Left Hand Pitch Left Hand Pitch
A Thursday traffic check will inspect motor cars in the second block on Lincoln north of Main under Chanute Insurance Board sponsorship. Board president Lee Judy leads the operation with Bud Reynolds of Kansas Highway Department's safety division assisting. Windshield OK stickers will be issued to passing vehicles. Fire Chief C W Brennan reports ivy spraying at Santa Fe Park, noting rain may wash away weed killer and joking about fertilizer helping the plants thrive.
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Chanute Insurance Board
Lincoln
Main
Lee Judy
Insurance Board
Bud Reynolds
Kansas Highway Department
Topeka
C. W. Brennan
New Santa Fe Park
Two Lebanon Students Held in $13,000 Theft
Two 17 year old seniors Cleland Hostatter and Richard Hoke were arrested in Lebanon on charges of stealing more than $13,000 from a nursery owner who hid cash in a tree. District Attorney L E Meyer identified them and said $5,200 was recovered with about $8,000 missing. Hostatter eyed as valedictorian at Cornwall High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Dist. Atty. L. E. Meyer
Cleland Hostatter
Richard Hoke
Meyer
Hostatter
Cornwall High School
Bodies of Two American Students Found on Ben Nevis
Frederick C. Hadden and Bert Woodburn, both 21 and students at Edinburgh University, were found dead in a snow filled gully on Ben Nevis in Scotland. RAF rescue team said they likely died quickly from injuries after falls. Hadden was from Pasadena California and Woodburn from San Gabriel California.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Ben Nevis
Britain
Frederick C. Hadden
Pasadena
Calif
Bert Woodburn
San Gabriel
Edinburgh University
Royal Air Force
State charter issued for Chanute loan firm
TOPEKA Limerick Finance Co., listing three Evansville residents as corporators, obtained charters for six loan company outlets in Kansas. The outlets will operate in Kansas City, Newton, Pittsburg, Winfield, Chanute and Arkansas City with Stanley L. Lind of Kansas City, Kansas, as resident agent for all companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap-Limerick Finance Co
Evansville
Ind
Ihe
Kansas
Kansas City
Newton
Pittsburg
Winfield
Chanute
Arkansas City
Stanley L. Lind
Klias
Blowing Into Gas Tank Fatal to Sooner Woman
STILLWATER Okla Mrs Sylvia Martin 24 of Ponca City Okla died last night after blowing into the gas tank of her stalled car to start it. A doctor said she choked after swallowing gasoline and inhaling fumes. The tank was full.
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Stillwater
Okla
Sylvia Martin
Ponca City
No New Polio Cases Reported in Kansas
Kansas reports no new polio cases for the past week. The State Board of Health notes the year total remains 20, down from 26 at the same point last year.
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Kansas
Topekap
State Board of Health
Time Near for Answers on Polio Shots
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said progress toward answers on the polio vaccination program is near. He spoke at a meeting with scientists and advisers with Dr. Jonas Salk and Basil O Connor present.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
Jonas Salk
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
O'Connor
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Robert Finney's Mother Dies in Indianapolis
Humboldt businessman and Kansas Chamber of Commerce president Robert A. Finney learns of his mother Mrs. Charles M. Finney 83 of Indianapolis Ind has died after a lingering illness. Finney and his family left for Indianapolis and a funeral is set there Thursday. Mrs Finney is survived by Jason and Paul of Indianapolis. her husband died in 1949.
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Humboldt
Robert A. Finney
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Charles M. Finney
Indianapolis
Ind
Juco students signed to fall teaching contracts in six counties
Fourteen graduates of a Junior College teacher program are contracted for next fall. Positions include Chanute two in city schools plus rural posts in Neosho Wilson Woodson Montgomery Geary and Allen counties. Adelgren, awaiting graduation, attends Kansas State College Manhattan this semester.
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Nora Knight
Chanute
Humboldt
Benedict
Knight
Neosho County
Nancy Coonrod
Hutton
Carol Thielen
Emma Harmon
Edna Logan
Ter
Lois Slater
Abbott
Allen County
Arthena Carlson
Valera Adelgren
Cuppy
Wilson County
Margie Wright
Joanne Austin
Green Valley
Betty Green
Maple Grove
Dorothy Larson
Shirley
Woodson County
Doreene Jackson
Nikkelton
Montgomery County
Betty ‘Berg
Geary County
Hazel ‘Sinclair
Cleveland
Adelgren
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Junior College
Stabbing Altercation Yields Jail Terms for Two
Two Neodesha men received brief jail terms after an early Sunday highway altercation west of Neodesha left two youths stabbed. Bob Lowry 60 days for assault and battery. Jimmie Lowry 20 days for resisting arrest. Parole issues loom for Jimmie.
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Fredonia
Neodesha
Bob Lowry
Neoddesha
Wilson County
Justice Court
F. T. Stewart
Jimmie Lowry
Soldier's Wife Killed In Wamego Accident
Fort Riley soldier's wife died of head injuries after a car left the highway east of Wamego and rolled over twice. Four other family members were injured in the one car crash. Mrs. Gerda Loving, 37, was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamego
Kas
Fort Riley
Gerda Loving
Group Okays Lake Meyer Name for Fall River Dam
A House Public Works subcommittee approved a bill to name the Fall River dam reservoir Lake Meyer in honor of late Representative Herbert Meyer. Rep. Myron George introduced the measure, noting Meyer died in 1950 while serving in Congress and was publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter. The proposal moves to the full committee.
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Washington
Meyer
Fall River
Kas
House Public Works
Myron George
R-Kas
Herbert Meyer
House
Independence
Daily Reporter
Tree Napping Suspect Rumors After Maple Vanishes
Newton, Massachusetts reports a 15 foot maple removed from a front lawn. A neighbor saw four men in work clothes dig up the tree and haul it away with a terse bossy remark. Mrs Costello recalls a polite man asking about the tree in a Sunday visit. Police call it a tree napping case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Mary F_ Costello
Mrs. Costello
Caney Residents Vote On Two Hospital Bond Proposals
Caney residents vote on two general obligation bond proposals totaling 320000 dollars. One plan authorizes 250000 dollars to acquire a site and construct a hospital facility. The second seeks 70000 dollars to furnish and equip the hospital.
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Caney
Thieves Take $49 From Galesburg Elevator Office
Thieves broke into the C. C. Ducey elevator office in Galesburg last night and stole about $49 in silver. Sheriff Lee Montgomery and Undersheriff John Phelps investigated the burglary.
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Galesburg
C. C. Ducey
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Titus to Speak at High School and Junior College Commencement
Cliff Titus of Wichita will deliver the commencement address at Memorial Auditorium at 8 p m Thursday for both the Senior High and Junior College ceremonies. The program lists 140 seniors and 49 junior college diploma recipients with Howard A Jester presenting the classes and Floyd Potter awarding diplomas. Names of graduates appear in the class rolls and the event includes musical performances directed by Kenneth Tebow and Rev Judd Jones giving the invocation.
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P.m
Memorial Auditorium
Cliff Titus
Wichita
Beech Aircraft Corp
Titus
National Knife and Fork Club
Missouri
Joplin
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Area Boy Scout Council
Community Chest
American Legion
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Howard A. Jester
Floyd Potter
Barbara Jean Kirkpatrick
Kenneth Tebow
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Buford Fisher
Leota Ann Ackerman
Janice Marie Adelgren
Ronald Allison
LaDonna Marise
Almond
Oliver L. Ambler
Carl Max Anderson
Judith Adell Ashley
Doris Marie
Baker
Carol Marie Barber
William Earl Bareis
Billy Dean Beck
Charles Edwin Bender
Gary Wayne Berthot
Ralph Robert Berthot
Larry Bogie
Betty Bow
Red Cross Drive Continues To Save Blood Bank In Neosho
The annual Red Cross drive in Neosho County continues toward a $9,981 goal. County chairman Herman A. Janzen announced funds to date reach $8,864.54, with $1,116.46 still needed. Directors urge further gifts to sustain a strong blood program and financial stability for 1955-56.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
Herman A. Janzen
County Red Cross
Glen Dormois
Bill Young
County Fund
Janzen
National
Janzen Reelected Head as Neosho Red Cross Directors Reorganize
The Neosho County Red Cross Chapter re-elected Herman A. Janzen Chanute as county chairman for the coming year. New officers include Charles Forsyth vice chairman Mrs I C Sullivan Jr secretary and T H W Cronemeyer treasurer. Directors elected cover three two and one year terms with retiring members listed. The board reappointed executive secretary Mrs Joe Hummer and heard reports from committee chairs. A. G. Scofield Chanute spoke on Red Cross origins and operations amid Civilian Defense efforts.
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Red Cross
Neosho County
Red Cross Chapter
Herman A. Janzen
Chanute
County
Charles Forsyth
Ise
Janzen
Sullivan
Cronemeyer
Forsyth
William Hunt
Paul Munding
St. Paul
E. J. Engel
Thayer
Paul Nelson
Eric
D. C. Diver
Donald Ray
Raymond Gatewood
Stark
L. K. Olson
Galesburg
Art Krone
Nora Knight
H. G. Curl
Glen Dietz
Elsie Emerson
Earlton
Glen Dormois
Raymond Pieripont
J. Wilford Johnson
Joe Hummer
H. O. Older
Kenneth Tebow
Gordon Gray
Sunflower Council of
L. J. Junod
Dietz
Gatewood
A. G. Scofield
Transport Explodes Injuring Oklahoma Man in Refinery Load
Roy Hurst aged 50 from Ponca City Okla was severely burned in an explosion and fire on a transport truck at a refinery. A lighter dropping into an empty compartment is blamed for igniting fumes. Murray Boyles a refinery employee sustained an eye cut and Vernon Hayes of Salina suffered a leg injury.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Roy Hurst
Ponca City
Okla
Hurst
Murray Boyles
Vernon Hayes
Salina
Sen Knowland Sees No Veto Override On Postal Pay Bill
Senator Knowland predicts the Senate will sustain President Eisenhower's veto of the postal workers pay hike bill. The measure would raise average pay about 8.6 percent for roughly 500000 workers. debate stretched three hours before a late showdown. Democrats expect near full attendance but require 15 of 47 Republicans to override.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Capitol
Republican Policy Committee
House Gop
Martin (Mass
Martin
House
Tornado Funnel Sighted North of Here Amid Severe Weather
A tornado funnel was sighted ten miles north of the airport last night with threatening clouds and heavy rainfall. No ground strike reported, but wind and hail damaged crops and glass in several towns including Wichita Pittsburg and Bartlett area. Weather officials forecast more showers and warmer temperatures overnight into tomorrow.
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Here
Chanute
Petrolia
CAA
Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Eureka
Wichita
Pittsburg
Bartlett
Labette County
Brinkman
Russell Klotz
Richard Garrett
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka 1955 Report
State accident records list fatalities in the last 24 hours and year to date for Topeka Kansas. The report notes a fatality added earlier and compares figures with the same period in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topekap
Kansas
Warwick Wax Unit Highlights European Demand and Chanute Fame
Maurycy Bloch vice president of Warwick Wax says European buyers highly value American specialty waxes from the Chanute plant. He notes 85 large firms use Warwick Wax in Europe and May was the peak production month. John Camps overseas division GM is in Europe. Dr. John J. Fish may join. Waxes used in floor polishes furniture car polishes carbon papers and cosmetics among others.
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Chanute
Europe
Maurycy Bloch
Warwick
Sun Chemical Corp
Long Island City
N.Y
Glen C. Hatfield
Warwick Wax
John Camps
John J. Fish
Fish
United States
Bloch
Ttem
Sun Chemical
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Chanute Loan Firm
Mawes
Highland Park
Tribune
Health Service
Robert Finney
Minneapolis
Juco
Tulsa
Charles Spohn
Maurice Cass
Eugene Clark
Howard
Cass
Clark
Avalon Club
Frances Berkenmier
Carolyn Heck
Lowry
Loretta
Spohn
Wilson County District Court
Lake Meyer
Caney, Kas. UP
Kansas Commission On Federal
Patricia Ann Gallien
John T Gardner
Doris Suzanne Garrett
David Robert German
Genevieve Esperanza Godinez
George A. Gregory Jr
Reta Earlene Gregg
Tone Mary Grove
Donald Eugene Grogan
Edna Marie Grogan
Joe Charles Hamill
Beverly B. Hansford
Richard Howard Hargrove
Daniel Leroy Harp
Neva Carlene Haynes
Orville Leon Hazen
Mary Roberta Heller
Kathryn Euleen Hibbs
Duane E. Hill
Ivah Marie Hole
Susan Charlene Holman
Sherry Laleta Houser
Shirley Zoulse Hummer
Marian Elizabeth Hurt
Don Richard Ingle
Larry Wayne Irwin
Carol June Jackson
Robert Dail Jeffers
Mary Lorraine Jennings
Charlies Thomas Johnson
Glenda Sue Johnson
Jon Jerrell Johnson
Marie Ellen Johnson
Carol Ann Kern
John Carlberwitz
Shirley Ann Key
Ted Kimmel
Elmer Jackson Kirkpatrick
Bill L. Lacen
Lynna Lynn Ladd
Carol Faye Larkin
Robert J. LaRue
Freddie Ray Leroy
Martha Elaine McCune
Carol Jane McDonald
Milton Dean McKenzie
Emily J. McNeal
Margaret Louise Manly
Caroli Faye Martindale
Dorothy Ann Marts
Genevieve Dolores Mayfield
Sandra Jean Mills
Gary Wayne Mack
June Elinor Moses
Shirley Colleen Murrah
Gary Grant Naughton
Karston K. Nay- Yor
Emily Ann Ostrander
John Leon Pate
Kenneth
Cleo Kay Schommer
William Lee Schultz
Sylvia Joan Shaffer
Arthur Duwayne Simmons
Jimmy E. Smith
Lester & Smith
Raymond Livyu
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Thrall
Elgin
Clay Center
Oxford
Columbus
Matfield Green
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Meade
Soldier
Sedgwick
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el Dorado
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Hugoton
Great Bend
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