Early Chanute pictures shed light on 1909 era scenes
Harry B Williams shares vintage Chanute photographs he owns including a Leavenworth and Galveston line view showing Main Street crossing, a pioneer school on the Wimer Farm near today’s Senior High and Junior College site, and a 1909 Main Street panorama with Neosho Valley Bank Eagle Lunch Room and other businesses. The collection references local families and a 1909 student strike. Also notes Mrs. Robert Smith modeling in Australia after leaving Chanute.
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Pioneer School
Wimer
Williams
John Wimer
Railroader Drowns Near Fort Scott
Dewey Pickel, a Frisco Railroad employee, drowned while fishing at Elm Creek Lake about ten miles southwest of Fort Scott. His overturned boat was found. his body was recovered after his wife reported his failure to return home. He was about 60 years old.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Dewey Pickel
Elm Creek Lake
Pickel
Red Cross to Meet in Memorial Building
The Neo sho County Red Cross chapter holds its annual meeting at 7 30 p m Monday in the old court room of the Memorial building. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Anyone who contributed to Red Cross this year may attend.
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Neosho County
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Red Cross Uus
Attead
Arms Plot Tied to War Material Shipment
A group of 13 people including a Dominican consul and a Miami police officer were arrested after a four engine C74 carried 200000 cartridges and rifles bound for the Dominican Republic to arm foes of Fidel Castro. Charged with bribe conspiracy and arms transport, the case names Const Augusto Ferrando Joseph Liquori Leonard Trento and others.
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Miami
Fla
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Cuidad Trujillo
Augusto Ferrando
Joseph Liquori
Leonard Trenton
Newark
N.J
Miami International Airport
Virginia L. Bland
Samuel F. Poole
Cornered Man Kills Himself Near Wichita
Leon Landers a 38 year old salesman for a toy firm in El Dorado Arkansas shot himself after tear gas was used to end a barricade standoff at a Rose Hill area home southeast of Wichita. His wife escaped with their three children as deputies tried to persuade him to surrender. Landers who faced a June court date on child desertion had returned Tuesday night and allegedly threatened the family.
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Wichita
Leon Landers
Landers
Rose Hill
el Dorado
Ark
Leland Cox
Cox
Missing Neosho County youth sought by authorities
Authorities search for 16 year old Donnie Wade reported missing from his Stark area home since about 8 a.m. yesterday. Wade, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 145 pounds, was last seen in overalls and a blue shirt. Sheriff Jerry Sloan said he had gone to a field to work and did not return.
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Neosho County
Stark
Donnie Wade
Jerry Sloan
Police Probe Two Minor Traffic Crashes
Police investigated two minor accidents yesterday. At 4:30 p.m. at Walnut and Highland Mrs Ray Malcolm and Charles L Tyler collided damaging rear of Tyler’s 1955 Chevrolet and front of Malcolm’s 1947 Chevrolet. Malcolm was arrested for intoxication and released on $15 bond. At 9:40 p.m. at Main and Highland Richard F E Wiles of Altoona and Ranier Nooteboom of 203 South Wilson collided causing damage to rear of Wiles’ 1956 Ford and front of Nooteboom’s 1954 Ford.
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Walnut
Highland
Ray Malcolm
N. Malcolm
Charles L. Tyler
Malcolm
Tyler
Richard FE
Wiles
Altoona
Ranier Nooteboom
S. Wilson
Main and
Ford
Three Topeka Firms Hit by Strike Ends
The Hoisting Engineers Union strike shut three Topeka concrete firms just after a 18 day Teamsters walkout ended. A union spokesman cited wage disputes as the cause. The Teamsters settled on a three year contract with a 37 cent hourly raise, boosting the basic wage from 2.20 dollars to 2.57 by agreement.
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Topeka
Teamsters
Oil Lease Bid On Kansas River Bed Tracts
Skelly Oil Co bids a 21.50 dollar per acre bonus plus a one dollar annual rental for five years for two ar kansas River bed oil and gas lease tracts in Finney County.
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Topeka
Arkansas
Finney County
Skelly Oil Co
Love Triangle Ends in Death For Couple
In Van Nuys a bank employee shot and killed his wife after learning she had fallen for a bank superior. He then killed himself, leaving a note blaming the lover for the tragedy. The couple's two children were found unharmed.
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Los Angeles
Bill Whitaker
Arline
van Nuys
Area forecast and river crest near 17 feet
Cloudy mild conditions with a forecast of continued cool tonight and a partly cloudy mild weekend with highs near 70. Neosho River crest near 17 feet expected tomorrow after reaching 16.73 feet at 10 am and 16.67 at 7 am. Flood stage is 20 feet.
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Porpcast
Neosho
Weather Bureau
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Report For 24 Hours
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic fatalities by the State Accident Records Section. In the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. a day into 1959 the tally is 176, compared with 171 for the same period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
Car-Truck Crash Claims Life In Oakley
AP reports William Sandell 31 of Dodge City died last night in a car-truck collision in Oakley.
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Oakley, Kas
William Sandell
Dodge City
Oakley
Avery Sprague III Seriously Ill At Neosho Memorial Hospital
Avery Sprague III of the Sprague Insurance Agency is seriously ill with peritonitis at Neosho Memorial Hospital after being admitted Tuesday.
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Avery Sprague
The
Sprague Insurance Agency
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Army Battles Over Nike Hercules Cuts and Bomarc Clash
The Army opposes Senate cuts to Nike Hercules bases and argues removing 50 batteries would create gaps in SAC defenses. The Air Force backs Bomarc missiles and a proposed all service strategic command, while Gen. White says the Air Force has no plan to command Polaris submarines.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Bat
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy
Thomas D. White
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Hawaii
Congress
Strategic Air Command
Recesses Likely in Big Four Talks for Secret Negotiations
Western diplomats report the Big Four will pause formal talks early next week to allow private secret negotiations on Germany and Berlin. Khrushchev warned of a separate peace with East Germany if no Geneva agreement, pressuring for a summit, while Gromyko seeks German unification proposals.
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Joan M. Hightower
Geneva
Europe
Andrei Gromyko
Palace of Nations
United States
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
East Germany
Hans Kroll
Khrushchev
Berlin
Asst
Andrew H. Berding
West Berlin
Plastic Bag Hazard Cited By Safety Officials
Harmless looking plastic garment bags are linked to child suffocation deaths. More than two dozen children have died this year, with the National Safety Council warning counts could reach 100. Kordite Corp plans to add warning labels on bags returned from dry cleaners while officials urge parental supervision to keep bags away from children.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Kordite Corp
Macedon
N.Y
Widespread cold and rain hit many regions
A March like cold spell spread across the country with freezing temps in Bismarck North Platte and Caribou and 31 in Helena. Rain and showers moved through the midwest to the mid Atlantic with heavy rain in Baton Rouge Addison and Tampa and a tornado report in Texas.
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Associated Press
Bismarck
N.C
North Platte
Neb
Caribou
Maine
Helena
Mont
Mercury
Fraser
Colo
Drummond
Anchorave
Fairbanks
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Atlantic
Rockies
California
Baton Rouge
Miami County
Fla
Addison
Senate ends 30 acre wheat limit sparking Yankus move
Michigan farmer Stanley Yankus faced a 5070 fine for excess self supplied wheat before sailing to Australia. The Senate approved an amendment removing the 30 acre cap on wheat planted for seed or feed and sends the bill to the House.
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Washington
Michigan
Stanley Yankus
Australia
Senate
Yankus
San Francisco
U.S
Philip A. Hart
R. Mich
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ti
Senate Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Dirksen
House
Booster Parade Rescheduled For 3 PM Today
The Chanute youth parade to promote the Canteen Carnival show is moved to this afternoon at 3. The Solar High Drum and Bugle Corps will march down Main Street as students sell tickets along the sidewalks. Proceeds fund the Teen Canteen.
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Chanute
Solar High
Teen Canteen
Buffalo Grocery Break-In Lacks Clues and Loot Value
Sheriff Cunningham reports few clues in the Buffalo Grocery Store robbery that netted about 1000 dollars in groceries meats tires and an electric fan. Thieves pried the rear door between midnight and 4 am before rain started. Losses covered by insurance, footprints and a bald tire print found. perishable meats limit distance suspects could carry goods.
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Buffalo
Wilson County
M. B. Cunningham
Byrd Pool
Naomi Hickey
Pool
Cunningham
Girl Admits Killing Man in Omaha Case
An 11-year-old girl, identified as Mary Holmes, admitted to shooting her landlady in Kansas City, Kansas and to killing Spencer Daniels Sr. in the Omaha area. Daniels’s body was found near Carter Lake, Iowa. The girl had prior commitments to a Missouri training school and a Fulton mental hospital.
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Kearney
Neb
Omaha
Kansas City
Kan
Mary Jackson
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mary Holmes
Lloyd Frank
Thurston Nelson
Spencer T. Daniels Sr
Carter Lake
Iowa
Daniels
Missouri Training School For Girls
Chillicothe
State Mental Hospital
Fulton
Judge Tests Elastic in Panties in Nottingham Case
In Nottingham England a judge examined women’s panties with a magnifying glass and tested the elastic. He ruled the elastic join would give way and the garments unfit for sale. The wholesalers sued a store for 148.88. the judge ordered payment.
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Nottingham
England
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Tribune
C. T. Beatty
John Wimner
Harry Williams
Fred Jenner
Harry B. Williams
S. Central
Jenner
E. Main
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston
George P. Wilder
Santa Fe Crossing
Main
Main Street
Neosho Valley State Bank
Eagle Lunch Room
Dubach Lumber Co
Theater Pharmacy
A. E. Frazier
Chanute Brick & Tile Co
Chanute Times Shop
Robert
Natha) Smith
Harvey Roper
David Jones Ltd
Australian Women's Weekly
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Rome
London
New York
Raymond Wyatt
S. Santa Fe
Ruth Putnam
W. 4Th
Poole
Trento
Chiang Kai-shek
China
John Embry
Tampa
William Brookley
University of Miami
Paulino
Garden City
Russell
Hill City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Avery Sprague III
Bill
Kansas Boat Company
Liberty
Frank Ramey
W. L. Ramey
Texas
Paducah
Wichita Falls
Cleveland
Miss
Yankus Snag
Wasser
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