Chanute officials call off storm meeting amid weather staffing
A Chanute meeting of city officials and weather agency reps to discuss storm warning improvements was canceled as key figures were away on storm patrol duties. The session will be rescheduled. A missing 9 year old prompted swift police action, with search efforts and new information about the boy’s whereabouts evolving.
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Weather and Disaster Agency
Chanute
CAA
Tom Morehead
Les Matthews
Ground Observer Corps
Doy
Sheriff's Office
L. R. Spencer
Police Department
Lee Montgomery
County Officials See Salary Hikes Start July 1
New state law will raise pay for 11 elective county officials beginning July 1. Total estimated increase is 556.60 for three commissioners and about 185 per official, with funding from budget adjustments and tax discount changes.
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Neosho County
D. C. Diver
Houston radioactivity accident leaves victim jobless
A man exposed to radioactivity in the Kel logg Co plant continues to suffer illness and unemployment after the March 13 incident. Inspectors and Tracer Lab crews search for remaining contamination while neighbors’ attitudes improve, and former manager Harold E. Northway says selling his home remains unlikely amid public concern.
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Houston
Tex
W. M. Kellogg Co
Harold E. Northway
Atomic Energy Commission
Kellogg
William B. Coverse
New York City
Tracer Lab, Inc
Northway
Red Cross Appeals for Tornado Victims in Kansas Missouri
A special disaster funds appeal from the American Red Cross targets tornado-stricken families in Kansas and Missouri. Erie County Red Cross chairman Charles F. Forsyth said the telegram from Frederick S. Laise directs contributions to Kansas City disaster headquarters unless specified otherwise. Donations are needed as national funds fall short. send to the county chapter in the Memorial building and mark as relief to avoid confusion with ongoing funds.
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Kansas
Missouri
Charles F. Forsyth
Erie
Red Cross
Forsyth
Frederick S. Laise
Kansas City
National Fund
County Red Cross Chapter
Driver Arrested After 1949 Chevrolet Crash Near Chanute
Orvel Fay Smith 41 of Earlton faces a driving while intoxicated charge after his pickup overturned on US 169 south of Chanute around 11 45 pm. He was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital for cuts and bruises and is expected to be released. Damage to the 1949 Chevrolet three quarter ton was about 250 dollars. Chanute police assisted in the investigation.
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Orvel Fay Smith
Earlton
Chanute
Boy Slightly Injured In Bike Truck Mishap
A bicycle collision with a Purity Dairy panel truck at 120 W Main around 8 30 a m left 14 year old Pat Sheldon with a bumped head but no serious injuries Police reported the truck driven by Raymond Markham of 906 N Steuben turned into a parking space Sheldon was riding to Royster Junior High School and continued to school after medical check at a doctor s office The Sheldon family said Pat is the son of Wayne and Mrs Sheldon of 102 E Pine
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W. Main
Pat Sheldon
Sheldon
Wayne Sheldon
E. Pine
Raymond Markham
N.steuben
Cheaper to Build Than to Destroy in Missouri Plant
Missouri Power and Light Co. built a smokestack at its Moberly plant in 1921 for 8740 dollars. The stack is no longer in use and the company plans to dismantle it at a cost of 13470 dollars, making demolition more expensive than construction was.
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Moberly
Missouri Power & Light Co
Missouri Tornado Alert Amid Deadly Weather Outbreak
A new tornado alert issued for parts of Missouri as two days of violent weather kill at least 51 and injure nearly 300 with property damage running into millions.
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Missouri
Two Sooner Brothers Electrocuted in Oklahoma Incident
In Woodward Oklahoma two brothers Floyd Eilers 16 and Lee Eilers 12 were electrocuted when an irrigation pipe they were cleaning touched an overhead power line ten miles east of Woodward. Their younger brother Lowell 10 was seriously burned and hospitalized in Mooreland Community Hospital as parents performed artificial respiration.
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Here
Floyd Eilers
Lee Eilers
Lowell
Mooreland Community Hospital
Woodward
Bob Atchley
Fred Eilers
Neosho Red Cross Annual Meeting Set for Monday
The Neo sho County Red Cross chapter will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the chapter office on the first floor of the Memorial building. Officers will be elected for the coming year and volunteer chairmen will present yearly reports. The meeting is open to all Red Cross members.
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Neosho County
Red Cross Chapter
Memorial Building
Red Cross
Demand for Cuts In Foreign Aid Despite Warning
President Eisenhower urged restraint while Congress pressed for deep cuts in foreign aid totaling 3.865 billion dollars for mutual security. He warned against reckless economy and said it would be folly to cripple allies in the push for peace. Congressional committees opened hearings on the proposals.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
America
House
Senate
Home Damaged By Carthage Blast
Two mysterious dynamite blasts rocked a Carthage subdivision damaging a under construction home for Homer Woodard and heavily wrecking a B and G Construction Co. power shovel digging sewer trenches. Police have no clues or damage estimate as similar explosions have occurred across six Missouri counties over two years without a solution.
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Carthage
Mo.p
Homer Woodard
B & G Construction Co
Missouri
Neosho River Levels Fall at Local Bridge
The Neosho River receded slowly with an 8 am reading at the east river bridge of 18.95 feet, down 0.87 feet from 11:30 am yesterday as floodwaters ease.
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Neosho River
East River
Taxes Paid Car Tag Law in Question
Officials await state level details on a new law requiring receipts showing taxes paid when applying for a motor vehicle license plate at the county treasurer. Marion Showalter says the rule may take effect January 1, with dispute over whether half county tax payment or full payment is required. Full clarification may come after July 1.
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Erie
Marion Showalter
Pension of Beck Upheld After Ouster Threat for Teamsters Head
Washington sources report Dave Beck would receive a $50,000 annual pension if ousted as Teamsters Union president. John F. English, the union's general secretary treasurer, contends Beck remains entitled to the pension regardless of leadership changes.
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Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
John F. English
Teamsters
Beck
Fire siren to signal daily noon start in Earlton
Earlton mayor Leo Priddle posted notices stating the fire siren will be blown every weekday at 12 o'clock noon starting next Monday, with Sundays exempt. The announcement signals the noon lunch hour call to residents.
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Earlton
Leo Priddle
Desloge Tornado Moves Slowly Yet Devastatingly
Desloge Missouri reports a slow moving tornado that damaged homes and trees along U S Highway 67. Witnesses Morris Edgar and G V Allers describe a black funnel, with debris sucked into the vortex. Highway Patrol Sgt Maxey watched from a hill as debris rose hundreds of feet in the tunnel like formation.
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Desloge
Morris Edgar
Bonne Terre
U. S. 67
G. V. Allers
Missouri Highway Patrol
W. E. Maxey
Death Toll Reaches 37 In Kansas City Storm
AP report tallies 37 dead 156 in hospitals 418 homes destroyed and 470 damaged after tornado struck Kansas City area communities including Hickman Mills Ruskin Heights Martin City Grandview. Gov Blair seeks 25 million federal relief while Red Cross mobilizes for 1 million to aid 1000 families.
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Ruskin Heights Senior High School
James T. Blair
Eisenhower
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Kan
Spring Hill
Missouri
Lees Summit
Raytown
Agriculture Dept Donates 56 Million Pounds Dairy Surplus
The Agriculture Department plans to set aside nearly 56 million pounds of surplus dairy products for donation to the school lunch program public institutions and needy individuals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rain Lingers In Forecast And Storm Report
Forecaster notes partly cloudy skies with showers tonight and Thursday. Highs reach 65 to 75, with a record rain event in Pittsburg tallying 1.75 inches from a storm that drifted from Independence and Parsons into Lamar, Missouri, bringing hail and lightning and a temperature drop of 15 degrees in five minutes.
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Parsons
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
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Neosho
Oswego
Goodland
Scout Troop 6 Court of Honor Monday at Church
Troop 6 of the Christian church will hold a court of honor Monday night. Scoutmaster R. B. Garvin announced the 20 member troop will award two life pins and several merit badges during the ceremony at the church.
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R. B. Gar
Vin
Rash of Twisters Hits Missouri Towns Injuring Dozens
ST LOUIS Missouri residents endured a rapid series of tornadoes across southern and eastern areas. In Fremont a twister destroyed much of the town killing six and leveling the school. Desloge reported three deaths and extensive damage while Van Buren and nearby communities faced fatalities and injuries.
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Missouri
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Fremont
van Buren
Desloge
Alvin Bell
Bobby ‘Tiefenauer
Desloge High School
Mississipi
St. Louis
Fredericktown
Illinois
Alto Pass
Columbia
Claremont
Herrod
Monticello
Squires
Ozark
Centerville
Kennett
Extension Granted for Excess Wheat Destruction
The U S Department of Agriculture extends the deadline to May 31 for farmers to destroy excess wheat acreage due to heavy rains. Congress man Myron V. George of Washington, D C says the extension was first set for May 20 and then May 25 and will be handled on an individual basis by county ASC committees.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Myron V. George
Washington
D. C
George
ASC
Graduation in Two Weeks Nursing Student Dies
Katherine Ann Schlichter, 22, of Emporia, slated to graduate in two weeks from the University of Kansas school of nursing, died yesterday at K U Medical Center from encephalitis. She was top-ranked in her class with a 2.9 GPA and served as class president. She was the daughter of Harold E. and Mrs Schlichter of Emporia and was born in Topeka.
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Kas
Katherine Ann Schlichter
Emporia
University of Kansas School of Nursing
K. U. Medical Center
Harold E. Schlichter
Topeka
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