Local Briefs and Births From Iola And Surrounding Areas
Tulsa visitors Walter Mathews and Monroe Alger family groups extended visits with Elmer Matthews and Mrs. Alger in Iola. Pleasant Valley Rockets 4 H Club hosted its annual ice cream social with 15 members, 11 parents and five children attending. A 1956 Chevrolet left door damaged by a Chicago driver Paul B Johnson in adjacent spot on 8 E Main. no damage to his car. A collision damaged Patricia Hale’s 1949 Pontiac’s right rear fender as another car backed from a curb at 12 E Main. Dr. Joe T Whitteberry and wife welcomed son Joseph Stewart at Allen County Hospital. they also have two daughters Linda and Cheryl. grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. J S Whitteberry. Mrs Gail Hamilton and Clover of Hollywood, visiting sister Mrs Frank Steinmetz. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pittman of Wichita welcomed son Terry Gene at Allen County Hospital weighing 7 lb 7 oz. Pittmans also have a son Larry, 3. Barbara Richardson Pittman is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V B Richardson.
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E. Main
Velma Arnold
W. 4Th
Paul B. Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Patricia Hale
N. Garfield
Maxine Neagle
Joe T. Whitteberry
Iola
Joseph Stewart
Allen County Hospital
Linda
Cheryl
J. S. Whitteberry
Kenneth Pittman
Wichita
Terry Gene
Pittman
Larry
Barbara Richardson
V. B. Richardson
Memorial Hospital Admittances And Dismissals Today
Hospital notices list Tuesday admittances Mrs Ed Hargendorf and Mrs Laluta Houser with surgery, Linda Lewis, Edna Lewis, and Eric also admitted for surgery. Dismissals include Jackie Staggs Benedict Charles Bartholomew Jr and others. Traffic citations note two $2 bonds for parking violations and a building permit for N E Maples for a garage costing $1,000.
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S. Central
B. A. Morris Jr
S. Malcolm
James E. Smedley
Thayer
Dale Maxwell
S. Lafayette
Ruling Limits Access to FBI Statements in Exortion Case
Judge George H. Moore ruled that a defendant may see a witness FBI statement only after cross examination and not access FBI notes or unevaluated materials. The trio William H. Anderson Harry H. Hagen and Vincent J. Lee face trial Monday on charges of attempting to extort money from a contractor in Eastern Missouri.
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ST. Louis P
FBI
George H. Moore
U. S. District Court
Missouri
Supreme Court
Moore
William H. Anderson
Harry H. Hagen
Vincent J. Lee
How Kansans Voted On Civil Rights Bill
Washington reports yesterday's vote on the civil rights bill. In Missouri Democrats for: Bolling Brown Cannon Carnahan Christopher Karsten Moulder Sullivan. Kansas Democrat for: Breeding. Democrats against: Missouri Hull Jones. Republicans for: Kansas Avery George Rees Scrivner. Republicans against: Kansas Smith. The measure passed 286 to 126.
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Washington
Missouri
Kansas
House
Senate
Bolling
Brown
Cannon
Carnahan
Christopher
Karsten
Moulder
Sullivan
Hull
Jones
Avery
George
Rees
Scrivner
Smith
Deaths and Funerals Walnut Woman Felix Dowling Olive Westhoff Dowling
Mrs. Olive Westhoff Dowling 56 lifelong Walnut resident died Tuesday at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. Born November 23, 1900 she married Felix Dowling in Walnut on September 14, 1920. She served 18 years as Walnut post office clerk and was active in St Patrick’s church Christian Mothers Altar Society American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors: husband Forrest two daughters Thelma and Patricia two granddaughters two brothers Verle and Richard Westhoff and sister Loma Hill. Funeral Friday 9 am at St Patrick’s Walnut Rev Joseph Bartos officiating burial in St Patrick’s cemetery Rosary 8:30 pm Wednesday and Thursday at Carson Funeral Home Walnut.
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Felix Dowling
Olive Westhoff Dowling
Walnut
Fort Scott Mercy Hospital
George
Anna Trainor Westhoff
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Christian Mothers
The
Altar Society
American Legion Auxiliary
Forrest
Wichita
Thelma
Patricia Geary
Richard Westhoff
Oklahoma City
Verle J. Westhoff
Parsons
Loma Hill
Kansas City
Joseph Bartos
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Carson Funeral Home
Longtime Lexington resident Tebay dies after long illness
Mrs. Mary L Tebay 92 a former Chanute resident died at the home of her daughter Mrs M S Garside in Lexington after a long illness She was the widow of Orville H Tebay A native of Leechburg Pa she was among Pennsylvania’s first women to serve on a school board She lived in Lexington eight years and is survived by two daughters a son four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral services were held in Lexington with burial at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
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Mary L. Tebay
Lexington
Chanute
M. S. Garside
Orville H. Tebay
William George
Louisa Grosser Lininger
Leechburg
Pennsylvania
Pioneer ‘Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hulda Parker
Eastern Star
Chainute
Second Presbyterian Church
Garside
N. E. Hardesty
Riverside
Calif
John Lamont Tebay
Newcastle
W. R. Milward
James W. Angell
Hillcrest Memorial Park
That City
Will Rogers Turnpike Dedication Set For June 28
Political leaders from state and national levels will speak at June 28 ceremonies dedicating the Will Rogers Turnpike from Tulsa to the Missouri border near Joplin. The main program is at the Vinita Interchange with separate events at Claremore Big Cabin Afton Miami and near Tulsa and Joplin. U S Senator Albert Gore Gov Raymond Gary and former governors Roy Turner Johnston Murray will speak. Turner promoted the 88 mile Turner Turnpike built 1945 and Murray helped program the Will Rogers route.
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Tulsa
Missouri
Joplin
Vinita
Claremore
Big Cabin
Afton
Miami
U. S
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate Public Works Committee
Raymond Gary
Roy J. Turner
Johnston Murray
Turner
Oklahoma City
Murray
Will Rogers
Khrushchev Says U S Blocks Troop Withdrawal From Europe
Report quotes Khrushchev asserting Washington fears Western European desires beyond capitalism. The dispatch notes other top stories including Japan's Kishi visiting Washington and Cyprus torture claims by Archbishop Makarios. Also mentions Bakers Union president Cross ready to testify and Utah’s Sipapu Bridge name origin.
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Tokyo
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Europe
Hoffa Accuses Wiretap as Trial Opens
Hoffa and co defendent Hyman Fischbach face bribery and conspiracy charges over pay for a Rackets Committee staff job. Hoffa claims evidence was obtained by wiretapping. Brownell denies FBI wiretap authorizations as government counters. Hoffa arrived early for the U. S. District Court trial in Washington.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters Union
U. S
Senate
Herbert Brownell
FBI
Brownell
Teamsters
New York
U.S
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Rackets Committee
Congress
John Dye Cheasty
Leavenworth Veteran Arrested After Family Threats
A 39 year old World War II veteran Frank McManis of Leavenworth County was arrested after threatening to kill family members. He locked himself in his room with a .22 rifle, fled into a wooded area, and was flushed out by deputies and state police. He is jailed in Leavenworth County.
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Leavenworth
Arden Rhyne
Frank McManis
Leavenworth County
McManis
Kenneth Ingram
Ingram
Here
Rhyne
Ingrams
Douglas
Flea troupe wiped out by heat at Long Beach Pike
In Long Beach California flea trainer Bob Matthews mourns the loss of his 24 fleas after a 98 degree day at the amusement zone. He recalls Freddy the weight lifter and Hildregard unable to finish as the heat ended the act, while vowing to recruit new performers for the show.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bob Matthews
Freddy
Hildregard
Matthews
Long Beach Pike
Education by Sweat of Brow Keeps Students From Trouble
Dr. John R. Bertrand leads Berry Schools near Rome Georgia founded in 1902 to educate youths of the Southern highlands. Students work four days weekly and attend religious services, with many building their campus and earning tuition. The program stresses work, Christian living and daily beauty, sending graduates into teaching ministry farming industry and law.
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Hal Boyle
New York
John R. Bertrand
America
Bertrand
Berry Schools and College
Rome
Southwest Pacific
United States
Berry Schools
Highlands
Dr. Bertrand
University of Nevada
College of Agriculture
Hundreds Flee Haiti Capital During Junta Crackdown
In Port au Prince hundreds of workers and peasants fled the capital as the ruling military junta jailed political partisans. Dejoie backers were targeted while business firms kept open under troop patrols. The exiled opponents and advisers linked to Dejoie faced arrests amid ongoing turmoil and strikes. Leaders of America hold their annual convention elsewhere. Kansas juniors win a regional spelling title defeating rivals with terms like coerce and physiognomy.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Louis Dejoie
Daniel Fignole
Dejoie
Kansas
Three Kansas Spellers Win 17 State Event
Three Kansas high school girls defeated 40 competitors from 17 states to win top honors at a national spelling contest sponsored by the Future Business Leaders.
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Kansas
Dallas
the Future Business
Court Reporters Honor Retiring Dean Moreau
Lawrence Kansas University of Kansas law school dean Frederick J. Moreau and Mrs. Moreau will be honored by the Kansas Court Reporters Assn at a banquet tomorrow night. The association hosts its annual seminar at KU this week with reporters from across the country. Moreau has led the law school for 20 years and will take a sabbatical next year to hold a Fulbright lectureship in law at Tehran University in Iran.
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Lawrence
Frederick J. Moreau
University of Kansas School of Law
Moreau
Kansas Court Reporters Assn
K. U
University of
Slaughter and cattle market report Kansas City
Hog and cattle prices move lower across Kansas City markets with calves $13.25 to $21.50 and cattle mostly steady to lower. Parsons and other yards show mixed activity with hogs softening and lambs uneven while cows and bulls hold ranges. Egg and butter prices steady in produce notes and grain futures edge higher on Chicago sessions.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Bulk
Parsons Livestock
Parsons
Chicago
A. White
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Train Resumes Run After Tie Plate Incident
A tie plate between rail and tie, an inch thick and about 8 by 12 inches, caused a delay. The El Capitan resumed its Chicago to Los Angeles service about four hours late with all passengers aboard.
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el Capitan
Los Angeles
Ships Collide Off Brest in Fog. Nine Feared Dead
In heavy fog off the French Atlantic coast two tankers collided early today near Brest. Rescue efforts report eight dead and one missing from the Stony Point, with the Greek tanker lonis involved in the incident and a second ship on fire. Thick flames and oil slicks hinder efforts.
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Brest
France
Stony Point
Wheat Damaged by Series of Storms Across Kansas
Topeka reports indicate continued rain delays in the wheat harvest across Kansas. Flooding and lodging in southeast and low-lying areas, with scab infestation hurting yields, while standing grain in central and eastern Kansas shows wet fill and prospects of good to excellent yields.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Central
Passengers Jarred In Freak Accident Near Grants
About 38 passengers were bruised and shaken when a loose tie plate flew up and severed an air brake hose east of Grants New Mexico on the Santa Fe El Capitan. The emergency brakes engaged and four rear cars uncoupled before slamming back.
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Grants, N. M
Santa Fe
Grants
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka 1957 Update
Kansas state accident records show 2 fatalities in the last 24 hours and 229 to date in 1957, compared with 284 in the same period of 1956. The numbers reflect statewide traffic deaths compiled by the state accident records section.
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Topeka
Kansas
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Monroe Alger
Sand Springs
Okla
Elmer Matthews
Mathews
Mrs. Alger
Pleasant Valley Rockets 4-H Club
Gail Hamilton
Clover
Hollywood
Hamilton
Frank Steinmetz
S. Lincoln
Gail Perigo
Daily Transcript
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W. Fifth
Elm and Highland
O. H. Bates
N. E. Maples
N. Evergreen
Kishi
Japan
Eisenhower
White House
National Airport
Columbine III
Athens
Makarios
Cyprus
EOKA
Mediterranean
James G Cross
Bakers Union
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Utah
Betty Ann Foley
Owingsville
Betty Ann
Isen Peirce
Hutchinson
Kan
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
the Tribune
Dean Moreau
Chicago Grain
Board of Trade
Kansas City Cash
Keeneeee
Rene Sere
W. Main
McCune Motor
Jim Waller
Mor
Wall Street
Anaconda
Atchison Tree
Beth Steel
Chrysler
du Pont
Eagle Peee
Ford
Sinclair O Serene
Socony Fane Eee
Ind
New Enee
Eenee
Sun
Chanute Tribune
Boyd Burns
W. Moin
Aut
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Calvert
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