Neosho River Crest Expected Sunday Amid Floods
Flooding extends across Kansas as the Neosho River nears a 23 to 25 foot crest at Neosho. River gauges show rising water, with crests forecast for Sunday barring more rain. Weather reports note scattered showers and several roads blocked by water.
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Neosho River
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Tulsa
Carl Wortman
East River
CAA
Water Department
Wortman
Burlington
Neosho Rapids
Ottawa
Marins Des Cygne
Osawatomie
Missouri Line
Las Cygne
Neosho
Emporia
Leroy
Coy
Bicycle theft halted by flooded underpass washout
Police report a bicycle left near the Third Street underpass was carried away but found abandoned in floodwaters during Thursday’s downpour. Tulsa faced widespread flooding as earlier reports described a tornado flare and damage near Thayer and Earlton.
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Third Street
Three Minor Traffic Accidents Reported Yesterday
Police investigated three minor traffic collisions in Wichita. At Main and Forest, Stierwalt's 1955 Ford and Autry's 1955 Buick sustained front and rear damage during Thursday night rain. At Fourth and Highland, Griffiths's 1956 Chevrolet and Shultz's 1940 Plymouth suffered left front and right side damage around 3 p.m. Donna McClure's 1941 Pontiac had a minor rear fender dent at 105 West Main as Lester Bonecutter backed from the curb.
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Robert Dean Stierwalt
Carl Dee Autry
Main and
Forest
Stierwalt
Autry
Stephen Dale Griffiths
Driver Arrested After DUI and Speeding Incident
Bill Mendenhall of 1210 N Santa Fe was arrested by police about 2:45 a.m. on charges of driving while intoxicated and speeding. He posted a $135 bond and awaits a 2 p.m. Monday hearing. Officers followed his car from a nearby filling station to Walnut and Forest, reporting speeds up to 50 mph and a can of beer found in the vehicle. He agreed to a blood alcohol content test.
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Bill Mendenhall
Santa Fe
Mendenhall
Walnut
Forest
Flooding Closes Several Kansas Roads As Water Rises
The Kansas Highway Department reported roads blocked by floodwaters as of 8:30 a.m. U.S. 54 north of Toronto U.S. 81 south of Wichita K61 east of Medora and U.S. 160 near Oxford were covered. Water was still rising with a possibility of more closures later while traffic moved through other flooded areas.
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Department
Ripley
Pittsburg
Emporia
Wichita
Chanute
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Highway Department
U. S. 54
Toronto
Medora
Highway Department
Oxford
Jack Slips From Car. Larned Man Is Killed
Shelby Price 44 of Larned was crushed to death when a jack slipped under his car on a rural road three miles north of Larned. Sheriff Frank Fraser said Price apparently was attempting to extricate the vehicle from mud yesterday.
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Larned, Kas
Shelby Price
Larned
Frank Fraser
Price
Here
Tulsa faces worst flood in city history
Oklahoma braces as nine inches of rain trigger record floods in Tulsa and northeastern sectors. Arkansas Cimarron rivers surge. evacuees mount in Tulsa area with guards deployed. Waurika and Keystone see evacuations as bridges wash out and highways suffer two million dollars in damage.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Cimarron
Arkansas
Washita
Waurika
Texas
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Raymond Gary
Tulsa National Guard
Bixby
C. K. Lemons
Civil Defense
Keystone
Gary
Eisenhower
Man Arrested Here on False Pretense Charge
Robert Wood was arrested on a charge of obtaining money from Ruby Weaver under false pretenses with intent to defraud. He posted bond set at 1000 dollars and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday in city court. Wood allegedly obtained 1040 dollars by falsely claiming to own an oil drilling rig and operate a drilling business.
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Robert Wood
Ruby Weaver
Wood
Drug Sale Nets $27 Lands Man Lifelong Prison Term
LOS ANGELES sentencing for Gilbert M. Zaragoza 21 follows two heroin sales totaling 27 dollars. He receives a life term for the drug trafficking convictions.
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Los Angeles
Gilbert M. Zaragoza
Neosho County Graduation Aims High With 44 Eighth Graders
Fourty four rural school students received diplomas at Neosho County Eighth grade commencement in the Senior High School Auditorium. Buford E. Fisher of Chanute urged education like bases in a baseball game as diplomas were handed by County Superintendent Nelle Stevens. About 300 parents attended the event.
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Fourty
Neosho County
Buford E. Fisher
Chanute Schools
Nelle Stevens
Juanita Beard
Stark
Daniel Coday
Nancy
Joyce Womeldorff
St. Paul
Fritts
Ricky Henderson
Parsons
Susan Francis
Carol Knox
Sandra Nicewaner
Sara Joe Allen
Paul Anderson
Mary Lou Angleton
Mary Ellen Bailey
Glenn Barnhart
Nancy Carol Bartholomew
Gary James Bockover
Joy Marie Broughton
Carol Burkhart
George FE. Buscher
Alfred Douglas Craft
Joan K. Culbertson
Beverly Joan Dennis
Donnie Elder Marion Patricia Franklin
Sandra Sue Gibson
Carol Sue Goff
Robert Hibbs
Trudy Janpsen
Henrietta Jantz
Mary Lee John
Charlene Lacy
John Larue
Alan Curtis Lindberg
Gary Joe Maison
Barbara Ann Matlock
Carolyn Sue McKelvey
Richard Grant Murreill
Dalton Newberry
Billy Joe Norton
Mavis Ann Page
Raymond O. Peterson
Jerry L. Roberts
Marilyn Elizabeth Rost
Bill Schupbach
Dixie Lee Shultz
Phyllis G. Spurling
Donald Kay Strack
Charles Edmond Sweeten
Margaret Joan Treiber
Sandra Webb
Alice Joyce White
Gloria June Willits
Herbert Edmond Weill
Do-Si-Do Square Dance Club Meets Tonight
The Do-Si-Do Square Dance Club will meet at Alcott School tonight at 8 p.m. Provisional attendees are urged to bring partners and don dance shoes. The event promises a night of square dancing instruction and social dancing.
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Alcott School
Man Rescuer Praises Save Of Boy From Well
Sam Woodson a 39 year old Negro construction worker describes pulling ten year old Benny Hooper Jr from a dangerous well shaft in Manorville New York. He recalls uncovering Benny in the narrow hole and pulling him to safety as sand began to cave in. Woodson mentions his own daughters gave him strength during the tense rescue.
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Manorville
N. Y
Sam Woodson
Bio Re
Woodson
Benny
John Arambo
John
Little Benny
Driver Posts Bond After Arrest Here
Ralph E. Stilwell of Steele's Court was arrested about 12 25 am on charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving after police observed his car cross the Lincoln Main intersection. Eldee C. Jones of Steele's Court was arrested on intoxication with Stilwell. both posted bonds of 150 and 15 dollars respectively and are due for hearings at 4 pm Wednesday in police court.
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Ralph E. Stilwell
Steele
Stilwell
Lincoln
Main
Eighth
Santa Fe
Eldee C. Jones
Jones
The Sisters of St. Joseph Hit By Series Of Thefts
Police report ongoing investigation into thefts at St. Patrick's and the Sisters of St. Joseph. About $170 from the Sisters’ home and roughly $17 from school vending machines were taken, with May 4 noted as the home theft. Thieves entered during early morning Mass, while sisters were downstairs. Desks and classrooms were disturbed but no money missing.
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St. Patrick’s
Sisters of St. Joseph
S. Central
St. Patrick's School
Watershed meetings reviewed in Allen County sessions
Educational series on watershed protection hosted by the Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee held last night at Odense school and Village Creek community center. About 50 attendees from the Big Creek watershed heard C E Crews discuss development and soil conservation. films were shown by SCS staff. A second meeting for the lower Big Creek area is planned, with Village Creek leaders outlining program steps and organizing efforts.
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Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee On Watershed Protection
Odense School
Allen County
Village Creek
Big Creek
Odense
C. E. Crews
Iola
Eden
Soil Conservation Service
C. P. McKinnie
Erie
Bill Qualls
Willard Lanier
Wilson County
SCS
Lester Griffith
Chamber of Commerce
John Gorton
Emmet Bolze
Bruce Burris
Frank Young
Bank of Commerce
Village Creek Area
Vilas
Gorton
Agricultural Committee
Extension Service
Middle Area
Jack Jordan
Kenneth Ingie
Ralph Bauer
John Jordan
Bert Fewins
Bauer
Little Delaware
Lower
Gail Malson
Earl Reinhardt
Oscar Cunningham
Lyle Meyer
Floyd Stacey
Tots Buried Alive In Narrow Sewer Ditch
A 2-year-old boy, Richard Thun of Cody, Wyoming, died after becoming wedged in a five foot trench beside a sewer line near his home. Sheriff Frank Blackburn said a power shovel covered him while workers recall seeing him nearby.
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Cody, Wyo
Frank Blackburn
Richard Thun
David Thun
Cody
Blackburn
Rescue of 7-year-old from backyard well ends with recovery
Benny Hooper was trapped in a sandy backyard well for nearly 24 hours. Firefighters and workers used oxygen, shoring, and pumps to free him. He was taken to Mastic Beach hospital in fair to good condition, able to talk and request food, with doctors watching for pneumonia and infection risks.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benny Hooper
Mastic Beach
Benny
Wendy
Nettie Hooper
Ronald A. Hooper
Benjamin Hooper
Hooper
Borghild
J. H. Kris
Kris
Ten Airmen Injured As Navy Plane Crashes At Glenview
A P2V Neptune bomber from Hutchinson Kansas crashed into a pond near Glenview Naval Air Station in thick fog injuring ten crew members. Six Navy personnel suffer undisclosed minor injuries while three listed as in serious condition, with specifics naming McCracken Munson and Strehl.
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Chicago
Navy
Glenview Naval Air Station
Glenview
John Wilbur
Northbrook
Hutchinson
Kas
Naval Air Station
Howard Byron McCracken
Aliston
Ill
James Robert Munson
Graham links unsaved souls to Benny Hooper rescue
Evangelist Billy Graham drew a parallel between New York City sinners and Benny Hooper the 7 year old boy saved from a well. He told 16 500 in Madison Square Garden that the boy's rescue mirrored Americans praying to save lives. His six week crusade began last Wednesday at the Garden.
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New York
Billy Graham
New York City
Benny Hooper
Graham
Madison Square Garden
All America
Benny
Manorville
N. Y
If you don’t get your Tribune call your carrier
A household notice instructs readers to contact their newspaper carrier if delivery fails and to call 700 after 6 pm if the carrier cannot be reached.
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Tribune
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