Left Hand Pitch Scores in Women's Mississippi Meet
Jean Ashley and Joan Ashley daughters of Dr and Mrs Ed Ashley returned from the Women's Trans Mississippi Golf meet at Hickory Hills Springfield Missouri Jean Ashley tied for a championship flight with an 82 and won the next flight 6 to 4 over Ann Richardson in the finals She qualified in the fourth flight with 93 and fell in the consolation semi finals Then Jean left for Ames Iowa to enter the National Women's Intercollegiate tournament starting Monday Heidi Flickinger age 24 visiting Topeka with grandmother Mrs George Bishop observed toy planters and a ceramic cat statue prompting the child to exclaim about a killed rabbit reflecting family ties to the Green family of Chanute and South Plummer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Joan Ashley
Ed Ashley
S. Highland
Hickory Hills Country Club
Springfield
Ann Richardson
Columbus
Ames
Iowa
Heidi Flickinger
Topeka
George Bishop
Lillian Green
Chanute
Oilmen Meet To Discuss Brine Disposal Law
Three Chanute men were invited to a Topeka meeting to review operational experience under the 1957 Kansas brine disposal law. James Guinette Gordon J Willis and Kenneth Keas represented the Southeastr Kansas Oil and Gas Producers Assn. Dwight F Metzler reported on results noting 16 816 barrels of brine daily and 2 582 tons of salt daily discharged into approved facilities since last July 1.
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Chanute
Topeka
Kansas
James Guinette
Gordon J. Willis
Kenneth Keas
Kansas Oil and Gas Producers
Assa
State Board of Health
Division of Sanitation
Dwight F. Metzler
Metzler
Work Order Issued For Airport Project
City Manager J. Hayes announced a work order has been issued for the municipal airport improvement program while the start date remains undetermined. Freeto Construction Co. of Pittsburgh won the April bid of 84760.15 dollars, with costs covered by city bonds and federal matching funds. Hayes also said a purchase order was issued for parts to repair the new power plant boiler damaged in the May 13 explosion.
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J. Hayes
Freeto Construction Co
Pittsburg
Hayes
Traffic Fatalities Report For Topeka Area 1958
Kansas traffic fatality figures show 0 deaths in the last 24 hours, 193 to date in 1958, and 230 for the same period in 1957, according to the state accident records section.
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Topeka
Kansas
Crippled Veteran Finds Luck Amid War Wounds
Ed Reeves, a Korean War veteran who lost his feet and most of his hands, speaks of luck as he nears graduation among 17 University of Illinois degree recipients. Reeves, 26, survived Chosin Reservoir capture, relied on a Marine rescue, and built a life with his wife Beverly Jean and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign, Ill
Ed Reeves
Iuat Nlain
Reeves
Chosin Reservoir
U.S
Wilmington
Ill
Beverly Jean
Michelle Lee
Melody Sue
Percy Jones
Battle Creek
Mich
Dixon Named Insurance Representative After Training
Sam V. Dixon has been appointed a representative of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. after completing a two week Kansas City training course. He is a former Santa Fe car inspector of eight years and ex professional baseball catcher for the Chanute Athletics in the KOM league. Dixon also managed the American Legion baseball team in 1956 57 and resides with his wife and three children at 906 S Highland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam V. Dixon
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Chanute Athletics
KOM
American Legion
S. Highland
Youths Plead Guilty To Petty Larceny
Two Parsons youths Kenith A Butts 20 and Robert L Stover 16 pleaded guilty in justice of the peace court to petty larceny. Butts got 30 days in county jail Stover 10 days. They were caught with an old car engine hauled from a farm near the Parsons reservoir in Neosho County. A third youth 15 was released to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Parsons
Kenith Alva Butts
Robert Lee Stover
Justice of the Peace Court
Butts
Stover
Jack Reynolds
Bruce W. Emmons
Emmons
Neosho
Honeymoon Home Burns Before Santa Barbara Couple’s Wedding
A Santa Barbara couple will marry as scheduled despite their honeymoon home burning. Albert G. Romero, 27, and Julia Barrera, 19, had the home and furnishings given by the groom’s mother. most items were destroyed in the Thursday night fire, leaving only a few undamaged belongings including a silver wedding hand and a book inscribed Our Wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Albert G. Romero
Julia Barrera
Industrial Production In Upswing
Washington reports that industrial output rose by one point from April to May to 127 percent of the 1947 49 average, the best month since the recession began. Labor officials note unemployment insured for jobless benefits fell to 2,827,600, with initial claims dropping to 321,600 for the week ended June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Mitchell
Nixon
Congress
Clean-Up At El Dorado After Tornado Damage
El Dorado aims to finish rubble removal by tomorrow with volunteers city workers and organizations aiding. Damage nears three million dollars. death toll 13 and 81 injured, one in critical condition Florence Martin aged 67. Aid flows in from local and outside groups as SBA designates area for disaster relief funds.
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EL Dorado
Florence Martin
Allen Memorial Hospital
Voting Places For Referendum On Wheat Quota In 1959
Farmers in Neosho and Wilson Counties vote next Friday on marketing quotas for the 1959 wheat crop. Polling sites and hours are listed with rules on acreage, penalties, and price support if quotas pass or fail.
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Neosho
Wilson Counties
Jim Norris
Neosho County
Erie Township
Shaw
Tioga
Memorial Building
Chanute
Big Creek
Cremona
Grant
Stark Township
Walnut Grove
Cleveland
Danville
Earlton
Chetopa
Thayer Hall
Shiloh
Centerville
Doane-Dodd
Ladore
Mission
St. .Paul
Lincoln
South Mound
Wilson County
Charles Ropp
Center
Prairie
Duck Creek
Fall River
Talleyrand
ASC
Fredonia
Webster
Verdigris
WSCS
Coyville
Colfax
Clifton
Guilford
Pleasant Valley
Midway School
Neodesha
Newark
Cedar
Secretary of Agriculture
Two Iola Escapees Recaptured After Jail Break
Two prisoners escaped from the Allen County jail in Iola Kansas then were recaptured hiding under a hedge row near the town edge. Sheriff E B Lorance said the pair Ver non Ward of Kansas City and Tommy Byers of Iola left after a noon meal when a cell door was apparently unlocked and a front door lock broken while the jailer was at lunch. Ward faced FBI armed assault and first degree larceny charges from an attempted LaHarpe elevator holdup May 9. Byers faced a minor check passing charge.
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Iola
Kan
Allen County
E. B. Lorance
Vernon Ward
Kansas City
Tommy Byers
Ward
FBI
LaHarpe,Kan
Byers
One Million Loan Approved for Southwestern College
The Community Facilities Administration approved a $1,005,000 loan to Southwestern College in Winfield Kansas to aid construction of five buildings. Sen Frank Carlson was notified on Friday. The plan includes a dormitory housing 147 women students and three apartment buildings for 32 student families, plus a student center with dining for 450.
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Washington
Community Facilities Administration
Southwestern College
Winfield
Kan
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Mystery Flight Ends With Reunion in Dallas
Airman Donald Keeton, 19, vanished in a rented light plane from Mississippi, evading three F100 fighters as he flew toward Dallas to see his girlfriend Doris Bowling. After landing in a swampy Tyler field and being picked up by police, he spoke of a ruse with a supposed suicide note and planned reunion despite a two state search and questions for military authorities.
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Dallas
Donald Keeton
Mississippi
Keeton
Gulfport
Miss
Tyler
Tex
Doris Bowling
Alexandria
Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Associated Press
Red River
Gulf
Keesler Air Force Base
Fall From Tree Fatal to Spence
Archie Lee Spence 56 of 925 N Western died after a tree fell while he trimmed trees damaged in Tuesday night storm at Everett Wiles 330 W 3rd. He was struck in the face as the trunk separated about 1 45 p m. Survivors include four sons two daughters eight grandchildren and six sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Johnson Mortuary in charge.
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Archie Lee Spence
N. Western
Everett Wiles
W. 3Rd
Spence
Ivan Lee
Udall
Leo Adair
Thomas Clair
Bruce Leroy
Chanute
Carl Grady
Carolyn Jacquette Spence
Mima Blazer
Myrtle McCullough
Leota Overbay
Vina Spence
Pittsburg
Gertis Besson
Stonington
Ill
Florine Summers
San Francisco
Calif
The
Christian Church
Johnson Mortuary
First Load of Wheat Reported at Chanute Co-op
The first 1958 wheat load received at the Chanute Farmers Co-op was dumped this morning by Glen Strack who farms north and east of Chanute. The sample tested 16.9 moisture and 62 weight as he began cutting.
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Glen Strack
Chanute Farmers Co-op
Strack
Chanute
Animals Become Lots and Fiends
NEW YORK AP A drunkard acts like a drunkard even if he's a lamb or a dog mule pig ape or bug Dr Maurice Pruitt of Chattanooga Tenn an addiction expert cites animal case histories to argue addiction is a physical affliction not a moral flaw He notes birds bees and even ants drink and behave similarly with bees in Tennessee moonshiner stills leading to reduced work and higher winter die offs
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New York
Maurice Pruitt
Animal Kingdom
Pruitt
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Chanute boy admits joyride ends in field crash
A 12 year old Chanute youth confessed to taking a car from the municipal pool area yesterday afternoon. The vehicle left the road east of the sales pavilion and overturned in a wheat field on East 14th Street, severely damaged. A woman motorist identified the boy at the scene and police released him to his father while deciding on charges. The car, a 1952 or 1953 Mercury, was reported stolen by Mrs. George Butler of 408 S. Ashby, who said it belonged to Edward Butler of Manhattan Hotel.
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East 14Th Street
George Butler
S. Ashby
Partly Cloudy Area Forecast For Kansas Region
A weather forecast notes a warm, partly cloudy spell through Sunday with scattered afternoon or night thunderstorms. Highs today and Sunday expected to be in the 80s, with tonight’s lows in the 60s. A heavy thunderstorm earlier dropped up to three inches near Concordia and Topeka reported about .75 inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
The
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Clifton
Green
Miltonvale
Wamego
Beloit
Cawker City
Seborne
Alton
Stockton
Webster
Hill City
Goodland
Wichita
Pittsburg
Tribune Phone Directive for After Hours Contact
The notice instructs readers to contact their Tribune phone carrier if unavailable and to call 700 after 6 p.m. for reachability. It emphasizes alternate contact steps during after hours when the primary line cannot be reached.
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Tribune
Soviet agrees to start talks on nuclear curb
The Soviet Union will begin exploratory scientific talks in Geneva on July 1 to discuss policing a worldwide ban on nuclear explosions. The accord follows Eisenhower’s proposals and signals a quick move toward possible suspension of tests amid Western insistence on inspection talks. The agreement includes participation by U S Britain France and allowed technical help from UN Secretariat.
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Soviet
Moscow
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
United States
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U.N. Secretariat
Ponca City Woman Wins Sky Lady Derby
Miss Jerrie Cobb of Ponca City Oklahoma won the seventh Sky Lady Derby sponsored by the Women's National Aeronautics Association. Seventeen planes started from Topeka Kansas for a three leg flight to Grand Island Nebraska and Des Moines Iowa then back to Topeka. Des Moines stop was canceled due to storms. twelve planes finished, one landed near Wamego amid tornado warnings. Cobb flew solo and won for efficient flying and fuel conservation, holding women's international distance and altitude records for light planes.
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Topeka
Kan
Jerrie Cobb
Ponca City
Okla
Women’s National Aeronautics Ass
Grand Island
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Wamego
Miss Cobb
Break In Attempt Near Cha nute Eagles Club
Police investigated a break in attempt at the Eagles Club south of Cha nute around 2 30 a m today. Officers heard a noise during a routine check, the sheriff notified and the building surrounded with no one found. A screen was cut but the burglar fled before entry or theft occurred.
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Eagles Club
Chanute
Sheriff's Office
Case Dismissal in Gene Abbott Assault Charge
A misdemeanor assault case against Gene Abbott of 314 S. Lincoln was dismissed in city court today due to the failing witness to appear. Abbott, 43, was charged June 1 and had been free on bond.
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Gene Abbott
S. Lincoln
Abbott
Shad
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Heidi
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Mrs. E. B. Green
South Plummer
University of Illinois
Dixon
Insurance
Southwestern
Mystery Flight
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Roy Smith
John Erickson
Fire Department
Lige Matlock
Chicopee
Henry Jefferson
Mary Ann Spence
Leanna
Ruth Alice Scanlin
Wasser
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