Left Hand Pitch Preston Moore Seeks National Legion Command
Preston Moore son in law of K R Reinhardt and a Stillwater lawyer, campaigns for national commander of the American Legion with a White House security meeting attendance and plans to cover all states before the Chicago convention. If elected, he would be the second youngest chief, with travel of 75 000 to 100 000 miles annually and two or three speeches daily. The piece also notes Ebar Schultz losing by one vote in a Kansas State Athletic Association board race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Moore
K. R. Reinhardt
S. Highland
American Legion
Stillwater, Okla
State For the Legion
Moore
White House
Washington
Nixon
Reinhardt
Chicago
Ebar Schultz
Board of Education
Kansas State Athletic Association
Medical Plan For Welfare Bios and Board Discussion
Neosho County Welfare Board advisory committee met at the Tioga Hotel to review a prepaid medical plan for welfare clients. Dr Donald Ray chaired the medical association committee with Dr Henry Baker and Dr William Weir as members.
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Neosho
Dr. Ray
Sarah Haller
William T. Hunt
J. T. Johnson
L. E. Lofgren
Chanute
Harry Minnich
Thayer
Dick Magner
Galesburg
Clyde Russell
Keith Richey
Eric
Hunt
Suit Dismissed in Latham School Salary Claim
Harry Moore former Latham school superintendent had sued for 2741.70 in salary under an unexpired one year contract with the Latham school board. The recovery suit was dismissed in Butler County District Court.
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EL Doradop
Harry Moore
Latham
Latham School Board
Butler County
Postmasters Elect Traffic Fatalities Reported
Topeka and Hutchinson notes show Kansas traffic fatalities in the last 24 hours double prior day totals. Year to date 1958 tallies 140, down from 182 in 1957. Hutchinson group elected W H Young and Lee Wasser as posts insurance officers at their Kansas chapter meeting.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hutchinson
The
National Assn
W. H. Young
Salina Lee Wasser
Jobs for Students Program Started
The Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce launches a sixth year summer jobs program for teens with permanent and short positions. Kansas State Employment Service will handle registrations and job orders, with May 13 at the Senior High School for on-site registrations. In the prior year 363 teen jobs were filled, and organizers aim to place more this year while fostering work habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jack Thompson
Bob Davenport
Kansas State Employment Service
JayCee Committee
Muninger
Chanute
Fair Weather Area Forecast For Topeka Kansas
Forecast calls for fair tonight and partly cloudy mild Wednesday with highs in the 70s. Kansas temperatures to reach 70s to 80s with scattered showers in western areas possibly spreading east. overnight lows in the 50s and recent rainfall totals noted.
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Topeka
Kansas
Manhattan
Wamego
Lawrence
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
Dodge City
Plain lack of common sense tops boat accident causes
The Outboard Boating Club of America found that a lack of common sense is the major factor in boating accidents. Overloading and standing up in boats account for over 35 percent of incidents, while storms cause 9.5 percent and collisions 8 percent. Fewer than 2 percent stem from fires. The average operator age is over 35, with only 9.2 percent under 20.
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Outboard Boating Club of America
OBC
Long Lost Rings Returned to Colorado Capitol
Fifteen years after Ethyl Rucker Ferguson misplaced a $1,000 set of diamond rings on a mirror ledge in a Colorado capitol restroom, the worn rings were mysteriously returned with a short note saying May God forgive. Ferguson, a 21 year veteran of the state treasurer's office, received the package by air mail over the weekend.
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Denver
Ethyl Rucker Ferguson
Colorado Capitol
New Bracket System Soon for Sales Tax
TOPEKA officials plan a new bracket system for the 2 per cent retail sales tax to take effect June 1. State Revenue director John Kirchner will convene a 10 a.m. meeting with retailers and interested groups to determine the bracket framework and Kirchner will draft the new regulations for the State Board of Tax Appeals approval.
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Topeka
John Kirchner
State Revenue Director
Kirchner
State Board of Tax Appeals
Gunwoman Kills Herself After Kidnap Chase in Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs officers pursued teen gunwoman Georgia Bryan 19 and David McKnight 21 from a kidnapping of Marshal Charles Hull. Bryan died by suicide. McKnight captured after surrendering at a service station. FBI sought murder charges, robberies in Kansas City and Los Angeles, and the Amarillo robbery.
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Idaho Springs
Colo.p
Jefferson County
Georgia Bryan
Port Chester
N.Y
David F. McKnight
Greenwich
Raymond Reed
Amarillo
Tex
McKnight
FBI
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Nev
Denver
Charles Hull
Hull
Oscar Barkhurst
Nellis
Air Force Base
Barkhurst
Senior Class Presents Arsenic and Old Lace
The Senior High School opened its three act Broadway play Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Robert Martin. An opening night attendance of 295 was recorded and the show was well received. A final performance begins at 8 15 p m with fourteen cast members and twenty eight assistants under student director Sam Morford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Martin
Sam Morford
Board Approves Visual Education Plan and Drum Corps Uniforms
The Board of Education approved a visual education program, authorized 1400 for three new movie projectors and screens, and set replacement cost for 33 Drum Corps uniforms at 2310 dollars. An extra maintenance man was authorized to aid carpentry work and reduce substitute hiring.
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Board of Education
Buford Fisher
Paul Brennecke
Fisher
CHANUTE Dams Attract City Delegation To Washington Hearings
City Manager R J Hayes announced two Chanute city commissioners will attend congressional appropriations hearings in Washington next week. Mayor Dale A Dahlgren and Commissioner Randall Diver will fly Sunday and return May 15 to press for Redmond dam funding near Burlington, plus dams at Council Grove and Elk City.
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City Commission
Chanute
Washington
D. C
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Dale A. Dahlgren
Randall Diver
House
Senate Public Works
Dahlgren
Diver
Council Grove
Neosho
Elk City
Elk River
Redmond
Bureau of Budget
Blood drive sought in Erie and Chanute next week
Neosho County Red Cross calls for donors for two mobile drives in Erie and Chanute next Monday and Tuesday. Erie at Federated Church 11 a.m. to 4 15 p.m. quota 100 pints. Chanute at First Methodist 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. quota 160 pints. Appointments through Red Cross Memorial Building and Chanute organizers.
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Red ‘Cross
Erie
Chanute
Howard Win‘ans
Neosho County
Federated Church
First Methodist Church
Wirwil Moody
Roger Kensinger
Kensinger
Harry Johnson
Fred Robertson
Martha L. Stoltz
Ann Redelberger
A. R. Brant
Earlton
Harold Umbarger
Thayer
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Carroll Olson Seeks Office for County Clerk
Carroll Olson of Erie announces his candidacy for county clerk on the Democratic ticket ahead of the August primary. A Korean War veteran and 1953 Erie High School graduate, he attended Chanute Junior College and held student council and NEA roles. He is unmarried and has design department experience with the State Highway Commission, son of Virgil Olson, a bulldozer contractor, and a native of Neosho County.
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Carroll Olson
R. J
Erie
Olson
R. J. Erie
Myrtle Olson
Neosho County
Dodge damaged in collision in St Paul
A 1956 Dodge owned by Enos Heck of St Paul was damaged in a collision with a parked flat bed truck on Main Street at about 6 15 p m yesterday. The driver Mary Wood of St Paul was uninjured. She said she pulled over to meet another car and hit the truck. The truck owner is Pete LaForge of St Paul.
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ST. Paul
Enos Heck
Sheriff's Office
Jack Reynolds
Mary Wood
Reynolds
Pete LaForge
Flood Threat Eases as Air Force Sends 400 Into Red River Battle
Flood threats along the rain swollen Red River ease slightly as the Air Force deploys 400 men to combat rising waters and seepage.
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Shreveport
Red River
Air Force
Tribune Call to Reach Carrier After Hours
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, call 700 after 6 p.m. to reach the carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
A C Savidge 73 Found Dead In Kansas City
A 73 year old retired man Alfred C. Savidge Sr. was found dead in his apartment at 222 St Lincoln shortly before noon after police say he shot himself with a .32 caliber pistol bought yesterday in the city. Police said the despondent man had purchased the gun and five shots, with a single shot fired from the pistol. Survivors include three daughters and three sons. Services planned in Kansas City, arrangements incomplete.
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Alfred C. Savidge Sr
Lincoln
Martha Villepiqne
La.m
Fond Savidge
Savidge
Tom Morehead
Connie McBride
Winslow
Ariz
Harold Rogers
Kansas City
Bill Savidge
Raytown
George D
St. Joseph
Alfred
Chanute
Roy S. Gibson
France-Wornall
Mrs Burris Heads Library Board
Mrs Bruce H Burris was elected president of the Library board at a meeting yesterday. Other officers named include Mrs George Lightfoot as vice president Rev William T Hunt secretary and Dale Painter treasurer. New board members are Mrs John Knight and Paul Brennecke replacing two former members. Committees include Brennecke and Mrs Lightfoot building and grounds and Rev Hunt Mrs Seth Gray and Mrs Knight book committee. The library added 21 juvenile and 119 adult books last month and circulated 3804 volumes compared with 3698 in April 1957.
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Bruce H. Burris
George Lightfoot
William T. Hunt
Dale Painter
Burris
John Knight
Paul Brennecke
Raymond Pierpont
James A. Allen
Brennecke
Lightfoot
Hunt
Seth
Scout Leaders to Meet for Training at Camp Wonderwood
Scout leaders will gather at 7 15 tonight at Camp Wonder wood for advancement training. Bill Slane district training chairman will oversee. A short talk by Kenneth Wilson county juvenile counselor is planned.
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Chanute
Camp Wonderwood
Bill Slane
Kenneth Wilson
County Industrial Survey Set By State and Mid-America
A four o'clock meeting in Buford Fisher's office marks the start of an eight‑county industrial survey sponsored by the state Department of Vocational Education and Mid-America Inc. The plan aims to map employment and training needs with the survey beginning June 2 and lasting about two weeks for field work and several months for the final report.
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Buford Fisher
Fisher
State Department of Vocational Education and Mid-America, Inc
W. H. Payton
Les Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Marlin Blackston
Chamber
W. C. Markley
Walter Poor
Board of Education
Howard Jester
Eldon Penner
Juco
C. V. Crissman
C. H. Pankratz
State Department
Civil Defense Practice Alert In Chanute
Chanute Civil Defense joins national drill on limited basis. Fred Montague reports a test scenario of evacuating 5 000 people via US 59 169 to Chanute with needs for traffic control food shelter and medical care. Phase instructions seal opened at 5 p m. Ground Observer Corps will man Santa Fe Park tower today and tomorrow.
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Chanute Civil Defense Organization
Fred Montague
Montague
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Chanute
Ground Observer Corps
Les Matthews
Santa Fe Park
Kite Contest Set For Sunday At Santa Fe Park
A kite flying contest for youngsters up through ninth grade is planned for 2 p m Sunday May 18 by the Kiwanis Club with Wayne Umbarger as project chairman. The event will be in the southwest corner of Santa Fe Park with prize categories for largest smallest and most unusual kites. every kite that lifts off will win a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Wayne Umbarger
Santa Fe Park
Umbarger
Pneumonia Patient Ray Coder Improves at Neosho Memorial
Ray Coder of 417 West 7th Street was admitted to Neosho Memorial Hospital yesterday with pneumonia. Mrs. Coder reported he is progressing as well as expected and the family remains hopeful about his recovery.
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Ray Coder
Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Burlington
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Jods-For- Iouth
E Committee
Davenport
Carl Pate
Carol Shook
JayCee
Vesetovitiena
Mabasiennde
By Dion Henderson
Associated Press
Gunwoman
Pal
Miss Bryan
State Patrol
Darrell Penner
Harry Ziedman
Frank Garrett
Altadena
Calif
Shirley
Dan
Thelma Maninger
K. U
Roosevelt School
Myron V. George
George Fox
Chetopa
Neosho - Cottonwood
Assa
John Redmond
Howdy’ McMurray
A.C. Savidge
Ray Coder Ill
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