Senate approves $35,000 loan cap for a single farm
The Senate voted 57 to 20 to cap price support loans at 35000 per farm or farmer. The move, tied to a stopgap wheat bill, faced criticism that it would destabilize the federal farm program and drew further debate over subsidies and loan limits among senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Humphrey
GM announces smaller lighter Corvair for 1960 model line
General Motors disclosed plans for a smaller lighter Corvair to join the 1960 lineup with a Canada affiliate expected to produce a similar car. GM executives spoke at the Wilmington meeting of stockholders about new features for the American auto industry while giving few details.
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Wilmington
Del
General Motors
Canada
Frederic G. Donner
GM Board
Donner
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Studebaker
Earth Tremor Rocks Wellington Area
A 15 second earthquake centered about 50 miles from Wellington caused damage across the city. Windows broke chimneys toppled shelves emptied, and a third of Wellington lost power as shoppers fled after the tremor split walls and sent items tumbling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Cookingham Hired as Fort Worth City Manager
L P Cookingham the retiring Kansas City city manager was hired as Fort Worth city manager at 30000 annual pay. He will assume duties June 15 replacing Frank Davis who resigned from a 20000 salary weeks earlier.
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Fort Worth
Tex
L. P. Cookingham
Kansas City
Frank Davis
City plans protest bid for gas rate hike in Chanute
Cities Service Gas Co seeks a system wide increase averaging about five cents per thousand cubic feet, affecting 357 communities. Chanute officials delay protest to gather details on the new rate structure while noting two Chanute rates—resale and interruptible fuel—could see impact on local consumers.
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Cities Service Gas Co
Chanute
Federal Power Commission
Washington, D. C
R. J. Hayes
Cities Service
City Commission
Hayes
Kirby J. Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Five of Family Perish in Fire in Ontario Calif
In Ontario California four small children and their father Robert Burk 29 died when flames engulfed their home as Burk babysat. neighbors and firefighters battled the blaze. Daughter Barbara 6 and three other children Tony 7 Terry 4 and Bobby Lynn 2 died at the scene or in hospitals. Mrs Burk 26 wife of the deceased was recovering from shock she is two months pregnant.
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Ontario
Calif
Robert Burk
Joan
Burk
Barbara
Tony
Terry
Bobby Lynn
Lloyd Hopkins
Buck
Trans parent plastic bag used in death of New York man
The body of 60-year-old Theodore Evant was found in his bed with a plastic bag over his head and tied at the neck. The death is ruled as a self inflicted incident, reflecting a troubling rise in such tragedies linked to common plastic bags.
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New York
Theodore Evant
Dalice Rush Tractor Damaged by Vandals
A tractor owned by City Commissioner Dalice Rush was vandalized early this week in a farm shed east of town. Police report the attacker used a hammer breaking lights gauges fuel oil systems and ignition components. Sheriff and police investigate the incident.
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Dalice Rush
Legion Poppy Day Observed By Local Units
Poppy Day will be observed Saturday with bright red poppies sold for veterans’ memory. Chanute American Legion Auxiliary and local Girl Scouts will run the sale in the business district. Half of proceeds stay in Chanute for rehabilitation and child welfare work, the other half goes to the national fund. About 6,000 poppies will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chanute American Legion Auxiliary
Robert Kern
Chanute
Traffic Fatalities Reported in Kansas in 24 Hours
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities for the last 24 hours ending 9 am today with totals to date in 1959 at 175, compared to 168 in the comparable period of 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Starkweather Gets 14 Day Stay Of Execution
Charles Starkweather 20 wins a two week reprieve from the electric chair hours before execution. Judge Richard Robinson stays the sentence until June 4 to allow an appeal of the habeas corpus denial. Caril Fugate remains jailed in York as the case draws out.
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Starkweather
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
U.S. Dist
Richard Robinson
Omaha
Robert Klein
Greenholtz
Women's State Reformatory
York
Caril Fugate
Hattie Bowley
Caril
Gardner
Robinson
Robert van Pelt
van Pelt
U.S
Caril Ann Fugate
Douglas
Woo
Wyoming
Bennet, Neb
Robert Jensen
Carol King
Area jobless drop signals regional business rebound
Figures from the Kansas State Employment Service show Neosho Allen and Woodson counties posting rising business activity and a sharp fall in unemployment claims and job applications. The manager links the improvement to a recovery of previously paused activity, with weekly claims falling from 317 in February to 62 in May and applications easing from 639 in April last year to 356 this April.
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Neosho
Allen
Woodson
Kansas State Employment Service
W. C. Markley
Markley
Chanute
Kansas
Independence Office
Weather Brings Flood Crest Warnings Across Neo Sho River
Weather bureau forecasts a Neo Sho River crest near 18 feet Sunday relieving flood threat in southeast Kansas. Reports show crests at Lola near 15 feet and Parsons near 18 to 19 feet below flood stages, with widespread rain and several inches of moisture across the state.
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Weather Bureau
Neosho River
Kansas
Burlington
Leroy
Lola
Parsons
Associated Press
Topeka
Kinsley
Altamont
Osborn
Hayes
Alton
Ellsworth
Hudson
Truesdale
Lyndon
Hillside Acres housing plan opens 41 acres east of Chanute
Four Chanute men in Hillside Development Co announce a two stage project named Hillside Acres. The first 41 acres west of the tract offers 26 lots from one to three acres with building rules to protect values. A house for Montague is under construction and utility work includes a 6 inch water main. Baccalaureate exercises for 182 Chanute graduates Sunday night at 8 in the Memorial Building feature Rev Hutchison speaker and music by school groups with reserved seating for graduates.
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County Club
Chanute
Enterprise
Paul T. Brennecke
Wilbur Thompson
John Sherman Jr
Fred Montague
Hillside Develpment Co
Hillside Acres
Hare and
Montague
Kern Construction Co
Florence Harmmond
Topeka
Memorial
Ray Hutchison
First Baptist Church
Claude FE. Pittenger
Church of the Nazarene
William T. Hunt
First Presbyterian Church
Israel
Mendelssohn
Almighty God
James
Mrs Muninger Resigns City Police Dispatcher Post
Lorraine Muninger, police department dispatcher and secretary for five years, resigns announced by City Manager K J Hayes. Her last day is early next month. James Anderson, formerly city power plant bookkeeper and secretary, will replace her after learning duties under Muninger.
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Lorraine Muninger
K. J. Hayes
Hayes
James Anderson
Muninger
Anderson
Solid Economy Is Best Defense
President Eisenhower warned that a weak home economy could weaken national power abroad during a ceremony dedicating a new auditorium at St. John’s College in Annapolis. The $2.1 million campus complex anchors the event, named for Francis Scott Key. Eisenhower arrived by helicopter from Washington, landing near the auditorium after a 22 minute flight.
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Annapolis
Eisenhower
United States
Rosenhower
Auditorum
St. John's College
Francis Scott Key
St. John’s
Washington
White House
Chanute Names 16 Juco Scholarship Winners for 1959 60
Chanute Junior College announced sixteen two year scholarships for the 1959 60 school year under college dean Dell Reed. Board of Education funds dominate the awards with others from First National Bank Chanute Building and Loan and local civic groups. Ten renewals carry over from this year with two new awards added.
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Chanute Junior College
Dell Reed
Board of Education
First National Bank
Chanute Building and Loan
Reed
Eldon Penner
Nora Knight
Shirley Jean Brazil
Chris Brazil
Highland
Chanute High School
Dale Lee
W. A. Lee
S. Lincoln
Janice Carlson
George Carlson
S. Garfield
Mary Jane McGuffey
F. D. McGuffey
S. Ashby
Ate
Donna Laicas
Y.m-Y.w.c.a
Ernest K. Laicas
N. Lafayette
Chanute
Anita Weber
G. Edwin Weber
S Central
Norma Barnhart
Ray W. Barnhart
S Malcolm
Milford Driskill
Kiwanis Club
H. Mac Driskill
N.steuben
Carolyn Sue Thompson
Homemakers Association
Wilbur Thompson
Rosalea Hansen
Fred J. Hansen
Judy Reed
Rotary Club
Floyd J. Reed
S. Larson
Gordon Hale
Lions Club
Stafford Hale
S. Steuben
Herter Says U S Ready To Resume General Disarmament Talks
AP dispatch reports United States Secretary of State Christian Herter telling the Big Four in Geneva the US stands ready to renew general disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union at any time. He argued the West is winning the propaganda battle over German unification and urged Gromyko to consider the Western plan for staged steps toward reunification and security. The ministers adjourned for the weekend after a 1 hour 14 minute session with Berlin pledges sought ahead of a summit.
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Geneva
Christian A. Herter
United States
Soviet Union
Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Germany
Gromyko
Europe
West Germany
NATO
East Germany
Berlin
DWI Charge Arrest of Joe Mundy in Ottawa
Police arrested Joe Junior Mundy of Ottawa on DWI and reckless driving charges after stopping his car near 16th Street and Santa Fe following several blocks. He was jailed and set for a police court hearing at 2 p.m. today.
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Joe Junior Mundy
Otawa
Mundy
Santa Fe
Pipeline oil runs rise in Kansas week to May 18
Kansas crude oil pipeline runs reached 335811 barrels daily in the week ended May 18, as estimated by the State Conservation Division. The figure compares with an allowed 337000 barrels for May.
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Wheatley
Tribune
GM Corvair
Legion
State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
Porecast
Ceel
Rosemary Nicholson
Ruth Nicholson
E. Main
Charles Herder
Bennett Herder
Rose
Humboldt
Donald Ralph Bauer
Ralph Bauer
Elsmore
Charles Crabtree
Charute Teachers Association
Verna Crabtree
Gretchen
Karen Costin
Barbara David
Jerlene Mendenhall
Kenneth Ostrander
Anita Rutledge
Dennis Waldron
Trula Waltermire
Joyce Thompson
Gerald McCoy
Martha McGuffey
The
Chanute Tribune
DWI
Wasser
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