Chanute High 1907 grads plan 50th reunion dinner
Five of the 1907 Chanute High School senior class will attend a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Tioga Hotel, with a post event gathering at the Gafney home. The 1907 class had 19 graduates. five are deceased and nine could not be reached. Other classmates listed include Ellen Ahlers Edith Rideau Nellie Burnett Gladys Cox Myrtle Cunningham Rose Lundine Myrtle Miller Flossie Neyhard Leona Phillips Theodore Stainbrook Hart Curtis Arthur Dandy Volney Hilford. The senior class of 1907 had 19 graduates. today the 111 graduates of Chanute Senior High will be honored at commencement. Mrs Leila McQueen Boling of San Diego sent a letter.
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Chanute High School
Tioga Hotel
Ruse Anderson
Hansell
Kansas City
Gay van Arsdale Rosier
Tulsa
Gladys Corfe Gafney
Roy Johnson
Lewis Breyfogle
Chanute
Mrs. Gafney
S. Central
Ellen Ahlers
Edith Rideau
Nellie Burnett
Gladys Cox
Myrtle Cunningham
Rose Lundine
Myrtle Miller
Flossie Neyhard
Leona Phillips
Theodore Stainbrook
Hart Curtis
Arthur Dandy
Volney Hilford
Traveling Check Artist Extradition Sought
Neosho County authorities seek extradition of Richard W. Hobson from Durham North Carolina on a forgery charge. He allegedly passed a 38.85 forged check at a local filling station on May 10 1954 using the name Dr Henry Baker. Hobson was identified by photo and handwriting analysis after Georgia authorities first arrested him, leading to a suspended sentence in Durham on a separate check violation.
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Neosho County
Richard W. Hobson
Durham
N. C
Tom Morehead
Hobson
Henry Baker
Morehead
Georgia
Son Free on Bail After Father's Letter
David Willig posted 1000 bail to free his 18 year old son Jon held on burglary charges for stealing a gun from a store. The case was referred to a grand jury. Willig’s letter urged his son to reflect on how he ended up in jail and to wait for a man to man talk at home.
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Elmira
N.Y
David Willig
Jon
Willig
Mom
Colorado records 33 strikes affecting 15,100 workers
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 15,100 workers took part in 33 strikes in Colorado last year. Time loss reached 297 000 eight hour days, the highest since 1952 when 26 700 workers struck for 547 000 days.
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Denver
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Colorado
Tne
Trained Youth in Big Demand Land Dispute Yoos Tells Ninth Grade Class
Charles W. Yoos Pittsburg curriculum director addressed 185 Royster Junior High ninth graders at closing exercises. He warned that strong demand will persist for trained workers in science, health, teaching, and public service due to a low 1930s birth rate and rising inventions. He noted the United States is short 90,000 scientists and engineers and urged preparation for future opportunities, urging curiosity and persistence.
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Yoos
Charles W. Yoos
Pittsburg
Royster
Chanute Junior College
United States
FE. C. Cathers
Board of Education
Paul Parsons
Dr. Cathers
Violence threat looms as Haiti’s army fights strikes
In Port au Prince factions backing Sen. Louis Dejoie and Daniel Fignole threaten major violence to oust Brig. Gen. Leon Cantave. Cantave orders troops to reopen stores and factories, intensifying a four month political crisis. Police report one dead and one wounded amid post curfew gunfire and protests.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Leon Cantave
Cantave
Sen
Louis Dejoie
Daniel Fignole
Dejoie
Fignole
Project Halts Flood Damage
Wichita Valley Center flood control project limited May flood losses to about 200000 with total prevented damage near 1500000. Had the floodway not been in place the Little Arkansas River flood would have rivaled the 1951 Wichita record, as engineers note and describe the pilot channel opening diverting portion of the waters.
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Tulsa
Wichita Valley Center
District Corps of Army Engineers
Little Arkansas River
Wichita
Big Ark
Big Slough
Little Arkansas
Valley Center
Chisholm Creek
Adenauer Arrives For Talks in the United States
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in New York aboard a chartered plane for talks with U.S. officials at Idlewild Airport. The 81 year old leader said West Germany’s alliance with the West remains the best guarantee for world peace and German reunification. He declined to be interviewed on arrival but issued a formal statement indicating his pleasure at returning to the United States on his fifth visit in as many years.
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New York
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Germany
Adenauer
Bonn
Idlewild
United States
Oldtimers top executive pay with Grace leading
Eugene C. Grace 81, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, earned 809011 last year to be the highest paid boss in the nation. General Motors chief Harle M. Curtice was second at 695100, with several other execs crossing the half million mark.
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New York
Eugene C. Grace
Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Harle M. Curtice
General Motors Corp
Business Week
Curtice
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Crawford H. Greenewalt
du Pont
Frederick G. Donner
General Motors
Louis C. Goard
Robert E. McMath
Bethelem Steel
Flagman Hit by Car Sustains Minor Injuries
Guy Lea a 60 year old flagman on duty at Santa Fe Main Street crossing was struck by a westbound car around 8 10 am. He suffered facial abrasions and was treated at Neosho Memorial Hospital before being dismissed. Driver A F Leverenz 628 Evergreen operated the vehicle. Witnesses said Lea flagged traffic for an approaching handcar when struck.
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Guy Lea
Santa Fe
Lea
Neosho Memorial Hospital
A. F. Leverenz
Evergreen
Weather Delays Atomic Tests At Nevada Site
The Nevada Test Organization announced the ninth straight day of weather postponements delaying the first shot of the summer long atomic tests at the atomic test site in Nevada. Weather delays run parallel to other test postponements affecting planned timed detonations and schedules.
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Atomic Test Site
New
Nevada Test Organization
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka 1957 Record
In the last 24 hours Topeka reports one traffic fatality. The year to date shows 191 deaths in 1957 versus 244 for the same period in 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wilt Chamberlain to remain at Kansas after pro rumors
Wilt Chamberlain announced through Coach Dick Harp that he will stay at the University of Kansas for another year to finish his degree. The 7 foot sophomore from Philadelphia denied leaving for professional basketball and praised KU coaching and teammates while acknowledging uncertainty after last season.
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Lawrence
Wilt
Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Kansas
Dick Harp
Harlem Globe
Harlem
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Neb
False Remarks Swirl Over Land Condemnation Case
Boicourt Hunting Assn president and secretary say politicians and press have spread false statements about a land condemnation dispute near the Marais des Cygnes Waterfowl Refuge in Linn County. Gov Docking weighs reconsidering a decision to drop the suit as Kansas officials defend the move citing high costs and limited duck populations.
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Topeka
Boicourt Hunting Assn
George Docking
Docking
H. Sutherland
Kansas City
Robert Wagstaff
Marais Des Cygnes
Linn County
State Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Bolcourt and
Ottawa Hunting Assn
Manhattan
Commission
Sutherland
Bolcourt
Kansas
Wagstaff
Harry Fisher
Fisher
Game Commission
Bolcourt Club
Yars
Charles Kaup
Dave Leahy
Collision Kills Argonia Farmer Near Wellington
David A. Holland, 63, a farmer from Argonia, was killed in a two car crash near Wellington Kansas last night. Sumner County recorded its second traffic fatality of 1957.
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Wellington, Kas
David A. Holland
Argonia
Kas
Here
Sumner County
Riots in Formosa After Peeping Tom Verdict
Chinese mobs on Formosa attack the U S embassy and USIA building in Taipei amid anti American rioting sparked by a court martial acquittal. Martial law is imposed as Chiang Kai shek forces move to restore order and protect American personnel.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
Chiang Kai-shek
Hollington K. Tong
Washington
U. S
USIA
Tornado Strikes Olton Texas Killing and Wounding Unknown
A tornado hit Olton Texas at about 12 45 PM CST flattening parts of the town. The deputy sheriff reported casualties and relief teams from Littlefield and Plainview were sent to the scene as early warnings had been issued for the region.
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Olton
Tex
South Plain
Qanishoni Fe
Littlefield
Plainview
Lubbock
Soviet Promise on 1,200,000 Men Not Met
Secretary of the Army Brucker told senators that Soviet Russia has failed to fulfill its year old pledge to remove about 1,200,000 personnel from its armed forces. In Florida Governor Collins granted sanctuary to the Jewish foster parents of Hildy McCoy, a matter tied to the child’s home life. The United States seeks a disarmament treaty with Russia to ban atomic weapons for all but the three nuclear powers United States Russia and Britain.
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Washington
Brucker
Soviet Russia
Tallahasse
Fla
Hildy McCoy
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Melvin B. Ellis
Hildy
United States
Russia
Britain
Army Commissions For Marines Sailors
Navy and Marine enlisted personnel are seeking Army commissions in the Signal Corps due to a Reserve shortage. About 150 applications have been received, with 97 accepted so far. The Signal Corps is short of officers and can call up to nearly 400 men this year, with more needed next fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Navy
Army Signal Corps
Army
Marine
Signal Corps
More Moisture In Prospect For Kansas
Topeka reports increasing cloudiness across the state as a low pressure system from New Mexico brings scattered thundershowers to western Kansas today and eastward tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures little changed with highs around the 70s and lows in the 50s.
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Topeka
Kansas
New Mexico
Goodland
Garden City
Manhattan
Emporia
Pittsburg
Poppy Day Distribution By Legion Auxiliary Saturday
Bright red poppies will be distributed in the business section Saturday under the sponsorship of the auxiliary of Boerstler- May Post 170 of the American Legion. The drive coincides with the national Poppy Day observance and carries the slogan Wear a Poppy in Memoriam Honor the Dead and Aid the Disabled. Members of the Les Des Club will assist with distribution. Mrs. Floyd Yahns is auxiliary president and poppy chairman Mrs. Doris Dalton. A total of 6,000 poppies have been received for distribution with contributions aiding disabled veterans in hospitals.
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Auxiliary of Boerstler
May
American Legion
Les Des Club
Floyd Yahns
Auxiliary
Doris Dalton
Three Young Children Die in Vermont Home Fire
In St. Albans Vermont a blaze in a two tenement wood building killed Anthony Avatare six and his brothers Kirk four and Bruce two. Fire started in the kitchen and swept the kitchen dining room and the boys' bedroom. Their mother Mrs Aratare awakened and escaped with the aid of calling for help.
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ST. Albans
Anthony Avatare
Kirk
Bruce
Neosho River Levels Drop Significantly At East Bridge
The Neosho River fell three feet in four hours with levels at 7:30 a.m. 16.42 feet and 11:30 a.m. 13.41 feet. A drift wood surge briefly covered the water surface during the early morning hours near the east river bridge.
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Neosho River
East River
Carl Wortman
Missing Cook County funds linked to tax foreclosure payouts
Investigators probe irregular transactions in the Cook County treasurer's office with possible siphoning of up to 750000 dollars. State's attorney Benjamin Adamowski and Treasurer Herbert Paschen report irregular payments from the tax foreclosure fund, including false vouchers and checks to nonexistent persons.
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Chicago
Cook County
Benjamin Adamowski
Hodge
Herbert C. Paschen
Adamowski
Paschen
Car Buried in Tulsa Vault for 50 Years
Tulsa plans to bury a new car in a courthouse lawn vault during the Tulsarama event as part of Oklahoma's semi centennial celebration. The car will be unearthed in 2007 and given to the visitor or heirs who best guessed Tulsa's population for that year.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsarama
Oklahoma
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