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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1958
Page
1
The Imperial Oil Review details Ed Parr of Chanute and his drilling crew’s gas explosion near the British Columbia Alberta border in 1921. Parr recalls experiences and crew injuries including severe burns from the blast.
Five airmen died when an Army helicopter crashed on a ranch near Manhattan during a thunderstorm. Coroner reports three bodies in the wreckage and two found elsewhere. the crash occurred near U S 40, discovered at 2 45 a m. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
A severe storm northwest of Meade damaged thousands of acres of wheat, toppled 62 telephone poles and 20 telegraph poles, destroyed six barns, and destroyed a house trailer. Two combine crew members were injured in the trailer. Hail ruined 650 acres of Louis Chappell's crop and Ernest Branam lost 320 acres. A tornado reportedly touched down near El Dorado before dissipating.
A 1957 Plymouth carrying five Kansas City Negroes including Mr and Mrs Benjamin Justice Mr and Mrs Benjamin Martin and Clark Singleton rolled on US 59 two miles south of Thayer at about 2 a.m. Justice drove after a rain slick caused the car to veer off the paving and strike the soft shoulder. Singleton received minor injuries at Neosho Memorial Hospital and was released. The group was en route to Tulsa for a funeral.
Summer brings overall upbeat business across key sectors with steel and freight showing gains. Bethlehem Steel and Great Lakes rail data point to a possible summer lull. rail tax changes and ongoing auto tax impact forecast mixed results. college grads see improving job prospects while wholesale coffee prices ease.
Washington AP report says Senate action to erase the 3 percent freight tax and 10 percent passenger fare tax moves toward conference with the House. Administration opposes. House may resist. Transportation excises raise about 700 million annually. Treasury expects revenue loss if kept.
Vice President Nixon tells Republican state chairmen to pull together and not panic over the Sherman Adams affair. He dampens direct reference to Adams while warnings grow that his acceptance of favors from Bernard Goldfine could hurt GOP prospects this fall.
A head on collision near Phillipsburg Kansas killed four people. The Tharp family Lloyd 79 Stella 79 and Harold 43 of Missouri and Pennsylvania died in one car. In the other car Mrs Glessie Bray 64 of Missouri also perished. A witness family in a third vehicle was hospitalized with severe shock.
At Leavenworth federal penitentiary most inmates ended their hunger strike as they ate a normal evening meal. Warden C H Looney said about 2,200 prisoners began the protest on Thursday with only 300 dining. around 100 ate breakfast yesterday. He called the complaints about food quantity and variety unfounded.
In a heavy rain near Bucklin Kansas a two car collision killed Francis Raymond Hafner 36 of Tucson Arizona and Clara Veda Stevens 51 of Chelsea Michigan. Harold Burton 30 of Liberal Kansas was seriously injured. Patrol identified Hafner as driver of one vehicle and Burton as the other with Burton alone in his car.
The Nowinskis left Poland for asylum in the United States and join the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Jerzy Nowinski becomes George, his wife Maria and daughter Krystyna adjust to life, plan citizenship, and recall the generous support they received after arriving.
Banks and the Chanute Chamber of Commerce warn the public against participating in a revived savings bond chain letter. Officials say the scheme is illegal and mathematically impossible, with potential criminal penalties. Post Office and Treasury officials condemn it.
Farmers nationwide endorsed the 1959 wheat production controls with 165 868 votes for and 32 342 against in 38 states, an 83.7 percent majority. The plan clamps marketing quotas on farms, aiming to reduce sales to 55 million acres and set par- ity price support at 75 percent with a minimum $1.81 per bushel for compliant growers. In Erie, Pio Neosho County voters approved 181 to 57.
U S District Judge Harry J Lemley granted Little Rock School Board a two year delay in desegregation at Central High allowing removal of seven Negro students. NAACP plans to appeal while hearings noted past harassment and civil rights concerns.
Hong Kong based report describes Father Wagner and Father McCormack returning from five years in Chinese prisons. Wagner admits dealing in black market currency. McCormack defends him and denounces the trials as ridiculous. Both men, visibly worn, express gratitude for Catholic support.
Kansas Supreme Court commissioner recommended disbarment of John N. Stice of Wichita, a Wichita Common Pleas Court judge and Democratic attorney general candidate. Stice accused the move of partisan politics. Atty. Gen. John Anderson Jr. initiated the proceeding alleging Stice conspired with criminals to obstruct justice. Lester Goodell was appointed to conduct hearings. Roy S. Trail faced related charges and surrendered his license.
Leavenworth police captured escaped prisoner Earl Wagner 24 and his girlfriend Luella Mae Dicke 19, both from Nashville Kansas, after Wagner fled Kingman County jail last Saturday while awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary for burglary.
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