Neosho Crop Tour Planned With Multiple Stops
The Erie county extension council schedules a Wednesday crops tour starting at 9 a.m. from Erie with six morning stops on US59, lunch at Thayer, and an afternoon visit to the Thayer experiment field. E A Cleavinger will speak on crops and soils. C P McKinney will discuss conservation practices.
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Erie
Extension Council
The
Soil Conservation Service
Mahlon Morley
Thayer
Thayer Experiment Field
Cialist
C. P. McKinney
SCS
Verlin Peterson
Rural Mail Box Improvement Week urged by Post Office
Postmaster Leif R. Nelson promotes standards for rural mail boxes on Chanute routes. Boxes must be standard, in good condition, on upright posts, painted white with name visible, and 42 inches high. Carriers will advise on height and location. keep approaches clear and area tidy.
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Post Office Department
Leif R. Nelson
Chanute
Bank Robbery in Jacksonville Seizes 85 to 90 Thousand
Four armed white men kidnapped a bank official from his home and robbed the First National Bank of Jacksonville of 85 000 to 90 000 dollars. They tied employees, waited for the time lock to open, then escaped in a repossessed bank car. The loss is insured.
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Jacksonville
Ala
First National Bank of
Dan W. Gray
Carpenter
Oswego, Kas
FBI
Memphis
No Winner Now It’s 60 Dollars For Correct Solution
A contest update states the reward is 60 dollars for the correct solution with bonuses for those posting entries on a postcard and notes a 45 dollar amount for Tribune subscribers. The text reflects a promotional style with terms and conditions implied.
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Tribune
Clues Across Puzzle Teases Readers With Word Play
Readers tackle a crossword style puzzle featuring clues like short for Abraham and part of a circle while noting puns about golf clubs and dinners. The piece explains entry rules for a contest run by The Chanute Tribune with bonuses for postcard or subscriber entries and judge’s decisions final.
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Abraham
No winner in Little Stinker No 3 contest
Readers failed to solve the Little Stinker No 3 puzzle as the prize rises to 60 dollars for No 4. Entries centered on words like train clarity pot side den, with several near misses amid puzzle clues and published author explanations.
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Tribune
Music Finale Of School Year Here Tonight
The Spring Music Finale will be presented tonight in the Memorial auditorium at o o clock. The Junior College choir the Senior High School mixed chorus the combined choirs and the concert band perform under Kenneth cebow. They will sing sacred numbers and popular selections including Red Wing Bow Low Elder 23rd Psalm Alleluia. The Junior College choir offers a modern arrangement of Fine and Dan dy. Senior High chorus soloists Gary Naughton Kelly Wendeln Don Grogan and Delbert Winder sing Wide River. The band plays Meditation from Tha is Sir Gal ahad Overture The Purple Carnival March a Negro Spiritual River Jordan and a Haydn Sym fon ic Militaire finale. Accompanists are Miss Bette Poor and Miss Nancy Coonrod.
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Memorial Auditorium At & O'Clock
Kenneth *‘Cebow
Franck
Gary Naughton
Kelly Wendeln
Don Grogan
Delbert Winder
Jordan
Haydn
Bette Poor
Nancy Coonrod
Guards Plan For Inspection
The local National Guard unit will observe Armed Forces Day with no special activities as the battery prepares for a federal inspection by a Fifth Army officer on Monday. The public inspection will review unit records at 1 p.m. and inspect personnel in ranks at 7:30 followed by a training period before summer camp preparation.
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National Guard
Msgt
John Jensen Jr
Jensen
Fifth Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Kansas Seeks 24900 Plane Spotters For Defense Program
Topeka recruitment begins about July 1 for 24 900 volunteer ground observers in Kansas. Maj. James Brown, returning soon from overseas Air Force duty, is named coordinator and will organize headquarters in Topeka to supervise 400 ground observer stations statewide.
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Topekapa
Kansas
State
Civil Defense Department
Maj
James Brown
Air Force
Topeka
Senate Debates Bill To Double Federal Road Aid
Senate opens debate on a Democratic bill to double federal aid for road building over five years. The plan would fund interstate primary secondary and urban systems with 17.94 billion dollars in federal outlays. President Eisenhower's alternative focuses on the interstate system with 26 billion from federal and state funds over ten years.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Byrd
D-Va
Federal Highway Corporation
Bailey to Seek Parole July 28 After Burglary Case
George Bailey, imprisoned 10 to 20 years for second degree burglary and grand larceny in Neosho county, will apply for parole July 28 per Lansing prison office. He was jailed after stealing household goods and livestock from a West 14th home on Oct 12, 1948, pleaded guilty in Erie district court on Dec 15, 1948.
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George Bailey
Neosho County
Lansing
Bailey
West 14Th
Erie
Car Skids Into River Drowns Four Youths in Chester
An auto on a dead end riverfront street skidded into the Delaware River in Chester early today. The driver and a woman passenger escaped by swimming ashore. Three bodies were recovered quickly and police searched the river for the fourth victim.
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Chester
Delaware
Final Bond Payment Ends War Veteran Bonus Debt
The state of Kansas will retire the last bonds used to fund a World War I veteran bonus, freeing the state from direct debt and signaling a complete payoff in the near future.
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Topeka
Kansas
Seven Vital Questions Listed In Humboldt High Graduation
Rev Judd Jones of Cha nute led Humboldt High School seniors through seven questions to guide life after graduation. He urged dream big, value character, work hard, show compassion, balance play, and deepen relation with God. Forty two seniors graduated before a capacity crowd in the high school auditorium.
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Humboldt
Humboldt High School
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Chanute
Rivers, Floods Spread Across Four States After Heavy Rains
Torrential rains swelled rivers in Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico causing evacuations and infrastructure damage. Five dead including schoolchildren in Kingsville Texas. towns like Trinidad Colorado faced severe flooding with bridges washed out and hundreds displaced. Red Cross, National Guard and Army units aided relief efforts.
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Associated Press
Kingsville
Tex
Colorado
Col Orado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Conchas Dam
Lufkin
North Canadian
Cimarron
Trinidad
Starkville
Raton Creek
Sacred Heart Church
Arkansas River
la Junta
Red Cross Shortage Shrinks Neosho County Drive
The Neosho County Red Cross drive shortage dropped to 1323.91 dollars from 2719.37 after an April 28 alert. Through today 8657.09 dollars have been raised this year toward a 9981.00 dollar quota. The board may decide at Monday’s meeting whether to extend the blood program and cut expenses to meet the shortage. Volunteers are asked to knit 19 navy helmets for Arctic air squadron by July 15, with calls to Mrs. Joe Hummer at Red Cross headquarters.
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Neosho County
Red Cross
Herman Janzen
Janzen
H. O. Older
Arctic
Older
Joe Hummer
Poppy Day Sets Chanute Sale Effort by Veterans
Six thousand poppies mark Poppy Day in Chanute with proceeds aiding Disabled Veterans. Brownie Scouts and auxiliary members will sell the blooms, purchased from soldiers to fund Christmas gifts for families. Mrs. Lloyd Dalton leads with Mrs. P. B. Darlington as sales chair.
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Chanute
Lloyd Dalton
American Legion Auxiliary
Disabled Veterans of
Kansas
P. B. Darlington
Mmes
Grace Caldwell
Hazel Slane
Cheslie McConnell
G. E. Barker
Lockout Invoked After Strike Stirs West Coast Shutdown
Trucking firms strike back at an AFL Teamsters Union walkout by invoking a lockout that halted major operations in California. The action is expected to widen across 11 Western states.
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Los Angeles
AFL Teamsters
California
Benedict School Names New Coach and Teacher
Robert Joseph Dollar of Wagoner Oklahoma is hired as Benedict High School coach for next term and will teach science and math He has been teaching at Chateau Oklahoma and is 425 years old and plans to marry this summer.
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Benedict
Robert Joseph Dollar
Wagoner
Okla
Chateau
NIH considers Salk vaccine dosage and polio inoculation pause
A National Institutes of Health panel weighs reducing Salk vaccine doses to stretch supplies and whether to suspend inoculations during polio season. Public Health Service cast doubt on provoking the disease via vaccination and a plan to slow dosage is discussed.
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Washington P
National Institutes of Health
Public Health Service
Pinkston Wins Greater University Scholarship for 1955 56
Elsie May Pinkston a senior at Altoona Rural High School has won a Greater University scholarship funded by the University of Kansas for 1955 56. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilford Pinkston of rural Altoona. If you miss the Tribune call 17 between 550 and 630 p.m. Saturdays included.
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Elsie May Pinkston
Altoona Rural High School
University of Kansas
Miss Pinkston
Gilford Pinkston
Altoona
Safety Program Tonight by Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe will present a safety program at Hutton school for employees and area families. Trainmaster M K E Sparks announced. The event features safety films and cartoons for children and begins at 7 59 PM, open to the public.
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The
Santa Fe
Hutton School
M. K E. Sparks
Traffic Fatalities Update From State Records
Traffic fatalities are reported in the Topeka Kansas state accident records for the year 1955 up to the same period in 1954, with a note of incidents in the last 24 hours. Details are sparse, showing a comparison between 1955 and 1954 figures and noting recent events.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Topekap
Baby Born at Home in Florida Woman Delivers Eighth Child
In Titusville Florida Mrs El lerbe W Carter Sr a fortyish housewife gives birth to her eighth child at home the day before with Ruthie Lee a Negro housemaid present and no doctor. Neighbor Mary Lou Culbertson reports the scene noting Mrs Carter drank whisky before the birth and advised expectant mothers to relax for painless delivery.
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Titusville
Fla.p
Ellerbe W. Carter Sr
Carter
Gen
Ellerbe Carter Sr
Ruthie Lee
Mary Lou Culbertson
Daytona Beach News-Journal
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