Cunningham Reunion Draws Local Guests in Highland Park
Irvin Custer and Nellie Prey visited Pearl Hallenberg R. D. Churchill and H. D. Barnett for a Cunningham reunion in Highland Park over the weekend. Irene Pastor of Wichita was a house guest of A. A. Balch. Keith Wynn of Topeka appears on WDAF TV at 10 contributing as a singer.
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Irvin Custer
Portland
Ore
Nellie Prey
Eugene
Pearl Hallenberg
R. D. Churchill
H. D. Barnett
Highland Park
Irene Pastor
Wichita
A. A. Balch
Balch
Keith Wynn
Topeka
Wdaf-Tv
Wynn
Jonnie Cline
Arthur B. Cline
Chanute and
Humboldt
Jine
Frank Gosett
Chanute
Cline
Joe Cline
Wall Street Closes Mix After Ike Illness News
Wall Street regained some losses late in the day but stayed down overall after reports of President Eisenhower’s illness. Daily volume around 3.1 million shares versus 2.38 million Friday. Trading slowed as selling spiked the tape lag up to 14 minutes, the largest delay since Ike’s Feb 28, 1956 candidacy announcement.
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Eisenhower
Train wreck halts Texas Special after heavy rain
The Texas Special derailed with eight injuries after a washout in heavy rain. Ten cars and the engine left the rails, 1,000 feet of track damaged, passengers moved to another train. engineer says speed about 60 mph. Widespread rains and floods drenched Kansas and nearby states with multiple inches recorded.
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Texas Special
San Antonio
Tex
St. Louis
F. J. Smith
Springfield
Kansas
Oxford
Lebanon
Garden City
Alton
Stockton
Ionia
Hays
Wilson
Liberal
Meade
Plains
Sublette
Elkhart
Newton
Lawrence
Fredonia
Parsons
Atlanta
Winfield
Arkansas City
Coffeyville
Topeka
Goodland
Asian flu reaches American shores on liner voyage
In San Francisco doctors report a new Asian influenza variant arriving with passengers from Manila on the American President liner President Cleveland. Public Health Service doctors examined upon arrival and termed it a mild A-type virus variant, confirming its spread beyond Asia.
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San Francisco
U. S. Public Health Service
Manila
President Cleveland
Man's Formula For Active Life At 88
Frank Lloyd Wright celebrated his 88th birthday at Taliesin in Spring Green Wisconsin. He stated his formula for an active life: love his work and his wife and tell the truth, claiming those are all he knows that keeps him working at his age.
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Spring Green
Wis
Taliesin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Lever
Smith Family Reunion At Carpenters Hall
The Smith family reunion was held June 2 in Carpenters Hall with attendees from multiple towns. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer McLoud and Mrs. Lillies Orr of Kingfisher Oklahoma and many Smiths from Fort Worth Texas Lawrence Lawrence Tittering Bertha Smith H W Smith Elden Smith C E Smith of Lawrence Lee Smith Neodesha Walter Smith Tonganoxie Glen Smith Dick Allington Lyn McLaughlin Emporia Boyd Smith Roy McMillen Guy A Smith Ola Whitworth and Micke McGuire of Chanute.
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Smith
Carpenters’ Hall
Elmer McLoud
Lillies Orr
Kingfisher
Okla
Josephine Gurley
W. S. Hodges
Fortworth
Tex
Lawrence Tittering
Bertha Smith
H. W. Smith
Elden Smith
C. E. Smith
Lawrence
Lee Smith
Neodesha
Walter Smith
Tonganoxie
Glen Smith
Dick Allington
Pomona
Lyn McLaughlin
Emporia
Mmes
Boyd Smith
Roy McMillen
Guy A. Smith
Ola Whitworth
Micke McGuire
Chanute
UCT Auxiliary Meeting Held At Mrs Cavaness Home
The UCT Auxiliary met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Wilfred Cavaness home with Mrs Norman Koch as co host. A 1 30 dessert was served to 13 members and one guest. Mrs Shelton Propst senior counselor presided. Work was led by Mrs J C Shinn in the absence of Mrs J E Walters. The July meeting will be with Mrs Walter Davis.
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UCT
Wilfred Cavaness
Norman Koch
Shelton Propst
J.C. Shinn
J. E. Walters
Walter.Davis
Ed Miller Sr. 73 dies after long illness in Buffalo area
Ed Miller Sr., 73, longtime Buffalo resident, died early today at St. Margaret's Hospital Fredonia after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Lyons 227 E Ith died this morning at Neosho Memorial Hospital following a 10 day illness. She was Cha nute resident for 45 years and a seamstress married to Jesse Lyons July 4 1907 at Enid Okla. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Ruby Wiggins Long Beach Calif granddaughter Marianne Hemken two brothers Owen Stringer Lamont Okla and George Stringer Bellingham Wash and sister Mrs. Sarah Peters Perry Okla. Burial procedures are incomplete under Wilson Johnson Mortuary care. Funeral services for Carl G. Normmelli were held Sunday at Wilson Johnson Chapel with Rev Latimer officiating. Organist Mrs Floyd L. Johnson and pallbearers listed. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Ed Miller
Ed Miller Sr
Buffalo
St. Margaret's Hospital
Fredonia
Mary Ellen Lyons
Neosho Memorial Hospital
George Stringer
Bellingham
Wash
Sarah Peters
Perry
Okla
Wilson- Johnson Mortuary
Steward's Body Found at Leavenworth Penitentiary
The body of George Gunther, 52, a longtime chief steward at the U S Penitentiary in Leavenworth, was found in his car Saturday. Coroner Charles Larkin ruled death by self inflicted gunshot. A second item notes Pakistan Muslim women wearing a Burqa outdoors to cover face and figure.
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Leavenworth
George Gunther
U. S
Charles Larkin
Pakistan
Taxing Case Quincy Earl Ohnemus Pleads Guilty
Earl Conrad Ohnemus 27 pleads guilty in police court to assault and battery charged by his estranged wife June Ohne. The brief entry notes the plea and the domestic context of the case in Quincy.
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Quincy, II
Earl Conrad Ohnemus
June Ohne
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