Local fruit crop healthy as trees yield well this year
J L Taylor of 212 N Highland notes fruit trees show large fruit on young trees while older trees bear smaller fruit. Mrs Ralph McMinimy reports finding a stray pigeon wearing an aluminum band and calls The Tribune. The pigeon’s owner Robert Ahlers reclaims it at Gordon Galtry home. Robert and his grandparents live in rural Erie. He believes the lost bird was returning to its original home after buying pigeons in Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Taylor
N. Highland
Area Fruit Authority
Ralph McMinimy
Robert
Harry Hunt
Erie
Winfield
Partly Cloudy Warm Weather Pattern For Kansas
Topeka reports a warm humid day with scattered showers across the state forecast through Thursday. Forecaster Garrett notes a cool down tonight and Thursday as showers trend northeast, with highs in the 90s and lows in upper 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Olathe
Pittsburg
Goodland
Postmasters Named for Kansas Posts by Senate
WASHINGTON AP The Senate confirmed President Eisenhower s nomination of two Kansas postmasters Dale Leroy Duncan Manhattan and Ernest C Balay Wichita for key postal assignments in a swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Kansas
Dale Leroy Duncan
Manhattan
Ernest C. Balay
Wichita
Post Office Here Set for Price Hike
Chanute Postmaster Leif Nelson warned of new postage rates taking effect Friday. Mail posted Thursday night will be cancelled to avoid underpayment. First class letters 4 cents per ounce. air mail 7 cents. air mail cards 5 cents. regular cards 3 cents. third class 3 cents for two ounces and 1.5 cents per extra ounce. No changes to parcel post or insured mail. Old three cent stamps and other old rates may be used with a one cent stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Air Mail
Fever Victim Donald Knee Dies in Ohio Hospital
Donald Knee a 13 year old of Phillipsburg Ohio died at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton after a brain blood clot and caverns sinus thrombosis linked to frontal sinus infection. Doctors noted uremic poisoning heart weakness and fluid in lungs despite penicillin treatment and cooling therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
Donald Knee
Good Samarian
Donald
Phillipsburg
Wichita City Dads Vote to Cut Tax Rate
Wichita city commissioners vote unanimously to cap the 1959 municipal tax levy at 23.5 mills, down from 23.922 mills. City Manager Backstrom must detail expense trimming to meet the limit, with a public budget hearing scheduled for August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita City
Wichita
Frank H. Backstrom
Colony Stockman Found Hanged at Home Near Colony
Logan R. West a 65 year old farmer and stockman was found hanged at his home seven miles west of Colony Coroner Robert Stevens said he had been despondent over ill health and this was ruled a suicide authorities stated in Colony Kansas today
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Colony
Kan
Logan R. West
Robert Stevens
West
7-Year-Old Boy Tougher Than Truck
Kansas City report says 7 year old Jimmy Kepler was pinned under a backing pickup while his sisters watched. His mother freed him by reversing the truck and he was taken to a hospital where doctors found only bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jimmy Kepler
James Kepler
Jimmy
Julie
Vickie
Legislation Sought To Build Highways To State Parks
Kansas Highway Commission seeks laws to raise the 10 000 mile highway limit to ease planning for 100 miles of new park and lake roads and funding for park facilities. Lynn Burris Jr. proposed relocating State Highway 141 to better serve the first state park. A survey was ordered on feasibility and two route options from Wamego to the Turtle Creek reservoir were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Lynn Burris Jr
Commission
U. S. 40
Kanopolis Lake
Burris
Kansas
First State Park
John Montgomery
Junction City
Wamego
Turtle Creek
Big Blue River
Manhattan
C. N. Bressler
Ramego
Don Williams
Louisville
Williams
Two Kansans Drowned In Minnesota Lake Mishap
Lawrence Mische 30 and his cousin Vaugan Taylor 10 both from Kansas drowned when their fishing boat capsized on Agate Lake near Crosby Minnesota. The father Glen Taylor was rescued. Mische was on vacation with his wife and two young sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby, Minn
Lawrence Mische
Larned
Kas
Vaugan Taylor
Crosby
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in State Records
TOPEKA AP reports state accident records show 282 traffic fatalities to date in 1958, and 294 in the same period of 1957, with 1 death in the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Farm Tax Value Rate Widens Rural City Gap in Kansas
The 1957 Kansas Property Valuation Department report shows rural real estate taxed at 26 percent of sale value, vs 19 percent for city property. Rural assessments vary widely by county, from 13 percent in Johnson to 44 percent in Washington and Ottawa at 33 for urban. The League challenges methods while state aid hinges on these ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Property Valuation Department
League of Kansas Municipalities
League of Municipalities
League
Property Valuation Department
Kansas
Johnson County
Washington County
Morton County
Washington
Jackson
Ness
Sheridan
Ottawa County
Atchison County
Stanton County
Mideast Crisis Could Push Foreign Aid and Defense
As the Mideast crisis unfolds, Senate debate opens on a 40 million dollar defense appropriation, with lawmakers split on a larger emergency foreign aid boost. The House totals exceed Eisenhower requests, while Republican leaders predict a defense increase of about 1.623 billion dollars, aiming to raise long range bombers, missiles, and airlift gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle East
Eisenhower
Senate
J. William Fulbright ‘Dark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Democrats
House
George Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Appropriations Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Appropriations Committee
Committee For Economic Development
Car Hits Playhouse Injures Girl in Springfield
A six year old girl was seriously hurt when her aunt’s car crashed into a family playhouse in Springfield. Karen Long and her brother Billy 3 were inside the playhouse. a cousin Mary Ann Fredericks 6 asked for a doll as Mrs Fredericks reached for it. The mother’s foot slipped, hitting the accelerator and sending the car forward. Billy was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Karen Long
W. H. Long
Billy
Mary Ann Fredericks
Jack Fredericks
Eisenhower to Propose U N Summit on Middle East Crisis
President Eisenhower plans to propose a U N Security Council summit on the Middle East crisis within two weeks. He drafted a note to Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposing dates Aug 10 to 15 and is consulting with Britain and France before sending it to Moscow. The location could be New York or Geneva depending on preferences.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. N. Security Council
Kruschev
Britain
France
Moscow
U. S
United Nations
New York
Geneva
Khruschev
Middle East
1959 Budget Approved by City Dads
City Manager R J Hayes announced the 1959 budget with additions was approved by the governing body after four hours of formal discussion. Details remain unpublished pending official budget publication and the public hearing is scheduled for 9 a m August 15 in the Memorial building commissioners room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Hayes
Memorial Building
Hayes
Howard Parsons
Promotional Plans Discussed by Retailers
Retailers discussed promotional plans for the coming year at a Chamber of Commerce retail committee meeting in the chamber office. Dale Fairchild chairs the committee, with emphasis on full merchant participation. Merchants will be polled for ideas, and a general merchants meeting will decide final activities. Suggestions include a promotional calendar, Mexican Fiesta and Fall Festival, a home and sports show, and Christmas promotions and decorations. The committee may meet with merchants at large about monthly idea exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Chamber
Dale Fairchild
Check charges abated for Lloyd J. Peters after payment
Police said charges against Lloyd J. Peters, 31, of 309 S Highland, were abated yesterday after he paid the amount of three no fund checks written to Raymond Justice of Chanute. Peters was arrested Monday on three counts of issuing no fund checks for $40 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd J. Peters
S. Highland
Tom Morehead
Peters
Raymond Justice
Chanute
Right to Work on Ballot in Five States
Campaigns for and against state right to work are financed mainly by business and labor. Ballot measures will appear in California Colorado Idaho Washington Kansas and possibly Ohio. The opposition is led by the National Council for Industrial Peace with Herbert Lehman and Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt as co chairs. The main proponent is the National Right to Work Committee led by W T Harrison. Redding heads the opposition from AFL CIO offices. funds largely come from labor unions and small firms.
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Washington
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Ohio
National Council For Industrial Peace
Herbert Lehman
New York
Franklin D. Roose- Velt
Jack Red
Redding
Andrew Biemiller
Afl-Cio
Harrison
National ‘Assn. of Manufacturers
U.S. ‘Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Ford
Cogswell Campaigns In Southeast Kansas Tour
Glenn D. Cogswell, a Topekan lawyer and former Shawnee County probate and juvenile court judge, campaigns in Chanute amid a four way Republican lieutenant governor primary. He describes strong encouragement from Kansas party leaders and notes his past roles including state Young Republican chairman and 1955 outstanding young man award. He served as a 1956 Republican national convention delegate and fought in the D Day Oma h a Beach landings with naval amphibious forces.
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Glenn D. Cogswell
Chanute
Kansas
Cogswell
Shawnee County
Kingman County
Kansas Young Republican Federation
Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco
Omaha Beach
France
Sewing Machine and Fan Recovered from Stolen Incident
An electric fan and portable sewing machine stolen from Mrs. O. K. Swaney at 1620 S. Highland were found abandoned at the Chanute radio station. Fred Forslund, an announcer, discovered the items at 5:40 a.m. and reported the find to police later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K. Swaney
S. Highland
Chanute
Fred Forslund
Forslund
Landscape Engineers Meet for Roadside Conference in Chanute
Kansas landscape engineers and visitors from Oklahoma Iowa Nebraska and Illinois attended a two day Roadside Development Conference in Chanute ending yesterday Charles Broadwell 4th Division landscape engineer and G A Sutton division engineer led the meeting Mutual problems and techniques of erosion control were discussed New ideas included a light weight concrete tour of roadside improvements and soil erosion projects across the 17 counties of the 4th division on Tuesday.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Chanute
Charles Broadwell
4Th Division
G. A. Sutton
Armco Steel Boost Hits Prices and Living Costs
Armco Steel Corp announces a 2.75 percent price increase on 12 products effective Thursday, adding about 4.50 per ton and raising consumer costs. Senator Estes Kefauver warns the move harms economic recovery and inflation control, urging Armco to reverse and other firms to hold prices. Major producers weigh follow-on actions as government economists estimate a $200 million boost to direct steel buyers if matched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Armco Steel Corp
Estes Kefauver
Armco
Kefauver
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
New York
Roger Blough
Big Steel
Washington
Baltimore
Ashland
Butler
Driver Arrested After Jeop Over Speeding Curbs
Warren Carter of Lafayette was arrested on South Santa Fe near Main at about 10 p.m. on a charge of driving while intoxicated after police received a report that his jeep ran over a curb. He was released on 125 dollar bond and a police court hearing is set for 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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Warren Carter
Lafayette
South Santa Fe
Main
Carter
Tribune Phone Contact for Carrier Assistance
Instructions urge callers to obtain Tribune phone from their carrier and to dial 700 after 6 pm if the contact cannot be reached. No other details are provided.
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Tribune
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Taylor
Leif Nelson
Minnesota
By Elon Torrence
Mideast
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U.N. Council
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Ady
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Youngstown
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