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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1956
Page
5
Community notes include visits among Cherem and Cole families in California and Missouri, a Home Demonstration lesson in Neosho and Rainbow for Girls meeting in Masonic Temple, and a Fort Carson deployment mention. A car collision near Neosho, a jail injury, and an unowned dog bite incident are also reported with local names and addresses.
Judgment rendered in city court finds Kenneth N. Foust of Iola guilty of excessive speed in a 45 mile zone north of Chanute. Defendant fined $10 plus costs. Also listed are several public notices and names in surrounding civil actions and miscellaneous addresses.
W S Boone of Eureka, president of the Kansas Farm Bureau, warned the board faces a priority based water distribution challenge. The remarks followed a report noting water problems and the need for fair allocation methods. A man named Murray later woke on a street after a missing cell bar incident and was again booked on a drunk charge.
Dale William Tipping, 24, of Rockvale Colorado died early Monday from injuries from a Sunday motorcycle crash on a Pueblo highway. He was born near Galesburg September 2, 1931, married to Lois Steele in 1950, and survived by his wife, three children, his parents, two brothers, three sisters, and a grandmother. Funeral at Engel Funeral Home Thayer with burial at Mount Hope Cemetery Galesburg.
TOPEKA The Kansas water resources board closed a six meeting series with public arguments over the Turtle Creek Dam near Manhattan. Supporters urged Congress to stop construction, while Big Blue River Valley speakers warned of statewide impact. Board chair C Y Thomas noted the hearings revealed the scope of the issue.
Former Oklahoma Gov. Johnston Murray testified in a $6,800 foreclosure suit against him and his ex wife Willie, claiming he is skilled with hammer and saw. A contracting firm seeks the balance of $11,230 for repair and remodeling of the Murray home, while the Murrays counter that the work was substandard. The hearing continued with Murray recounting a door fixing session and other home improvements.
William J. Murray asked at a police information desk if he belonged in jail. Clerk Sam Routsong checked the records and replied Murray certainly.
In Reading Pennsylvania Mrs Fern Brewer taught her five year old son Henry to use a parking meter to avoid overtime tickets. Henry learned by watching and yesterday his mother discovered he had correctly fed the meter.
A family piggy bank was broken and coins vanished after two years. Henry admitted placing coins in every meter for two weeks while his mother tracked his movements. Robert L. Wood of Midland Texas reported at the Proleum Assn of America that Americans use more petroleum products than the world combined with about 300 delegates from 30 states at the two day convention.
In Los Angeles the president of the Independent Petroleum Association says U S petroleum reserves are at their highest level in history, signaling a strong national energy position amid ongoing market developments.
Gen Curtis LeMay warned that the Russians may surpass U S air atomic striking power within years and sparked a broad Air Force fundraising drive as officials weighed defense needs and public response.
May 1 1956 edition of the Chanute Tribune Spotlights community news in Chanute Kansas including local events, school updates, and civic notices for readers in Neosho County. The brief column summarizes the day's happenings.
Sen. Jackson of Washington, a member of the Senate Armed Services panel, will call today for several billions more in Air Force funding. The panel heard Gen. LeMay testify that the Soviets are ahead of the United States and are building more.
The growth in U.S. population from April 1, 1950 to October 1, 1955 was roughly equal to New York State’s population on July 1, 1954, highlighting the scale of postwar demographic change.
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