Lions seek wider tornado warning for Chanute community
Lions Club members at the Tioga Hotel heard a film on tornado damage stressing the need for better advance warnings after the Civil Defense system was discontinued. Marion Stevens proposed a joint meeting of Chanute civic groups to plan an improved warning program with help from the Weather Bureau and Highway Patrol. The Patrol will offer the 20 minute film to groups upon request.
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Highway Patrol
Lions Club
Tioga Hotel
Chanute
Marion Stevens
Lions Public Relations
Lions
Waco
Texas
el Dorado
Galesburg
Stevens
The
Weather Bureau
Weather forecast for eastern Kansas through Friday
Generally fair weather in eastern Kansas with partly cloudy skies in the west through Friday. Tonight will be cool, lows 38 to 45, with a slight warming trend Friday and highs 70 to 75. Scattered showers possible in extreme west Friday afternoon, no rain statewide in the past 24 hours. Winds bring cooler air and dust aloft from the north.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Concordia
Olathe
al Endres
Chanute
Ager
Dodge City
Everly
Goodland
Bids Open June 4 On US59 Projects in Kansas
The Kansas highways director Maurice Martin issued bids for 21 miles of base and bituminous surfacing on new US59 sections in Neosho and Greenwood counties. Bids to be opened at Parsons on June 4 include nine miles of US59 north to the K57 junction south of Erie with six inch base and asphalt surface. A similar surface is planned on US54 from the Greenwood Butler line east 12.4 miles to Eu reka. Also sought are a five span 255 foot steel bridge over Lightning Creek and grading for approaches on a county road in Cherokee county 5.5 miles west of West Mineral.
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Neosho
Greenwood
Maurice Martin
Parsons
Erie
Butler County
Eureka
Lightning Creek
Cherokee County
West Mineral
Mother and daughters die in Eureka house fire
A mother Annie Jo Hallmark aged in twenties and her three daughters Janie seven Mary Ann four and Patty two died in a Eureka frame house fire on Wednesday night. James Hallmark the husband tried to reenter the home after leaping from a second story window and was hospitalized with burns and shock. Policemen Zane Dunbar and Kenny Kilburn were driven back by heat as Fire Chief Allan D Pettingill said the blaze started downstairs.
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Eureka
Calif
James Hallmark
Annie Jo Hallmark
Janie
Mary Ann
Patty
Zane Dunbar
Kenny Kilburn
Allan D. Pettingill
Nursing home course planned for Neosho County
A citizen committee discussed a new course for nursing home administrators and aides in Neosho County aimed at improving elderly care. The program, already piloted in Crawford and Iola, will start around July 1 with 10 students per class and one instructor.
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Neosho County
Kansas
Crawford County
Pittsburg
Iola
Allen County
Woodson
Anderson
Berga J. Comer
Kansas State Board of Health
Chanute
Erie
William Hunt
Ministerial Alliance
Ann Hummer
Red Cross
A. A. Kihm
Ottis Autry
Elsie Ellis
Buford Fisher
Adeline Fortney
Keith Richey
Comer
Margaret Wood
Kansas State Nurses Association
Neosho Memorial” Hospital
Neosho County Nursing Homes
Miss’ Comer
State Vocational Education Department
The
Kansas Nursing Home Association
State Department of Social Welfare
Vocational Education Department
Welfare
Underground Phone Cable Set for 1961 Start
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co plans an underground long distance cable to be in use with the new dial system in 1961. Kansas engineer T. E. Everly said the line will connect with existing cables near Pittsburg and link Parsons Independence and Coffeyville exchanges. Extensions are planned to Iola and a Eu reka junction with the Topeka Wichita cable. Excavation is underway at the Chanute South Steuben site.
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T. E. Everly
Kansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Everly
Pittsburg
Parsons, Independence
Coffeyville
Iola
Eureka
CofC Heads In State Meet Here Today
About 30 chamber of commerce managers gather at the Tioga Hotel for a two day Kansas Chamber of Commerce Executives Assn. spring meeting. Joe McTigue of Kansas City Kansas delivers luncheon remarks on tourism growth tied to the planned Agricultural Hall of Fame. He urges local chamber support and more government involvement.
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Cofc
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
Joe McTigue
Kansas City
Kas
Chamber
Kansas
National Agricultural Hall of Fame
McTigue
Country Club
Dwight Havens
Neeley Named Undersheriff In Neosho County
George F Neeley a Urbana area farmer was named undersheriff by Neosho County Sheriff Jerry Sloan after Lloyd Moultons resignation Moulton said he left due to not feeling his justice under current office conditions and policies Neeley 43 is married with two sons ages 16 and 7 who attend Thayer school He has no prior law enforcement experience
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George F. Neely
Urbana
Neosho County
Jerry Sloan
Lloyd Moulton
Chanute
Moulton
the Tribune
Sloan
Neely
Thayer
Twining Surgery Reveals Cancer in Left Lung
In Washington a bulletin from the Pentagon says General Nathan F. Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had exploratory surgery that found cancer. Surgeons removed the upper lobe of his left lung in the operation on Tuesday.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Pentagon
Chanute City Manager Accepts Police Chief Moreheads Resignation
City Manager R J Hayes accepted the resignation of Police Chief Tom Morehead effective May 23 with unanimous city commissioner consent Lige Matlock was named acting chief Morehead and the department faced an official inquiry over missing records but officials denied charges against any officer Morehead had claimed duress and a record of 14 years in Chanute police service is noted officials stated the matter was closed after the resignation was accepted.
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Tom Morehead
R. D. Churchill
R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Chief Morehead
Chanute
Morehead
Dalice Rush
H. R. Williams
Lige Matlock
Police Department
154 Youths Seek Jobs for Summer
A total of 154 students have registered for summer jobs at the high school and employment office in Kansas. The figure marks about a 20 percent rise from last year with likely 100 or more additional registrations to come as vacation plans form. Junior Chamber of Commerce and state employment office coordinate as job clearinghouse while local employers are urged to list openings.
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W. C. Markley
Kansas State Employment Office
Markley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jack Groves
The
Jaycees
Groves
Northern Tele photo to buy 13 Kansas exchanges
Northern Telephone Co of Ottawa gets KCC authorization to buy 13 southeast Kansas exchanges from United Telephone Co of Abilene, including Altoona Benedict Coyville Fall River La Fontaine Neosho Falls Piqua Thayer Tototo Quincy Mapleton and Mound City. It may borrow 1.7 million dollars from the federal government to finance the purchase and convert to dial service.
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Topeka
Northern Telephone Co
Ottawa
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
KCC
Northern
United Telephone Co
Abilene
Altoona
Benedict
Coyville
Fall River
la Fontaine
Neosho Falls
Piqua
Thayer
Toroto
Quincy
Mapleton
Mound City
ECC
Concordia
Great Bend
Great Bend Air Base
Jetmore Telephone Co
Jetmore
Blimp Crashes in fog kills crew as six hospitalized
A Navy ZPG-2 blimp crashed into a hangar in Lakehurst New Jersey during a 24 hour anti submarine patrol. One crewman was killed and six injured while rescuers freed trapped officers after the wreckage pierced the hangar roof. The blimp was two years old and the rescue effort involved aerial ladders and careful lowering.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Tribune
Lee Wasser
Cmdr
Herman Spahr
Squadron 3
Spahr
Grenade Explosion Fatal for Two at Fort Leonard Wood
At Fort Leonard Wood Missouri a hand grenade killed Pvt John M Rehorst 20 of Milwaukee and M Sgt Arion W Reynolds 35 of Rolla with Sgt Leland Robinson treated for minor wounds The blast occurred on the grenade range as Rehorst held a grenade in a pit base officials suspected a defective grenade.
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Fort Leonard Wood
John M. Rehorst
Milwaukee
Wis
Arion W. Reynolds
Rolla
Leland Robinson
Rehorst
M-Sgt. Reynolds
Navy divers recover bodies after jet crash in Atlantic
Navy divers attempted to recover the bodies of three jet pilots after three F100 Super Sabre jets from a night navigation and refueling mission crashed into the Atlantic. Maj. Gen. Daniel W. Jenkins will head the investigation into the Wednesday crash as crews search for the missing airmen.
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Myrtle Beach
D. C
Atlantic
Daniel W. Jenkins
9Th Air Force
Chanute Jaycees Issue Statement On City Manager Sessions
The Chanute Junior Chamber says it is not linked to political activity and completed its inquiry into city government. The committee found that closed sessions are legal and used, and the city manager has power to hire and fire certain city employees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chanute Jaycees
No Suspicion On Officers In Local Shakedown Claim
City Manager R. J. Hayes announced that no present or past law enforcement officer is implicated in a reported shakedown of a local businessman. Hayes said no suspicion should rest on city and county agencies and noted Tom Morehead’s resignation letter pointed to the attorney general for possible grand jury action. Morehead’s letter did not name individuals or dates but sought a probe covering eight years of his tenure as chief.
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R. J. Hayes
Tom Morehead
Hayes
Morehead
Oregon Wagon Train Gains Time Ahead of Schedule
The Oregon centennial wagon train pushes ahead of its timetable as spokes man Dick Carter reports seven wagons will be a full day ahead by May 23 citing expected mountain breakdowns. The group detoured via a back road from Overton Nebraska to Lexington and plans camps near Maxwell and the Dawson Lincoln county line, then beyond North Platte.
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Oregon
Lexington
Dawson-Lincoln County
Maxwell
North Platte
Postmaster Nominations Confirmed for Kansas towns
The Senate confirmed Eisenhower nominations for Kansas postmasters Mary F. Findley of Coyville Bruce R. Carrick of Esbon and Lauren E. Daetwiler of Ramona.
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Washington
Senate
Kansas
Eisenhower
Mary F. Findley
Coyville
Bruce R. Carrick
Esbon
Lauren E. Daetwiler
Ramona
Violence Breaks Out In Union Fight
In Clinton Tennessee three hidden gunfire locations halted a convoy of coal trucks bound for TVA Kingston plant. Dynamite was thrown but failed to detonate. No injuries. two radiators were hit. The ambush follows an uptick in violence as UMW organises non union mines in east Tennessee.
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Clinton, Tenn
TVA
Kingston
Anderson County
East Tennessee
United Mine Workers Union
Jellico
Tennessee- Kentucky
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Harry Kubaker
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Eisenhower Library
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Churchill
George Donaldson
New York
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ANPA
Cranston Williams
Richard Good
Junior Chamber
John Barney
Robert Davenport
Vernon Brinkmeyer
Dick Coykendall
Carl North
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