Glass Windows Break in Chanute A Week of Incidents
Three panes shattered since Saturday as children play tug of war. Jimmy Phillips, 917 S Forest, struck a window at News Standard Printing Co., 111 W Main, causing a 4 by 5 foot break and minor cuts treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital. A rock was thrown at Top Hat cafe window, and Spot cafe building glass damage followed a fall or push through storage glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Phillips
S. Forest
Jimmy
News-Standard Printing Co
W. Main
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Top Hat Cafe
501 N. Santa Fe
Spot Cafe
N. Santa Fe
Watershed Meeting Expands Lower Big Creek Committee
A third cooperative watershed education meeting at Big Creek school drew 21 attendees. Lyle Meyer was elected chairman as the watershed steering committee for the lower Big Creek area grew. The event, part of a joint Chamber of Commerce and Soil Conservation Service effort, included films by C P McKinnie and discussions on soil conservation and watershed districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Creek
Lower
Lyle Meyer
Earl Reinhardt
Floyd Stacey
Gail Malson
0. H. Cunningham
Virgil Olson
Plyle McGuffey
Loren Brooks
Leroy Barker
Marion Stevens
Arlie Lock
Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Extension Service
C. P. McKinnie
Neosho County
SCS
Erie
McKinnie
D. C. Diver Cunningham
Chamber of Commerce
Ebar Schultz
John Gorton
Chamber
Agricultural Committee
Bill Qualls
Gene Highfill
Allen County
Marvin Gough
Dale Hensley
Bank of Commerce
Traffic Fatalities in Kansas Last 24 Hours 1957
Traffic fatalities listed by the state accident records section show 189 deaths in the last 24 hours for 1957, compared with 241 deaths in the same period in 1956. The figures reflect state records during the period cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Eisenhower seeks public support for foreign aid package
President Eisenhower appeals to the nation for grass roots backing of a 3.88 billion dollar foreign aid program. Sen. Aiken says many commitments remain unfilled and the aid can be cut sharply without hurting the program, though actual spending depends on the President and Congress. The broadcast airs on CBS and mutual networks with differing TV slots on ABC and NBC. Aiken supports continued aid, citing potential returns through a development fund for low interest loans to developing nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International Cooperation Administration
Cbs-Tv
CBS
ABC
Mutual
Abc-Tv
Nbc-Tv
Radio
Aiken
Neosho River Rises Slightly Amid Rain Outlook
The Neosho River returned to its banks at 11:30 a.m. with a gauge of 19.82 feet at the east river bridge, down 1.33 feet in 24 hours. Neosho Rapids saw a small rise due to upstream rains, and forecasters expect scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho River
East River
Neosho Rapids
Neosho
Cottonwood
Zion Methodist Church Officers to be Elected Next Evening
Members of the Zion Methodist church northwest of Chanute will meet Thursday evening at 8 to elect officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Methodist Church
Chanute
House Committee Cuts Defense Funds in New Budget
The House Appropriations Committee votes a 2.59 billion cut in defense spending while approving 33.54 billion for Army Navy and Air Force for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The measure trims the president’s request by about four percent after accounting for shifting funds and obviation of cash needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations’ Committee
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Republic of Germany
United States
House
Lightning Kills Topeka Roosevelt Wall Ace at 29
Wallace a nursery worker and father of seven was struck dead by lightning while in a field near Topeka. He had moved to Topeka from Porter Oklahoma about three years ago. A separate report notes a minor two vehicle collision south of Chanute involving a 1955 Buick driven by Sharon Um barger Burris addition and a 1939 Chevrolet driven by Buck Yates of Earlton with bumper damage to both vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Roosevelt Wallace
Wallace
Porter
Oklo
Chanute
Sharon Umbarger
Burris
Buck Yates
Earlton
Tornados Fatal to 35 Storm Warnings Have Meaning
Barney Peyser recounts a Kansas City tornado night driving to Ruskin Heights, where a modern shopping center and the new Ruskin Heights High School were wrecked. He describes traffic jams, frantic residents, and rescue efforts as the storm levelled buildings and blanketed the area in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruskin Heights
Storm Death List from Kansas City Tornado
Identify a long list of tornado fatalities across Kansas City and surrounding areas including Ruskin Heights Hickman Mills and Ottawa Kas. Names ages and places appear for forty plus victims with multiple unidentified remains and infant deaths. Local line urges readers to contact Tribune carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gabert
John Hower
Hickman Mills
Oral Glen Hower
Charles L. Johnson
Keith Leopold
J. A. Marsh
Ottawa
Kas
Marvin Nehring
Gerald Rucker
Charles Thompson
Kansas City
Margery D. Wackernagle
Margaret Smith
Smith
Robert W. Yost Jr
Ruskin Heights
Linda Boyd
Katherine Sue Davis
Denise Woodling
Gladys Taylor
Caroline Kay Taylor
Taylor
Joe Vincher
Grandview
McGill
E. S. Henton
Grand
View
Jeanette Nelson Dorris
George Kildow
Tornado Toll and Rescue Efforts Across Kansas City Area
Radio and television warnings helped save lives as storms tracked through Kansas City and nearby towns. A Guardsman found an encylopedia clipping on legal acts of God, while families like the Cookes faced ruined homes. In Ruskin Heights looting was reported and Ottawa resident Roland Hind narrowly escaped. Four members of the Isham Davis family died in Spring Hill as the tornado leveled homes and outbuildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Ottawa
Roland Hind
Hartford
Spring Hill
Kas
Johnson County
Isham Davis
Pamela
Tamera
Silverton
Tex
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ruskin Heights
National Guard
Army
Air Force
Red Cross
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bill Beaier
Arthur Buchannan
Chhildren
Buchannan
Meeting to plan improved Chanute storm warning system
An open 10 a.m. meeting at the Chamber of Commerce aims to establish a uniform storm warning system for Chanute. Attendees include city officials, police and fire departments, civil defense, CAA, National Guard, highway patrol, and Ground Observer Corps representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial
Tom Morehead
Morehead
Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
CAA
GOC ‘Post
Matthews
GOC
O. H. Bates
Police Department
Unsettled Kansas Weather Brings Showers And Tornadoes
Forecasters project scattered showers and thunderstorms across eastern Kansas with a cooler northwest today and tonight. Tornadoes caused damage in Kansas City area including Spring Hill Ottawa and Hartford with no deaths reported. Haddam and La Cygne areas saw hail and river rises but no major flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Spring Hill
Ottawa
Hartford
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Bird City
Awood
Mitchell
Osborne
Nebraska
Ottawa- Kansas City
Haddam
Emporia
Pomona
Osage City
Concordia
Chanute
Marais Des Cygnes
la Cygne
Erie Commencement Set for Thursday at 8 P.M.
Erie high school will hold graduation exercises Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Buford E. Fisher, superintendent of Chanute schools, will deliver the commencement address. Erie superintendent E. G. Horiie will preside. Thirty-five senior class members will receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ERIE
Buford E. Fisher
Chanute Schools
E. G. Horiie
Erie Schools
Senilor
Busy end of term at city schools marks last days
More than 2300 students wrap up the term with picnics in parks as elementary pupils celebrate last day activities. Senior highs finish tests with a Lake Farlington picnic for seniors. joint college and high school commencement set for Friday at Memorial Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcott
Roosevelt
Hutton
Nora Knight
Lake Farlington
Deadliest Kansas City tornado kills 35 and injures 200
A powerful tornado carved an 80 mile path from Ottawa to Liberty causing 35 deaths 29 in suburbs 4 in Spring Hill Kas and 2 in Ottawa. Martial law was declared Ruskin Heights to speed relief. Rescue teams and National Guard worked as 156 hospitalized and 7000 phone lines down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ruskin Heights
Hickman Mills
Spring Hill
Kas
Ottawa
Liberty
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Carder pleads guilty and receives prison term
John Otto Carder pleaded guilty in district court to grand larceny for stealing iron from county farms. Judge B M Dunham imposed a sentence of not more than five years in the state penitentiary at Lansing, with transfer to start the term by Sheriff Lee Montgomery. A separate Kan sas case, Ediston Linley Parker driving while intoxicated, was dismissed with costs. Court officials said all jury docket cases for this term are disposed of and no juries will be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
John Otto Carder
B. M. Dunham
Lansing
Neosho County
Lee Montgomery
State of Kansas
Ediston
Linley Parker
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Henry Hanson
N. Malcolm
Tribune
White House
Banks
By Barney Peyser
112Th Street
95Th
Brooks Crummett
Katherine MaeArmon
Lowell Atkinson
Martin City
Pamela Davis
Tamera Davis
Davis
Lee's Summit
Storm
National
R. B. Cook
Cook
Linda
Joe Connors
Ruskins Heights
Hind
Nce
Weaers i
Sere
Carder
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