elevator operator Dick West and passenger Mrs. Pansy Williamson between floors at the Tioga Inn this morning. Desk clerk Hilda Rovito heard a call for help as power failures stalled rescue efforts for about 45 minutes.
Kansas reports a second sunny day easing the Arkansas River flood threat. Forecaster Garrett predicts mostly fair weather with little temperature change. Yesterday highs reached 86 to 90 degrees across Wamego Olathe Chanute and lows from 62 to 72 degrees.
Colby post office clerk John Harris reminded a customer that first class letters rise to 4 cents after August 1 while she asked for three large books of 3 cent stamps. The exchange reflected the rush to stockpile before the rate increase.
In Liberty Indiana AP reporting Anna Beard died at 90 while her mother Nancy Ryan aged 108 of Richmond survived. The brief note identifies the two generations in the obituary context and notes the elder’s long life.
An application to the U S Department of Agriculture for planning aid is being prepared by the Chanute Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee. The watershed would cover 71 000 acres across Allen and Neosho counties to reduce flood damage and repair costs.
The zoning board set two hearings for 7 30 p.m. August 8 in the Memorial building city commission room. Florence Hale seeks a certificate for a case at 1107 Steuben and John H. Barney seeks one for an insurance office at 22 Tennessee.
In Independence Kansas Pat Talman wandered from home angering his parents. Coffeyville officer Leon Fugate searched a farm pond in diving gear while Sheriff Floyd Huggins organized a broader hunt. About two hours later Pat was found asleep under a hedge half a mile from home.
Ernie Shelby of Kansas won the broad jump with a 26-5 leap at the international track meet between Russia and the United States. Shelby, from Los Angeles, was also an individual champion in the meet.
LIMESTONE Maine AP a B52 bomber returning from a training mission crashed three miles south of Loring Air Force Base killing eight crew members with one survivor Maj Moody E Deaton Denison Texas an instructor pilot He was treated in base hospital condition good Wreckage strewn over 20 acres some flames At time of crash it was raining ceiling about 400 feet cause under investigation victims names withheld until kin notification
An explosion like rumble at 11 15 a.m. was caused by a jet plane breaking the sound barrier. Pilot John Ferguson said the jet flew high north of town. The CAA had no contact with the plane as it exceeded the speed of sound.
Sound Bend Indiana AP reports a 16 year old boy sustained frostbite when his hand was caught in a soft drink machine. He feared being mistaken for a thief so he sought help only after the bottle was delayed and firemen dismantled the machine to free him.
The State Ancient Records Section lists traffic fatalities for the last 24 hours as 3 and year to date in 1958 as 281, with the same period in 1957 at 292. It notes one previously unreported fatality is included.
Chamber directors approved without dissent a resolution endorsing the city’s 850000 bond for municipal water improvements at a Tioga Hotel luncheon. They also okayed a dues hike from 32 to 35 dollars, effective August 1, with a later vote planned on raising class B memberships.
Lloyd J. Peters 31 of 606 S Evergreen arrested on three $40 no fund checks. Preliminary hearing set for Aug 8 in city court with $1,000 bond. Complainant Raymond Justice of Chanute said the checks were given for rent. Peters sent to Erie county jail pending hearing or bond.
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles weigh sending a rapid note to Soviet Premier Khrushchev about a Middle East summit and press for a Security Council process. Khrushchev rejects UN route and favors Geneva talks while U.S. plans an 11 nation council meeting and a New York summit around August 11 or 12.
Hollywood AP reports Air Force Capt. Robert M. White is set to pilot the X15 peak speed mission within two years. He would be carried aloft by a B52 under Capt. Charles Bock before release in Utah airspace, aiming to reach 4 000 mph and altitude near 100 miles. White, 34, with 4,200 flight hours, succeeds Capt. Iven Kincheloe after Kincheloe's fatal crash.
Explorer IV in orbit three days confirms killer rays at 600 miles. Dr James Van Allen says data looks satisfactory as the satellite records radiation energy from four counters and relays via two radios. Air Force targets a moon satellite launch between August 15 and 17 using a Thor Able rocket in a one way mission. Army timing for a moon shot may wait until November.
TOPEKA AP County welfare budgets totaling 51,260,898 are approved for 1959, up 1,451,046 from this year. The boards trimmed about 157,000 from county requests.
Three year old Barry Eugene Sullivan died in a hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a car near his home July 12. Police report details unclear about the driver Lee Wasser for insurance Ph. 119.
In Beirut an assassination attempt on Premier Sami Solh failed by a split second amid heavy gunfire. Eight people died and a 5 year old girl was wounded as a car bomb exploded. Solh escaped unharmed. The incident heightens Lebanon 81 day crisis amid opposition demands and possible peace efforts.
Sheriff J. E. Morrow halted the search for a missing body in Kansas after Milwaukee police quoted James Barr Jr. saying he killed a man named Larry near Chetopa on July 5, 1953 and buried him in a quarry 22 miles east of Baxter Springs. Barr, a Black man, was said to target the victim as a fellow Black man. Barr will face an attempted rape case in Milwaukee.
A four year old girl Candice Carmichael was accidentally shot and killed in Maryville Missouri while playing with a revolver in the family car. The boy brother Jerry Wayne Carmichael six years old told officers he was showing his sister how the gun worked at the time of the incident.
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