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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1957
Page
1
Elsmore High School plans an 8 man football program for next season joining Bronson Welda Westphalia Richmond and Lamont in a new league. The historic return follows a single teacher allowed in past rules with Braden serving as quarterback.
Seven people were killed and two injured in a three car crash on Ohio 7 near Middleport in southeastern Ohio. Six died at the scene, the seventh died later at Meigs General Hospital. Victims include Marshall McCoy Sr. and family members Nancy, Mrs. Charles McCoy, and George Ray McCoy Jr. from Cheshire, plus George William Halley and his wife Elizabeth, and John Charter Smith from Middleport. Smith was reportedly racing a second unidentified car.
Robert A. Molgren, 34, since 1952 administrator of the University of Kansas Medical Center, named administrator of St. Luke's Hospital Kansas City effective June 15. He succeeds Leslie D. Reid who died March 7.
A U S Air Force report says an American KC97 aerial tanker ditched in bad weather in the Atlantic about 250 to 300 miles east of the Azores. A raft carrying seven crew members was sighted by a search plane several hundred miles off the Spanish coast. Three engines failed before the ditching. Navy ships head toward the area from a convoy near the Azores.
Gary police detained 59 year old Charles J Sexton on murder charges for the dynamite blast that killed Edna Sexton 36 and stepson Charles Bittinger in Paragould Arkansas. FBI charged Sexton with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
At the May term opening Judge B M Dunham docketed five state and five civil cases for jury hearings in Neosho County district court. Jurors were ordered to report May 20. State cases include Fitzpatrick Parker Wells Carder. Civil suits involve McGowen vs Edwards Dixon vs Gilliland Doudna vs Morehead Hedges vs Brazil Hotchkiss vs Kjarsgaard. Some cases dismissed without prejudice. Heady divorce case denied new trial.
Two safes in the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Arkansas City were broken into early yesterday and about $2300 stolen. Police believe the same suspect or suspects may have also hit the VFW post in Wellington Tuesday night, where $35 was taken.
State Accident Records Section reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the past 24 hours as 0. To date in 1957 the total is 179, compared with 200 for the same period in 1956.
City officials report widespread elm worm infestation and ongoing spraying begun last week. Wind has disrupted coverage for two days. officials will proceed as conditions allow with a DDT mix that also targets flies and mosquitoes.
The Red Cross blood mobile drew 69 pints yesterday from donors in Erie St Paul Galesburg and Stark areas. Quota was 110 pints with 11 rejects. Next visit planned for October. Erie collections were reduced to two this year and quotas raised from 100 to 110 pints per collection.
The Kansas branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors and Auxiliary begins with registration at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Tioga Hotel. Carl J. Schickhardt, assistant postmaster, will chair the joint assembly at 9:15 p.m. Saturday in the hotel ballroom. About 100 members are expected to attend the two-day convention and sessions.
About 30 000 people are expected in McPherson tomorrow for the 44th annual All-Schools Day honoring eighth grade graduates of McPherson County.
Secretary of Defense Wilson ordered pay boosts for 350000 enlisted specialists with raises from 12 to 50 dollars monthly. Implementation will wait while services decide eligibility and begin near year’s start. A Cordiner committee proposal for broader pay reform and reserves bonuses awaits Congress action.
Congressional leaders said President Eisenhower will scale down the foreign aid request to 3.88 billion dollars with 2.8 billion for military assistance and 1.08 billion for economic aid. The reduction follows talks at the White House and is tied to budget aims for the next fiscal year. Johnson and other Democrats promise prudent review and possible cuts to nonessential items.
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the hot cargo provision allowing Teamsters to refuse handling nonunion or struck goods. It ruled the clause does not violate the Taft Hartley Act secondary boycott ban and faulted an NLRB finding against an Oklahoma City local. Judge Bastian said the conduct urged employees not to handle freight from unfair companies and reflected preexisting carrier contracts.
An eastbound Union Pacific passenger train struck a car five miles east of here. The driver Emory Young a Fort Hays State College sophomore from Great Bend was en route to class and suffered only minor scratches. Wreckage was spread about 25 feet along the tracks.
Senate investigators pressed questions about Anheuser Busch dealings with Dave Beck Sr. and his son in Seattle and Los Angeles. Testimony described Beck influence over the K L Distributing Co. and efforts to aid in a union strike, with Beck invoking the Fifth Amendment during sessions.
City commissioners said they have made no decision on hiring a successor to City Manager Ross Cooper, whose resignation takes effect next Wednesday. Five applications have been received from city managers in Oklahoma, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York and other states. Interviews have not been scheduled and an interim manager is being considered if needed.
A wide forest fire outbreak in the Northeast includes a blaze near Plymouth Massachusetts attacked by Gov. Foster Furcolo and Natural Resources Commissioner Francis Sargent aboard a National Guard plane. In Ontario fires abated after rain, while Sudbury houses were lost before the rain. Michigan battled tinder dry areas as 30 new fires emerged in New York and Massachusetts declared a state of emergency. A 750 acre Huron National Forest blaze neared control near Lake Huron as Manchester woodlands fire near Boston appeared under control.
Donald L. McInerney and his 3 year old son were jolted when a quick grab at a door caused the car to swerve and crash into a telephone pole guy wire. Both father and son were unhurt while Mrs McInerney and the newborn waited for a ride from Palo Alto Hospital.
Helicyopters from Goodfellow and Webb bases rescued residents including A. G. Stinson after seven plus inches of rain flooded Christoval and the South Concho River. Flooded highways blocked travel between Christoval and San Angelo while tornadoes and strong storms moved through Snyder to Big Spring and West Texas.
Forecasters predict cloudy skies with rain tonight and Friday then cooling. Temperatures range from upper 50s to mid 60s, with rainfall totals from a trace to about 1.12 inches in Leroy and widespread moisture reported across Chanute Rosalia Sedan and other towns. Temperature highs yesterday spanned 72 to 80 degrees, while lows fell 51 to 65 statewide.
Emporia city officials installed meters on half of a formerly free lot near the Civic Auditorium to increase turnover and free up spaces for shoppers. A prior meter installation covered one-third of a half-block area in the shopping district to deter employees from hogging prime spots.
Gov. George Docking added former Republican Gov. Ben S. Paulen of Freemonia to his commission for constitutional revision. Paulen served as governor from 1925 to 1929.
Kansas Highway Commission division offices report bids on 35 projects across 17 counties. Freeto Construction Co. of Pittsburg topped the bridge bid at 470 286.24 for two parallel two lane spans on the US 50 location east of Ottawa. Other low bids include M W Watson Co. for grading at 245 746.94 and Maxwell Bridge Co. for viaduct work at 183 170.80 on a 12.7 mile K 96 project in Cherokee and Wilson counties. Plans call for widening and grade raises on K 96 from Neodesha to Lafontaine. Tabulation expected around 2:30 p.m.
President Ngo Dinh Diem told Congress South Viet Nam is in a more critical position than any other free Asian country but vowed to press the fight against communism. In Jerusalem U N Secretary General Hammarskjold arrived for talks with Prime Minister Ben-Gurion on Arab Israeli conflicts. In Vienna Hungary’s Parliament met with Premier Kadar announcing a cabinet reshuffle after the anti-Soviet revolt.
President Eisenhower named Michael Stepovich of Fairbanks as Alaska governor and reappointed Wayne Hendrickson as secretary of the territory for a new term.
An 18 year old motorist in Ridgefield New Jersey faced Municipal Court after a passenger rode on a car’s front fender. D A Abbatiello claimed head lights blew out and the passenger held two flashlights. Magistrate Comins fined him for careless driving.
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