Little Boy Needs Blood Donors For Planned Heart Surgery
Chanute residents can donate blood in Kerry Fullerton’s name at a Red Cross collection next Thursday to help fund a planned July heart surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Kerry, 19 months, has an 85 percent leakage between heart chambers and requires about 20 pints of blood. donations may reduce the $1,500 surgery cost plus nursing and aftercare expenses.
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Chanute
Red Cross
Robert Fullerton
W. 4Th
Kerry
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Fullerton
Howard Winans
Neosho County
Memorial Building
Monkeys Return Alive From Journey Into Space
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP two monkeys Able and Baker survived a Jupiter missile ride to 300 miles altitude and 10 000 mph. Recovered alive from nose cone compartments after space flight marking US progress toward orbital capability.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Able
Baker
United States
U.S. Air Force
New Mexico
Island
Progress Need In Berlin Talks
President Eisenhower told Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko that a measure of progress must be made at the Geneva talks if Russia seeks a summit. He spoke during a 30 minute White House session with Gromyko and the foreign ministers of the United States Britain and France.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Russia
White House
Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
James C. Hagerty
Europe
Hagerty
Fisenhower
Germany
Series of Explosions At California Plant
A series of explosions ripped the Honolulu Oil Company gas plant at McKittrick near Bakersfield. Kern County Fire Department battled the blaze from a distance as equipment could not reach within half a mile. Two persons were injured and the cause was unknown.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Honolulu Oil Company
McKittrick
Kern County Fire Department
Southwestern Bell seeks 5.6 million general rate increase
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co filed for a 5.6 million dollar annual general rate rise in Kansas, the first since 1952. The plan raises residence rates, business lines, and equipment charges, citing inflation and growing demand. hearings likely in July or August after accounting of revenues and expenses.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
J. Hardin Smith
Southwestern Bell
Smith
Chanute
al Endres
Dial
First and Steuben
Endres
Wyandotte
Johnson Counties
Kansas City
Telephone Company
Contracts Signed for Neosho County Home for the Aged
General nine contracts totaling 193210 dollars for the new Neosho County home for the aged were signed by the county commissioner. W F Jack and Martin Construction Co of Coffeyville won the 140890 dollar general contract. Carter Plumbing and Heating Co of Wichita will do mechanical work for 38170 dollars and Sweeney Electrical Co of Neodesha 14150 dollars for wiring. The bid total exceeds the 225000 dollar bond issue. Government surplus purchases may supply furnishings and kitchen gear. Location is eight acres near the Finney property at 301 S Plummer. land funded by public subscription.
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Neosho County
Erie
W. F. Jack & Martin Construction Co
Coffeyville
Carter Plumbing & Heating Co
Wichita
Sweeney Electrical Co
Neodesha
Wilson County
Wilson County General
D. A. Finney
S. Plummer
Summer Hours Set For Public Library
Public Library announces summer hours effective June 1 through September. Assistant librarian Mrs. Vivian Hensley states adult hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and children's hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed in the evenings.
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Vivian Hensley
Memorial Day Program At Elmwood
Memorial Day observance at Elmwood cemetery announced by Robert Kern commander of the Boerstler May American Legion post. The 10 am service includes band music by Senior High School students, readings of General Logan's order and Lincoln's Gettysburg address, wreath laying, flag ceremony, and a firing squad with Taps. Boy Scouts will place miniature flags before the service.
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Chanute Patriotic Orders
Elmwood Cemetery
Robert Kern
Boerstler-May American Legion Post
Kenneth Tebow
Tom Blancett
The
Legion Post
L. Glen Ahif
Assembly of God Church
General Logan
H. M. Wilmoth
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Bill Dever
Bill Slane
Rev Paul Life
Evangelical United Brethren Church
VFW
John Carter
If you don’t get your Tribune call your carrier
A brief public notice advises residents who do not receive the Tribune to contact their carrier, or call 700 after 6 p.m., for assistance.
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Tribune
KG&E Plans For Big Boom In SEK Area
KG&E to spend 27 million dollars expanding facilities in southeastern Kansas by end of 1963. President Gordon Evans announced at a stockholders meeting that 1960s will bring major growth for the region. Generating, transmission and distribution facilities planned. directors re-elected. dividends set at 37 cents. Operating revenues for 1959 up 7 percent, industrial revenue up 9 percent.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kansas Gas and Electric Co
Gordon Evans
Kg&e
Evans
Sink Hole Opens Across From St Louis Post Office
A 35 foot diameter, 40 foot deep sink hole appeared in the plaza area opposite the St Louis Post Office. Authorities barred the area after rain-weakened earth collapsed into an old wine cellar network. No injuries reported. cave-ins may continue per Police Sgt Claude Pelham.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Plaza
St. Lows
Claude Pelham
Space Monkeys Train For Historic Flight At Cape Canaveral
Able and Baker underwent months of conditioning to prep for space flight. Able, a seven pound rhesus, was selected three days ago from eight candidates after detailed records and medical input. Baker, a one pound squirrel monkey, trained equally hard to study space travel effects on body functions.
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Able
Nance Missile Command
Huntsville
Ala
Baker
Two Admit Taking Record Player at Race Track Grounds
Two 16 year old boys admitted taking a small record player reported missing in a break in at the race track grounds on West Main. One boy brought the player to the station and said he found it in a ditch near the grounds. They implicated the other youth but no charges were filed.
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West Main
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Reported by State Records
Kansas accident records list traffic fatalities in the 24 hours ending 9 am. The 1958 totals show 185 deaths for the current year compared with 177 for the comparable period in 1957.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Weather Forecast Sees Showers Through Friday
A pattern of daily showers in parts of Kansas continues with scattered thunderstorms expected in western or central areas this afternoon and into the evening, spreading to the east tonight. Partly cloudy Friday with more showers mainly in the north, cooler in the northwest, lows from the 40s to 70s, highs in the 70s north and 80s elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Attitudes Key to Future Success in Royster Ninth Graders
Superintendent Ennor G. Horine told Royster ninth graders that attitudes toward self family and friends shape happiness and success. The 166 students completed closing exercises as they prepare to enter Senior High School as sophomores next term.
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Ennor G. Horine
Lola
Royster
Royster Auditorium
Buford Fisher
Paul Parsons
Walter M. Poor
Board of Education
Pool Opens Saturday At Leased City Pool
The municipal pool, leased again to Mr and Mrs Keith Maring, will open Saturday with hours from 1 to 8 p.m.
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Keith Maring
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