Kansas quick draw contest crowns state champion in Dodge City
Frank Ramey of Chanute finished third in the Kansas quick draw contest held in Dodge City earning a trophy and a national championship berth. Claude Gosney of Topeka won the event with Tim Goddard of Dodge City second as about 20 contestants competed. Also noted is the surprise 68th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Mose O Sheffler of Chanute.
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Gunslick
Chanute
Dodge City
Kansas
Boot Hill
Frontier Town
Frank Ramey
S. Central
Ramey
Claude Gosney
Topeka
Tim Goddard
Mose O. Sheffler
S. Edith
Body of Girl Found in River Solves Missing Family Mystery
The body of 11 year old Susan Martin was recovered from a Columbia River slough near Camas Washington, likely the missing Susan from the Ken Martin family case in Portland. Coroner Dr Paul Mylan identified the girl and linked the discovery to the December 7 disappearance of Ken Martin 54 and his wife 48 and daughters Barbara 14 Virginia 13. The Martins had disappeared after driving toward Cascade Locks and investigators believe their car plunged into the river.
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Vancouver
Wash
Columbia River
Ken Martin
Portland
Susan Martin
Paul Mylan
Barbara
Virginia
Susan
Martin
Camas, Wash
Oregon
Cascade Locks
Zarge
Columbia
Margaret Martin
Seattle
Minnesota
Leon Odegaard
Glencoe
Minn
Ear! Trust
Silver Lake
Minneapolis
Odegaard
Zrusts
Zrust
Lee Wasser
Ingurence
High Court Allows Health Inspections Without Warrants
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that health inspectors may search private homes without warrants in certain cases. Aaron D. Frank of Baltimore had been fined for denying entry after a neighbor complained of rats. Justice Frankfurter led the majority. Justice Douglas dissented, warning the decision weakens Fourth Amendment privacy protections.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Douglas
England
Justice Frankfurter
Aaron D. Frank
Docking OKs John Emerson for ABC Post
Gov. Docking approved Kansas A G John Anderson's pick of John Emerson, a Chanute native and Anderson's aide, for the ABC assistant attorney general post. The move ends a dispute over J. Richard Foth and suggests Eugene Davis will be restored to ABC payroll.
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Topeka
George Docking
John Anderson
John Emerson
Chanute
Anderson
Emerson
Eugene Davis
ABC
Docking
J. Richard Foth
Davis
VA. 8
William Murphy
Weather outlook and storms forecast for Kansas and region
A wild weather update notes continued warm humid conditions with thunderstorms statewide. Isolated tornadoes are possible in southern Nebraska central western Kansas and parts of Oklahoma this afternoon into evening with widespread rain and hail observed in several locations yesterday.
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Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
Panhandie
Oklahoma
Jimmie Lee Young Waives Preliminary in Downtown Theft
Jimmie Lee Young 18 of 415 S Lincoln waived preliminary hearing in city court on grand larceny tied to a string of thefts at Olson Food Store. Bound over to district court on $1000 bond. Three other youths Briley Howell and Roy Howell pleaded guilty in police court to petty larceny, each jailed 30 days and paroled after three months. Additional youths were released after custody.
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Jimmie Lee Young
S. Lincoln
Olson
Leon Briley
N. Lafayette
Don Howell
Roy Howell
N. Steuben
Dial Building Project Started in Chanute
Nine Chanute businessmen and Chanute Chamber of Commerce directors attended a ground breaking for Southwestern Bell Telephone at Ist and Steuben. The $1,256,000 project aims to provide dial service by mid 1961, with a one story building and partial second floor. Excavation should finish in two months and construction may start by late summer. bids to be sought after plans are completed.
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Chanute
Harold Williams
Telephone Company
Ist and
Steuben
Williams
Carl Pate
State Chamber of Commerce
al Endres
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Dalice Rush
Charles Leavitt
The
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Ebar Schultz
Ernest Johnson
Tribune
Dial
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Chanute Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Canadian hotel veteran named Tioga Hotel manager
A. H. Calvert, born in Canada and with broad European North African hotel experience, becomes manager of the Tioga Hotel assisted by his wife. He previously ran a Toronto hotel for the A T Hotel Co and calls this his first U S assignment. Calvert served in the Royal Air Force during five war years and retired from the Royal Canadian Air Force auxiliary in 1957.
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A. H. Calvert
Europe
North Africa
Tioga
Calvert
Toronto
Ontario
A-T Hotel Co
United States
L .E. Hurst
Boss Hotels
Chanute
Royal Air Force
London
England
Cannes
France
Zurich
Switzerland
Cairo
Egypt
Canada
Auxiliary ‘Reserve
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Topeka Area
Kansas accident records show 7 fatalities in the last 48 hours ending 9 am today. To date in 1959 there are 149 deaths, compared with 145 in the comparable period of 1958. one prior fatality occurred but was not reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Nike Hercules sites for Kansas City area near ready
Four Nike Hercules launch sites to defend Kansas City and surrounding areas will be operational by October. Lt. Col. Ralph L. Miller said about 500 personnel will man Battery A at Lawson Missouri Battery B at Pleasant Hill Battery C at Garner Kansas Battery D at Ft Leavenworth Kansas. Construction nears completion and 425 more will move in July to install radar gear computers and missiles. Two launches per site with 24 hour staffing and a $125000 monthly payroll.
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Kansas City
Ralph L. Miller
55Th Artillery
Lawson
Pleasant Hill
Garner
Johnson
County
Kansas
Miller
Ray FE. Ecker
Army
Weekend State Traffic Kills 8
The weekend deadly toll in Kansas raises year to date fatalities to 150, surpassing last year's 145. Mrs. Vernon Tipton, 50, a Garden City teacher, died from injuries in a six mile east of Effepence accident. Four teens survived a river plunge in Kansas City, Kas. Local fatalities include Anna Penka near Hoisington and Ethel Migalso. Additional deaths span Topeka, Lincolnville, Jetmore, and Wichita.
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Kansas
Vernon Tipton
Garden City
Dodge City
Eeeppenee
Robert William Neal
Edwardsville
Kas
Neal
23Rd Street
Kansas River
Kansas City
Topeka
Ethel May Migalso
Kensington
George Yonker
Herington
Lincolnville
George W. Allhouse
Jetmore
James Goff
Wichita
Anthony
Calif. bettor wins but vanishes with $64,069 at Agua Caliente
An unidentified Imperial Valley man won 64,069 at Agua Caliente races in a 5 10 handicap, leaving before the finish to catch a bus home. Track officials later announced one winner for six straight picks from races five through ten, with the payoff of 62,837 plus two consolations. A man later appeared claiming the ticket belonged to his cousin who had left early, offering to notify him but withholding the cousin’s name.
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Agua Caliente
Mex
California
Imperial Valley
Caliente
E Centro
Mrs Roberts Heads District VFW Auxiliary
Mrs Felix J Roberts was elected president of the Third District VFW Auxiliary at a Sunday meeting in Pittsburg. officers named included Mrs John Oglesbee secretary and Mrs John Meyer flag bearer. Chanute members conducted the memorial service.
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Felix J. Roberts
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
VFW
Pittsburg
John Oglesbee
John Meyer
Delores Hatinett
Independence
Chanute
Chanute Auxiliary
Cecil J. Meeker
W. J. Althaber
Warren T. Fitch
H. M. Willmoth
Earl Morgan
Harry Johnson
Mmes. Roberts
Oglesbee
Meyer Irene Moore
J. O. Couch
Sarah Willan
Glenn Burgess
Mildred Bickell
Francis J. Meek
Fire Threatens Homes as Franklin House Burns Down
A high wind on Saturday night endangered nearby houses in Franklin Kansas. The residence of Mrs. Freda Krasovec burned to a total loss but volunteer firefighters, using a bucket brigade, prevented spread to adjacent homes.
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Franklin
Kan
Freda Krasovec
Father Son Drown as Boat Sinks in Osage River
Joseph C Hilkey of Jefferson City and his 3 year old son Bernard drowned when their boat sank in the Osage River near the river mouth. His wife and two other children Donna Faye 2 and Dwayne Lawrence 4 were rescued by Chester Rowe and George Fitzgerald of Mokane. Witnesses say the boat took on water then sank after Hilkey cut the motor.
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Jefferson City
Joseph C. Hilkey
Bernard
Osage River
Supreme Court overturns Virginia contempt conviction
The Supreme Court unanimously overturns the contempt conviction of David H. Scull a Virginia Quaker who refused to testify before the Thomson investigating committee of the Virginia Assembly. He was jailed for 10 days and fined $59 before the ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Virginia
David H. Scull
Annandale
Thomson
Virginia Assembly
Justice Black
Missing Frontenac man's body found in river gravel bar
William G Beck 83 of Frontenac was found dead in his car on a Neosho River gravel bar five miles south and a mile east of St Paul. Coroner says natural brain hemorrhage caused death approximately 2 30 p m last Wednesday. Beck disappeared during a 15 mile drive from Frontenac to Opolis and was last seen asking directions near Pittsburg. His car was lodged in gravel with him in the front seat. He was a retired railroad conductor and the body was taken to Pittsburg.
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ST. Paul
William G. Beck
Frontenac
Eosho River
Here
H. F. Swain
Chanute
Neosho County
Beck
Opolis
Pittsburg
J. C. McKinnie
Frank Ward
Parsons R. 1
Jerry Sloan
Blind meet draws 20 at Kansas Federation event
About 20 members attended a Kansas Federation of the Blind meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall on Saturday. A business session preceded a 6 o'clock dinner served by the VFW auxiliary. W. C. Markley spoke on employment services for the physically handicapped. he heads the Kansas Employment Service office. James Ward of Independence presided.
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Kansas Federation of the Blind
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
VFW
W. C. Markley
Kansas Employment Service
James Ward
Independence
Black Angus Cow Killed on Highway Near Walnut R. J.
A 900 pound Black Angus cow owned by L. L. Veneman was struck and killed by a semi-trailer four miles east of here at about 10:30 last night. Sheriff Jerry Sloan named Leonard F. Baker of Carthage Missouri as the driver for Devis Chemical Co. of Joplin. The cow’s value was listed at $200 and truck damage at $300.
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ST. Paul
L. L. Venneman
Walnut
R. J
Here
Jerry Sloan
Devis Chemical Co
Joplin
Leonard F. Baker
Carthage
Sweden Faces Severe Spring Floods Amid Rain and Melt
Floods threaten central Sweden as heavy rain and unseasonably warm conditions melt snow. Authorities warn residents to stay alert while crews assess damage and plan evacuations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
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Hoisington
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