Veterans of Foreign Wars urge church attendance for Memorial Day weekend
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars are promoting Family Go to Church Sunday this Sunday and stressing church attendance for the Memorial Day weekend. VEW theme is Lets Fortify Freedom with Faith. A green parakeet awaits its owner at 215 N. Garfield Embry home. Police report says bird captured after it alighted on the Embry car. Two non injury motor vehicle accidents investigated. G E Sinquist Elsinore Calif rear ended by Margaret B. Rausch 715 S. Garfield on US169 north of city. Minor bumper damage to both cars. A city pickup driven by M I Mendenhall and a car driven by John Umbarger collided at the junction of an coastal Park road and Western.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lee H. Embry
N. Garfield
G. E. Sinquist
Elsinore
Calif
Margaret B. Rausch
S. Garfield
M. I. Mendenhall
John Umbarger
Acoastal Park Road
Western
Showers Forecast Across Kansas With Warmer West
The Topeka forecast warns of continued showers and thunderstorms across Kansas. Scattered rain is likely tonight and tomorrow, with warm readings in the west and 60s to 80s in the east. Past 24 hours brought heavier showers in the east, with La Cygne and Fort Scott reporting significant moisture.
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Kansas
Goodland
la Cygne
Fort Scott
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Columbus
Moran
Trading Post
Garnett
Waverly
Ottawa
Traffic fatalities in Kansas posted by state records desk
In the last 24 hours the state accident records section lists traffic deaths. To date in 1955 the figures reflect the same period in 1954 for comparison.
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Topekap
Kansas
New Town Authorized to Issue No-Fund Warrants
Topekap city council authorizes fifteen thousand dollars in no fund warrants to finance its recreational program.
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Topekap
Newton
Missing Entries Spark $70 Prize and Subscriber Bonus
Vague contest note offers a $70 prize and extra bonuses for the winner. Mentions postcard entry and Tribune subscriber status. Text is garbled with incomplete lines and unclear details.
Crossword Puzzle From Chanute Tribune Teases Readers
A Chanute Tribune teaser puzzle invites entries for a solve and paste on a postcard to win prizes. Rules require exact form entries by 5 pm Wednesday, with bonuses for postcard and subscriber entries and a single correct solution judged final.
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Chanute Tribune
Chanute
Kansas
Alentries
Tribune
No. 5 puzzle prize grows as Stinker stays unbeatable
The weekly Tribune notes no winner among 1,720 entries and increases the No. 5 puzzle prize to 70 dollars. It explains clues for Litue Stink er No. 4 and hints at clues across notes about meetings votes traffic fees and tees.
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Tribune
Aino
City Dads Tackle Pile of Problems In Long Session
Chanute governing board held a 41 hour meeting burning midnight oil as it approved a police breath tester purchase, set bids for a new water plant clear well, refined street widths on West Walnut, proposed sewer district upgrades, allowed partial band shell removal for parking improvements, eyed two residential lots for parking, and discussed an auction sale ordinance with the Retail Council. Police Chief Morehead cited a new state law requiring testing of motorists arrested for intoxication. Ross Cooper reported state health approval to modernize the water plant east of Chanute.
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West Walnut
South Malcolm
Royster Athletic Field
Memorial Building
Retail Council
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Morehead
Tthe
Governing
Morehead
Ross Cooper
Kansas State Board of Health
Memorial Day holiday weekend in Chanute schedule
Chanute observes Memorial Day with a two day break in offices and services. Stores close Saturday evening and reopen Tuesday morning, banks and private and public offices closed, post office maintains Sunday service with no mail delivery, library closed, Tribune not published Monday. Memorial Day program at Soldiers' Monument includes music by the city band, Rev. John T. Foust address, readings, wreaths, firing squad salute, and taps.
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Building & Loan Association
Leif Nelson
the Tribune
Soldiers’ Monument
John T. Foust
The
Christian Church
Udall Tornado Toll Tops Seventy Four. City Begs to Rebuild
Udall Kansas, almost wiped out by a tornado, faces mass destruction with 74 dead and at least 50 missing. Mayor Earl B Rowe vows reconstruction after rescue and relief teams confirm 170 homes destroyed, schools and water system leveled, and rapid aid mobilized from Red Cross, SBA, and federal disaster officials. Community volunteers prepare a 50 by 80 foot headquarters as cleanup progresses.
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Rowe
Ward Stuber
Winfield Red Cross Disaster Committee
Udall
Red Cross
Small Business Administration
Kansas Turnpike Authority
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Newton
Halstead
Assn
Five qualities define an educated person says Titus
Titus tells graduates that a diploma alone does not equal education. He lists five qualities appreciation, intelligence, self discipline, work and faith, urging students to value beauty and truth, use knowledge, and believe in the future. Supt. Buford Fisher presided and diplomas were presented by Floyd Potter with musical numbers and prayers.
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Cliff Titus
Memorial Auditorium
State Chamber of Commerce
Titus
Buford Fisher
Howard A. Jester
Floyd Potter
Board of Education
One World
Barbara Jean Kirkpatrick
Madrigal Singers
Kenneth Tebow
Tebow
Judd Jones
First Methodist Church
Aid Pours To Tornado Survivors In Four States
Disasters in Oklahoma Texas Missouri Kansas Iowa Arkansas and Nebraska leave at least 115 dead and many injured. Civil defense funds are authorized, Red Cross sets up disaster HQ in Arkansas City and moves teams into Oklahoma and Kansas areas. The Udall community evacuates as guards guard the stricken town and survivors search for missing loved ones.
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Udall, Kas
Eisenhower
Kansas
Civilian Defense Administration
The
Red Cross
Arkansas City
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa
Hot Springs
Ark
Carbon
Wayne
Nebraska
Udall
National Guard
Jimmy Costlow
Wichita
School survey on Vilas districts to study facilities
An open study of Wil son County school districts gathered 13 boards of education to review enrollments budgets and facilities. Led by Paul Campbell the steering committee and state officials will publish a report ahead of June meetings to aid patrons in solving declining enrollments and rising costs.
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Paul Campbell
Vilas Rural High School
C. E. Strecker
Wilson County
George Reida
State Department of Education
Topeka
Reida
Buffalo
Campbell
Blue
Mound Springs
Maple Grove
Sorghum Valley
Peach Grove
Golden Ridge
Shirley
Benedict
Santa Fe to Acquire Toledo Peoria & Western Rail
Chicago The Santa Fe railway says it will buy control of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad Co. Details were not disclosed.
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Toledo, Peoria & Western
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Co
Boy Crowns El Dorado After Walnut River Rescue
The body of Edward Walters son of the Walters couple was recovered from Walnut River yesterday about two hours after he fell from a log into the water.
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Edward Walters
Ronald Walters
Walnut River
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