First Zoning Hearing Draws About 30 Residents in Chanute
About 30 people attended the first public hearing on Chanute's proposed city zoning ordinance. Debate centered on business rules in residential zones, off street parking, and frontage space. City planners Hare and Harris explained amendments and a zoning board of appeals to grant hardship relief.
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S. Herbert Hare
Hare & Hare
Hare & Hare, City Planners
Kansas City
City Zoning Committee
Dis
United States
Zoning Board of Appeals
Fred M. Harris
Hare
Board of Appeals
Chanute
Earl Schlosser
Hein
Community Work and City Services Roundup
Neighbors repaired farm fences at W H Taylor’s southeast of town and shared lunch at Hillcrest school. City data: a new photocopy machine added to the police dark room for rapid copies. Humboldt fire crew repaired a flagpole rope at Humboldt High with a 50 foot ladder from a school bus. Police plan to attend FBI peace officer school in Parsons May 9-10. There was a shooting incident near Truman Cooper’s farm with no injuries found.
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Here
Taylor
Hillcrest School
Police
Humboldt
Humboldt Senior High
Parsons
Tom Morehead
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman Cooper
Viet Nam May Proclaim Republic If Western Recognition
A source close to Ngo Dinh Diem said South Viet Nam would declare a republic if Western Big Three recognition is assured. In other items, Gov. Dennis J. Roberts rejected a 10,000 pay raise to 25,000 a year and vetoed a bill for others. Veterans Administration Center in Leavenworth shares in 6500 estate of Eugene Walkup Weatherford, who died Saturday.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Providence
R. IV
Dennis J. Roberts
Leavenworth
Veterans Administration Center
Wadsworth
Eugene Walkup Weatherford
90th Strategic Wing Heads to Alaska for Temporary Duty
The 90th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing moves from Forbes Air Force Base to an Alaska station for a 90 day temporary duty period. The unit, equipped with B4a7 jet reconnaissance bombers, will return to Forbes after training concludes.
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Topeka
90Th
Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Forbes Air Force Base
Alaska
Air Force
Tribune Puzzle contest headline claims cash prizes
Entries sent by postcard to the Tribune offer a top prize of up to 40 dollars with additional bonuses for correct solutions. Subscriptions noted as a condition for eligibility. The message includes scattered filler words and unclear formatting but conveys a cash-entry puzzle promotion.
Clues Across and Down Puzzle Summary
Crossword style clues list with numbered across and down hints. Includes references to dancing partners, fuel usage, teamwork failures, pulling with a rope, fruits, mountain passages, seashore items, precision manufacturing, calm men, nautical trouble, Japanese coins, jockeys, TV behavior, and more. The Down clues include phrases about disappointment, sky contrast, country folk, husbands, spectacular feats, pounds, water bodies, mountains, realisation, animal equipment, unlikely success, light on prehistoric times, grazing land, and saltwater expanse.
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Switzerland
Rules for Little Stinker Prize Puzzle
Local contest notices describe crossword entry rules for a prize. Entrants must clip and paste the filled grid to a two cent postcard and mail to Chanute Kansas by 5 p m Wednesday. Prize details include equal sharing if multiple correct solutions and extra bonuses for Tribune subscribers.
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Little Stinker
Chanute Triune
Chanute
Kansas
Tribune
Prize increases for Tribune Little Tinker No 2 solution
The Tribune boosts the cash prize to forty dollars for solving No 2 of the Little Tinker contest. Entries must be at the Tribune office by 5 p.m. next Wednesday. The author of No 1 shares some clues and explains tougher hints while noting there is no entry limit.
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Tribune
Temporary Halt in Distribution of Salk Vaccine
Washington officials announce a temporary halt in new Salk polio vaccine clearances while scientists review safety and conditions for continuing vaccinations. Public Health Service will decide on extra safety checks. 44 paralytic cases among vaccinated children cited as a concern.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
Scheele
PHS
House Banking Committee
National Foundation For
New York
House Approves High Level Props For Farm Prices
The House voted 206 to 201 to scrap flexible price supports and restore high rigid farm price supports, in a display of Democratic strength against the Eisenhower administration. Parity measures and basic crops like wheat corn cotton rice tobacco and peanuts define the farm program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
How Kansans Voted On Price Support Bill
Washington report details House voting on a bill to restore rigid farm price supports. Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri representatives split along party lines with Republicans Avery, George ae Rees, and Smith voting for and Scrivner Belcher Curtis Short opposing. Democratic returns include Albert Edmondson Jarman Steed Wickersham of Oklahoma and Missouri members Bolling Cannon Carnahan Christopher Hull Jones Karsten Moulder Sullivan.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
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Senate
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George Ae Rees
Smith
Kan
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Edmondson
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Hull
Jones
Karsten
Moulder and Sullivan
Farm Show Well Attended at City Park
The Spring Farm Show at City Park will stay open till 9 PM Saturday to accommodate workers. Sponsors report a large crowd expected tonight for the drum and bugle performance and team pulling contests. A 2:30 PM Saturday trailer- backing contest is listed, with strong interest in outside and tent displays including modern household appliances and farm machinery.
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City Park
Olson Wins Amateur Event At City Park Spring Farm Show
About 2,000 attended the amateur contest finals at City Park closing the Spring Farm Show opening day. Larry Olson won first with a cornet solo Commodore Polka. Kathleen McClung took second with ukulele and song Boomerang. The program list features many youths and music acts with prizes and awards noted.
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Erie
City Park
Jack Kensinger
Larry Thompson
Chanute
Meshell Gibson
Katheleen McClung
Marilyn
Don
Joe
Marta McClung
Walnut
Davey Crockett
Tribune
Clifford Olson
Kathleen McClung
Clell McClung
Wizard of Oz musical inspires audience at Memorial auditorium
Senior High School and Junior College present the Wizard of Oz at Memorial auditorium drawing a crowd of over 300. Genevieve Lacy stars as Dorothy with Kent Blackwood Dennis DeMeritt and Joe Prather as companions. Rita Rae Cunningham and Judy Jordan also shine in key roles amid strong costumes and scenery.
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Memorial Auditorium
Scarecrow
Kent Blackwood
Dennis DeMeritt
Joe Prather
Rita Rae Cunningham
Judy Jordan
North
Kenneth Tebow
Robert Martin
Robert Blunk Jr
Glenda Johnson
Nancy Watt
Joan Ford
Waddle
Pearl Hallenberg resigns after 26 years as Chanute librarian
Mrs. Pearl Hallenberg, Chanute city librarian for 26 years, resigned effective Sept 1 citing deteriorating eye condition. She offered to assist in locating a replacement and will help the library board during the transition. A state law now requires a librarian with a library science degree.
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Pearl Hallenberg
Raymond Pierpont
Chanute Library Board
Hallenberg
Public Library
Kansas Medical Society Elects Dr. James Butin
At the 96th annual convention in Hutchinson Concordia physician Dr John M Porter was named president succeeding Dr M C Eddy of Hays More than 1 000 attendees included 503 Kansas doctors Also elected were Dr Clyde W Miller Wichita president elect Dr Conrad M Barnes Seneca first vice president Dr Barrett A Nelson Manhattan second vice president Dr J L Lattimore Topeka treasurer and Dr James A Butin Chanute secretary Topeka will host next year s convention.
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Manhattan
J. L. Lattimore
Topeka
James A. Butin
Chanute
Burns Fatal to Two Wichita Men
Two Wichita men died after a cleaning fluid burst into flame as they cleaned a floor in a new home. Lawrence Barton, 21, died shortly after midnight and Walter Lightfoot, 22, passed away about five hours later. They escaped via a window before collapsing. The cause remains undetermined.
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Wichita
Lawrence Barton
Walter Lightfoot
Tag Day Tomorrow For Teen Canteen
Teen Canteen tag day will be tomorrow as the climax of the annual fund drive. Junior High School students will sell tags under the direction of Mrs. Charles Berry to support the operational costs of the Teen Canteen.
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Charles Berry
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1955 Rise Over 1954
State accident records show 1 death in the last 24 hours and 180 fatalities to date in 1955, compared with 166 at the same point in 1954.
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Topekamp
Kansas
Showers Beaten Forecast For Kansas This Weekend
Forecasters expect scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures Saturday. Lows settle near 50 and highs around 75 to 80 in many areas. Yesterday saw showers and light hail from Dodge City to White, with Pittsburg recording 0.58 inch rain. highs reached 83 at Goodland and 91 at Chanute.
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Topekap
Kansas
South Central
Dodge City
Whhita
Pittsburg
Goodland
Chanute
Bird Nest Worths Temperatures Moderating Readings
In Coffeyville an oddly placed thermometer in a bird house reported 80 degrees. After the nest was removed by station staff, temperatures quickly moderated, according to Dick Embody of KGGF.
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Coffeyville
Eas
Mrs. Willis Attendant To Mrs Kansas Winner
A Dodge City report states Mrs William Mauk will represent Kansas in the Mrs America contest next week at Ellinor Village Florida. She was chosen from 13 finalists in the state finals with attendants named including Mrs William Willis of Chanute Mrs Phil Booster of Prairie Village Mrs Paul Richter of Mission and Mrs Robert Bogue of Wichita.
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Dodge City
Kas
Wichita
William Mauk
Kansas
Ellinor Village
Fla
William Willis
Chanute
Phil Booster
Prairie Village
Paul Richter
Mission
Robert Bogue
REA Approves 265000 Loan for Lola Electric Co
The Rural Electrification Administration today approved a 265000 loan to the Cooperative Electric Power and Light Company in Lola Kansas to expand electric service. The loan supports infrastructure upgrades and increased energy access for residents and businesses in the area.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Cooperative Electric Power & i Light Co
Lola, Kas
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