Early Chanute Photos Unearthed From 1880s Parade Era
A Chanute resident unearthed old pictures showing 1880s Main and Grant buildings with the G N Lindsay Block date 1885 and horse carts. Other images include a Sunday best parade likely linked to a Sunday School event with local figures identified by Arthur Carlson. A 1905 1906 Main parade shot and a Hedrick Theater roof vantage print also exist. Kenneth Cole Edsel dealer plans Las Vegas trip for April sales award in Kansas City district.
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Arthur Carlson
S. Wilson
Main and
Grant
G. N. Lindsay
Carlson
Chanute
Main
E. E. Lofgren
N. Forest
Hedrick Theater
Kay Hotel
Kenneth Cole
Las Vegas
Kansas City
Cole
Edsel
Arkansas City Youth Found Dead by Road
An 18 year old Arkansas City youth, Danny Kent Carver, was found dead at the edge of S 166 about 16 miles east of Arkansas City last night. Investigators suspected he was struck by a car while hitchhiking home from Indiana. A pathologist and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents aided the inquiry. The highway patrol urged garages, repair shops and private citizens to report any car with front end damage.
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Arkansas City
Danny Kent Carver
S. 166
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Highway Patrol
Robert Fullerton Joins City Police Force Beat
Robert Fuller ton 421 W 4th was appointed as a patrolman in a move announced today by City Manager R J Hayes.
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Robert Fullerton
W. 4Th
R. J. Hayes
Rotary meeting held in Humboldt hosts intercity gathering
The Humboldt Rotary Club hosted an intercity meeting Monday evening in Humboldt correcting yesterday’s report that it was in Chanute. Rotarians from Humboldt Chanute Iola and Fullerton attended. one member resigned last December to join another department and will start immediately.
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Humboldt Club
Humboldt
Chanute
Fullerton
Iola
Department
FBI Ties Lynching Case to List of Suspects
FBI sources say Parker lynching evidence names about 10 suspects tied to Pearl River County jail abduction on April 25. Governor Coleman, en route to testify on civil rights, said evidence will go to a Mississippi grand jury while FBI reports no federal violation was found.
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Washington
Coleman
FBI
Mack Charles Parker Coleman
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Pearl River County
Pearl River
Poplarville
Miss
Parker
Chicago Tribune
Capitol Hill
New Orleans
Sheriff's Office
Jackson
Wdsu-Tv
Bogalusa
Weather outlook with warm temperatures and scattered storms
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms late tonight and Thursday. Kansas expected a rainless day today but rain likely tomorrow afternoon or evening, with two tornado reports in Hutchinson and Lyons and varied rainfall across Altamont Oswego McCune Pittsburg Chanute Plevena. Highs in the 70s and 80s, overnights 49 to 68.
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Topekan
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Hutchinson
Lyons
Altamont
Oswego
McCune
Pittsburg
Chanute
Plevena
Olathe
Hill City
Goodland
Abilene
Police Mark One Patrol Car With Detectable Insignia
City officials mark one of two patrol cars with decals identifying it as a police vehicle. The move aims to aid public recognition and traffic safety. a traffic timer experiment will reveal dates in advance. The other car is being traded, with bids to open next Monday.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
Larly
Police Department
Traffic Crash Injures Boy in Daily Lincoln Incident
Three year old Steven Rausch suffered a forehead cut in a traffic incident near his home after a week of minor mishaps. The boy rode with his grandfather when a 1953 Packard and a 1940 Ford collided on Island Lafayette damaging both vehicles. A minor was cited for driving without a valid license. Police also investigated a separate crash at 2nd and Rutter involving Sharon Williams and Mrs Roy Kirkpatrick with damage to their vehicles.
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Steven Rausch
Ed Rausch
Steven
John Haymaker
St. Santa Fe
Haymaker
Neal Ford
W. 6Th
Lafayette
Packard
Ford
Lester Allen
Marie Ford
2Nd
Rutter
Sharon Williams
N. Western
Roy Kirkipatrick
Kansas
Williams
Lee Wasser
Kirkpatrick
Olds
Wichita Man Identified in Fatal One Car Crash
Ulrich Chester Stassen of Box 1318 Wichita Kansas is tentatively identified by driver license as the victim killed when his car struck a bridge abutment on U S 50 about five miles east of Hutchinson. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred last night.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Ulrich Chester Stassen
Wichita
Here
Kansas Highway Patrol
Stassen
U. S. 50
Telephone line for Tribune delivery issues
If you do not receive your Tribune contact your carrier or call 700 after 6 p.m. when the carrier cannot be reached.
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Tribune
Eisenhower to Meet Foreign Ministers in White House Discussion
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter will confer with Soviet Union's Andrei Gromyko and Britain's Selwyn Lloyd and France's Maurice Couve de Murville at 10:30 am Thursday. The group arrived with Geneva talks at a standstill as Dulles funeral proceedings continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Russia
Britain
France
Herter
White House
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Fisenhower
Dulles
Menzies
Italy
Giuseppe Pella
Minis
Gromyko
New York
U.S
Itary
United States
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
de Murville
Andrew Berding
Berding
Air Force
Nikita Khrushchev
Albania
City tackles paving waterworks and drainage projects
City Manager R. J. Hayes reported progress on several city projects including a 1% block paving program with nine resurfacing blocks eight new asphalt facings and one concerto paving. Work on river intake construction paused by high water while drainage ditch clearing from City Park to the river proceeds about one third complete.
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R. J. Hayes
Hayes
City Park
Two in Kansas City Convicted of Assault
In Kansas City, a circuit court jury convicted Michael J Novogradac aged 22 and Jack Gillespie aged 18 of felonious assault for abusing fellow prisoners in the Jackson County jail. Each received a recommended 25 year sentence. They are among six men charged. a third defendant Thomas C. Gainey aged 17 faces trial.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Michael J Novogradac
Jack Gillespie
Independence
Thomas C. Gainey
94 year old Adelgren retires garden work in Chanute
Charles Adelgren a 94 year old Chanute resident and immigrant from Sweden in 1887 celebrated a family party for his 4th birthday while announcing he quits his large garden and mowing neighbors yards at his family’s insistence. He lives at 412 N Garfield and remains active church member of Grant Avenue Baptist. He has read the Bible 15 times and credits hard work and early rising for his health. He has 10 children 18 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
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Charles Adelgren
N. Garfield
Sweden
Mary Anderson
Vilas
R. 2
Chanute
Joe
Adelgren
Grant Avenue
Vilas Lutheran Church
Gus
Henry
Wichita
Albert
Mission
Nettie Morris
Harold Ditmars
Kansas City
Dale McCrary
Glendale
Calif
Ralph Laubach
LaPuente
Tribune
K39 Opens Tomorrow
The new highway K39 west from Chanute to US 75 will open to traffic tomorrow. Surfacing is finished with the second oil coat for sealing and shoulder work, guardrail painting, and general cleanup to avoid delaying the opening.
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Chanute
Neosho County WWI Dead Honored With New Plaque
Chanute American Legion sponsors a WWI dead plaque to be dedicated on Veterans Day next November. Fred L. Johnson reports 27 known Neosho County dead from WWI listed, with contact for additions. The plaque will be on the west side of the stairwell at the Memorial building, joining existing WWII and Korea tributes.
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Neosho County
Chanute American Legion Post
Fred L. Johnson
Legion
VFW
Korea
Johnson
Kansas
Chanute
Memorial Day Observance Closes Local Businesses
Holiday closures across Chanute and neighboring communities mark Memorial Day. The Tribune will not publish. Elmwood cemetery hosts a 10 a.m service led by Robert Kern of the Boerstier May American Legion post, with details due tomorrow.
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Chanute
The
Tribune
Elmwood Cemetery
Robert Kern
Boerstier-May
Meeting Tonight To Hear Protests
The city commission will meet at seven tonight to hear protests from property owners affected by a recent matter. The session invites residents with concerns to speak on the issue and seek redress or clarification from city officials.
1957 1968 Paving and Sewer Valuations Heard
Completed special assessment valuations cover 1957 paving and sewer installations and 1968 paving. No action can be taken by the governing body on any protest filed after tonight's hearing.
Tax Boost Unlikely In Oklahoma in '59
Oklahoma City AP report says a new tax increase for the legislative session appears dead as Gov. Howard Edmondson vows to oppose any new tax proposals. The House passed a resolution endorsing the governor's stance by a 90 to 18 vote.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Howard Edmondson
House
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Rise in Latest 24 Hours
AP report shows Kansas road deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. today rose to two, bringing the year total to 185 for 1959, compared with 178 in the same period in 1958.
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Topeka
Kansas
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