Left Hand Barbers Unearth Rare 1927 San Francisco Quarter
A Tioga barber shop routine ends with a coin mystery as Bill Helton Jr. pays Red Wiggans with a Standing Liberty quarter that turns out to be a rare 1927 San Francisco mint piece valued by collectors. Helton weighs keeping or selling the coin while noting his haircut bills are settled. Four Chanute men head to South Dakota for a pheasant hunt, planning Brookings as HQ for about a week, after trying prairie chickens near Yates Center with coyotes sighted nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Helton Jr
W.est
Charles
Red) Wiggans
Red
Helton
San Francisco
Partly Cloudy Mild Forecast For Kansas Next Days
Topeka AP reports warm days and cool nights ahead in Kansas with clearing skies. Sunday highs ranged 58 to 70 across cities including Goodland Garden City Hill City Wamego Emporia Chanute and Pittsburg. Overnight lows were 31 to 49 with drying out fields after last week’s rain and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Garden City
Hill City
Wame' Xo
Emporia
Chanute
Pittsburg
Labette County Wins Bond Approval Despite Federal Cut
Kansas Atty General rules Labette County may spend the full 865000 bond proceeds for a county hospital project approved by voters the plan originally called for 1700000 total with 865000 from bonds and remaining from federal aid. Federal share reduced to 685375 prompting questions about bond spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Anderson
Labette County
Rex Lawhorn
Halloween Tragedy Ends For Jim McCune 16
Teen crowds gathering for Halloween in Central Park watched as Jim McCune 16 was critically wounded in the head. He died around 3 55 a m after blood drives from local donors and Wichita patrols. Local police report the hospital lobby stayed crowded with concerned youths and adults awaiting updates through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCune
Central Park
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Jim
Lige Matlock
Wichita
Highway Patrol
McCune Praised as Student Leader and Athlete
Jim McCune, senior high student, lauded as top leader and athlete. Principals and peers cite straight A grades, top ten class rank, presidency of the junior class, student council role, and active participation in basketball, golf, pep clubs,MYF, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCune
Jim
MYF
Char
Della Reed
Reed
Buford Fisher
Larry Phil Thompson
McCune
Thompson
Bob Clemons
The
Methodist Church
Doudna charged with fourth degree manslaughter in McCune death
Charles Doudna 27 of 1710 S Malcolm faces a fourth degree manslaughter charge over the fatal shooting of Chanute high school student Jim McCune in Central Park Saturday night. He posted $10,000 bond. preliminary hearing set for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in city court. Police say McCune died about six hours after being shot in the left temple by a .22 pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doudna
S. Malcolm
Chanute High School
Jim McCune
Central Park
Doudna
Lige Matlock
McCune
David McCune
S. Highland
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Van Doren Admits Aid in Quiz Show Deception
Charles Van Doren testified before a House subcommittee that he followed a script on Twenty-One and gave false answers to win $129,000. He said he was coached on mannerisms and warned against spilling the answers, admitting he deceived the public and lied to a New York grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles van Doren
van Doren
House
New York
Tled
Albert Freedman
Ottawa South Is Still Alive
Parsons state highway commissioner Jack L. Goodrich said the Ottawa South interstate extension into Oklahoma remains very much alive during a meeting of city representatives. Oklahoma highway officials expressed reluctance, but Maurice Martin of Kansas praised the plan as good business for both states, with Kansas approving routing changes from Ottawa toward Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Jack L. Goodrich
Goodrich
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Maurice Martin
Yates Center
Kansas
Emporia
Kansas Commission
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Report 1959 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities listed by State Accident Records Section for the last 48 hours ending 9 a m day. To date in 1959 total 474, compared with 466 in the comparable period of 1958. Some figures occurred previously but reported later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Steel strike talks resume as mediators meet separately
Federal mediators met with both sides of the 111 day steel strike in Washington for 75 minutes with no near settlement. Joseph Finnegan set 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. sessions with management and union negotiators as David McDonald and R. Conrad Cooper offered sharp remarks on prospects and absence of top officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
United Steelworkers Union
Finnegan
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
R. Conrad Cooper
America
Cooper
McDonald
U.S. Steel Corp
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Survives 1 of 27 as Virginia airliner crash kills 26
A Piedmont Airlines DC3 crashed on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Charlottesville Virginia killing 26 aboard and leaving one survivor. E Phil Bradley 33 union official from Clifton Forge described a 36 hour wilderness ordeal with a dislocated hip and minor cuts. The pilot did not signal trouble before the 8:24 p m last radio contact and searchers found wreckage at 8 30 a m Sunday. Piedmont Airlines president Thomas H David said a full investigation will take weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Virginia
E. Phil Bradley
Clifton Forge
Piedmont Airlines
Bradley
Charlottesville
Bucks Elbow Mountain
Skyline Drive
Ments
Air Force
John Weis
Pitts
Washington
Roanoke
Thomas H. David
Infant Killed in Ft. Riley Car Crash
A one month old girl, Sharlee Anne Faulkner, daughter of Airman E C Faulkner, died in a two car collision on the Ft. Riley military reservation. Her mother, visiting relatives at the post, suffered shock. Mrs. Mary Womack, wife of a Ft. Riley soldier, had a fractured nose and possible neck injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Riley
Sharlee Anne Faulkner
E.C
Johnny Faulkner
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Faulkner
Mary Womack
Three Little Girls Burned to Death in Houston Fire
In Houston, three Forister children aged 6, 5, and 2 died when a fire destroyed the $50,000 home attributed to a jack-o-lantern candle. Investigators said the candle may have ignited drapes near a window and caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Bryan Forister
Brenda
Leasa Rader
Patricia
B.A. Cook
Tribble Details Night Park Shooting Involving McCune
Ricky Tribble 16 describes events near Central Park following the fatal shooting of Jim McCune 16. He recalls seeing three men chase youths near the merry go round and a lone gunman ordering surrender before McCune fled southwest toward the south buildings. Tribble heard a single shot and believed it a warning before McCune disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCune
Ricky Tribble
Carl Tribble
McCune
Central Park
Tribble
Dalton Wins Shrine Ring at Mirza Anniversary Ceremonial
Dalton received the Shrine ring after a vote by an estimated 1 000 to 1 500 Shriners at the Mirza Shrine Golden Anniversary Ceremonial in Pittsburg on Saturday. His rival Neal Munger faced a western style campaign feud in the days prior. Munger received a diamond studded lapel pin as a consolation prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack. Dalton
Pittsburg
Neal Munager
Munger
Park Shooting Chronology and Suspect Confession
In a detailed official report, Mallock documents a 9 47 p m call from an unidentified park where McCune was shot near the park pavilion. Doudna explains he fired once in alarm, the pistol discharged accidentally during a chase, and McCune later died after autopsy confirms the fatal bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallock
Les Spencer
Tom Ogden
Cliff McCoy
McCune Boy
Johnson Mortuary
Spencer, McCoy
Odgen
Doudnay
McCune
Doudna
Steuben
Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tioga
Bruce Burris
Verne Holman
Joe G. Wasser
Jay Tabor
South Dakota
Burris
Brookings
Wasser
R. D. Hamar
Elmer Thomas
Humboldt
Barris
Iola
le Roy
Santa Fe Lake
Charlotte Olson
Henrietta Olson
S. Santa Fe
Charlotte
Girls Athletic Association
Tribune
Matlock
Les W. Garrett
Jed
Nancy Sparks
Garrett
Judd Jones
Washington Avenue
Kansas City
Ottawa South
Ee Wasser
Homers
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel
Charles White
Republic Steel
A. B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Waynesboro, Va
Dalton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!