Blue Comet basketball clinic planned with Lawrence High
An invitation has been accepted for next season's Blue Comet basketball team to participate in a clinic with Lawrence High School on December 10. The event includes demonstrations in the afternoon and a game that night between the Comets and Lawrence High. A preliminary for remaining teams is also planned.
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Blue Comet
Lawrence High School
Don Goff
Lawrence
Comets
Jerry Waugh
Lawrence High
Three Youths Die In Water Electrocuted By Live Line
KANSAS CITY three young men died last night after stepping from a stalled car into six inches of water charged by a 2300 volt line. Bodies found outside the vehicle. shoes left behind. Victims identified as James Fraher and George A Beck both of Independence Missouri and Emil J Dosta of Kansas City aged 17. Police said rain backed sewer water flooded a residential street where the power line fell.
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Kansas City
James Fraher
George A. Beck
Independence
Emil J. Dosta
U.S. Ambassador Reinhardt Presents Credentials in Saigon
Saigon South Viet Nam G Frederick Reinhardt presented his credentials to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem today. The ceremony was reported as lacking any reference to Bao Dai the absentee chief of state.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
Fran Bera to Visit Chanute for Women’s Air Race
Top aviatrix Fran Bera will visit Chanute next Friday and Saturday. She signs a five year contract with AeroDuct Inc. and will race in the International Air Race from Washington to Havana starting June 1. She plans receptions, talks with Gov. Fred Hall, and visits to AeroDuct.
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Chanute
AeroDuct, Inc
Alvin E. Hewitt
Bera
Topeka
Hewitt
Tioga
Aero-Duct
Fred Hall
Joe Nickell
Nickell
The
99Ers
Los Angles
Washington
United Airlines
Dying Driver Found In Car Out Of Control
Los Angeles motorist Hubert L. Weiss, 72, collapsed behind the wheel of an out of control car on West Adams Boulevard. Garageman Jack Fradkin, 34, chased the car, stopped it, turned off the ignition, and pulled Weiss from the vehicle as police arrived. Weiss appeared to have suffered a heart attack.
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Los Angeles
Jack Fradkin
West Adams Boulevard
Fradkin
Hubert L. Weiss
Weiss
Purses Missing Money Ties to Chanute Shop Thefts
Police report a dark-eyed brunette 20 to 25 used shopper ruse at three Chanute stores this week. Purses of female employees vanished after she examined items at Skinney Electric Service Tots and Teens and the Kiddy Korner. A West Main dress shop visitor also left an empty purse. a requested roller skate inquiry ended with a found purse belonging to Mrs Wilson.
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Chanute
Skinney Electric Service
Ralph Beeson
Kiddy Korner
West Main
Bus Wortman
Walnut Road Right of Way To Be Wider
Neosho County commissioners announced plans to condemn land for an eight mile widening of Walnut road from U S 59 north of Erie to the Crawford county line. The state highway system will take over the road, assign a state number, and oversee improvements to handle growing truck traffic.
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U.S. 59
Neosho County
Crawford County
State Highway Commission
Walnut Road
State Highway Department
Lack of Funds Delays Boost in County Pay
Neosho County will postpone a five percent pay increase for elected officers until 1956 due to a strained general fund and budget constraints. The county budget will be set in about two months as commissioners wrap up hearings. Population figures show Chanute rising, while overall county population remains near last year.
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Erie
Neosho County
Board of County Commissioners
County Board of Equalization
Wendell Bowyers
Chanute
Roller Runs Over Boy in English Farm, He Escapes Uninjured
Nine-year-old Derek Hulme was run over by a one-ton concrete roller on a farm field near SEEK England. He fell from the horse-drawn roller as it passed, the cylinder pressed him into the wet ground leaving a perfect imprint before rescuers arrived. he escaped with no injuries.
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Seek
England
Derek Hulme
Derek
Three runners break four minute mile in British event
LONDON P Laszlo Tabori and Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson all ran the mile in under four minutes at White City Stadium in an international invitation race. Tabori won in 3 59 while Chataway and Hewson clocked 3 59 8. The crowd reached 25 000 on a damp day as the feat marked the first time three men did so in one race.
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P Laszlo Tabori
Hungary
Chris Chataway
Brian Hewson
Britain
Babori
White City Stadium
Roger Bannister
John Landy
Bannister
Landy
Tabori
Chataway
Hewson
Vancouver
Sandor Shares
Warming Trend After Wind Spree Foretells Pleasant Weekend
The Kansas forecast calls for mostly sunny and windy conditions this afternoon with a cooler night and a high Sunday in the 70s to 80s. Storms statewide left 24 hour rainfall totals with some locations exceeding two inches and minor flood risks on the Marais des Cygnes River from Osawatomie downstream to Trading Post tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Osawatomie
Wind damaged drive in theater and town during Neosho Falls storm
A Neosho Falls KS wind storm caused wide damage across the Neosho Allen Wilson county area with a 60 by 30 foot drive in screen toppled at the Neocho theater. No injuries were reported as power lines fell and television aerials were blown down. Cars remained in the parking area as staff evacuated safely.
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Marvin Gregg
Tribune
Neosho-Allen- Wilson County
Neocho Drive-In
Tornadoes Struck Three States With Heavy Damage and Scarred Udall
Tornado activity across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma left at least 114 dead and hundreds injured in four states. Udall suffered mass destruction with 73 dead and 200 injured, triggering emergency housing and relief efforts led by the Red Cross and National Guard. Flooding followed in Blackwell as Chikaskia River rose, while Arnolds Kansas endured a severe hailstorm and widespread debris.
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Kas P
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Minnesota
Arkansas
National Guard
Washington
Charles E. Slusser
Neareby
Wichita
National Red Cross
Texas
Earl B. Rowe
Fred Hall
Red Cross
Blackwell
Okla
Chikaskia
Arnold
Memorial Day Observances In Elmwood Cemetery
Businesses close Monday for Memorial Day with post office Sunday service. The Tribune will not publish. Memorial services honoring the war dead are set for 9 30 a.m. Monday at the Soldier's Monument in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Elmwood Cemetery
District Court Hearings Delayed Until October Opening
The attorney general's letter to County Attorney Forsyth says filings in Chanute District Court cannot begin before the October term opens on the second Wednesday, with hearings following after official opening. Salary provisions for county attorney and district clerk rise about $700. Memorial Building rooms prepare for court use with jury room and judge’s chamber to follow.
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Harold R. Fatzer
Charles Forsyth
Forsyth
Neosho County
Memorial Building
Folsom Named Likely Replacement for Hobby at HEW
Washington Marion B Folsom undersecretary of the Treasury was reported as virtually certain to be nominated soon to replace Oveta Culp Hobby as secretary of health, education and welfare.
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Marion B. Folsom
the Treasury
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
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