Holiday Traffic Toll Edges Toward Record
The Memorial Day weekend toll rose with traffic deaths likely to reach or exceed the 371 fatalities set in 1958. Reports from the 78 hour period show ongoing tallies including a fatal bus truck collision near Evanston Wyoming that killed four women and injured at least 20 others. The AP survey notes 330 traffic deaths so far, with widening counts in boating drowning and miscellaneous categories.
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Greyhound
Evanston
Wyo
Fanueoe
Associated Press
Memorial Day quiet in Cha nute area with few accidents
Law enforcement reports a calm Memorial Day period in Chanute and Neosho County. One injury free traffic crash occurred on K57 west edge of St Paul at 1 pm yesterday, damaging a 1955 Plymouth and a 1950 Mercury. Troopers logged 18 accidents across 17 counties, with two fatalities and 92 arrests for dangerous moving violations.
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Chanute
Highway Patrol
Neosho County
St. Paul
Don Dennis
Wichita
John Jones
Tom Glasscock
Hero
Kansas
Pittsburg
Osawatomie
Roy H. Woodruff
US 169
Elks Lake
Here
Erie
Justice of the Peace Court
Thayer
Chanute Police
Sheriff's Office
Parsons
KCC Denies Re Hearing In Derby Oil Fields Case
The Kansas Corporation Commission refused Derby Oil Co. petition for re hearing after closing 40 oil fields supplying Derby with crude. Derby alleged improper representation and a scope overreach plus price fixing. The ECC noted Derby paid 2.85 per barrel, about 20 cents below market, calling it economic waste. Derby can appeal to state courts.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Derby Oil Co
Derby
Colorado Oil and Gas Corp
Commission
ECC
Soviet Photographs May Be Released
Washington authorities weigh releasing selected aerial photographs from U2 over the Soviet Union. The images are described as of outstanding quality and the final decision rests with the White House.
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Washington
Soviet Union
White House
Burns Fatal to Kansas Child in Denver Flight
Andrea Jayne Hecox six died Monday en route to Children’s Hospital in Denver after a household fire in Tribune Kansas. Investigators say cleaning fluid his father used ignited in the bathroom. The girl was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Orville Hecox of Tribune.
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Denver
Andrea Jayne Hecox
Tribune
Kas
Children’s Hospital
Orville Hecox
Lee Wasser
Sharon Springs
Doc
Tors
Kansas Memorial Day crashes kill four in two states
Four people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the holiday weekend. Walter J. Fajen and Mary Fajen, both in their fifties, perished when a Santa Fe passenger train struck their mangled station wagon near Gardner, as their daughter Renetta was critically hurt after a Stephens College graduation trip from Columbia Missouri. Daisy Bedell and two others were killed in a two car crash near Osawatomie on U S 169, while William Robert Scott, 17, of Pittsburgh, died at a hospital after his car overturned and lay undiscovered for hours.
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Gardner
Santa Fe
Walter J. Fajen
Mary
Renetta Fajen
Stephens College
Columbia
Fajen
Osawatomie
U. S
Daisy Bedell
William Robert Scott
Pittsburg
Fairfield School Meeting Friday
Fairfield school district east of Chanute will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. Friday at the school. Marion Stevens, director, said the session will approve the 1960-61 budget and elect a new board member to succeed Stevens, whose term expires. the proposed budget exceeds $20,000.
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Fairfield
Chanute
Marion Stevens
Board of Education
Stevens
Tribune Phone Handling Instructions
If you cannot reach your Tribune contact, contact your carrier for help. If the person remains unreachable, call 700 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
All-Out Peace Effort Urged At Memorial for War Dead
Alvin F. Grauerholz urged a personal push for peace in a Memorial Day address at Elmwood cemetery. He warned Russia and the United States are near war and likened Khrushchev to Hitler in a service by the Boerstler May American Legion post. Members from multiple veterans groups participated in wreaths and the program featured band music, a Lincoln Gettysburg address reading, and Taps.
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Coffeyville
Elmwood Cemetery
Grauerholz
Russia
United States
Khrushchev
Hitler Grauerholz
Boerstler-May American Legion Post
Chanute
Soldiers’ Monument
Marie Stipp
Ladies of the
GAR
Minnie Carter
Daughters of Union Veterans
E. J. Ramsey
Jeff Bilyeu
W. Marcus Barbee
Robert Kern
American Legion
VFW and Legion
Joe Rovito
Charles Wesley Garrett
First Methodist Church
Richard L. Ashley
Lincoln
General Logan
Kern
Legion
Four Die as Greyhound Bus Hits Parked Truck in Wyoming
A Greyhound bus traveling from Omaha to Ogden crashed into the rear of a stopped Interstate truck 28 miles east of Evanston Wyoming. Four women were killed and more than 20 injured. The bus driver Henry Everts and two passengers were treated. four more seriously hurt were taken to Utah hospitals.
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Evanston
Wyo
Greyhound
Gilbert Bills
U.S. 30
Wyoming
Inter-State
Henry Everts
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Evansston
Omaha
Neb
Chamber of Commerce Membership Committee Meets
The C of C Membership Committee will convene at 7 30 tonight in the Memorial building chambers offices to plan a membership drive. Members include Dean Skinner Tom Durkin E E Zastrow Ebur Schultz and Dwight McCreight.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Memorial Building
Dean Skinner
Tom Durkin
E. E. Zastrow
Ebur Schultz
Dwight McCreight
Kansas Traffic Death Log From 1960 Period Missing Data
AP report from Topeka notes a Kansas traffic fatality log covering 72 hours to 9 a.m. 4 during the 1960 166 comparable 1959 period.
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Topeka
Kansas
Life Plus 26 Years For Eugene Artry
Eugene Artry, 22, was sentenced in Wyandotte County District Court to life plus 26 years for his role in the abduction, assault, and rape of an 18 year old Kansas City Kansas woman. A jury convicted him May 20 and fixed life on kidnapping. the rape and assault terms are maximums set by the judge.
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Kansas City, Kan
Eugene Artry
Kansas City
Kan
William H. McHale
Wyandotte County
Artry
McHale
24000 Golf Balls Stolen in Kansas City Heist
Thieves raided a local sporting goods store over the weekend stealing 24000 golf balls valued at 5000 dollars. The Lowe Campbell division of Wilson Sporting Goods Co reported they left behind 3024 balls stacked to carry away.
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Kansas City
Lowe & Campbell
Wilson Sporting Goods Co
Mower Accident Fatal to Roy Howard Kas
A fatal mower accident near Howard, Kansas killed Floyd Ellis McClure, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur McClure. He fell under a tractor mower driven by his father at the family home.
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Howard, Kas
Floyd Ellis McClure
Arthur McClure
Near
Howard
Questionable Decisions Blamed on Politicians
Senator Fulbright blamed political officials in the State Department and White House for what he called questionable decisions surrounding the ill fated U2 spy plane incident. He spoke after three hours of top secret CIA testimony by Allen Dulles about the shoot down and its impact on the Paris summit. Dulles offered to take personal responsibility, while Fulbright questioned Eisenhower's acceptance of that burden.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Fulbright
Politi
Cal
State Department
White House
Dulles
U.S
Oklahoma City to Tokyo Air Arrival Delays Reported
Relatives say Mrs. Tom Donovan of Chanute and her 10 month old son reached Japan by air, but no details were provided. They did not arrive on schedule in Tokyo where they were to meet Mrs. Donovan's serviceman husband. Cause of the delay remains unclear with Oklahoma City officials noting time differences may have caused confusion about the arrival date.
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Tom Donovan
Chanute
Japan
Tokyo
Colony Boy Drowns In Neosho River Near Iola
A 12 year old boy from Colony, Terry Shepard, drowned while wading in the Neosho River five miles northwest of Iola. He apparently stepped into a deep hole and his body was recovered.
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IOLA
Neosho
Iola Sunday
Terry Shepard
Robert Shepard
Rt. 2
Colony
Earth Tremors Reported in West Indies and Nearby Regions
Washington reports a severe earthquake in the West Indies with tremors lasting about an hour and stronger than a recent Chile quake. Boston College seismograph records a moderately strong quake likely in the Caribbean Sea south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico at 7 07 52 a.m. EDT.
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Washington
EAP
Georgetown University
West Indies
Georgetown Seismograph
Concepcion
Chile
Weston, Mass
Caribbean Sea
Vargin Islands
Puerto Rico
Boston College
Gulf Coast States Win Oil Rights Extend Three Miles
Supreme Court rules submerged Gulf of Mexico lands belong to Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama to three miles from coast while Texas and Florida gain up to about 10.45 miles. Justices split. Deputy disputes noted as Warren Clark disqualified. Interior leasing revenue around 300 million dollars tied pending decision.
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Supreme Court
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Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Florida
Warren
Clark
California
Justice Department
Interior Department
Harlan
Justice Black
Douglas
Tidelands
Gulf States
Congress
Scholarship Awarded to Treloggen for Kansas University
Jean Treloggen, 18, daughter of H. W. and Mrs. Treloggen of 1220 W. 3rd, has received a Residence Hall scholarship to Kansas University in Lawrence for next fall worth 300 dollars. Renewable for four years pending grades, the program lowers living costs through in hall work. Treloggen, a 1960 high school graduate, will major in speech therapy and will room with Kathy Coulter, another scholarship recipient.
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Jean Treloggen
H. W. Treloggen
Kansas University
Lawrence
Miss Treloggen
Kathy Coulter
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones Head Home
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong Jones will return from their Caribbean honeymoon with a low key reception as the royal yacht Britannia docks at Portsmouth on June 18, a naval spokesman said.
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London
Margaret
Anthony Armstrong- Jones
Britannia
Caribbean
Portsmouth
Gunmen Fire On Revolucion Building in Havana
Gunmen in a speeding car fired on the Revolucion building in Havana. Several shots from automatic weapons struck the semiofficial newspaper housing Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement outlet. No injuries reported. gunmen escaped. The attack marks a second strike on publications backing Castro.
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Havana
Revolucion
Fidel Castro
Castro
Soviet Rocket Plans Aimed at Lunar Exploration
In London a Soviet expert says the Soviet Union is developing guided rockets capable of delivering small laboratory cars to orbit and to the moon and neighboring planets, controlled from Earth, for future space exploration.
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London
Soviet Union
Moon
Senate OKs massive dams and flood control bill
The Senate Public Works Committee approved an omnibus rivers and harbors bill authorizing about 1.547 billion dollars for flood control navigation and beach erosion projects nationwide. The measure expands on last year's House action of 658 million and adds projects with completed feasibility studies and pending favorable reports. The bill lets Army engineers and the Reclamation Bureau include recreational benefits in feasibility calculations.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
House
Senate
Army Engineers
Army
Reclamation Bureau
Kansas Warmup Forecast Projections Through Wednesday
Topeka AP reports a general warming trend for Kansas after mild Monday readings and fair skies. Memorial Day highs ranged from 83 in Goodland to 76 in Pittsburg with overnight lows from 66 in Goodland and Wichita to 60 in Concordia.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Wichita
Concordia
Strauss to Visit U.S. on Tour
German Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss leaves next Tuesday for a two week tour of U.S. military installations. He plans to visit General Electric plants and Lockheed factories and will deliver speeches in New York and Los Angeles.
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Germany
Franz Josef Strauss
United States
Strauss
General Electric
Lockheed
New York
Los Angeles
Thieves Rob Amb Whitney Home Stole Jewelry
Thieves broke into U S Ambassador John Hay Whitney's country residence Monday night and took about 1400 dollars worth of valuables including silver candle sticks trinket boxes and other small items according to an embassy spokesman.
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London
U.S
John Hay Whitney
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