Wizard of Oz Tonight at Chanute Memorial Auditorium
The Chanute Junior College-Senior High School presents The Wizard of Oz at 8:15 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium. All scenery and costumes were designed in Chanute, with $2,000 of new sound equipment ensuring clear acoustics. A repeat performance follows tomorrow night as part of the Spring Fine Arts Festival.
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Chanute
Memorial Auditorium
Kenneth Tebow
Merton Staley
Anther
Municipal Auditorium
Kent Blackwood
the Scarecrow
Genevieve Lacey
Dorothy
Dennis DeMeritt
Jim Hutton
Munchkin
Munchkinland Chorus
Tribune
Robbert Tebow
Tebow brothers sing on Arthur Godfrey program
Chicago musician Rob bert Tebow and three quartet members flew to New York to back Ma hilla Jackson on the Arthur Godfrey show broadcast on KSWM TV Joplin. Godfrey invited the group back from the wings, while Jackson performed her theme song.
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Robert Tebow
Chicago
New York
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Mahilla Jackson
Miss Jackson
Chanute Tebow
KSWM
TVV Joplin
Tebow
Methodist Church
Weather outlook shows little change for Kansas
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Friday with highs near 90 and lows in the 50s. Widely scattered thunder showers are possible in the western part by tomorrow, eastern areas remaining mostly fair. Temperature extremes for the past 24 hours ranged from 91 at Chanute to 42 at Hill City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute
Hill City
Missouri Youth Killed In Cherryvale Mishap
George Junior Scarborough of Mount Vernon Missouri, 20, was killed in a one car crash near Cherryvale Kansas. Ralph Stokes of Parsons Kansas escaped with minor injuries after losing control and the car overturning several times. Scarborough's death marked Montgomery County's third highway fatality of 1955.
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Cherryvale
Kas
George Junior Scarborough
Mount Vernon
Scarborough
Ralph Stokes
Parsons, Kas
Stokes
Floyd Huggins
Montgomery County
Herington Man Killed In Country Road Mishap
Lawrence Liggett a 41 year old brakeman for the Rock Island railroad was killed in a one car crash on a county road two miles southwest of Herington Kansas. Police said the brakes may have locked causing the vehicle to overturn trapping him beneath it.
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Herington, Kas
Lawrence Liggett
Herington
Rock Island Railroad
Liggett
Yucca Flats
CBS
NBC
Fatal crash near McCune kills man and injures wife
A 69 year old Missouri man Richard L Wright of Tuscumbia was killed and his wife seriously injured when a car ran out of control and crashed into a ditch near McCune last night.
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McCune
Kas
Tuscumbia, Mo
Richard L. Wright
Here
Robbers hit five Baldwin businesses in early today break in
Robbers broke into five Baldwin business houses early today and escaped with an estimated 3500 to 4000 dollars in cash and checks.
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Baldwin
Kas
Prosecution Frees Ferrell in Patterson Murder Case
Ferrell Arch Ferrell, longtime prosecutor in Phenix City during its rackets era, is cleared of the murder charge in the June 18 death of vice foe A L Patterson. The decision ends the criminal case against Ferrell.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arch Ferrell
Phenix City
A. L. Patterson
Chanute Declares Friday Civil Defense Tag Day
Mayor C W Rice proclaims Friday as Civil Defense Identification Tag Day in Chanute to promote wearing tag necklaces. Tags cost 25 cents and may be obtained at local grocers. first tags issued to Mayor Rice and City Manager Ross Cooper. National Civil Defense sponsors the program with local support from the Civilian Defense Council.
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Chanute
C. W. Rice
Rice
National Civil Defense
Civilian Defense Council
Ross Cooper
Fred Montague
Koam.tv
Pittsburg
Montague
Elizabeth Pieper
Chanute Junior College
Quentin
Charles Rice
Chanute Civilian Defense Council
Tribune
City Positions Filled at Erie
Mayor Cleo Dalton and the administration filled four Erie posts after starting a new two year term. Harvey Steele became city clerk replacing Marvin Huffman who moved to the post office. Don E. Wells became treasurer and police judge. Ed Gossett was named night watchman after Floyd Hayes resigned.
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Erie
Cleo Dalton
Harvey Steele
Marvin Huffman
Huffman
Don E. Wells
J. A. Kyle
Tulsa
Ed Gossett
Floyd Hayes
Injuries Fatal in Auto Truck Collision Near Jetmore
Injuries from a Saturday auto truck crash near Jetmore Kansas proved fatal yesterday to Ore Lee Smith, 24, of Dighton, Kansas.
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Jetmore
Kas
Ore Lee Smith
Dighton, Kas
Farm Show at City Park Promises Evening Amateur Program
Busy preparations mark the City Park as exhibitors arrange home equipment, tractors, and soil conservation films for a three day Spring Farm Show. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event with an amateur program at 7 30 p m tonight and follow up events including a drum corps concert and horse pulling on Friday, plus a tractor trailer backing contest Saturday.
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City Park
Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Senior High School
Chanute
Mixed U S House vote and world crisis brief
The House rejected shelving a bill to restore mandatory high farm price supports by 212 to 199. In Iceland nine U S Air Force crew aboard a tanker are missing after a fiery North Atlantic crash as search continues. Kabul proclaims emergency mobilizes army as Pakistan tension rises. Dulles expresses cautious optimism on the world situation before foreign aid hearings. Saigon reports broad support to remove Bao Dai while rebels oppose granting Diem sole power for elections.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Saigon
South Viet Nam
National Congress
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Leavenworth Soldier Killed In County Road Crash
M Sgt. Robert J. Owen 24 of Fort Leavenworth died early today when his car failed to negotiate a curve on a county road west of Leavenworth and overturned in a pasture. He belonged to the 1st Guard Co.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Leavenworth
Robert J. Owen
1St Guard Co
Atomic blast tests Survival City amid desert mock town
Flaming, roarin g A bomb test at Survival City in Nevada is observed by Civil Defense crews and about 2,000 civilians. Tanks 3,100 yards from ground zero absorb the blast as dust and debris fly. TV networks relay the event to millions as observers track the mushroom cloud and shock wave.
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Nev
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Yucca Flat
Doomsday Drive
Six Women Brave Atomic Test In Civil Defense Drill
A A bomb test near Survival City Nev draws six women and 13 men into a trench two miles from blast center. They report awe and fear as an atomic blast erupts with a mushroom cloud and intense dust, yet no serious injuries occur among volunteers and observers.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
A. P
Survival City
Nev.p
U.S
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Robert Ives
Topeka
Kan
500 Women Attend HD Meeting Here
More than 500 women from Crawford Cherokee Labette Montgomery and Wilson counties attended an all day National Home Demonstration Week gathering in Chanute hosted by Neosho county units. Clerks and speakers from state and local offices addressed emblem, improved lighting, and 4-H club topics with musical numbers and greetings from Manhattan.
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Memorial Building
Howard Makemson
Neosho County
James Cubit
Garnett
Mary Ruth Vanskike
Marguerite Grannemann
Tribune
Chanute
Crawford
Cherokee
Labette
Montgomery
Wilson Counties
Ardith Carson
Fort Scott
Mary Ruth Vanshike
State Office
Manhattan
Ole Man River
Labette County
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka For 24 Hours
Kansas state accident records show four traffic deaths in the last 24 hours and 179 to date in 1955, plus 166 for the same period last year. One death from an earlier accident was added to the record.
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Topeka
Kansas
Woman Surprises Crowd By Sprinting To Catch Bus
A young woman on Flagier Street suddenly stopped mid intersection clutching her waist as if in distress, then quickly removed her underwear and sprinted toward a passing bus to avoid missing it. She reached the bus and escaped.
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Miami
Huffman to Operate City Pool This Summer
The city governing board leased the municipal swimming pool to Orville Huffman of 7158 Grant for the summer. His son Wayne will assist in operation. Opening day for swimmers is planned around May 50, per current plans.
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Orville Huffman
Grant
Huffman
Wayne
Induction of Volunteers Planned for Armed Services
Two volunteers Verlyn Ross I. 2 Eric and Carl A Hoover Eric will depart next Wednesday for final induction into the armed services in Kansas City. Announcement made at Neosho County Selective Service headquarters today.
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Verlyn Ross
I. 2
Eric
Carl A. Hoover
Armed Services
Kansas City
Neosho County
Selective Service
Air alert mix up triggers wide Western U S sirens
An unexplained air raid alert swept from Oklahoma to California causing sirens to wail across the West. The yellow alert was cancelled within minutes after officials blamed a faulty liaison between Canadian and U S defense agencies.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Oakland
Calif
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Civil Defense
Oklahoma City
33Rd Air Division
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansaa
Texas
California
San Diego
Redding
Western Air Defense Command
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