Chanute Family Recounts Alaska Move and High School Reunion
A Chanute resident’s son Elmer Barker, his wife Frances and daughter Christie moved to Kenai Alaska to test wells for Mountain State Drilling Co. They drove the Alcan Highway, paying high gas and milk prices, and noted Kenai’s fishing village character and a local TV station. The piece also covers the Chanute High School class of 1929 30th reunion plans at the Masonic Temple with about 50 members expected, 13 deceased, and attendees from several states.
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Chanute
Alaska
Kenai
Kenai Peninsula
Elmer Barker
G. E. Barker
S. Central
Mountain State Drilling Co
Frances du Bois
Joe du Bois
Christie
Barker
Standard Oil Co
Seattle
Anchorage
Alcan Hiway
Chanute High School
Masonic Temple
Don F. Beach
Partly Cloudy Area Forecast for Kansas Today
A Kansas forecast notes a mix of cloudiness and sun with warm temperatures across the state. Pittsburg reports .12 inch of precipitation last night while Chanute and Manhattan saw .04 and .01 inches respectively. Highs yesterday ranged from 80 in Pittsburg to 91 in Garden City. overnight lows were 61 at Goodland and 69 at Olathe and Pittsburg.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Chanute
Manhattan
Garden City
Goodland
Olathe
Spelling Casualties Run High As Regional Bees Trim Field
Washington AP reports the 32nd National Spelling Bee halved the regional champions by noon with seven rounds producing 28 survivors. Notable exits include Sam Hergert on adminacle and Margaret Tanita on equipollent. others stumble on decussate and adipocere as errors trim the field.
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Washington
Sam Hergert
Perryton
Tex
Forest L. Evans
Johnston
S.C
Margaret Tanita
Glendale, Ariz
Erhard and Adenauer Clash Over West German Leadership
West Germany faced a private 1 hour 45 minute meeting between Ludwig Erhard and Konrad Adenauer as they failed to resolve who should lead the government. Erhard had arrived from the United States vowing to oppose claims of unfitness to rule and the dispute continues into a full party gathering.
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Bonn
Germany
Ecok
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Erhard
United States
Washington
Identification of Lyle Stover Confirmed
The family confirms the identification of Lyle Donald Stover 25 killed in a fall from a grain elevator near Hays He was a Chanute native adopted in 1950 by the Stover family of Leavenworth His survivors include his wife an eight month old daughter his mother sister and two brothers Funeral services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Dekstrom Funeral Home Leavenworth.
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Lyle Donald Stover
Associated Press
Hays
Chanute
Stover
Viola Woodward
S. Highland
Albert Chandler
W. 3Rd
Fred Stover
Leavenworth
McGinnis
Manhattan
Ic. E. Patton
Farmington
N. M
Msgt
Edward S. McGinnis
Ft. Hood
Texas
Calvin L. McGinnis
Socorro
Dekstrom
Collision injures driver in two car crash
Floyd Raymond Shepherd 135% S Steuben was treated for a head cut and released from Neosho Memorial Hospital after a two car collision about 10 30 last night. Marilyn Cotter 25 11542 W Main said she dropped a cigarette and did not see the parked 1416 S Santa Fe car until it was too late. The 1953 Oldsmobile convertible owned by Don A Moses Erie suffered rear damage. The Shepherd car had front end damage and was towed.
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Floyd Raymond Shepherd
S. Steuben
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Shepherd
Marilyn Cotter
Main
S. Santa Fe
Miss Cotter
Don A. Moses
Erie
Hearings in July on Telephone Hike
Hearings on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.s application for a 5.8 million dollar annual rate increase begin July 16. KCC chairman Marion Beatty said the company will present its case and hearings will be continued to allow staff cross examination and evidence. The requested boosts would typically raise individual residence line charges by 75 to 85 cents monthly.
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Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Marion Beatty
Kansas Corporation Commission
Commission
Tractor Agency Sold To R. F. Whitworth
Malson Equipment Company at 1517 S Santa Fe sold to R F Whitworth farmer and elevator owner at Kimball. Reason given to devote time to Pipeline Skid Service a Chanute firm supplying wooden skids nationwide. Whitworth family to move to Chanute later this summer.
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Malson Equipment Company
S. Santa Fe
R. F. Whitworth
Kimball
Gail Malson
Malson
Ford Tractor Agency
Chanute
United States
Whitworth
Enrollment Scheduled For Chanute Swimmers
Registration for Chanute residents interested in Red Cross swimming lessons will be June 17 and 18 in the Red Cross office, water safety chairman Mrs. Kenneth Tebow said today. She urged parents and children to attend free water safety films Friday at 2 p.m. at the Peoples Theater, Teaching Johnny to Swim and Motors Boats and People.
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Chanute
Red Cross
Kenneth Tebow
Big Gain Shown In Employment
Washington AP reports May employment rose to 66,016,000, a record for May, with unemployment dropping to 3,389,000. Factory hiring surged, farm work rose seasonally, and average earnings reached $90.32, the first May above $90. Durable goods workers averaged $98 while soft goods workers earned $80.
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Washington
Commerce
Lewis L. Strauss
James P. Mitchell
Tribune Delivery Contact Notice
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier by phone. If the carrier cannot be reached call 700 after 6 p.m.
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Tribune
Fargo Tornado Leaves Dozens Homeless In North Dakota
A tornado with winds up to 115 mph struck Fargo causing thousands in damage and about 75 homeless. One death reported in nearby areas and a separate incident killed Belica Alonso, with destruction extending to Bagley Minnesota and Ardoch North Dakota.
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Fargo
N.D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Belica Alonso
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Ardoch
Clearwater County
Bagley
Minn
Pilot escapes as jet crashes on takeoff at Richards-Gebaur
Captain Edward F. Pogue of New York leaped from his F-102A interceptor as it crashed and burned during takeoff at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base Missouri. He sustained only a minor abrasion and was treated at the base hospital. The aircraft was virtually destroyed after the fire.
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Richards - Gebaur Air Force Base
Edward F. Pogue
New York
Pogue
Appeals Court Strengthens Court Oversight of Hoffa Era Union
The US Court of Appeals upheld Judge F Dickenson Letts authority to enforce monitors recommendations for the Teamsters leadership. Hoffa and other officers face possible contempt actions to ensure compliance with a 1957 consent order and monitor-imposed reforms toward democratic elections under court supervision.
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Washington
US. Court of Appeals
U.S
Federal District Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Dist
F. Dickenson Letts
Hoffa
Letts
Teamsters
Fahy
Judge Letts
Traffic safety awards announced by Kansas governor
Gov George Dockin announced the 1958 Kansas traffic safety program winners. First place cities include Kansas City Topeka El Dorado Garden City Lawrence Newton Iola Pratt Herington and Enterprise. The Kansas Highway Commission Traffic and Safety Department sponsors the awards. county winners listed include Jewell Nemaha and Wilson.
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Topeka
George Dockin
Kansas City
el Dorado
Garden City
Lawrence
Newton
Iola
Pratt
Herington
Enterprise
Kansas Highway Commission Traffic and Safety Department
FE Dorado
Manhattan
Ottawa
Parsons
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Emporia
Great Bend
Jewell
Nemaha
Wilson
Soviet Berlin proposal risks breaking up Big Four talks
The Soviet Union offered a one year moratorium in the Berlin crisis if the West agrees to begin working out a German settlement on Soviet terms. The plan would maintain Western occupation rights in West Berlin for a year while an all German committee from the GDR and the GFR would pursue reunification, a peace treaty, and broader contracts.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
U.S
Ing
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gromyko
Berding
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
German Federal Republic
GDR
GFR
Liberace Libel Case Defense Denies Homosexual Implication
Daily Mirror columnist William Neil Connor testifies in Liberace libel suit denying any intent to imply the pianist is homosexual. Connor described Liberace as a sexual paradox in 1956 and says his words referred to the performer’s technique, not his sexuality.
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London
Daily Mirror
Liberace
William Neil Connor
Entertainment World
Mirror
Gerald Gardiner
Connor
Royal Armored Corps
Gardiner
Driver Jailed After Wreck In Fort Scott
Norman Ellsworth Peck, 43, of Fort Scott, was sentenced to 35 days in jail in city court after his arrest for driving while intoxicated and transportation of an open bottle. He struck a parked Dodge at 1623 S Santa Fe, fled, then was stopped two blocks away. Peck refused a blood alcohol test and had recently been released from the Veterans Hospital in Wichita.
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Norman Ellsworth Peck
Fort Scott
Charles Record
Studebaker
Peck
Roy FE. Hizey
Galesburg
S. Santa Fe
Roland Ek. Jones
Dodge
Veteran's Hospital
Wichita
Considerate thief helps man locate stolen truck
Jerry T. Anthony in Manhattan says a thief who stole his panel truck called him from Grand Rapids Michigan to tell him where to find the vehicle. The call was collect and arrived last night after the theft earlier in the week.
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Manhattan
Kan
Jerry T. Anthony
Grand Rapids
Mich
Starkweather Granted Stay
Justice Charles Evans Whittaker granted a stay of execution to Charles Starkweather a 20 year old mass killer from Nebraska. The stay gives counsel until June 17 to file a petition with the full Supreme Court for a review of his case. The stay remains pending if a petition is filed.
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Washington
Charles Evans Whittaker
Supreme Court Today
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Starkweather
Nebraska Electric
Whittaker
Supreme Court
Settlement Approved In District Court
A $1,000 stipulated judgment was awarded Allen Earnshaw on behalf of his minor son Gary in district court here yesterday. The action stems from an April 4 accident in which Gary was struck by a car driven by Mrs James R Midcap. Defendants were ordered to pay the settlement and court costs. Gary suffered a mild concussion and skull fracture requiring hospitalization but has since recovered.
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Allen Earnshaw
N. Garfield
Gary
James R. Midcap
W. Main
Turnpike Blocked By Truck Wreck Near Admire
A tractor trailer overturned on the Kansas Turnpike southwest of the Admire interchange blocking the westbound lane for hours. Traffic detoured to the eastbound lane. Driver John E Beck, 24, Minneapolis, was blinded by oncoming lights. wheels hit the shoulder and the trailer jackknifed. Beck was not injured.
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Emporia
Kas
Kansas Turnpike
Admire
John E. Beck
Minneapolis
Minn
Beck
First Wheat Sold in Kansas City
Four cars of new wheat arrived in Kansas City today. One car came from Independence, Kansas, and three from Baxter Lee Wasser for Insurance.
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Kansas City
Independence
Kas
Baxter Lee Wasser
Springs
Crime Suspects From Pittsburg Sought in Hunt
A large manhunt is underway in northwest Kansas for two men charged with raping two Pittsburg women at knife point and burglarizing homes. Donald Mann Hinton and Paul Parsons face burglary, grand larceny and rape charges after being spotted in Colby. Hinton has prior larceny records and past prison terms.
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Colby
Kan
Kansas
Pittsburg
Donald Mann Hinton
Paul Parsons
Harry Pratt
Jim Smith
Ralph Beard
Hinton
Burglary Hits Vic Oddo Food Center In Kansas City
A North Kansas City supermarket, Oddo's Food Center, was broken into early today. Two safes were drilled and opened, totaling about $10,000 in cash. The thieves entered through a restroom window and, as in prior break-ins, locked the night watchman, Serafino Sciotine, about 60, in the center for four hours but he was uninjured.
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Kansas City
Vic Oddo
Oddo
Food Center
Serafino Sciotine
Libel Suit Settled for 300 Dollars in Topeka
A $50,000 libel suit against Dan O. Cain former state director of pardons and paroles was settled for 300 dollars. Dr. Carl A. B. Swanson Page City a former parole agent sued Cain claiming a slanderous statement. Swanson accepted 300 dollars and agreed to pay court costs as a nuisance settlement to avoid further legal expense.
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Topeka
Dan O. Cain
Carl A. B. Swanson
Page City
Cain
Swanson
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N.C
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Tommy
Blossom
Christian Democrat
Lyle Stover
Hector Airport
Jet Crash
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Andrew H. Berding
Christian A. Herter
Cassandra
Britain
Southeast Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Mildred Brinkman
Beard
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
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